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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25
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The Short Horns.-A few weeks a.
90, we inserted notice of the weight
and age of SHAKESPEARE, short-horn
bull-calf, in the possession of Georgs
Renick, ESD. This young monster was
again weighed Saturday last, and it
was found that in one month he had
gained 100 lbs! His present weight Is
$40 lbs.--age months.-Sctoto GaS.
Banks in Observation-Disclosures Com
mittee on Banks Of the Legislature Of
Massachusetts, have reported in favor OF
increasing the capital Of some OF the
existing banks and Incorporating new
ones to the amount of 81, 900, 0c0.
It is stated in the Philadelphia In
qlirer that 200 men have enrolled their
names as volunteers for Texas. One
hundred are Germans, and the balance
native citizens, mostly mechanics and
artisans.
A woman named Marft, who whip
ped her little daug hter to death for not
pronouncing word correctly, has had
a 'true bill' found against her for man
slaughter, as we learn from the Vermont
Telegraph, and held to bail in the sum
Of $1,000.
Instrument applicable to rdrtohs dis
eases of the htngs!-A. nj. Malssiat has
submitted to the French Academy of
Sciences an instrument, by which he
proposes to convey liquids into the cav
tiles of the lungs, or extract from it any
gas, Or liquid, to hold it in state of d.
latation, SC. as circumstancesmay re-
quire. He has also invented and laid
before the same body another instru-
ment, which is an improvement upon
cupping glasses and may entirely SUI
persede the use of leeches.
4 pail full ofIey, with piece Of cop
peras halfas big as hens egg boiled in
it, will color fine nankin color, which
will never wash out. This is very USE
iul for the Innings of bed quilts, comfor-
tiers, sc.
DfsPATcH,-It is stated in the Lex
ington (Miss.) Gazette that package
OFFS letters arrived there on the 26th
January, 1897, which had been mailed
at Florence, Alabama, on the 10th
September, 1851!
1t said to have been demonstrated
that chimneys built with the inside flue
narrowest at the bottom and widening
towards the top never smoke. In En-
gland, they are beginning to build
chimneys on this principle, for carrying
off the engine smoke in the manufae-
toRies:T There is no longer any necess-
ity for building ssuch lofty towers of
chimneys as formerly; the increased
draught being obtained equally well by
this expedient.
PARKERsBURG, Va. March IL.
We hear that arrangements are be-
ing made for the opening of from six to
eight new Mercantile establishments
in this place. We wish them success.
ERep.
0y- Gen. JACKSON arrived at Wheeling on
the 18th inst
o. The Legislature Of MARYLAND, adjourn
| ed on Wednesday lsst.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

african Discoue,1es.-The Asiatic
Journal for January contains some ac-
count of the exploring expedition re-
Gently undertaken by DR.. Smith and O.
theirs, from Cape-Town, South Africa,
into the interior of the continent. II
appears that the expedition penetrated
almost as far as the tropic, found a very
healthy climate, and returned in excel.
lent condition, with an immense vari-
ETY. Of drawings and specimens Of nat
ural history. The artist who furnished
the geological part Of the collection is
said to have set out on this hazardous
adventure in state Of health which
hardly allowed hope of his being able
to reach the frontier of the colony, and
to have returned strong, robust, and
healthy man. In the words of Sir
John Herschell, he was "a living and
thriving proof of the salubrity of the
country traversed."
This is an important fact in reference
to African colonization. And yet col-
onizationists are charged with inhu-
mainly in wishing to remove SO many
of our free colored people as are dispo-
sed to emigrate from country where
they scarcely increase at all, and from
cities where one in every ~ of them
dies annually, to the fine and healthy
countries in the land of their fathers
NJ Y. Jour. Of Commerce.
Discovery in Central .4t;aca:---Dr.
Andrew Smith who was sent out by
the Cape of Good Hope Association in
to Central Africa, has recently presen-
ted to that body very interesting &C
count of his travels. The expedition
under him consisting of so persons, 100
head of cattle and horses, and 20 wag..
CONS, which started from Graaf Rniet
on the 18th August, 1884, returned in
the spring of the present year, after
penetrating to the latitude Of 230. 26
min. north. The mission became ac-
quainted with members Of n tribes, &
had information of l6 others, and real
lied very extensive and valuable col
lection in natural history, including $50
skins ofnew and rare quadrupeds, B.
$40 skins of new OF rare birds, three
barrels of snakes and lizards, one box
of insects, 3 crockodiles & 2 skeletons,
% new and rare tortoises, 799 geolog
ical specimens, and one package Of dri-
ed plants. They also ascertained that
the Hottentot, race was much more ex-
tended than has been hitherto believ-
ed, and that parties or communities be-
longing to it inhabit the interior as far
at least as the inland lake, which they
wore told was not less than three weeks
journey to the north Of the tropic Of
Capricorn.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

