South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-11-19
SURPLUS REVENUE.

The proportion OF the surplus reve-
nue., which on the distribution on the
first of January next, failing to the 10,
of Virginia, will be not far from g.
100000, an enormous sum, and equal
to more than half Of the whole banking
capital Of The whole state. What viii
be done with that, is a question, in the
present scarcity Of means, not a little
interchangeable legislature will deub!
less appropriate it to some useful pur.
pose but before i, can actually be ap.
piled, year or more must inevitably
elapse consequently the money musl
remain in banks some where, and The
banks SO holding ii can use the sans
as capital until called for. We would
ask Of the legislature whether it is jus,
and proper that the amount should b
placed in one or two banks, or equauy
divided over the state, to give all sec.
tons an equal advantage Of its use until
permanently applied by the Legislature.
The latter is manifestIy the most iua
way Of disposing Of it, and the way
which we trust, our legislature ia id
wisdom will adopt.
In the event of determination so ID
dispose of this amount Of money, Tho
proportion properly falling to the shau
Of the river counties in Virginia, will
exceed one million, and will render u
a great temporary relief, to do away
with the effects OF that narrow polg
which has limited the banking eapitd
Of this section Of the State, to less lhn
one million. We beg leave to urge thi
just and equitable distribution OF tiif
surplus, upon the legislature, a. as eaht
date as possible, and we believe lhl
the disposal in this way would givsA, y
most entire satisfaction to their consA
usnts gensrally.-Wheel. Times.
o. The deaths at Charleston fron
Cholera, from the Gath Of August to th
3lst October, numbers 38o--59 whit
and 32l black.
0~ Three hundred buildings haV
been erected in Buffalo, since the first Is
January last, costing over a million an
a half of dolarsl
q Several eases of copgestivs n
yer of Typhoid character, very mall
nant, have lately occurred in PhiladiS
phia.
O. ABRAHAM VAN buren,, broths
of the Vice-President, died at HudsGA
N. Y, a few days ago.
o." On the End instant, PHlnxM
DIcKERsoN, was elected Governor "
New Jersey, by the Legislature Of thi
state.
0rThe N. Orleans Courier stu
that Plesterers are now receiving IN
dollars day at Mobile.
Is The Wheeling Times Of the 10
inst. in speaking Of the bets made
Wheeling on the result Of the electief
observes-"We believe the entire
here are not less in the aggregate thi
100000 on a side. In Louisville
said not less than $4,000 and
Philadelphia they have been unusua
large. We verify believe that the
gregate bets through the country vii
equal to the whole surplus revsnas'
The Boston Gazstte gives an accolS
of brilliant meteor, which was Il
at Greenfield, Massachusetts, on
day the Esd ult. 1t crossed the 10
zen in a direction from North bsI
and disappeared in the South West
had the appearance of ball Of
nearly as large as the sun, and leI'I
luminous trail behind it. Two
three minutes after it disappeared
loud explosion was heard, which shf
the buildings in the village. About
O'Clock, the same night there was
ther similar appearance and Splo
A meteor was also seen the sanI
vening at Albany, which is repres'
to have appeared as large as the o.
and to have made noise resent
distant thunder.- Geo. MetrOpOA'
The Evening Star says, there
q great number of applications
Legislature of N. York for new p
Among these is an application
aew bank al New York 10 be call
Globe, with a capital of TAO n'
and a half another Of one mlIl
the sixth avenue; a railroad on
layenae ia half million bank a'