American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-23
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- hcportS from all parts OF the count
ny represent the prospect of the wheat
crop as most favorable.
THE Price Of Totes.--The Provi.
dcnce Journal says, that the Democratic
. aged and nlirm voters' ough, not 10 leave
their sick beds 10 vote for Alex. Duncan,
the wealthy banker, for less than $50, nor
IN contested towns for less that $50.
A REPORTER in Monmouth, n. J.
who must be young man of keen
susccptibilities and shrcwd observation,
discoveredupon 73 clothes lines and "a
clothcs-horses, there were no less than
42 red petticoats. '
g WHAT WE LovE.-At three years
OF age we love our mother; at six our
fathers, at ten, holidays at sixteen,
dress; at twenty, our sweet. hearts; at
twenty-five our wives at forty, our
children; at sixty ourselves.
SERIOUS CIMRGE.-Wm. II. Read
of Madison G. H., is under arrest.
charged with burning, or causing to be
burned, last fall his own shop, on which
there was an insurance of $1,000.
CowLEs, in his history of plants,
thus laconically notices the virtue of
hemp: "by this cordage ships arc
guided, bells are rung, and rogucs arc
kept in awe"
A METHODIST minister from Vir-
glnia, who vas on his way to Council
Bluffs, was swindlcd at Cincinnati out
OF 1888 by tho "patcnt safe game. :"
pUNcu is funny, as usual. He thus
narratcth:
Gentleman, to q boy driving don
key-"Say, boy, now clear out of the
way, my horse can't bear donkey. "
Boy-"Can't he? then why don't
he kick thee of ?" ..... -
SomeWhdt M;red.-A Convention
Ct The delegates of the Democratic party oil
Cincinnati, was held few days ago in tha
city, for :he purpose Of nominating candi.
dates for the city Offices. There we're in
the convention as delegates 0I'- srven,v.siy
GrImans foriy,s;x lrshmen, and Glty-thrce
native boms .. -.
SERMON OF a QUAKER. My friends,
bride thy tongue, to enable thee to re
main quiet; mind thine own business
and thee will not have much time tt
attend to that of others, and thee will
have many friends and few enemies.
Business is beginning to revive ir
the manufacturing districts. Many
factories have been reopencd and 9th,
ers will soon follow. With their re-
snmptions will date the returning pros
pcrity Of the country. =
Ex- Governor Bashford of Wisconsin
states that he was offered S150,00O tc
approve Of the first bill reported fol
distributing the lands granted by Con,
gress in aid Of the railroads Of that
State. e. aa .s .'...... ..t.... F..
The little negro boy, only eleven
years Of age, who confessed to the
burning of Col. George A. Baylcy's
residence, in Surry county, Va, not
long since, has been tried before tho
County Court of Surry, and sentenced
to be hung. . "
applicable to other Places. A pas.
tor III manufacturing village n.Mas,
sachusctts, in recently approving his
people for some Of their faults, said
that the fourth commandment Of the
manufacturer is, "Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work, and on the
seventh make thy repairs.
Co Mayor Temann has fairly commenc.
cd the work OF reform in New York civ
Oul Of fifteen hundred lottery & policy men
ne has arrested about thirty. Out of three
thousand houses Of i'll fame he has ven,ila.
led only bali dozen. Out of three thou.
sand gamblers he has only apprehended a
dozen of the lowest grade. Out of three
hundred gambling houses he has only broken
up five or six. Truly the Mayor has heavy
JOY before bin. The cleansing Of the An.
geon stable was nothing to it.
Tile elder quincy. DIR. Jackson,
the distinguished physician of Boston,
meeting his old friend Josiah Quincy
both passed eighty years of age--on
the sidewalk, accostcd him with, swell,
Mr.. Quincy, how much longer do you
intend to liver "Till / send for q
Doctor was the quick reply. "And
when did you send for one last?' inquir.
ed DR.. Jackson. "Just eighty six
years ago" answered Mr.. Quincy, ad.
ding the precise date of his birth.
Armed English Mormon EnHgrants.
An Inspector Of customs in New
York, while engaged in his Official du.
ty in examining the baggage of soms
Liverpool passengers, on their way to
Utah, found it contained new fire arms,
guns, pistols and swords. lie seized
and detained the arms and a quantity