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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
NJ The editor of this paper, is abse1
at present. and will be for week or two

T We learn from the WilliamspctS
Banner, that the Board of Directors Vi
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal CompaS
nv have reduced the rate of toll charged
on Wheat and Flour to ONE AND A Hall
cents per ton per mile (; the reduced tar,
if to take effect on the FIRST DAY OF
July NEXT. The toll on Lime is reduc
ed to ONE THIRD OF CENT per ton pei
mile, and other alterations advantagcou
to the trade have been made, and tina
the new tariff has received the sanction
of the Maryland Commissioners
The same paper informs us, that th
breach in the Canal below Shepherds
town, would be repaired SO as to perm.
boats to pass on Monday last.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
From the Williamsport Banner.

From the Williamsport Banner.
A letter Of Martin Beatty, Jackson
member of The late Congress from Ken.
,acky, is now goingthe rounds, to show
that Mr.. Van Buren, has pledged him.
seIfto sustain the policy or system of
Internal Improvements on the Western
'oaters, &c. Some friend Of Mr.. Van
Buren, assured Gen. Upton Of the Sem
ale, and others, Of this fact and Gen.
Upton had repeated it TO Mr.. Beatty,
with whom the conversation was not
confidential, but freely spoken of to
many members Of Congress and other
gentlemen.
Thus Mr.. Van Buren,, to gain the
vote ofthe West, is endeavoring to Gre
ale belief IN that quarter that he, if
elected President, will prosecute the
system ofInternal Improvements there.
10 the language Of Gen. Upton, "oo
candidate could stand up in the West
who was opposed TO that policy"
This hollow-hearted profession is in.
tended for effect, and will probably be
productive of its design to some extent.
ii ought not TO weigh feather, as il
will not, with men who have been
taught by experience the value of such
feigned pre,ences. During the first
candidalures OF Gen. Jackson for the
Presidency, his friends likewise pro-
claimed ham the advocate Of Internal
Improvements and the Tariff; and he
sanctioned such representation in di-
vers ways. Yet he was not long in
the station where his duplicity assisted
TO place him, before he tegan his war
of extermina,ion upon these formerly
cherished policies and hopes of the A.
merican people; and a, length his off.
cial organ ascribes glory to him for
having put down and destroyed the
system. Now MIR. Van Buren,, whose
own influence too in this work OF des-
Iruction is not to be doubted, is begin.
ming to practice similar ruse upon a
portion Of the people, whose sectional
interests may lead them, in an evil hour,
10 place confidence in assurances which
will never be fulfilled.
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parts are 10 be baihed, several times Q
day. The decoe,ion should not be
used ill it has become perfectly cold.
10 bad ulcers Of the leg, the most salts
fciory results have been repeatedly
realized from this simple preparation.
Medical Journal.
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THE TINES.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20.


Speculalions in Stocks and real
property is more general and extrava.
giant than it has been before, for many
years, in all our principal cities. A
gambling spirit is apt to prove epide.
mic, and becomes violent 10 proportion
to its spread. Ii seizes on men in all
sorts of circumstances, diveriing them
from the regular pursuits and hopes Of
industry, and stimulating them to risk S
by which their minds are kept 10 ex.
treme agitation and all their means ex.
posed to sudden and ruinous ycissi.
tudes. We are told by intelligent gen.
tlemen who have been lockers on, OF
late, at Boston, New York, and in our
own city, that muliitudes are now pro-
minent and desperate dealers in the
stock and other speculation markets, of
classes and ages, callings and positions
in life that formerly were never seen
nor expected, and themselves never
thought of acting, in such scenes
Small tradesmen, shopkeepers, clerks
of all degrees, operatives Of town and
country, members of the learned pro-
LESSONS, students in the Offices, begin-
ners in the world without capital or
with little, all frequent the exchanges
and the auctlon-grounds to try their
fortunes as with the lotteries. They
chase bubbles not less intently than
those who have leisure and money TO
spare. We scarcely need add thai
this difiusive excitement, subject as il,
is to rumors and various chances of the
day or hour, is unfavorable 10 produce
tive industry, to steady habits and sure
aims, and to morals which are always
more or less in danger when hazard
wheis cupidity, governs action and de.
teim'nes fate in a general whirl of spi
rits and thoughls.-Nat. Gaz.
1t is probable that the banking capital
of the several States has been increased
not less than FIFTY or SIXTY MILLIONS,
since it was determined that the Bank of
the United States should be put down.
The next year will add great deal to
this amount. ifthere be not ''blow up"
in the mean time !--lNiles' Reg.
Ten times the amount of foreign capt.
tai has been introduced into the United
States, that was invested in the Bank of
the United States at The time of the veto
and more than ten times that amount
had been introduced before. We do not
complain of that. Capital is wanted in
new and rapidly growing county,
Pennsylvania us SOLD TO THE Bn1r>
tsH," as Washington city sto the DUToH
but the aIoney # rightly expended was
rightfully borrowed. In New York there
are very large investments Of English
capital; one of the OPPOSITE banks be-
longs, "body and breechess" to a''most
noble marquis"--except about suffieien-
cy to form board of directors. This
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

