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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
The Washington Hotel Poisoning.

We conyersed yesterday with very
intelligent gentleman of this city, ono
of the officers of the American Tcle-
graph Company, who is among the suf-
ferers by the mysterious disease which
broke out in Washington city just pri-
or to the last Presidential inaugura-
ton. From a condition of great bodi-
ly vigor and comfortable degree Of
corpulency, he has gradually wasted
until reduced to feeble invalid. Du-
ring the many weary days of confine-
mcnt allotted to him, he has watched
the progress of the malady till the list
of deceased victims has reached twcn-
ty-seven, including many eminent
names; and he calculates that out of "
total of three hundred sufferers, at
least one'half are in n state of decrcp-
itude no better than his own. In spite
Of all the theories which have been ad.
vanced by medical men, and Sanitary
committees, he adheres to the belief
that the fatal "epidemic" as it was cal
led, was occasioned by nothing else
than malignant mineral poison and
the same opinion is held by other suf-
ferers with whom he has converscd.-
Up to recent period he was treated
by physician of this noighborhood, as
for malarious or atmospheric poison,
with no perceptible benefit but upon
tho physician and treatment being
changed, substituting an antidotc to
arsenic, favorable symptoms became
at once apparent, and he is now ablo
to leave his apartment. The conclu-
sion of the Washington examining com
mittec, which attributed the disease to
noxious effluvia, may have been innu-
enccd to some extent by the desire at
that time existing to secure a large op-
preparation from the city governments
for an extensive system Of sewerage,
and which has since been obtained.
Whatever tho origin of the disease,
it is very difficult to satisfactorily ac-
connt for all the phenomena attending
it, especially the slow, deadly manner
in which it preys upon the system,
year after year. until the vital princip.
lc is destroyed and the strong man pre-
maturely cut off, unless tho agency Of
a malignant poison is admitted, ,-J0ur.
nal Of Commerce.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
Religious.

The Wheeling Times contains about
four columns of !" brief sketches Of the
religious exercises in most of the city
churches on Easter Sunday d
AT the Union Prayer Meeting held
in Washington Hall, (Whceling) in the
afternoon of Monday, there were from
" five to seven hundred ladies and gen.
tlemen in attendance. ~ "s
Rev. Mr.. Conway, Unitarian, who
is well known in Washington, is one of
the very few, either clergymen or lay
men, who have come out in Cincinnati
in opposition to the present religious
revival. There is opposition in New
York.
The work is progressing finely in
Cincinnati. Eight prayer meetings are
being held daily.
There seems to be very general a.
wakening of the people throughout
the West, on the subject of religion
Almost every country meeting house
in Missouri and Illinois has been or
now is the scene of earnest and zeal
Gus preaching, resulting in rcyivals.
The Washingtown Star says that
James Gordon Bennett, Of the New
York Herald, is a constant attendant
at the Chambers street prayer meetings.
At a late meeting in the 1st Presby-
tcrian church, Cincinnati, Bishop Nc
1lvaine, of the Protestant Episcopal
church was in attendance, and address
sed the assembly as follows:
Z" lie said this was the first of these
prayer meetings he had attended, hav-
ing been absent from the city, and he
could not resist the opportunity to ex.
press his equal qualification & surprise
at what he beheld. He alluded briefly
to the revival throughout the whole
country, and said that during forty-iye
years of labor in the vineyard of Chris,
he had never known such moyemen.
lone apparently so free of the agen-
cies of men-one so evidently the work
Of God. lie besought the continued
blessings of Heaven upon this people
lie then alluded to portion of the
Scripture which had been read, & ap.
pealing directly to the business then
present, urged them to build their fu
ture upon the Rock of Ages, & receive
life eternal. His remarks were very
Impressive. He closed by Offering up
fervent and eloquent prayer.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
NI[organtown, (Va) Friday, April AG, Is5s.
sweethearts and wives.

