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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

scented and referred 90 the committee on CoGn-
lies, townships and Corporations
BY Mr.. Sergcut. Petition vf " 90. French and
Robert Powell ard 50 other citizens vf hampshire
county PRAYING far the removal OF The county
seat 81 s.tia c0gu:y from Bo,nney,
~ VI. Flair; kemOnsirsnce az George Wash
ingltn aud forty -niiic ether oitizens OF Hamp-
thirc county, Protesting against lie removal II
TIC county seat Of said county.
By Mr. " clcb "Reminiscences Of John Mcbride
aud ~ of5er citizens OF hampshire county, pro-
testing csa.ns; The removal " the county seat ot
ss.iG coGGty.
BY Nr. Seegent: Reiuonstrance Of Daniel
Thompson tWea,y Que others protesting against
the removal O; the county seat OF Hampshire 60.
\ ILL 10 incorporate big bland Lodge |. @. o.
r, was discussed al length. The bill Was final
~ referred 10 the Judiciary committee, With in
strUciions &c report TO its cons thu tionality.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21
sJThe New York Uo,a shows, by f,

gJ>The New York World shows, by fig
ures and statistics, that seventeen members
fthe House of Representatives, whose votes
are necessary to give the Radicals rcqui-
site majority for passing bill over the Pre-
sident's Neto-representd districts in tho Sc
yeral States, which at the last elections gave
large Conservative majoritics. And, it is
these members, misreprescnting their con-
htituents, who Radicalze the House, and
enable it to pursue the injurious, discredi-
table, unjust, and unconstitutional course
it now continues. And yet this is thought
10 be a representative government
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

EEThe House resolutions in favor of
the repeal of tue congressional reconstruc-
'ion acts were adopted in the Ohio Senate
on yesterday week. A resolution was add
cd directing the Ohio Senator'S to oppose
Senator Shcrman's bill declaring the con-
stitution Of Alabama ratified. The pro-
posed measure is declared to be additional
evidence of an attempt to overthrow, by
force aul fraud, the constitution and to
establish an irresponsible congressional d.
rectory, backed by the bayonets Of mill
tary chieftan.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

G-A distressing accident occurred in
Clarksburg on Friday last. A young man
named BRENT, in the store Of Mr.. JOHN
JOHNSON, was examining pistol, and from
some cause, it was discharged, the ball en-
tering Mr. Is. L. PAYSE's side. He died
ia a few minutes. Mr. =. leaves a family,
many relatives and large circle of friends
to mourn his sad and untimcly fate.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

and perfdious wrong--at least letihem pa,
away the pitiab.e monstrosi'y of negro con.
stituiional conventions rs tie instruments
ot%heir maliguiiy. They have abundance
oFas despicablc stuff as tyrants ever were
made of-let them send the negro behind
the scenes, and Hy their PoPEs, and SHEE-
dams, and MEApEs, and other like tiger
eats, directly at our throats"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21
no CONsUNTPTIVEs.

Tie REy. EDWARD A. WILSON will send free
Of chargel to All who desire it, the prescription
with the directions for making aud using tlie sim
pie remedy by which he was cured Of u lung nf-
lection and that dread disease consumption. Ills
only object IS 10 benefit the afflicted aud he hopes
every sufferer will try this prescription, IL viii
cost them nothing and mss prove blessing.
Please address EgY. EDWARD a. WILSON,
No. los south Second ST., Williamsburg, y Y.
Nay ., lSC1.-iy
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21
ERRORS on YoUTII.

Gentleman who suffered Tor years from Ner-
y"us Debility, Premature Decay, aud 40 the cl-
Itcts Of youthful indiscrCtion viii for tbe sake Of
suffering humanity, sena free IT, all who need it
ihe recipe aud directions Tor making tAc simple
remedy ~ winch ice was cured. sufferers wish
ing TO profit by the advertiser experience, can
DO So hy addressing, in perfect confidence,
JOHN g. OGDEN
Way o, ] sG7 -ly. ~ Cedar Street New lotk
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

EEThe hatred Of CHASE and GRANT for
each other is SO great, that neither, and the
families of neither, ever attend receptions,
&c, at the house Of the other CHASE is
said to enjoy GRANTS recent humiliation
and disgrace intensely.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21
INFORMATION.

