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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19
APPRoxiMATIoN PRizE9.

25,s2S Prizes amounting to s36kl04
WHOLE TICKETS $40, HALVES 81 ouARTkRs 50
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19

Just received, and Tor sale. 800 lbss supe.
~ Tioy Potash. J. A. CALDWELL.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19

9 l0Quarter g Is
4 '&" 10 eighth " $50
INlOkDERING TIcKErs Or CERTIEicATEs.
Enelosesthe moneyto our address for the
tickets ordefed, on receipt ofwhich they will
be forwarded by first mail. Purchasers can
have tickets ending in any figure they may
designate.
The list LOT drawn numbers and PRICES VII
De sent to purchasers Immediately after the
drawing s.. h
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Those whosdo not prefer sending money BY
mail, can sci
THE. EXPRESS COMPANIES.
whereby money for Tickets, in sums ofTen
Dollars and upwards, can be sent us H.
Af OUR RISK AND EXPENSE,
from any eityur town where there is an Ex-
press Office. The money and order must be
enclosed in Government Post OEse Stamp.
"a EnpeIop. or the Express Companies cannot
receive them. w SSssI3 T.
All communication strictly confidential.
Address orders for Tickets Or Certifca ties to
4-t9yi MCKINNEY & CO., Savannah, Ca,
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19
SPARTA ACADEMY LOTTERY

GLASS No. SIS. 81
Draws Wednesday, sepiember ssh, issa,
on TIE THREE HUMBkR PLAN.
4s Numbers--ll Draw nallot.s,
Nearly Ons#Pfiss to Every two Tickets.
] Grand Prize Of $50. 600.
i. Prize of $fs,H9I Pkses Of Al $50
s Prizes CT 1000 10 Prizes Of ed
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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19

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CLASS so
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CLASS 40
Draws Saturday, September aa, Is,a
ON THE PLAN OF SING NuNass. 4
~ $4,000 Tickets
Five Thousand -Four H,,r,,.. !, !,
and Eighty4Five efizeel
Nearly One Prize % Every slnsfi,In.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19
Sale Of Valuable Saw
Mill and Negroes. ,@s

Id ALEX. n. LAIDLEY, CONF.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19
MAGNIFIcENT scHEMR,
TO p DRAWN TT
EACH SATURDAY IN SEPTPNprp !,
5,bss Priaes; amosusins 70

WHOLE TIcKETs SO; HALyEs Isl orIe-,s. 40,
pRemember that ever. PrireI Is IS, 49, ~,
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24
5Sl go ISGD Poe TRY.
Mother, Home and Heaven.


Inc words OF sweetest meaning x,
10 errlhg n'ort"lS given
vi p"rest. deepest tcclnS,
, Arc Mother, llome and iicavcnl
The mnS'c name ot mothcp
m Rcviyes IN every heart,
On that dear parents pnrt;
An'l cold must'he the bosom.
Devoid of love and soul.
That is not moved TO goodness
Fy mothers Mild control.
~
Nhithomc wcnli rcmcmbrr
0O'nc VISION OF The past
u May u"y IN me morning,
zee hca"''fW' 20 last:
"f,," W"ers OF l"w,y beauty
-, pVSV,'c" out S"Wh To tears,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

the progress Of construction reference is phd,-
to thq, Report of the Chief Engineer.
Colonel Gwynn re-allirns, in his last t,fcport
that which was shown by detailed state
ment to the Committees of the legislature
at the last session, that, so far as the work has
been done it is within tho estimate of the
cost which he made and submitted to the
stockholders at their meeting in 1856.
His estimate of the cost of construction, OK
elusive of the equipment of
the road, amounts to S7,125, ,617
The means of the Company
consist of State
subscriptions in
South Carolina, S2,50L5G7
State subscription
to Pcndlcton Rail
Road, 1880
Private subscrip-
tions to Pendlc-
tom Railroad, $4,000
Subscriptions in
Tennessee, North
CaroIua and
Georgia, 100000
---- 1900 ,O67
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24
The Murderer.