Brief, bat TO The Parposs.--The fol-
lowing is from she Hoaesdale Herald,
Of Tkursday last: "We want some
CASH, and must have ii or starve."
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

FRurT. There are different opinions.
among the scientific and the unlearned,
with regard to the prospect of fruit the
present season. Some will have it that
all the fruits of the peach kind are killed,
and the apple, plum and cherry consider
ably injured. Others maintain that all
the fruits are injured in the bud, bat that
there will be some peaches, and fair crops
of all others. Persons on whose iudg-
ment we rely, think that in low grounds
there will be failure, but in elevated &
billy situations abundant fruit crops.
Har. Chronicle.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

SINGULAR RELIGIOUS SocIETY.-The
following account of a singular religious
society among the Kickapoos. is from
the Annual Register of Indian affairs,
within the Indian (Western} Territory,
a work edited by the Rev. Isaac Mccoy,
Baptist missionary in that region.
"Kalukuk, who is a Chief and the
prophet of the Kickapoos, is profess.
ed preacher of an order which he him.
self originated some years ago. His
adherents are about four hundred in
number.-I would here Just remark /,
(relative to this heathen) for the infor-
nation of those Christians who vend
and use liquor, that she teaches alb.
stinence from the use Of ardent spirit"
He holds congregational worship ev.
cry day, which continues from one to
three hours. cit consists of kind OF
prayer, expressed in broken sentences,
often repeated in sort Of sing.song
tone, equalling about two measures OF
a common psalm tune. All, in unison,
engage in this and in order to pre-
serve harmony in words, each holds
in his or her hand small board about
an inch and half broad, and eight or
ten inches long, upon which is en-.
graved arbitrary characters which they
follow up with the finger until the last
character admonisbes them that they
have completed the prayers" They
submit to the scourgiog of the rod as
an attonement for their SINS"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

ie all well. ana we see at new Ioih q
loan is authorized oftwo millions and
half Of dollars to bring in the Croton rlv-
err. which is to be raised in Europe; and
we say that this is well, also. Louisiana
is said to have banking capital of So
600 900 dollars; Fifteen millions incor-
porated since the last year, large part
of which is foreign. We have no horror
ofFoREIGN CAPITAL if subjected TO A.
merican management. lib.
From the Cope of Good Hope
Captain Felt, Of The Derby, at Salem,
brings information that one of the
Caflree Chiefs had commenced SAN
culinary war on the Colonists, murder
ed many Of the Farmers, burnt their
houses, carried off their cattle, &c.
The Governor at Cape Town, des-
patched Colonel Smith with detach"
ments Of troops TO Graham Town, and
in January he was mastering all the
force he could collect, English and
Hottentots, to meet the enemy. The
inhabitants at Cape Town were raising
funds for the relief Of the distressed
colonists.
An interesting chronological devsl'
opment.--The phrenologis,s are in clo-
yer in Philadelphia. Two "profess-
ors" are giving lectures and manipula-
ting sconces at an amazing rate, and
the Philadelphians are nearly all found
to possess an extra organ, or, as it
were, semi.organ, being half bump
appropriated specially TO punning.-
The Gazette and Intelligencer hos q
capital illustration Of the science and
sagacity of these genealogical gentle
men. "a friend of ours" says the
editor, "presen,ed his Uranium to the
professors and asked them to read bis
character. They alighted with eager
ness upon vast protuberance, and
told him that acquisltiveness was high.
Iy developed. No, said the gentle.
man, you mistake, tina. is the bump OIL
pump handls.iveness. In my boy
hood | broke my head against pump
handle, and the result is the protuber,
ance you have discovered.-N York
Courier.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

