Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-08-15
MISELLlNrauS ITEMS.

prospect OF any. lEey leIl inc ~
maindef of the company in excellent
health. Stock doing well and In
dians friendly. 0neman from Law
renee died but did notlearn his name.
Snnnose the balance5will be dead in
.hppt 4 month. Pool could not find
i;sleld diggings, and they were wan
dcring about from place TO place
a a.osneecting. This, we believe, il
XVII pl.o,,f the sum and substance Of the
news they bring Springfield, No.,
Mirror, JHyl9, +
e,sr or rnE BARK MAGSoLlA.-The
ease of the bark Magnolia, which
was captured bya revinue. cutter Oft
die coast of Florida, 1adened with
arIns:it Is supposed for Col. kinney's
Trnedi,ion was decided in Mobile
Wfdnesday lst. Judge Gayle de-
l;vcred his opinion, dismissing the Ii
he'll and deciding that the vessel was
not liable under the Sd section ofthe
acf5Gf 1878. An appeal has been
taken and the vessel remains in GUS
taJv, until the mattcrfis finally de-
fermined. r. ss@ IT. ~. I,
" ArrrrrtSG SCENE AT An. Execution.
-L.ovet Cady, the murderer ofSam-
,cl Sinclair, wis hung at Clarksyille,
Texas. on the both inst. His wife
attended him throughoutthe trial and
10 the gallows. Her shreaks, when
the halter was adjusted, appalled,
Inc. crowd. of spectators. After pray
err from the clergyman, the unfortun-
ME man was swung of, when his
WifGs rushed forward and held him.
up until she was removed BY the
s,.hldrtitl.. After the appointed time,
The body was cut down, and was ia
ken home By. the devoted woman to
apply means OF rcsusc citation
IIoRKip MURDER. III On Saturday
!. last the body of a white man was
discovered sccretcd on the Maryland
shore, opposite the Alexandria, Va.
ferry. The limbs were all Topped
off from the bedy, and q head and
leg only were found lying nearit. The
apparel worn by the DECEASED indi-
eittcd his circumstances TO he easy.
The body had evidently lain there
some days. f}::>, j - 4
PABDoNEp. = The President has
granted pardons to Jacob Singer
land, CONVICTED ofpresentihg at the.
Pension Office certain false. and
fraudulent aaidayits in support of
'Jclailn rs for pensions, with intent to
dclraud the United States Treasury,
and sentenced to be confined in the
'pcnitcntiary for five years; and to,
Nm: :'Timin, who was convicted Of
robbing the mail. land sentenced to
suffer ten years inpri$ onthent,
ARNy.AfrolNrsE,Sr The President
has appointed John A. Thompson,
of Moundsxille, Va, and "a nephew
OF Capt. Walker, the celepratcd Tex
an Ranger, to be a second Eeuten-
ant irtone Of the new cavalry regi-
4nents.. III 4
DEAr u OF i NErERAN.-J Judge Lo->
throp Cook, the oldest settler of Nj
agarh county n. Y, and formerCol:
lrctor of Customs at IIockport, died
on the 2lst. .IIeYwas a soldier oil
1872 and served at Queenstown. " i
=. ColL,N,m;s RIorERs.-At< Columbus,
Uhio, six Of the Turner's were held
to bail ON Friday in the sum of 81 900
each. to answer a charge of riot, and
aiding and betting in the murder OF
youhg' Foster. .
- RAuRoAp AccIDENT.--0n Monday
last The cars on the New Portage
RAILROAD, bound for IEolladayshurg,
Pa,ran of the trackin coiisequenceof
Il land slide. AIargepafty Of ladies
and gentlemen, who bad been out
after berries ,5xerc thrown of the fat
can and one lad named William
Berry was instantly killed. Thirteen
persons were seriously injured. I
: a LADY" BtRGi.AF ::-+At Spring
field, Erie county, n, Y5f,Hast Week, q
young lady, both young and pretty,
broke into the house Of Joseph Hop
kins and robbed itsof 81 TO- in cash.
She subsequently. betrayed herself
iby offering ono Of the stolen bills in
payment for gewgaws. -. ~ !:
NEw BEpFoRp, Mass Aug. Il.
u fearful accident occurred on
Monday at Fair Haven, While launch
ing the ship SIconset,. The under
,piniiing on one sidet,gave way, tcaus:-
ihgf4he vessel to keel over, throwing
theIyisitors on board to the ground.
;Six+we killed and from twenty to
thirty wounded, some probably fatal
Iy.c-E.5 4 = ~ss 1.
The Washington Union states that
the Secretary OF Statc4and Hen. VIM
L. Lee, his HawaIin Maiesty's Min
ister to our government, on Friday
signed treaty of commercial re-
ciprocity between the United States
and the Sandwich Islands.
YlIE Fever AT New ORLEANs---