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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02
PETITION PRESENTED

By Mr.. Boreman-From Wood county,
relative to the Northwestern turnpike.
OTHER HOUSE BILLS PASSED
Authorizing an increase ofthe capital
stock of the Kanawha Coal Company, and
for other purposes.
To amend an act amending and re-eu-
acting the act concerning the empannel-
ing of jurors. (Authorizes an increase
Of veHiro men.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02

ME Commonwealth OF Virginia, to Tic
u Sheriff of KaGawha couGt,3 Greeting
We command you that you slmln, tie Old
Dominion Goa! Company, il they be found
within yonr bailiwick, to appear before Tie
JUSTICES OF our County Court for TIE conniyof
kanawiia, at rules to be held in the Gle MS Or
hce thereof, on tie first Monday in April next,
to answer the James River d Konawha Com.
pany OF plea of tressrnsS on the case in as
sumpsit, damage 500 90. And have Then
there THIS wit. Witness ALExASBER w.
QgARRIKR, Click ofour said cour, M The court
house Of said county, the LIST day o March 1858
IN the sd year oil DOR founda ton.
IL A. w OITARRIT-p
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
FRIDAY. Feb. IG, 1858.

SENATE BILLS PASSED..
To incorporate the Kanawha Coarse
Salt Company in the county of IIanawha.
To establish tho Mason Agricultural
Society. (Taken up on motion OF Mr..
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THE PURLIC PRINTING.

On motion ofMr. Seldom. the bill to
abolish the salary of the public printer
was taken up and passed.-ayes 1913,
nays. g
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 1l.-Ex-Presi.
dent Fillmore was married last evening to
Mrs. Mcintosh OF Ibis city.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02

VIRGINIA, SS:-At rules held in the
Y Clerks Office of the County Court of Pat.
nam Couu IN the Month ofAIarch 1855
Allied Ellis, Comm
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02

WALkrNG A PLANk.-An Irishman
named Mickey Free, is about to perform
the wretched feat, in Portsmouth, of walk
ing a plank for 1876 hours, withot stop
ping to rest, or sleep.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02
The weekly South.

Weare glad toannovnce tina IL, Par
OR, of the South" intends issuing a
weekly edition Ct that paper, He says:
tAtthe instance ofmany persons in diff
ferent parts Of the country, we have re-
solved to issue a WEEKLY Eb1r1oN of The
SoUTu.
This Edition will contain the chief Z /
itorials and Literary articles of the daily
paper. besides a variety of news AMI com
munications.
The WEeYLY SourH will be sent to a
single subscriber for one year on the pre-
payment of 50; but clubs, of three or
more, will be furnished at the following
rates:
For three copies, So 90
&c i've 49, 50
In every case the money must accom-
pany the order.
The first number of the WEEKLY SorTu
win be issued in few days. Persons
wishing a complete file must send their
names in Immediately.
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VIRGINIA, SIS. At rules held in the
Clerks Office of The rcui, Court +
Putnam County, in the month of March, 1855.
Jeremiah s. Kirby
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For Commissioner of the Revenue.

Late Division Engineer Va. 6: R. r.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-09-01
GRANVILLE
FEMALE SEMINARY,
A SELECT BOARDING SCHOOL FOR
YOUNG LA S!

