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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
.Ith 81 UNIV.

4 Tbe Anniversary Of our National
Independence passed off without any
public demonstration on the part Of
our citizens.
4 On Saturday, the gentlemen Of the
Bar Of Charleston, for the nonce,
DOTTED the erlnine, and partook q Of q
,iovial dinner at the Kanawhaf House.
We were notin town at the time, but
learn that it was an exclusive affair,
and that but two gentlemen, the
County Clerk, 4nd Master Y Commits
sioner, were elected as HONORARY
members Of thistsmporary q Clam
pis Hitas..'' The dinner, as well as
the guests, was exceedingly reoherohe;
| the viands mysteriously disappeared
and the popping Of champagne was
lIincessant. a friend promised e
furnish ust with aflist ofthose who fell
early In the action, as we'll as ofthe
killed and wounded, but has failed e
| 40 SO. We understand that several
we're Aors de coaabab that quite q
i number
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
III For tie .sEanaWha valley Star"
VI liz Voters efths Charleston llagiS-
Y #N . tffiaI District, H<

II Mr. SMirn will serve al Presiding
Justice Of yourICounty Coart, Tiff be is
called Nv a majority of tile People to
assume that office. YIN areldirectly
aha deeply interested iii having 9
Court competent ito d9cile any qlies-
ton of1aw that can be brought be
fore II. It-.y6tIIwilI elect VI B Ri a;
H. lSAlrIr, d magistrate, tinereEwill be
present, at tile moment OIL trial, toe
tmneh good sense amongst1iiis fellow
magistrates To render doubtful his
election as President of.tlie Ceurt. -
You will then have a tribunal in the
County Court, equal iil legal attain.
nents, firrnness, independence and
promptitude of decision, to any Cir:
Icnit Court in the State. He.expen:
ses of litigation will BE materially
curtailed. for causes can be more
dispatched in the County
Conrt than in tile Circuit Court, and
Justice WILDE cheaply, wisely and
promptly aanllnllstefed. Niyelou =,
yo,, hesitate a moment TO secure the
4 services Of Mr. SMITH Can there oe
| d solitary objection urged to him E
III viii answer for you, and say 81 en-
Iphatieally enc. 4 worthy ,,fIly gen
Itlenan has been nominated, by some
person Or persons, in opposition tc
HIM. SMITH. Give to that gentleman
ANY other Office that be may want
ana most ofyotl. ITO doubt, will con
Ell with the subscriber in doing 50
when Tho time. arrivest but toI graft
/ " the wIlims of 40 ipan, Or pet q
men, do not beIdsIven from the sup
/ bort 'ofI i candid.Ne, who, as eoer.
/ roter ;i,a tie District will acknowl
ledge, unites every qualification req
uissite for a Presiding Justice.
i Vote as a sense of duty may i'm
! pei, and Mir. Smith will lose yer
i few votes. sSUIIDR.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
From tie Richm n6 ENQUIRER"
1Tbc Whig and Mf. Leieher.n

The Richmond "Whlg Otyesterday,
notlbeing satisfied with he explanation
Of The South OF Mr.. Letchef's con-
nection with an abolition pamphlet, or
lecture Of the Rev. Henry Rnffner. adj
yances upon IFS former position and pub
fishes The letter signed by Mr.. Letcher
and others, with extracts from the pam
.phlet.
We remember ONCE to have read this
remarkable anti-slavery lecture. but did
not remember that Mr.. L. had any con-
nection herewith, much less any en-
dorsement BY sentiment or expression. ~
II the extracts made blythe Wing are
correct we do moi mean toinsinuate
that they are not Mr.. Letchsr or his
friends owe X 10 the Demo cratic party
that the wltoie pamphlet should be pab-
lished great injustice may be done Mr..
Letcher by selecting disconnected sen
fences and paragraphs while il the SEN
timeut and object of the pamphlet was
the abolitionzing of Western Virginia
we are free to say, that tie Democracy
/ OF the State should be fully advised Of the
opinion, past, as we'll as present. Of every
candidate for the Gnbernatorial chair
Certain factions in the extreme Southern
States have already often stigmatizee
Virginia as unsound upon slavery W,
have always treated this charge with III,
contempt il deserved. but for tie sake 0
Southern unity and harmony. Virgins
should be careful of the opinions Of he
public men upon this question.
II will not do to call Mr.. LetcheE'l
Econnection with this abolition lecture, ,
courtesy "apd an 81 indiscretion. /
Mr.. Letcherdid endorse this pamphlet
his action was cool and deliberate, hi
1 judgement matured, and his conviction
must have been satisfied. His subse
queM {. years Of loyal and laborious ser
vice were spent with the hopors ant
! rewards Of party in view, while his al
l1eged endorsement Of Ruffner.s abolition
ism must have been with The cool an,
deliberate exercise Of matufed Judgement
i We do not wish TO be understood as urg
ing any objection to NJ. Letcher. Tn
! charges come from the metropolitan jour
J. nal Of the opposition, and are entitled !
u w.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
KANAW HAS WALL LEY STA T.
l,nal mr. NaIlration tompanY.

