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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24
Wednesday, January IA.

Petitions were presented and refer
red-By Mr.. Delashmutt, Of citizens
of the counties Of Harrison and Tyler,
for the passage of law, to authorize
the President and Directors of the N.
w. Turnpike Company to make a
branch thereof from SistersviIle to in
tersect said road-by Mr.. Jones of P,
of citizens Of Pendleton, for a law TO
prevent persons from setting fire to
the woods-by Mr.. Colston, Of Com
mittee ofthe Grand Lodge Of Virginia,
for the incorporation Of certain per>
sons, as trustees, for the purpose Of
establishing, with the funds of the
Lodge, school, on the manual labor
system, for the education OF INDECENT
orphans of Master Masons.
Election of Brigadier, General Of the
LIST Brigade and Lewiston.
Col. Thomas H. Bolts, was nomina.
ted by MIR. Crutchfeld, Col. Samuels
by Mr.. Moormon, and Col. Gibson, by
Mr.. Broadus.
Col. Bolts was elected on the Sd bal.
lot.-Jolnt vote with the Senate-for
Bolts n, for Gibson u.
On motion Of MIR. JOHNSON the rule
was suspended and the bill authorizing
the extension OF the James and Kama.
wha charter was passed.
Thursday, January Is:
On motion of Mr.. Sherrard, the
House agreed to proceed to the execu.
ton of the joint order OF the day, hav.
ing for its object the election Of First
and Second Auditors of Public Ac.
counts and Register Of the Land Of
fee for the present year; and, on mo.
ton Of the same, the 43d rule was sus-
pended, so as to elect all three of said
Officers at one vote.
MIR. Sherrard nominated the preseat
incumbents of said Offices for re.elec.
ton, viz
James E. Heath, First Auditor.
James Brown, Jr., Second Auditor.
William Selden, Register.
There being no other candidates put
in nomination in the Senate, the joint
vote of the two Houses was taken, and
each of the gentlemen received 142
votes.
BANKING CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
O. Mr.. Nash submitted the follow
ing resolution :-Resoloed, That a
Committee be appointed to inquire in.
to the expediency OF increasing the
banking capital of the State; and il
expedient, whether by one or more in.
dependent banks or branches of those
now chartered, and report by bill or
otherise--which was agreed TO, and the
following gentlemen were eppointed
committee on the subject
Messrs. Nash, Coiston, Parker, Col.
Inns. Holeman, Johnson of r., Ran.
dolph, Wilson OF B., Derman, Janney,
Hopkins, Wilcher, Summers, Gala.
her, and Cunningham.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1885.


The Annual Meeting ofthe Ameri.
can Colonization Society was held 10
the Hall of the House of Representa-
tives, on Monday evening last. The
Hon. HENRY CLAY, and the Hon.
CHARLES F. MERCER presided. The
attendance of Delegates from varions
parts Of the Union was large, and the
crowd Of auditors, both male and fe-
male, was unusually great, filling not
only the hall and Hobbies, but the gal
leries. Several eloquent addresses
were delivered, of a most judicious,
temperate, and encouraging character.
The Society had not concluded its bu'
siness at 10 o'clock, when an adjourn,
meut took place to the following even
iOg-Int.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24

From the Boston papers Of Jan. 10.
The vacancies in the Senate were
yesterday filled by the choice of Wing
members There is not an anii-mason
now in the Senate, nor friend TO the
administration. All are Wings.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24
A DISASTROUS VOYAGE.

