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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
Remarkable Pfcsencae OF Mine in a Female.

< A few days since. a crazy man, con
fined in the jail Of Ohio county, Va, du-
ring the temporary absence of the %jaiIor,
set fire TO the bed in his cell, and then
raised the alarm4of Fl lie. The prisoners
set up a terrific screaming, when the
~jailor's wife was attracted to thelspot-
With a heroism exhibited, she entered
the passage, locked the. door, then un-
locked the cell Of a JAMS prisoner. and
then the crazy mans CELL After directs
ing the first prisoner to seize the crazy
man, she hurried into his cell and Ok.
tinguished the fire. This Act accomplish.
ed as it was va under the terrifying influence
of the cry Of fire, we consider worthy b
notice. EIE. ~ .SH
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
Vermont Democratic CONVENTION,

A despatch from R u5tlaanndil, dated Thurs
The Democratic State Convention net
here to-day. -Four hundred delegates
were present. Resolutions were adopted
sustaining President Buchanan's admin i
istration; approving Of the bred Scott
decision, and the courseofl Gov, Walker
in Kansas; advocating a repeal Of The
Prohibitory Law and directing that an
addressto tho people Of Vermont be pre-,
pared. Resolutions Of respect to The
gmemory of Hon. VIM. L. Marcy were al,
SO adopted. Willis Lyman was.nomipa.
ted. for State Governor and J. ]. Thurstor
for Treasurer. 4 %SsIx .-# I#-
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
BLACK ffry Wine.

81. There 1SEA II -T- H.. H. ILf.. : #H E& ~ t.
wine Nh nj bYine equal 70 blackberry
or for medicinal made either in flavor
son Who i coHposes, and every per
manafaetuTe ~epoulently q 50, should
ava year, a i isnr their own USE
As q 3onio, Ind notiihuabIelin sickness
for bowel diseases. W. neIeer rehlfas
the the receipt for m~akingerelGrs gasS
tried :. Ourselves We spePS Wis d, = u
"MeasIne your berries a
them; to evehry gallon adding .. /
of boiling water. Let the mixtufqus s ! ! !
twenty four hours, stirring occasiiiddsmI,,,t
then strain of the liquor into q casR;s,,
eSery-gallon adding two pounds Of sug'
cork tight and let it stand till ~followi
October. and you viii. have wine. reap
for use, without further straining or BID
ing that will make lips smack as th
never smacked under similar %intfueEl
b.E. >Elf II
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
-AANA wa \. hhyRGINIA. TUESDAY. July %, 1857


fare promotiye ofthe pkace.and vel
and Union, shall it continue for US
serying>sall Governments worth pre-
and sh-a shield and mott sword
andI9beyedS Obligations be preserved
it~~ould 9 tNigsations, Without which
formedan wif,eould no have been
full performance which and their faith
great compact. it 6the parties to the
not To be, maintaine& b. and ought
pose is of triiing impdyary other pur-
son with the high morae in compari-
fleets of the Convention. Social OBJ
tended to spread far and III ii are IN
larged. and faithful views Of uect, en-
and obligations, and to unite ustgights
by the most sacred bonds to miher
them inviolate pr Yourselves and etulsin
terity. T. y:
The citizens of KnoxHlle are makiE
liberal preparations for Ehle reception
the Convention. It's aspoint readily a,
cessible from the North, South, East, /
West by the Railroads of Tennessee
Virginia, and Georgia: and tile meetir
will take place at a season ,when7it is col
venientand delightful tG visit the moui
tain regions Of the South, and to .explol
the charms Of an almost virgin eountr.
Delegates to the Savannah Convel
ton are without urthefAappointmentsi 81
Vited to Knoxville; and she Executives
The States, and the Mayors, or other con
petent officers Of cities and towns. throug
al the slave holding STAGES Of the Unio'
are earnestly requested TO make addition
appointments Of Delegates.
sThe aid Of the press solicited il cad
Ing attention editoriallysto the meetin!
and of railroad and steamboa companie
etc N granting the usual facilities
travel to the delegates.
BY order Of tile CONVENTION.
d. b DEBOW, of Louisiana.
Nv. G. SWAN of Tennessee,
JN0. COCHRAN of Alabama.
WIN. BOULWARE,o of Virginia.
MITCHELL KING, Of S. Carelin
EEN-# -+#Ef aI+si@ EH-\-.UE H.. J.lt,. p. INN
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