The eighth annual Meeting Of the
Of the Coal River Nav
;oation Gompany, was held in this
place on yesterday, the otn lnst.
sTupwardsIof 5000, 900 of1the Capital
Stock we're represented, and business
5of much importance was transacted.
TnoMAs i. BnorN, Esq, was re
elected President for the ensuing
year. and Messrs.7Jplln y Yanhorne,
Clement Smith, and Henry W. Good.
win, were elected Directors, on the
part ofthe Stockholders other than
the State, for the ensuing year ;
Messrs. Francis Thompson, and Vim.
ID. Pate are the Directors on the part
of tire State. H
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
Anncunc e1,aents.

II 4We are authorizedto announce Or. SPICER
PATRICK as 4 candidate for the Office Of
Justice DC the Peace.
The election will take place on Saturday,
10th July, 1858.
Col. NJAMiN H. SMITH having, at
the solicitation of many friends, consented
to allow his name 10 be used, we are author
lied to nominate him as a candidaleIIfer the
office Of JusrIoE OF THE PsAeE, in thu Char
lesion District, made vacant blythe resignatio4
Of jacob Goshorn gais
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

HoMIcIpE tx Delaware 7trri5ls M
faiy.--An outlaw named Ezekiel G. Cook
who kept a eroggary at Biackston's X
Roads, Del, was shot and almost instant
ly killed, OH Saturday last. by 4 man
named Reuben Newcomb.
Mosr ATRocIoUs MuRDER The bru-
tai murder Of JoHN w WArKrNs. Esq,
d gentleman we'll known IN Petersburg
and throughout this section Of country,
has elicted an expression ofuniyersal and
deep regret. Petersburg Erpress.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

We arc Indebted, for late New York.
CINCINNATI and Pittaburg papers, 70 the
following officers of the aKanaWha VAL
.ley''--Messrs WAagosER, ALsHfRE, L.
.B. MoRR1s, AL WARNS, and to chat actt
commodating Pilot .aPnIL. so accom-
nodating that, u u said. he signals e stop
the Boat if he sees a-darkey washing on
she bank, and giving her clothes 9n extra
twist almost as obliging as the SMissis1
tsippi captain, y ho stepped the boat for
al old lady who gave him eleven eggs e
take to New Orleans. and kindly waited
until nbiddy" laid thy twelfthtone, and
got though cabling.
The Il YalleyR which is at present un-
der the charge of Capt. FA tLEY, who
lis allnest as accommodating az the above
mentioned 'PAil.," has been doing q
good business tgis season. Ga This trip
she had none than ordinarily large
freight bill for This season Of the year,
and upwards Of one hundred passengers
on her way bin.
Messrs. JoHSsoS and SrRArToN, CLERKS
Of the Quorrier, have also our thanks fo'
Cincinnati papers, We regret 70 learntha
Capt. JoHNsos intends taking this boa
into some olhet trade. We wish hin
success whereyeFhe may SO. In anoth
er column will b. found an article in ref
| ereande To- this boat, from the Point Pleas
ant Republican. We have not learned
positively, what Boat will take the plac'
oflths Quarrier.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
| The Next Governor.

