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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-04-29
For the Intellieencer.

.Anotler Revolutionary Soldier gone!
DIED, on Saturday the 22nd inst, at the re-
sidence OF his son-in-law, the Rev. William
WEIGH, Mr.. JOHN CUNBIFF, Sen'r., at very
advanced age.
Thus, like the dry and withered leaves of
autumn, one after another ofthese heroic men
is, in rapid succession, tumblng into the silent
grave! But few years ago, they were in
the prime and vigour of manhood, battling
with Spartan valour the ruthless minions of a
foreign yoke. Now, borne down with the
wrinkled garments of age and decreritude,
they are rapidly passing away! They go to
Join their brethren in arms who preceded them
TO the land of silence, namely, Washington,
Lee, Putnam, Morgan, and host Of other
chiralrous spirits, who herocally poured out
their blood like water in the achieving of our
Independence. Venerable men go then down
to the grave in peace. You have achieved by
your deeds ofnoble daring, in the War of the
Revolution, a name which is as imperishable
as the everlasting hills, Your children, and
your chldren's children. whilst enjoying the
blessings of liberty, the fruits ofyour tolls and
suferings, prompted by gratitude, will oft
point with sacred awe 10 the hallowed spot
where slumbers the Heroes ofthe Revolution.
24th April, 1887. A.
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DIED, Recently, on New Creek, Mr..
JAMES MURpHEY. Mr.. MURPHEY,i in
the last few years Of his life, learned
by experience, the best ofteachers, that
Fortune is truly but tickle goddess.
But short time ago, he was in easy
circumstances, the fruits of honest toll;
yet at his demise, hehad but little of
earthly treasures to leave to his be-
reaved wife and fatherless children
whom he has left behind. May they,
however put their trust in him who is
friend to the widow, and father to
the fatherleSs. COMM.
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q GENTS REWARD.

RAN AWAY from The sabscnbI
living on the North fork Of the Har
ing Rock Run, on the 9th Of Marc
an indented apprentice boy, by \
name of REIN sAVILLE, aged
bout II years ] will give The abovs
ward for the said boy, but no thanks,
All persons are forewarned againstdel
ng or harboring said boy,
GEORGE McCAULEX.
Eanap. CO., Va, April Is, 1877 cpda
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JOHN B. WHITE, C.
Commissioners Office, Romney, !
April y, 1857. J

The parties interested in the above
suit, will take notice that | shall attend
at my Office, in Romney, on JMonGay
The 18th dug Of May neat, when and
where they will appear with the neces-
sary papers, vouchers and evidence to
to carry the above intorlocutory decree
into effect.
JOHN KERN, Jr.
Master Commissioner,
April Is, 1887.
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TIE Mdiuns.-The Arkansas Gazette
expresses serious apprehensions Of an
outbreak among the Indians, who have
been settled (more as swarm Of hor-
nets than bees, we take it) on the FROM
tiers of that State, and earnestly APP
peals to the General Government for
timely protection. From all accounts
the whole country west of the Missis-
sippi and Missouri is in a most unpro-
tected and de1enceless condition, and
no one who does not wilfully shut his
eyes to the circumstances attending the
torcihle removal of many of the most
numerous tribes, but must anticipate
the most awful consequences. With
out taking into consideration the dispo-
sable force of the numerous Watamed
tribes ofthat vast region, which in their
own hgurative language, stretches as
far west, as sunset; there are now set
tied on the borders of Arkansas, up
wards ofone hundred thousand Creeks,
Cherokees, Seminoles, and Choctaws.
Most of these Indians have seemingly
gone to their new homes, as Of their
own free will and choice, under the
solemn stipulations of treaties.-But
what is the truth They have not been
forced by mere circumstances to expa-
trlate themselves.
They have driven afar the remnant bands
To find new homes in other lands,
And leave to victor foes the spoil
Oflakes and streams and shaded soil.
They have been driven at the point
of the bayonet from the homes of their
childhood and the graves oftheir sires.
They were hurried away, without, in
many instances, the melancholy oppor-
tunlty given them, of taking a last
farewell to their homes, Or of gathering
the bones of their kindred from the
battlefield, but were forced to leave
them to bleach where they died, under
the sun and winds of heaven. And
how have they gone? Half cirihzed
that is, with the vices of the whites
engrafted on their innate and indomita-
BILE savageness. The young tiger we
are told, can be subdued to submission,
50 long as he is kept from the taste Of
blood; but with the first lap, all the
iierceneSs ofhis nature returns; so with
the emigrated Indians,-they will soon
get into conflict with the native tribes
OF the west, and, having once tasted
blood, they will turn upon the whites,
with their now subdued spirits awaken
ed into hostility, by the bitterness Of
hate and the recollection of ten thous-
and unexpiated wrongs.
Rockville (.Nd. } Jour.
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April 20, 1887.
TRAM PoRTATzoN
ON THE
Winchester. * Potomac
RAKE ROAD. z


