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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-07-23
THAT CHARMING TEMPLE
OF FANCY.
Groans under the weight of precious Jewel.
The brilliant polish and sparkling lustre
Mark tho purity Of the Goods


Mark tho purity Of the Goods!
WE have just received an assortment Of
magnificent Jewclry, & plain Gold Jowclry, the
hrIiIancy and artistic skill in design commands
the admiration of ALL .. .. ..
Cameo Jewclry-in sets.
This beautiful Jewelry, held in such high
good assortment.
Gold stone Jewelry, descrvcdly termed the
crown Jewels; our styles universally admired.
Mosaic JcWelry--nccds no culoey,---its bril-.
nancy, purity, and excellence, and most chnstc
design, bcspeak an entrance to the most refined
circles. .. ... ...i
Mourning JcwcIry.-You who arc dressed
IN The haDiiImcnts Of mourning your toilet is
incomplete without suit Of our meek and mod
est mourning Jewels. a..s't
We have also just received rich assortment
Of Com JeWctry, Tor Gcntenen's wear, WIS,
SHIRT sets nd sleeve buttons, coin purity-a
lew sparkling Brilliant * ~ issiye finger Rings
Gold Pens and Pencils, Watch Seals, koys and
Rings, Charms, &c. &c. In short we have quito
n variety OF rich and fancy Goods, Silver 4 pla-
ted Spectacles, Thinbcs, Watch Guards, sc.
Our Book and Drug Department.
Within the last ten days, large additions hayo
been made TO our stock. p
800 quire Blank Booke,
5000 assorted Envelopes.
10 different varieties Of Papers; .."
10 " brands OF Pens; .
SCHOOL BOOKS Of every variety;
Drugs and Paints, always Il large stock on
hand. " We ask all in want Of Goods in
our line to give a call.
FITCH & CIIALEANT.
Morgantown, April 80, 1858. If
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-07-23

the number of acres, it will DO readily
perceived that plenty of time will be
afforded for all Of these processes.
The next year being the fifth begins
the rotation again, and the farmer will
now find his land in much better heart
for corn than it was four years provi.
ously.
Scoring Peds.--l have before writ
ten of my practice in sowing Peas :
but as added experience shows mo the
great advantages accruing from it,
give Slime upon line" Some years
since l commenced with sowing peas.
and covering them at different depths,
varying from one inch to one foot. l
found those buried eight inches deep,
appeared above ground only one day
later than those buried only two inch
es; while those that were covered
twelve inches deep, were but little
over teco days behind. AS they grew,
no pcrceptiblo difference was noticed,
until they commenced blooming and
set:ing,then the advantage of the deep
planting exhibited itself; for those
that were eight and ten inches deep
continued to groO, blossom, and set pods
long after those only two or four inch
cs commenced riponing and decaying.
If tho soil is light and loamy, 1 will
hereafter plant my peas eight to ten
inches deep; if the soil is clayey, |
will plant six inches. l never earth
up, but leave the ground as near level
as | can.-Ohto Farmer.
Culture Of ,SdgS.-A few suggestions
to those who have old sage roots from
which they wish to raise sage, may not
DO amiss. If you wish to got a fine
crop of sage from such roots, separate
and transplant them carefully, cutting
the old tops off close to the ground
If you wish to raise seed, leave the
tops on.
The inability Of a wife to make bread
has boon declared sufficient ground for
divorce, by q Country Agriculture
Society Of Iowa.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-07-23
All Right at the Red Post!

Those New Goods have arrived at last.
We have just received from Baltimore and
Philadelphia
Lancaster and Scotch Ginghams;
Prints, Muslins, Pins; .- .
Very cheap black Doeskinj
Brass Hoops, Black Thread
Puff Combs, Gents LinoD Itandkerchiers;
Marseilles Collars, &C., &c, &c.
ALSO
Prime Golden Syrup, Pepper, First rate 90
cent Tea, Bar Lead &c.
We have also concluded to rim of those ex-
ira cheap Dollar Cassimnros for 81 cents. Now
is your opportunity for choap pants and coats
Come soon they will not last long.
3 March 81 CHADWICK & NEPHEW.
We have also on hand complete assortment
Of Garden Seeds, and prime 10, Of Timothy
Seed. ... aEgE {. N.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
A Lay Sermon.

