South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-03-21


his position for that of the possessor of
power acquired without desert, and
used without moderation l-R. Whig.
Gle was very severe in his home
thrusts upon Buchanan, Shepley, and
Wfight--to the former he was par,ic.
ularly attentive, in his illusions 10
Democracy, and in his descriptions Of
the arrogant preteDsions 10 inherent &
sovereign power which had been set
up by the friends Of the present admin.
istration. He regretted that the Hon.
Senator from Pennsylvania, after spen>
ding some time in diplomatic capa.
city at the court of the sternest Auto
crat Of Europe, and having seen the
institutions of that country, its serfs,
aud its slavish minions of arbitrary
power, a station that he filled so ably
and SO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have return.
ed to his own native land and having
COTTON himself into the Senate should
in the very first speech OF any length
tina, he bad offered, have vindica.ed
the inherent sovereign executive pow
er ofthe President of the United States.
1t was most CALLING appeal, and Blu.
chanan apparently was cot insensible
to lis intention or its justice.
Nor was he less severe upon Wright.
The changes that he rang upon the
unfortunate inherent power which
that Senator let out (like Benion's
'throne' The other day. at length goad-
ded Wright TO take the floor for the
purpose retracling his words and
making an explanation "a Ia Adams.'
Indeed, under the searching illusions,
the burning sarcasms, the direct re-
Dukes, and pointed hints and inuendoes
Of the Western Orator, there was per.
ceivable no little autlering among the
wounded pigeons. Wright aud Tall
madge drew their chairs close TO each
other, and mnistered mutual consola.
ton by contact. Buchanan was cons
fused, embarrassed, and unhappy
Mr.. Ruggles was as active as a fish,
but fdgetty as that fsh out of water,
while shepley was constraiaedly mat
tentive 10 the progress of the debate.
Benton is pledged to support the bill,
hsving committed himself in 1926, bu,
he does not keep his seat, and may
| perhaps be out of it at the taking of the
question at the third, as he was at the
second reading. Isaac Hill affected
to read newspapers through his eye
glass, with his feet sprawing, and occa-
sionally looking up TO give horribly the
CHASTITY smile 'for which he is so dis,
tiuguished.' Even the Vice President
left the chair, and sauntered out Of the
Hall and Felix Grundy took notes.
| Il skiyM Counterfeiter arrested.
| The Mayor of Philadelphia, after
months ofthe most interchangeable labor,
has succeeded in arresting the most ac-
compiished counterfeiter in the United
States. He has not only arrested the
principal, but he has obtained the whole
apparatus-dies, lathes, printing press,
perfected plates, and all. The May or
has known for six months past that
this skilful artis,--for he is, perhaps,
one of the mos, skilful in the world
has been engaged in the execution Of a
plate for the purpose of engraving notes
of the denomination of ten dollars on
the Bank OF the United States. He
kept watchful eye upon his every
movement, and arrested him just as
his work was completed, and after he
had printed about one hundred notes.
He had also at the time the paper pre-
pared for an immense amount of this
description of money. We yesterday
called a, the Office Of the Mayor, and
examined the whole apparatus, also
several of the notes.
They are decidedly the best counter.
feits, so far as engraving is concerned,
ever yet executed in the United States
being so well engraved that, had the
signatures been counterfeited with equ-
al success, it would have been impossi.
BILE for the keenest eye to distinguish
the genuine from the forged.
| We have seen thousands of counter
felt bank notes, and we unhesitatingiy
say that this is decidedly the best that
| ever came under our notice. Not only
are the beauties of the genuine plate
closely initiated, but the most ,rihing
biemish has also been counterfeited
with the most faithful exactness. For
tunately for the public, & for the Bank
of the United States, the cuIprit was ar
rested before he issued single note
1t is the intention of the Mayor to sub.
nit the whole of the facts in relation to