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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

tSTEpnEs A. DoueLA sr TAKrxa 4,
PRKMrrN. "A mans fame may become
troublesome, For example: At the iats
agricultural fair at Peoria,. Illinois, the
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas heard his
name loudly aud sociferiously called fiom
the Judges stand. Surprising probably
that he was called upoil for 1 speech. he
Immediately climed up on the platform.
where lie ascertained that the call was
upon one of his hsmesakes, to whom the.
committee had awarded premium Of .
silver goblet. for being che second best
three year old Durham bull calf on the
ground.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

A DAsoERoUs C9usrkRTElr. The
Pittsburg Union says New patches Of
altered totes. upon the State Bank Of
Ohio. Of the determination 81 twenty dol
lars. are now being circulated here and
elsewhere. The note Is raised. BY a new
and ingenious process. from the genuine
s..twe's. offcerH ogue deceived sever.
lal bankers with II. getting good money.
+in smaller bills, without exciting their.
suspicionin the least. Others were able
TO detect the fraud. The alteration is
well executed. but can r.sdily be detected
by the vignett on the lower right end, rep
resenting canal boating scene. which Ii
not on the genuine SOS. and also the
likeness Of Webster ON die upper LEFT end
corner Those pnacqnainied with the
face Of the genuine ao's should be care
Eful in taking them
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05
] 70 THE PUBLIC.

ANDREW PARKS, OF Kanawba county,
Z I'd JAMES w. HOGE ,I.of Putnam county.
oaYing entered into partnership, as Attorneys
jaad Ebanselors at Law, under the style q
" AXIS Il II GE, sfot the. counties Of Mason
aRa Patnsa,: will attend allths county, quar-
!erfx saa cireait counts Ia those counties, and
iii attend pyonhtIy 10 ALI business which
itiay be eHtreated to them spp raining 70
tihsir profession. PARIS HoGE. n
81 jan. I, 1873
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

FfKE PoraroEs. We are indebtsd 10
JAS. WI. LAwroE. Esq, for i basket Of
yam potatoes, the largest and finest we
have seen this season. Mr.. 4. informs
us that the yield ofthe potatoes Of which
ours are ! specimen. was four h,t,iared
and kkiyty-tpo bNsaels to 1e aeye. Se-
gaandA Geo Morning Nsus
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

solely Responsible for that. IIe was an
thofized 70 speak for The SlAte he govern
ed. and in Gently to Maryland his rel
quest ii her name was grained out Of re-
speet I'd the State rights ana State RENE /
dies tosdefend her people, aud support Tie
majesty of her laws.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05
i PARKS Z MOsELEf.

j III hDREW r ARKs q JoH y II sioSELSI
IN having entefsi into . raftnefship, toI
~, eutrio,e IL practising Law in the Circuit
nAd Csafts Eoarls OF Kana@ha, and IN The
c5iTcun Eoara Of Logan, Boone and Roane
viii hersaItrf Tegulahy attend Those Courts.
A.!r saasif .sst entrusted ~ theisfafe Will re-
ceiss prc apt attenticn- s.,
gOas 81 lis other of5Lhe atm ia y ]. ways ne
feaad, durins business hoIfs 81 their. once,
N. R s5ser,s Raw, ii, the tosn Ne Charleston,
3l Charleston, Oct. 4, 1885,
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

SELLlss our HIS CIAIx. The Clarke
vile TENNESSEE Chronicle says tlsat
two young men d that place we're court.
ing the same lady when one ofthem pro-
posed 10 the other to give or take $500
for his pretensions. The gentleman Il
whom the proposition vas made paid
the money, and the rival withdrew.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

PREpARrse FOR. FREE FreRr.-Par-
SON Brownlow informs Tie b Border Metl .
odist, H some Of whom he says are cut
ting Up high shines o. she subject Of
slavery in portions ofEVirginia. that 10
expects to pass leisurely through the
Valley Of Virgiuiain the next Spring, Civ
ing the public 4 few ideas upon slavery
--Lynch5arg Republican. !,
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05
] W. AA.Lsns
ID. 4IsRks
iikw AND JUST lIcE.

