South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-10-29

| for The hostile Indians during the via
ter, which would have enabled them
greatly 10 annoy our outposts and the
settlements Of Detroit. In war, moth
ing is more common than the destruc>
ton of the houses, even Of our friends,
where they can be used to advantage
by the enemy. Thus Gen. Jackson
very properly destroyed ell the houses
Of American citizens in the front OF his
lines near New Orleans. No General
I who does not do so, where the necessi-
ty occurs, would deserve TO have an
army entrusted to him.
I will add, tina, there were no pro
oisions or stores Of any kind in the
town, as they had all been consumed
by the British troops and Indians, nor
was there barrel OF -four, belonging
to our army, within fifty miles. The
story, therefore, of the Moravians being
supplied by Com. Perry, is wilful
fabrication. am, respectfully, &e.
WIN. H. HARRISON.
The most remarkable transaction in
this whole campaign is, that Gen. Harri-
son, the Wing candidate for the Presi-
deney, should have been beaten in his
own county. Richmond Enquirer.
We have heard offalsehoods which
lookpd like truth, and Of truth that
looked like falsehood. If the above
paragraph come not exactly within eli.
Their of these classes, il strikes Us as
very near akin 10 the latter Of them
Gen. HARRISON resides in the city Of
Cincinnati, in which the Harrison CEN
didate received majority of 1868
votes. II the editor Of the Enquirer
were a candidate for the Presidency
land things quite as improbable have
happend in our time) should we no,
regard his strength in The city Of Rich
mond as the true test of his standing
with his neighbors, rather than his pop
ularity in the adjacent county If be
shall ever carry thousand majority in
Richmond, I'VE will say that he deserved
the county also, and shall hold such q
majority of bis immediate nelghbors
more honorable to him than a unani-
mous vote in the county Of Henrieo,
without it.-Ndt. Int.
A cargo Of some eight or ten thou
sand bushels of wheat has arrived in
Georgetown, D. c., from Rotterdam.
1t costs, We understand, delivered Ia
Georgetown, one dollar and twenty.
sig cents }! At tina, rate, flour could
be furnished at eigh. dollars, or it,
tie less, per barrel. The prof! on the
importation must be immense. Wheat
could be brought from the Mediterra-
mean ct lower rate. We see by The
last London accounts tina. fifty thou
sand quarters are about being shipped
to this country.-Wash. Tel.
The National Intelligencer is almost
uniformly a mail behind the other WASH
'ington papers in reaching this place.
One of the subscribers to that paper re-
quests US TO call the attention ofthe edi-
tors to the fact in the hope that if it be
in their power, the complaint may be re-
medied. Staunton Spectator, Oct. 20.
This is frequently the case here, and
we should like to have it remedied. -
ED. Ky.
o. A Vicksburg paper estimates
the present crop of Cotton of Mississippi,
at one hundred millions Of pounds, or
from Is to Is millions Of dollars
The Cotton crop Of Louisiana, this
year, will be short, owing TO the con-
tinued rains that have fallen this month,
We, we shall be disappointed ifshe su-
gar and cotton crops ofthe State do not
sell for upwards of $25, 100000. The
crops of many planters will yield from
fifteen to thirty thousand dollars each.
... Louisiana Journal.
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o. Recently, ten per cent month
has been paid in New York for the use
of money.
% Three Missionaries Of the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church, one colored
man, sailed for Liberia from New York.
few days ago.
o. The Bank of Kentucky has
been selected az deposite bank by the
Secretary ofthe Treasury. B..e
o. We learn, says the National 10.
telhgencer, that PIsHEY THOMPSON, Esq.
was on the 18th instant. elected Cashier
of the Patriotic Bank of Washington CT