South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-06

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The Mediation Of England Accepted.
We have the pleasure of stating that
our Executive has accepted the Media
ton of England and acted on the propo-
sion, and dispatches announcing its de-.
termination are already on the way to
the seabord. The particulars of either
the proposition or the reply are not yet
made public.
O. The Washington Globe OF We'd
nesday says,ws have seen letter. civ.
ing a brief account Of duel between
Samuel Gwiu, Esq, an officer of the
Land Office in Mississippi, and Isaac
Caldwell of that State, formerly q
partner Of Georgs Poindexter, in the
practice oflaw. From ths letter it ap-
pears. that at party given by Cover
nor Lynch, Poindexter had publicly
abused MIR. Gwin which being resented
by the latter, Caldwell took the quar-
rel eff of Poindexter's hands. The
parties fought, each armed with four
pistols, taking their positions thirty
PAGES apart, with the right of advan-
cling. Mr.. Gwin advanced, receiving
the fire from four of his antagonists
pistols, one ball taking effect in his
breast. The wound is cons idered by
his physicians mortal. When Mr..
Gwin discharged his third pistol, MIR,
Caldwell fell, and soon after expired.
O. On Tuesday the 29lh uli., the
House of Representatives of this state,
proceeded to the execution of the joint
order of the day for the election of a
Brigadier General of the militia, to sup-
ply tbs vacancy occasioned by the death
Of G On. VIM. Mccoy.
Mr.. Sherrard nominated John Sloan !;
Mr.. Mccoy nomineted James Boggs and
Mr.. Mullen, Angus Mcdonald.
The Senate having been notified Of
the readisess Of the House to proceed to
this election, the roll was called and the
vote stood, for Sloan 1908, fer Boggs 8,
for Mcdonald is.-Joint vote with the
Senate: for Sloan 1870, for D1ggs ., for
Mcdonald 20.
IMPORTANT DIscLosuRgs.-We
understand from Vandalia, tina, the
Illinois Senate was, last week, throngh
acommiltee appointed for the purpose,
engaged in an examination Of witness,
es and papers touching the relations
and correspondence Of the State Bank
Of Illinois with the Treasury Depart
ment Of the Government, pending its
application 10 be made depository Of
the Public Moneys. Ii was esiablish-
ed, we have understood, by the evi
dence ofgenllemen on the ground, aud
from the letters Of Reuben NJ. Whitney,
(the Agent Of the Pet Banks near the
Ireaswy,) that the principal objec--
ton on the part of the Government to
granting the application arose from a
belief that The Bank could not be used
to aid the election Of Martin Pan Ba-
rem to the Presidency. Wnitney, in
his correspondence with Director OF
the Bank, cited the election of Sena-
tors 10 SangamoD, shortly after the
establishment Of the Bank at Spring
field, and Gov. Dancan's letter about
that tiale, as evidence that the Bank
had used its influence against the Ad-
minissralion, and therefore he would
no. sanction The application until the
Bank ex onera,ed itself from he char.
ges. Col. Ma,her, President of the
BaltGrlRe Smilh, Samuel Virgins,
E Yrs, were examined and
be seargen. at arms ives
d r.. Tilson, Esq. Toe
rel Iommitlee will OF course
be pFl0Vgoy with the examinations and
SO much Of the correspondence az can
be obtained. "--Missoari Republican,
Jan.19.
THE italics in this paragraph are
those ofthe Journal from which we
copy it.
Now we are not going to affirm the
exact truth of the above statement, be-
cause there may have been error in the
information which the editor of the
Republican has received. II may, by
possibility, be all false. But this we
must observe, in regard 10 the journal
in which we find it: that ii is journal
discreetly conducted, not prone 10 VIC
lence, and not given 10 misrepresenta-