Ii was perfectly natural, that the SUBJ
ject which eDgrossed ell his thoughts
by day, should be dancing through his
uncurbed imagination by night, and il
so happened that on one occasion, hav-
ing fallen into slumber with all the
shafts and wheels of his mill whiripg
in his mind with the completely Of
Ezekiel's vision, he dreamed Of the alb.
sence Of an essential band upon one Of
the wheels. The dream was fresh in
his mind on the folio wing morning, and
repairing bright and early to his work,
he in an instant detected the defcien.
cy! The revelation was true, and in
few hours afterwards, the machinery
was in full and successful operalon.--
Such is one feature in the history Of A.
merican manufactures. The machin-
list has since led an active and useful
life-sus,aining in all the relations OF
society an unblemsbed equation.
Abolition Of Slavery.--We learn
from the Taunton Reporter that an ex-
element has existed in tina, town, origi-
mating in the recent lectures of the im.
mediate emancipation OF slavery in our
Southern States. Public meetings were
held for the discussion of the question,
whether it was constitutional, legal, or
expedient, to form society in Taun.
ton, auxiliary to the New England
Anti Slavery Society, and whether the
religious, moral, and social condition
of the blacks could not be accomplish
ed by other and better means than by
immediate abolition, &c. At meet,
ing on Monday evening, at the Town
Hall, ffom 500 to 700 persons of both
sexes were present, and the debate as
continued with much spiri, until near.
" Ii O'Clock, and finally resulted in
the almost unanimous resolution, ex-
pressing, as The sense Of the meeting,
the inexpediency of forming an Ants
Slavery Society in Taunton.-N. B.
Mercury.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

The New York Commercial Adverti-
ser, in the following tribute to the memo
ny of valuable citizen. recently deceas-
ed, introduces an incident at once curious
and interesting.
DEATH OF SAMUEL SLATER.
The Rhode. Island papers announce
the death, on Monday last, of SAMUEL
SLATER, Esq.-iong known as one OF
the most en,erprising and respected cit
liens of that State, and as the father OF
the cotton manufacturing business in
this country. The first cotton mill
built in the United States, was erected
by him, in Pawtucket, and was yet in
operation at the time Of our last visit.
There is curious anecdote, connected
with the original machinery of this fac
tory, which, as il is strictly true, we
will relate for the edi6caton Of Doc
tors Abercrombie and Macnisb, and
other * quirers into the philosophy OF
dreams. Mr.. Slater was an ingenious
machinist, and all the machinery was
constructed under his immediate direc.
lion. OF course, in the earliest infan.
cy of the business, end before the ma
chinery to be constructed was itself
thoroughly understood, or the means
for making il as ample as could have
been desired, impeffections to greater
or less extent were 20 be anticipated.
Al length. however, the work was com
piete, and high we've the hopes of the
urtist and his employers. All was rea.
dy, but the machinery would no, move
--or at leas. it would not move as in
teuded, OF TO any purpose. The dis
appointment was great, and the nov
deceased meciianist was in great per.
plexily.-Day after day, did he iaboI
10 discover, that he might remedy iht
defect--bat in vaih. But what hs
couid rot discover waking, was reveai
ed to him ia his sleep.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. &c

Our city is now thronged with dele
gates to the General Association of Vlr-
ginia, to the Baptist Triennial Conven-
Iion, and to the American Baptist Home
Mission Society. Many distinguished
divines ofthe Baptist Church are in at
iendance--among them. DR.. Cox and Mr..
Hoby of Eng gland. Most ofthe churches
of the City have been given up on the oc.
casion, and ON Sunday there was preach
ing in them to large assemblages.--Rich.
Com. April 90.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
For the Intelligencer.