Hr'EFs LAW AND JUSTiCE.
aTT hi. FISHER and y. NJ. ENGLISH hay
I1 ias cntersl into pa r. hershlp. for inc
.pxTIlos. of practicing Law IN The ejanties o.
Asson shll'utnaRi, will.regalarl attend the
EiFeait. oualterly and Monthly Courts 81
thP 20 eouaFtes. and WI a 4, ae'enT
rlon 10 business entrusted to thfir care.
I one Of the other o / the firml|wIl always be
/ I,snd al their Office, in Point i'leasaht:1aad
sHs Or The other viii regularly be at the Rut-
sam County Courts. III
III FIJI ssant, Dec. I, an37kf
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-05

viRorsra SKIS. Oh Friday iast
5000 Virginia sises were sold 400 pei
cent,
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

WHAT NExr.-The Charleston .Neyeurv is
denouncing the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise ltsays that "squatter or Terrific
rial sovereignty was, from the beginning, a
falsity-a SHAM and only intended to de-
deive the South. Douglas and his eompeers
urges the -Nereuyy-made Southern men,
bers believe, that the lime was stigma
on the South; by abrogating it, Kansas
might come in as slave State, thereby re-
paying the Southern States for the loss of
California; and the Southern members went
blindly into the trap. Thus was eonsumated
continues the Nereury-"he best anti
'larery measure erer passed BY Congress-
The South has lost Kansas irreparablv
stands a good chance of losing four States
now comprised in the Indian Territory, aud
Missouri, herself "encirclcd in a Gordon of
fire." is in great danger of being compelled
to abolish slavery. -
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

BE- How Senator Douglas, in the Ottawa
debate, made such a blunder as to quote a
series of reSolutions-stating positively that
they were the platform of the first Republi-
can convention in the State of Illinois
when they turn out to be entirely different
Is mystery to all of his friends. The res
oiutionS read seem TO have been adopted by
small clique OF abolitionists in another
part OF the State, and are entirely different
from those passed at the Republican State
Convention. The question is, was Mr.
Douglas deceived? Many of the Democrat
k papers who had published the resolutions
az read by Mr.. Douglas, have since acknow.
lodged the injustice done Mr.. Lincoln, and
made the amend honorable. slr. Douglas
We trust will do the same. Great men
should not seek to take advantage of one
another on so small scale.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

THE TEXAS Pacific RAILRoAD.-0n Tues
day last, meeting of the stockholders of
the company, representing majority of the
stock, was held at Louisville. A full expose
of the affairs of the company was made BY
Dr. Foulks, President of the corporation
1t appears that only 30 miles of the road
have been completed, and in accomplishing
this 5000, 900 of the funds of the road
have been squandcred. The work done on
the road is worth about $500, 900. The road
is in debt 666, 1000; $4,000 more than its
cost ought TO have been. What has be-
come of the S3,OOOOO paid in by the stock
holders is not explained. The sale under
the fraudulent Trust Deed is declared invalid.
The purchasers under that deed have obtain
cd Judgment on claims against the road
to the amount of $3.50, 900, and under this
judgment they are seeking to force a sale of
the road, with the intention to buy it in for
their debt, and thus gain a valid title. BY
completing another five miles of the road,
the company will be entitled TO 1000
acres of land from the State of Texas, worth
from 81 to 80 per acre. 1t has, beside,
other large unavailable assets, making an
aggregate that will finally be worth p, 00O,-
600; but none of it can at present be used
Two hundred thousand dollars IN cash
would relieve the road from its cmbarrass
mentS, and place it in possession of thu
stockholders. Under good management thu
can be complied with, which only requlr
the building of % miles per year, the land
and loans granted by the State of Texas
would secure the means TO build the who'll
road. The meeting voted to call on IN,
stockholders to pay up 30 cents a share I,
form fund to redeem the road \ Trustc,
was elected to receive the instalment will
an agreement, that if the sum collected n,
not sufficient TO effect the object. and tn,
road shall be finally sold, the amount con
tributed should be returned to those who
paid il.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28
Havana.