From the Mobile Advertiser of Jan. 2.
Mr.. ELLIOTT, the Eronaut, attempt
ed TO make an ascension in New Or.
leans On Sunday last, but tue wind
proved TO be too stroDg. After seating
himself 10 bis balloon, and cutting
loose, he was swept violently across
ahe arena, where the spectators had
gathered, knocking down several per-
sons in his passage. The sudden puff
of wind by which the balloon was thus
driven continued, as it rose above the
enclosure. The balloon next encoun-
tered chimney top, which was over
thrown by the concession. By this
dreadful shock Mr.. Elliott's thigh was
broken. Part of the bricks of the
chimney falling into the car prevented
abe balloon from rising higher, and it
was afterwards dragged over house tops
and walls, and dashed against windows
till the Eronaut's hands, face, and
head were shockingly Gu, and mang>
led. At length the cords of the bal
loon became entangled on the masis
of two vessels in the river, and, for,us
nateIy for MIR. Elliott, his farther fight
was checked. In his passage over The
buildings in the city some of the cords
by which the car was attached TO the
balloon were sundered, and the AFRO.
maui afterwards sailed with his head
nearly dowuwards. 1t is said if he re-
covers from his wounds and bruises, he
will owe his life mainly 10 the great
presence OF mind that he maintained
amid all the perils through which he
passed. The people of New Orleans,
proverbially humane, have shown the
stranger every kindness which his cir
cumstances require.
CONGRESS- lMPORTANT.
From the Nat. Intelligencer, Jan. IS.
OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.
Our readers-every reader-will,
we hope. rejoice at perceiVing, rom
the account of yesterdays proceedings
in The Senate, that resolution has u
unanimously passed that body, deciar'
ing that it is inezpedient at present u
adopt any legislative measure an re-
gard to ths state Of ofasrs bet,0sen
tie u. S. and France.
With this unquestionable proof O
the pacific temper OF the Senate, ant
the indications Of q similar frame o
mind in the olhss body, wehepe 1t vii
nO,o be understood, at home q abroad
that there is no morbid appetite tor Wa
among the grave and considerable por
ton Of the American people.
We congratulate our readers, ant
The country at large, on this promp
and iudicious decision Of The Senate
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24
The James & Kanawha Improvement

AhO cUHecS y AAUsNtOHN Am PfV|S"'~'s'
The bill for authorizing an addition
al subscription of7,5o0 shares by the
Common Hall of this City, passed the
House Of Delegates on Tuesday, by a
vote of r to 55.-The bill is now be-
fore the Senate, and some hope is en-
tertained, that they may so amend it as
to subscribe on the part of the Cons
monwealth 5000, out Of the $500
Shares.
The good work progresses elsewhere
"A Citizen of Richmond, who arriv-
ed in the Lynchburg Stage on Tues
day evening, states as follows
81 arrived in the Lynehburg stage,
and brought the funds for 1000 shares
of James and Kanawha stock, snb.
scribed by the Corporation of that
town.-~Also,. from Buchanan 70i
shares in addition to their former sub
scription." -Rieh. Eng. Jan. IS.
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Virginia Legislature.

o. According to the jeint order Of
the day, the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives Of this State, proceeded, on
the 10th inst. to elect two Brigadier
Generals, for the 9th and 18th Bri.
gades which resulted, for the first,
in the election Of Col. Henry B. Wood.
house, and for the second, in the cleo
ton Of Major Peter C. Johnson. Col.
Woodhouse received rs, and his op-
ponent Capt. John Capron 60 votes.
Major Johnson received 80, and his cp'
ponent Col. John B. Sharpe 6S votes.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-01-24
a LVI'ELLIGENCER.
JANUARY "a, 1885.

T The Baltimore Gazette Of the
the 18th inst. says, we learn that AFT.
nal and entirely satisfactory arrange
ment has been effected and concluded
between the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road and Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal, in relation to the passage Of the
Rail Road over the Canal at Harper's
Ferry, in order to form connection
with the Winchester and Potomac
Rail Road. 1t is highly gratifying to
witness the cordial good feeling that
now exists between those two great
companies, and the sincere disposition
that animales them to afford reciprocal
" to each other every possible aid and
accommodation. Under this feeling,
the great interests Of the State, SO far
as concerns its connection with these
works, will no longer suffer by want of
harmony.
G The annexed appears in the Wash
ington papers of the 18th inst.
At a meeting Of the President and
Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company on the 18th, it was
"Resolued, That, for the purpose Of
encouraging the use Of steam, as NOV
ing power upon the canal, the right to
navigate the same for one year, free Of
tolls, will be granted TO the FIRST Steam
packet Boat which shall within twelve
months from this date, be PLACED and
run daily upon the Canal at speed
not less than eight miles per hour, with.
out injury to the banks of the Canal,
and which shall, in all other respects,
conform to the regulations for navigat-
ing The same"
OF The Columbus (Ohio) State Jour
nalin speaking of Judge M'Lean's NOM
nation, remarks:
"As we have heretofore observed,
we are thoroughly convinced that MIR.
CLAY is the first choice of the Wings
in Ohio. Itis, however, due TO all
parties to state, that we also believe
that should the recommendation 10
question be seconded by the opponents
of the existing administration thro'eut
the union it will be heartily and eff.
GENTLY sustained by our political friends
in This state and on the other hand,
should another individual be preferred,
that Judge M'LEAN's friends will
promptly cause his name to be with
drawn from the list of competitors, aud
cordially acquiesce in the decision"
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

