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

morse was ShQOcU IN most DUrCGTOHS
style. The perpetrator has not been
detected ;---but as the outrage was
committed during the night after the
Judge deemed it proper to fine and i'm
prison witness for refusing to give
testimony, it is supposed that some
friend of The witness performed the he.
NOUS act. We take pleasure in stating
that in Jackson county such deeds Of
ofdarkness' have been STEW and far
between.o
From the Newark Daily Advertiser.
THE BETTER CURRENCY.
The Globe of Wednesday last contains
programme of the arrangements enter
ed Extraordinarily it is said-by the
Deposte Banks, for the purpose, we sup
pose, of furnishing the country with the
better currency, promised by Mr.. fancy
and the President in place of that affor-
ded by the Bank Of the United States.
A list of twenty Banks is given, which
have agreed to redeem, ON CERTAIN CON-
piTIoNs, their bills of CERTAIN DENoMI-.l
NATIONS at CERTAIN pet banks, and toll
receive on Opposite the bills Of CERTAIN
pet Banks, which are at par in CERTAIN
PLACES. Smile not, gentle reader, skilled
though thou mayst be in financial mat
ters. We do not intend taught to ex-
tenuate," nor to ssset down aught in ma
Iice," as thou wilt plainly perceive by /
glancing thine eye across the following
items:
Bank of augusta, Augusta.-This
Bank redeems at the Bank of America,
in New York, such of its notes as may
be received by the Receivers of pro-
ceeds of sales Of Public Lands.
Clinton Bank, Columbus. This Bank
will redeem, at the Phoenix Bank, in
New York, all its notes of the denomi-
nations Of fifty dollars and upwards,
that may be received by any Depositei
Bank from the Public Receivers. IL
will receive on Deposite, from the Pub
lis Receivers, the notes Of all such De-
posite and other good Banks as redeem
the same either in New York or Phila-
delphia.
Merchants = Many actursrs' Bank,
Pittsturg. This Bank will redeem,
unlimitediy, such Of its notes as may
be received by any Opposite Bank,
from, the Public Receiuers, at the
Commercial Bank in Philadelphia.
II will receive on deposite, on public
account, the notes of all such Of Depos-
tie or other good Banks as redeem the
same 10 New York or Philadelphia, Of
the denomination Of twenty dollars
and upwards.
| Bankof America, Neao York.-This
| Bank will receive the notes Of all the
Deposite Banks situated North and
East Of that city, Of the denominations
of fifty dollars and upwards, on depos'
tie, from Dsposite Banks, which they
may have received from the RsceiUsrs
of sale Of the Public Lands.
| Planters Bank, Natchez.-This has
in no instance, since it became seIec-
ted Bank, refused to receive, from a
Public Receiuer, note Of any one Of
the Deposits Banks. 1t will continue
10 receive on deposite, from the Pubic
Reeeivers, the notes Of each and all the
Deposi,e Banks, without regard to their
location"
Now. kind reader, whoever thou art, do
not refuse to receive bill Of the Bank OF
Augusta,in Georgia, because thou wish
est to purchase public lands, THE REoEIv-
ER candeposite it id the. Bank of America
at New York. Do not turn up thy nose
at FIFTY DOLLAR note of the Clinton
Bank of Columbus, because thou canst
turn it in the same way, and it will find
! resting place in the Phoenix Bank. And
! finally, do not be afraid of the bills of any
of the Deposite Banks--for If of the de-
nomination of FIFTY DOLLARS AND up
WARDS, thou canst deposite them in the
Bank Of America at New York, and if OF
lower denomination, thou mayst help
thyself--for it is one of the first princi-
Piles ofthis monetary system that there
ia to be no SMALL BILLS! And do not
grumble because thou art deprived Of
U. States Bank bills, which were worth
their amount in gold, wherever thou
couldst carry them, because "our vener~
able Chief Magistrate" out of the pro-
fundity of his financial wisdom, and, it
the exuberance ofhis love for the Peo-
pie, has provided thee with all the bless.
ings herein before enumerated, to COM
pensate thee for their loss.
Brook CORN is bringing an unprece-
dented price. In Deer6eld and Hat
field it is selling for from eighty to a
hundred dollars per acre, standing.-
We have heard of an instance where
ninety-five dollars has been offered and
refused. A farmer in this vicinity,