Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-03-07
Miscellaneous items.

the lNnHeiS. Eon tne wv estern emu
nothing at all is doing We believe -I
The main Allegheny tunnel il being
pushed vigorously, and the progress
ofthe work is beyond expectation II
Three shafts have been sunk, and
nearly seven bundled feet Of tunnel
excavated. At this rate, the Allie
gliany will be bored through before
the Blue Ridge. f. I%.. 4 j
HRoMAScE.--Tn the Wheeling papers
we find the following wedding notice:
i MARRIED., on a cake Of floating ice,
III the Ohio river; opposite Rising
Sun, on Thursday, January Both, BY
the Reg. Mr. Colard, Rev. James Ill.
BFooking, to Miss Sallie Craig, all OF
Boone colIhty,IK Ike ntuky. n - +.
/ We have<oiten heard of breaking
/ the ceinioye matters, but this is the
ftir<t time we ever heard of lovers ma
Hing a wedding cake of ice. lii.
H -CoUSrERFErrs,-We have received
a slip from the Office of the pittsburg
Mirror, stating that counterfeit S.
notes on the Farmers Bank of Ken
lucky have recently been. extensive
III : circulated. In the counterfeit
Notes the h in CASH at the bot
tom Of tile note, touches the flowers
round the beehive. in the genuine
It j. one-eighth. of an inch distance
Rcht Epq l.. RI .'|". -
FyrAL Act,lDENr.-We learn that
fail accident occurred at Emory and
Henry College Washington county.
ka:) on the I4th inst, BY. which d
+ youth, whose name Is Samuel Meek,
I losts his life. 1t appears that. the
young man had taken n walk with
+ anoIhar student of Tie college, and
bail fired oil one Of the two barrels of
biz pistol, andwas blowing in it when
ttc other barrel went off shooting
him through; the head, and causing
death in four hours afterwa rds =
What a shock>to his distressed pa
rents. 49,. 49,. 81. +. .:.s H.
|. In July last, it will be remembered,
the Frellch steamer Chimero put into
Norfolk, having a. great many of her
crew sick with the yellow fever,
where every attentionwas paid to
the patients by the naval hospital,
.IDr. i. Williamson, and also by DIR.
James Harrison. The French Gov
|ernment. having been made aware
5of their praiseworthy conduct, by a
decree Of January 7th, DR.. William !
son has been awarded with n gold
medal of the largest size, and iDr.
Harrison with another gold medal Of
honor of the first class. + II
SrABmNG : CASE. - During a rem
coautcr in house on Tw, 18th street,
Washington, Monday morning, a
man. named Henry Webster was
sta bbed' in the bowels by: Daniel
GonId. The wound is severe and
doubts are: entertained of Webster's
irecovcry. Tie difficulty il supposed
4 to. have commenced in play with a
child Gould has been arrested and
committed to jan. ID II " ~
| Mcxrrrpxr DoNArloSs: Mr.. Max
well Chambers, who lately died in
Salisbury, n. c., willed to Davidson
/ College tho munificent sum Of three
hundred thousand, dollars. Mr.. C,
bas always been NJ warm friend Of
the above institution, and has here
tolore done much for it having en-
-dowed a: prolessorship to be dcrjgna-
ted BY his name. lie ais b left $40
900 to the Presbyterian church at
salisbury. T. --:~... r. I
!; ArRD.R or 4 FAMn.Y%-The Orego-
nian records a dreadful murder which
socctrfcl near Portland, Oregon, on
t:lt Sd alt. A luan named Burris,
White >crazed with drink, murdered
his wife and four chillrcn, after
which he set fire to the house, which
with the bodies of his victims, was
consumed. After bis arrest, he sta
ted that he had killed his wife and
all ofhis children, four in number, to
send them to- heaven. All I.
Y MIssorRI ,sLATtRE.-Both BRAN
ches of the legislature have voted to
hold an adjourned session, commen-
cling on the LIST Of November next,
when another efort-%ill probably
be made TO electza U, s. SENATOR
Tie bill TO loan the Pacific I abroad T
two hundred. thousand dollars, for
four and six months, has ,assed both
branches ..'3a II. 10.
On Friday, oflast week, Governor
Guartluer WAS artrsted.in Boston on
the charge fvioloting the city ordi-I
Nance in having The sidewalk I'M,
font Of his=dry goods store blocked
up with2boXes and bales Of goods. II
lie wilI.probably pay the penalty.
/ The Artesian we'll at New Orleans
has been bored to the depth Of two
hundred and forty feet, from which
point the augur brought sea shells Of ) )
every description. : .t.|.. h
SERIOUS CIIARGE.-A white man
mailing from New Hampshire, has :
been arrested and sent on to the !
March County Court Of AIbemarle. i.