South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-02-21

SanTy OF tTelaNat ~ tue suit VI Idt,
unprincipled dignitary Of the Establish
ed Church, to which sepen-eighths Of
the Irish people are opposed, will ope.
rate most powerfully against the Tories
and their policy atthe coming elections.
1t is quite god-send TO OConnell at
the present moment, and he is turning
it to the best account. OF the 100
members which Ireland sends to the
British House of Commons, atleast rs
will be opposed to the existing admins.
Fatioh.o
ITEM
A man 10 New York advertises a.
pup 8 months old, called General Jack.
son, who is to kill 100 rats 10 an hour.
We wish that his namesake ia Wash
ington would look little after the rats
in the Post Oaice department. They
might have good shaking TO public
advantage.--A house situated in
Greene county, Pa, and occupied by
MIR. Clement Masters, an aged citizen,
was consumed by ere few nights
since, and melancholy to relate, Mr..
M. persisted in the famesi-The New
York papers mention tina. Mr.. Joseph.
Sanford died in his seat on Sunday
morning the 9th inst. during divine SER.
vice, at the Methodist church ia Green
street. The cause was supposed to be
disease Of the heart.-And, on the
evening of the same day, the Harris
burg, Pa. IntelGgencer states, Mr.. Run
sha, member Of the House of Repre-
senta,ives from Cumberland county, in
walking from his boarding house to the
capitol. fell down dead, opposite the
land office. MIR. B. had been in bad
state of health for some time, but had
been for week past as we'll as usual.
and partook of a hearty supper few
minutes before his sudden death.-ln
reference to the fourth coming life of
Mr.. Van Buren,, by Col. Crockett, the
Louisville Journal says-We shall see,
whether the Tennesseean is as good at
tracking fox as he is at hunting bears.
"A Pittsburg paper ofFeb. ii. says,
it is reported, that stage driver on
the norther route, was frozen on his box
on Sunday night last; fell CT while the
horses went on--he was found dead on
the read.-A Philadelphia paper says
that the fishermen OF Barnegat Bay.
caught on Tuesday or Wednesday last,
one hundred and twenty thousand
pounds ofrock fish and perch; twenty
thousand pounds being taken at one
haul.--The Kentucky Gazette com.
mencea its 5oth year shor, time since,
at WHICH time it mentioned the names
Of ten Subscribers, who had taken the
paper for forty-ai,se years, and had
never been indebted to it one cent?
PosT oEFIcE DEPARTMENT.-Ihe
bill for .re.organizing the post Office
department, which has been under dis
cussion several weeks, passed the ssn-
ate on the 9th, by an unanimous vote.
We are indebted to the correspondent
of the u. S. Gazette for a synopsis Of.
its contents, from which we gather the
following particulars
Sec. /. Appoints commissioner Of
the general post office, ( by the .presi.
dent and senate,) to superintend the
collection of all debts, and pay them
into the treasury, to audit the accounts
Of the postmaster general, &c. and fix
es the sallery at $4,000.
Sec. 2. Provides tina. the solicitor of
the treasury, shall receive from the
certified copies of ac-
counts of debtors, and cause suits to
be commenced, making quarterly re-
turns.
Sec. S. Provides, that on the Lob
Of March next, the postmaster general
shall deliver over TO the commissioner,
all books containing the accounts Of
the post Office, and all papers relating
thereto, and statements of all sums |
due, sc. and on the same day shall
deliver to the solicitor all delinquent
accounts for suit. /
Sec. f. Directs every postmaster, at |
he end OF every three months, to rem
der an account to the commissioner,
and pay ever the balance as the com.
missioner may direct. Neglect for one
month after the quarter, renders the
postmaster liable to forfeiture of double
he amount of the postage received in
,is Office for one quarter. Neglect for
wo successive quarters, to furnish such
account, to be punished by forthwith
dismissal.
Sec. 8. Postmasters, where The nett
proceeds of the office are $1,000