Winchester & Potomac r. Road Office.
7 April 20, 1887.
'FHE President and Directors of the
company have established the fol-
lowing, rates of toll for transportation to
be hereafter charged upon this road, viz:
.ss DESCENDING TRADE.
Flour. per barrel, -. lScts.
Bar iron, Blooms, Pig Iron, Castings
and Lead, per ton, $3.50
Wheat, Rye, Rye-meal, Corn, Corn
meal, Oats, Buckwheat-meal, and
all ether commodities, per hun
dred po,inds, 9l-2cts.
ASCENDING TRADE.
For Plaster, per ton, $I,75
Salt s Sailed Fish, per 100 lbs. l0ctS.
Merchandise, and all other commo-
dities, per hundred pounds, llcts.
An additional charge Of 2 cts. per
barrel on -four, and l l-2 cents per one
hundred pounds, on all other articles,
will be made at the Depots of the Com
pany for receiving and forwarding.
By order of the Board,
JOHN BRUCE, President.
Winchester, April %, lS37.-4t.
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From the Charlestown Free Press, April az

From The ClarIeStOWn Ffee Press, 7 phi 3I4
The statements contained in the following
communication are, we believe, strictly cor
rect. One of the parties engaged in the dis
graceful transaction, was arrested "a few days
since on charge of defrauding Lang of his
money. We were present at the examining
Court, and listened to the details of the means
employed to effect the scheme Of the parties
to the race, with an establishment which stag
gsred our powers of belief
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are mere pretexts: our Navy is not
competentto attack any thing, not even
TURTLES. MIR. BUTLER has deeply In
iured-- Mr.. ToRNEL, who has borne
those injuries with patience equal to
that of that holy man, Job. But the
period iiIastts2s for the denouense7at oil
the grand drama.
eve have seen Continues that pa
per- letter from the North American
Republic, which assures us that the af-
fairs of Texas will terminate somewhat
after this fashion. Mexico is to be call
ed upon for indemnities of all kinds,
and the payment of a considerable sum
of money is to be required. A briet
delay is alone to be given her to make
satisfaction; and in case of refusal, war
is to be declared. At this stage of the
proceeding some friend to Gen. Jack
son is to announce that the United
States should be Unidentified by the
cession of Texas and another portion of
the Mexican territory. In this way
the colonists Of Texas will effect their
object, and the cabinet at Washington
theirs, without departing from the line
ofpolicy by which they profess to be
actuated.
"Why do the editors of the journals
in the confidence of the Government
keep silence at such momento They
who have gratuitously charged us with
being enemies Of the integrity of the
territory ofMexico! Is it because those
personswho declare that they consider
the People of Texas as no more than
animals are about to abandon this por-
ton of Cur territory All exhibits the
brilliant situation of our foreign rela-
tons. The Centralists whonow direct
our affairs have carried them on ruin
ously. Mr.. Bustamente, deputy, has
atlength appreciated the merits of the
actual ministry; the discourse he pro-
Iounced in Congress, and which we
publish in our columns ofto-day, exhi-
bits the state ofpublic opinion. If af-
fairs remain much longer in such in
competent hands, we shall lose Texas,
the two CALIFORNIA;, the territory of
New Mexico, and the great portion of
that of Sonora"
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LAW PARTNERSHIP.
Mich SyTes @rEer.