DEV. @. S. Doollttle, A, M, Rector; J.
H. Indy, A. NJ. Principal; Mrs. P. A.
Doolittle, Governess; Mrs. N. NJ. Indy, AS.
~soeiate, assisted by other able and accom-
plished teachers. i-' 7.t -
This long established and popular insti.
tuition now offers rare advantages to young
Ladies for acquiring a thorough and accom-
plished education. Its location is delightful
and h aithy- The buildings have been
thoroughly repaired the rooms newly papered
and neatly carpeted. A full corps of ex
perienced and accomplished teachers are I'M
ployed. The Rector, Principal and teachers
reside in the Seminary-thns enabling them
to bestow special care md attention upon
each pupil. The course of study is extern
sive and j~udiciously arranged. The ~instruc.
tions given are mostfaithful and thorough. To
those expecting to become teachers, special
instructions will be given.
The next session will commence on Thurs
day the 2nd of September. For information
or admission, address eithler of a., unde-.
signed.
g. s. DOoLITTLE. Rector.
j.. Indy, Principal.
Granville, Aug. A., 1858. 42tf
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JAMES STARRETT and Sarah Starrett
q his wife, Phebe GroscuP, and Nancy
Starrett widow OF John. Starrett, deceased,
will take notice that a petition was fed
against them, on the 9th day of July, A.D.,
1858, in the Court of Common Pleas of the
county of Ashland and State of Ohio, by
William Eantillburgh and Harriet Vantill
burgh, wife of the said WilliamV antillburgh,
and is now pending, wherein the said Will
liam Vantiliburgh and Harriet Vantillburgh
demand partition of the following Real Es-
tate. situate in the county of Ashland and
State of Ohio. and being the east half of the
southwest quarter of section four ~ Town
ship twenty-foar (24) and Range seventeen
(I7,) containing eighty acres more or less;
ano that at the next term of said Court appli-
cation will be made by the said William
VantiIlbureb ard Harriet Vantillhurgh for an
order that PARTITION may be made of said pre-
misses, and that the Cover ofsaid Nancy Star
rett may be assigned therein.
WILLIAM VANTILLHURGH d
HARRIOT VANTILLBUkGH.
BY FULTON d McCOMBS, their Attys
July %, 1853 6wS
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settlements made by half. breeds, and
that the settlers shall have the benefit
of the pre- emption laws Of the u. States,
any location Of half breed scrip thereon,
after the date of the settlement, notwith-
standing: Prouided, The declaration of
prescription be filed within three months
alter public notice is given OF the pas
sage of this act in the proper land dis
trict: And provided, That when two or
more persons hare settled on the same
quarter section, prior to the passage of
this act, they shall be permitted to enter
the same, and the rights of each shall be
determined according to the provisions
of the act relating to -emptions,p pass
ed March third, eighteen hundred and
forty three.
SEcTIoN,2 And5ei 1t further enacted,
That the provisions of this act shall not
extend to any tract or subdivision, with
in the body of land aforesaid, which
have been settled upon in good faith by,
and is in the occupancy of, any of the
said half breeds or mixed bloods; which
lands, so settled upon and occupied by
the half-breeds, are hereby expressly
declared to be subject to no other dispo-
sition than location by the Certificates
or "scrip" authorized to be issued by
the said act of eighteen hundred and
fifty four, for the benefit of said Indians
Nor shall the provisions of this act ex-
tend to any lands which may have been
located piior to its passage with half
breed scrip, with the consent of the set
tiers thereon.
APPROVED, May 10, 1853.
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O'Clock A. NJ, aud close at four O'Clock p. II
Noapplicant viii be admitted after twelve NJ.
Written testimonials of good moral character
signed by at least two responsible persons {.
Will be required, which testimonials will be
kept on file. No certificate can be ante-dated
No private examinations will be held.
Noue will be examined who do no expects to
engage soon in teaching in this county. Rec
ommends, where practicable, are re~quiredfrom
school directors. We earnestly request them
at the close Of each torn, TO send us q note of
the success Of their teacher.
8. M. BARBER.
CLERK of Board Of Examiners.
ashland; Feb. 10; 1855 36-ly.
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REP o RT
ASHLAND COUNTY
MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE co..
To the Policy Holders ana the
P u Liz.

VNHE Board of Directors present to the Policy
L Holders, and to the public, the following Res-
port: We feel grateful for the extent Of its bust-
mess, and in return. we are leased 10 be abIe TO-
ton of the Company. 1t might not be inaprf0
pirate to say at this time that at the oTgenlzatiDna
of the Ashland County Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, and previous to the commeheemeAf Of
its business transactions, the Board OF Dire etoTS
adopted the following alutary rule Of action. yiE-;
"7o eORfns the risks to the safer lind Of property
TO take money enough upon iasHi1g . Policy 10
pay any probable loss during lie ssntfnrases, dnffD
at the same fine a small NsYssite n0te to pyDridegSv
any unusual esEfagratioH." This rule must be ars
parent to every business man. Tkatin order sue
cessiully to conduct the business Of an Insurance.
Compeny and promptly pay its losses. 1be funds
should be provided before the loss happens. Upynp
this principle of reasoning, the Directors corn
menced the business Of the company-so far IT
salutary rule thus established at the organizations
of the Company, remains unchanged 10 this dhy.
u - adherfuO In this nj an
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InfIucnzn And common CoId.-Like