ANeTHFlETr Gel DORADO "a gold
mine recently discovered on the land OF
s. w. Cole, George A. Smith and others
near Danes boro, Arson county n. o.,
throws California completely in the shade
The vein, says the Salisbury Banner, is
about Ii inches In thickness and extends
for 3 great distance. The entire surface
in the vicinity Of the vein is SO rich that
ten dollars a day are made to the hand in
washing, and this without grinding any
portion of the ore from the vein. The
vein is very rich, the gold being seen
plainly all over the broken pieceso Of vein.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

MArRlMoSYA MosG THE PkEss' GASSe
Roaw1ell Ellis, Esq Junior Editor y t n
Times and Sentinel, Columbus, Heo,,
was phiteI in marriage 81 the 81 Instant
fn Miss AIMS L. daughter Of Rev. Thos,
Slade, Of I.lumbns. TIE RsY.laJ
Hoe Vote, ohciated. On thg lsl
INST Clement G. BrCYvn, Esd. Edhoro
the Georgia Plaindeales and Miss Ara
lbella Pope, Of Americus, ,ere joiHedi r
bonds matrimonial, BY thS Rev r
hunea.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

AZ We ffty-third annual meeting Of
the british ard Foreign Bible Ssciet, j,
the re2ort read by the Rev Mr.. Baird.
says:
) Tn Turks a copy Of the Scriptures
has been Officially presented to tho Sui
tan The Sultu has not receiyedth thu
Bible in. idA ediosity. for it Is vel
known that portions Of it were, byEhis
desire, read TO him every day, ard that
he took a deep interest n its eontSats.''
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

One pleasant Sabbath morning, while
a minister was on his way to church, be
found the side walk occupied BY a mum
Der of boys playing marbles, upon which
he stopped short and exclaimed: "What
bows, PLAYING marbles on the Sabbath
day, Why, YOU frighten me!I'' Upon
which a hardened little sinner looked Zip
and answered frightened, hai why n
III dTld don tgoa run, Msna' n
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

a boy, named Larcisse LamoHtague ,
aged thirteen years. saved eight children
from the wreck of the steamer Montreal
II was by seizing the door Of A state
room, placing the children upon II and
pushing it s fore him while he swamr
that, at difetent trips, he succeeded il
landing on aBdry rock. Or on the beach,
eight Of the survivors, who would have
otherwise met, with the Numbered q
others, d waterY grave.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
VALUE Or SLAVES II rnE SouTH.

VALuE or SLAVES Ar THE SouTH.--
The New. Orleans Delta estimates The
number Of slaves at The South at oyerr
three and a half millions, and their asggre-
gate value, at present prices, at fully Six
teen hundred millions pf. dollars. sThe
cotton plantations in the South it aesti-
mates at about eighty thousand, and the
aggregate value Of their annual product,
at the present prices Of cotton, is fully
one hundred and twenty five milliops d
dollars. There are over fifteen thousand
tobacco plantations, and their annuaipro-
ducts may be valued at, fourteen millions
of dollars. There are two thousand Six
hundred sugaf plantations, the products
Of which average annually more than
twelve millions. There are yehuHdred
and Lffty-one rice plantations which yield
an annual reyenueof four millions oE dol
lars
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
Southern Con vrntion, Knoxville, Tenn

~ EEHL TE%I Is4 lS%-4H4E@ IEa4E+ F4E-g..1I4l
Tothe Peopte IF Ne Slapeholdsng States.
FELLOW ITFIrz,Ess:-A session of the
Southern Convention will be held at
Knoxville, Tennessee. Q N THE second
Monday, the tenth day Of August next.
1t will constitute another DC the series
THAT have taken place periodicals. in the
several Southern and Southwestern cities
attracting large and influential delegga-
tons, actuated by lofty patriotism, pre-
pared to deliberate and act with inteEIi-
|gence and harmony.
The latest Of these wa al Savannah
| There but a few months since, delega-
tons from ten or twelve States enjoyed
the courtesiss and inequalities ofa time
honored community, interchanged the
kindly greetings md friendly offices .of
brothers, ad yised aud counsell4d togeth+
er, ab, in family circle, OH the dangers
that threaten, and the hopes and interests
that encourage and unite US.
For six DAYS these deliberations lasted,
embracing in their scope the. wide field
Of social life ADMINISTRATIONS ofthe South
It's education and 1iteraryP5licy the var
ious and important ramiticatiolls Of Its in
dustry, its political rights and necessi-
ties Or such of1hem at least as rise high
or than the cunning and TOD often decep-
tiye platforms Of parties and politicians.
Upon several most Important matters,
select committees were appointed to meet
IN the recess of the Contention, eoecol-
lect information and prepare reP3rtsShere-
after to be submitted and considered.
Looking primarily to Tie advancement
and security Of the South sthes aims lioi
the Convention are altogether consistent
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

