South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-10-03

money, as the Detroit Journal alleges)
Ito give the Jacksou party the COM
plete ascendsncy" 10 the Territory &
in the Convention. The purpose be-
ing answered, MIR. MASON, the acting
Governor, who had so vigorously
pushed the war against Ohio, Is sud
denly dismissed with rebuke for bis
rashness aud now (the Detroit jour
nal aAirms) "ihe plan is to gain over
the disaffected People OF Ohio to the
Van Buren, interest, by compelling the
Executive of Michigan TO abandon the
defence ofihe .erritoy claimed by Obi
o." The Journal is naturally very
indignant at the removal of Governor
MASON, and q, the new position taken
by the Administration, and says "ihe
scheme has been to fatter both the con-
tending parties for purposes ofindivid-
ual popularity. To one, who has
watched the progress of events in this
Territory for the last year, the resem-
blance which this scheme bears to the
general plan of operations here will be
too striking, to fail in convincing him
that this is only another part Of the
great system, by which the whole
People of this country are TO be
brought under the dominion Of the heir
apparen, ofthe present dynasty.''
The reader will understand this al
lusion, and the importance Of securing
Michigan to the Administration, when
he recollects that that Territory will
shortly have two Senators in Congress,
and probably vote 10 the next Presi.
DENTAL election. Mat. Int.
About a fortnight ago young man
calling himself Radford, came to the
Bell Tavern in this town on foot. He
had very melancholy detected APP
pearsnce, & kept very much to himself.
He was taken on Friday quite sick &
refused to permit physician to be call
ed 10, or to take medicine, saying he
sshad taken Dose" His case coniin-
ned rapidly 10 grow worse, and he died
Sunday morning. After his decease
a letter was found in his hat, from his
father addressed to Reddick, but sign
ed john Radford, which had come to
hand day or two before, enclosing
go. The letter informed him that
his two comrades had been tried, and
sentenced to confinement in the Peni-
tenliary, one for two, and the other for
three years. expressed sorrow for
his return TO Virginia, advised him to
keep away-that he could send him no
more money, and that his brother
would have to pay $3.50 for him (prob-
ably bail. From all these circums.an-
css, and the inference is confirmed by
the recollections of two or three per-
sons now in this place, it is evident
that the unfortunate young man was a
fugitive from justice. It9appears that
he was Bar Keeper in Hotel in
Manchester, where his father lives, ~
where he was concerned in robbery.
He is supposed to have been accessory
to his own death.-DGnville Observer.
Mr.. Van Buren's !etter-Slauery.
"Le,,er from Mr.. Van Buren, to Sans
uel Gsin, Esq, of Mississippi /; or.
iginsly published in the Richmond
Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, July II, 1884.
DEAR SIR: owe you an apology for
not having sooner acknowledged the. re-
ceipt of your cbliging letter of 26th May.
My opinions on the subject of Congress
over slave property in the Sontf1ers
States, are SO well understood by my
friends, that am surprised that an sat-
tempt to impose upon the public respect.
ing them should be hazarded. Il,
The subject is, in my judgment, exclu-
sively under the control of the State GO
vernments and l am not apprised, nor
do believe that contrary opinion,to an
extent deserving consideration, is enter
tanned in any part of the United States,
The charge, therefore,to which you have
the goodness to call my attention, that l
am in favor of an interference by Con-
gress, in manumitting your slave proper-
W. is destitute of foundation: SO far from
1T, do not see on what authority the
General Government could interfere,
without change of the Constitution. O.
ven at the instance of either or all of the
slave-holding States. With great res
pect, and regard, am, dear sir, very tru-
ly, yours. M. VAN BUREN,. y
To SAMUEL. GwIN, Esq, Clinton Miss"
This is precisely the language Of
Garrison, Bourne & Co., though less
fervently expressed than they are in
the habit of delivering themselves
They acknowledge the States TO have
the only right Of legislation. The