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MARTINsBURG. JvyE I. 1882.

South Branch lntelligencer, the Virginia view
of the question, now under discussion in re.
ference TO the disputed Boundary between
this State and MARYLAND. Some Of our rea-
ders having expressed a desire TO see the o.
Their side of the question, we have this morn.
ing extracted from the Baltimore American,
a brief exposition of the grounds upon which
MARYLAND rests her claim For our own part,
like some Of our brother editors, never hav
ing examined, we are totally unacquainted
with the merit Of this controversy. Blu a
part from all other considerations, we hold IL
TO be due to that selfrespect which it is hop
ed will never be forgotten by the Old Domin
ion, and to that courtesy which should ever
mark the conduc; OF one State TO another.
that the claim Of Maryland. soiemnly and
respectfully preferred By her General Assem-
bly,, frequently through the agency of her
most distinguished sons, no matter how I'm
founded, should at least be treated with
becoming decency.
The Bill which originated in the Senate
to extend and explain the provisions of the
Revolutionary Pension Acts, having yester-
day fina iy passed the House of Representa-
tves, wants only the signature of the Presi-
dent, (Which it will doubtless receive,) TO be
come a law. We published a copy Of the
bull a iewdays ago, and need not now repeat
all IFS provisions in detail. IL is sufficient for
general information to state, that ii provides
that each of the surviving officers, and SOL
dIers, anG Indian spies, who served in the
continental line, Sc. State troops, volunteers.
or militia, at one or more terms, a period of
two years, during the war of the Revolution,
and who are not entitled to any benefit I'M
der the act of the fifteenth of May, 1898. be
authorized TO receive the amount of his full
pay, according to his rank, but not exceed
ing, in any case, the pay of a captain; such
pay to commence from the 4th day of March,
1881, and to continue during his life; and
that any such officer or private, who served
in the continental line, State tloops, volun-
teers, or militia, a term or terms in the whole
less than the above period, but not less than
SIX months, shall be authorized TO receive,
during his life, each, according TO his term
ofservice, an amount, bearing such proper
hon TO the annuity granted to the same rank
Tor The service oil two years, as his term Of
service did TO The term aforesaid: 10 com
mence from the fourth day of March, S3l
This is a measure of beneficence, which will
tighten the burthen of years of many a time
worn veteran.-.Nat htetigencer, june 1.
The unftness Of a President for his situa-
tlon,-the abuses Of his patronage, and the
irregular and deceptive modes Of procuring
the election of that oficer,-wil! induce a
Struggle which must prove injurious 10 the
general government itself, and to he censti
tutlon:-we refer to the efforts likely to be
made by reckless aspirants and selfish parti
sans 10 enlarge the power and patronage of
the executive branch, and 70 the disposition
winch, on the other hand, the more patriotic
and hnnnrahfa rOisi.Ianc vine yanI nn.i liz
endeavors which they NAV make, to circum
scribe and weaken that branch beyond the
design of the trainers Of the constitution, and
the exi5encies Of the country. A wise, eau
tious, upright administration Of Executive
department, Is the greatest security for the
preservation OF the constitution and govern
ment in their due extent and efficiency.
- mat. Ga-.
Senator GrunGy, in his report on the ques-
hon of repeating the postage on newspapers,
observes-"A concentration of political pow
er IN the hands of a few individuals, is, of all
things, most to be dreaded in a Republic"
He must have alluded to a certain back stairs
and spurious cabinet.
A writer in The Globe asserts that Gas soon
as a press is started in Philadelphia in oppo
sltion TO the Bank of the United States, il is
hiIiicuidtclY nuSleu IDtS IS pure HcuoH.
no case having happened, which gives the
least foundation or color TO the assertion
The presses of Philadelphia are generally ia
vofable TO the Bank, because they are part
cuiafiy impressed with its national impor-
lance, and know its value for the city and
state. -
A letter writer, giving an account Of the re
cent Convention at Baltimore, says-"George
kremer made an admirable address. which
drew forth bursts of laughter and applause"
The breadth of the carieature was irresisti-
bile. Must the choice Of a Vice President be
q farce in every rcspecte
Extract from the debate in the House of
Representatives on "Wednesday last, on the
immediate discussion of the Tariff question.
"Mr. Cambreleng said he should feel it his
duty TO call for the ayes and noes on the
question, that it might be seen who it was for
the postponement of a subject on which the
harmony, perhaps the very existence Of the
Urion depended.
"Mr. Taylor said, that If the gentleman
who had just sat down supposed that he (Mr.
- was TO be terrified by a threat TO call for
The ayes and noes-or il he supposed the
members Of that House were to be so terrifi-
ed~he had very much mistaken their TEN
per ii was not the first time that gentle
man bad threatened a call Of the ayes and
noes. He (Alr, t. could not believe there
was a single man in that House so mean as