South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-04-01

House of Delegates. Two brought out by
| CAUCUS, and three are out upon their own in
dependence and freedom from party dictation
On Monday last no response was made to the
Jefferson meeting. The Wings now appear
ayerse to this mode of proceeding. Howe
yer. we believe if Mr.. Smith is candidate,
he will receive respectable vote in tins
county.
| az- Mr.. LfGRANp was not REMOVED from
| the Navy Agency at Norfolk, as stated last
week, but RESIGNED.
be- The Richmond Enquirer eommuni-
Gates the information that the family OF the IL
| lustrious Madison, are preparing for the press
five or six volumes of his MSS.--One volume
| is to be devoted to CONSTITUTIONAL Doc
| TRfNEs-and the others to his interesting Cor
spondeace.-These are, of course, exclusive
Of his Reports of the old Congress, and OF the
Federal Convention, for the purchase OF which
the last Congress have appropriated ss3o,ooo.
ne AT our latest account from Columbus,
Ohio, a duel was expected to take place, be-
tween Messrs. M'LAuGHLIN and L1DEY, both
nrMocRATs and members of the Senate of
that State.
Ns- The WINCHESTER PREsBxTRRY Will
meet in Martinsburg, on the 10th Of this
month.
1ts- A serious riot occurred al Troy, New
York, on the 18th ult. 1t occurred in conse-
quence Of an image Of st. Patrick, being pa
raded through the streets. The military were
called out in the evening, and the mob dis
nersed. The account says-ethus closed anoA
ther disgraceful scene of tulnult, terror and
bloodshea,svith loss of life and limb fully g.
dual to Florida Battle!"
Dg The political parties in the Convention
Ito amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania"
which is to meet in May next, now stand,
Wings 81, Van Buren, Sc.
Er5l One thousand German laborers are on
their way to this country to work on the James
River and Kanawha Canal
NORTH WESTERN TURNPIKE.
We learn from the Winchester Virginian
that a bill appropriating $4,000, to the I'M
provement of that portion of the road winch
lies between Lockhart's and Winchester, has
passed the house Of delegates, by vote OF 81
to 40. The bill also provides that the road
shall be examined during h.e s'tn1ner by
competent engineer, instructed report upon
the expediency of Matchmaking portions, or
the whole of the road, and to furnish to the
next legislature estimates Of the probable cost.
1G- Formerly, says contemporary the West
India Islands depended on us for their sup
plies of flour, at prices which made fortunes
rapidly for those engaged in the traffic. Now,
strange to say, we are told by the Kingston
Jamaica papers, that flour is drug with them
whilst the cost of even an inferior quality here
is enormous!
rs General KEEN, a Probate Judge, Post
master, &C. in Indiana, has been apprehend-
ed for robbing letters in his office.
To FAnMERs.-The Philadelphia Herald
san experienced grower of Wheat advises
YOU to roll your fields, as to press the roots
now exposed to the atmosphere and frost'un-
der the soil. This will prevent that injury to
the crop called "winter killing Remem-
Der, flour is enormously high, and you should
take great pains to ensure good crops the
coming season.
0o- The Washington Metropolitan of Sat-
urday last gives the following painful intelll-
genee:
An engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, who sometime since, accidentally,
while in the discharge of his duty, ran over
and killed young man, has become iasane IN
consequence The first symptom OF his IN
sanity was manifested by his repeatedly stop
ping the engine, and calling to the attendants
10 rescue man under the wheel. he Is re,
presented as man OF keen senslDhities ana
of nervous temperament.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
We take from the New York Daily Elk
n,ess the following Extract of Letter from
Mexican in Tampico, to William Kidd, Esq
ofthe Merchants Exchange, New Orleans
the contents of which are said to be "believ-
ed to be entirely true by those actually ae-
ouainted with the state ofaffairs In Mexico :;
"DEAR SIR: Notwithstanding the nonsen-
s;cal rant in the American papers concerning
this country, and the expedition desnAed 10
onerate AGAINST the Texans, you should know
thot thc Mexicans and the Government are re-