The papers throughout thefState, ere.
.just At ths present time. quite freely dis.
Guessing the claims and merits Of our dis.
4tiAguished citizens to the gubernatoriial
chair Messrs. LErcaER and FAuLKEiER /
are the prominent candidates for the nom n
nation ofI the Convention TO be holden IA
.for the purpose. Of deciding the matter
but It has suddenly been discovered that pa
they are hot al sound on the ',goose
question, !, as they might be- By
reference Ito articles in another col
lulmn, it Will be seen that some eleven
yeart ago! Mr., LEroHER apparently en-
dorsed some abolition sentiments uttered
By Rev. Henry Ruffner, now . resident
81 this county. We say, apparently, be-
cause Mr.RLetcher has written reply,
which We win publish next week, in
which he insinuates pretty strongly,
that the Objectionable sentiments were
not IN the original. Be that as i may,
II viii unddpbtedIy operate against him ! 2 !.
( In this view Of the matter, We wish 70
present a candidate for the -suffrages
Of the Convention and Of the People
ana the candidate Of the Convention will
undoubtedly be the successful ONE
judge JOHN1W. BRO CKENBRoUGHf.I
Of Rockbridse County, the present Judge
of The U. 81 Court for the Western dis
trictt Of Virginia. * aman ofirreproacha-
Die character, Of brilliant talents, and
without the taintof any act tonar biz
private, political. or Judicial escutcheo'ntI
He has always acted with the Democrat
ic Party, and has always stood in the van
Of the battle. EIIeis resident ofthe up
per portion @of the Valley }, and, as the in+
iterests ofthe' Valley and Of Western Vir7
giin it are strongly identified, we presume
he cannot but meet with a warm sup
port in Trans Allegheny Virginia. He
IS d staunchf supporter.of Internal In
proyemepts--qf all measures that.will dc
yelop the resourcesef this commonwealth
We bring his name forward not for CHE
purpose Of fotestalIins opinion, but that
the Peoufe maF have. man before them
,,,..;tL y chan rnrhrd VIZ
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

On Wednesday last, the resignation
Of Judge suMaERs took effect. The
Judge made. a parting address to the
Bar, and after the adjournment ofthe
Court, the Bar held q meeting, the
proceedings ofwhicll will be found in
anotherplace. Judge McCoMAs com
menced Till term Of Office On the next
morning, and his Cont is still in SEES
aiOn. NJ siEs
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

We are informed by gentleman from
King George. says the Virginia Herald,
that more joint worm is in that county at
present than las ever before been seen
IN that quarter. and fears are expressed
that they will destroy what the storm left
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

LARGE AMOUNT. Rev. Dr.. Sebon re-
ports S20l. 900 as the amount collected
for missionary purposes last rear. within
/ lie bounds Of the II. E. Church Sorth
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
I - were elorious,
And over allBil,s uietnrions.n

but that now they are all fectus IN
c,ar;a the cooling waters Of Elk, in
which they .layed tleir bodies, serving
ID cool of the inward combustion,
which came near causing an explo-
sion.
Yesterday, the h Y alley Z came up
with Istreamers flying and cannon
booming, and to-day, the young men
and maidens Of Charleston are en-
joYing themselves % board Of her,
!. tripping the light fantastic toe. =
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

III NorIcE The 4th Quarterly Meet
Inc Of Che .M D. Church, South, viii.
be heidi the Court House, Iin this
place, on tbe third satprdayand Sun.
day, in this month. Il WI /
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

We are obliged ts defer an account Of
The proceedings Of the Celebration at Buff
falo, oh The 81, untA next week.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
. Iarge Ga0Seherriek.

II Joua g t1WRrGur, Esq, If the Ka,
lplawha House, sent ID our office one
day last week, a quantity of large,
ripe Goose'berries. we were net 1t'
unfortunately for us, at home at the
time, but '.our Devil, and All hands
say they were very large, and exceed
ihgly luscious. They say they were
50 ripe, they had to eat them, in Or
der to aareItAena.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
The Japanese Juaglers.