4 correspondent of the National IRtelb-
gencer, writing frnm Havana, gives an aw-
full description of the vomito, and no very
hattcring account of the city in general !.
A few hours in Havana when the vomito
reignS would effectually cure one of all fill
clustering To obtain residences there. CerteS
no man in his right mind would accept it as
a bonus on condition of remaining the year
throughout. Winter may diminish but
cannot diveSt the city of its summer grief.
AS left the harbor this morning an Off
Ger of1 the British steamer said, and that
ship you see by itself, its sails all hanging
loose, was this morning towed from the
wharf and moored there by the authorities
all having died." The poison was never
more plainly discernibe than now no one
can forget its smell, nor the sinking fog
which, as the sun rises, shoots up and disap-
pcars from the hot harbor like steam from
! the locomotive srifhOm whistle; for,
/ though all arc upon his track, Death gives
| no warning.
! More than half the sailors have died. and
| as nofreSh ones come it must cease. Like
stricken victims, few vessels may be seer
/ leaving the harbor by the first breeze; these
few have enough left to sail away, but not
enough to manage the empty ship. The
truth can only be learned by visiting Cat
hotcls) the sea captains, making acquain
lance, and becoming interested in what they
tell YOU. The details would not DC credit
ni>I s..r, Iv; a. i, apparent to me. Thinl
open air mostly of high walls, and street hisc1
fourteen feet wide, (pavementS twenty inch
esq, and sewers and drains on each side o.
some of these streets Zone three miles Ions
that OF Cerro) about three feet deep, TIVE
wide, and six inches deep is a green mir,
exhaling flor they are OPEN stencil to,
disgusting for even poison, since the filth o
all the houses enters them and remains til
frost Kills its poison, for rain only increase
their depth
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

LEcoMPToSIsM.-Vicc President John e..
Breckenridge in his Stump Speech at Flor
ence, said:
The startling doctrine has been started in
this country that constitution has no va
lidity until submitted to the vote of the peo-
pie. As an abstract principle Will
never submit to it will never consent tn t
Congress shall have the right to reject con-
stitution because the people OF Territory
choose not to submit it TO the people.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

Notwithstanding the depressing circur-
stances under which our manufacturers
have labored, we are grati6ed to know tnat
American industry and skill still triumphs
over every obstacle, and is making rapid ad-
vaucement in competitor with foreign fabrics
Among the first efforts Of our factories was
an imitation of foreign goods, which was so
perfect as almost to defy detection. This,
however, was not very reputable mode of
proceeding, and isfast being abandoned. In
deed SO far have we excelled foreign pro-
ducts, in many particulars, that goods are
now manufactured abroad, and labeled
American Manufacture" Our cutlery is
fast rivaling that of Sheffield, and those ful-
" posted, are heard inquiring for knives OF
the American manufacture in preference to
those of Wostenholm's With very slight
protection, every part of our coniederaey
would soon be fairly buzzing with manutac-
turing establishments of all kinds, which
would produce better article and at less
price than we are now receiving from Eu-
rope.
Among the recent establishments set agolng
| is one for the manufacture of "BrusSels car
pets" for which millions are annually sent
abroad, as so much money paid for labor
performed by foreigners, who have no more
skill or brains to invest than our own coun-
trymen. 4" From specimens of the imita-
tons we have seen, says the Philadelphia
Press, '.the feet of our Democratic citizens
may, ere long, fall as softly upon parlol
tapestries manufactured within days ride
of our doors, as upon those Of European
make, costing double the price
Mr.. Thomas Crossley is the patentee anC
inventor of the machinery by which thes'
elegant printed carpets are produced, thei
} manufacture tor the present being confined
exclusively to the Ellington mills of Connec
ticut. The enterprise is in the hands of al
association composed of some of the wealth
, lest and most intelligent men of New Eng
land, the management of it being mainl,
: vested in the hands of the well known fami
: " of Dordens, Of Fall river.
The manufacture ofvelvet carpets, too, Ina
! been undertaken, with every prospect of sue
= cess. This is a new and important branc
of American industry, and should be foster
I ed by carpet dealers throughout the Unior
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28
Triumph OF the Telegraph.