DODGE of the ST. Peter Free Press, thus
discourses on clerical matters, in reply to a
communication complaining that the ministers
of the twin cities are not well supported:
''There are not less than sir ministers of
the various denominations, to be supported
by the inhabitants of this place and Traverse
des Sioux-being one to about eyery tacenty
families! The idea of such population sup
porting that number of clergymen, is absurd.
1t cannot be expected
We never could and cannot now see the
necessity for so many different denominations,
and consequently of so many clergymen.
They all profess to believe in, and worship
the same God,- derive their faith and doe
trines from the same Bible, and to agree upon
all the great fundamental doctrines of Chris
tianity Why then, can they not unite in
their support? If this were done, and the
means now frittered away in the attempt to
support so many, simply to keep up merely
technical differences, were devoted to the sup
port of but one, or at most two, in the place
of the six, we apprehend that there would be
no complaint of inadequate support. But SC
long as they will not do this, and each demon
ination insists upon maintaining their peculia,
notions and organizations, of course, they can.
not expect others to assist them. Each is
taxed to support his own-and thus neither
is half supported. At least, so it seems tc
| uSn
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
The Will of the Richest Man In New
England.

The will of the late Ebenezer Francis is by
law provablc in Norfolk county, where the de-
ceased had his domicil. His tax in Roxbury
last year was $11 400. By the terms of the
will about $117, 800 are given to the descen-
dants of two sisters, and there are sundry
other legacies of $25 600 or $50, 900 more. A
trust fund of 100000 is created for the pay
ment of certain annuities-the surplus income
of each year after the payment of the annu-
tiles, to be added to the principal, and after
the death of the annuitants, the principal is to
be disposed of like residue of the estate.
The two daughters have direct requests of
$780, 900 each, and the houses they now occu-
Ply. A bequest and devise to his grandson,
E. Francis Thayer, and the interest of that
grandson in the residue of the estate are rem
dcred void by his death without issue before
the testator. The remainder Of the estate is
devised to five trustees-the income is pay
able to each daughter dnring life. At the
death of each daughter the income of her
share is payable to her children during the
trust After the death of both daughters, the
income for five years is devisable equally
among all the grandchildren, and at the end
of the five years the whole property is to be
divided among the grandchildren, and the is
sue of any deceased grandchild.
The executors of the will are Nathaniel |.
Bowditch, Robert NJ. Mason, (his son-in-law)
and Samuel w. Sweet, President of the Ma
tional Insurance Company. The trustees are
| Nathaniel Bowditch, Robert NJ. Mason, Sam
uel w. Sweet, Israel Whitney, of Boston, and
Joel Parker, of Cambridge. The estate is es
| timated at about $4,000, 000.-B0st0n Trans
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
Later from EurOpe.-Arrival of the In
dian Empire.

HALIFAX, Oct. IL.
The steamship Indian Empire, Capt Coun-
tenay, from Galway on the morning of the
2Sth ult, passed Cape Race at ! o'clock on
the morning of the 18th. She arrived off Hal
flax harbor at o'clock on the evening of the
9th. She has $50 passengers. She had a
succession of strong westerly gales during the
entire passage.
The Royal Mail Steamship Africa, from
New York, arrived at Liverpool on the Goth
ult.
GREAT BRITAIN-There war some expecta-
ton OF reduction of the rate of interest of
the Bank of England, owing to the accumula-
ton of bullion.
The political intelligence is very unimpor
tant
1t is reiterated that Spain is about to pro-
coed against Mexico.
FRASCE.-The rumOr gained ground that a
matrimonial alliance was on the tapis between
Prince Napoleon and the Princess Oololida,
Oldest daughter of the King of Sardinia. The
rumor was strengthened by report that the
Princess is to visit the Court of Turin in Oc-
tober.
1t was stated that the Russian Navigation
Company will be authorized to establish a
station in Algeria, and to have a depot Of coal
there. The Company is not bound to confine
its operations to the Black Sea.
The Paris -four market was dull. Wheat
was fiat.
SpAIN-The Spanish and French cxpedi-
ton against Cochin was not expected to COM
mence operations in November.
The Minister of Marine has been to Cadiz
to superintend the dispatch of troops and
ships to Cuba, to act against Mexico, and it
appears from the language of all the minister
ial journals, that the government had resolved
to delay no longer exacting reparation from
the Republic.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
Miraculous Escape.

