South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-02-28
present Administration, and Of Judge
WHITE as the successor to the Preslden-

From the Nat. Int. OF Feb. 20
Extracts of q Letter from a respectable
gentleman, an inhabitant of the State
ofNew York. now in Paris, to Mem
Der of Congress. dated Paris, January
is, 1885.
"There has been much excitement
since the receipt of the document,( Pre-
sident's Message,) and some anxiety
has been felt for the issue. The
French admit the business of our claim,
and the facts of the message are not de-
MED ; but the spirit in which they are
set forth, and the language employed
by the Executive, are, unfortunately,
regarded as offensive and insulting to
France, to a degree that should forbid
q further discussion of the matter"
"The best opinion ! can give you is
derived from quarter entitled to re-
card. The French Government will
do nothing further to liquidate the debt,
until il be seen whether Congress sus.
tain the President in what the French
understand to be the position assumed.
If Congress do not concur in the mess
age, the difficulty will be settled by a
prompt payment of the claim. Tha,
this is the ground to be taken here, l
am assured by gentlemen who have it
from members of the legislative bo.
dies"
o. The Richmond Compiler of
Wednesday of last week says-"We
hear of a distressing affair, which occurs
red lately in Nottoway county. DR..
Grisham and DR.. Jackson had some al
tercation on the subject of the political
movements of the day, when the former
shot the latter through the body, ofwhich
wound he died in few minutes. We
cannot detail the particulars with pre-
cision."
~ The New York Star mentions
that the Rev. o. B. Brown has retired
from office with fortune of 100000.
O. The U. S. Gazette thinks that
if Lawrences attack on the President is
not sufficient proof of the deraDged state
of his mind, the assertion of his belefthat
Mr.. Benton would make a good Presi-
dent, should be deemed conclusive.
GF On the 9Th inst. in Frankfort,
Nv. JOHN U. WARINa shot S. @. RICH
ARpsoN. Mr.. R. fell and fingered until the
next day when he expired. On the pre-
vious day, in Lexington, same state, AL.
exander S. Green, of Georgia, killed
Ralph B. Mattingly.
O. A petition is before the Massa.
chusetts Legislature, praying for remu-
neration for the burning of the Ursaline
Convent.
~ Alton has received the highest
number of votes for the seat of govern
ment of the State of Illinois.
~ The last Stanton Spectator
declars its preference for Gen. HARRISON,
as candidate for the Presidency. The
General appears to be making little
Roadway in some quarters.
p Our relations with France, have
produced to the north 10 per cent.
changein the price of Brandy, Indigo, &c.
o. On Sabbath morning last, our
attention was directed to the condition
of the fencing around the Burial Ground
ofour village. A considerable portion of
it is PROSTATE; the ground is made a
commons by the quadrupeds ofour village,
and it's condition presents truly morti-
flying circumstance, and demands imme-
diate attention. We hope, those whose
province it is to act first in such cases,
will make move in this matter.
Ma. HARPER BY hand.bill is.
sued from your Press Tuesday evening,
War with France probably cannot now
be aver,ed. OF all the evils which
could befall this now happy people, I'm.
der existing circumstances, War, with
any nation, is most TO be dreaded mot
on account of the injury the beIlige.
rents might do each other, but on &C.
count of the political institution of our
own country. Our present Chief Mag
istrate has, whenever an opportunity
offered, shown disposition TO sieze
upon powers not cons.itutionally be-
longing to his department-and this,
every intelligent maa in the Nation
must have seen !; and every attempt on
the part of those who wished to pre-.
serve each department in lis appropri-
ate sphere, and repress despotic aspi.
raiions, have been denounced by the
Presses supporting the Executive de.
pertinent, and every unfair means re-
soxtad ~ which mioht tend IN hYino