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ITEMS OF NEWS.

Mr., Scott, a celebrated clergyman of Lon
don, is about to migrate with colony to
Wisconsin. Mr.. Scott 10 Of the New ] erusa-
lem Church, and viii visit fhis country for
the avowed purpose of promulgating the doc.
trines Of that church among us. He is re-
presented to be man Of great eloquence,'
learning and piety.-Baft. Sun.
TERaIroRY OF rHE UNITED STATES
According to a writer in the National Inteli-
gencef, the whole territory in the United
States, from ocean to ocean, comprises g.
PSI, PA square miles or l,444,719, 260 statute
acres.
SAFE Scala letter closed with the white
Of an egg cannot be opened by the steam of
boiling water, like common wafer, as the
heat only adds to its firmness. "a
A melancholy event from carelessness of
children sporting with fire-a arms, occurred re-,
Gently at Paris, Tennessee. A boy fired a.
blank cartridge, in sport, at Clinton Dewitt,
son of DR.. Dewitt, of that place.. A slight
wound in the face was the result, bri' thu law.
ensued after the wound was healed, h rtvJifld-
ed in death.
A writer in the Maine Farmer states, that
a man in Vassalborough made money by SELL
ing his potatoes at ten cents a bushel.
The Nashville Banner says "A lady in
Nashville, being asked to waltz, gave the fol-,
lowing sensible and appropriate answer
''Ne, thank ye sir, have hugging enough
at home.''
1t is stated that the people at Barnstable.s
Mass. ,are suffering considerable depredations
on their cattle and sheep, supposed to be the
work of two Tigers, which escaped some time
since into the woods 10. that neighborhood,
from vessel ashore at Harwiek, &.
At Flatbush, Long Island "a few days
since, a, citizen was 'Lynched' fot
slaaderaag one Of his aaeighborsl He
was tied to the tail Of a cart, his face
besmeared with varnish, and in this
condition dragged through the town,
followed by mob oflawless wretches.
What adds to, the infamybf the transs,
action, the sufferer was exposed at sew!
beral residences of the inhabitants, AND
among others, that of his own family
where his wife and children witnessed
his disgrace.-N Ypaper.
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The New York Evening Star, speaking O

The New York Evening Star, speaking Of
the state of public feeling in that state, with
reference to Mr. VAN buren,, says that the
split in the ranks of his party is. clearly and
decisively marked; not loud, Or violent, OIL
proscriptive-but silent, suffering and deter
mined They will not vote against Mr.. Van
Buren,, but they will not vote at all. N APP
peal will rouse them-no denuneiation will
move them the leaders are severe sufferers
from the general Bankruptcy, and cannot lon
ger sustain men on measures so reckless, ruin
Gus and unthinlling.-Membe of Congress
elected as decisive anti Bank men are daily
changing in their opinions, and keeping up
an active correspondence throughout tile coun-
try. The changes on the meeting Of Con-
gress will be decisive.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

LIABILITIES OF RAIL-RoAD COMPANIES.
"A verdict has been given in Charleston a
gainst the South Carolina Canal and Rail
Road Company, for 1925, with interest from
January 81, 1885, in favor of Jacob Burn, for
the burning of quantity of hay, blades, and
other provender for cattle, contained in barn,
near the junction of Meeting and King street
roads, which took fire at the period above sta
ted from sparks issuing flom one of the Lo-
coMoTIvEs Of the Railroad.
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o. By letter we are informed that crazy
or deranged boy, arrived at the house OF MIR.
JOHN Moon, on Cheat River, Randolph coun-
ty, Va, on the 25th day Of May last. He is
about II OF 10 years old, sandy hair, rather
stoop shouhered, and about feet six or Sc
ven inches high, and says his name is BRu-
rUs WASHINGTON HILL, and that his parents
live in Ohio. His egress to the house OF MIR.
Moor was from the Cheat Mountains.
@-Editors in Ohio will please give the a
bove an insertion.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

AN ExPEDrENT.-A. letter from Mobile
says: ''The Banks and Merchants Of this
place are about sending an agent 70 Liverpool
to receive and sell all Cottons shipped from
this port, and the Banks have agreed to. dis
count bills drawn on this agent or agents, pre-
Dictated or shipments of Cotton; the Cotton
to be valued, and three fourths of the value
will be discounted by the Banks
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