Far TROUBLES IN THE CABINET.
( A letter IN the New York journal OF
'ommerce, dated the 10th Of March,
Tvs: "There is trouble in the Cabinet!
Il. Forsyth, yesterday resigned his Of
be as Secretary of State, and, at the
Inc time, addressed letter to the
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer
NEW YORK, March Is.

NEW YORK, March Is.
New York for the week past, has been
thrown into an unusual fever of excite
mont. Almost all classes of men, from
the merchant to the day laborer, haye
suffered in consequence of the severe
pressure upon the money market.
Thursday evening brought to orr city
the worst news Of The week, reporting
to us the failure for a large sum Of one
of the first houses in New Orleans. It
was also reported that Messrs, Her
mann s. Son, and Messrs. Hermann,
Briggs and Co! with others, had fail
ed for several millions ofdollars. TWAS
known that the Messrs. Josephs, of this
city, were responsible for them to a
large amount, say II or IL hundred
thousand dollars. The Messrs. Joseph
were unprepared for such news, and
the consequence was that early yester-
day morning, it was announced that
they would be compelled to stop pay
ment. The Express Mail last evening
brought better news. The Messrs. Jo-
seph received the following letter from
one of the firms who were compelled
to stop payment:
N. ORLEANS, March 8, 1887.
Messrs. J. L. & S. JOSEPH s. Co.
Dear Sirs: We addressed you on the
9TH inst. in relation to the affairs of Her
mann, Briggs, & Co: Since then their
matters have taken several different
turns, and at last, by the, proposition of
yesterday, promise an early and sat-
isfactory adjustment, of which there is
scarcely doubt, as the points of the ar
rangement in a measure, come from
the banks themselves.
Our time being all taken up in en-
deavoring to effect those arrangements,
leave as no leisure for any other object,
and as consequence, our advices must
be short. Suffice it, however, now to
say, that Reynolds, Marshall, & Byrne
make a new house both here and
in Natchez, for the liquidation of the
affairs of Hermann, Briggs, & Co., and
to which their whole fortunes will be
carried--certainly not less than three
millions of doUms-and in the coarse
of to-day or tomorrow all the banks
will CERTAINLY come into the measure.
giving the parties 8, II, 10, Is, 81, s
"a months for the payment of then
debts-their Northern liabilities to be
arranged for the FIRST, but the manner Il
not yet fixed. Our position with the
house in question has so much impair
ed our credit as seriously to affect oul
negotiations, which were our only reli
ance for while to place you in fund.-
for OUR naturites bat the very mo
aent their business is settled, we viii
remit to you the whole amount Of eul
debt in some shape or other, accepta
BILE, we trust, to all the parties concern
ed.
In the mean time, do not, if you car
possibly avoid it, suspend your pay
ments, as you viii neither lose by the
parties, nor be placed under cash ad
vances many days after this rsache
YOU. Yesterday morning six Of thu
banks had agreed to the proposed mea
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

INTENSE DARKKKss.-The streets
of London on the 10th of January
were wrapped in thick darkness. AT
one o'clock, P. nj. it was difficult tosee
ones hand. A thief met a gentleman
walking in the streets, snatched his hat
from his head, and in moment was
lost in the surrounding obscurity. The
Standard says that this darkness did
not arise from fog, which is usually the
case, but was in every respect similar
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25
THE BANK BILL.