The following is copy of genuine ldtcr
received at Charlcstown. The letter is au-
Fhontic beyond question:, as the main Gcts
can be corrOboraEed By n numbcrNof persons
now here. 1t wis to have been read to Jo,ip
Brown Gil the morning of his execution:
To John Brown, commander of the Army ;t
Harper's Ferry, Chnrlestvwn, Jefferson Go,
Va. Care of the Jailor Charlcstown.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. 20; 1850.
John Brown---Sir: Altho' vengeance is moi
mine, confess that do feel gratifcd to hea,
that you were stopped in your 6endisl career
at llarpor's Ferry with tire loss of your two
sons. You can now appreciate my distress
In Kansas, when you then and there entered
my house at miduight and arrested my hus.
band and two boys aud took them out of the
yard, and in cold blood shot them dead intIny
hearing You can't say you done it to free
slaves we had nope and never expect to own
enc, but only made me poor desohte widow,
with helpless children. While feel for your
folly, l 20 hope,and trust yop will meet your
just reward Oh, how it panied myheart tn
hear the dying gtoans of my husband and
children. III this scrawl gives consolation
you arc welcome toit
80 MAHlLA DOYLE.
N. B.-My son, John Doyle, whose life /
begged of you, IL now grown up, and is very
desirous to be at Charlestown on tho day Of
'yonrs execution, would certainly be there il
his means would permit, that he might adjust
the rope around yournook, If Gov. Wise would
permit
M. ID!
BEAVTlgpt was the reply Of venerable
man to the question, whether he was still In
she hnd OF tbeliving---" No, but anI almost
thero."
DIP the man who plouglred the sea and af-
forward planted his feet on his native soil,
eyer haryestthc crops? m.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

ONI@ M&K1Nd LovE.--"Vat you mako
darc2" hastily inquired Dutchman Of his
daughter, who was being kissed very cIamor-
ousiy. ''Oh, not much only courting liz
tie, dats sll father" "0h, aat's ALI lla2
py tOm, Thought yoa was 6ghting
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

The Report of the Chief Engineer, Col.
Gwin, is short and pointed We make such
extracts from it, which, with tho President
report, will enable our readers to fully under.
stand the present condition of this great Ell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

abandoned after the next month, unless the
State grants aid to the company. 1t is un-
necessary to rccur to the action of the Lrgis-
hture at its last session All the incidents
OF the progress of the bill through the stages
of Legislation, showed that it was regarded
with favor, although it was ultimately LOST by
small vote in, the Senate. The press gcuer-
ally, throughout the. State, deprecated the
abandonment of the road by the State Sucl,
result should not be permitted without fur
ther trial.
1t is therefore recommended ,hat The pcli
tion presented at the last session of the Lcgis-
laturc be renewed at the next session, for the
release, by the State, of the condition prccc-
dent to its guarantyihg one million of the
bonds of the company, unci that the Lcgisla-
turc do give aid to the road, by directing the
proper officer of the State'to make that guar
anty on behalf of the State.
In behalf of the Directors,
EDWARD FROST, President.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

First mortgage bonds, 81, ,j00,-
0OO-say mt so cents in the
dollar, 81, 0,000-will pro-
yiIn f,t. tba b,l,,,,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

"MY WIPE" said critic, "is the meet
evcntempercd person in the world--she's S
always mad"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24
Tennessee State aid

additional subscriptions By tho
State,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24
REPORT.

The President and Directors of "'rhc Blue
Ridge Railroad Company in South Carol-
M " Rnnnrt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
The Beginning of the world.

