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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-11-10
THE MURDRRER.s DREAM.

l siePi! yes siept-though = few
hourp more would see me before nv
great and everlasting Judge-sfiH did
] sleep. calm and sweet ~ an infant.
Again was child. . careless, happy
boy, alike unknown to sorrow, shame,
and sin--sgain was l seated at my
fond mothers feet. coming the APP
pointed line searched by q mother
zeal for my improvement; and her eye
was lit with maternal pride a. she
gazed upon her darling. only con. Oh
that look Though I'd seen il repeat
edly in childhood, yet nsrer had il APP
Peared so pure and hOly-it seemed %
cast halo around me-and surely had
! died in the full radiance OF fhat look,
il would have lit my path 10 endless
heaven. ] gazed upon heI. but her
expression changed, IS images Of the
future seemed crowding upon her
minds eye; to her the vale Of the future
Was rent aside, and she gazed with cor
row. Joy. and pain. - the varied scenes
Il exposed came 70 her mind; sa last,
DER my mothers mild face there came
. soal thrilling change, and Q feree
eonvulsioa wrung her pale lip a. IL in
mortal agony; slowly at length every
muscle unbended, and a. the blood 70.
turned from her chilled features, she
screamed in q voice that sent frozen
current 70 my besrt-"BeWare, my
boy, Of a false friend" Beware Of
masrder then starting up to clasp me
to her breast, she fell and expired Al
my feet. started and awoke. MY
prison walls were cold around me, but
my heart vas softened by my dream ol
childhood. and I thought. as viewed
the scaffold that was TO end my wild
career Of crime, "had but tins dream
occurred in early youth. never would
have dyed my hands in blood-in the
life circling blood Of an accused false
friend"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-11-10

Ps1Dn.--Il has bssn vel seid ibsf
ne tang NOS likely 70 maks ihe an
esis woaaer Il q zee q psoad man,--
bus pri5a e bra y Ne nsost Fidica-
lsus a "a vanifses--it y Hke boas1ing
az tAa sooi a ths re insase1 ~ tAs
f.all Z eaals.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-11-10

Vnxun sGera fAs ouiy pash whisk.
u ~ fia. lse1s q traq
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-11-10

TEE sTRELH or LIVE Tho following beau
Gfui passage b from q sermon preached BY
Bishop Heber 10 his parishionerS, short
tins before his departure For India. IN 1912:
Life bears us on like the current OF
. mighty river. Our boat at first glides
down the narrow channel, through the
playful murmurings Of the little brook
and the windings Of lis grassy borders.
The trees shed their blossoms over
our young heads; the flowers on the
brink seem 10 Offer themselves 10 our
young hands; We are happy in hope,
and We grasp eagerly II the beauties
around us; but the stream huFries on,
and Still oar hands are empty.
Our course in manhood 10 along Q
wider and deeper food, and amid OBJ
jeets more striking and magnificent
We are animated by the moving pic.
ture Of enjoyment and industry which
passes before Us; We are excited BY
some short.lived disappointment. But
our energy and dependence are both
in vain.
The stream bears us on, add oug
griefs are alike iefl behind US; We may
be shipWTeeked. bot We cannot be de-
layed; whether rough OF smooth, the
river haslens toward lie home iill The
Foaring ofIhs ocean 10 in our ears, and
the tossing q his waves - beneath Oul
keel. and tbs lads lessen from ouI
eyes, and the AOOds srs lifted up
around us and the earth loses sight q
Ne, and We take our last leave u earth
sad lie inhabitants, and Of our future
voysgs there is no witness but the H.
anite and Eternal"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-11-10

Prem ~ Miv Xwk Mirsr.
AsR- AND Nara. PEREGRINE PRINGLE.
IA eAapssr. showing that .-sons thing, ssaas,
b asos 90 well - others"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-11-10