Mir. Harris speaks most interestingly of the feats of the jugglers, and of the theatres of Yeddo, as well as oi the extensive stores He says that the Prince of Cinano (Bnano-no kami) to whose particular care it seems the Emperor contided his comfort and amusement, fancyng that he was having a dull time in the immense house that had been appropriated to him, called up some of his jugglers to perform before him and help him pass it. One of them was the Anderson" of Japan; his feats were so wonder full that am almost afraid to write them. wish it distinctly understood, therefore, that am only repeating what Mir. Harris told us and what we consequently believe. Here are some of his feats:
 Mo- l. He took an ordinary boys top, spun it in the air, caught it on his hand, and then placed it (stll spnnng) upon the edge Of a sword near the hilt. Then he dropped the sword point little, and the top moved slowly towards it. Arrived at the very end, the hllt was lowered in turn, and the top brought back. As usual, the sword was dangerously sharp.
 No. 2 was also performed with the top. He spun 1t in the air, and then threw the end Of the string back toward it with such accuracy that it was caught up and wound itself all ready for second cast. By the time it had done this it had reached his hand and was ready for an- other spin.
 No. was still performed with, the top There was an upright pole, on the top of which was perched little house with very large front door. The top was spun, made to climb the pole, open the said front door, and disappear. As we'll as 1 remember, the hand of the string was fastened near the door, so that this was a- most repetition of the self winding feat.
 But feat No. was something even more as tonishing than all this. He took two paper butterflies, armed himself with the usual paper fan, threw them into the air, and, flaming gently, kept them flying about him as if they had been alive.
 He can make them alight wherever you wish! Try him!' remarked the Kami (prince) through the interpreter
 Mir. H- requested that one might aight upon each ear of the juggler. No sooner ex- pressed than complied with. Gentle uudula- tions of the fan waved them slowly to the re- quired points, and there left them comfortably seated. Now, whether this command over pieces of paper was obtained simply by currents of air, by the power of a concealed magnet, MT. II. could not tell or ascertain. One thing how ever, was certain-the power was there.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.

Among the Central American documents sent to the House. is letter from Mir. Dallas to Mir. Cass MT. Dallas says that Earl Malmsbury told him that the English government were in favor of treaty to be negotiated by Minister Ousely with the Minister of Nicaragua, and that Ousely, while attending to the ratification of that treaty should be attended by naval force for protection against fiibusters.
 The Washington States, purportng to repre- sent the Presidents views, says that Ousely has gone to Nicaragua with instructions to sur render the protectorate, and our government be- ing advised of this, preferred not to press the abrogation of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty at this uncture and enable Great Britain to es- cape the complicity in which she appears in volved; and also that our government and the British government desire to settle the question without the interference of filibusters, and avoid all danger of collision.
 Senor Mata has returned here as the Minister of the J ura administration with plenipotentiary power to make treaties and to settle all difficult ties between the United States and Mexico.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
From the Ouachita Herald. C0al Miuae- Mineral Oil

MIR. EDITOR: During brief sojourn in your enterprising and beautiful town, called at the store of your worthy ellow.citizen, J. D. Hill While there, 1 was led to inspect specimens of resinous coal, called "Ouachita coal" obtained few miles above this city from his own pney woods lands. This substance has already been carefully analysed, both at New Orleans and New York, and the result establishes its supe- rior claims for the manufacture ot mineral oil of the very best quality. For fuel, whether alone or, better. mixed with wood or other coals, It makes hot and lasting fire. But owing to It's large per cent of volatile resnous and unctlous oil, it is far superior to any specimens of coal have examined in New York, Pennsylvania or Virginia. The coal seems to be Tn that tran stioa'' state from the resn0us to the hafoer oitu- nous state of stone coal, wherein the latter must lose much of its volatile olis. hlS oil has been purified at Pittsburg, Pa., ana Is equal to any for burning, for lubrlcatlng without ieav- ing gummy refuse, which all machinlsts Know | to be so great all impeachment III large inahuiac- turing establishments. But an easy ana cheaper l and simpler process, suggest, would be simple, inverted, large cones ot wood, wlth sl'icious sand and pulverised wood charcoal, at the bot tom of the filter, by which gallons of pure oil m;oht be daily filtered, while the dstllatlon of the mineral oil is progressing
 Simple machinery for distillation in large re- torts is all that is needed to evolve the oil. - The mining can be done for two cents a bushel; the fires are kept up by the cake obtained from the coal; hands can be hired at dollar day. which includes their support, and steamboats take it from the river side.
 In 100 parts of this Ouachto coal obtained here, the analysis by Dr. Riddell, Prof. Chem Med. Dep., University of Louisiana, gives as the result:
 Volatile combustible matters, producing py- rogenous oils etc., by distillaton, the proportion is 59 per cent Fixed carbon 32-7o per cent 1 Ashes S-3O; viz:
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29

