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

~, s,o,nton Spectator il informed
.kot Ia BIie Ridge Tunnel Wall not pc
completed for six months.
d.. chas L. scoIlay, 4 Wei known
citizen Of Jefferson county EsAt' uieu
On Sunday last.
Thomas r. Dunn f Lynchburg' was
arrested in Rockingham county, Iass
Wednesday. on suspicion a klopapphs
An unsuccessful attempt was made last
week d burn down the ofice8oftfe'fiag'
ID WaFfenton, Va.
The rite Of confirmation was admlnis-
tired To about thirty P~ersonsHin Pre- Fps
cnpal church, Warrenton; Va 9n sun
day, JuIy 9th, BY Bishop johns {
Hodson Atkinson. 4 miner, spPRoss-
shdlfo hayenommitted suicide by drown
Tho, at West Columbia. Mason county
Ma, on thes8th instant.
The W~aFrenton Wing ays p Irish
man was klled a few days Eago,,E between
tlat place Ind the Springs. byf Hths cavt
ihg in of a welk
Bnuiami1 Bowies, OF F1uyanpa conn
III. ya5died on the 3Dth inst, ~ the Al
yygnoed ape % years. He had Voted for
gFery President from Washington 70 Blu
ehanan. EI 1E
The Grand Ei.campmentof no Q I
Mill hold its Annual Session f Hanp-
ton, commencing on Wednesday, the l5th
dhy of August next. K
| e. G. Tomkins, an old and fespecta1
i bic merchant, died at his residence IN
Richmond. on Thursday night!last. He
hid been engaged in the tiour trade On
Gary street. for a number Of years
La little SON Of Mr.. Joseph freeman,
Hkiny at Warieldsburg, Carroll comfy
Was dangerously injured on Monday last
BIZ falling Upon a scythe, hrs right arm
being nearly severed from the boly. lie
MAY recoydr but will b d cripple for
life.
Hon Fridsy lasta little girl about 4
wears Of are, daughter of Mr, Hartley,
who resides on Wheeling creek, about
twGlye miles from town, while oiit In the
field III search of eaws. was ili~staadykHl-
ed by lightning. glL
In Ten dollar counterfeit notes on the
North western Bank ofyirgiaia,a Wheel
fdg, are f5astinlg about Vighetta a large
,15 in the centre of the note ThRs conn,
terfefts are good limitations Of ths8genuihe
notes. The ruling Of the title ana ''Taa
Dollars IS heavy.
H. The negro woman who murdered hei
mistress; Mrs. Hall, near Gorlensyil la,
afew weeks since. was sentenced bn Aohl-
day last, BY The Louisa. County goilft, II
bS hung on the 2Ist of'next month.
I Hon, Richard Kidaer Meade, pr VII.
! ginia, has bsen appointed Envoy E4tra-
oTdinary and Minister Plenipotensiarg Y
I Bfazil, in place of William Tfousdale, ri
b npyed. .fE gEE. IL
81 Two men named Nicholas aHil W.
t mack have been arrested at Clover Hal
fax county. flor passing counterf moy
n eI. "A considerable amount was tydns
:, in their possession. !
r iThe second mate Of the steamer Mod
orftor,, was accidently killed whEle tht
boat was living at Portsmouth! 81 Mon
DIV of last week. He was engaged i
:. handling 4 large, steam boiler, and max M
III amis-step fell to the decks Zen thf
dimrImense weight rolled directly oYsrThlnl
Il on MondaE week, Mr.. Patrick Galia||
$ gler, a highly respectable cIttfzNanh Y
$ Montgomery county, was shot, aEld prop
il ably killed, BY a man named EBta&k well
=Gailacher w;ls the owner Of arhtll IL
Frhnklin county, and some word had
passed between the parties.
Mrs Eva Copenhaver died il nnFtht
! cohnty, Va, on the morning pf Itte 8ti
inst,, aged 88 years. Mrs. G~epeahasel
2 was the mother Of fourteen childfenE-
she leaves one hundred and five gsrant
r children one hundred and thirty gFea
gnnd childrep, andone 6 6. granrd8chhI lid
al 1.-The AlexaSdria Sentinel records th
Naldeath Of Chas Hall, organist Of Chris
Church in that city, who was drowPe.
T. willie bathing Monday week. He was
1 ipItStassorSof music, and much esteene
EbYEs fellew citizens
VI III was currently rumored on tile Street
r Friday evening. says the Pete sbar
to EXPRESS, that Young fellow tizer
=, John T. Clements, Esq, had been aE
Y. pointed Consul to Tripoli, vice March,
lid. Gaines, formerly of Petersburg, re
moved. Mr.. Gaines was appointed b
resident PSlk. Petersburg Wfh II
b, known abroad after awhilet f<
BaNK DHIDEYDs.-The following al,
y idends have been declared BY thebanl
I in this State fpr the last SIX months:
Farmers Bank, 4 PET cel
Bank Of Virginia, 4
"a Bank of Commerce Nh
Bank of the Valley Al XII
al Bank ofthe Old Dominion AZ I'll III.
~. Monticello Bank 'a
Merchants Bank ~
er Bank. Of Winchester - fl
T. 4 DRowNEp.--A negro boy. about
Years old, the property Of Mr. Gep. y
CHM, Of Winchester, was drowned /
il, Sunday. evening last ina pond On NJ
he Josiah L. Bakers farmsabout a mile fro
h Berryville. Contrary to the wishes
,icI. Lr, al1,fr Nth him %ha u-anF in