You are apt to complain (writes a la
day, addressing her own sex) that low
ers, when they become husbands, can
not unto the two characters. You
lay this mostly to the mems charge.
DO you think it is their fault entirely?
| am disposed to say no. l will tell
you why. Before marriage you take
the greatest pains to elevate yourselves
into goddesses, and desire to be wor'
shipped accordingly. Men, especial
ly those possessing superior intellectu-
al qualities and refinement of nature,
favor these views, and treat you as
something nearer to heaven than them
selves and 10 no sooner has the hon
ey-moon passed than your husband dis
covers, by imperceptible but sure de-
grees, that you are (though in some
what inferior ratio to themsclves) of
the ''earth, earthly" Happy the wo-
man who has the wit to contrive that,
in her married life, the same halo shall
surround her in her husbands eyes
that existed before their union! The
thing, in the intimacy of common place,
everyday life, may be difficult, but is
by no means impossible to achieve
Your own neglect of all of those cares
and arts by which you won the lover,
causes commonly the earliest estrange'
ment of the husband.
How frequent is the spectacle of
neat, scrupulous maidens, who when
they become wives, neglect their per-
sonal appearance and who, if asked
why they do so, would answer 30,
I'm married y showing plainly that
their care and trimness formed no part
of their natures, but was a trap, a cage,
spread for the lure and destruction OF
men. Pretty Mrs. Spider! when your
careful fine-spun web caught the credu
lous fly, your object being effected,
goodbye to neatness, good looks, care
and refinement. What more had you
in the world to do? Your unfortunate
husband finds the very qualities which
most likely influenced his choice have
vanished, "like the baseless fabric oi
a vision" and which, to paraphrase
the poet, 'leaves but a wreck behind.
~ Y. Ercelsior.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

A letter from Havana, addressed to
the Charleston Courier, says that Spain
participated in the most active manner,
in the recent troubles in Mexico. The
object was to foment revolution, and
to aid the ambition and purposes of
Santa Anna. The writer adds: "Thcso
things escape from the palace sieves,
although not published for tho benefit
of the people; there is, indeed, very
little attempt at concealmont. Santa
Anna, if he is not taken hy a Spanish
steamer directly to Vera Cruz, is ex-
pccted here every day, and agents
from Mexico left this last month to
visit him at Carthagena."
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

A SINGULAR CAsE.-A former citi-
zen of Mckccsport, who died about
years ago, was cxhumcd last week by
several of his sons from the old grave
yard, to re-inter him in the Cemetery.
When the grave was opened, the de-
ceased appeared in an entirely unde-
cayed condition, looking tho same as
on the day when he was laid in the
coffin. His sons at first turned aghast,
but familiarizing themselves by and by
with the strange sight, and filial love
becoming awakened, they cherished the
undecayed remains of their father SC
warmly, that at the re-interment they
lamented the second parting with as
much feeling as at the first burial
STANDARD. ... . ...... ..
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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

For TIE LADIES. A New York au.
tbority has the following relative to
the approaching Spring fashions:--
"Though the great openings have not
yet taken place the coming event of
spring bonnets has shaped itself to ev.
orybodys satisfaction. The decided
new feature is point in the middle of
the front slightly dropping towards
the forehead; not raised, as last season. =.
The inside ruche no longer extends all
around the face; but appears only at
the sides, making amends by greater
fullncss for its diminished length.
The trimmings across the top Of the
bonncts have all disappeared"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

Reform Increment in Sandoval, Ills.
"A communication has been sent pe
stating thata meeting Of the citizens
OF Sandoval, Ills, was held on March
20th, at which vigilance committee
was appointed to notify all gamblers
and other yagabonds to leave that vi
cinity in q very short space of time, or
they would DO roughly dealt with
The report Of the meeting is very
lengthy.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

A case Of some interest to the la.
dies has lately been decided in the Su.
prcmc court of Georgia. Ono Mr..
Savage of Daugherty County, died,
leaving a will which devised his proper
erty to his wife, but in the event of
her marriage to go to his children, thus
cutting off the wife without shilling,
the Court held that man had right
to leave his property to his wife during
her widowhood, and cut her off if she
married and that the Savage will was
legal.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
l1oetieol.
For the american Union.
A TEMPERANCE ODE.

Beloved friends, we now atiend
To nurse the plant we planted;
Fen ill it spreads beauteous shade,
Aad beart fruit. Much its wanted.
20 rescue from the fangs Of Rum,
Which leads man to uIdoing;
How many prove its dreadful love
Has caused their utter ruin
Fen now, if they could see, sc we,
The end to which they're sinking,
10, surely they would quickly say,
We now will quit dram drinking.
Thus we propose, though hell oppose,
j. The Temperance reformation,
Our only course is reasons force,
4 gaAnd friendly application.
10 To join our ranks in firm phalanx,
And march on unto battle ,H -r.
z Against the hosts round Satan's posts,
Although his friends may praltle So
Loudly, and try TO show us why
We still should love the bottle:
All this is vain, il we remain
40 Faithful and do not cover
Beneath the sneer of those who fear,
y Or say, we'te graspng power. a,a
Sustained we are by truth, and fair
I'D n Reasoning that is mnch stronger
Than all that can be said by man
In favor of whiskey longer. aia
In proof Of this, behold the bliss
'. We've. brought to many wife, sir;
Not only so, but children too,
q" Ithas helped on in life, sir. it
And more than this, behold the peace
That follows where it travels .
Near OF remote, its precious fruit
al ID tasted e'en in novels.
Come, let us proceed TO accomplish indee
The object in view a, the first,
Even now TO reform, & the youthful 10 arm
Against tha, which is humanity's IS curse.
See, see yonder youth, who knows no, thi
q That rum is decep,ious and vain, ltrut
On. onward he goes, as if led by thesnose,
Till at last he.is suddenly slain.
Come see ifthis view of the subject is true
ID Then ac, as you ,hirk will be best,
In view Of ,ha, day when the Saviour sha
say, tfa 7al $50 a.
W. No drunkard shall enter my rest"
Every drunkard al first takes dram for hi
NJ 90 thirst, sg
a orhis jovial companions to suit,
Then more hesmust have his throttle to Law
O. t Till he's sunk far below the dumb brute.
lta, who hath not seen, both the great an
'''' the mean,
Thus lost by the spirit Of fruit.
And ie this reallyrso? ? Are SO many led on
10 the brink Of despair, just one step an,
they're gonel lt HF
Nowsle, this urge us on, for we know no
the day,
when ithe Judge 10 his bar shalt call u
away.
Ihat day sure will come, it may be very nea
Even now at the threshold Of some who ar
s4 here. Y. L.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

