--The
Yankees have complete possession of the
Kanawha Valley, but have not been able to change the faith of the loyal people.
Slavery has been abolished in
West Virginia by the Wheeling Convention.
The
Yankees are dredging the
Kanawha river, and the
Wheeling Legislature has passed a bill giving its tolls to pay for the improvement.--
Scammon, who was clerk to
Rosecrans in the oil business, (before he was a
Major-General,) is a
Brigadier-General, and has his headquarters at
Charleston.
Among the recent deaths, is that of
A. W. Quarrier, for forty years
Clerk of the
County and Circuit Courts.
He refused to act as Clerk after the
Yankees occupied the county.
Andrew Parks, who was a member of the Richmond Convention, is also dead.
A good deal of salt is made at the Salines.