0TF It is ingular that some men, with crotchet in the head will persist in bending everything to their views. The Gazette pnb- fishes the Presidents message, and next week, in commenting upon it, asserts that there are passages in it. that his own copy of it does not contain. For instance, the Gazette says:
 Notwithstanding the Lecompton constitution of Kansas contained a provision prohibiting its own amendment before the year 1864, and then only on a recommendation of o-thrds of each house of the General Assembly, ratified by the majority of the whole vote of the state, the President reiterates his long cherished doe Urine that "maiorites can make and unmake constitutions at pleasure" and declares that a bare majority of the abolition legislature, which was elected when he submitted the Lecompton constitution to Congress, could take steps to amend the constitution forthwith, though every member, before taking his seat in that body would have to take a solemn oath to support that constitution.
 Now the President makes no such declara- tion. The only thing ;n the message from which such corkscrew deduction could have been made, is where MT. Buchanan says that the legislature, not majority or bare majority but the legislature might have submitted the question of a convention to amend the consti. tuition, to the people. Nor does he, in any part of the message, say or admit that the legisla- ture could amend or take steps to amend the constitution. In parallel columns the editor of the Gazette gives us what the President says and then what he says he says, the two being totally different in words and sentiment. Nor does the President say that the constitution could be or have been amended by conven- tion before the year 1884, He says the legis- lature could have taken steps to submit the question of q convention to the people If the people agreed upon a convention, the next step would be to elect delegates. This taken, if they had no power to change the existing order of things until the year 1864, it follows that the convention would have to adopt constitu- ton to replace the old one at the period of its existence. We are anxious to know when and where Mir. Buchanan said or wrote that "a bare majority could make or unmake constitutions at pleasure" Let us have the time and place of the utterance of these words, or other words from which such an inference could legitimatey be drawn. If the editor of the Gazette re- asserts that assertion much oftener, he will be- gin to believe it himself
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29

FIRST RATE CoPY.-Fhe last Gazette copies an article of ours and attempts to show some disagreement between it and portion of the Presidents message. He is welcome to all he can make of that and we only notice it to con- mend his judgment in one respect. In the his- tory of newspapers it is said that among the first, when the editors thereof had not sufficient copy to fill up their columns, they were wont to print portion of the Bible, no doubt to the great ediication of their readers. In like man. ner, when the Gazette runs short, it is welcome to any of our articles. as we firmly believe they will do it's readers good. It must be such a change and relief to them to come across a spirited and sensible article, that no doubt they wish he did it oftener. Our modesty forbds our touching further on this subject, but we wish to exhibit a charitable spirit in this as in everything else, and hence the suggestion.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
A ROUGH PASSENGER BY EXPEss.-Expres!

A ROUGH PASSENGER BY ExPEss.-Express companies carry queor packages sometimes Adams express, the other day had big grizzly bear in charge, for conveyance to Washington, as a present from some enthusiastic zoologist to the Smithsonian. On the road, during the night bruin gnawed out of his cage, and when the door of the car was opened this morning, he was ready to walk out, and would have done so, had it not been rudely slapped to in his face. What was now to be done? Some said to give him strychnine; but finally a hole was cut in the roof of the car, and moose slipped around the beast After considerable delay and danger he was again caged. One man received a slap from his paw, which he will long remember. The whole scene is described as lively one.-Por- ter's Spirit.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-12-29
Arkansas Baptist

EDITOR TRUE DEMooRAT-Please allow me to inform the patrons and friends of the con- templated Baptist paper, to be published at your office, that the first number of the Baptist cannot be issued sooner than the middle of Jan uary next, instead of the first. We must wait the arrival of the paper from Cincinnati; and we also lack some of having the desired num- Der of subscribers to justify us in beginning earlier. Those having names for the paper, will please hand them in without delay. Ad- dress F. S G. WATSON,
 Ea. Arkansas Raptist,
 Little ROck Arkansas