The following is an extract from SER
mon of Sturgeon, the English preacher,
and is specimen of the eloquence which,
within a year or two, has made his name
familiar in both hemispheres
Can any man tell when the begin
Ming was? Years ago We thought the
beginning of this world was when Adam
came upon it; but we have discovered
that thousands of years before, God was
forming chaotic matter to make it fit
abode for pan, and putting race of
creatures upon it, that they might die
and leave traces of his handiwork and
marvellous skill before he tried his hand
on man. But this was no beginning,
for revelation points us to a period long
ere this world was fashioned to the days
when the morning stars and consultations
fell thickly from the hand of God; when,
by his own lips, he launched forth pom
derous orbs; when with his own hand
he.scnt comets, like thunderbolts, wan
dering through the sky, to find one day
their proper sphere We go back to
those days when worlds were made and
systems were fashioned, and we have not
approached the beginning yet.
"Until We 60 back to the time when
all the universe slept in the mind of God,
as yet unborn--until we enter into eter-
nifty, where God the Creator dwells alone,
every thing sleeping in his mighty gi-
gantic thoughts, we have not guessed
the beginning. We may 60 back, back 4,
back, ages upon ages. We may 90 back,
if we may use such word, whole eter-
mites, and yet never arrive at the be-
ginning. But God from the beginning
chose his people, when unnayigated
ether was yet Unframed by the wing of a
single angel; when space was shortness,
or else unborn when universal silence
reigned, and not voice or whisper
shocked the solemnity Of silence when
there %as no beginning, no motion,
haught but God himself alone in his
eternity, without the attendance Of even
a ckerubim, long ere The living creatures
we're born, or the wheels Of the chariot
of Jehovah were fashioned even then,
in the beginning was the word, and in
the beginning Gods people were; in the
beginning he chose them all unto eternal
life"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
FP7EN53 gBFgYP8Fg.85t,

Is published every Friday morning at One
Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum, ifp paid
within six months from the time Of subscribing,
or Two DOLLARS if not paid until the expira-
ton of the year No paper discontinued until
all arrearages are paid, unless at the option OF
the editor
HS- ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuouslv inserted
at the rate of one dollar per square for the first
three insertions, and twenty-five cents for eve
~ subsequent insertion Twelve lines to con-
stitute square. If the number Of insertions
be not marked upon them, they viii be CONT
nued until forbid and charged accordingly
A liberal deduction will be made to those who
advertise by the year.
E3- COMMUNICATIONS, the effect Of which is
to promote private interests, are matters OF
charge and are to be paid for at the rate OF hi-
ty cents per square. All communications must
be accompanied with the authors name, other
wise they will not be inserted.
re- Advertisements for Companies or Asso-
Citations of any kind, denominational, charita-
Bile or otherwise, are in all cases to'be paid Tor
at the usual rates; and obituary notices or eulo-
cies in addition to the announcement, will be
charged at the rate Of fifty cents per square.
Zs9- OFFICE in the house on the southwest
corner Of the Square, lately occupied by WIN.
SAGE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
l1oetrp.
Go Feel what l have Felt.


The circumstances which induced the writing
of the following touching ana thrllilhg lines
are as follows: 4 young lady OF New York
was in the habit of writing for the Philadel-
.L;a mraa.o.n az t,o snbioct 90 tc,onororco
pni" Neusei va wy 81
lier writing was so iuil OF patilos' anu eVlhc-
~ sum wv
hers accused her OF ue'hg ihohoilahi'c Oh
the subject OF emperance-whereupo she
wrote the following lines;
TO ieel what nave ielt-
Sink meath a blow a father dealt,
And the cold worlds proud scorn:
Then suffer on from year to year
Thy sole relief the scorchine tear
20 kneel as nave kheit,
Strive the bcsoted heart to melt
The downward course TO stay;
Be dashed with bitter curse aside,
Your PRAYERS burlesoued your tears defed
40 weep as | nave WepI
See every promised blessing swcpt-
Youths sweetness turned TO GALL
LIES fading flowers strewcd ali the way.
That brought me up to woman's day.
20 see Wnat | nave seen,
With crashing teeth. Inns bathed in blood.
And cold ana liyid brow:
Go catch his withered glance and see
There mirrorcd his souls misery.
90 10 my ihothef sac,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
4 Storm for ll)ipes.
THE wIFE's EXPERIMENT.

