South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-06-27
A CARD.
To the Editor of the Union

10 the Editor OF the Onlou:
"Sir-You will discover my name
introduced into the proceedings of the
Baltimore Convention. To prevent
all misunderstanding, make the fol-
lowing statement: l was not delega.
ted to act in that Convention. / hap.
pened to be in Baltimore at the time Of
its sitting, and after the delegates from
the different States, had their creden.
lials examined by the Committee ap.
pointed for that purpose, there appear.
ed to be no one present representing
Tennessee. This circumstance seem.
ed to be deeply regretted by many, and
upon its being mentioned that 1 was
there, and Tennesseean, it was sug.
gested by some tina, / might vote, which
| accordingly did. AS to the vote up
on the Presidential nomination, it was
we'll known, that my vote would have
no effect upon the result j; as to the no.
mina,ion for the Vice Presidency, the
result was not so clear and believing
as did, that Tennessee preferred Col.
Johnson for that Office, gave vote
for him as citizen of this state. am
perfectly satisfied tha. I am the only
person who voted in the Convention
who was not clothed with ample dele.
gated authority.
EDMUND RUCKER,
of Rutherford co., Tenn.
Nashville, June I'd, 1885,"
A very difident gentleman /! He be.
lieved Tennessee preferred Col. John
son for the Vice Presidency, and al.
though deputed by neither man, wo-
man, nor child, he took upon himself
being accidentally in Baltimore, to cast
the fifteen votes of Tennessee for Mr..
Van Buren, and Col. Johnson Let
this satisfy the people of the real cha.
racter Of the Baltimore Convention Of
the viciousness of its elementary com.
position, and the worthlessness of its
acts, as reflection of the popular will.
The absurdity Of considering it as the
representative of ths Van Buren, party
even, and the folly Of attaching the
smallest weight to !he result of its deli
berations, is too apparent for argument.
Mr.. Rucker's claim to "a seat, and the
discharge of the functions he so mo-
destly assumed to execute, is but a
shade less valid than that of many Of
his compairiots. The President him
self (Mr. Stevenson) had but a consti-
tuency of eleven, from the united pa.
rishes of Henrico and Richmond (; the
Hanover Delegation were deputed by
less than dozen, and SO on in pretty
nigh the same ratio, throughout the
chapter. A more ridiculous aud de.
signing farce was never enacted on
political stage.-Rich. Whig.
o. The same paper observes-The
papers are bringing to light various ca
ses of Delegates to the Baltimore Com
vention, efresh from the People," besides
MIR. Fuckers, who attended and voted
at their own instance. 1t was only from
such body, that Mr.. Van Buren, says
he would have accepted nomination.
Shocking-During the course of
the night on Tuesday Of last 0eek, in
this torOn, a sick negro child, about 8
gears old, was most shamefuliy knaaO.
ed and torn by rats so much SO, as
that ats death took place early on the
morning of the ne1! day. The little
sufferer, at the time ofats attack by
the hungry, STARRING rats, aoas lying
Vifh its beastly father, soho ,oas so
drank as to be aoholy insensible NTH
regard to the Situation of his suffer-
ing child, and who heard not ats cries.
IL vas not antit the neat morning
that he saO the acounds inflicted up'
on the body Of has child.-Register.
Counterfeit Specie. Coanteffeit
half dollars are plenty. They ap-
pear peU at first vie,o. One achich
zoe haze seen haS the lettering on the
outside of the rim an confusion.
What should be or half stands oar If,
and the figures are generally smaller
than on the genuine pieces. Ne
haze no doubt it aoiN be found By en-
pertinent that, in the present condi-
tion Of the arts, q currency Of metal
will be more liable to be c0unterfeited
than currency Of paper, and that
the poor, that class of oar feltow citi-
zcns for s0hich all politicians feel SO
an interest, aoiN find
their losses increased by change
N. Y. Jour. Com.
Fatal Pugiism.-We learn from
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