We received, yesterday at noon, des-
patch dated London, 9th, noon, giving us
information Of the movements ofthe various
crowned heads of Europe. st. Petersburgh
dates are to the 22d, or Jive days old. We
also have word from Alexandria, Egypt
eighteen days old. None OF Us can realize
that this is true. We read and re-read the
dispatches, turning them over and over, and
yet arc unable to comprehend how it is that
the news contained on the little strip of pa
per started from the Old World so short a
time before.
1t will be seen, by referring to our des-
patches, that peace has finally been made
with China, and on terms advantageous to
that country ms well as the other nations OF
the earth. The exclusive policy which that
nation has enforced for so many centuries IS
to be abolished, and her ports are to be open
70 the trade of the whole world. diplo-
matte corps is to be received from the differ
ent governmental short China has been
compelled to take her place as a nation
among nations. The darkness and super
stition of that Empire will be speedily dis
PEELED as light and civilization break il
upon her. But many of the European vice:
to which she is also stranger, will be in
troduced to her hurt. England and Francs
are to be Unidentified for the losses they have
sustained, though the dispatch gives no in
formation as to what disposition has beer
made of the claims of the United States.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

DEATH OF THE INVENTOR or LUcrFEp
MATCHES AND PATENT PLLs.-Dr. Abial 4
Cooley died at Hartford, Conn, on the 18th
inst, aged IS years. The Times says:
DIR. Cooley had large share Of mechani-
cal ingenuity as well as inventive genius
In his younger years he invented power
printing press which worked most complete
ly by the foot, a,id had the design been car
ried out, it would have been very useful. He
made the first ''locofoco' match ever known:
and he was the first to apply The cam move
ment to pumps-a principle now SO success
fully carried out in the Hartford Water
Works. He also invented an ingenious shin
gle machine; and he produced number of
other machines of practical utility, but he
never seemed To have the patience to follow
up any one of them TO final success. but rs
soon as he brought an invention to state of
practical use, he would abandon it for n new
one. number of patent medicines, now
successfully sold, are made from formulas
originated by him. His were the first Mills
ever patented in the United States. ssCooiey's
Liquid Backing the best known. was his
invention. lie successfully prepared, for
many years, the celebrated s.Cooley's Bit
terS,' which Were originated by his father
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

BSS- Much JOY was manifested in the
Democratic camp, at the nomination ofGer-
rit Smith, of New York, as a candidate for
Governor of that State. II seems, however,
to have had but little effect in disturbing
the opposition, who are pretty generally de-
termined on giving the Administration re-
buke, this fall, that cannot be misunderstood.
Gerrit Smith himself, feels disappointed, and
complains of not being properly backed by
his friends, as follows:
al confess my disappointment in you. /
had hoped that you would be eager to iden-
tify yourself with this movement, to elect to
the Office of Governor a man who recognizes
no rights of property in maddening liquors,
when they are offered for sale as beverage,
and who knows no law for slavery any more
than for any other piracy"
1t is an omen for good when we see how
futile the various attempts to distract and
divide the opposition, are proving.
There seems to be a willingness on the
part of those anxious to put down the venal-
ity, corruption, and despotism of the ad-
ministrators of our government to lose sight
of all minor differences Of opinion, and to
merge all their energies into one grand ef-
fort to route the hosts of official patronage,
that cannot fail being crowned with success
The harmony in the ranks of the opposition
is becoming more apparent, daily. Al
though it is made up of various political
elements, and of antagonistic opinions or
other subjects, they are one on this question
of the admission of Kansas with such consti
tuition as her citizens may adopt
The cry of " Americanism," abolition
ISM" "Prohibi!ionists," and q Thousand
others, that is howled all over the country
disturbs them not in the least. Being ami
mated with a spirit of true patriotism, an,
an anxious desire for their country's good
and the protection of the rights of the peopl
of each State and Territory, they are no
distrustful of one another; and the prospec
VIII be warning against All Iutorv s,,-.iirp
to tamper with peoples rights.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