Mr.. Hrs. Pssexrias Pdagis snd sll
TIE little Pnsgiss with Cd Isam end al
sha hSusshold wsgs seen Hloysng up 70
town the nszi day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

expostulating with him on the part he
had taken in the abolition society of that
state. If the facts stated by Mr.. Smith
are true as now declered to be, and pros
pectively expected to be. we believe, as
we always have believed, that nothing
but the strong arm of the general gov
eminent can prevent the disturbance of
the peace of this Union. Whether this
Mr.. Smith ought to be credited as to the
numbers daily acceding, land Of course
increasing the power of the aboitionists)
ought to be strictly inquired into. He
charges duplicity on Governor Marcy /;
and that all he has said on the subject is
to deceive the South as to the New York
candidate for the next Presidency. Can
this be true
We cannot, however, readily perceive
why Mr.. Smith should have stated false
hoods but really his letter comes to the
south rather in questionable form lie
makes no reply to the reasoning of Mr..
Naylor but at once goes on to detail
the acquisitions. the power, and deter
mination of the Aboltionists against
slavery in the south, and that too, re-
gardless Of the consequences, to either
master or slave; and seems to defy the
constituted authority of his own state.
He also threatens. in very plain language,
that if they are legally restricted there
it will be but to increase their means of
efsecting their designs on southern rights.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.

We have had for day or two pas,
rumors of fights between the Indians and
the whites, in Florida, and alarms Of
whole towns destroyed by the former.
The former is the latest authentic infor-
nation that has reached us on the sub.
ject:
Copy of Letter from an Officer of the
Army to the Adjutant General.
FoRr MITCHELL, Ala Jan. FL.
SIR: ! have the honor TO state to
you, for the information of the Depart
ment, that on Friday, the 22d instant,
two Indians we're killed few miles
below here, on the Georgia side ofthe
river, by the whites, and also on Sun
day, the 24tb, understood two other
Indians were killed, near the same
place. On Sunday evening, (says an
express to me from CoInmbus,) from
three to FIVE hundred Indians (though !
don't believe that there we're more than
fifty crossed over the river, swearing
hosliilies to the whites on the Georgia
side. Onyesterday, about two O'Clock,
these Indians, about fifty in number,
we're met by an equal number of Geor.
gia militia; and, although the Indians
made signs OF peace, by hosting a
white flag, the whites rushed ON them,
and were then fired upon by the In
dians. This was the commencement,
of an engagement, which lasted some
fifteen or twenty minutes, when the
militia took to flight, leaving three OF
four of their number dead on the field.
The loss of the Indians is not known
New reinforcements passed here late
last night, for the scene of action. The
GeorgIans have thus set fire TO tht
match which the Indians have beef
some time preparing, and The seque
can only show the horrors i, may ef
iect. There is no doubt but that the,
will have general engagement to-day
and, should il result in the triumph 0
The wines, il will probably fire tn,
| whole nation the Cseeksl with feel
iogs of hostility. Although appre
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
CONGRESS-.

In the Senate, on the 4th inst, Mr..
CALHOUN, from the select committee
on that portion Of the Presidents am
nual message which relates to the cir
culation in the mail of incendiary pa
pers and pamphlets, made report, ac-
companied by bill asserting the sole
and reserved rights of the several
States to protect themselves and each
other from dangers of this kind, and
denying the tight Of the General Gov
ernmsnt, in any way, or by any of its
departments, to restrict the operations
Of the press, or the circulation of any
kind Of papers by mail. The bill mere
ly required the Post Office agents Of
the General Government to obey the
laws of the several States and Terri
tories in which they reside.
The report and bill were read.
The report and bill was ordered to
a second reading, and five thousand
extra copies of the report were order
ed to be printed.
va the DIN Inst. IN the House OF
Representatives, Mr.. REYNOLDS, Of
Illinois, moved the suspension of the
rule, for the purpose Of offering the
following resolution
Resolved, That the House of Re-
personalities Of the Congress Of the
United States, in regard TO the execu-
ton Of the Treaty of July A, 1881, by
France, approve Of the Presidents late
message, recommending the prohibi-
ton Of French products, and the entry
Of French vessels into our ports.
And, on the question Of suspension,
Mr.. II. called for the yeas and nays.
The motion to suspend the rule was
lai1 on the table.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
Rotslmep
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1886.

OF The Bill re. charteriDg the Bank OF
the u. States he's passed the first read
ing in the Senate of Pennsylvania by a
respectable majority, and our exchange
papers from that state speak very con-
fidently ofits final passage. The Admin
istration papers throughout the country
appear to be quite distressed at this move
Of Pennsylvania and we think it proba-
Bile. the New York regency, with Van
Buren, at its head, are equally so. we
predicted this long age; and we are a
little surprised that Van Buren, should
have so far committed himself on the
subject. as 10 permit Pennsylvania to Ct
,he start Of New FORK in receiving the
advantages derivuble from the vast capt.
tai Of that institution. Pennsylvania IS
now acting wisely, and will make by this
act evtry state The Union more or less
trlbutary-as commercially that instl-
tuition must continue it's pre-eminence
throughout the whole Union.
gr An extensive and valuable bank OF
bituminous Coal has recently been dis
covered and opened in the vicinity OF
Lewisburg Greenbrier county, this state.
NJ From late intelligence from Gin
ton, Miss, it seems that Col. GwIN, the
person who killed Judge CALDWELL. re-
Gently in duel and who was likewise
supposed to have been mortally wouBd-
ed, is mending and hope is now enter
tanned of his final recovery.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