Influenza And nm ION COld..Like
thiev in the silince of the night. have carried
many to the silent grave. They are caused by a
sudden check of perspiration. by whIch the STAN
echis rendered inactive and the lungs become
loaded with corrupted matter, which enters the
blood, and disease is the result. For all colds,
coughs, and chills, succeeded by heat, and all
levers of every form, hoarseoess and rawness of
the thrrat, lungs and stomach. and fer all weak
ness and sickness ofevery kind, from three to i've
ofthese Pills On going to bed. tor q few days, will
be all tn at you require to restore you to yerfsct
health 1t has been admitted ana claimed all
over Europe, that there never was Q mediclne,
that will extirpate all manner Of disease from
the system, equal Is DR.. Morse's Indian Root
pills ..-' that the more you take them the stranger
that the human body Is subject to but one disease,
cfeansd the-bowels, but also follow the blood
through every vein and artery and so purih yit
from all morbid Ind corrupt humors, that dis
case of exery name is driven from the body.
GreatEemale sFemaleswho
value health should never be without these Pills.
1t has been admitted by a number ofphysicians,
than females cannot too highly value them. They
have given health and spirits TO hundreds Of fe-
males who without them would have been in
their graves. They purify the blood remove OBJ.
s;ructions, and give skin a beautiful. the clear.
healthy. and interesting appearance. A box of
these Pills is a great medical companion at cer-
tain periods. From one 10 three should be taken
every cay until relic is ATTAINED. a doses occ asion-
Iy, when well, keey The system Unhealthy con.
dition. D Morse's Indian Roo Pills are sold by
alidealers in Medicines. n3etf
For sale by CLARK & POTTER.
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CHAP. LIX-An Act to amend the
Act to incorporate the Columbia
Institution for the Instruction of the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind" ap-
proved February sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and fifty seven.
Be I. enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States
of america IN Congress assembled, That
in addition to the provision made in the
above recited act for the maintenance
and tuition of pupils in the said institu-
ton, the sum of three thousand dollars
per anrum, payable quarterly, shall be
allowed, for five years, for the payment
of salaries and Incidental expenses of
said institution, and that three thousand
dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated
for the present fiscal year, payable out
of any moneys in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated
SECTION 2. And be 1t further enacted,
That the deaf and dumb and the blind
children of all persons in the military
and naval service of the United States,
while such persons are actually In such
service, shall be entitled TO instruction
in said institution, on the same terms as
deaf and dumb and blind children be-
longing to the District of Columbia.
SECTION 8. And be IL further enacted
That all receipts and disbursements I'M
der this act shall be reported to the
Secretary of the Interior, as required in
the sixth section of the act to which this
is an amendment.
APPROVED, May 90, 1858.
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Sale of Real Estate by Order of Pro
bate Conrt.

ON the 2nd day of September, AID, 1858.
" between the hours of ten o'clock, A. NJ.
and four o'clock, p. NJ, on the premises here
matter described, will be sold to the highest
bidder, the following Real Estate, as the prop.
erty of Gilbert Pell, deceased, to wit THE
undivided one fifth part of the West half OF
the North East quarter of Section eleven,
Township nineteen and Range sixteen, situate
in the Township of Hanover, County of Ash.
land and State of Ohio. To be sold subject
to the dover Estate of Catharine Hubbard
therein. Appraised at s.
Terms of Sale One half cash in hand
the balance in two years with interest. De.
ferred payments to be secured by mortgage on
the premises.
CALVIN HIBBARD,
Admir- of GILBERT PELL. deed.
Aug. IL, 1858. 4wI0
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HOWARD TI8M
PHILADELPHIA