4 Veteran.-Grant Thorburne, on
the 18TH, wrote as follows from New
Haven: 81 have lived another year in
this falsely called miserable world
l verify believe it is the best world ter
restial that ever God Almighty made.
have nevor felt head, heart, nor tooth
ache during the year just gone by, and
to-day | enter upon my eighty>fifth
year. l walk without staff, and eat
my food without brandy or bitters.-
l never was drunk in my life, and ncv-
or had rheumatic pain. | voted three
years when Washington was President.
| lived twentstwo years under George
Ill, saw the whole reign of George W, ,
William w, and Victoria thus far
| was intimate with Hamilton, Jay,
Morris, old Governor Clinton, and 9th
er prominent actors in the revolution. :"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

Mr.. Spencer, Of Washington county
who was injured some time since by an
accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad
has received $4,000 as q consideration.
The case did not 60 to trial---the sum
agreed upon being compromise.
1t is expected, says the Daily Press,
that four or FIVE vessels will leave Chi,
cago, this spring, direct for Liverpool.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
which was First I,
Ignoyamus /:

IgnoramuS
Whether first the egg OF hen
Tell me, | pray, so leatped men,
First Scribe
The hen aas fret, or whence The egg z
give us no more Of your doubts, beg.
Hi Second Scribe ra#t
Tho. egg was first, or whence the hen :?
lclI me how il came, and when.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
oADYERTRING AGENCIES.

The following gontlemen arc authorised to re-
ceise Advertisements, sc. for this paper, viz.
New fork--S. M. Pcttengill & Co. No. ll9
Nassau strcOt. tl.
.risscher, Owen s. Co., SAG and 34S Broadway.
Philadelphia-E. w. CARR, Northwest cor
rcr of,rhird and Walnut streets, opposite the
Merchunts' Exchange. fH az
Pittsburg Samuel Mcdonald, Office Of the
Iron City newspaper.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

A CHINESE Vow FUIFrLLED.--Ths
Sacramento (Col.) Union, Of February
18th, says ." ...
GA Chinaman visited a fish market
at the foot Of 1st street, and paid S2,-
80 for the privilege of throwing over
board fifty.fyc fish. In explanation
OF this singular notion, he stated that
on that day, year or two since, ho
was wrecked with somc eighty of his
conntrymen and thirty white men; that
he was the only Chinaman that suryi-
we'd, and chat he then made vow that
he would release fifty five fish on each
succeeding anniversary Of that day"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16
ALAWYER's INFERENCE.

From curiosity, a lawyer entered a
meeting and took notes. But so i'm.
pressed was he that at the close he
rose and said, only friends, / hold in
my hands the testimony Of no less
than sixty persons, who have spoken
here this morning, who will testify with
one consent that there is divine real
ity In religion, they have experienced
its power in their own hearts. Many
of these persons / know. Their word
would be received in any court of jus
tice. lie, they would not, | know
and mistaken they cannot all be. /
have hitherto been skeptical in rola.
tion to these matters. ] now tell you
that am fully convinced Of the truth,
and that / intend to lead new life.-
VIII You pray for mo.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

The reputation of man is like his
shadow, gigantic whom it prccedes
him, and pigmy in its proportions whcr
it follows.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-04-16

Moro evil truths arc discovered by
tho corruption Of the heart, than by
the penetration Of the mind.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-07-24
A Female Hero.