Tho bill to increase the banking cap
ital of the State was yesterday ordered
to its engrossment, as will be seen by
our Legislative proceedings. The a
mended substitute, reported by the Sc
lect committee, provided for an indie
pendent Bank at Norfolk with several
branches, the aggregate capital to be.
81, 800, O00-itincrsased the capital of
the Virginia Bank $3.50, 900 and that
ofths Farmers Bafk Of Virginia $40
coo. Mr.. Moncure moved to strike
out the sum of 81 100000 as the CAPT
tai of the Norfolk Bank, in order to in
sert an increased SUM for the purpose of
establishing branch at Falmouth
The question having been divided, the
sum was stricken out. Mr.. Stannard
then moved to fill the blank with 81
900, 900, so as to provide fora Branch
in the city of Richmond with capital
of 5000, 600, to be distracted from the
increase proposed in the bill to the ex-
isting Banks, in this city. Mr.. Watkins
expressed his willingness to sustain tho
motion for branch in Richmond with
d smaller capital, suggesting $500, 600
OF first; but afterwards moving to fill
the blank with $500, 1000, giving a,
branch to this place with capital Of
halfa million, which was agreed to.
The bill was further amended go as to
take $3.50, 600 from the increase Of tlis
capital of each Of the old banks to pro-
vide for the branch--leaving the CAPT
tai of the Virginia bank without in
crease, that of the Farmers bank in
creased 1925; OO0.-The vote ON en-
crossing the bill thus amended was Sd
to sI.--Rsch. Eng, March Is.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

The same body on the 10th unani,.
mously exonerated Judge EDWIN s.,
DUNCAN from all censure in his judi
cial career.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

.ka% We observe the statement IN an
ticle in the Washington Globe, that
esident Jackson, on squaring his &C
sants in that City, had scarcely as
aalch money left of his eight years
harry as would pay his expenses to
Rnnessee.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

1.-The same paper contradicts, at the
'ouest of MIR. II. A. EVERETT him
,lf, the rumor that he was about to es-
| lish an administration paperin Wash
Hrton.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25
AN ACT to change The TIME of6olaing
Elections for Members Of the Gener-
ID assembly and Of Congress.

~o SA"oN"o0'J Wv" y OO''S5 S""'
PASSED MARCH ID, 1887
l. Be 1t enacted By the General ifs,
sen,bly, That the general election OF
delegates for the several counties, cities,
towns and boroaghs, and election dis
tricts entitled to representation, and tho.
election of the eight senators. for one Of
the four classes of senatorial districts
in the room of these who will hereafter
be annually displaced, shall be held in,
the several counties, cities, towns and
borougks, on the fourth Thursday in
April of every year and the regular
general election Of representatives Of
this state in tho congress of the United
States, shall also be held on the said
fourth Thursday in April of each year
in which by law they are now directed
to be held.
2. All special elections for members
of the State senate and for representa-
tives of this state in the congress ofthd
United States to supply vacancies, shall
be held on the same day throughout
the senatorial Or congressional district
in which such election may be direct
ed to be held; and the returning Off
GERS conducting the said elections,
whether general or special, shall meet
within the same time after such cleo
tons respectively, and at the same pla-
ce5 as are now provided by law, for the
purpose of comparing the polls and
granting certificates Of election.
3. This actshall be in force from the
passage thereof.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

people of Georgia, purporting to ex-
plain his reasons for this step, and sent
it to the Globe for pubication.-By
some means or other, the breach was
patched over Tor the present, and the
resignation and the letter were with
drawn" This fare up ofMr. Forsyth
was occasioned by the offer to him of
the mission to Austria, which he concei-
we'd as an intended ostracism, and, as
such he resented it.-BaH. Ciron.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25
THURSDAY, March l9.

Bills passed.-To authorize survey
of route from Clarksburg by Middle
town to point near Pleasant Mills
directing routes TO be surveyed for
roads from Bear Garden Mountain, and
from Romney in Hampshire to the Ma
tional Road at or near Cumberland.
to provide for the construction of q road
from the Pennsylvania line in Monon-
gala county by Morgantown to the
Beverly and Clarksburg road-and au-
thorising the several courts to increase
Jailor's fees for supporto of criminals.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

Tie Court eff Lngsiry.--We stated
some days since, says the New York
Courier, that the Court Of Inquiry, be-
fore adiourning sine die, reaffirmed their
decision in favor of Gen. Scott, and
sent 1t to the late president. One Of
the last acts of that individual was, to
order the Court to REcoNvENE, and re-
consider their decision!-There can be
NO uoubt but they viii make quick
work of it.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

aa= We learn that the Chesapeake
b Ohio Canal is now navigable from
lilliamsport to the District of Column
i, and boats are briskly plying be-
zen those places.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

h. 1t is stated that the Hon. Bale
YroN, as he declines a reelection to
hgress, will be run for thu Office OF
vernon Of Tennessee
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