MR. HARPER: 1t is altogether in,-
material whether Judge White was
brought into the candidature directly
by Mr.. Speaker Bell, or indirectly by
Messrs. Kendall and Van Buren-the
effect upon the several parties is pgs.
cisely the same. 1t strengthens Yaa
Burenism, Weakens C!ayism, s. blows
up Calhounism in the East, in the
West, and in the South. To expec.
the election OF Judge White, under a.
ny circumstances, shows but very little
knowledge of the impressibilily of the
different degrees of intelligence among
the people. We often complain of
want ofintelligence among them, but
really we ought to complain much more
OF want OF it among our own leaders
or rather dictators. The State of Viz.
ginia will as certainly reject Judge
White as will the state OF New York.
But so we 60, the mere dupes of Van
Buren, ! Under the present circumstan-
ces there is no avoiding an entire blow
up, and Van Buren, sees it. The whole
machinery works well, though Judge
White may be entirely unconscious OF
the Effect really TO be produced. The
people passed by unheeded the preten'
sions Of Mclean, Harrison, Leigh & 9TH
els but this new candidate has thrown
them into confusion, and the result no
man who reflects, can fail TO anticipate.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
ST. LOUIS, April 81.

Missouri Mining Company.-We
have understood that this company
have already raised about z to 500, 900
pounds of Mineral, and will, in ell
probability, have received, by the frs.
of January, 1886, upwarps of two
millions Of pounds. They have alrea.
dy smelted about $1,000 lbs. and it
has yielded greater per centage than
any mineral that we have ever heard
of. The lead runs fiom South to
North arly.three-fourths Of a mile
is about two feet wide, and 10 one Of
the diggings they have gone down Sc
venty feet, and have found its magni-
tude the same, and the quality greatly
superior to that which was found near
the surface. Ii is about go miles from
St. Louis, on the north side Of the
Merrimack ri river, which Sums
through the section. The mineral is
found on beth sides of the river. One
of our citizens is concerned in the Mis-
souri, Mining Company, and several
otheis are engaged at the other "dig-
giags" 10 the same neighborhood.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
RHODE ISLAND.

The Providence Journal gives thu
names and political designations of thu
representatives recently elected in tina
State. They stand thus
WHIGs 81
TORIES IS
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

Robbery.--A young man of this
county, who imprujently exposed the
contents Of his pocket book in the pre-
sence Of strangers, in one ofour pub
lie houses, was robbed ofupwards OF
5000 on the Dighi of Friday the l7lh
alt. whilst asleep in his chamber. No
traces Of the robbers, for il appears
there were two of them, have yet been
discovered.- Frederseksown Herald.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

The subjoined, from the Urbanna Re-
cord, is the latest information we have
from the scat ofthe controversy, and APP
parently impending conflict. between the
authorities Of ONO and MICHIGAN. We
are sorry to find matters are proceeding
to such extremities between the From
tier's-men.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09
Wing majority,

II adds-"The result of the investiga :
ton has been, that Gov. Francis has 100
votes more than Gov. Knight, and SO ma
jority over scattering votes and all. Our
opinion is that majority Of the Wing
Senate is elected, has been confirmed !:
though, as there is no RECORD kept, in
many of the towns, of the votes cast for
the respective candidates for Senators,
the fact cannot be determined till the
votes are counted in grand committee"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

49, w SoPy s"e eAASNSA PoAoS uPh
from the Hagerstown Torch Light of
last week
In looking over some old statistical ia.
bles the other day, we were utterly az
tonished at the alarming character of
fact which we do not recollect having, as
yet, attracted any considerable amount
of attention. We allude to the fact of
the military expenses ofour government
having run up. from Sc ,943 1888 10, in
1881, to Sl3 ,o96. l52 43, in 1888, the last
year for which we have complete esti-
mates. making an increase Of more than
Six MILLIONS OF DoLLARs, in this one
branch of government expenditure, in one
single year, and that branch too the MILL
TARy arm of the government, now ads
ministered by MILITARY man.! We
make no comment. The fact speaks fer
itself. But we will ask, Are the people
blind9 Will they not look-dare they
not look impending and inevitable ruin in
the facet Ifthey have not the energy
or the courage to resist it, while yet they
may, they should at least summon up
philosophy enough to scan its approach
and measure its advancing steps.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-26
VOL. VI.