from Brooklyn TO New York without dit.
ficulty. A similar circumstance is not
within the recollection Of the oldest citi.
zens of New York. Wash. Mir. Feb. 8.
1880
The amended constitution Of Vermont,
gives one Senator to 9,356 inhabitants
making 80 Senators in ah.-lb.
gzss.sa
The Rochester Democrat recommends
Simultaneous application to Congress,
by the publishers of all the country pa.
pers, to procure a repeal Of the postage
upon newspapers within the county
where they are published.
sssn@
A wealthy lady ofthe tor, whose pro-
perty lie estimated at sfl0, 600, was late
ly arrested at Birmingham, England, for
purloining from butchers shop shoul.
der OF mutton.
lNDIANA.--The Legislature ofIndiana
has passed bill creating loan Of ten
millions OF dollars,to complete her unfn-
lshed Canals and Rail Roads.
In the Legislature of Maryland, on
the Goth ult:
"On motion of Mr.. Berry, the Com
mittee on the Colored population were
instructed to inquire into the expediency
of passing law directing that the free
people of color in this State, emigrate
theretrom within stated time"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
PUBLIC LANDS.

Great press Of business has along
prevented an earlier notice of the bill
dreport made in the House Of Rep
resentatives on the 5th inst, by MIR,
Casey OF Illinois. The bill provides
for the reduction and graduation OF the
price to actual settlers of all lands
which have been, and hereafter may
be, five years in market, the reduction
TO be annual, commencing at one dol
lar per acre, and falling twenty five
cents on the acre, until reduced to q
quarter OF dollar then after being L
year offered at that price and not sold ],
to be coded to the several States 10
which the lands lie. The propositions
are in full accordance with the last, &
several Of the preceding, annual mess
ages Of the Pfesident.-GloJs.
o. Tbs bill for the relief Of the CT
ty Of New York, loaniDg the surplus
Canal Fund 10 the Safety Fund Banks
in New York, end authorizing them to
increase their discounts on any loans
made for not less than one wear, TO
once and half the amount of the
the same, has passed the Legislature
of New York, and has become a law.
The New York Herald states tina,
the great boot and shoe mandatory
Of Grannis and Brothers, at Newark,
New Jersey, employs, all the year
round, about three thousand persons,
men, women and children. 1t also
states that "the elegance and beauty oil
the Newark boot and shoe surpass the
Partisan by long Odds" and $50 make
an elegan. shoe Tor fine lady, is now
elevated to a Fine Art, and requires
as much genius and taste as to make a
good speech, or write good para
graph" In either case, il must be ad.
milted, there is measure of the un-
Outstanding Rich. Comp.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
MAIL ROBBERY.