Ma, why don't you ever dress up 2"
asked little Nellie Thornton, as her mo-
Their finished brushing the ehild's hair,
and tying her clean apron There was
momentary surprise on Mrs Thornton's
face, but she answered carelcssly, "0h,
no one cares how | look"
Don't Pa love to see you look pref
ty p persisted the child. The mother
did not reply, but involuntarily she
glanced at her slovenly attire, the faded
and worn calico dress and dingy apron,
both bearing witness to an intimate ac-
quaintance with the dish-pan and stove
the slip-shod shoes and soiled stock
ings-and she could not help remember
ing how she had that morning appeared
with uncombed hair, aud prepared her
husbands breakfast before be left home
for the neighboring market-town. "Sure
enough y unused she, chow do look p
And then memory pointed back few
years to a neatly and tastefully dressed
maiden, sometimes busy in her fathers
house, again mingling with her young
companions, but never untidy in her APP
pearance, always fresh and blooming
and this she knew, full we'll, was a pic
ture Of herself, when Charles Thornton
first won her young heart. Such was
the bride he had taken to his pleasant
home. How had mature life fulfilled the
prophecy of youth?
She was still comely in features, grace
full in form; but few would call her a
handsome or an accomplished woman,
for, alas all other characteristics were
overshadowed by this repulsive trait. -
Yet she loved to see others neat, and her
house and children did not seem to be-
long to her, SO we'll kept and tidy did
they always look. As a housekeeper she
excelled. and her husband was long in
acknowledging to himself the unwelcome
fact that he had married an incorrigible
sloven.
When, like too many other young
wives, she began to grow negligent in
regard to her dress, he readily excused
her in his own mind, and thought 'she
is not well CT, "she has so much to do"
and percciving no abatement in his kind
attentions, she naturally concluded he
was perfectly satisfied. As her family
cares increased, and she went less into
company, she became still more careless
of her personal appearance, and content
ed herself with seeing that nothing was
lacking which could contribute to the
comfort Of her husband and children,
never supposing that SO trivial matter
as her own apparel could possibly affect
their happiness. All this chain Of cir
cumstances, hitherto unthought Of, pass
ed before her, as the little prattlcr at her
side repeated the query, Don't Pa love
to see you look pretty Z"
Yes, my child" she answered, and
her resolve was taken, she would try an
experiment, and prove whether Mr.
Thornton were really Indifferent on the
subject or not: Giving Nellie a picture
book with which to amusc herself, she
went TO her own room, mentally cxclaim-
ing at any rate, III never put on this
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
D. MARYLAND, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 20. 1s5e.

and year after year the links of affection
which united them as family grew
brighter and purer, even radiating the
holy light of a christian home.
But it was not until many years had
passed away, and our lttlo Nellie, now
lovely maiden, was about to resign her
place as pet in her fathers household,
and assume new dignity in another's
home, that her mother impaired to her
The story of her own early errors, and
earnestly warned her to beware Of that
insiduous foe to domestic happiness
disregard Of little things, and kissing
her daughter with maternal pride and
fondness, she thanked her for those sim
pie, child like words, which had changed
tho whole current of her destiny
"Dont Pa like to see yoa took pretty ?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
COUNTY ADVERTISEMENTS
NJ. II. LECTION, Proprietor.

NJ. IL. LECTION, Proprietor.
vENHE subscriber having reftted and furnish
4 ed his house in the best style, is prepared
TO accommodate the travelling public in the
most satisfactory manner.
His Table will, at all times, be supplied
with the best obtainable in the market and his
BAR will be supplied with the best of Liquors,
Ale, Segars, &c.
BOarders by the week, month or year can
have pleasant rooms, at moderate prices.
His Stable is commodious, and will be IN
der the care Of an attentive ostler, and always
supplied with plenty of provender.
Es3- He will keep for hire several HORSES
AND CARRIAGES for the accommodation
of the public generally, and At very reasonable
prices.
share of the public patronage is respect
fully solicited. N. II. LETT0N.
feb lift
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
Good and Bad Luck.

