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

| at Cedar Point on the Potomac river.
&C 1t is said that the SNOW in Oneida
co., N. Y, is Eve feet deep, on level.
O. I, appears from the New Jer-
sey friedman" that joint revolutions
we're introduced into the Legislature of
that state,on the cad ult.. by Mr.. Haight,
Of Monmouth, and adopted by PARTY
VOTE, urging to the desperate course OF
immediate hostlities with France, and
instructing their Senators and request-
ing their Representatives in Congress TO
sustain the President in his head-long
passion Of involving the country in all
the horrors offs sanguinaiy war upon a
point of etiquette. for the sole purpose OF
gratifying the resentment and the arro-
gance of Andrew jackson! These i'm.
portant resolutions, the forced and I'M
natural productions of party hot-bed
were SsTslyen through the House vith the
most unrefecting precipitancy, without
the least time for deliberstion or debate.
as if the veal of the country depended
upon them, instead Of their being charg.
cd, as they are, with nothing but mourn
| ing and wc.
| O. In the Senate, on the 2s.h ult.,
Mr.. CLAY under the instructions of the
Committee Of Foreign Relations, submit
ted the following resolutions, which lie
! on the table one day.
| Resolved, That the President be re-
| quested 10 communicate to the Senate,
If they be at bis command, copies Of
the expose which accompanied the
French bill of indemnify, frotn the
Chamber Of Deputies, to the Cham
Der of Peers of France, on the 27th
of April, 1885, and of the report
of this Committee presented to the
Chamber Of Peers, on the 5;h June,
1885, and also copy OF the original
note in the French language from the
/ Due de Broglie, to MIR. Barton, under
date the Goth October, 1885, trans
lation of which was communicated to
Congress with The Presidents special
message Of the 18th Of January, 1886.
Rssolred, Also, that the President
be requested, [if not incompatible with
the public interests, to communicate to
the Senate copy of note, if there be
one, from Mr.. Livingston to the
French Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
under date the 9Th April, 1885 and
copies Of any other official note ad-
dressed by Mr.. Livingston, during his
mission to France, either to the French
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, or TO the
Secretary of State, not heretofore com.
municated to Congress.
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C The National Intelligencer ofTues-
day gives report that ANDREW STE
vENsoN had been nominated by the Pre-
sident Of the United States to the Senate
for the Office of Minister of the United
States 10 GREAT BRIrAIN, and JOHN III.
EATON for that of Minister to SPAIN.
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~ The dwelling-house of Mr.. Jo-
siah Flagg of Berkeley CO. was consum-
ed by fire on Monday morning last, to-
gether with nearly all the furniture in
the house, besides quantity of wearing
apparel, books, papers. accounts, and a
sum ofmoney. 1t occurred by accident |
O. From statement, says the !
Washington Globe ofthe Sd inst. recent
ly received at the Adjutant Generals Of
fee, we learn that IN the action belween
the troops under General Cllnch and the |
Indians, on the 3lst December. the loss
of the Indians was supposed TO be not
less than One HUNDRED!
C. From the same paper, we learn
that Resolutions, sustaining Ia the s,ron.
gest terms, the ground taken by the
Presidents Message, have passed both
branches of the New York Legislature,
uNANIMoUsLY. AS also ALABAMA, yet
not unanimously.
o. The Pittsburg Gazette of the
18th ult. says-"Fortunately, We are
soon to have Convention to form a
new Constitution, and we trust that a
provision may be introduced 1t. rem
derng adhering masons ineligible to a.
ny office" What next?
WAsHlNeToN, Jan. so.
Our readers will have heard, with
great interest, the rumor that despatch.