Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-05-03

Elahdefs.
| EszIoc- Citlzens,--
Several late numbers Of the
Znaependent RepablieSn, published by Mr.
JANIS HuTcHIssoS of this plSce. one o
the opposition candidates for the Senate
have been crowded with communication
/ from, Mr.. JoHs HALL, Of this Town, and
| 6tf9F scri5bIers, who have tried 20 riva
Mr.. Hall in his low abuse and nlisrepre,
sentations Of Mr., WILLIAM w NsWMAEi
the Democratic candidate for the Senate
| 10 This District. If Jno. Hall was as vel
known every where. as he. Is IN Mason
| county, his low abuse and slanderEo OF Mr.
Newman, would be entirely harmless
and, in other counties. would be received
with contempt BY all honorable men, as
kit Has been in Mason, and be the-lmeans
of making many. votes for Mr.. Newman
d do not intend to follow Mr., Hall in al
his winding, and expose separately each
oil his SANDERS. II would be too dirty 9
work for any gentleman q undertake.
lfr. Hall. as is well known in Mason
county has for some years past been IN
the habit of slanderingpublic and private
gentleman, and trying 70 drag them down
% sEleyel with himself He isaIso known
jas the author Of many circulars filed
with the meanest and lowest Islander up
,on The. characters Of honest and respect
able gentleman. The people Of Mason
recolIect tie dirty and low SANDER which
Mr.. Hall attempted On the character Of
Col. BEALE. when he was candidate for
Congress, the first time he was elected.
and the scorn with which all honestEmen,
Of alb parties, met the attempt. Since
that time, Mr. Hall has attempted to
screen himself. from the odium Of his
dirty work. BY becoming perfectEliek.
spitlle to The man he attempted TO slander.
Mr.. Hall slandered EYERMosT WARD. be-
cause Ne received the nomination lor the
Mr. Hail. 4 He also wrote a
Circular about Col. HARVEY Of Putnam.
full d ISLANDERS, and Cot Harvey charged
Mr. Hall with telling fmenty-one ties. and
propfa them on him. Mr.. Hall wrote CIR
culafs about DR.. KS1GHT and MR. !. g.
NEwMAN. and both ofthem denounced
him as p tidr and proved him to be such |;
and winter before last. Mt. Hall wrote 4
dirty circular about tbe Point Pleasant,
Bankiand told all he knew about the pri.-
yate matters Of the bank, after he had
been turned out from being a Director in
the bank. 4 don't know whether Mr..
Hall was turned out Of the bank for being
dishonest orEnot, but / reckon he was, as
Mr.. MARTIN, who was the Cashier, Said
that Mr.. Hail proposed to him. that he
and MIR. Martin take the money Of the.
bank and shave the paper Of Rdffher,
DonnallY d Co.. with t. ! won't Say
anything about Mr.. HALLS private char
acter, as that is too dirty, for any gentle
man 10 touch / won't say anything
about how Mr.. Hall cheated honest BID
BILLY WAoGENER out Of his farm and
many Other honest, poor men that he has
cheated i and won't say aaytking about
how Mr. Jno. Hall got that note out of
the possession, o. John Beale, who was
Magistrate, although Lean prove it ID a.
court 1of justice, if required. II was
disposed 10 get down so low, / would Ok
pose d LIST of dirty, low, mean acts, that
Hall has been guilty Of. that would vomit
every honest man, woman and child lin
the district. But cannot descend Ito
such low and filthy atmosphere. 4 L
know pr. Hall has \ great deal or money,
but he is a boaErnpt IN morals, deceaey and
honesty, abd sineehe run torM Magistrate ln
the Point PLEASANT District and was beat
en- So bad By Mr.. WILLIAa SrEwART, Cans
honest man, he has got perfectly reel.
less and trieste be more cunning than
eyer.s 4s
When Mr.. Hall was IN the Senate. lie
a right OF way for the Manassa
Gap Railroad 10 West Columbia and Lee
tart Falls, and he then said he advocated
thatjroad only for the purpose of calling
public attention TO West Columbia and
L4tart Falls, to increase the value Of his
az the two place, aud that he
knew The, road never would be built. HeI
came home, though, and told every body
that the road would be built, and he made
The West Columbia Mining 4 Manufac
turing Company and q few others, bel
lieve The road would be made, and sold
his property there for fivetimes as much
as il was worth; got all the money on ID
he could from The Company, which
amounted 70 good many thousand dol
lars, took q deed OF trust for the balance,
and, . Keep him from selling under the \
deed Of trust. made the Company give him
other security besides, last fall If Mr.. |
John Hall would do such thing when
acting under bis oath asa Senator, is he |
not mean enough to do anything dirty
when he is not under his oath
Mr.. WILLIAMt w. NEwMAs, was nomi.1
mated forl the Senate in March. bya Dem
ocratie Convention, held in Point Pleas.
ant, and Hall tried to make Mr.. Newman
and some of his friends believe that he /
(Hali) thought Mr., Newman an i,onestI
and good man, and he would probably
vote forIhim. But Mr.. Newman and bis |
friends knew that Hall was like the ser.
pent that approached Eve, and thew were |
very particular about wha. they said to
Mr.. Hall.
IN 9 few days, Mr.. Newman went to
Cabell and Wayne, and Told the people
that he was in favor Of an early compile |
hon Of the Coyington and Ohio Railroad
where il had been located, and was in "a
soEIof working the road from both ends