Good and bad luck are much more in
timately connected with character than is
generally acknowledged. IL. w. Beech
er, in a recent lecture, says:
There are men who supposing Pro-
whence to have an implacable spite
against them bemoan in poverty Of a
wretched old age the misfortune Of their
lives. Luck forever ran against them
and for others. One, with a good pro-
fcssion, lost his luck in the river, where
he idled away his time fishing, when
he should have been in the Office. Ano-
ther, with good trade. perpetually
burnt up his luck with his temper, which
provoked all his employers to leave him.
Another, with lucrative business, lost
his luck by amazing diligence at every
thing but his business. Another, who
was honest and constant OF his work, err
ed by perpetual iniejudgments; he lack
ed discretion Hundreds loose their luck
by endorsing by sanguine speculations;
by trusting fraudulent men and by dis
honest gains. A man never has good
luck who has bad wife. | never knew
an carly rising, hard working, prudent
man, careful Of his earnings aud strict
ly honest, who complained Of bad luck.
a good character, good habits, and iron
industry, arc impregnable TO the assaults
Of al the III luck that fools ever dream
cd Of. But when sec a tatterdcmalion,
creeping out Of a grocery late in the
forenoon, with his hands stuck in his
pockets, the rim Of bis hat turned up,
and the crown knocked in, know he
has had bad luck--for the worst Of all
luck is to be a sluggard, knayc, or a
tipplcr."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20

A HAPPY MAN.--George Wilkins
Kendall. formerly editor Of tho New
Orleans Picayune, but VINO for number
of years passed has lived upon his farm,
near New Braunfcls, Texas, writes thus
glowingly to friend in Boston:
II have now five thousand sheep, and
all fine stock. Have realized over sew
enty-Gvc per cent. profit per annum on
the investment since have been here,
which will do for hard times. Floeks
now in healthier and finer condition than
ever. Ny good luck has now lasted
three years without intermission. l
went to New Orleans last Christmas time,
with my wife and oldest girl was gone
six weeks, which was quite long enough.
| wouldn't live in city il you would
give me one. am in the enjoyment of
the very best health, and am now ten
years younger than was ten years ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-05-20
S242.OOO

Now if they could only borrow that
amount they could complete both dams
within the present year; then there
would be hopes Of the canal doing
steady business.
Should they succeed in raising some
81 900 to put in the crib, then they can
start the boats on the whole line, and the
revenue from the canal would about pay
current expenses and contingencies, and
for the balance Of this season the canal
could sustain itself. The $242, 900 is
stlk required to finish the two dams,
which Of necessity must be done before
any operation can be relied upon in this
supposed to be-grcat public work Of
Maryland.
1t is the general impression in this re-
gion Of country that, as the president
and directors were SO successful in bor-
rowing from the coal companies 100000
last year, on such favorable terms as 40
per cent. per annum, they may do some
thing in this emergency. An additional
sum Of S 300 salary had to be paid to
the coal companies engineer for seeing
that the money advanced by them was
properly appropriated to the construction
Of the dams--the coal companies pay the
other half of engineers salary and ex-
penses for four months service Of ST.
300, making between the two companies
81, 800, at the rate of 81 800 per year
Good per ccntage that. However, that
is New York style. 1t is understood
that the canal company has been offered
more money, but Of course the rates will
be slightly advanced. Perhaps to 50
per cent. Only 10 per cent. over last
years operation.
An acceptable fact will close these re-
marks. ] have had a good look at the
country in all this section, and never saw
anything like the superb display Of ma
turc on every hand and in all sorts Of
produce She has laid herself out for
splendid harvest, and will do il too. il
nothing intcrfcros with her operations.
BERKELY.