MuRDER.--0n Thursday evening. the
9th inst, on the farm kf j. Miles, near
frankfort in Greenbrier county, John
Sullivan. aged about III years, whilst
hoeing corn, was attacked bF James nef
Yates--Sufliyan after retreating 4 few
steps struck Yates Oh ths head with His
hoe. and killed him almost instantly. s
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
ALee8mpton Kansas paper has the

q L9CVVHIPGolH VIAaInsas7 P"Per TlasFtIo
following !: ~
A young man Of this city, having be-
comeStired Of living i'll a estate of single
b~lessedness," went across thc~Kaw river
a few days since-profiered his hand and
heart to a young and handsome Dsla=
ware squaw, said to be worth $25,oOO)
was accepted, then vert right off and
got married. This is a streak Of luck for
our young man which will enable
him 10 live at his ease hereafter. We
learn That a fewmoare squaws who IRE
rich, accomplished and handsome J gay
that they would prefer marrying . white
man to their own red brethren Now is
the time for ou1tyoung and good looking
men to marry a fortune.n Il d
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

8 The chain used in the operation d
raising the ships sunk at Seyastoppl il
two hundred yards long, and each link
weighs three hundred pounds. lt H WIFI
manufactured at the Reading Forge
Readihg,,P Pa. The value Of the mssefia-
to5be furnished by tie Russian goRe,Yn:
ment 10 b. used in raising the heet win
be about one million and . haIfofdqiars
This Is the largest chain in the woHd.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

eotoR oF#rnE Sp1Rlrs.-Th Dayton
Gazette relates a queer incident which
occurred at Q spiritual circle held bysome
political characters. on the entralsce ot
i noted abolitionist, ALI The spirits sn-
.nouneed themselves black, and !nqt o1le
would own TO be even q malattoE attet
that. |t#E EEt
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

VIRGINIA FEEDING THE NoRTHs-The
steamship jamestown, which left Norfolk
on Monday took to New York 2, 500 bbls.
vegetables. last week she took {, 40G
.bbIB The Roanoke on her last tHpcaf-
ried2, 900 bBls. vegetables.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

The citizens Of Knoxville have invited
Hon. Edward Everett to attend the South.
ern Commercial Convention, to BE held
in that city on the 10th of.Augast, ant
repeat his celebrated address On the Iif'
and Character of Washington. Il IS L
be hoped chat he will accept their inyi
tatihn. I
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
LApIEs. the following is said to 5

LADIES, the following is said to BE- q
certain process for cleaning silk Pare
and slice thin three washed Irish pota-
toes pour On them a half pint Of boiling
water and add an equal quantity Of pure
alcohol. Sponge the silk on the right
side. and, when half dry, iron on The
wrong side. The slightest colored silk
may Be cleansed and Frightened hythlis
process, also cloth, velvet % Grape. N'
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
Al. C. BAILEY,
PARIS < MosELEY.
r A-W n O7TIC r.