Mr.. EDrToR: Tyou have seen the last
number of the Richmond Wing and Public
Advertiser you perhaps have read some re-
marks addressed to the editors OF that valuable
paper, or so much of the proceedings of our
LEGISLATURE az relates to the Colonization So
ciety. and the attack made by the writer upon
that benevolent institution. The author OF the
communication, to which l have reference,
writes OYER El5 signature Of "Antifanatic )"
! than which, he could not have assumed more
inappropriate name, lift is intended to be an
| index of the spirit and character OF his very
| furious communication. Inthe sweeping de-
nunciations, which ''Antifanatic" has uttered
against the Legislature for what it has done,
and in expressing his honid opinion OF the
! Colonization Society, as a mischievous asso-
citation; am compelled to believe that he Is
not only ignorant OF the principles OF the Col,
onization Society, but of the act,that the great
as well as tfle good, not only patronized' pu'
originatedth humane institution. lie speaks
of the act ofthe Legislature Gas an eXtraordi
nary movement, such as has never been VIII
messed before. ''-Surely, sir, the writer Is en-
tirely unacquainted with the history of Airlcar
Colonization. Does he know HAT Congress
few years ago, purchased tract OF country
IN the Western Coast Of Africa, to be re
ceptacle and an asylum, for the free person
oCcoIor. then and now, in our country! Doc
: he know. that the Legislatures OF 1ourteel
states, have passed resolutions distinctly ap
proving of the scheme of colonizing' ana mos
+The Wing of the 10th inst.-[Ep' INT
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

lga= Capt. ALBURTIs, editor of the
.arlestown Republican, one of the
rTHruL, hasreceived an appointment
President Van Buren's Army.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

0g- Gen. JACKSON arrived at Wheeling on
the 18th inst.
90 The Legislature Of Maryland, adjourn
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

He PROGRESS TO A MONARCHY.
bA contemporary says at the late in
auration, the band played the royal
1.iof "wha'll be King but Charlie. y
3the opening ofthe next Congress-, It
III be time to salute the ears of the
sople's representatives with "God
Ire the King"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

m T HomAs JEFFERSON RANDOLPH, OF
Virginia has declined the Office, to which he
was recently appointed by the President OF
Commissioner to adjust the claims toreserva-
tons of land under the Choctaw treaty.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-03-25

b. The depra*ed wretches who
mmitted the infamous outrage on a
4 at Harrisburg, Pa, have all been ar
tied, we learn, & committed to prison.
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-07
VOLUME III.
From our Evening Edition of Saturday,

TExAs.-The Wall street prints are trying 10 raiSe
up dust about the admission of Texas INTO the oion
The Courier is very fierce on the " American 'of
publishing letter calculated TO have an uniaVoraoie
bearing on this policy
Be easy gentlemen. The Texans have no desire 10
amalgamate with the United States Ihey are satlsed
with their own position and their geographical di-
mansions None are in favor OF an admission INTO the
Union but few such land spectators as the Courier
concern whose honest editor is annoyed because the
Texian CONGRESS have annulled all the grants of land
he held there He says: The Government Of IeraS has
fa,,ea ia,o The hands Of hgh@ay robbers and
t5ires Now it happens that the robbers and thieves
are the very men who fought bled, conquered and
tabshed its independence Yet because they will not
permit clique of spectators in Wall monopo-
lize under fraudulent grants, frauduleny obtained, the
best lands Of Texas they thus denounced, and thus
illuminated.
The honest, true real Texans, want annexation
10 Le Ugion. They possess splendid country and are
capable of elfgovcrnment. They mean 10 create a
new family Of Anglo Saxon republics, towards the
South that viii proceed gradually till they enclose Chi
Ii and Buenos Ayres None but the Wall street land
spectators seek for its admission; and they do 50
under the impression that it would facilitate the recov-
cry of those fraudulent grants of land OF which they
have been properly deprived by the present govern
ment of Texas
Let the pubic mind be easy. The bank suspensions
cannot be forgotten under the smoke of Texas quarrel
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-07