A F1GHT.--An affray took place yes
terday afternoon in the neighborhood
of the Baltimore and Washington Rail
Road, near the environs ofthe city, be-
tween party Of Irishmen-Corkmen
and landowners. The party was on a
migrating excursion to the south, where
they had been engaged to work on a
canal, and were pursuing their journey,
when a dispute arose between the
Corkmen and Fardouners touching the
patriotism of Daniel O'Connell. Shil-
Ielahs were soon in motiofi-heads
were broken, to the tune.of the "Ken-
ney lads" and blood flowed freely.
The riot lasted about 20 minutes; after
which, the party packed UP and quiet
ly pursued their journey. A gentle
man who saw the afray, says 1T was
one of the most bloody rows he ever
Witnessed. Nobody killed.
Bait. Sun.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

MARRIED, on Tuesday the 9th ult.. by the
Rev. William Adair, Mr.. JOHN CoRBAN to
Miss ISABELLA DUNBAR, all of Monroe CO.
And parted the same night, after being in bed
some two hours The cause of separation
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Alle"hanian.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

oo- The Trenton Emporium Informs us
that the Legislature Of New York has passed
an act authorizing the suspension of specie
Payments BY the banks. 1t provides for a
Suspension on the part of the banks for one
Ayear; limits the amount of circulation; di-
areets that, during the suspension, no divi-
blends shall be paid to the stockholders no
bank shall sell or dispose of any of its specie
aevery bank shall make monthly report ofits
dcondition; act not to take effect except as to
jsuch banks as signify its assent to its condi-
stions banks to be subjected to inspection of
sthe bank commissioners, and such as may be
Iiinsolvent TO be at once wound up. These are
Iiithe main provisions.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

Judge O'NEALL, of South Carolina, has de-
cided that the stockholders in the Bank of
Charleston have -emption right to sub
scribe to the increased capital stock of the
company. An appeal has been taken to the
Superior Court against the decision.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

The Wing Convention last night nominated
JOHN P. KENNEDY, Esq. and Gen. CHARLES
STERRErT RIDGELEY as candidates to repre-
sent this District in the next House OF Repre-
sentatiyes. -Balt. Chron. June 6.
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Treasury DEPARTMENT, June l, 1887
In compliance with resolution of the Sc.
nate of the I'd of March last, notice is hereby
given that the receipts for the month of April
were, as nearly as can now be ascertained,
From Customs, $993,60O
i" Lands, 1,O1l,700
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

COUNTRY BANK NoTEs.-A statement,
not entirely accurate, of the descriptions OF
Country Bank paper received on deposite and
in payment, by the several Banks in this city,
has appeared in the papers. We have made
enquiries and are authorised TO say that the
following is a correctlist.
Alt Banls IN Maryland, except the Mi
neral Bank at Cumberland.
The Bank of Virginia and its branches, Ex-
cEPT THOSE AT LYNCHBURG, DANVILLE,
BUCHANAN AND CHARLEsroN ON THE KA-
NAwHA.
Bank of the Valley and its Branches.
Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Carlisle, York,
Harrisburg and Columbia Bridge Banks in
Pennsylvania.
The Cumberland Bank OF Allegheny, we
are glad to learn, has concluded an arrange
ment with one ofour city institutions, for the
redemption Of its paper. So that the only
Bank in Maryland which has not made this
wholesome provision is the Mineral Bank
Bait. Chron.
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WHAT WILL CONGRESS- Do2

WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO?
This question is asked.by the N. York
Times. d. We answer; It will depend
very much upon the disposition they
may have when they come together
If the members all come to Washing
ton, as heretofore with their PARTY
specs, we doubt whether they will be
able to do any thing; because, as we
said yesterday, these party spectacles
distort every thing in such way that
no two men, one looking through Wing
glasses and the other through the 9TH
er kind can possibly see the same OBJ
iect in the same position.
But if the members will leave their
party prejudices at home, resolve to
forget that they are Wings Or Tories, ad-
ministratlon men or opposition men, &
remember that they are only American
citizens-legfslators to whom the coun-
try looks for relief in this hour of her
tribulation-if they will but resolve to
promote the interests of their country,
instead of seeking to secure the success
of their party, they can do, and we
doubt NOT, will do much to mitigate
the existing evils; they can restore a
uniform currency to the country; they
can put it in the power ofthe banks to
resume specie payment at least as ear
ly as the first Of January next; they
can inspire confidence IN the govern
ment, soothe the angry and irritated
feelings Of the people, allay the rancor
of party spirit which keeps the country
in constant state of excitement and
which causes neighbors, and those who
ought to be friends, to speak and tore
ply to each other in tone Of bitterness
and asperity, instead of mildness and
suavity.
Let, then, the government and Con-
gress show spirit of forbearance and
Cancellation, and desire to show har-
mony once more to the American fam
lily; and let the Wings also cease to ex-
uit in the fulflment of their prophe-
cies; let both parties acknowledge their
errors, shake hands and resolve to make
the public good their main object, and
our country viii soon be restored to its
former flourishing condition, and the
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

CALLING UPON HERCULEs.-Thea Ccredi-
ted government organ in Philadelphia admits
that the Bank of the United States has loan
ed or advanced to the Government "iour or
five hundred thousand dollars, in order to dis
charge the pensions due cur naval veterans. %
ID
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n Scorer BANKs.-Some very Interesting
Views will be found in our paper to-day, from
sthe Fredericksburg. Arena, in regard to the
sSBanking System of Scotland. IT would seem,
sA observes the Leesburg Washingtonian, that
NJ he banks of that people have withstood all
PE,Ehe commercial shocks which have for the
\ HAST half century impaired or overthrown the
banks of Europe and America. Whether
ithis stability on their part is to be attributed
Exclusively, as contended by some, to the
q fundamental principle existing alone in their
II banking system of binding the entire resour-
\ les and property of each and all of the stock
.tholders for the issues and liabilities of their
thanks, we are not prepared to say. The
A1uestioni is ofpeculiar interest at this moment
..lo our country, and hence demands its DELHI
Nitrate and deep consideration. There are O.
iFlher features of their banking system differ
Hing from those in general use, such for in
fHtance as the Scotch banks retaining no spe-
IL lie in their vaults, not regulating their issues
Fly the amount Of coin on hand, which is said
Mo be rendered unnecessary by the great prin-
Nipple binding the entire property of the stock
geaolders, which gives confidence in the notes,
N ecurity against all losses, and ensures the
fnost strict, prudent and honest administra-
t.aion of their affairs.
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$99S,60O
l,O1l,7OO
Sl,995,300
Total
Total SI,95o,oVU
LEVI WOODBURY., Sec. ofthe Try.

P. s.-Although not required by the reso-
luton, it is stated for the information of the
community, that the payments for expendi-
lures during the same month amounted to
~, 1897, 403 81. L. w.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

Destructive CoNFLAGRATIoN.-A slip
Eom the Office Of the Norfolk Beacon, dated
tune 4th, says: "The beautiful village ofSuf-
Blk has suffered from most destructive con-
sagration. 1t broke out on Saturday morn
i,g at the lower part of the village, and gain
n in spite of every effort, consuming the
sourt House, Jail, and number of stores
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

teacher than the People ofthe United States
have been on this subject. And neVA re-
fleet upon our present condition and prospect
without recurring to the fate of the Italian.
who, protesting strong, robust constitution,
sacrificed it to the tempering Of experimental
qiackery. His epitaph was brief, and con-
tanned an instructive lesson Il was we'll; ]
would be better; am here. May it never
be the painful office of the historian to in-
scribe the same warning epitaph on the nigh
ty ruins of our national prosperity!
81 fear, sir, that have not sufficiently
realized the importance of sound and stable
currency. All our civil institutions combin4
ed are not more important than this as guar
anty for the secure enjoyment of the right of
property. q In vain do we boast of our laws
and the incorrupible purity of our judges as
means of protecting property, ifyou take a
way the very ,substratum upon which the.
whole superstructure mustrest
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

