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

raiment and food. The "tournal de
Naples" contains a statement which it
thinks, however, may be exaggerated.
by the natural terrors Of the imagina'
ton in such catastrophe-ihst, at the
moment the shock was felt, an ignited
meteor was seen along the shore Of the
Caloppezgalt, in the form large tiam-
ing beams that long and deep clefts
tore up and destroyed the fields--lhat
the sea retired forty PAGES on one side,
and advanced the same distance on the
other; add that on the shore were
found volcanic matter, and fish Of
species uakaown TO fishermen of the
country. |, appears that the same
shock was felt at Ginoss, in the prov
inGe Of Otranto, and at Grace, in the
province Of Basiiicaia, where some
houses we're thrown down.
The Boston Atlas says, in speaking
OF the annexation Of Texas 10 the U nj
oD,-
"Wha,.! have we not rogues & rsf-
fans enough already, that we mus,
have a whole State composed Of moth
ing else :"
In Boston, they may have enough of
such fellows. What, with convent
burners that would murder females, and
free negroes that would crush the courts
Of justice, we should think that "rulfi-
ans" abouDded in great abundance 10
and about Boston. Wash. Mirror.
Horrible Wartare. "A letter from
an English gentleman at Nineva, on the
Tigris, communicates some particulars
Of the Turkish army under Reschid
Pachs,in the subjngation Of the Kurds.
II seems that the Kurdish chieftain
roasts alive all the prisoners he take IS
from the Paeha, and that the Pacha
re.aliaies by impaliag all the Kurds
who shall fall into his hands +; thus the
contest 10 carried on with an airocily
exceeding even the horrors Of Spanish
warfare.
els SaMJ also among tho PropA-
cts s"- When, during the administer
ZION Of John q. Adams, some half do
ssn publishers Of the laws, "by author.
ity," were deprived Of that lucrative
Office, averaging about 800 per an
nun, for services for which private
individual would be charged THRICE .ha.
sum the Jackson men were sadly g.
Harmed al the vast extent of Executive
patronage and poWer which, they al
ready foresaw, from this tyrannicai and
dsspotic exercise Of 1t, was destined
soon TO overwhelm our free Ins,itu.
items. They 60. up a committee In
the Senate 10 preach against the e1-
tension of Executive power, and TO
call for its sur.ailnent, as they did In
the House--te proclaim war upon
Ex,ravagause, and to produce long
hsmiliss on the virtue of Economy |
Mr.. Benton, the Missouri Senator, was
the chairman of the Senatorial commit
tee ; and, from his Report on the oc,
casion, we quote a single paragraph
for the obligation Of eur Van Buren,
friends XII.
"Ws must look forward 10 the time, !"
says the Colonel, "when the public re-
venue will be DOUBLED when the ci.
vii and military officers of the Federal
Government will be oUADRuP1ED /;
when It's influence over individuals will
be multiplied to an indefinite extent I,
wAen tbs nomination by the President
gan carry any man through the Sc
nate, and his recommendation can
carry any measure through the too
Houses of Congress ,ohsn the prin.
cip!e " public action ,OiH be opes and
avowsd-THE PRESIDENT WANTS MY
VOTE, AND l WANT his PATRONAGE. l
WILL cote AS HE WISHES, AND He WILL
giue ME THE OFFICE WISH FOR.
What soiH this be but the government
of one man And what is tbs gov-
ernmsnt Of one man dut monarchy 2
Names are nothing. The nature Of a
thing is in it's substance, and the name
soon accommodates itself to the sub
stance"
If Senator Benton had written this
paragraph in 1886 instead Of 1929, he
could not have drawn more graphic
sketch Of things as they are, nor ad-
dressed the people in a more emphatic
voice Of warning. The things predic-