One of the narrowest and most singular
escapes of death on record occurred the other
night, on the Hudson River Railroad. 1t ap-
pears that the night express was rushing on
at the rate of thirty-6ve miles an hour, and
the night being very dark, the engineer could
only command the view of a few yards ahead
of the engine, and in those few yards he dis
covered, to his horror, man standing directly
in the centre of the track, apparently deter
mined to throw the train, or the train throw
him from the track. In an instant the engin-
Ger reversed the engine, and Selling the bell
rope, applied the patent brakes, but too late,
as the engine struck him while running at the
above rate, and the unfortunate man was
thrown high in the air. In few minutes
more the train had stopped, and backed with
the intention of picking up his remains and
carrying them to the next station, when, to
the astOnishment of all, no remains were seen,
as the man was found whole, and more Won
derful to relate still, uninjured He was
taken into the baggage car and conveyed to
the next station, but before arriving there he
became very impudent and abusive. AS
might be expected the man uas drunk.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
An Eye for the Eve.

An ingenious instrument, called the oph
kaleidoscope, by the aid of which the eye may
be internally examined, has recently been in
troduced to the notice of the scientific world.
The instrument is in the form of concave
mirror, with hole in the centre, in which a
lens is inserted, and to this another lens is
added, which, however, is separated and
movable. When the instrument is used, a
lighted candle is placed at the side of the pa
tient. The concave mirror is then held in
front of the eye to be examined, while the
movable lens is suspended between the light
and the mirror in such manner as to con-
ccntrate the rays of the first on the second.
The reflected rays converge on the retina, and
on passing through it, diverge and render lu-
minous the whole interior of the eye, which
the observer can sec by looking through the
lens placed in the mirrors centre The reti-
ma and the lens form microscope, the multi
plying power of which is five hundred.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
Minnesota Railroad Ian.

IhANsIr RAILROAD. 1.-The first Issue of
State Railroad bonds, to the arno,,r,t &c 5000 "
900 has been delivered by the GovernH, 49,,
the hands of the Directors of tho IT. na.a
Railroad Company, they having first fnlf;lleJ
the requirements of the law author;z;na =
loan of the State credit to Railroad Cor1n.
MES. This Company already have the ora.
ding between this place and section fourtv-
four nearly completed, with the exception Of
two or three miles through the bluffs. The
grading has been mostly done in consecutive
sections: The work though the bluffs has
been left for winter, it being the only portion
that can be done during the cold weather, as
most OF 1T is rock excavation.
Contracts have been made for the super
structure of the Road from this point to
rochester, and it is expected that iron suf-
ficient to lay the track to Stockton will be
put down, and a locomotive and cars placed
upon this end before the close of nayiga-
ton.
The line west of Rochester has been sub
let as far as located, and we are assured that
some twenty miles on that end of the road will
be graded this fall. The engineers are busy
Locating the west end, party of whom left
here last week for ST. Peter, intending to sur
vey the route from there to the Big Sioux
Hsnono Republican.
~ We are informed that the iron for the
track OF the Railroad from Mendoza to Belle
Flame, has been purchased by the contractor,
and Is In trdnsitu. The laying of the track is
to be commenced this fall, to be finished
ready Tor the cars by early spring-Bslle
Poi,ae Enquirer.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
From the Glencoe Register.
The Harvest is Over.

