Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-05-25
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some forty years ago. took possession o.
a brig on Us passage from Charleston g
New York, and caused the officers and
passengers TO s.waik the plank. Among
the latter was Mrs. AlAstoh, daughter Of
Aaron Burr. Snakes are said TO be very
plenty this spring Minnesota has been
admitted as State into the Union. Gen.
Shields and Mr.. Rice are the senator's q
the new State. DIX Bernard who was
indicted and tried III England as being
one Of Tie conspirators who attempted
the life of Napoleon, has been acquitted.
Connolly, the attaehe of the '.Cincin'
natl Gazette, who last Fall harbored iu-
gitiTe Slaves In his room, and was the
cause Of The death3of a person ~ search
Of the slaves, was tried blythe y. 81 Dis
-trict Court last week for harboring tugl-
tive slaves, and found guilty. Tom Cor
win defended the pIisoner --one hun
sdred and two firms, corporations and in
diyiduals Ii Boston, are taxed for = quar-
ter Of million and upwards. -The SIX
new u. 8. revenue cutters, now at san
,dusky, viii Immediately be put ip COM
mission. -Col. Thos, D- Gondy, foI
MANY years u. s. marshal, 10 Charles
ton, S. d., died on the 18th inst. The
whole number Of land warrants issued
during the month Of April under the
bounty actof March, 1855, % (, o00. 600.
TO satisfy. the total warrants issued, II viii
require cd, zoo, 900 acres Of land l-John
Allard, oflPadnca, KY, has beenmnlcted
in $4,000 damage, for npt marrying
Miss Smith. Hardy County Court de-
tefmined, on Monday of last week. V
erect 4 new courthouse. They nlade x
levy Of So 800 fol this year to commence
oIperationswith. The Right Rev. George
III Freeman, d. d., Protestant Bpisco-
nal Bishop Of Arkansas, died Of Little
Rock on the goth Of April IA negro
named Lewis, slave to r.. as. HardgroYe,
has been convicted Of arson before The
Richmond Huslings Court, and sentenced
to be hung on The 18th Of June next.
Ut IS reported that Gen. Concha, Cover
nor Of Cuba, has resigned, having been
informed that he would be dismissed. =
AT Fort Adams, Miss. !, on ths 2dlult,, F,
g. Aubert, editor Of the Independent
Vipilant, and E. Superyiele, editor Of Che
Drapean de I'Ascension, fought a duel,
in which the former was shot in the hip.
His adversary then very kindly offered
TO edit his paper for him until he should
recover, Both parties were from Dom
aldsville, Louisiana. "a jewel Of la girl
One Of our exchanges speaks Of a beauti1
full girl who would prove A capital spec
ulation foF a fortune hunter of the right
sort. Her voice silyery, her hair golden
her teeth Ipearly, her cheeks of rpbies,
and her eyes Of diamonds ia young a.
dy asked a gentleman the meaning Of the
word surrogate. ut isl said he, SO
gate through which parties pass on theiI
way TO ret married. NThen, sup
pose,n,' replied she,i ssthat il lis corrnp,
ton of2Sorrow gate "You are right,
miss, as woman is An. abreyiation Of wc
to man. ''-I-It Is stated that James M
Buchanan, Esq. Of Bait. has been ap,
pointed minister to Denmark, IN place o.
Hon. Henry NJ. Bedinger, whose commits
sion had EXPIRED The difference -W hal
is the difference between a physician and
d magician One ii a cupper and>t The
other is a sorcerer. IA North Carolina
correspondent Of the Petersburg Express
makes a great ado about little catfish
weighing ithirty-one pounds he calls I
a monster--a perfect whale, DC, Why
Mr.. correspondent, you ought 70 comf
out to Kanawha, where you would /set
catfish al large as yourself Eleyer
shares Of Monticello Bank stock sold d
auction ia Charlottesville on SatdrdayIlast
al $50 per share lin the peighborloot
of Wyoming Dinwiddie county, Val, tht
chinch bug is committing seriops8dep
relations ppon the wheat crop. The uTf
finished monument to Mary, the motbet
of Washington, ii Fredericksburg. Va.
rs said III be FAST going to ruin, and ]:
badly disfigufed with bullet and sho
marks, beng used by the boys as d tar
get--A Alan named Henry Jampefts
Was arrested AT Chicago, "Wednesday
night fol the murder Of the woman
whose remains we're found ih a barfela
I'VE Hudson River Railroad depot ii
New York, some time since. He say
that she hung herself in his loomI Blu
confesses tha. he cut up and shipped til,
body, not knowing how else to lispos,
tof IT, Hon. Gushing, late Attorney Gen
eral Of the United States. has reoentl,
purchased a large and valuable square .
ground in Washington city, and donate,
| the same to the Rev. Df. Harold an,
others. ,inItrust, Ifor the building ofia larg
| edifce for church, &c., for the use Of th
ST. Andrews Episcopal Mission, and in
stitution of charity. established year .
90 ago i'll that city by Rev. pr. Harold
The President has appointed Juag
LoFing of Boston who was discharged b,
Massachusetts, fanatics for doing his du
lty IN renanding q fugitive slave to hi
owner J, Judge Of the Court Of Claims a
Washington. to I'll the vacancy, cause
lby. the death Of Judge Gilbert Napo
leon III has completed his 50th yeal
having been born at tie Tuileries, On til
l20th Of April.-Canton is such q maz
lof dirty, narrow streets, that the ihhabii
ants are Obliged ID carry maps abou
with them, and the Chinese gnides of til
eastern part Of the city know nothing :
1.-THE western part An exchange says.
divine out West is trying to persuade girl
Ito forego marriage, lit says he has sue
lnoadad e., faY %, ~ y,,rouad 3 ora and & 4