PHILA
a Benevolent Institution. established by special en-
document for the relief of ths sick and distressed-
afflicted Nth YirHient and Epidemic DISEASES.
Two all persons afflicted with Sexual Diseases,
i such as S p Z X M AT H G A, SEMINAL
GLEET, SYPHILIS, the Vice of or
SELF ABUSE &C., &c.
The HOWAR ASSOCIATION, in view OF the
aw full obstruction of human life, caused by Sex
ual diseases, and the receptions practised upon
the unfortunate victims of sucbdiseases byQuacks,
several We ars ago directed their Consulting Sur
geon, as CHARITABLE ACT worthy of their
this class OF diseases, in all their forms, and to
give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS, to all who
apply by letter, with a description Of their con-
dition, sagc, occupation, habits of life, &c..9 and
in cases of extreme poverty. to FURNISH MEDI-
ClNES FREE OF CHARGE. 1t is needless to
add that the Association commands the highest
Medical skill of the age, and will furnish the
most approved modern treatment.
The Directors, on a review of the past, feel as
sured that their labors in this sphere of benevo-
lent effort, have been OF great benefit to the az
hicted, especially to the young, and they have
resolved to devote themselves, with renewed
zeal, to this very important but much despised
cause.
Just Published by the association, q Report on
of Onanism, Masturbation or SelfAbse, aned
sother Diseases of the Sexual Organs. by the Con
nlting Surgeon, which will be sent by mail, Tin
a sealed letter envelope.1 FREE OF CHANGE,
on receipt of TWO STAMP for postage.
Address. for Report or treatment DR.. GEORGE
K. CALHOUN, consulting Surgeon. Howard As
ISOLATION, No. South NinthStreet. Philadelphia,
Pa. By order of the Directors,
EZRA ID. HEARTWELL President.
GEO. Secretary. 1y2i
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- 81 : 4.
CHAR. XLIII-An Act to amend an
Act entitled San Act to authorize the
President Of the United States to
cause to be surveyed the Tract Of
Land in the Territory of Minnesota,
belonging to the Half Breeds or Mix
ed Bloods of the Dacotah or Sioux
Nation Of Indians, aud for other pur
poses," approved seventeenth July,
eighteen hundred and ffty four.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House
ef Representatives Of tie United States
Of Ameyica In Congress assembled, That
the act approved the seventeenth July,
eighteen hundred and fifty four, above
referred to, chapter eighty-three, be,
aud the same Is hereby amended, so that
tie body of land known az the half.
breed tract, lying on the west side of
Lake Pepin and the Mississippi river,
inthe Territory of Minnesota, aud 1hicn
b authorised to be surveyed by the said
oct Of eighteen hundred and City -four,
thal be subject to the operation Of the
laws regulating the sale and disposition
Of b public lands. and settlements
neretofors made thereon are declared
' AID 70 fAs AZ they do not conflict with
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-09-01
Cleveland Infirmarv.

THERE are in this Institution as a charge
l. upon the City, a number of likely boys
anu glris in1i11ing ini.1.s %%hom the Di-
rcctors will bindto service until they become
of age; with suitable persons, upon their pro-
ducing testimonials from the Clergyman,
Magistrate OF Trustees of their tovn, that they
are suitable persons to have the care Of and
to bring up such children.
Application may be made to
r. HUSSEY, tar1
Acting Director Cleveland Infrmary.
May 10, 1858. 3m5O
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APPROVED, May 10, 1853.

CHAR. LVIII-An Act for extending
the Land Laws east of the Cascade
Mountains, in Oregon and Washing
ton Territories
Be IL enacted By tie Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America an Congress assembled, That
the existing laws relating to the survey
and disposal of the public lands in the
Territories of Oregon and Washington,
west of the Cascade Mountains, be, and
the same are hereby, extended and made
applicable also to the lands lying east of
said mountains within said Territories.
APPROVED, May 20, 1858.
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Repairing done on the Shortest No.