the Administration. They have a right to put whom they please in nomination, and being of the party, no one caniustly charge them with dividing it. If the advocates of another candidate are unwilling to divide the party why do they put their candidate in nomination! If union, concert and har- mony are so important, why do they disturb them? By what right do they insist that we should yield our preference to theirs. We foresee 1t will be said, that Judge White will receive the votes of the opposi- ton. Is this a valid objection With us 1t is a recommendation. The oppostion the majority us solemn duty should select for this high station that citizen, who being in the majority. according with 1t in princi- pie and feeling, IS yet possessed of that ex- alted character and those high qualities which command the respect and confidence of his political opponents. To refuse this IS an abuse of power, subjecting our free institutions to the dominion of faction. If there ever was time, when oar local, sec tonal, and party feelings and pfejudices should be controlled, tis the present mo- ment, when the wisest cannot forsee what a single year may bring forth.
 We believe that Judge White has, in this respect an advantage over any other peison who has been spoken of for the Presidency It IS now believed that the opposition will put no candidate in nomination; and all well informed persons admit that the only contest will be between Judge White and such candidate as may be nominated by the fice-holders' convention, constituted as it necessarily must be of party leaders, HUGH L. WHITE is the Peoples can dltate, and when elected will be the Presi- dent; administering the Government for their benefit, ia ffinness, moderation and .itlsticeo
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

It is apprehended that the people oi ii'Sa' s; igan may be put to great deal oi troupI' N expense, and loss, on account of some v~ e French claims about to be preferred ,' Y lands in that now fourlshing terIitory-V"i we deem ii impossible, because t $ e''ls ,.s. geously unjust that such claims shou'a S finally established, let the conditions n;s them be what they may. On thIs suU's the ssBuffaio Whig'' says
 We understand that an aged French s gsm tleman has just arrived in New York. n0, France. in search of Lands he cia'i''. s.,a < Michigan. He holds an anclcn. pen n. from the king of France, Louis, Nc ';Is sI known to us,) for a tract of etghfee" ~g. ~s. square. in the interior of Michigan. AZ. l~ lands are represented to us as highly sa's. ss.. bIe, much the tract being under 'pp'I; s, ment. The gentleman is wealihy' ",.s,;. a"s tends proceeding forthwith to the '''s' gation of his title. :. oi
 There are, if we mistake not ''''s ,a n these ancient royal grants extan'' at s mn. what number they may reach, or wna' a.ess r ton or section of the old French posss z ya sions they may be found to eovel.s s..,s ,s. problelnaiical.-Gov. Cass we pelleswl ,.l a gently discovered one, duly reco,ds1 .1s oos. Quebec, covering a part of his vaauaO'' fFosI g sessions in Michigan, including a'' z portion of his farm.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

Mir. Hamer, from Ohio, offered resolu- ton in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 7th ult., instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to ss inquire into the expediency of amending the Consti- tuition of the United States, so as to limit the service of the Judges of the Supreme and in- ferior Courts to a term of years" sThe house, however, refused to consider the reso- lution, by vote of 91 to s5. From this, it would seem that the war has fairly commen- ced against our present we'll arranged Judi ciary system.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

