South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-11-14


Ifihis statement be correct, here is
new subject for the exertions OF phi
lanthrcpists. Opium eating is the
worst species Of intemperance.-Rsp
Here's q man to be pittied.
A poor disconsolate husband whose
wife has runaway with Thomas Dan.
iels, Of Ohio, carrying off his fowling
piece, and three hundred and fifty dol
lars in cash. Only listen 10 his sus-
picions at is FIRM belief, that the
villain employed some secret charm,
philtre, or love powder, to procure
the accomplishment of his Internal
schemes. Post.
MIcHraAN.-The case OF Mr.. Fetch
er, SO long confined 10 jail at Monroe,
has at length been disposed Of Mr.
F. plead not guilty, aud was acquitted
| by jury of the Territory. The o
theirs, except in one instance, were dis
missed without trial. The elections
for Lucas county proceeded without
interruption the polls we're opened
very pruden,ly at Monroe, not at To.
ledo. The result shows these Tole.
doites to be of the Van Buren, faith.-
| Lebanon O. Star.
By large majority bill has passed
the House Of Representatives Of Mas
sachasetts, providing that every inhab-
liant Of the State, aged 81 years, Of
good moral character, shall be admit
ted 10 practice in any court, on filing
with the clerk written notice of his
intention so to practice, accompanied
with satisfactory proofs TO the Court
that he is Of the requisite age g. char.
acter. -
Extract of letter to gentleman in this
place, dated
| WAsHtNaroN CITr, Nov. 5, 1885.
The Canal Directors determined, this
morning, to locate the Canal on the Low
Level, at Cumberland. A few days back
they referred it to the Stockholders.
| The Stockholders had meeting yester-
day, and sent the matter back to the Di-
rectors, refusing to give any instruc-
tions and this morning they adopted
the low level-Messrs. Albert and jan
ney dissenting.
TT is understood that the Engineers
have been directed to be prepared for
| letting on or about the LIST of December
next. l-Cumb. Civ. Nov. 10.
The late SAipwreck.-The last inteIIi-
gence from Europe brings accounts Of
one Of the most appalling shipwrecks
on record. 1t is that Of the convict
ship George I'LL, April 18th, in the e.
vening, at Van Dieman's Land in
D'Entrecastsaux's channel. near Ho.
bart's town. The Moon was shining
bright and the water smooth as glass,
when the vessel suddenly struck on
rock In four fathoms. Tie swell 10
six minutes broke her entirely to
pieces. The scene was most terrific |;
The falling Of the masts, the agonizing
cries Of the convicts confined below the
matches, up to their necks 10 water, the
soldiers on board pointing down their
muskets to prevent the poor wtetches
from coming on deck, till the swell broke
them loose from their continementj and
all was scene OF horrid confusion.-
The major, surgeon, aud other officers,
and the captain Of the ship behaved
with the greatest humanity and brave
ry. A portion went ashore in the
launch, aud the next morning a schoo-
ner came along side and took of The
others. The heroism of the soldiers
wives, with infants in their arms, was
remarkable. Sixty poor creatures were
sick below with scurvy and drowned.
The doctor attributes the sickness to
bad provisions and the substitution Of
cocoa for oaimeal-the first experi-
ment Of the kind made. There were
204 souls on board and 134 persisted,
Of which 1873 were prisoners. The
unfeeling custom which the British
criminal law enforces of sending crow
ded ships Of conyicts on such remote
and dangerous voyages, would, We
should imagine, on the sco:s % human
ity alone, be abandoned after so hor.
rid an exempli6cation Of its atrocity.
From the Circleville (Ohio) Herald,
October 81.
PREMIUM RN.-The premium
was awarded TO Mr.. Asahal Renick,
by the Agricultural Society of Plcka-