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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

TT /. FISHER and J.. W.ENGLIsH hart
III. ing entered into a partnership, for the
purPose Of praciicing Law in the counties Of
Mason and Putnam, will regularly attend the
Circuit, Quarterly and Monthly Courts OF
those two counties, andJwill pay every alien
&ion to business entrusted TO their care.
One OF The other Of the firm will always be
found at theiroffice, in Point Pleasant, and
one or the other viii regularly be at the Put
nam County Courts. -. - ?
p. Pi. Pl asant, Dec. IL, n37y1 -. ~.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
McCOMAs 4 NEWMAN,

DAVID MeC0MAS (late judge of the 18th
circuit, E.W .McCO MASandJ. C. NEWMAN,
having entered into partnership for
DPRAcTlEfM0. LAM
IN the counties OF Putnam aud Mason, they.
will hereafter attend alf the County, Quarterly
and Circuit Courts in those counties, q nd wall
attend diligently to all business entrusted to
them. = .&s5... - ....- i
oraddress b. 4 8 W. Nc CoMAs, Kanawha
C. H., va,,J. G. Newman, Point Pleasant,
Va. ~. S..s.. VIM :
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

The house and lot in this place. TEL
ing the residence Of Mrs. Mary Kyle
and her sister, Miss Diana Hall, Vas
sold at auction last week, to Dr.. w.
a. Herring, for four thousand doll
lars. These ;estimable ladies will
hereafter reside with their brother,
John Hail. Esq, in western Virgin.
ia. - RoeksnGians Regiister. q
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
THE
3aaa6ba YalItg Siar

er the laws 81 natioas, the laws Of nature
q thelaws 81 God. I'LL
And if it "must needs be'' that such,
an offence shall come from this source Is
shall severe the ties that now unite these
States together in fraternal bonds, involve
the land in civil war, then 1.-Two be unto
Them from whom the offence cometh.''
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
70 SOLDIERS AND THEIR HEIRS.
If -; AND , 49,.
- Ia Land SPECTATORS,

The undersigned will prosecute soldiers
rights for PENSIONS and BOUNTY LAND
iot services in the several wars, under the va :
Iious acts Of Congress. Under late acts, Wild
ows md heirs of enlisted men are entitled.
.ALSO.--LAsD voR SALE, a number Of small
farms and town lots in Ohio, large bodies on
Sandy river, viIginiai aud in Lincoln county,
Kentucky. Address #.L"
-. 4 i, Y. ". FlROR, Attorney at Law,
xlnl Gallipolis, Ohio.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

= Fully AppREcIATED.-How Bur-
ingame and his labors are, appreci1
ated in Philadelphia may BE inferred
from tie following paragraph, which
we clip from the Lancastes Intelligent
Ger: i89 ess Will s asE8
wv should have mo objection IL
the Fremonters would get this infdel
Yankee orator back again to Lancasl
ter, and keep him here until after the
election. We are satisfied his pre-
sence, and speeches wonld add hum
dreds Of votes to State ticket and to
Mr.. Buchanan at the issning State
presid dental elections Il
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
4 Raf thf Sonih Lister.

aiS II iloHl = nun }iiln Tue oIIcncej cometn.
- 49,, . - -4. .l
Knf.ihtl Sanlh Listen.
The Alexandria Sentinel gives u
very interesting sketch, of Mr.. Bar
bour's speech in that city on Saturday
night week. Let the people Of the
South j whose all il at stake, remem-
6ex that their sole reliance may be
: BON the sExecutiYe veto. The Con.
fess innal House ofl Representatives
ainst NJ, and unlocked for occurs
rdQces may turn TIE Senate iii the
SAM direction. How important,
then, - have d reliable President
such n James Buchanan will be-
one il whom there il every conf
/ The lIowing extract from the.
Sentinel Teports of MI. Barbour's
speech ia to e point. Read it, and
say if it is nd. frne sl34.s4
The efforts the Black Republic
cans aresnow ent3 <ely directed to re-
'auce thelprice Of fkor ii the South.
to cralnp slavery "a rs r. preaSSS
limits, till il would be cheaper to
hire q slave than to own him; and as
tlIe prosperity Of y State is bound up
4i6 the value Of labor, they thus strive
to sap the very foundation Of our
prosperity. This brings Us to the
great political question Of the can
vass. On the fertile plains Of Kan
sas theEinterests Of Virginia are at
stake. The Kansas bill, carrying
ont the principles Of 1850, opened
this territory. to al the States Of the
Union. Under it the settlers from
the South went there, and were met
by the armed cohorts cf the Emigrant
Aid Society. All they ask now Is
to beIlet alone !; they only beg that
you got to the polls III this Presiden-
tial election, and save them from the
Interference Of the Federal govern
ment; Nee that they have fair play.
How can yon.do itl Let us see
The Black Republicans have already
carried the out-posssz the House Of
Representatives IS theirs The inner
wall The Senate may be slapped
and mined as soon as they obtaifa
majority in the State Legislatures
North. What, then, is our defence?
One, and one only, the executive
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
TO THE PUBLIC,

