South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-04-11
The following is the result of the cleo.

! John 8. Dawson, Esq. 638
! Col. John B. d. Smith COS
! John Hopkins, Esq. 584
Mahlon s. Lovett, Esq. 357
The three first named are elected. Col.
Smith is Whig-the other two are
Jacksonians.
King George County.
| For Congress--Mr. Taliaferro's Wbig)
majority over Mr.. Chinn (Admr.) LII.
For the Legislature--Mf. Hooe (Whig)
elected without opposition.
Hsnrico County Election,
| Held at the Courthouse in Richmond,
on Monday last:
House Of Delegates--Wm. B. Randolph
(Admr.) 4i9--Jno. M. Bolts Anti,) 379.
VIM. H. Roam (Admr.) 395--Jno. Ro-
bertson { Anti,) 1856.
In NorTowAY county, VIM. s. ARCHER,
(Whig)11s; JOHN w. JONES. (Jackson)
254. There are five counties in this dis.
trict. House Of Delegates--Fitzgerald
(Rep.) s53 Anderson (Whig) 1919.
In SUSSEX, we learn that the Admins.
tration candidate is elected to the Assem-
bly,.
~ A letter from Washington in
the N. York Journal of Commerce
s,aiea, that Amos Kendall is 10 be ap.
pointed ACTING Postmaster General,
holding on at the same time to the Au-
ditorship, that in the event ofhis rejec.
ton by the Senate to the former office,
he may not lose the latter.
There are now FIVE of the Circuit
Judges of Kentucky, arraigned before the
| Legislature of that State on trial, and
TWO others have resigned.
The people of Tennessee have ratified
their new Constitution by majority of
25, $50 votes.
Translated for the National Iptelligencer,
of April 8.
! Msgements of the Lyonness as to
the t,centy: fve Million Question.
appears, the good citizens of Lyons
have been stirring actively 10 this mat
ter. The Chamber Of Commerce of
that city addressed memorial to their
deputies, which the French mioister-
al journals eagerly reprinted. 1t stated
the Importance of,he great commercial
interests which were interested in the
preservation of the good understanding
betwixt France and the United States,
particularly betwixt the city Of Lyons
and that of New York further stating,
that an open rupture with this country,
or, what was more probable, change
in the tariff of duties, would be equally
prejudicial to their industry. They
urge on the Chamber of Deputies not
to lose sight flhese facts in deciding
On tho question of the Is millions,
promised to be paid to the U. States
by the treaty Of 1881.
| The radical or anti-ministerial jour.
mails, contend that the fears of the Ly-
onese are premature; that this coun-
try, America, for its own sake, will
not embarrass The commerce of France;
and they quote that part Of the message
Of Jackson, in which he says, that the
embarrassment of the one must be me-
cessarily productive Of the embarrass.
ment Of the other. They further urge,
that this country will be little likely to
proceed to extremi,ies when, only in the
preceding year, the President had told
Congress i! was necessary TO modify the
tariff to appease the American people.
"The whole interests" continues
the editor Of LIE Courier, "of the A.
mercan people are combined. Those
Of the agricultural States are bound
indissoIubIy to those ofthe manulactur-
ing /; those Of the consumers with those
of the producers /; but still, if there be
one which has sway, as vivifying all
the other branches of their national
prosperity, it is that of foreign com.
merce. Every one, then, must perceive
how much the American commerce
would suffer by an interchange of re.
| prisals. 1t is sufficient to state that
800 vessels from the United States FREE
quent our ports, whilst We send SO or
60 only to theirs"
II pretty considerable hard case,
Gas Uncle Sam would say. We have
seldom read, since the days OF Robin
Hood, or of Turpin, of a holder rob-