South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-01-23

Al hHOtnct CoiuHin to-uay WIZ
be found painful intelligence from Flori-
da. The Whites and Indians having
had an engagement on the 3lst ult,, in
which Of our citizens were killed, and
50 wounded, out OF 2a7 men in battle,
and the Indians 40 killed, and about the
came number wounded. The engage
nent lasted only one hour and Eve min
utes.
O. MARYLAND has determined tina.
aftsrthe present grants for lotteries ex-
pire. to abolish the system.
=.
Or Gen. DUR GREEN, editor of the
u. s. Telegraph. is at present in Rich.
mond ,endeavouring to get from our state
Legislature, an act Of incorporation for
himself and others to construct Canal,
OF slack water navigation, from the Chess
speake and Ohio Canal near Cumber.
lard. up the North Branch OF the Poto-
mac to Georges Creek to work certain
mines Of coal and iron ore, and TO estab-
lish manufactures. We understand he
asks to employ 5000. 600 dollars. and to
hold Sc, GEO Acres Of Land.
i
NJ The editor of the New Yerk A.
merican says that he has papers in his
possession which 60 to establish the fact,
that the mass Of quiet ana orderly set
tiers in Texas are opposed to the pres
ent movements there and especially
that one Of the chief cRlErs, which the
freemen Of these United States are SO
urgently invoked to lend their aid to re.
dress, seems to be. the refusal of Mexico
to permit slavery and the slave trade to
exist in Texasl
HORRlBLEs
II is stated by the Washington Mirror
Of Saturday last, that Schooner, called
the Mury, drifed into the harbor Of
Brooklyn, Maine, during the late severe
weather, and sad to tell all hands TWEEN.
TI-EIGHT IN NUMBER, wERH yao&RE Te
DEATH.
g BY letter from one Of our dele.
gates at Richmond, Mr.. SLOAN, we are
put in possession ofthe substance oftbe
Bill now before the Legislature, to re.
duce and regulate the rates of Tolls OF
the North w estern Turnpike, which il
as follows :-"Fo horse and man 81 cts
for led or drove horse do-two wheel
ed riding carriage 2s-four wheeled dc
So--carryall or jersey wagon 2o-everJ
cart or wagon the wheels inches OF
less, for every animal drawing the same
Schroeder wheels 4-cattle head
sheep or hogs st a soore.-None to pay
oftsner than once a day at any gate, ant
the above rates only to be exacted ii
proportion to the distance travelled
Moreover we understand this Bill maker
il lawful for the Toll gatherer at any
gate to contract with citizens of thu
county in which such gate is situated. Of
if not citiKens, resident within Is miles
Of such gate, for the payment ola sum il
gross, for particular persons. in lieu o
toll, as may be agreed on by the parties
---suoh contracts to be subject, however
always TO the approval or disspproval o
the superintendent.
o. The Boston and Worcester
4 Rail Road. yielded. during the last SIX
months, net income Of $751;, ere 90.
6y On the 10th ult. the Legislature
OF Illinois, elected on the twelfth ballot,
Gen. WILLIAM L. D. EWING, a suppor-
ter of the present Administration, as a
Senator TO fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death Of the Hon. Elias X. Kane'
10 We learn from the Williamsport
Banner that nine persons convicted of o
participation in the Baltimore riots in
August last. received their sentences on
Wednesday of last week. Three were
sentenced each to pay fine of $500 and
costs, and. be imprisoned four years In