ia. rmalion guaranteed go produce a luxuTiant
30" ga OF hair upon bald head or bcardlcss facc
Hiso recipe Tor lllc removal Of iimpcs Blofch-
o.. LfuTtsns. etc. Oh the skin, leaving TIC same
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

ES-EDwARD u. TAYLOR, on account Of
i'll health, few days ago, resigned his cash
iership ofthc National Valley Bank of Staun-
ton. Mr.. T. for twenty-three years filed
the same Office in the old Bauk Of the VAL
ley at that place.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21
E1-ln the Supreme Court. on Mona

TT In the Supreme Court, on Monday
last, the Chief Justice delivered the opin-
ion Of the court in the McArllc case, ON
the motion Of Senator TRUNHULL 60 dismiss
for want Of jurisdiction. The motion was
refused, there being AMPLE law On Which TO
ground the case. The case will therefore
come Up for argument on is merits. rs pre-
yiou~ly arranged, on the Erst Monday Of
March.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

Ec"Ihe power of frozen water is sinrn-
larry illustrated in lecture on beat and
cold delivered by Professor TINpArL be-
fore the Royal Institution Of Great Britain
Among his experiments, an ordnaty bomb
she'll was filed with water, securely plueg-
ed, and then placed in bucket filed with
polndod ice and salt In bali an hour the
bombshcil was burst into fragments BY the
nero freezing Of the confined water.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

CONVENTIONS ~ THESouTu In speak
iug Of the outrage imposed upon the South
crn States by the Radicals through the in
ttrumcntality Of Constitutional state Con
,entious, so-ealled, the Eayujrer &C. Eromi
"cy asks :--"Will ther patience Of the North
rn people allow this monstrosity much lon
gcry It is not merely an absurdily. tits
not merely a disgust It's a terror. It's
that most diabolical Of plots and Of dramas
"A frightful tragedy in the garb u farce.
it IS the dagger Of the assassin with the dis
guiso Of the harlequin and the gibberi.h Of
,hc idiot II is the dance Of the Ethiopian
over the dust Of Washington 1t is the hu-
initiation Of the Caucasian by the African
the exaltation Of bprbarisn and fotichism o.
yer civilization and christianity. 1t gives
TO republican forms their deadiest blow, BY
making them supremacy contemplate Shall
proceeding at once 50 fatal in its character
and 90 loathsome in its details, at once q
great crime, great peril and great indie
cency, continue to offend and disgust the
world Is it necessary that the worst Of
ends should be pursued by the worst Of
ineansg Can dcspotism devise no more de-
cent formula for its dirty ends For shame
that the people Of Tue North should so long
have tolerated the brutal exhibition. II
they arc utterly obliyious TO every political
principle they have ever profcsscd if they
arc utterly inscnsiblctoeyery pledge ofhou-
or they have ever made; il they, indeed.
desire TO pour only yitriol ia the Southern
wounds, and educate sosibcrn hearts 20 tLc
very gall Of bate under a scuse of cuormou.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21


GENERAL LEE AND THE On SoIDIEp
One of Gen r. Z. LEES family tells of
most touching incident that occurred be-
tween the General and an old soldier, soon
after the surrender. 1t is as follows:
"An old man, tall, rough and ragged,
but true hearted Virginian, from the
mountains, called at the residence of the
General, and speaking low, emphaticallv
and mysteriously, said 'Ginral, l have
come down here to take you and your wife
and darter up to our place in the mountains
the Yankees has cotchcd President Da-
Wis, and they'll be after .you sure-they
hates you Ginral, kase you licked en- so.
haint got no niggers to wait on You, but
me and the old woman will do it." and
lowering his voice to whisper, he contin-
ued: Ginral, there's places up thar. where
you can hide and nary Yankee can find We
- But" said the General, you sure
ly would not have me, your General. hide
away from the Yankees" "But Ginral.
'taint no fair Fl III, now They'll sneak IN
unbeanownst, anj # ,aey c0tch gar thry Il
hang you sure"
"Thc General satisfied the old fellow iLot
he was safe from hanging, aud said, Look
ing pitifully at the stockiugless feet and
tattelcd clothes, "Wait, my Kind friend.
while 90 mp stairs" lie went up and
returned with packagc which he aqve tie
old man, saying, "Some kind Baltimore
ladies have sent me some nice clothing
more than need have pu: up here
part of it for YOU wi YOU acccrt il and
wear it for the sake IF your Old commander
and friend 20 The old man held tbo
package at arms length for moment or
two, then pressing it to his bosom and fold
ing lis arms oyerif, held it there. Biz
tears rolled down Lis furrowcd checks
Soon as he could speak he said "N
wear these clothes, Ginral No-no. while
| live, but Ill keep them till die and
they'll put them on the old man when his
work is done AMI they lay him in Lis coz
fin. I'll sleep sweet in them, Gjnral. surc!"
lie went ont sobbing, aud holding the bun
die to bis breast rs he would have done an
infant. believe my fIther was CRYING
too .uo~ that was. st Loa,s (N)
Christian i3rOcaie
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
John kabrick's Executor, &c,
rs.
Alfred Davis Widow and Heirs. Sc.