ANDREW PARIS & JOHN i. M0NsELEY
~ haying entered into q partnership, lol
ahe purpose of practising LAWN .Citcull
and County Courts of Kanawha, and IN lne
Circuit Courts#of Logan. Boone and koane,
will hereafter regularly attendtho Courts.
All blusssice ss entrusted to their care Will re-
dna II gfsetetber of the firm can aiMaystbe
Al d. dnr;ng business hours. at their office,
IN Rodgers Row, in the town OF charleston.
Gharleston, Oct. i, 1856
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

A young widow has established a PTS.
toll gallery ID New Orleans. Herr quail
fcations as / teacher of the AT Of dueIling
are Of course, undoubted, FIJI she has
killed her man.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

The grain harvest ID Europe accpr-
ding to intelligent information, will be
magnificent the silk crop worse than last
year, which was very bad. The s~intagge
seems likely to rival the gram crop and
TO redeem thr failures VI several ars
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

The results of the recent accident at
the theatre in Leghorn are more lamen-
table than were noticed There Sre LOG
dead and about 800 wounded.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

ArquIrrED.-Man lille Austin was dis
charged FROM custody Wednesday by the
decision Of tie Alexandria County Court,
Virginia, and thus legally justified in
killing ]. H Burch, jr., at the Sunday
'Schod in that county on Sunday before
the last.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

Some genius has conceived thsf brill
liant idea to press all lawyers iintosmilita.
ny service iIs case of war-bscause then
.'cAdrges'' aye SO great that no one coulC
stand them.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

New York, July 9.-4The brig Adams
Capt. Grey, formerly Of New Orleans WIS
seized eff the coast Of Africa BY Brit
ishE Cruiser is a slavers HILL
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

Richard Il. Jones has been semitic hur'
years in HE DistrictFof Columbia PEN.
Tertiary, for Quitting the throat Of Rose
Bell, whb refused to marry him.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
/ ENoLlsH.
FISHER. -.
LAW AND JUSTICE.

It'll j. FISHER and ]. w. ENGLISH bay.
pur pose Of pfacticing Law in the counties 81
: Mason and putnam, will regularly attend the
Circuit, Quarterly and Monthly Courts q
those two counties, and will pay every atten-
sonAto business entrusted 70 their care.
4One 81, the other o fthe firm will always pc
tdu nd III their Office, in Point Pleasant, and
onsssctsthe other will regularly be at the Put
aam County Courts. SI
: Pl IN asa Mt, Dec. IL, 5n31yf
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

Nor will we, outside OF Kansas, have
any right to complain orspoweerf to inter-
fcre, in the exent Of the Kansas Conven-
ton determining to submit their Gonsti-
tuition to q different ciasssof. voters from
those who elected themselves. Our late
Reform Conyention.in Virginia, submit
ted their Constitution. to the voters quali4
fed. to vote under NE propisionsa o., he
new- Constitution. In early times the rule
used to be differehtin this respect, for
the Virginia. Constitution Of 1880 was
submitted to the*oters who were quail
fed under the preceding onsatntion,-
of late, however, we have changed this
rule. Which rule the Kansas lConyen-
ton Will}adopt, it is not for us Oh the out
side to dictate. The Democratic party
and the supporters Of the Kansa Nebras-
ka act all over the Union, are Bound by
their pledges, at the same time that they
are couIIseled by the dictates Of practical
common sense, to let the regular author
tiles of Kansas manage this natterin their
own way.
Itis too late, we fear, to renew thedis-
cussion Of the question, who shall be re-
galrded as he People, ofzthe territory EMIT
led to exercise the prerogatiyes ofta7isens,
From the beginning the policy Of the
Union has been lax on this question The
uniform practice being to regard white
inha5itanfs: IN the territories as X iitizensl
Richmond Erd1eiRer. .s vi ts S&Af:
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

James Cleland. has been appointed SUI
perintendento f the GasrWorka A Lynch
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
6aIIIgpIis q ates.
BOOT, SHOE, ri "a THER,
Shoe e Findings,
InnA g.

N Shoe Findings,
Al Leather,L& &c
Ne hope, by strict attention to business te
netFt a liberal d are of pablo p%atfonage,
DAGES & LECLERCQ.
G~allipolis,. May 5, 1851, v5Reyi
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY! Il
DRs. Won BoNHORST 8 WISE,
Denfal SurGenn-#


60, WOULD most respe ctfuHy IN.
TFFA form the c~iti2ens Of Charleston.
tIlW and OF the Kanawha Valley gem
orally, that they haveAassociated themselves
In the practice Of Dentistry, and are now pre-
pared TO perflrra all operations appertainine
20 that profession. /
Whole sets of Teeth beautifully inserted,
restoring the natural contour Of the face, and
resembling the natural ones. in. liTe-iks ap+
peafsnQe, inserted on Gold, Platinum Guttaf
5Peteha, or any other known sulstsa nee used
tby Tho profession.
| Dsray ed Teeth skilfully plugged. thus rem
IeIrt.g them useful %feriiife. \
TTshe will visit, periodically, thu following.
piacss Maiden, Goals Month, Bhlfalo,5 PIT
Pleasant, R~ayenswood, Ripley, Lewisburgg
and vicinity.
0GGee on Front-street, Charleston, next
doif 10 Jacob tioshoqn's store where one or
the hrnamay be found AT all hours Edurillg the
day. MAY, $, fs57 ,ivan8
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
aolbfdiug Cans.

