South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-04-05

distribution in the southcru States. AmOua
tho ncproesv-o6 cousso.--,TRY French s6d
splendid cavalry horses for IS apiece before
leaving Vera Crus.r--A ccnspany 10 nos b.
ing formed in New York city 20 innpauoe
tho cultivation Of coffee on a largo .ssals IN
South Florida, the only portion Of tho Uais-
ed States which Is said 70 be adapted 70 tho
purposc.--A RURAL town In Maine has bad
ball, the proceeds Of which arc 70 buy q
bearsc ......A VERMoxrxK taking his fami-
iy West, recently bought g railroad tick.
cts. He goes with his wifs and - ohil-
drcn---the latter ineluding III paiss oftvinu-
--BLEssEp arc they who have got Glitch,
for they shall know what Il Is 20 scratch
THE worst waterfall on the back Of the head
is not so bad a. n cataract In the eye.--A
YOUNG lady named BENNETT, aged 10, has
been refused admission to che Methodist
College, in Pittsburg, on her second term,
II having been discovered that she has Al
rican blood in her veins. LADIES who have
adsposition topunish their husbands should
recollect that little warm suushinc will
melt an icicle much sooner than regular
north castcr.--TnE legal pay Of the mem
bcrs Of the Illinois Legislature amounted
to sos TO each for the last session. Per
quisi,es voted brought the amount actually
received by each up tosS76.-TuE Charles
ton News estimates the number Of freed
mcn--farm hands---who have Left South
Carolina for Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaba-
ma, Texas and Florida at s25,000.--A
HARTroRD Conn woman whipped little
son nearly 10 death last week because no
played truant, aud while he was lying sense
less, logged another son in the most brutal
manner for the same offcnsc.---ON the Pine
lands Of Georgia, which possess a quick,
warm soil, two crops arc frequently obtain
cd. A wheat harvest is gathered in June,
n corn crop is thou planted which ripens by
the last Of October LOSSES by cattle dis
case in England arc summed up at S17,-
o65, 900 in gold.-TwESTY years ago there
were no vineyards in the Department Of tho
Indre, in France at the present time the
extent under vineyards is about 90, 000.--
PERHAPS it may be interesting for the Ia
dies 20 know that eight centuries ago the
waterfall was actually masculine append.
ancc, and quito the thing among men Of
fashion IN France. Irregular
ty" is the mild phrase now used for one Of
the chief causes of divorce.-THISK Of IL
The locomotive now runs four hundred aud
City miles west Of 81. Louis, and the track
is being laid ut the rate Of a mile every day.
The Indians arc waiting for grass to grow
before commencing TO scalp white pco-
ple.--WuES you hear n man calling every
one fool, you can set him down MS ono Of
the same sort.-A GENTLEMAN was asked
by Mrs. Wellington what difference thcro
was between her aud her watch to which,
he Instantly replied "Your watch, mad
am, makes US remember the hours, and you
make us forget them. lis recent report
to the Kentucky Legislature, the commis-
sioncrs Of the Kentucky Institution for the
Education and Trimming of Predetermined
Children, make vigorous protest against
the intermarriage Of persons nearly related
IL is stated that the charitable institutions
Of the State are filed with the offsprines 81
those marriages, and that every interest of
humanity and religion demand the legal
prevention Of marriages between blood re-
lations.--WM. X. BARBEE, the well-known
Virginia sculptor, whose name is intimately
associated with his own beautiful "Fisher
Girl and the "Coquette," works Of art
which have the admiration Of all who have
seen them, has just modelled the g,ost
Pleiad,' which he pronounccs as his best
work Of art. The model is now in gale
ry in Baltimore. Charles Boar.
man, Of sIartinsburg, has been promoted 20
Commodore ia the Nayy.---IT Is reported
that Sir Frederick Bruce, the British Min.
lister az Washington, has received informa-
ton that the sentences Of the condemned
Fenian prisoners in Canada will be RENTED.
--REv. MR. STIG9INs said III am n char
liable man, and think every ono entitled 10
his opinion; and never have selfish malice
against my foes, not even against Dir. Aful-
berry, who has indirectly called me q sim
nor but still, il the Lord has a thunder
bolt 10 spare, think IL would be well be-
slowed on brother MnlbeTFy's head. '---IT
~ not the sphere IN which we live, but tho
spirit which moves as, that makes life vul-
gar or heroic.--WHEN minds are not in
unison, the words Of love itself are but tho
rattling Of the chain that tells the victim Il
Is bound .-Colored people will hereafter ride
in the street ears Of Philadelphia, with white
people, instead Of ears set apart for them
the law so declaring THE Boston Tran.
script says no man from the North ever CUP
set his own apple cart IN Congress 90 speed.
lily as General Butler.---JomN b. GoUaH,
has been offered 81 500 10 gold for a lecture
each week in London, the course 10 last
for year.--Ifyou are truly benevolent add
charitable, perhaps you viii, wben you see
neighbor in distress, ask some other neigh
Dor 10 help him.--A Philadelphia Radical
paper thinks that cit Is singular fact that
reconstructed Tcnnessee has been the scene
Of more disorder and dificulte sis,,o the -