Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-28

ht Alfred George Rolf OF Virginia, obs
tanned a diploma from the College of
Surgeons, London, on the 18th of June.
FoR Mourn VERSoN-The sum of
$3.50 was contributed on the 18th al Mid
dleBurg, Loudon county, Ya.,F for the
purchase Of Mount Vernon.
Gen. II. p. Eeeney received his com.
mission, on Saturday. as post Master of
the city of Wheeling, under the Buchan7
I'm administrator. 4
ut. NJ. Tennent, Esq, of Hing George
county, Wa, had two fine horses killed.
understanding near the deer of his resi-
denee, by a stroke Of lightning, during
oneI of h eFstorms last week. 4
The Female Academy built at Wiz
Harrisburg, Nas FIVE years ar, at an e4-
pense of $4,000, was sold last week al
public auction fofNS2, 800. for taxes and
insurance for the Mast three years, TO
James w. Curtis, ofSWillianisbnrg.
Mir. C.fB. WnrrE, formerly of Freder-
+. icksburg, has received the appointment
of Military Stole, Keeper inthhe I. SsAr-
Tiny. with the rank of Captain, and has
been ordered to Benicia Gala Mhither he
! will sail on the Goth proxim9t
I'LL Dr.. OK. Gilmer. late of die Staunton
Trae American, and Mr.. A. ] Stofers
& editor Of the Culpeper Observer, have
+ issued proposals. for publishing a news
paper at Orange Courthouse, Virginia, \
Ito be, called the Southern ChFpnicle
The Richmond, fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company are laying
/ thu heavy rail as fast as possible. lisa
slow business, requiring much time
slaying down the rail being almost as
Hprotracted an operation as raising the
a. I'VE hear that tile nett profits Of Mr., Al
in ISL Beazley's tobacco crop of last year, IN
3, Caroline county, was 80, 500 He plant
I'd twelve acres, and used but one ton of
guano, with farm pen and stable ma
Of nuurcs, and has made about s49 bushels
lJ,l OF wheat besides, on the same land, this
Fd,lyeear. There's farming for you
,as The Winchester Yirginian learns from
mi UNREASONABLE authority that letters
have besn received from Hon IL. Bedlnger
at the State Department rendering his re-
i'll signation as Minister to Copenhagen, and
III asking TO be relieved from. his services
\ abroad as early, ifpossible, as the lst Of
August.
hi Rev. Leo. Rosser, who has been labor
~ inc in Lewisburg, as d Minister. so sne-
,sa cassfully for more than three weeks, re-
turned to his home mi ~Lynchburg. on
I~uesdaylast. Before leaving, he was
presented with a purse Of S175, which
was subscribed by the citizehs of Lewis
burg, as 4 mark oftheir high appreeia-
400 ton Of his services.
An accident occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at North Mountain,
Berkely county Va, on Saturday, last,bg
DIP. which two men were injured. The fore.
the axle of engine No. 2i3 broke, upsetting
lrts it, and badly sca1ding the engineer
! IN Charles Dufin, and the fireman, Mr.
DAY Abraham Spots, breaking some four Of
lore five cars, and tearing up the track fo
some distance. The fireman is nov
lying ina critical condition
Wis Hon. VIM. Ballard Preston passed
trit through this city on Friday last, (sayi
the Lynchburg Courier Of Tuesday re
turning fir ON his tripto Baltimore, Gin
rill- ~cinnati, Louisville, and other cities near
lita ly or remotely interested in the scheml
heir Ola visit from the Great Eastern ito Nor
ould folk. The honorable gsntleman ap
peared to be in the highest spirits an,
spoke most sanguinely Of the success q
Pts his mission. He leaves for Europ
aall- shortly.
has A monument, purchased By the cit
zens of Portsmouth, Va, 70 be erecte'
over the grave of Rev. Francis Deyliu
cor pastor of the Catholic Church there, va
Il BEL put up on Friday last. This heroieImiF
lastl lister fell . victim to the pestilence {
taeei 1855, and inscriptions, perpetuatipg tn
and fact, are engraved on the stone. Th
III monument cost L100. and is 20 fee
high. g
faq Col. Alexander Jones, Of Gen. Wal
& ker's N~icaraguan army, was on a visit I
lvO Winchester, on Wednesday last. Inya
engagement, he received a severe woun
in the thigh, from a ball of the enemy
1ated but a, stiffened limb, on which he is abl
~; to walk without a crutch, is the result I
nelq the injury. Col. Jones is ! son Of Re,
ana AlexandeF Jones, formerly Of Charles
Ilie town, but now ofPerth Ahboy, Nj:
a negro boy. about l2 years old, th
property OF Mr.. Geo. w. Ginn, Of Win
chester, was drowned on Sunday eyenini
que, last, in a pond on Mr.. Josiah 1. Baker
dFen farm, about a mile from that place
The JeffersouviIIe (Tazewell Co.,
I'M Advocate, states that Col. French, q
old line Wing elected to the Senate !
/ that District, ayows that che is aDemt
FRAT in all time to Gomez Al sensib
bsvs man
1 oil John W. ;Finks. Esq. tile active an
industrious Special Agent pf the Pc
Office Department, on the 10th inst, a
lslng rested Samuel Brewit. at Franklin. Pc
Ss.eE dleton county, upon a charge Of Robin
'9erS the U. s.. Mail. On the 18th inst, N
sney f., accompanied BY a Deputy .. s. Ma
shall arrested James Stuart, ! McDCwel
'ning Highland county, on a similar charge
Stuart was admitted TO bail in the sui
SUI of $500, for his appearance at The ne
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