American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-09-03
The Rev. Henry Word Beoc,,o,

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logan and a, politician. Certainly he
is. both, but his theology spoils his pol.
itics, and. his politics spoil his theology.
The New York Times publishes lit.
eral Transcripts from the books Of ia.
cob, Alma. and Nephi, contained in
the authorised edition of the Book Of
Mormon, in which, strange to say, the
institution of polyg,my is as severely
denounced as an abominntion before
the Deity as are any Of the cardinal
sins in the decalogue given in the book
Of Moses. The Mormon Bible has new
err been republished in this country.
and it seems that Brigham Young has
learned the Jesuit art Of setting aside
its authority whenever its precepts in.
terfere with his licent;ous wishes or
his hierar cbal ambition.
Beef Panic in Petersburg. The
black tongue disease among cattle,
which has fatally prevailed for some
months, in Georgia, and the two Carroll
mas, has appeared in Virginia. A great
many COWS have died, within a week,
in the county of Chesterfield, and even
young cattle on the mountain ranges.
In view of these facts, the Board of
Health Of Petersburg, Va, have warn.
ed the public against the uso of beef
and all its belongings, though, we
think, rather prematurely.
Destructive FIRE from Cigar
We learn from the Salem (N. J.l
Standard that on Tuesday last, Mr..
Vining Tuft, of Lower PENIS Neck.
lost fifteen stacks of hay, valued at
5000, by the carelessness of a boy who
threw lighted cigar near the stacks,
after it had made him sick. The fire
spread rapidly, and would have consu.
med most of his outbuldings, but for
the assistance rendered him by his
neighbors and the firemen.
AN article from the latest received
Washington Union, announces that the
War Department has determined 10
order Gen. Harvey to the command of
the army in Washington Territory, to
conduct the winter campaign against
the Indians. lie said that his staff will
leave for the Pacific in about six weeks,
and in the meantime all needful pre-
parations for the successful prosecu.
ton Of tho war will be made.
CONTRACTS For Hoes IN THE WEST.
I'VE learn from the Cincinnati Price
Current that contracts are being made
for hogs in Indiana and Kentucky at
81 4.25 gross,whic is equalto 1915
a q net, delivered there. There is
said to be u very general opinion pre-
vailing among country dealers, owing
to the backward state Of the corn crop,
that prices will rule higher the coming
season, though packers think if prices
open as high as last year the result
will be even more disastrous. . ..
The PRospEcTs OF TExAs.-A cor
respondent, who seems to be rather
enthusiastic, writes as follows from
Houston, Crexas,) under date of July
Odd: ...'. .......
Texas never saw brighter prospects
than at present. Out of debt, aud
With full treasury,taxes merely nomi.
nal---lighter than in almost any other
State--a full crop Of corn and wheat
already realized, cotton and sugar cane
promising an abundant yield; railroads
progressing rapidly, the cause of cduca-
ton receiving IA good share of attention,
the whole State is rapidly advancing
in all that makes great, good, happy,
and prosperous people.
THUNDER AND LIaHTN1NG.--.Tho
Washington papers say that the thun-
der and lightning accompanying a
storm in that city, on Tuesday, was
terrific. For more than an hour pcals
of thunder succeeded each other in
quick succession, like the shocks of
heavy artillery, which caused the very
earth and houses to tremble, and the
heavens above the most of time seemed
to be one vast sheet Of lurid flame.
PoTATo SPECTATORS CAUGHT NAP,
PING. -Therc is an immense quantity
of potatoes of last years crop in the
hands Of the farmers of Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine, which will, in
great measure be lost, as the new crop
is at hand for use, and, with the oxcep-
ton of pigs, the farm stock will not
feed on the old ones, which must rot,
or be made into starch.
How THEY ARE BLEED. Buchanan
office holders, like the unfortunates in
the reign of John Tyler, have to pay
the piper. The Washington cores.
pendent of the Chicago Times writes
that MIR. Cook, the Chicago Postmaster,
has informed the Administration that
he has subscribed $1,000 towards tho
establishment Of the Chicago Herald,