American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-10-08
ITEMS OF NEWS, dc.


HELD TO BAIL.-John w. White,
charged with obtaining land warrants
upon forged papers, at Chattanooga,
Tenn. has been held to answer at $25,.
900 bonds, which were given.
THE Hog Crop.-Is is estimated,
says the Trenton Journal, that the
loss to Dyer county, Tenn, by hog
cholera, the present season will reach
two hundred thousand dollars, ~
Mr.. Samuel Tynes, of Jacksonville,
has just completed the model of new
saw mill embracing an improvement
which is the result Of his own skill and
discovery, by which one revolution of
the watcr-wheel makes two strokes with
the saw. ..
Sending Honey by MaH.-A case
has just been decidedin Stanton, Va,
in which the law has beens established
that money sent to pay an account by
letter is at the risk Of the sender, unless
specially directed so to do by the credit.
ed party, .otnE' ,.r
The Brandon Miss Republican
says that a merchant in that place late
ly filled the following bill for country
customer two yards muslin, two yards
calico, four yards domestic, ten pound
coffee, thirty-five pounds clear sides,
fourteen pounds shoulders, one gallon
Of schiskey, one Holy Bible, ono dech
Of cards, one bale yarn, one sacred
harp. aa ,f'a " '
Imperial HumJug.-Thc Empress
Eugene was lately made Admiral in
the French navy. The royal baby
which really belongs to the infantry,
has been promote d to the office Of Cor.
poral in the Life Guards. This is done
that people may humbug themselves
with the idea the "Little Corporal is
alive again. @ otoJ ,s.rta
Il Mormonite.-A fellow, named
Merrill, last week married two girls, in
Ohio, within the short space of TWEEN
ty-fcur hours, and when found out, Q.
lopcd FOR parts unknwn. a.
Alexander r. Boteler, Esq has been
nominated as an independent candidate
for Congress in the Charlestown dis.
trict, Virginia. o.asn1 mnH B.. 4.
ANOTHER S1GN.-Under this caption
the Charleston Mercuyy alludes to the
proceedings of the recent Democratic
conyentionin New York, and truly says
that "he freesoil wing Of the Demo.
cratic party IN New York now control
the party, and are, an fact, the parry"
Mr.. BUCHANAN REBUKED. des-
patch in the Cleveland Plaindealer an
nounccs that Mr.. j. w. Gray, the
editor of that paper, has been unani-
mously nominated to Congress by tho
Democrats of the Nineteenth District.
1t will be remembered that this gentle
man was some time since dismissed from
the office Of Postmaster because he
would not endorse Lecompton. ..
Ira Stout, now under sentence of
death for murder at Rochester is but
twenty-thrce years of age. ...
AN invention has just been brought
out by Ives Scoyill, Esq, which is of
vast Importance. 1t is a machine for
breaking stone for matchmaking the
streets, and on trial week, run by a
~ horse engine, broke three cords into
"'egg size and less, IN sicty minutes !!
a city like st. Louis, which has so
long adopted the plan of Matchmaking
her streets, will be greatly benefited by
such invention, as the work can be
done for mere song compared with
the old way of breaking by the hand.
Chicago, too, can now abandon her old
and expensive system, and adopt the
vastly Snnerinr nlnn nf g. Inn;s