toners fortLe very liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed upon us, and we hope by our
good work and prompt attention to our business
bot only to warrant q continuance OF the same
nut we expectthose who have neverbeen our cue
tomsrsto calm and see us at least. examine ON
WORK and prices, and then we known hv - -.
buy. Don'tforaet the place, opr.sitc W-E"
Grocery, ano westoIIne 4cNul:y House.
u HUGH DA Wis.
$50 manufacture our own stock.
lay II, 1856, o.
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CHAP. XCII.-An Act to authorize the
President of the United States, in
conjunction with the State of Texas,
to run and mark the Boundary Lines
between the Territories of the United
States aud the State of Texas.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of tue United State.
Of america IN Congress assembled, That
the President of the United States be,
and he hereby is, authorized and EN-
powered to appoint a suitable person or
persons, who, in conjunction with such
person or persons as may be appointed
by and Oh behalf of the State of Texas
for the same purpose, shall run and
mark the boundary lines between the
Territories of the United States and the
State of Texas beginning at the, point
where the one hundredth degree of long.
itude west from Greenwich crosses Red
river, and running thence north to the
point where said one hundreth degree OF
longitude intersects the parallel Of thir-
ty six degrees thirty minutes north lati.
tude; and thence west with the said par.
allel of thirty six degrees and thirty
minutes north latitude to the point
where it iDtersects the one hundred and
third degree of longitude west from
Greenwich; aud thence south with the
said Que hundred and third degree of
longitude to the thirty secand parallel
of north latitude; and thence west with
the said thirty second degre, If north
latitude to the Rio Grande.
SECTION 2. And be Il further enacted,
That such landmarks shall be establish
ed at the said point of beginning on Re-
rive: aua at the other orners, and on
the said several lines of said boundary,
as may be agreed on by the President of
the United States, or those acting under
his authority, and the said State of
Texas, or those aotiug Under lis author
ity.
SECTION 8. And be IL fIrther enacted,
That the sum of eighty thousand dollars,
or SO much thereof as may be necessary,
be, and the same hereby is, appropriated
put of any money in the Treasury not
appropriated, to carry out the
provisions OF, this act: ProuiGed, That
he person or persons appointed aud EN-
on the part aud behalf of Texas
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are to be paid by the said State: Fro
vided further, That no persons, except
q superintendent or commissioner, shall
be appointed or employed in this service
by the United States but such as are
required to make the necessary observe
tions and surveys to ascertain such line
and erect suitable monuments thereon
aud make return of the same.
APPROVED, June 5, 1858.
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Notice to Teachers.

TINE Board of School Examiners of Ashland
i County will hold the following Examina.
tions during the year 1868. at Ashland, viz:
The I'D Saturday of Eahrnaru
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APPROVED, May 90, 1858.

CHAP. XCI.-An Act making IN APP
preparation for the Payment of Clerks
employed in the Offices of the Regis.
tiers of the Land Offices at Oregon
City and Winchester, in the Terrific
ry of Oregon.
Be 1t enacted by tie Senate and House
Of RepresentatiUesyf the United States
Of America an Congress assembled, That
the sum of seven thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same is hereby, appropriated
out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to enable the
Secretary of the Interior to reimburse
the registers of the land Offices at Ore
gon City and Winchester, in the Terri
tory of Oregon, for expenses incurred by
them in the employment of clerks actu-
ally required for the transaction of the
business of their respective offices, grow
ing out of an act entitled Gan act to
create the office of surveyor general of
the public lands in Oregon, and to pro-
vide for the survey and to make dona-
items to settlers of the said public lands
approved September the twenty seventh,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
APPROVED, June 5, 1858.
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sc MaSN8S@M MY8

for the payment of losses, or for any other PSF
pose have ever been made upon ihePremium notes.
and we trust, by care, prudence. ana stTct econ
omy in the management of the affairs of the Somi
pany. that no assessment willie necessary to b
made unless il should happen to be . year ofex.
traordinary loss. filN
We deem it proper in presenting you our Report
of the financially ondition OF the Compan 10 give
9th OF March, A. D., 1858. showing the gross
amoun Mt of expenditures. with the avei age per rear.
prudence, or prodig Atty in expenditures have been
sanctioned by us, and that orr object has been TO
afford to the public an opportunity 10 procure fgs
Insurance at moderate cost, and strictly upon the
Mutual principle. the average cost therefore has
been about one-sixth Il one per cent. per annum
on the gross amount insured. al - .@5Tis
FINANCIAL STATEmENT.
Whole amount OF property Insured TO
March 9th, ar3sotoo
Amount of Policies expired and can ~
eelled l.gg3.9.. y.