South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-18
SALARY OF R. M. WHITNEY.


Committee, it appears from the Baltimore
Chronicle, has reported to Congress that they
have ascertained that r. M. WHITNEY is the
agent of TWENTY deposite Banks, twelve of
which pay him together an annual salary of
| Sc, 575. There can hardly be doubt that
this man makes out ofthe Deposite Banks at
least $4,000 a year. Several Of the Banks
refuse or failed to state what salary they paid
him, and others declined telling whether he
was their agent.
| A curious fact, showing the influence of
Whitney in the distribution of the deposites,
is established by this report-67 Banks that
do NOT employ Whitney, had on the 1st of
October, 1884, only $ss,l33,6s4 Of the public
deposites. On the same day, 20 Banks that
did employ Whitney, enjoyed nearly seven
millions of the public money. On the 1st of
October, 1885, the 81 banks above had but
$4,2I2,s 1852, and on the LIST of October, 1886,
SIS, s99,ss7. Whitney's TWENTY pets on
these respective days had $l3,672, sb2-and
$24,227 All; proving incontestably the adj
vantage of Whitney's services to the Banks
that employed him, and his absolute control of
the money of the people.
ns- Rumor says that Gen. GAINES intends
to retire from the army shortly, and settle IN
Tennessee.
The Richmond Enquirer states that VIII
LIAM H. RoANE has declined accepting the
appointment ofPostmaster for the city of Rich
mond, recently rendered to him.
gy- From our Pennsylvania papers we learn
/ that q STATE Cess vENrIo9'' of the friends
of the Union, is proposed to be held at Harris
burg, on the first Monday Of May next, for
| the purpose of assuring the Southern States
that they AZ STATE are opposed TO the
schemes of the Abolitionists, and that they
will, to the utmost of their ability, defend and
sustain the Constitution of the United States
and that compact by which sswe are united as
one people" Success to this movement.
Ors- Since our last, says the Cumberland Ci-.
william of Saturday last, we have learned that
the clothing, &c. recently found in the woods,
near the mouth Of Patterson's creek, as mott
ced in our paper of last week, must have be-
longed TO man named Jos. HIBBs. In A
pril last we are informed,a man by that name,
came to Frankfort, Va. and afterwards came
on to this county, to proceed with his family
to the west. Being unable to pay his tavern
bill at Frankfort, in consequence of the mo-
ney he had not being current, he had left in
pledge e pair Of saddle bags and some cloth
ing and whilst in this county he sold his
horse, and receiving a part of the pay, return
ed to Frankfort to lift his clothing, &C., stat
ing that he would be back on the following
day to receive the balance, Give dollars,) due
him. He however never returned. and from
the circumstance Of number of other hui
man bones being found in the woods near
where the clothing was discovered, there can
be no doubt but he came to his death in some
way, but how cannot be determined Whilst
in this county, he was seen to have very Sc
we're fitupon him, and it is thought he may
probably have committed suicide whilst under
an attack of the kind. He was from the low
er part of Virginia.