The Cu,reacg.-A metallic currency ap- pears to be the great hobby of the day. The United States Bank being already prostrate, (for it cannot be re-chartered,) there is an idea afoat that we can do without any banks. Who may be the father of this wise idea we know not--but 1t is most certain that the men who raised the cry of a sshard money curren- cy, "ssJackson gold,' 6sc. were far from be- Geving in the possibility of the scheme which they proposed, and equally far from desiring to prostitute the local banks. trisc people, of certainty, who are always governed by i'm pulse, rather than sober reason, do believe that at bank bills may be banished, and gold and silver substituted-but no reasoning man supposes it for moment. A great commer- cial nation, as we are, cannot do without pa per money. It is necessity to which we must submit--and the agitators who cry shard moneys know it is all a chimera We could not banish paper money without altering the character of our nation, and changing it's whole business in extent and manner. The gold bill, of which we have all heard so much, is already nearly explo, ded sshumbug." Its consequences, as we have already seen, are that all the gold in tn, country is gradually gathered into the bank
 --thst the importation of gold has ceased while the exportation of silver is continued
 and that thus, money, instead of becomin
 plcpty. .is growing more scarce, writer i
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

CHARLES GAYARRE, Esq. was elected, on the 18th ult., a member of the U. s. Senate from Louisiana, in the place of Mr. Wagga- man, whose term of service expires on the 4th of next month. iiir. Gayarre is a firm supporter of all the measures of Gen. Jack son. This election has caused much exuita- tion among the supporters of the Administra- tion in that State, and is hailed as proof that she will go for Van Buren in 1886. It appears, however, that he was elected by q ruse of the Administration members of the Legislature. Knowing that the opposition had majority of both houses in joint ballot, they forebore bringing out their man until the day of election, when Mir. Gayarre was brot forward as the Creole candidate, who thus ob- tained not only the whole vote of the Jack son party, but also that of all the Creole members in the Legislature, opposed to the admfnistration-they having, in their zeal to elect a native of the country, lost sight of his political principles.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

1 the Boston Courier, gives q practical illustra- ton of the nature ofthe gold bill, to the follow ing effect. He says that if Congress- were to pass a law ordaining that the bushel of corn should hereafter contain only Htree pecks, in- stead of four, you might indeed convince farmer that he had more bushels of corn in his crib than he had before--but it would be diff.
 cult to convince him that he had any greater quantity of corn, or was any richer than he
 would have beenunder the old measurement. So 1t is with the eagle. The new eagle is
 not worth so much as the old one-you can
 not buy as much corn, or meat, or cotton, with
 it-it has not so much gold in it.. Suppose
 then, that thousand old eagles are worth as
 much as thousand and fifty new ones, and
 contain jast tthe same quantity of pure gold IS the country any richer because 1t gets a thousand and fifty new eagles, than it would
 be with thousand old ones! Not whit,
 ltis the quantity of gold which makes the va
 lue--for you can find nobody who will give old eagles for new ones. If the dollar was
 altered so that 1t should only contain sixty
 cents worth of silver, the only consequence
 would be that the merchants woald give less
 goods for dollar than they now do. Pare
 gold and pure silver have standard value,
 by which the value of goods is regulated. The Romans tried the same experiment-di- minishing the actual value of the sesterce, and retaining the nominal value, but the re- latiye value of the old and new sesterce was still the same. To be sure, if a man owes hundred dollars, he can pay ten new eagles and have his acquittance, but he must obtain them first; and if he works for them, he ob- tains them with no less labor than he could dollars--though they are not, in fact, worth so much as either hundred dollars or ten old eagles. 1.-the new eagle is s.oo,FA ten dollars, it will cost him as muchto get 1t as 1t would b get the ten dollars in silver. What good does the gold bill do him, then, whether it is worth it or not!
 We believe that a hard money currency is all chimera-and that we must have banks. We believe that a multitude of local banks would be a curse without national bank; and I IS We think that the United States Bank has acted eorruptly, we are for a new bank, with additional restrictions, when the present one expires. Time and experience will bring he whole nation to this way of thinking.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

P. P. Barbour is the administration can didate for the u. s. Senate, from the State of Virginia, in opposition to Mr. Leigh. If our mails arrive, we shall probably hear the result of the election next week.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

ROBERT H. GoLDsBoRoUGH has been elec- ted member of the U. s. Senate, from the State of Maryland, in the place of Mr. Cham bers, who has resigned. MT. Goldsborough is opposed to the administration.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