The time of the year has arrived that re-
leases the husbandman from the busy cares
and anXicties Ofhis spring and summer charge
Another harvest is past, and preparations are
to be made for another years work. Let us
consider for a moment whether we have been
rewarded for our labor during the past year
Our crops have come in very well, but per-
haps not as good as we expected when we
were preparing the ground for the seed. Our
new country has prOspered, while good deal
of prairie has been broken the past season,
which will be ready to yield an average crop
another year. We are strongly of the Opin-
ion that our agriculturists will improve every
opportunity to drain their farms so that in
case we have another wet summer the rain
will not injure the crops as it has the past
season Our citizens have enjoyed the very
best of health-a boon that the settlers of no
other new Western State have ever had.
Had the pioneers of Illinois, Iowa and Wis
consn been as free from sickness as the peO-
pie of this State, and particularly this county,
millions of dollars in the shape of physicians
bills and undertakers charges would have
been saved to them, and the lives of thous-
ands spared to their friends. Hardly family
escaped the annual epidemic which followed
the eve of the harvest season. The grave
yards were the most frequently visited of any
of the public places Their harvests were
bountiful, but anxiety and fear attended the
people after the harvest was over. Grim
Death visited their abode so often that instead
of it being time of rejoicing it was harvest
of sorrow and woe. How different here A
case of sickness is so rare that nearly every
man in the county during the past season
might have commenced his work with the ris-
ing of the sun and labored all the day long.
If we have not as abundant crops as some,
we have a harvest of Joy in all the blessings
bestowed upon our labOrs.
The same routine has to be gone through
again. The ground must be plowed, the seed
sOwn, and hard labor performed in the fields
in order that the benefit of another harvest
may be enjoyed. This fact gives us but little
rest from our labors. The hope of large
crop keeps us braced up, and affords us suf-
| ficent courage to embark in the enterprise
with stout hearts. Our wants compel us to
have our ground all ready in the fall for the
seed that is to be put in in the spring, and il
is fortunate that it is so. Every variety o.
grain arrives at greater perfection in this
State raised on ground prepared in the fall
than in the spring. The winter appears t.
cause the ground plowed in the fall to produce
more than it does when plowed in the spring
Let us all be up and doing our best for anO
Their harvest.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
How a Defaulting Cashier carried on
for Four Years.

The Boston Atlas gives some interesting
particulars of the way in which the default
ing cashier of the Brighton Bank managed his
rascality " The reason for the recent resign
alton of Mr. Robert n WoodwOrth cashier
of the Brighton Bank, has become apparent
He turns out to be defaulter having made
way, as is alleged, with some SAC, 900 belong
ing to the bank. An investigation is progress
ing by the directors.
The bank is said to be secured against loss
by the bondsmen of Mr. Woodwork and bv
his private property, which has been made
over to the bank to protect it from loss. 1t
is said to have been indulging in fancy stocks
for some time, and which, as is generally the
case, has brought him down. He is a lead
ing Baptist in Brighton, and the revelations
are heard with concern by the Church.
1t was supposed at first that roguery was
of recent occurrence, and this opinion was all
the stronger from the fact that the cashiers
books have balanced with the incest exact
ness, and the examination of its affairs by the
Bank Commissioners, in May last, revealed
no suspicious circumstances.
A few days since the President of the bank,
S. ii. Bennett, received an inquiry from the
President of the Faneuil Hall Bank, whether
he should furnish Mr.. Woodwork with $780,
900 on New York on account of the Bank of
Brighton. He at once refused, saying that if
they did it it was at their own risk-Mr Ben
nett was then informed that they had already
let him have the same amount This led to
| an investigation, and to the confession of Mr.
Woodwork that he had for four years been
appropriating the funds of the bank to his
own use for speculation and other purposes.
lie had purchased house in Brighton for
$15, 900, which was furnished in palatial style,
specialized at second hand, given 81 900 to-
wards the erection of the Baptist Church edi-
flee in that town, bought and sold fancy and
| other stocks, etc., etc. When his rascality
was in danger of being discovered, he sold his
house for $4,000, at the same time discharg-
ing mortgage upon it of $4,000.
AT the same time he got rid of stocks in
the Suffolk Mills. Mr.. Woodwork asserts
with great emphasis that the bank will be full
ly Unidentified. His bondsmen will be called
upon, we suppose, as a sacrifice. The direc
tors are disposed to be lenient with their er
rant officer. Mr.. Woodwork states that hi
has, within short time lost $1,000 by rea
estate speculation in building block .Of hous
es, with which the directors had not the leas
suspicion that he was connected, as the bust
ness was carried on in the name of another
person. He is temporarily in charge of thu
directors. His friends deeply sympathise il
his misfortunes, and will do all in their power
to relieve him. He has wife and two chill
dren.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
The Mission of Odd Fellowship

