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

! We have cast our eye over the toasts,
| to see what Democracy means in that
! part Of our country at the present day.
We were glad to meet at the outset, 10
the following toast, an honest confess
ion of the party's having ousted from a
seat 10 Congress one whom they are
nevertheless obliged to respect and es.
TEEN:
"By the Committee of arrange
ments. Our late Representative, Col.
DAVENPORT AS politician we disa-
gree with him; but, as a men, ue
| soarmly esteem him."
TTbey esteem him as man, but~are
offended by his exercise of the very
qualities which have ensured and de.
| served their esteem.
We put together, below, few of
the Volunteer toasts, which, whatever
delicate or fastidioas taste may think
| of their literary merit, serve to illus
| trate the political sentiments of the as
sembly which applauded them /:
Judge White-A very good old man,
though duped and led astray by young
Beu-wether Of Tennessee.--Pity!
Pity!
The Hon. J. X. Polk, Of Tennessee:
An able and honest Statesman-He
would not sacrifice or jeopardize his
political principles for the Speakers
Chair
| The Richmond Enquirer, and those
who have conspired against it: "Heads
up Richie l--Heels up, Wings ~
Watkins Leigh, and his Report on
Instructions in 1912: eff thy good
preaching did not make amends for thy
bad practices, Lord, what would be.
come of theerf"
The late Senator Of Albemarle A
dead Cock in the pit-got killed in
,0heeiing.
/ The supporters of Judge White !:
The same who, but the other day, de-
nounced, 10 the person of the President,
every principle held dear by the Judge
|-"WAite folks is mighty unsartin."
I "The Will Of the People, drunk or
SOBER"
/ In England, it is very common for
the INDECENT sons Of noblemen to mar
| ry the daughter Of some wealthy mer-
chant, who is flattered with the idea
4 of seeing his daughter elevated to she
rank of nobility, and of hearing her
called Tiny lady," Among the A.
mericaus an analogous feeling exists in
regard 10 the members of the prefes.
sions. The majority of professional
men having no property, too often
| give their empty hearts in exchange
for the full purses of pretty heiresses,
whose parents are somewhat fatter.
ed with the idea Of hearing their
daughter djgnifed by the title Of the
Reverend Mrs. so and. so--or the wife
of Squire Quitclaim, or the lady Of
| Doctor PilIgarlic, &c. &c.--Boston
Post. -
| The report ofthe Presbyterian Ed.
ucation Society, whose anniversary was
held last evening at Chatham street
Chapel, states that appropriations have
been made during the past year to 400
young men in .85 different institutions
of learning. The whole number aided
since the formation of the society is
1049; several hundreds of whom are
preaching the Gospel in the United
States, and more than 80 have gone as
missionaries to the heather. OF AGO
benefciaries now under the societies'
patronage, s67 have earned by manual
labor, school teaching &c, during the
past year, $1o,723; averaging 500 %
to each individual. The amount ap.
propriated to these 367 was $21 ,O43 !;
| less than twice the amount of their
earnings. The receipts of the year a.
mounted to $35 ,551 81 expenditures
about $4,000 more than the receipts
| ~ Y. Jour. Comm.
/ THE MURDERED MISSIONARIES
The last accounts from Padang furnish
! further details of the melancholy fate Of
!. the two American Missionaries, Messrs.
/ Lyman and Munson, whose murder
by the savage tribe Of the Battabs has
already been published. 1t appears
tina, after the Coolies, who had attend
| ed those unfortunate gentlemen, had,
at the approach of the savages throw
down their burdens and aed, the bre-
4 thern left alone endeavored to pacify
the savages, by whom, TO the number
OFF, hundred) they were surrounded,b by
presents Of tobacco and cloth, which
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