When specie payments were suspended in
1918, it created no kind ofsensation-7no kind
of difference in business Bank notes passed
current then, as they will now, in exchange
for every commodity, and in payment OF
debts. We got out of the difficulty then-we
shall get out of it now, in spite of Jackson,
Van Buren, & Co-Noah.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

N. 05- Il is often asked what will our General
"a Assembly dc-what Will Congress do to cure
AAjhe evils our country isnow subjected to? We
Would answer restore the monetary concerns
stfthe Government to the department to which
n constitutionally belongs-the Congress and
their Secretary of the Treasury. Ifthere had
a,een no tampering-no tinkering on the part
.Ef the Executive, to make 1T BETTER-to
make that which was perfect in all its effects
ispon the commercial interests Of che people,
Me government would not now exhibit the
%me spectacle to the world of Bankruptcy,
With its hundred places IF deposite, and its
Millions of specie so much boosted of, The
credit ofthe Banks-the credit
hPf the Government, have been Impaired ruin
Il d by the intermedling of the Executive de-
f,artneht. If the people could understand
lshy Ger. jackson run counter to the will o.
'Nongress, and Enthusiastically interfered
With the powers of that body, the evils we
4 ,ow suffer would be soon removed at the
Al oils
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FROM NEW YORK.

From the Comm. Advertiser Of Saturday
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
About alfpast one O. clock this NOR
ming, a fire broke out in the public
store, No! 100 Washington Street,
which was entirely destroyed. The
building was very large one, & con-
tanned a stock Of goods valued at 81
800, 000,which was entirely consumed.
Weare not able TO learn the amount of
insurance, but have understood that a.
bout 800, 900 of it are borne by the
New York offices. ..
While the french were actively en-
gagged in subduing the flames, the north
wall of the building gave way, and bu-
ried two persons beneath the ruins
One ofthese was killed. fireman at
tached to Hose Company No. l3,nam-
ed Thomas Horton, aged 26, and who
had joined the fire department only, ON
Thursday. The other is an apprentice
to John s. Gilbert, ship-joiner, named
Charles Stuyvesant. He is still alive,
but in very precarious state, having
seven wounds in the head, and one
hand severely burned. TWAS rumor-
ed this morning, that another person
had persisted beneath the ruins, but we
are inclined to think it is not the case.
The fire is supposed to have been
the work Of an incendlary.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

The Georgetown metropolitan states that
break occurred in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal on the 3Oth ult. in consequence ofwhich
the trade is at present interrupted. 1t was oc-
casioned by culvert on the level on this side
of the Monocacy, about eighteen miles above
Seneca, giving way, in consequence of the
late heavy rains. 1t is expected to be repair
ed in about ten or twelve days. This culvert
was noticed as being in precarious state last
winter
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

The Chilicothe (Ohio) Gazette says :
'We are assured by intelligent farmers that
the wheat fields promise fully an average crop
throughout those sections, where this great
staple is chiefly eultivated,in Ross and the ad-
joining countless
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

0G- The editor of the Louisville Journal
states that he has seen five dollar notes of Mr.,
Van Buren's Pet Bank at Natehez sold for
one dollar ard thirty five cents.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

y ns- Mr.. WEBSTER partook of a public din
Fner at Lexington, KY, on the 24th ult. Hen
Try Clay, Gov. Poindexter, and other distin-
'lguished gentlemen, were present.
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\ Since Maryland has been State, it appears,
thirty five banks have been chartered of which
humber, sixteen have failed.
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and dwellings. The loss is very heavy, and
but slightly insured:-About FIFTY DWELL
ING HOUSES consumed,

The Governor of Virginia has appointed the
following gentlemen Board ofVisiters ofthe
Military School, says the Stanton Spectator,
to be established at Lexington, in connection
with Washington College; Col. Claude Gro
yet, Gen. WIN. Ligen, of Powhatan, Gen. Pc
ter c. Johnson, of Washington, and General
George Rust, of Loudoun. General Barnard
Peyton is made a member of the Board, by
the law establishing the school, in virtue Of
his Office as Adjutant General.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-We learn from
the Winchester Virginiah of Tuesday last, that
Mr.. SAMUEL PATTON was killed on Thurs-
day, near the head waters of Cedar Creek, by
the falling Of the beam or lever Of cider
press. He had recently come from Pennsyl-
vana for The purpose of settling in Virginia,
and had bought farm from Mr.. Jacob Ru-
dolph, on Cedar Creek. Having walked out
to view his purchase, he carelessly swung by
his arms to the beam Of the press; the addi-
ton ofhis weight broke the pin that support
ed the log, and he was instantly crushed to
death by its weight. He was about 20 or As
years Of age.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

SLAVE TRADE.-Eight African ne
groes have been taken into custody, at
Appalaehicola, by the United States
deputy marshal, alleged to have been
imported from Cuba, on board the
schooner Emperor, Capt. Cox. Indict-
ments for piracy, under the acts for the
suppression of the slave trade, have
been found against Capt. Cox, and 9TH
er parties implicated. The negroes
were boughtin Cuba, by Frenchman
named Malherbe, formerly resident
of Tallahassee, who was drowned socl1
after the arrival of the schooner.
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Post OGce.-"sauce for the goose
and sauce for the gander." The adj
ministration demand silver at the Post
Office and Custom House, and pay the
debts Of the government in paper
Why.is the administration to be a pre-
ferred. creditor7 Formerly, Jackson
used to dsick us with one hand and rub
rs dry with the other. Kendall and
Blair, who now rule the roast, duck US
with both hands, and we continue to
be dripping. Amos thinks that he will
by this move boxu full $l00, COOS
Gle each week throughout the Unioni
to send to Washington to pay Blair's
printing bill, his own, and the Presi7
dents salary, and his pet contractors in
golds He must look out that the hard
money isnot stopped in transitu. The
folks wont let it go. There is ''Bos-
ton Tea-party'' getting up.-.N Y.SiQr.
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From the n Y Journal of Commerce, June l.
SPEcIE.-Large sums are constantly
arriving, and more is likely to go to
Europe by the packets Of this day than
has gone on any previous day. The
circulating specie will Of course work
out Of the country at such a time. as
this. With our views of. the matter,
we do notregret this; but we doregret
that policy is pursued which is drain
ing the vaults Of the banks for expor-
tation, and we wonder that even poll
ticians should not be able to compre-
bend the real operation of their own
policy. What difference does it make
whether the specie is sent directly
from the bank vaults the ships which
are to export it, orwhether it first goes
into circulation, and then is sold to the
brokers, and by them to the shippers ?
The process is little longer in one
case than in the other, but the results
the same. Nothing but little bills can
save the specie in the vaults of the
banks. We warn the politicians Of
what is before them. The wants of
circulation will not be sufficient to de-
tain the specie in the country. Thrust
be kept Gagged, under locks and bars,
Or it will fly away. and this will be an
evil Of great magnitude, tobe felt here
after:
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Melancholy Statement.-The New
York New Era contains the following:
cat no period of its history has there
been so great degree Of general dis
tress in this city as there is at this day.
OF its mechanics and other working
men, at least ten thousand are now
without employment; and the wives &
families Of these, which amount, upon
low calculation, to ten thousand per-
sons more, are suffering want, marty Of
them bitter heart-rending want. The
letters which abound upon our table
from commercial clerks, state that there
are at least two thousand Of that edu-
Gated class who have been dismissed
from their occupations, and whose pre-
viously scanty salaries allowed them to
make little if any provision for SO sud
den and distressing a contingency. Of
seamstresses, book-folders, bonhet-ma-
kers, and other industrious females, we
are assured, from sources likely to be
well informed, that certainly 5000 are
at this moment in pining restitution,
and exposed to heartess temptation
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-06-10

MATTHIAS, the self styled prophet,
passed through this town yesterday, on
his way to the north. His beard is
more than foot long. He is an enc
my to all Banks, particularly Nick Bid
dle's-a real hard currency man-and
says the present state of things is a
judgment Upon the. people--that all
banks and merchants should be put
down,-that he is the messenger of the
Lord, and all other priests and prophets
come from the devil So tie Loco Fo-
cos have Matthias with them Canton
( Ohio) Repository.