Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-09-08
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Ex. Lient. Gov. McComas,. Of Virginia,
delivered an Grafton in Sharpe county,
Nebrask d Territory on tfe-4th Of July
Iii Warrensbn, Fauquier CO., last week,
hi. JosEPH MlLLEa, 81 this place, says
The Whig)s was very severely kicked IN
the face. He1is recovering, but suffer
ing much.
The number Of yIsitorsat the Fauqnier
White continues to Increase. Tbs num-
Der Of visitors amounts to $50. and still
they continue No arrive.
The Warrehton wing says W are
sorry To hear that Coy. Smith has beeni
suffering lately from i neuralgia attack
Beniamip IN. Jefferson. 4 farmer Of
Frederick County, died suddenly = few
days since, III one Of his fields. He had
lust drunk from Il spring. when he called
10 one of his servants, but died before The
seI want reached him.
CAPT. Andrew Biddle, 81 Botetourt
county, agedabeut fifty years, was found
dead i fw dats ago, two miles above
Big Lick, near home. II is supposed 2
fall from his horse killed him.
"A correspondent Of The South Side
Democrat states that Mr.. Jpo. Young,
Of Halifax county. committed suicide op
the 56tA nit. He was Ia young man Of
amiabe character, about q years 81.
aSeyK5
The people Of Yorktown and vicinity
propose 10 celebrate, ID D becoming man
ner, the approaching anniversary Of that
important reyplA iionafy event which de1
eided the destiaies of the country-the
battle Of Yofktos n and surrender of Corn
wallis.
al negro boy, belonging to Mrs. Z
Lawson, Of w williamsburg, Va, was dew
ned lit lilo CapnR Landing, in the neigi
borbood Of that Hts, i few days ago,
The body u 4 man named S%tetsoen,
who . ssded at suniish. was found droW-
ned 1t Benwodd. Marshall county, last
week X
The post Oxide 1t Wellsburgs Brooke,
county, was robheed on "Wednesday night
The thief haring Infected an entrance bg1
off the Took, The thief got SO 85
fof his pains.
Mrt Mccormick, of Virginia, the invelll
Of It'd celebrated reaper, has offered
ID give So GOO d year towards the sup
port of 4 Presbytsrian church at Chicago,
IL they will sescnres the Rev. DR.. Rice, Of
ST. Louis, as pastor. The obiecttof the
movement is saidEto be to counterpart the
anti-slayery tendencies q the chtrch
The Editorial Convention 1t tIa White.
Sulphur Springs Montgomery assem-
bled Wednesday morning. Mr..Barr. OF.
the Abingdon Nirginian. was called to
the chair, and Mi. Mcdonald, oil the
Lynchburg Courier, appointed seereta
~.
After discussion, it was determined to
adjourn the Cpnpention 10 the Second.
Day Of the State Fair n Richmond IN.
November nsxt-and III the meantime,
that a Committee be appointed, setting
the objects 9f the Convention and
tic reforms Il is proposed to inaugurate
Col. B, II. Floyd, 4. b. Dunn, oil. IT..
Greeyer. and Edmund Saunders ate can
didates to It'll the Vacancy in the Senate
occasioned by the resignation Of Dr. r.
NJ. Tate, appointed to the office Iof 9Th
Auditor ID The Treasury Department.
The district consists Of Washington
andSmythe counties.
JACKSON SoKREtL, a workman onlfhe
Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad died At + fredericksburg, Friday,
from sun stroke The thermometer,
there. Saturday, stood Of .1o9 in the
A few days ago,Bsays the Norfolk He
several free Hkgroess were put up at
auction, in Norfolk county. and sold to.
for q term tol liqnidate their taxes.
to relate, four Of them we're pur-
by i slave in Portsmouth, who
felt qdite proud Of the distinction, and
made known his determination to geetIthe
full value IF his money ont ofsthem, or
know the reason Why. let the negro
lovers Of tile north make ! note of Ibis.
A correspondent Of the Rural Sou
therner, writing from st. Johns, N. b.,
says: Two miles above the suspension
Is the viIlagesef Indiantown from
place the up-ftyer steamboats, de-
part. AtEthis village Imade the acquain-
tance Of Mr.. Hawthorne, the proprietor
ofthe Fredericton line pf boats, who lux
me that he was born in Virginia,
at one time worked bn the Baltimore
Patriot. He is now worth half d million
Of dollars.
We copy the following from the Wheel
1ntelligencer
About five or six months since a young
man named Blackstone, a baggage mas
ter on the Baltimore Ia. O. Railroad, was
Of considerable sum Of money,
something above a hundred dollars, we
believe, At a hotel id this city. He has
received the major part Of the money at
different times from All unknown source.
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