HAVING determined to locate himselfrl
manently in the county of Hampshire, The
designed have associated in the practice
the Law. Their Office win be the same be-
tofore occupied by the said A: W. McDonS
A. W. MCDONALD,
.. RICHARD PARKER. n
Ronney, July go, IsS6.-tf
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PeEySgree.

toy etAiANo" 0iiO PiOfS1 " ~ "A'AA Se4
. -PeWsgree..
LOGAN is by Alonzo, ont of Mai
on; Marion was by Malcolm, (imports|
by Col. Powell, )out of Fairy; Fairy wi
by Denton, who sold for $1,000; hi
(Fairy's cream churned into Butte
with a teaspoon, in fifteen second
For Marion l refused SEQ. HI
cream churned into butter, with a te
spoon in Is seconds. l sold Alon5
for $500. His grand dam was the g
nous Belina, whose grand sire sold i
England, for $1,000 guineas.-H
cream produced before the Pennsylv}
MIA Agricultural Society, placed upel
the record of their proceedings til
following remarkable butwell authent}
Gated facts, ''that in three days milkiij
she yielded eight pounds and Mirtes|
ounces Of butter, being at the rate
20 l-2 pounds per week, without e
traordinary management. One qua
of her cream yielded one pound fue al
one fourth ounces Of butter. A com
mittee was appointed by the Chairlnd
to ascertain by stop acafch, the tiIIl
necessary to convert it (Belina's crean
into butter: wherehpon it was reportdI
that it required three seconds, whid
wasreceived unanimously, as the men
bers witnessed the fact" Col Pows
wrote me as follows:
"AUeusT so. !
SIN three years Befina produced Il
8 MALES forwhich received $l5G1
1 neuer sold her calf at less than $50I
except once, when the animal had bed
injured, and I then received $4C0 q
him. l sold one of her calves at Sc
en- months old for 5000.
In selecting my cattle | have pal
great attention to the richest millziIl
property. Two Of my thorough BIRD
cows have been in mill-the cream
day old, of one of them, churned III
butterin fifteen seconds, the other d he
er in mdM with her first calf, cred
churned into butter in eighteen second
Both were churned with a tea-spoon-l
timed with stop 'oatcA and auanaecaat
ly out Of a cold spring, and timed u
and in the presence Of gentlemen oftl|
first respectability. Can blood be ric
er Or bettcr'
Ihave now and shall have this sprin1
some calves different grades ofblood
and Of different ages, by Alonzo All
Logan, for sale-all out of fine mild
cows. JOSIAH VIM. WARE.
April %, Is37.-3t.
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4 90 nc III e 8.

tanning
100 acres,
one So do; one 1Sl do; one $50;
total, ASAACRES more or less. The
said TRACTS OR PARCELS OF
LAND, was devised by Felix Welton
10 his daughter Maria Welton, since
Maria Mcneil. Reference can there
fore be had to the Will of said Felix
Wclton, decd, and also to the Com
missioner's books Of Hardy County.
So far as I know the right is indispuz
tables The Land Of good quality, with
an abundance ofgood TIMBER there
on. A considerable improvement
occupied at present by Mr.. James Will
son, to whom with Mr.. James Miles
and Valentine Simmons l would re-
commend those wishing to purchase
for any information they may wish re-
specting the premises.
PAYMENTS.
One third in hand, the balance in
equal payments of one and two years.
Title conveyed after first payment is
made by securing the deferred pay
mcnts.
-. THOMAS CARSKADON, .Ag't.
For .Mar1a Mc.NeiA
April 20, 1887.
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SEGARS, SNUFF, &c.-Superior
Havanna, Spanish and Half Spanish
SEGARs-TidbalPs Mixture, Macco-
boy, Lancaster, Natchitoches, Rappee,
and Scotch SNUFF-Always on hand
in large quantities, Wrapping Paper,
Snuff Boxes, segar Tubes, Pipes, Sc',
for sale low and on good terms by
LLOYD LOGAN.
Winchester, April %, 1887.
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Notice.

