South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-17

we understand, they have not arrived. Enc.
| Extension Of Duty Boads.-It ap-
pears from a correspondence between
the Solicitor of the Treasury and
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce ofNew York, that all bonds may
now be extended to the LIST October,
on giving additional security, instead
of 80, 60, and so days, as before re-
| CURED; and that on payment Of one
fourth the amount in so days, addi-
tional security will be dispensed with.
Nat. Int.
The Army and Navy Chronicle says
that Gen. JnsUp has asked to be reliev-
ed from his command in Florida, but
has been informed that his services
cannot be dispensed with until the In
dams shall have been removed from the
limits Of the territory.-I5.
bFWe understand that the Cover
nor has declined ordering an election
for Delegate from this county for the
extra session of the Legislature, to sup
ply the vacancy occasionally the res
ignation of E. w. Robinson, Esq. This
decision is based upon the belief that
the session will be closed before an E.
lection could be held WInch. Rep.
ApPo1NTMENT.-Edgar w. Robin
son, Esq, senior editor Of the Winches-
ter Virginian, and delegate elect to the
Legislature, has been appointed Post
master at this place, vice the late very
worthy incumbent, Col. Thomas Rob-
erts, deceased.-B.
G- The General Assembly Of the Presby-
terrain Church adjourned Oh Thursday morn
ing, June 9th. The principal business done
was cutting off from the Church the synods
OF Utica, Geneva, tennessee, and the Yves
tern Reserve, and dissolving the elective-affi-
nifty Presbytery of Philadelphia By the a.
bove measure, about 400 ministers and 600
churches are thrown out. The same body,
before adjournment, came to the conclusion,
~ AS"S4 eiAliSV VA tllC lIiidD = thursday Ot
May, 1888, in the same place, Philadelphia.
o. We are astonished, as an exchange pa
per remarks, to find that there are still some
few of the sticklers FOE Van Buren,, charging
the present distress throughout the country to
the Whigs-that it is a wing trick, &c. Who
was it that produced the unexampled, but FOR
cED prosperity of the country fer several
years? Who was it that promised us a 'BET-
TER CURRENCY upon the dissolution of the
Bank of the U. States? Who was it that prom
ised US hard money currency" Who was
it that removed the deposites' What Baiiks
were the first to suspend specie payments d?
1t was the party now in power that made all
these promises, and the pet banks of that par
ty,that first closed their vaults and have bank
rupted the government. We cannot for the |
life of us, see how the present difficulties can
be charged TO those who have been in the mi |
nority, and who have on all occasions been
hurled from Office upon the representation of |
few by the minions, to make room for some
one that would throw up his hal, land sing glo- |
ry to jackson and Van Buren,. 1t is perfect |
folly to charge the present distress 10 any o.
Their cause than that of the Encouragement
ofthose, who have unfortunately been emtrust- |
ed with power. The very existing state of
things, was predicted by the Wings, but no
attention was paid to their charlottesville
Jacksons, Van Burens, Blairs and Kendails |
have blundered and bungled along until they
have become completely engulphed, and we
shall see what they will next attempt, upon
the meeting of Congress in September.
0G- We received by mail during the past |
week the Twentieth Annual Report of the A
merican Society for Colonizing the free peo-
pie of colour Of the United States, on the coast
Of Africa. The Society calls upon the Rev.
erend Clergy ofthe United States to continue
the practice of taking up collections, in their
respective congregations, on the Sabbath pre-
ceding the Fourth of July, to aid the funds Of |
the Society; and while the Society gratefully |
acknowledge that the funds derived from
this source have formed an important part of
its ordinary revenue, it is announced that this |
aid is now INDISPENSABLE, if the cause is to
go onward
The Report says-"The Progress of the
cause in Virginia during the year, has been
more encouraging than in any former period
of its history in that state. Notwithstanding
the entire failure of the appropriation by the
Legislature, the amount of private contribu-
tons has been increased fourfbld. 1t is con-
fdently hoped, also, by the friends of the
cause there. that the Legislature will, during
the present winter, so modify the law regulat-
ing the appropriation, as will render it availa-
BILE to the society.--It is the opinion of those
best able to form an opinion, from very ex-
tensive intercourse with the people of Virginia