Hc 4zaOtte f>FeSSs---A great and terrific moral engine entrusted to so many hands, must always be liable to the most fragrant abuses. The man who feels conscious that he holds, as 1t were. in the hollow of his hand, the fiuctuating passions and wavering affections of large masses of people. is ever. apt to use that power over taeir passions and energies for his ambitious or selfish purposes. The overwhelming influence of the press is felt at the present day, in every nation of the civilized earth. Pfinting-born in a little and obscure town of Germany-has become the regenerator of earth. The press, like Brareus, with his hundred hands-powerful either for good or for evil--is undermining, with irresistible might, the tottering thrones ofthe old continent-but whether it's effects are to produce anarchy or freedom, the future only can tell.
 five inquire how 1t is that the House of Commons of Great Britain, of which, until lately, one half ofthe members came in by parchdse, or blythe nomination of single pro- prietors of great estates-and of which, it is also said, one half are elected by less than seven thousand voters-ifwe inquire how it is that this body has always been So much in- fiuenced by popular opinion, and so true an index of the peoples will--the cause will be found chiefly to be the great freedom of the English press. In no country has this free dom been more abused-and in no country has 1t been more truly a palladium of liberty. What was the immediate cause of the Revo- lution of the Three Days, in France! It was the tyranny exercised over tho press, by the tenth Charles. The. contest between the press and the king, provoked by the latter, ended in his discontinue. A century ago, the king would have triunphed. Even in Russia it's influence IS felt, and serfs are growing bold in the expression of their opi- nions.
 When we recognise the tremendous and majestic power of the public press, and the nnegnalled benefits which 1t has bestowed upon mankind, we are not blind to its abuses
 and to the perversions of it's power. We are
 thoroughly aware that it is, in many cases
 debased and degraded. We know that where
 itdazzles most, and is most mighty, it is ofter
 only the lustre and the strength of the faller archangel. Personal abuse, sophistry, ant : falsehood, have, in many eases, usurped tn, 
 :. places ofcourtesy, reason, and truth. It i [ ito be iamented that the editorial fraternit. l seem laboring to diminish their own dignity and to repder themselves a reproach and 9 bye-word in the community. It is a reaso : enormously assigned for not taking nor e than one paper, that if we took two, one 0 e each side, we should not know which to be $ !lieve. Do our readers remember the horde I, lof illiterate schoolmasters who once hfiooae -- the West, and are still to be found in i g hooks and corners! Even such are many in our editors uncducated and incompctel
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

The Hon. JAMES M. WAYNE, a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Georgia, was nominated by the President and the nominatien ratified by the Senate on the Sfh ult., to fllthe vacancy onthe bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, oc- casioned by the death of Judge Wm. John son, of South Carolina.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

MT. Craig, has bought Capt. Stockton's ace horse SHARK, for $l5,0oo!
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

We are authorized by Capt. F. TREVOR, of the U. s. Dragons, to say that the report of the deaths of Asst. Surgeon Holes and Lieutenant Tanderueer, of that corps, as sta- ted by the New York Evening Star, of Jan. 7th, is entirely without foundasion---both those gentlemen being alive on the 22d Jan., though stillconfned to their rooms by sick ness. Ne hope the friends of the above named gentlemen will not allow themselves to be alarmed by any reports. as it is made the duty of some officer present at the post, to give information to the relatives, Of the demise of any officer, when such an event occurs. Capt. T. also states that the corps have lest but one Captain and two Lieuten- ants, since its organization.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13
We have receIvel no F.astern nnaIl EsInce

We have received no Eastern mai since Wednesday the ithinst. and are therefore un- able topresent our readers with any very late news. The failures of the mail are owingto the excessive cold weather during the last ten days, and the large quantities of floating ice having rendered the rivers impossible. The Arkansas, however, IS now nearly clear of ice at this place, and some of the meils due, will probably arrive to day.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

men, who cannot fight with the weapons of reason, and therefore use those of ribaldry and abuse. It needs that purifying spirit should pass Through the land. We need an other Hercules in the Augean stable--or that which is, when well directed, the bulwark of freedom, will become a public curse.