---E---. - To 7 u II 4 ODL1Os- = = :
" ANDREW PARKS of Kaaawha county,
and JAMES w. H0GEf of Putnam county
having entered into partnership as ATTORNEYS
aad Counseiors, at Law under the style OF
PARKS Il H0GE, for the counties of Mas IN
and Putnam; will attend alfthe county, quar-
teriy aud circuit sourtsin those counties, and
will attend promptly TO alt business which
may be entrusted to them. appertaining to
their profession. = PARKS & HOGE.E
ian. 1, 1855. !. 70 nzr ~. =.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

Hon. John Ewing, OF Vincenness
Indiana, formerly q wing member Of
Congress, announces his deturininar
ton to vote for Buchanan.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

One pan Of dirt, takena few days
since from & Rough and Ready 2 claim,
yielded 1901.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

X A PATRIOTIC Vino we have al
ready stated that Hon. J, W. Farrell.
", Of Crawford county, Pennsylvania,
has taken the stump for the election
of Buchanan and Breckinridge. This
is an important ACCESSION to our
strength in western I Pennsylvania. -
He once repres ented the Erie senator
ial district in the State senate; has oc-
cupied a seat in Congress, and was
the Sixth Auditor Of the Treasury
under the administration of Mr.. Fill
more! The Crawford Democrat says
Mr.. Farrelly's course will exercise a
very favorable influence on the pub
lie mind in that quarter. As a law
yer, he is one Of the ablest men at the
bar; and as a politician, he has al
ways stood foremost in the opposition
ranks of that county. J. 49,: fl(f
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

ANOTHER OIp LINE VINO foR b.
cHANAN--Generaf Miles, Of Mississ-
ippi, a steadfast old line whig, and
one Of the most prominent and elo-
equent, speakers in that State, some
time since took decided ground a
gainst the know nothings, and is now
raising his voice for Buchanan and
Breckenridge. On the 18th instant,
as we learn from the Yazoo Sun, he
addressed an overfowing house at
Yazoo city. He took the stand amid
cheering long and lpnd, and made
ono Of his happicst<etiorts. ri
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
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KANAwHA c. H.

tuesday Morning, DC ober es, 1856.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

DIR. JOHN II. HUNTER,
Offers his PROFESSIONAL. SERVICES, to
the citizens Of CHARLEsToS AND VICINITY.
He maybe fouad-when not engaged-at his
Office, IN the room formerly occupied by Mr..
Moseiy, Two doors above the Kanawha
blouse. r. = y2n@3tf
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PARKS i MosELEY.

= l'.l1H n " - - = = Y = n "
A NDREw PARKS & JOHN L. MoSELEY
N having entered into a partnersh p, for
the purpose Of practising Law in the Citcait
and County Coutls Of Kanawha, and in the
Circuit Courts of Logan, Boone and Roane,
will hereafter regularly attend those Coutis.
All business entrusted TO their care will re-
ceive prompt attention.
One OF the other Of the firm can always be
found, during business holfs. at their office,
in Rodgers Row, in the town OF Charleston.
Charleston, Oct. 1, 1856.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12
CONGRESS AND THE KANSAS CUES.
TION GOVERNOR REEDER AND
GEN. WHITFIELD.

