South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1861-02-01
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to the depth Of some six inches. The
sleighing has been fine, aud the merry
jiDgliDg of the bells and the happy smiling
faces of the young folks as they SKINNED
rapidly over the icy snow, dissipated the
settled gloom of our village for time at
least. Convention was the order of the
day last Monday, and thecandidates in the
morning were busy, and quite respectable
in numbers, but alas the ballot in the
evening reduced their ranks, and only two
we're left JOSEPH s. HIErr and JAMES
PARSONS, Esqrs. So there are now only
four in the field: DAVID PUGu, =. NJ.
ARMSTRONG, JAMES PARSONS and Jos. S.
HIErT. From them, let the people in their
wisdom, unbiased by old party prejudices,
uninauenced by old party hacks, select,
1.-The London and Liverpool papers are
filled with accounts of the suferings and
even starvation prevailing among the poor
in the manufacturing districts in England.
Cause-laborers thrown out of employ
ment by the countermauding of orders sent
from this country. So itis-the miserable
abolitionists in their foolish and wicked at
tempt to free our negtses, have brought
ruin upon this, the bess government the
world ever knew since the days when God
gave his laws to the Iraelites, and starva-
ton and suffering, not only in their own
country but in England to their own race
They will yet meet their just punishment
at the hands of just God !......The Rev.
J. ". r. PUGH, on the 4th ult, delivered
sermon, which is spoken of as a Every
able and patriotic discourse, indicating
the justice and christian propriety of the
South, in the present crisis" 1t has been
published, but we have not seen it. Mr..
p. is native of Hardy, and for several
years practiced law in this place.. The
editor of the Clarke Journal writing from
Richmond, Jan. 18th, says: "There are in
this city three or four thousand negroes
thrown out of employment. the tobacco
factories are all stopped and the places of
hiring servants are all crowded with no one
to hire. Merchants are suffering greatly
from the same" ......Let the South stand
united for their rights, and the North will
respect them the more and yield to US
what justice and good sense both require
If the North yields, we can we'll lay aside
our arms and warlike preparatiops,-if
there be q refusal, it will then be too
late to put ourselves in state of defence.
"Wait-wait-Uait and a little longer
'0att! Time enough yet to prepare for
defence"-let that cry prevail, let our ears
be soothcd by that syren song of peace,
and in all probability we will be awakened
too late by the terrible words. Sampson,
is';sss = 49, Ieefs a1d 6a& ins-
deed our pO'os 6rohea' o aair shorn and
our strength gone !, VIZ are entirely un-
prepared for war, and y& from,all the signs
Of the time war seems Smost to be newt.
able-is it the part of:Rise men to wait
until the war actually commences, or pre-
pare now for it? Ofoaurse, we desire an
honorable peace, hope Or one, and wish
that the present propositions of our State
may be acceded to-bu: we also wish to
prepare for the ,Oorst: ,.... Wanted by
number Of young men, just twenty-five, in
different parts Of tbs State, seats either in
the Legislature OF s6s (665ventiou, Con-
yentiun rather preferred3as the intelligence
and experience they possess can best serve
the public Rantea ny a very large
number Of your mel sesiding in town
and country, sitnations;in. which no work
is 10 be performed, and cigars, brandy, fue
clothes. q fast.horse and buggy. and their
agirl. to be always onSsand Runted-
BY the community. that these young men,
5suho are IN soant, should go to work, and
in some honorable bl:sipsss earn "their
bread blythe sweat Other brow" young
folks think old folks aretfools, but old folks
know yodng folks tobe FOOLS" The
Richmond Enquirer issues now German
edition. It is the onlypaper published in
German in this State =. The japanese
embassy have reached their homes. When
they left the Niagara. they shed tears. and
took with them very nysteriously all the
silver forks and spoonsS blankets, &c, that
were conae-at- abe on Il vessel. Uncle
Sam can we'll Sta,s SIssasS:-7 NeM,J=s,
million-of dollars sle pest on them BY
the United States Government. ."Unea.
sy rests the head that wears CROWN
Wonder if our poor old President Buchan-
an dom. often think d;the above and its
truth. Mr.. lABRAHAm LINCOLN, ,Presi-
dent elect of the late. United States, will
leave for Washington, on the 18th. On
the second Wcdss,dsy Of February, Con-
r. = Z