South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-06-11
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SATURDAY. JUNE II. 1886.

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SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1886.
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General Macomb recommends an in
crease of the army to 20, 900 men.
An imposter has been reaping silver
harvest in Virginia by saying that he was
appointed to collect Subscriptions for the
rebuilding OF the Methodist Book Con-
Germ lately burnt down in New York.
Geo. Met.
A company of young men is about to
start from Kanawha, Va, for Texas.
Peter M'Cullock, in q fit of derange-
ment, killed his wife on the 18th inst. in
the neighborhood of Chalk Level, Pitt
sylvania county, this state.
MONUMENT TO Com. PERRY.--The in.
habitants of Buffalo, N. Y, with a mu-
nifcence that does honor to the far fam
ed Queen of the Lakes, have resolved
to build monument to the memory of
that gallant naval hero, Com. OLIVER
HAZARD PERRY. The monument il to
be 100 feet high ,surmounted by collos
sal statue of the Commodore, Is feet in
height. The Pedestal OF the Monument
will be 80 feet square, and will be orna-
mented with bas-relievos, representing
some of the most celebrated achieve
ments of him whose memory the monu-
ment IS intended to perpetuate. 1t is to
be built OF American marble, by two are
lists from the city of New York, and will
cost S75 ,000.--Mart, G,z.
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PRESENTING A CONSTITUTION The
Grand Jury OF Frederick county, Md,
at It's late session, presented the Constr
tuition OF the State OF Maryland, as beng,
from its unequal distribution OF political
power, great annoyance to the citizens
over whom Its sway is exerted. -Ib.,
More EMlGRANTs.--202l emigrants
arrived in New York on Sunday from Lii
verpool, and Al from Hamburg-ln all
2U65!
Europe is literally emptying herself
upon us--in short lime they will not
have q pauper left. sac
The Philadelphia Herald states that
an agency has been established in New
York by the U. S. Bank, for the pur-
chase and sale of Foreign and Domestic
Exchange, where from three to i've NIL
hons VIII be employed.
Public fraud and priuate Oppression,
The following letter, from respecta.
BILE citizen of the Western country to his
friend in Congress. discloses new spe-
cies of fraud in regard to that greatest Of
all objects of fraud in this country, the
Public Domain and also adver;s to one
of the many evils inflicted on the homes,
hamburger of the West, as well as on
the business community every W here, by
the deranged state of the currency and
the odious system of bank favoritism
which are the natural fruits of the un.
fortunate sExpERIMRNr' of the Execu.
tive:
MAY II. 1886.
DEAR SIR: In tour to the West
lately, | heard Of new mode Of spec
ulating on the Government lands.
A spectator hires poor men (ano
the poorer the better,) to squa, upor
unsurveyed lands, or those not in tn,
! market, under pledge that the squat
ter shall perfect his presumption RICH
the SPECTATOR advancing the pur
chase money and paying the squattel
in money or granting him portion o
the land. In the particular case OF 8
SPECTATOR here, he sends on families
undertaking TO give them one quarter
of each parcel Of which the Govern
! nent is thus TO be plundered.
Ia this State the public lands are
fast melting away before the march,
not Of the settler, but of Eastern CAPT
talists. The lands are considered
worth, instanter, upon the entry, from
three TO six, and even ten dollars the
acre.
The recent arrangements as TO sLand
office money" work extremely well 70,
the spectators. The man who has
500 TO buy farm with, may and
does often travel week with his
Cleveland or Warren money, or some
other OF equal quality, TO exchange il
for something the Receiver will take
while the man who would brig hi
Il not A. L L :. a