Now that Congress has effected an organiza
ton, we may expect something to be done in
the shape of business. Perhaps the first ex-
citing topic to be brought on the taps is the
contested Kansas election. On that the anti.
slavery power seems to have determined to
make its first stand. 1t was the passage Of the
Kansas bill through Congress that stirred up
all the powers Of darkness, and gave form to
fusion and new vitality to Abolitionism. They
made such battle for the restoration Of the
Missouri restriction as an army would make to
retain a commanding position, which had been
gained by desperate valor and much carnage.
No political party, perhaps, ever existed in
any country that has so signalized itself for un-
firing energy, persistent effort, and unfagging
zeal. Its beginnings we're so small as to be
contemplate, its objects so disorganizing and
unconstitutional as TO be repulsive. But it has
persevered, and schemed and worked, until it
has under new and more appropriate name
that OF Black Republicans-obtained ascen.
dancy in the. popular branch Of the National
Legislature.
Having acquired that ascendancy, and in
the main effected an organization Of that body,
we may now look for il TO perfect its organiza.
ton as party by supporting the claims Of the
Emigrant Aid Society emissaries in Kansas
and those OF Governor Reeder to a seat in the
House as the Delegate from Kansas.
The Freesoilers in the House committed, per.
haps, as a matter Of tactics, great mistake
when they permitted, without any decided OBJ.
lection, General Whitfield to be sworn in as
the Delegate, which was the recognition Of his
right prima .fdcie, to the seat and thus threw
theonus probandi upon his adversary. Whether
this was done through want Of foresight, from
the conviction Of its propriety, or from a well
grounded apprehension that a stand against
him at that time would leopard the election OF
Freesoil candidates for the various Offices TO be
filed in and about the Capitol, we are not pre-.
pared to say. While no decided opposition to
the recognition OF General Whitfield was made,
yet several members guarded the point by en-
tering something in the shape Of a protest, or
bill Of exceptions.
AS we have already said, this Kansas cleo.
ton will probably be the mos, exciting and
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12
The Cincinnati Slave c..e.

There are points in the Cincinnati slave
cases, set forth in our columns, worthy Of spe.
cial attention.
Abolition excitement and passion, so wretched,
as with her own hands, to STAY her own offspring,
in fear that they should be returned to slavery.
Another is, that the State Laws Of Ohio are
brought into direct conflict with the Federal
Constitution, surrendering fugitive slaves, and
the federal laws made IN pursuant thereof
because Of this murder, the State claiming the
murderers, and the Federal Constitution claim
ing the fugitives. These practical issues daily,
shows the sparks Of FIRE ready in our institutions
to blow up the slave and anti-slave powder
trains, laid in our slave and anti.slave union Of
States.
Before Abolition excitement worked up this
passion, under the Federal Fugitive Slave Law,
affirmed by George Washington, and but re-
enacted in 1850, with only the necessary addi-
tons to resist abolition evasions-the fugitive
slave returned, without resistance, to the mas
ter-and the Constitution and laws we're ex.
ecuted without murders-melanchol facts, as
appear, in this Cincinnati case.
And ifthe surrender of slaves is accursed,n
damnable." "atrocious," and |" to be resisted
to the death, we are told the Federal Consti.
tuition is accursed, "damnable," and afro
cious," and the Washingtons, the Ben. Frank
Inns, the Roger Shermans, and Alexander
Hamiltons, who made the compact for us, thus
to surrender slaves to their masters, are of the
"accursed," "the atrocious," and ''the damnedi"
--NeD York Express.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12
The Hermitage.

A bill has passed the house Of representatives
Of the Tennessee Legislature appropriating fifty
thousand dollars for the purchase by the State
Of "The Hermitage" The Nashville Union
thinks the bill will also pass the senate The
Hermitage is now owned and occupied by An.
drew Jackson, the adopted son Of General
Jackson. There is a fitness in the PROPOSE
ton before the Tennessee legislature which
will strike every mind We sincerely hope that
this distinguished mark of grateful respect for
the iustrious character and services Of Andrew
jackson will be consummated.
In this connection the following extracts
Of letter dated Nashville, January ls, 1856,
addressed to the Boston Post, will be interest
ing:
The mansion of General jackson is now
occupied by his adopted son. II is stately
and spacious house, with large pillars in front,
and is surrounded with grounds neatly EN-
bellished with shade and fruit trees The plan
tation itself is large tract Of level land laid
of into fields Of grain and cotton and ex.
hibits in all respects indications of thrift and
enterprise. The neighboring plantation on the
opposite side Of the main road is occupied by
Major Donelson, and also shows marks Of good
management.
In the garden Of the Hermitage, near the
mansion, sleep the remains of the immortal
hero and statesman. A plain dome is erected
over his grave, and marble slab bears the
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12

