South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-30
Various Matters.

We extract from the correspondence
of the Richmond Wing. the following just
tribute to the talents and worth of Mr..
COOKE.
| JOHN r. Cooke OF VIRolNrA.-Mr.
C's high moral worth has raised him
above the carpings of peurile enemies.
His politics were attacked nnmerciful.
! ly, and he defended them manfhlly.--
Every one who heard his speeches
from the hustings, Il do not speak Of
their merits comparatively will join
me in the applause which l now render.
His enemies must applaud his high tai.
ents and courtesy; and his political
friends will assuredly acknowledge that
he urged their cause with all the
strength of requirement and persuasive
eloquence for which he is SO justly eel
ebrated. His speech on the 18th ul-
| limo 10 Martinsburg, drew tears from
I the oldest and hardest men among his
hearers, and l overheard more than
one, as the crowd left the Court House,
expressing wonder that, on subject so
hackneyed as the politics of the day,
any man could be pathetioaUy elo.
quent. He spoke again at Charlestown
on the goth, the day of election, and l
never heard more powerful bitter in
vective. Every sentence bore a nause.
Gus truth on its face. 1t will be long
while before / forget the sarcastic cool
ness with which be held up the resem.
blance between Van Buren's well
known words: at is glory enough
for inc to have served under such q
chief" and the cringing speech--"Il
is honor enough for me to have served
my beloved Tiberius,--of Sejanus, the
most despicable minion that ever lick
ed the dust from the feet of a des.
pot" The Speaker bent forward and
sneered witheringly. His own honor.
4 able NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in every
word conlrasted strongly with the con.
temptible picture, upon which he was
dwelling. Thunders of applause fol-
lowed this chit"
J Mr.. c. as an orator, would win q
4 footing on the same soil with the very
best of our American Salesman
t With an Imagination strikingly bold
and an admirable fancy, he scars high
and well. His judgment too, could
scarcely be more discriminating: and
in word, with the righit.headednsss
! to select fit course, no man could
better convince others of its fitness
or more skillfully entice others after
him. And yet this great mana
man who furthermore has spent years
Of his prime in struggling for the peo-
ple--in extending the rights Of these
his fellow citzens-.fnds hostility where
gratitude should have place, and is
cast aside
The VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. - The
| final result The details from all the
counties are not given, but the resnll
in each is now ascertained, and we
proceed to give the grand result.
u Yam Buren,. -Allegany 1, Amelia,
1, Botetourt 9, Brunswick 2, Bucking.
ham 2, Campbell 2, Caroline 1, Char
lotte 1, Culpeper l., Fauquier 1,
Frankliu 1, Frederick 2, Fluvanna /,
Goochland /, Greensville l, Halifax 2,
Hanover l., Harrison 2, Henrico L,
Henry 1, Hampshire 2, Isle of Wight
1. King William 1, Lewis 1, Louisa /,
Logan l, Mecklenburg 2, Monroe 1,
Monongalia Q, Morgan /, Northumber-
| land l., No.toway 1, Nelson |, PEN
dleton 1, Pocahon,as 1, Powhatan /,
Preston /, Prince Edward 1, p.
George 1, Rockingham 2, Randolph
l, Russell i, Scott l, Shenandoah 2,
Spot,sylvania l, Stafford l, Surry L,
Sussex /, Washington 1, TazweIl 1,
Brooke l, Madison 1, Orange 1, Prince
William /, Page /, Rappahannock l
J -68.
Anti. Yam Buren. Albemarle 2,
Amherst 1, Augusta 2, Accomac 2,
Berkeley 2, Bedford 2, Charles City &
New Kent 1, Chesterfield /, Cumber.
land 1, Dinwiddie /, Essex /, Eliza.
beth City and Warwic /, Fauquier 1,
Fairfax 1, Franklin 1, Frederick l.,
Greenbrier l, Hardy /, Gloucester /,
Jefferson 2, James City and York /,
Kanawha 1, King g. Queen /, King
George 1, Lancaster and Richmond /,
Loudon 8, Lee 1, Nansemond / Ncho-
las and Fayette /, Cabell L, Norfolk
county 2, Norfolk Borough /, North.
ampton 1, Pittsylvania 2, Patrick 1,
Princess Anne /, Richmond City /,