Government Oohtrocts SeAAs $~~A
Nearly half million of dollars IS to be
paid by the Government, to Scotch firm,
for iron pipes for the city water works AZ
Washington. In answer to inquiries why
a contract of so much importance should DC
given to foreigners, while our workmen IN
iron are starving for want of employment,
the Secretary of War, Mr.. Floyd--who
commits so many egregious mistakes-an-
swers that he gave thscontract to an Amerl-
can Commission House, who transferred 1t
TO Scotch iron master. To prevent such
blunders for the future, it is proposed that
the Government in all such cases insists that
the articles to be furnished shall be of Amer
lean manufacture. The Philadelphia iresi
says:
II is well known that the manufactures OF
iron made in this country are better than
| those imported, and that the excess IN cost
! is more than compensated for by their SUI
] periority in quality.
The same rule holds good with nearly all
articles manufactured in the United States.
When our prices are higher it is because our
I articles are better. We cannot sec any good
| reason why our Government should not re-
auire that the food and clothing of its ar
mics, the materials of its public buildings
and other great works, and indeed every ar
ticle it needs which is known to be success
fully produced here, should be of American
growth or manufacture.
If our Representatives at the last session
L. NV. to fngf
the interests of Pennsylvania as they were
ready to violate their own pledges and OPP
pose the wishes Of their constituents, we
doubt very much whether any foreign iron
could have been used in the Washington ac-
aueduct. We believe that word from
them with the department having the mat
ter in charge, could have insured the use o
American iron in the manner indicated, be-
vond all doubt; but as the Washington
correspondent of one of their favorite pa
pers the New York Herald, says, "thcl
were caught mapping" in connection will
this subject, aud it would not be strange i
their constituents should apply, as penalt.
for this drowsineSs, the appropriate rcmed.
of selecting other men, who will be wild
awake whenever and wherever their interest
are at stake, TO represent them.
The heavy debt we are contracting, an
the fact that our present revenues are nc
much more than half our expenditures, ar
b arguments of irresistible force in favor Of
: speedy revision of the tariff; and when W
reflect that if this change is properly mad'
L it may not only rcplcnish our treasury, bt
rescue from the direst distress thousands
: our fellow citizens, aud re-estabiSh publ
It prosperity, we cannot wonder at the dee
C interest felt in this question and the nation
. al importance il has assumed.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

k2T The Baltimore Patriot has exhum-
cd from among old Congressional rubbish,
the following record which, we guess, the
Hon. John Petit would at this time have
!, gladly buried beyond the reach of resurrec-
tion:s
n Twelve years since, on the 7th of March,
1885, Mr.. Mckay, Chairman of the Com
Jnittee on Ways and Means in the House of
Representatives, introduced an amendment
tothe Post Office Bill of 81, 900 for support
of The Magnetic Telcgraph between Wash
ingfoI and Baltifnore.-
Mr., Petit. OF indiana, opposed i, and
looked uponTIaI Hsgneae felegyaphs n
miserable ediasras, ft for nsthid Nobody
who did not understand the Pottawattamie
~ some other outtsndish jargon, could know
what the Telegraph reported.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28

bs6- Robert Dale Owens religious belief
concerning which great deal has been said
in this State, is thus set forth in letter to
the New York Freeman's Journal:
Robert Dale Owen, the American Minister
ut Naples, writes letter to the New York
freemanS Journal denying its report that
ne had become Catholic. Without belong
ing 10 any religious body, he holds to the
Unitarian doctrine, and says be is writing
work which though not on the subject of
religion, Will satisfy his readers what his re-
ligious views are.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-28
to tamper with a peoples rights.

S2- The following interrogatory was
propounded to Messrs. Carr and Hughes, can
didates for Congress in the Sd District at q
meeting before whom they spoke in Jen-
nings county:
"Should the people of Kansas, without
the requisite population for member of
Congress, the Lecompton Constitution hav-
ing been rejected on Monday in August.
desire and ask to be admitted rs a State
at the next Congress, under new
constitution, republican in form, submitted
to fair vote of the people, and sanctioned
by n majority of the voters of Kansas.
would you be in favor of such admission p
Mr.. Carr answered in the affirmative Mr..
Hughes in the negative with this qualifca-
ton: state of circumstances might arise
which would induce him to vote in favor of
admission if the application was made with
great unanimity; for instance, to restore
peace to the country, if threatened with civil
war.
In answer TO asimilar question, PROFOUND
ed by his constituents to the Hon. William
Montgomery, the Democratic candidate in
the Unontown district of PENNSYLVANIA
ne promptly answered-As follows:
In regard to Kansas, l would say that, in
the event OF her people rejecting the Le-
compton constitution, l can see no objection
TO her admission ut any time she NAV pre-
sent to Congress q constitution legally and
honestly formed, which has been approved
by her lawful voters at a fairly conducted
election.
To a like question put to Judge -Niblack.
ne declined to answer till he had further
light as it is presumed, from Washington.
He is follower of Hughes and Bright, and
will tread in their footsteps.