OF this tabular view the writer says further:
Though there has been general peace in
Europe for the long period Of forty years, until
the year 1854, yet their mutual jealousies have
made II seem necessary, TO the continental
Governments at least, 10 maintain large stand
ing armies. Russia, safe from foreign inva-
sion, has long been preparing large ornaments
for purpose of aggression on her weaker neigh
bors, and Of domination over all the rest and
at last her overt acts OF aggression on Turkey
have provoked a war with England and France,
who have armed in defence Of their ancient
ally the Sultan, and with the view OF not only
maintaining the balance OF power in Europe,
but OF effectually checking the undisguised Mt.
tempts Of the Cars Of Russia Mt universal
dominion. In these circumstances, with all
Europe arming or beginning to arm, any hume
rical statements OF their military forces, how.
ever approximately correct when written, may
have become quite erroneous by the time they
are published. The preceding table, therefore,
contains only the declared numbers respec.
lively Of the peace and war establishments Of
the Continental armies, with the exception OF
that of France, which gives the actual number
OF men on foot, as stated in the Emperor's
address to his Legislative Council in Decem
Der, 1854"
The maratime powers that maintain efficient
navies worth notice are Britain, France, Russia,
Austria, Turkey, Sardinia, Netherlands, Den.
mark, Sweden, and Norway.
"In December, 1854, the British feet, IL
commission and actual service, consisted OF l42
steamers and l04 sailing ships, with $4,000
men; that OF France, Of nearly the same mum.
Der Of vessels altogether, though not 30 many
steamers, with 10000 men. The Russian feet,
in the spring Of 1854, consisted OF SO line.of
battle ships AS frigates, and 81 smaller vessels,
besides gunboats,) with 5000 guns and g..
600 men; Austria possessed l0i vessels, carry
ing 742 guns; Turkey 20 vessels, with $4,000
seamen and 1000 marines, Sardinia 10 vessels,
with $50 guns; the Netherlands SO vessels,
with 1000 guns aud G, $50 men Denmark 40
vessels, with 8s3 guns and 1000 men; Sweden
"A vessels, besides gunboats; Norway 10 ships,
besides gunboats, with 500 men"
In Europe there are two great national con-
federacies, the Germanic and the Swiss, but In
neither Of them is there 20 close n union Of the
sovereignties that compose il as there is In the
United States Of North America. In Germany,
indeed, there is no principle or feeling OF unity
among either princes or people, and their Con. |
federation, as such, enjoys neither influence
nor respect Mt home or abroad. In Swiizer.
land, on the contrary, recent circumstances /
seem to have produced closer and more init /
mate union, and given TO the Federaiive As
sembly the authority indispensable TO the eli.
cient working of a central Government
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12

This statement, as il regards Great Britain,
should be enlarged by certain new obligations
created within the year 1855. OF this large
debt the writer in the Encyclopedia Britannica
remarks:
In financial importance Britain stands at
the head Of all these States for not only is her
annual revenue the largest, excepting that of
France, but she enjoys besides the unenviable
pre-eminence OF being burdened with the largest
debt. The bad practice of anticipating revenue
by borrowing money is common to all and, as
viii be seen in the table, only some Of the less
important have escaped the ever.growing evil
Within the last twenty years the debt Of Aus.
tria has increased more than ihree.fold; and
now the French Emperor is borrowing largely
to pay the current expenses of the war In which
he and the British Government are engaged
with Russia.
The Governments Of Spain and Greece are
virtually bankrupts, being neither able nor
willing to pay either principal or interest of
their large debts. Norway, on the contrary,
the poorest country in Europe, has set the bright
example of paying off that portion of the Dan
ish debt with which she was burdened when
separated from that monarchy in 1914, while
the Danish portion has gone on increasing.
The Ottoman Sultan has only escaped by virtue
Of his want Of credit. Their annual revenues
and the amount OF their debts are stated in the
above table in the nearest round numbers and
in sterling money, which will give a sufficiently
near approximation TO sums that are constant
ly varying and in many instances not certainly
known"
Another interesting topic It this time is the
military power of Russia compared with other
European nations. From the same volume
Of the Encyclopedia Britannica we copy the
annexed tabular view Of the peace and war
establishments Of the continental armies:
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12

absorbing topic Of the session, and, In all liks-
ihood, will be the first subject u importance
brought before the House
With honest men and a constitutional party
to judge Of the respective claims q the too
Kansas gentlemen, We cannot conceive a ANY
difficulty in rendering decision. Governor
Reeder was not elected at all. He has 20 pre-
tentions to the seat be claims A mob In
Washington has as much right 10 declare him
the delegate from Kansas as had the Kansas
mob that without any show Of authority, went
through the forms of an election.
While we know that honesty and the Consti.
tuition stand but a poor chance when ianaticism
prevails, we cannot believe that enough even
of those who are known in Congress as Aboli.
tionists and Black Republicans can be found
to decide that delegate, like General Whit
field, elected at regularly and legally APP
pointed election, by legal voters, shall yield to
an opponent, who, after recognizing the Kansas
Legislature as legal body, sublimely ignored
it, and who, after administering the laws as
Governor of Kansas, made himself the head OF
an anti-slavery mob, and claims, by mock
election, to be entitled to the seat OF General
Whitfield.
That many of the dominant party in the
House will sustain, not the claims, but the pre-
tensions, of Governor Reeder, we do not doubt,
for fanaticism knows no law and no limit.
But we cannot believe that experienced polti-
clans, who, while they strike for success, and
in order to accomplish it, humor, while they
despise, fanaticism, and abhor, while they
seemingly ignore, dishonesty, will be guilty of
SO fragrant an offence as to vote for giving to
Governor Reeder the seat he claims as dele
gate. By doing SO they would set aside all
law in Kansas, and all the forms of law They
would inaugurate mob law instead of the domi.
nancy of regular population. AT another
time we shall have more to say on this sub
ject.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-12
From the Fredericksburg Recorder.
Life OF James Madison by the Hon. VIM

q. Hivcs.
The Virginia Historical Society of Rich
mond are doing good work, for which they
deserve the thanks of all the people of the
Commonwealth. They are collecting the scat
tered materials of our early history, and paving
the way for some future historian, who shall
tell the story of the settlement and growth
the State as it has never yet been told by any
writer. They are reproducing many noble
figures and honorable names, which have been
well nigh lost sight of in the lapse of years. If
there is anything in the operations of the socie-
ty to be regretted it is that the lore they are
gathering is not more widely diffused among
the masses Of our population. There is a la
mentable want of familiarity with the facts
connected with the early history of the State
even among well-informed citizens.
But no one act of the Historical Society has
given US so much pleasure as the proposal to
preface and publish life of James Madison.
The work was surely needed No man among
his contemporaries filed SO important place
or did so much to give character and form to
our Constitutions as Mr.. Madison, and vet he
alone among the great men of that period is
without history, except as it is interviewer in
the records of the State and nation. 1t is sur
prising that his life has not been written long
ago. How it has come to pass that no Vir-
ginian has felt himself called to discharge the
duty of tracing the career of this truly great
aud truly modest man, passes our comprehen-
sion.
The call has gone forth at last, and the
chosen one is every way eminenuy qualified
for the task. The President Of the Historical
Society, the Hon. William G. Rives, at the in
stance of his associate, has engaged, as oppor-
tunity and leisure will allow, to collect and
preserve suitable memorials of the life, SER
vices, talents, and virtues" Of the distinguished
SON Of Virginia. whose ashes sleep in the
shades Of Montpelier.
A better man could not have been selected.
A ripe scholarship, powers of patient investi-
CATION, nice discrimination, a deep generation
and high admiration for Mr.. Madison and an
intimate familiarity with the subject, are the
qualities which Mr.. Rives will bring into ex-
ercise, and these, with style of digni6ed sim
plicity, clear as sunbeam, warrant the expec-
tation that we shall have book Of unusual
and extraordinary merit. We trust it may be
so. we'll written life of Madison will be
public benefaction, for which the author will
undoubtedly receive the hearty commentator.
of all true Virginians.