CAME to the plantation of the SUBJ
scriber, the latter part of May, 1886,
A Eged HAeFfeE. Calf,
not marked, with a star in her forehead,
and appraised to -FOUR DOLLARS.
The owner is requested to prove pro-
perry, pay charges, and take het away.
GEO. w. WASHINGTON.
South Branch, April 20, lS37.-3t.
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dark complexion-no marks about him
and supposed to be about % years
Of age. Had on when taken up, steel
gray over-coat, close bodied deep blue
cloth coat and pantaloons, both about
half worn, black silk vest, black silk
hat, an old pair of boots, and two cot
ton shirts. He has free papers with
him and claims to be free man, and
says he is from Prince William county,
Virginia. The owner is requested to
come forward prove property, pay char
ges and take him away.
JACOB ZIMMERMAN, Jailor.
Romney, April %, lS37.-3m.
05~ The Richmond Wing will please insert
the above months, land forward his account to
this Office for collection.
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ting was carried on by the funds of
Lang-Peacher handing overthe stakes,
as fast as they came into his hands, to
his cronies, in order that they might
draw further bets from Lang.
The day ofthe race arrived, s. the par
ties started-Howington, Vermonter
by birth, aged about % years and Pea
cher native ofthis county, aged about
% years-the former having been an
old soldier and famous for his long mat
ches and good bottom-the young
nag never having been tried for bot
tom, but known to be as fleet as a grey
hound, and wind most excellent. The
old nag did his best, but all would not
do. He soon famed, and finally let
down at the distance of 4S miles i
The young nag eight mile. ahead, and
still "going it, - under heavy pull
accomplishing the whole distance in a.
bout l2hours, and distancing his COM
petitor. And thus poor Lang, instead
of realising a gain of $4,000, and com
ing in possession of $4,000, realised
a loss Of eight thousand dollars! This
race may fairly be considered coun-
terpoise to the celebrated Long Island
race between the noted horses Henry
and Eclipse. As pedestrian, Mr..
Peacher may now be fairly considered
without rival.
The sympathy ofthe community is
strong for Lang, (ifsympathy can prop
erly be said to exist for either, )and no
thing but indignation felt towards Pea
cher. 1t is believed that Lang was in
duced by the persuasions of Peacher,
who had deliberately formed the plan
to deprive him of his money, to fall
from his high estate and enter into a
scheme calculated to defraud whole
community. The result proves that
honesty is the best policy" for while
Lang has lost his money, Peacher has
become as 'gilded loan crpainted clay
A FRIEND OF THE TURF.
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THE PREstDENcY.-This subject already
begins 10 be made the theme of discussion, and
several candidates have been announced. We
hear it rumored that Gen. Winfield Scott of
Virginia is to be brought out and that the in
vitation to public dinner in New Nork is a
preliminary step to his announcement.
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neatn our 1eet, involving all VINO rested
their faith upon its solidity in one gen
eral ruin.-.dmerfcaa
Correspondence ofthe National Intelligencer.
NEW York, April %.
News from England arrived by the
George Washington, at half past II o.
clock this morning, when the newspa-
per boats came up, and Wall street was
in buzz, every body inquiring what is
the news.
The Bank of England has come to
the rescue of three American houses,
and was still considering upon others.
This is good news; but England has not
get heard from the United States, and
aoe cannot come to conclusions till the
packets Of the std, 16th, and 24th, inst.
a,riue. Wait, wait, wait!
Cotton has fallen in England half
penny, and on the 24th rallied one
eighth of a penny. This is more bad
than good.
The London Times says it was ru-
mored that NICHOLAS BIDDLE was in
London. That "monSter" Biddle is
omnipresent all over this big globe.
The Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to draw Immediately upon the
Bank Of England for 2, 900, 900 sterling.
This is the bank whose 'credit' Mr..
RUSH has been crying down! The
George Washington brings back pro-
tested bills to the amount Of nearly
$4,000. This was not unexpected.
The English journals are looking to us for
relief, and with the greatest anxiety do the
merchants fix their eyes upon New York for
remittances! Will they Gomez
The Paris money market is in a very bad
state. The run upon the French Savings Banks
continues.
There had been great failures in Liverpool,
Birmingham for $4,000 pounds sterling. The
English call this a GREAT failure. They have
not heard from New Orleans.
General EVANS British armament has had
an engagement in Spain, in which it suffered
severely.
All things are quiet in England in politi-
galway.
News from England will continue to attract
the greatest attention. Specie MUST go, and
party Treasury circulars and two hundred Ad
ministrations cannot prevent it. Can they dam
the Mississippi, and make it run over the Roc
ky mountains?
A meeting Of the merchants is called to dis
cuss the present state Of things. The call will
be extended to the mechanics, it is probable.
In haste, as usual, and on the gallop.
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Hardy Land.

l WILL SELL, at Public Sale, be-
fore the Courthouse door, in the town
of Moorefeld, on The first day Of Jnae
Court,
Four Tracts OF land,
adjoining each other, viz: One con-
tanning
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Commissioners Office, Romney, I
Anril II. 1871.

