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

House Of Delegates, those enumerated
as Van Buren, men, outnumber the
Wings and friends Of judge White
too votes. Many processing White
men however, are numbered among
the Van Burenites.
The Wings contest the election 10
Henrico, with the certainly Of gettirg
i.,) in Powhatan and Campbell. The
Jacksonians contest 10 Patrick, Abe
marie and Fauquier, and perhaps other
counties. The number Of contested
elections, is an index to the close d.
vision of parties.
5 We nothing doubt that the Van Blu.
renites would have been vanquished
had they fought fairly, and that they
will be, when they are forced TO show
their colors.--Rich. Whig.
JONATHAN KNIGHT, Esq. Chief
Engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road, is now on tour Of recon-
noisance Of the country between Cum
berland and the Ohio River, with
view offxing upon route for a rail
road, from the termination Of the Canal,
at Cumberland, to the Ohio. And the
citizens Of Wheeling have already sub.
scribed $250,o00, towards the CONS
pletion of the western section Of said
road, terminating at Wheeling.
1t is believed that two practicable
routes may be found across the Ale
gany mountains. One upon q tolera.s
bly, direct route, with an inclination Of
100 feet per mile--the other somewhat
more cifcuitous, with supposed ins
clination of about so feet per miles
The locomotives now in use on the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, ii is
said, will work to advantage upon the
highest grade mentioned.
Torch Light.
Modern ESpedition.-It is stated as
a fact by one Of undoubted veracity,
though it almost exceeds our credulitys
that cotton can nov be taken from Lii
verpool to Manchester, earded, SPUN,
wove, bleached and packed and re-
turned to Liverpool again in "a hours
This may be done perhaps, but we.
reckon II must besmighty poor goods
From the Fredericksburg Arena.
A RAT STORY.
Mn. EnITnR Some years ago, sits
ting one evening in the yard of my fa-
theirs house, l saw ra. issue from a
hole near me-so near indeed as to
enable me to perceive that his eyes
were closed.--He was followed by a.
mother rat, with a straw in his mouth
one end Of which was presented to the
other, who seized it and was led about
to various parts of the yard, and a.
mongst others, to pool Of water where
he drank and was then led back to his
hole.
This is no joke-and if you choose
to give it to your readers, do SO, omit
ting my name and vouching for the res.
spectability Of your friend.
(Tough as the foregoing story may
seem to many, we have no doubt Of its
correctness--ou correspondent being
an intelligent and highly respectable
citizen Of Fredericksburg. We have,
moreover, seen, ere this, a story Of same
kind-welI authenticated. }
Shocking Murder.-We learn front
the last New Orleans papers that an
act of murder, at which humanity
shudders, has recently been committed
in Texas. A man by the name of
Ellen, was killed by his travelling
companion, James Jenkins, under the|
following circumstances. These two in-|
dividuals had left Georgia together last
winter, for the purpose Of exploring the|
province of Texas. They had travels
ed mostly in company with each oihe's
over the greater portion Of the countrys
and had made purchases and selecs
tons of lands for their future residens
ces. Ellen DESTROYS. of remaining
10 that country, conferred on Jenkins a
power of attorney, to return to Georgia.
and bring with him TO Texas his
(Ellen's) negroes. jenkins, just before
his departure, while in the woods alone
with Ellen murdered him, and rified
his person Of between $500 and
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