Gen. Lane, of Oregon, relates this remark
able story of woman of that Territory
who SO precise fate had been a mystery to hel
friends, though well knowing that she fell q
victim to savage ferocity:
We inquired in regard to Mrs. Wagner
who was a we'll educated and handsome wo-
man from New York, who had lived long in
the country, and spoke the Indian tongue flu
emily. She kept public house by the rode
sike, and the good cheer which she always
furnished made it place where Travellers de-
lighted to stop. The Indians informed us
that in the morning Of the 9th of October
they came in sight of the house, where they
met some tcamsters and packers, portion of
whom they murdered, destroying the wagons
and carDoes, as well as the animals, while she
was standing in the door. As soon as they
had murdered the people outside they came
towards the house, which was strongly built
of hewn LOGS, and had heavy door which
was fastened with crosSbars. When she saw
them running towards the house she shut the
door, and dropped the bars to prevent their
coming in. They come to the door and Or
dered her to come out, and bring her little
Girl. She said s'nO" Her husband was alb
sent-and, by the way, he was the only man
on that road who escaped. They said that if
she did not come ont they would shoot her.
She declined, and after some deliberation,
they determined to set the house on fire.
The house was directly enveloped in flames,
and the chief, who watched her through a
little window, told me that he saw her go
to the glass and arrange her hair, then take
q ca,t in tho middle of the room fold her lit
tie girl in her arms and wait calmly until the
roof fell in, and they perished in the flames
together. And the statement was confirmed
by the people who found their remains lying
together in the middle of tie house.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-07-24
The Smith Family.

Henry Smith, the razor strop man, who is
known all over the country as one OF the
originals, gave sketch of some of the Smiths
in one of his speeches to the citizens of Prov
dence, r. L., a few days since. We copy it
from Providence paper:
Perhaps there are some gentlemen in this
respected crowd who do not know who am
That am famous know, and | also know
that fame is Of but comparative worth. There
may be some gentlemen here, who, although
highly intelligent and well versed in general
knowledge, are yet so far behind the times as
not to know that my name is Smith. TO
such take great pleasure in introducing my.
SELF
Gentlemen, my name is Smith, and | am
proud to say | am net ashamed of 1t. 1t
may be that no person in this crowd owns
that very uncommon name. Ii, however,
there be one such, let him hold up his head,
pull up his dickey, turn out his toes, take
courage and thank his stars that there are "a
few more left the same Sort
Gentlemen, I am proud of being an oiigi-
nal Smith,; not SMITHE, nor SMTTH,
but a regular, natural, original Smith. Put
ting a in the middle or an E at the end
won't do gentlemen. Who ever heard of a
great man by the name of Smyth or Smithe?
Echo answers aho, and everybody says nobody.
But as for Smith, plain SMITH, Smith, why
the pillars Of fame are covered with that hon
ored and rcvered name.
Who were the most racy, witty and popu-
lar authors of this century? Horace and AL
bert Smith.
Who was the most original, pithy and hu-
morous preacher? Rev. Sidney Smith.
TO 90 farther back, who was the boldest
and braycst soldier in Sumpter's army, in the
Revolution? A Smith.
Who palavered with Powhattan, galivant-
ed with Pocahontas, and become the ancestor
of the first families in Virginia? A Smith,
again.
And who ask, and ask the question Sc
riously and soberly arho | say is that man
and what is his name who has fought the
most battles, made the most speeches, preach
ed the most sermons held the most offices,
sung the most songs written the most poems,
courted the most women, kissed the most
girls, run away with the most wives and mar.
ried the most widows? History says, you sag,
l sag, and ecerybody says, JoHN SMITH.
TO go back still farther, the Scriptures
speak of one Alexander the copper smith
Farther back STILL we read Of Tubal Cain,
who was an articcr in brass and iron. He
must undoubtedly have been a black smith.
And | have no doubt, gentlemen, that the
progcnitor of our race would have been called
Smith, if his name hadn't been Adam.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-07-24

Charles Lamb tells his sad experience, as
warning to young men, in the following Ian
guage:
"The waters have gone over me. But out
of the black Depths could be heard, would
cry out to all those who have set foot in
the perilous flood. Could the youth, to whom
the flavor of the first wine is delicious as the
opening scenes of life, of the entering upon
some newly discovered paradise, look into
my desolation, and be made to understand
what dreary thing it is when he shall feel
himself going down a precipic. with open
eyes and passive will to see his Instruction
and have no power to stop it, and yet feel it
all the way emanating from himself; to see
all goodness emptied out of him, and yet not
able to forget time when it was otherwise
to bear about the pitious spectacle of his own
ruin;-could he see my tevered eyes, feverish
with the last nights drinking, and feverishly
looking for to-night's repetition of the folly
could he but feel the body Of the death out
of which l cry hourly with feebler outcry to
be delivercd,-it were enough to make him
dash the sparkling beverage to the earth, in
all the pride 'of its mantling temptation"