American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1859-03-11
ITEMS or NEWS, &c.

HtiSuooinVpu VI the tOWIOl somerset.
Over $4,000 has been subscribed
in Louisiana in one week to the cree
ton of the Southern Methodist Uni
versity.
Piety IN the Prison. THE Trenton
IN. j.. Democrat says that between
thirty and forty of tho inmates of the
State prison have professed conversion
during the past year, and their daily
conduct warrants the belief Of their
sincerity.
The noen.day prayer meetings arc
regularly kept up in Pittsburg. The
attendance is about from one hundred
to two hundred persons.
The city of Baltimore pays S241,-
500 year for tho support of its COM
mon schools. .as.l irsms
Importation Of Africdns. A letter
from. Texas states that six hundred
slTes from Africa have been brought
Into that State within the last few
weeks, and that more arc soon expect
cd. atu ft. .st s.H 3sn
The telegraph reports Senator Wade,
of Ohio saying: ."..
"Thc whole object of the Democra.
tic party was to so round the world
hunting for niggcrs. They could not
more run a party without niggers than
steam engine without fuel" AZ"
To get to Pixies Peak, go to work
and save your money till you get three
or four hundred dollars /; then buy n
piece of land, and stay at home and
mind your own business. .e'
If you cannot avoid quarrel with
q backyard, let your lawyer manage
it rather than yourself. No man sweeps
his own chimney, but employs a chin.
ney sweep to do this dirty work, be.
cause it is in his trade.
There are two languages that are
universal--the one of love and the
other of money. The girls understand
one and the men the other, all the world
over, from Canton to niagara. ...
CHICAGO, March 2.--Election yes
terday passed off quietly. Entire re.
publican ticket elected by an average
majority of a thousand. Council stands,
republican, fourteen; democrats, six.
Total vote, about $4,000. .....- e..
Waitman Il. Wiley, the America
Wing candidate for Lieut.. Governor
OF Virginia, seems to be an exceeding
ly popular man among his fellow-citi-
zens, or else the mountainecrs are high
ly wrought up the with idea that one of
them has prospect Of becoming Lieut..
Governor. The Morgantown and Fair
mont Democratic papers are full of
complimentary notices of the gentle,
man. IVeIsburg Herald.
Something about Women. A wo-
man is either worth great deal or
nothing. If good for nothing, she is
not worth getting jealous for Z; if she
be true woman, she will give no cause
for jealousy. A man is brute to be
jealous of good woman fool to be
jealous Of a worthless one; but is n
double fool to cut his throat for either
of them. a ...
Good Advice to Marrying Men,
&lf you marry" said Roman consul
to his son, "lct it be woman who has
judgment and industry enough TO get
meal of yictuals, taste to dress neat,
pride enough to wash before breakfast,
and sense enough to hold hcrtongue."
Il Young Biyamist. A precocious
youngster, nineteen years old, named
John ODonnell, is on trial in St. Louis
for being married to three wives at the
same time.
4 Nature Tictim. In Albany, n
lady of 30, has entered complaint in
court Of law against young man of
18, for leading her from the path of
rectitude."
They had a dance the Other night at
Madison, Wisconsin, for the benefit of
the church. The Sentinel supposes it
was religious increment.
Hog cholera is prevailing to alarm
ing extent in Kentucky, one farmer
has lost in the last year and half
between six and seven thousand dollars
worth of hogs by this fearful disease.
The Democrat calls the Opposition
can open party" If the Democracy
is not an open party, wen open it as
soon as it is dead.--Lou. Jour.
Brigade .Inspector.- Col. DAVID Z.
llEwEs, of Clarksburg, has been ap.
pointed Brigade Inspector for the -
brigade, by Gen. BUCKNER FAIRFAX,
of Preston. We suppose he will pay
our county o visit ere long. Farmont