would find like result and the necessity Of like conac
ton.
Now, looking the curtalmen OF their circulation
and discounts find that both yet too TAR extended Tor
ultimate return to healthy trade. The devices of shin
plastes and associations i'm oudent interpretations the
currency and needed at all IL with difficulty that
such spurious currency get into circulation
With this view Of the case, ounsed on ndisputable data is
quite amusing financial caraan and spectators
Wall street. crying against bankcurtaiments Such Illegal
impudent the North River Commercial Mechanics
and Phenix banks have issued currency
only protested southern the very patterns for
the Express and its specializing land and stock obber The
INK America, the National the Manhattan the Chemical,
several other institutions will alter their sound policy.
They viii cura and prepare specie payments at
an early date spite of the Glamour Of Wall street. and the
community viii support them
Stocks about the yesterday. United States
tanned tring advance. The demand for specie ncreas
ing, while the supply continues steady II will be that
Treasury drafts still command 81 per cent
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-07
ONEY MA Il X r. II.
Saturday, AuUust =. n NJ.


The wall street prints great deal Of no,sense about
the bank cur,almeni The Express says, "there not
enough n money aaoa for the purposes OF circulation This
op;non ignorance of the Of the cur.
rensy In six months from the first OF January, the foreign
trade has diminished per centhe cosstng trade 20 per Ct
the interior trade Is per csn-and al most every individual
branch of business like ratio The system Of credits has
also been modified great extent-prohaby undergoing
eur,ainen from and II months, to and months, besides
large portion returning directly cash payments, Under this
new position things the currency required to transact the
business OF 1887 may he estimated at - cent less than for
The wear In that year the aggregate currency stood
thus
Rank notes circulating as money, Slngoowo
Specie In circulation, out OF bank, so"~oeo
Ayvreca,e MIXED circulation FOR 1887, sI6o,cooooo
TAXING into cons the average reduct Of trade tor
,ay1 as wei, s the dmnuon o credits the quantity Of crcu
apr medium required will he least IS per cent less In the
paper currency and ia the specie which has been
exported to EN- land. This would leave USE
Bank note. circulating ss money seoooon1
Specie In circulation out Of oank, E,Ww'"o
Aggregate e;rcul.,ion for 1887, si1,ocoooo
We wiz the amount Of circulation Is more
than suce all the business now doing and per-
haps The trade Of the country cannot be
healthy ill the paper reduced to s7oocooeo at least
Thus much Tor the currency IL we were 70 anayre the
ssd DISCOUNTS 81 the banks the same principle We
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-07

Ne % John street.
Il r. CARROLL returns grateful acknowledgements
~ To the public and the gentlemen Of the medical profess
son. for the liberal patronage bestowed his establishment
years. the limits of newspaper advertisement preeludes
the possibility of giving analytical detail OF the medicinal
virtues of the Naper BATH he begs leave merely state a
has been found safe though powerful remedy In all the fol-
-wng diseases cutaneous diseases, rheumatism govt, lncp
umous diseases Of the joints, catarrhal
plants Group, affections OF the liver, asthma, sudden colds
debility especially powerful OF relieving that
dangerous complaint, new prevalent,
SCARLET FEVER,
which the Vapor Bath has Rad influence almost
paselcd In checking and eradicang the fearful progress
which the weekly report Of ntemeots OF It's having
siaie In this city Persons wishing general Vapor Bath,
informed the DOCCIA, LOCAL BATH, Is in full ope-
ration, and can be had al all times
have several visited the vapor Bath Estab
entirely satisfied myself that the aths admins
ALEX IT, STEVENS NJ d.
cheerully that have found the Baths IN John
street well attended and every comfort Of the patient con-
suited VALENTINE MOTT, NJ ID.
have been for years in the habit Of sending patients
10 Mr. and Mrs CAROLS Vapcr Bath In John street and have
be satisfied with skill with which they were adrnn
stored and believe IN this respect Mr. and Mrs Carroll
leave nothing to be desired by male or female bshers
VIM. ,. MACNEvEN, M. d.
The Baths In readiness from O'Clock In the
morning till O'Clock at night day. Sunday excepted
when they open from till In the morning. sulphur
Baths all day Portable Baths, with c-mpc-
part of the city Brooklyn FIVE minutes notice. Ne
nexon with any ether estabisment-The Shakers Concen
atsd Syrups ~ Sarsapaa and Everwor srsale Bathing
Tubs and Hip Baths for sale hire. jyT I'm