The parties interested in the above
suits, will take notice, that l shall at
tend at my Office, in Romney, on Sat
urddy the 18Th day Of May neat, when
and where they will appear with the
necessary vouchers and evidence, to
carry the above recited decree into eff
feet,
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AZ &\aAG0Nr .zesss<xssszse~
>'''''o =. 49, s|.5sT ID 1es
THE NEW ORLEANS FAILURES
NEw ORLEANS, April Is.

MONEY MARKEr.-The gross a.
mount OF failures in this city, from a
careful estimate, is reckoned at ninety
seven millions. This was up to the
4th instant. 1t is now considerably o.
yer one hundred millions. In the end
the deficit will be over fifty millions,
even if the property in existence be
sold at the most favorable rates. Here
then we have credit capital whose
value depends entirely upon time and
the energy of our people. Does not
this fact speak volumes against the sys-
tenn by which we have been building
up our prosperity? 1t is a deceitful
ground on which we have been opera
ting. We now find it giving way be-
meath our feet, involving all who rested
their faith upon its soidity in one gen
eral ruin.--.4merfcaa.
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Logan.

THE services of this high bred in
proved Durham Short Horn Bull, ca
mswswgasS be had, at my farm, thru
miles east of Battletowi
eWW Clarke County Virginil
s4'2aass1 at $l0the COW, to be pa
when ascertained to be in calf.-E
pay unless she proves to be with cali
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NOTICE.
WAS Committed to tbe Jail Of Har

to the Jail Of Hamp-
shire county, Romney, on
the 29th day of MARCH,
1887, a colored man who
calls himself WILLIAM
BUTLER,-he is 5 feet 2
lie
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JOHN KERN, Jr.
Master Commissioner.
April Is, 1897.
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n WI r. FL R eM,

belonging to the estate of said deceas-
ed, now occupied by the subscriber, ~
ing 5 miles east of Romney, on the N.
Western Turnpike Road, containing
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Pssby5c SfgEe.

WILL be sold, at public sale, as Ex-
ecutor of Ferdinand Gulick, decd, at
the Courthouse in Romney, on Mon
dag the END dag Of May aert,
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-03
From the New ErpreSS April, 10.

BETTER CURRENcY."-Nloney 4 per
cent. month, and scarce at that. Safety
Fund country bank notes selling with diff
Guilty in the streets.
domestic Exchanges broken up; transfer
Of money almost impossible.
Banks in the country as thick as grass.
hoppcrs; Government proppins them up to
save its deposites.
Capitalists made princes; businuss men
made bcggars.
An augmentation Of the number of banks
from 320 to 67777, being an increase ofthree
hundred and f'ly.seuen besides, l57 branch
An extension ofthe amount Of bank loans
and discounts from 5200,45l,214, to $780,
s92,66l, being an increase Of upwards Of
three hundred and ninety millions Of dollars
a sum only twelve millions less than the
aggregate of the increased capital, clrcula
ton, rid dcposi;cs.
Twenry-six (sfate) mills, and two (rer-
rtoriaD girls mills, grinding out new banks
every wear, at the rate Of S15,000,000 in
Mississippi, S5,OOO.OGO, in Virginia, and
S5.OOO,OOO in Missouri.
The most extensive bank issucs-basrd
on the withdrawal of the salutary check OF
the United States Bank-dcluging LouIs-
ana and Mississippi with the very RAGS
which the Administration Promised 20 drive
from the country. In Mississippi the Peo-
pie appealing for the passage otthe RELIEF
LAWS, afer the old fashion Of Kentucky
In Kinds county, Mississippi, more than a
thousand suits have been brought, and the
citizens have petitioned the Governor to
conrene the legislature for the purpose Of
passing a relief Iau'
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and lis sm l.lsw cAcrv. Like most IN
dans he IS ,oId OF 4 JOKE. Inc opinion hat
$avagcs are always crave b,iHS erroneous.
HIS shake o''the nand, like every thing from
him, irlvr> lasting impression and i
there bc no, Il wee in his fingers, he has a
VICIOUS way OF hoh!mg them. Oscola is
generally ambitions. anI, like o:ncr Indians
'rercogrij,'--' t'n t1hoais' be;ng their bloody
code. His conduct. Ike that Of more civil.
jzeA men, IS made II? Of mivcl motives ::
having just cnougH Of the salt Of PATRIOTISM
to preserve the character from tic ta!at OF
Oug co ruo.iag scitiShncS$.