MAIL ROBBERY.
RICHARD HAWKINS, a stage driver fol
some years past between Richmond aut
Fredericksburg, was arrested few days
ago in Richmond on the charge of rob-
bing the mail, but effected his escape
| by knocking down the officer. The Post
| master of Richmond has offered reward
Of S1oo for his apprehension.
C. Al a Wing meeting in Raleigh,
N. c., on the 3oth ult. the Hon. JOHN
| TYLER, was nominated as a candidate
for Vice President of the U. States on
their ticket.
U The Williamsport Banner of Sat.
urday thus notices the "Canal Memori-
al now before the Legislature of Ma
ryland;
eve have before us printed Me.
mortal Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, ny its President and
Directors, to the Legislature of Mary.
land, praying for large additional aid
10 money to complete the Canal to
Cumberland. Il is expressed 10 be q
perfectly fair and candid exposition Of
the condition and wants of the Com
pany, for the work required i; and we
have no doubt it is so. 1t appears
from it that the two millions last winter
appropriated will fall far below the
objects for which they we're intended |;
owing to the incomplete estimates
which were before the convention at
Baltimore last winter. The estimates
have since been carefully and fully
made by the Engineers, and are an
nexed to the memorial and sworn to.
They exhibit the cost of the work from
Dam No. S TO Cumberland, at the sum
Of $3.50, GIG, being distance Of III
miles 40 which must be added 10 PEI
cent for land aud contingent expenses,
making nearly four millions. The
deficiency Of means yet to be provided
for the completion of the Canal to
Cumberland is 81 AIT ,397-sccord-
ing TO the exhibit OF the memorialists. Ii
is an unexpected and large de6cien-
cy but it is the imperative policy OF
the State now TO strain every nerve
in the grant Of ways and means TO
complete the work 10 Cumberland
without delay"
q Several shocks Of an earthquake
were felt in Boston, about 3 o'clock OIL
the morning Of the and inst.
eEza
W On our outer form to-day will be
found short account OF a fire in Nat.
chez, Miss, 10 " hich it is stated % PER-
SONS were burnt, instead of that many
HOUSES. We were led into the error
from the paper we copied. A Natchez
paper of the 18th ulLimo, says"
exCIL6tu6HL mere Is nluGSCtlUdUlt IL uOcn
really appear that our devoted city is to
be utterly consumed and the opinion is
rife, among all classes oft community,
that the gamblers, who were driven from
here, having sworn vengeance against
the place, are the INcENDIARIEs."
O. A contemporary says that the
negro man Arthur Bowen, who attempt.
| ed to kill his mistress, Mrs. Thornton al
Washington. last summer, was senten'
| ced during the recent sitting of the Cir
cult Court to be hung on the 26th inst.
THE WEATHER.-On Thursday morn.
ing the East River, New York, was &c
firmly frozen. that hundreds of peopl,
walked from New York to Brooklyn, ant
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13


We observe that joint resolution hal
passed both Houses Of Congress author
ixine rations to be delivered from the
Iublic stores to the sufferers by Indian
depredations in Florida, until they are
/ able to procure provisions for the susie
nance of themselves and families.
CT Is it not very, very extraordinary,
that although Gen. Jackson has had
more popular favor extended to him than
any previous President, yet he never has
had any measure of consequence, which
he recommended to Congress, carried
into effecte Whatever he has effected,
has been done violently, and contrary to
Z the will of that body, There can be no
wonder then, that Polk wished to KEEP
1T SECRET, that he desired the appropri-
alton Of 80 600 900 at the last session OF
Congress.
or 1t is stated that committee of the
7 House of Delegates of this state have
! made favorable report on the applica-
ton for division Of the county of Fred
erick
GJ The Expunging Resolutions are
still the tttject of debate in the House
Of Deleg atss, and in the Senate the Abo-
lition Resolutions. Neither body had
,me to any decision at our latest date,
q Yesterday week. The war of words on
the former resolutions has cost the peo-
pie thousands OF dollars. If Tyler and
Leigh are instructed they ought not to
obey the object to be attained would
lie degrading to them, and the state they
! represent. They are the legalized re-
presentatives of Virginia, and cannot,
! without dishonor. yield to such party
Z views. Ii would be nothing short of
I yielding their own independence, and the
independence Of the state, into the hands
of Martin Van Buren,.
~ Mr.. Gerrit Smith, Of N. York,
known for his former exerlions 10 the
cause OF Colonization, and for his re-
cen, convention to Abolilionism, has
/ written a letter to MIR. Naylor Of
I Ham pshire county, Virginia, in which
he declares that the movements Of
\ Governor Marcy, and the party in N.
\ York in relation 10 the South, are all
I pyetence that 500 names week are
Z added 10 the lists oiihe members Of the
incendiary societies in New York
that every thing now said and done, is
for political and presidential schemes
and that when "the election is past,the
\ loud professions OF friendship for you,
with which our trading politicians sa-
y Lutte your ears, will die away and oul
Governors and Legislators and Editors
/, will, 10 rapid succession. be drawn in,
10 the widening stream Of Aboli,ion.'
We are afraid this last prediction vii
be, and that indeed, the " hole Of thu
statements, in the letter are, too true.
ALez. Gaz.
Y The letter alluded TO shove. from
I MIR. Gerrit Smith of New York was eli
cited Ly one addressed TO him by our fel
low-townsmaa. WILLIAM NAyLoh, Esq
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
,orman, the subject dropped.
Wednesday, Feb. 8.