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The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-26

AMERICAN CoFFEE.-Ith has been estirna- ted that the annual consumption of coffee in the United States, is not less than 80,000- 900 lbs. Now, supposing that the average prico is l2 l-2c. per ID. this quantity cost Slo.o00.o00.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-26
REMARKS

Di Col. 4. FOWLER, at a public meeting held at Little Rock, A. T., on Saturday, the 18th inst. for the purpose of consi- dering the expediency of bringing Arkan- sas into the Union, at the earliest possi-
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-19
$50 REW
sTop TrxE HORSE TrTrrr

z ME above reward will be given by the B subscriber, for the apprehension of GEORGE ". JOHNSON, committed to jail for horse stealing, who this day broke custody.
 George " ". Johnson is blacksmith by trade; takes his liquor freely; talks of his property in other places, more particularly when in his cups and to strangers. He is about 5 feet l0a inches highi square made; between 30 or B years of age; rather incli- ned to be of sandy complexion when his beard is long, but, when shaved close, more inclined to fair; his face rather inclined to
 wrinkle; blue eyes; straight brown hair.-- Had on, when he broke custody, q snuff or
 olive colored box coat; jean pantaloons; a
 Marseilles vest; gingham shirt, and pair
 of common shoes. He lost his hat in his l flight, in which was found three hundred and 1 fifty dollars, supposed to be counterJea. It 1 is believed that he has friends who will as- sist him in getting of-but it is confidently
 hoped that all good citizens and friends to
 their country will aid in securing him, so that 1 he may be punished according to the laws of
 the country. s. M. MASON, Sbeyff Qf Johnson county.
 Spadra Bluff, May %, 1s35.--9-3w
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-19

According to the statement given in the St. Louis Republican, we made slight nis- take ill our last, with respect to the doings of the Humbug Convention. Johnson had a majority of 98 votes over Riyes.
 We observe that Gayton P. 0sgood was there, as Delegate from Massachusetts. We were brought up in the district where he lives. He was elected to Congress at the last election but one, on account ofa division in the opposition ranks-and was tumbled |unceremoniously out at the last election. He is in lean minority in his district-and ought, of course, to have been elected Dele gate.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-19

The proclamation of Gov. Fulton, appor- tioning the Representatives ill our next Le- gislature, has been published in the Gazette. There are assigned to Washington county, 5 members; Lawrence and Greene, 3; Carroll l; Izard l; Independence 2; Crawford and Scott, ?; Jackson, St. Francis and Monroe. ,; Pope l; Johnson, 1; Van Buren and Con- way, | Pulaski, ?; Jefferson, ]; Hemp stead, ?; Clark and Hot Spring, I; Arkansas and Union, ?; scyier and Pike, l; Miller, l. Lafayette, l; Chicot, l; Crittenden and Mis- sissippi, l; and Phillips, 1. In all B Re- presentatives, being the whole number au- thorised by law.
The Arkansas advocate., 1835-06-19
AUGUST ELECTION. 1885

(EIrIf we have accidentally omitted in the following any name which has been laid be- fore the public, we will thankfully receive in- formation of the fact, as we wish the list to be complete.
 PosTMAsTERs will confer particular favor by transmitting the names of those who may 1 consent to become candidates.
 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Contgay-K. J. Blount, Amos Kuyken- dalI
 Cra,g}ord-William Whitson, R. c. s. Brown.
 Lyard-John P. Houston. Jotn8on-John ". Patrick. .Honroe-Isaac Taylor. {'ike-John Hughes. Pope-Thomas Murray, John Williamson. PulaSki-s5amuel D. Blackburn, Charles Caldwell, Allen Martin,
 St. Fralcis-C. H. Alexander.
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .49.kGasas-Jesse Condrin. Conaoay-B. B. Ball.
 Craaetord-B. II. Martin, Jesse Turner, James Logan, Andrew Morton. Hempstead-James Walker. Johnson--John B. $. Ewing. P0taski-Absalom Fowler, A. s. Walker, David Rorer, r. A. McWilliams, John Smith, John Hut, James Sanders, Essex Sterett.
 Washmgton-A. Whinnery, F. Dunn.
 SHERIFF. .4rkanSas County--E. W. Johnson, Crawford Couaty-George M. Aldredge.