The following beautiful extract is from the
annual address of the Most Worthy Grand
Sire of the Odd Fellows of America to the
representatives of the Order assembled in Ma
tional Grand Lodge What spirit of philan-
thropy and benevolence is breathed in every
sentence:
Brethren, let me conjure you to be faithful
to our sacred trust and high calling, " to re-
member that, to illunine the shadowy vista of
the future and prepare the soul for heaven, is
the mission of another and hoer institution
That the work of the Odd Fellow is while the
diamond gemmed curtain of night robes her
silver queen in glory; while the virgin rays of
the rising sun are tapping the dew-drop from
the folded petals of the yet slumbering flow
ers; while outer darkness shrouds the world
in gloom; while the storm lashes the foaming
waters, and the affrighted forest walls its
crashing dirge of despair; while presumptive
arrogance stalks abroad in rich attire, and
squalid misery lies unreleved in the howell;
and where along the slippery and uncertain
pathway of life, the bruised heart pants for
dcliverance, misfortune has placed her sig
net wherever a parched lip or fevered brow
needs the cooling draught or magic touch OF
~
tered unto, or death to- be cared for, there,
there is his work thati in this practical utilita-
rian age, we have no hope but in great labor OF
the head and heart-that the time for triAing
is amid the buried rubbish of the past-that
leisure has been blotted from our vernacular,
and time is solidfied by crystalization into
diamond reality-that it is only by untiring
concentrated effort we may stand on tip-toe
on the loftiest summit of conception, and with
unveiled eye, made all the brighter by that up
per and purer atmosphere, gaze down the dim
ly lighted vista of the future, and thus see
what we, by fidelity and energy, can make
our Order-and drink in such inspiration as
shall make us struggle ever more towards that
glorious contamination; and that in all OBJ
jects of benevolence and charity there should
be no such word as fail! Then, brethren, put
your shoulders to the good work let us move
forward with the ark of our covenant, until
misfortune has no tear to dry, and sorrow no
wound to heal until all men shall recognize
their obligations to each other, and men of cv-
cry religion, nationality, and vocation shall sit
and act together in harmony and friendship
as band of brothers. Then, but not till
then, may we fold our ''tents," cease our ga
bors," lay aside our Badges" and disband
our 'lodges."
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
Deaths from yellow fever yesterday SO.
Five Thousand Dollars i'm Dispute.

A suit in the Supreme Court, by the Mark
ct bank, to recover from the Granite Bank
$4,000 which the plaintiff bank alleges was
received from the defendant bank. 1t VIII
be remembered that some two years ago oag
purporting to contain $4,000 in gold passed
through several banks. At Market bank' IL IL
coppers The question to be tTled are wn ERE
and when was the gold cl IA tIe Market hank
Granite bank responsible u ''io ""'No' '''''A
for the So 900 -, I'LL, r.,
which will tend to show that the bogus sT bag
been put int" of Sreua sss BY Ss
Who committed suicide about the time this
transaction came to light. Eminent counsel
are employed on both sides, and the mysteri,
Gus disappearance of this gold and several
other parcels may now be accounted for
Joseph G. ABBOTT and F. o. Watts for the
plaintiff; Rufus Chaste and 7. Russell for the
defendant sBost0a Leader.