Dyestn fTs,
~ s. Patent Medicines, &c.
Purchasing directly from The | lnp6rters and
Manufacturers, Ne are ,pTeparad to- effer
goods Upon as Favorable TERMS Dis any Jobbihg
House, east or west. Orders. will receive
prompt and personal attention, and satfsfac-
tf9n guaranteed, both in quality aldgtprices.
tk2n5Im6 #-4A
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
THE
"Aana@ga y aIlsg "

PRINTING OFIfIEEs
Having lately been 6tted up the propri-
etofs are now prepared to execute, in $50
perb styles, all kinds Of Plain and Fancy
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
Special attention paid to lie printing
Of BLNKs Of every description. an as
sorthaent Of which win be kept constantly
on hand.
PROFESSIONAL, VISITING AND WEDDING
CARDS NEATLY E~xEcuFEp.l
Orders from a distance Will receive
prompt attention.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
Tfe Whole Union Bound to| Accept the
Na ), Of the Kansas Cob TEttnlion as

ING Legislature or Kansas has accord
ingly, last winter, while Congress was in
session and with its tacit sanction, taken
the initiative step in this work and caus-
ed a Contention to be elected, As we hive
already said. That Convention will soon
meet. 1t will frame a Constitution il
will prescribe qualifications Tor voters
under the new government; ID will sub
nit this Constitution, foil ratification or
rejection, to such votes oil The Terri
tory as itmay deem proper. In other
words the people, the Legislature and
rye Convention Of Kansas, having been
entrusted BY Congress With the whole
work Of getting up a Constitution for
themselves, are going on. with the work
in tlreirown way, never dreaming That
they are responsible to clanlorers out
SIDE, either at the North dr at the South,
for the manner ln which they shallchoose
e conduct a purely local and domestic
piece of business of their pwn.E
II they, IN thus managing their own
matter in their own, mode, Shall cause the
Constitution about to be framed 10 he
submitted to the people, " Vie at the South
will have nc rigEEto complain any more
than they at the North will have. More
over, if the Kansas Convention shall de-
eide upon this measure, 4hey will only
copy the precedents we ourselves have
set them and we ID the old States will
be estopped from objectihg BY our own
nractict ID on, nla.l TFPlta E;, 1: Ky
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28
VIRGINIA.ITEMs

Dir. Jas. H. Eustace, formerly of Rich
mond, died in Powhatan county, on the
18th inst. aged SO years.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-13
: COMMERCIAI.



The general tendency Of the New York money
market is toward an Improvements. The banks du-
ring the week ending the 9Th inst, extended their
discount lines ST. 100000 This is the first natural
movement looking to resumption Of business, that
has taken place in connection with the banks since
the 9Th Of August, when the work of contraction
commenced. 1t cannot fail to have favorable eff
feet throughout The country.
The exchanges at the Clearing House in New York,
on the7th were over sic 900 600 indicating an in
of bushes within the month of Overcome huns
bred per cent. a
In Boston Money is quiet, but tending to greater
ease at previous quotations. In Philadelphia and
Baltimore, business is very dull but the banks are
more inclined to lend and financial affairs are mend
ing, though very slowly. In New Orleans is con-,
tinued improvement Discounts are becoming more
numerous there as the banks gain strength
The most encouraging feature to be noticed in
connection with financial affairs in Cincinnati, is
further material decline in the rates of exchange,
with a continued downward tendency, under the IN
fuenee Of demand not equal to the supply. Ex-
change on New York was selling on the 9th at u,
and gold q: l0l3. la
The quarterly statement Of the banks in Ohio, as
shown by the returns made to the Auditor of the
State to the LIST of November, is as follows: