Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-11-24

Courier SAWS that Col. Colt e recciv-
inc more orders for lis pistols than
hs can ill. The insurtectioil ~
lndiasis tile eanse q the Increased OF
i maud.
81 SasrssoED The County Court q
Naf,.e.n9nd, Virginia, Oh Monday
l,lst sentencel two negro slaves to be
hong. ior ii mr. lerpas assault on g
yor,sse man named William Brothers
Al White man named Nathan Frank
lin. las been irnplicateI III the mat
ter. and sent On to tho Superior Court
for trial.
The Russian Minister Of Marine off
cially reports the loss Of the line 81
battle slip Letort. All on board
persisted, including thirteen officers,
seven hundred ai,slafvrty-three sea-
men, tifsysthrce women and seven
teen children. During The same
storm other disasters and loss ct lite
occurred III various parts ofthe Baltle.
H hi RELIGIOUS 16EVlNAiszT NY II ~ ~
ed meeting attIle Metilodist EPlsco-
n ral church, South, ID this city Is il.
creasing ia interest. .a
The zeal AMI eloqnence Of the est
nable pastor, Rev. ] A. duncan,
has been not without Htrnits q large
number have protessei conversion y
and nightly the altar il crowded with
anxious ilqslIrers attor the way OF
truth nn1 of liie. Ne e, tsni
.FiRE At DASyIILF. The store
house gof Mr., W is. Patton, at DAM
Vile, va, was seton fire and slight
" damaged stIan early hour last sun
day morning The Mayor lot Dan
vile offers alrewatd 81 $3.50 for the
conyictien ofIthe inccndiary and MI.
IPatton offers the same making
$500 in all. =s.
ARE WE To HAVE 4 HARD WINTER <
The Chicago Tribune says that in
that region, tile. knowing ores arc
prophesying mild winter. Thecorn
husks are said to berenarkablY thin
"a sure sign, in the rural districts,
/ that theIwinter will not be severe. -
IA friend at our side assures nsIthat
| observation. continued during SERIES
Of years, led him to q fill belicfIin the
reliability Of this Indication.
\ C1RcurT GouRT. During the past
rs week considerable amount Of bust
\ ness has been transacted, mostly OF
II lin tlnimportautsnatnre. The argu-
\ lneut on thetchnrch case was omitted,
n and on this "Wednesday morning the
\ indge pronounced His decision, itIbe-
ing ii favour ofthe plaintiff, The N.
II Z. Church, as tile rightful owner Of
n the Church property in dispute, in
\ stead off the NJ. E. Church South,
(which isthe present occupant, We
understand an appeal will BE- taken
II from the decision, - PARK. Neapa. Is
NEw JERSEY ELEcrIos TRENToS
n Ney. 5.-Tle Democrats have elected
-lEsix oatSof eight Senators. TheSen.
ute stands Is Democrats. 4 American,
/ Republican, and one tusion.
III the House the Democrats have
IS and the opposition rs.
N TnE JEsNISGs ESTATE thasbcen'
discovered that a family named Mar.
tin, living III poverty at Colchester,
If England. are the sole Heirs to the es-
tatc Of William Jennings, who died
fifty years SINCE, leaving property that
lis now estimated lat over sixty mil.
lions oil dollars 81 tlle real estate alone
welding over five hundred thousand
dollars per aluuln.
Alex Veil has been found guilty
st the London county, Va. Circuit
Court, of the murder Of r. S. Sanfl-
ders, and sentenced to the penitertis
~ for eighteen years. LIE il sixty
years ofagss. e.
N INsTAB1hIfY OF FORTUNE. An in
stance of the instability ofioTtune re-
Gently occurring ID New YorkIcity il
worth recording. IA few months since,
die partner ot commercial house was
taken 10 a lanatic asylin., utterly de-
ranged, az was said by his ahparalE
leled prosperity il business. During
the year previous his firm had clear
ID 81. 800, 900. He died in the asy-
INN, and Ills own estate was valued a;
SO, 100000, all invested inthe con
I scern ofwhich he was 4 partner. The
4 firm itself t;riled the other day, and is
NOW said 10 I'D utterly insolycnt.--
Oneitenl of taeassetsofthe deceased''
estate was Thousand shares of Hi
nois Central Railroad stock, which
was selling at tho time pfAhis deccase
Y III $140a share, and which wasworth
after paying up tile instalmellts, $500
05o. The sanlelproperty sold recent
III at public sale for $50,0og. ALI
this occurred with id eighteen months
tho prosperity, the insanity. the de,
cease and the insolvency.
Our readers are well aware that We
have never ADVERTISED patent lnedi
zines but we now publish anIadver
tisemcnt OF Ayers Pills, not because
we arc mid for Ii nl0fle. Int because