American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1859-01-28

answered, con, no, ! would rather be
Jew of the Kings than be King of the
jews"
The Florida Legislature has repeal.
ed the law providing for the incarcera.
ton of free negro sailors while their
vessels are in port.
The report that Senator Matt. Ward.
of Texas, is the same man who killed
the schoolmaster Butler, of Kentucky.
has proved so much annoyance to the
friends of the Senator as to cause the
insertion in tho Union of a card con,
tradicting the report, and stating that
the Senator is one of the most eytima.
BILE men in Texas.
The good people of Grant county,
Wlsconsin,have rcpudiatcd their taxes,
and refuse utterly to pay the State or
county taxes for this year, "and nav
BE- none hereafter" They deem the
Legislatures appropriations extraya-
CANT and useless.
a teacher at Newport has been fined
S2o and costs, for inHicting excessive
corporeal punishment on one of his
pupils. a part Of the evidence in the
case was IL pair Of pantaloons, which
the boy had on when punished. The
pants--a new pair, made of stout wool
en- cloth, and lincd--.were cut through
IN fourteen different places, as clearly
as If done with knife. A man of
such angry passions to be q teacher of
youth!
Mr.. Lyon, in his recent lecture,
mentioned that the Turks were remark
able for their iilial piely. One, whom
he bad seen, took the death Of his wife
with great Indifference, but tore his
hair and would not be comfortcd when
his mother died. When asked WHY
this was, he said, "a man can have a
thousand wives but one mothcr."
Gen. Quitman attributed the cause
OF he decline, up 10 the last moment of
lie. to poison, administered TO him in
the shape of arsenic while a resident
Of the National Hotel, Washington.
lie used 10 asscrt'that il Was miyed
with The sugar, and substuntiated this
by the fact that during the entire term
Of the inalady, which artcrwayd assumed
the name of the hotel, no person woa
taken i'll who rcfrained from the uso of
that article.
Runs Doinga. II. Warland.
apopulnr editor at Clarc,nout, Mass,
afterwards editor Of the Lowell jour.
nal, then editor in Boston, and author
OF some good poetry, is now in the In.
sane Hospital at South Boston, the
victim Of intemperance.
The Geneva Gazette, describing n
broken down, worn out horse, saws
" lie looks as if he had been fed at the
public crib, after the Know Nothinos
and Black Republicans had been there
Tor, rather, after the administration
had made the last payment on the pur-
chase Of Cuba !
A convention of gamblcra is being
held at Chicago, ILL.,, for the purpose
OF the revision of Hoylc and the co,ii.
tication Of the laws Of Parker. The
Chicago Democrat says that a finer
looking set Of men has never been
seen. What pity their morals are so
much worse than their looks.
a young man, named Runson Clad.
ding, residing in Connecticut, mnde O.
wager that lie would walk from nine
clock until sunrise without an over
coat, the mercury then being degrees
below zero. The feat was successfully
performed by him, and, what vas mar.
yyciions, without his being in the least
frosted.
a convention of the friends Of tenn
poFancc - to De held ut Trenton, II.
D., on the 2Gth instant, for the purpose
OF pressing upon the Legislature the
importance" Of the passage Of strin.
gent law regulating the sale Of intoxi-
eating liquors.
The Board Of Public Works gave
decision last week against the action Of
The Virginia and Kentucky railroad in
locating the eastern terminus at Alb
ln&don, and refused to pay any Of the
states subscription towards the pros.
ecution Of the wotk under the recent
contract therefor.
The Worcester (hlass.) Spy states
that there are decisive indications Of
revival Of manufacturing business in
that city. Several establishments have
increased the number Of their nochan.
les IN order 10 fnlGi the ordnrs which