South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-09-26

table, elevation, to handy epi,hets,
with candidates or editors; to frank
elec,ioneeripg documents and even to
reward disappointed constables. In
fact, he puts 10 motion all the schemes
and lrickery Of the most experienced
and unprincipled county politician
forgelful alike Of his obligations to
honour, to justice, and to his country.
For such a man to complain of an at
tempt stto undermine the cause Of re-.
publicanism;' by the use of his name,
is as hypocritical as for satan to object
TO the employment of his agency IN
subverting the morals Of mankind-or,
for the man who destroys the root Of
the tree, to complain Of those who at.
tribute 10 him ito fall.
The following letter from General
Jackson is disreputable in language
and spirit, and is alike discredi.able to
The head and heart Of it's AUTHOR
Bait. Chron.
RIP RAps, August 9Th, 1885.
DEAR SIk-Having seen 10 the
Nashville Republican of the 2Sih Of
July, 1885, charges agsins. Major An
drew J. Donelson Of abusing the Pres
iden!'s Frank for political and cleo
tioneeting purposes, feel myself call.
ed on in justice to Maj. Donelson and
to ruth, to pronounce this charge avile
calumny, utterly destitute of truth IN
every particular, set forth in the arsi-
Giles Of the Republican. l never have
ranked any letters OF packages for
Maj. Donelson, without being inform
ed Of their contents. The public doc
uments and the newspapers containing
them, which have ranked to my
constituents and old friends and &C
quaintances, have bsen addressed and
directed for the most part by Col. Earl,
and Andrew Jackson, Junior my a.
dopted son, and never by Majo Dom
elson, except in Q few instances where
they we're addressed by him, at my
request.
have further to add, that all the
statements in the Republican in regard
to the agency Of Major Donelson and
F. P. Blair, editor Of the Globe, ia in
ducing or in preparing my letter TO
the Rev. MIR. G9inn, is equally false
aud unfounded. Iwrote it immediate.
Iy on seeing the article in the Republi.
can, and intended it as rebuke OF
what / considered an unwarrantable
use Of my name to undermine the cause
of Republication and to defeat the
resul, Of the leading measures Of my
administration.
ANDREW JACKSON.
The Rev. JAMES GwINN.
P. S.-You will see tina. the above
letter has relation to my former letter
to YOU. and authorize you,& request,
that you Will use IL 10 uisHbust Tue
public mind in Tennessee, both as it
regards my former communication 10
you, sad the other SANDER in the Nash
vile Republican to which have ad-
yerted in the above note. Al.
A Down EAST EDiToR.--E. Holmes,
editor of the Maine Farmer, seems, ac-
cording to the following advertisement,
to be run aground, at his farm, for want
of utensils. Suppose his printing appaA
ratus should be loanded out in the same
way, how should we be edited with his
iucubrations
"The several individuals who have at
sundry times borrowed of the subscriber
the following articles, viz: two axes one
wheelbarrow, two garden rakes, one hay
rake, three hoes, two morse curt harness.
es, one common bride, one pair of reins,
besides many other articles too numerous
to mention. are requested NEVER TO BRING
THEM HOME, it being contrary to the Gus
tom of the place, But if they will give
him information when they have done
with them he will send for them.
E. HOLMES.
N. B. The person who either borrow
ed my pitchfork and returned it broken,
or broke it where it waR left, is informed
that he is welcome to the pieces.
Bank of the United States.
There is much force in the annexed brief
paragraph from the Nd. Republican,