Mr.. Crutchfeld offered the follow.
ing joint resolution, as substitute to
one presented by Mr.. Gilmer few
days since, with the appreciation Of
the latter):
Resoloed, by the General Assembly
Of Virginia, That the Board Of Public
Works are hereby directed, as soon as
practicable, to cause the principal en-
gineer, or employ competent engi-
neer, TO survey route for rail road
from Gordonsvile, in the county of
Orange, to Harrisonburg, ia the county
of Rockingham, and to survey rail
road from Fredericksburg, through the
town Of Orange, or as near thereto as
practicable, and through the town c.
Charlottesville to the eastern base Of the
Blue Ridge, uniting Herewith the
Stanton and Scottsville rail road, as
contemplated by the charter Of the
Rappahannock and Blue Ridge rail
road company, and report to the next
Legislature an estimate of the cost Of
constructing those works, and the adj
vantages which ia his opinion will re-
suit 10 the Commonwealth by their
construction.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
A letter from Washington to the Jour-

A letter from Washington to the Jour-
nal of Commerce, after speaking of the
recent massacre. adds,
"The mex. news, fear, will be that
the city of St. Augustine has UNDER
gone worse fate than that Of Pompeii.
All +! well-a-day this is the last and
the most desperate struggle OF the In-
dian.-Hs fights now gloriously and
CALAMITY, with the spirit Of a thousand
lions in his breast-for the soil on
which he was bora, and which was
his just inheritance from his ances-
tors. We, by forced and corrupt
treaty, call it ours. We send armed.
men--men armed with the whiskey>
bottle, weapon, more terrible than
the rife--to persuade them to abide
by treaty which they never made.
and to cross the Mississippi never to-
return.-The spirit Of their tribe-the
Great Spirit is walking in the sky
tells them that they must perish. 'fne;
voice Of their fathers calls themto their
home-the only home which the white
nan has left them-,he grave. The
preventive power OF this government
is nothing but its vengeance is terri
BILE, as the poor Iadian has more than,
once experienced. Preparations are
making for the defeat ofthe Ssm-
inoles, but for their extermination.
Every Indian and every negro suspec-'
ted Of having been allied to the lndi-.
ans, will be slaughtered ia less than 2
months from this time"
Alas for the Red Mani His race
is nearly run and the faai story OF
his proves and his wrongs, may
soon be written.
Character Of Benevolent Man.-
By BoY.-JIst SIGH a man as looks
il ne wonld'at give fellow clip
wi,h his whip, il he saw him on a sled
hanging 10 his sleigh.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
New YoRK, Feb. 8.

The attempt of the Bears yesterday
to get up rumor, via. St. Thomas,o of
the arrival of large French Fleet at
Guadalupe, proved total failure. 1t
appears from letter received by the
editors OF the Journal OF Commerce,
dated Antigua, Jan. 10, that the French
Admiral, with one ship only, had ar
rived at Guadalupe. Antigua, it SO
happsns,is within sight of Gaadaloupe 4,
and 81. Thomas abou, 200 miles dis.
tant.-iStar.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

Napoleoa's Hat.-Napolsoa's Hat
was recently sold in France at public
auction, aud was knocked down after
warm bidding al 1880 francs.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

THE WEArHER.-O Thursday morn
ing the East River, New York, was so
firmly frozen. that hundreds of people
walked from New York to Brooklyn ,ane
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
Thursday, Feb. a.

On motion Of Mr.. Carter, the select
com mittee on Banks were instructed
to inquire whether any Of the charter
ed Banks or Savings Institutions Of
this Commonwealth, have so construed
their chartered powers as to authorize
them in any manner whatever TO deal
in bonds or other instruments under
seal, for more than the legal rate ofin.
terest.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

The whole number Of deaths 10 the
city of New York 10 1885 was 1882,
of whom four thousand were children,
and seven hundred people Of color.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

O. A contemporary says that the
negro man Arthur Bowen, who attempt-
ed to kill his mistress, Mrs. Thornton at
Washington, last summer, was senten>
ced during the recent sitting ofthe Cir
cult Court to be hung on the 26th inst.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13
Relief of Florida Sufferers.

We observe that joint resolution has
passed both Houses Of Congress author
ixing rations to be delivered from the
Jublic stores to the sufferers by Indian
depredations in Florida, until they are
able to procure provisions for the suste-
nance of themselves and families.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

RICHARD HAWKINS. stage driver for
some years past between Richmond aud
Fredericksburg, was arrested few days
ago in Richmond on the charge of rob-
bing the mail, but effected his escape
by knocking down the officer. The Post
master of Richmond has offered reward
of S100 for his apprehension.