South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-07-25

senete, in the place of Gov. Poinoexter'
MA meeting in favor OF VIM. ii
Harrison of Ohio, for the Presidency, Is
- bo hold in Stanton, on the 9th inst.
NJ As we have been requested, we
will publish s'the Biography of HuGH L.
WHITE" in our next number.
s@
NJ The report of the nomination OF
MIR. fancy to succeed Chief Justice
Marshall. mentioned in our last number,
was. it appears, premature.
rIt is proposed by the Richmond
Wing that Delegates from each County
or Congressional district meet at the
white Sulphur Springs, the goth of Au-
gust next, for the purpose of coNFERING
ON the subject of the candidacy for the
next Presidency. We think the running
CT more tHdu Oue Canuiuueo va tii0 P"is
Of the opposition would be impolitic. If
MIR. Van Buren, is to be beaten, it must
be done at the polls, and not in the
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,. Should
we be encountered with two or three
candidates the result may be very readl-
" and very certainly anticipated.
NF It will be seen by accounts
on the opposite page, that the City Of
Philadelphia has again been disgraced
by mobs. Alas! have we ''too much lib
erty :" or what is the cause of the rapid
deterioration oforder and moral feeling
of the growth offolly and of crime--in
our country? The prospect for the future
is sickening to the heart of the real patri'
ot.--Rep.
gr The schooner Crescent, for AL
bany, from Quebec, was run foul of by
the brig Baltic, on the 18th inst. fifty
miles east from Block Island, and melan-
choly to relate seven persons sunk with
the vessel.
An7e,rre1AI SpeSE--An English pa.
per states that system of making stone
from composition oflime, gravel, &c,
is now in successful operation at Lytham.
The process ofmaking, facing, and pol
ishing stone of five hundred weight,
after the materials are prepared, does
not occupy more than twenty minutes. 1t
is rather soft at first, and requires some
time to harden before it can be safely
placed in the building--but it hardens
with time, until it is in state of petri-
faction. This artificial stone has already
come into general use at Brighton, and
some very large buildings in London,
are now being constructed with it,
Chamb. Wing.
GA Moving Machine is exhibi.
ted in New York, which weighs ton, &
is moved by two horses. 1t is said to be
capable of moving ten acres day, the
mower riding upon the machine. 1t
was invented in England, but the labor
ers there made war upon it, and would
never permit it to be used in peace.--Ib.
QT The locomotives on the Boston and
Worcester Rail Road, can travel at the
rate of l76 miles day. with full loads.
Major NOAH says Brandy and water,
and segars-a fast trotting horse-a peck.
ct book with bank notes. gaming, and late
hours, --are the rocks on which are ship
wrecked many bright hopes and alluring
prospects--the fond anticipations of good
parents, and the realization of anxiously
desired blessings.
CO II is stated that such is the state
of controversy among the Printers in
Washington City, that individuals have,
for some time past, carried pistols for
self protection.
o. Our brother of the Lynchburg
Democrat is somewhat in error in charg-
ing FEDERALISM upon us-unless oppo-
sitien to the misrule of the existing ad.
ministration and our admiration of the
statesman like course of Henry Clay con-
stitutes it. If this is FEDERALISM we
plead guilty, and glory in our guilt. We
do not admire Van Buren--but we do