Alfred Davis Widow and Heirs, &c.
DY decree rendered in this cause n, the
ID March Term, 1861. of the Circuit Court of
Hampshire county. Wet Va, i. is ordered. that
Il Commissioner ascertain and report To tie said
court what is the title of the Heirs at Law of Al
fred Davis dec H.. To the tw tracts nf land known
rs the Clark surveys" ia the bill mention ed
and in whom the legal title to said tracts now is :
also, what portion md 10 what value of the work
mentioned in the articles of agreement between
Joseph and Alfred Davis, was done by said Al
fred Davis; stating any other matters by him
deemed pertinent or required by either PARTY :
and publication Tor four successive. weeks 10 a
newspaper printed in tic town Of i;onuey az the
time md place of ,ad commissioner acting un-
der this decree, is made equivalent To personal
service Of notice upon AL parties interested
And notice il hereby given that have fixed
NONDIy, NiRCH 22rk 1853, as the time
aud my CEicc in Eomncy as the place, Of exccut-
ing said decree, At which time ani place all per-
sons interested may attend and Protect their ia
lcreS's.
WI g. CLAYTON.
Gem r. "a C'g Or. G.. Hampshire 90, ". "a
Feb. II, 1868 -5w.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

r. President JoHNs0N has received
petition from GEoRGE FRANcIs TRAIN
asking the aid, influence, and power Of the
United states Government to enforce bis
claim for 100000 against the British Gov.
ernment for illegal arrest and false impris-
onmCnt.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21


s@-It will be seen iron. I'D article o.. our
frst page that impeachment was defeated
IN the Reconstruction Committee few DAYS
ago. THAD. STEVENS, boutwell, and
tARNswoRTH, voted for impeachment, and
the other six members against it. This, that
excellent paper the Richmond Dispatch,
thinks is rot surprising to those who haze
patiently considered the situation of affairs
at Washington. Mr. Johnson is jns: where
Congress wishes him to be very much
shorn Of power, and incapable of obstrueting
their plans. Should he attempt to impede
them, Congress will make law for the oc-
casion-impeach him and remove him
Whatever the more impeluous AMI lead
strong of the Radicals may have said and
done upon the strength of the JOHNSON
GRANT correspondence, impeachment has
not been part of the Radica! plan 1t
would be vcnturing on rather tempes.u-
Gus and dangerous sea, and it will be avoid
cd unless deemed absolutely necessary.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

ES-A bill ceding tract Of land ten miles
square, south Of St Louis, for the location
Of the national capital, was introduced 10 the
lower house Of the Legislator, Of Missouri,
on Saturday last, and referred 10 the com
mittce on Federal Relations.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

GJ-ilon. PHILIP Ii. FLNDALL died in
Washington on Sunday last, aged IS. lie
was distinguished member of the bar and
was district attorney under the administra-
lions of Presidents Harrison Tyler, Taylor
and Fillmore, and was one Of the most re-
spected and prominent citizens Of that City
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

ES-Tbo MongreIs Of Florida have nom
mated State ticket, consisting Of Mr.
Billings, (whitc) for Governor I.aundas,
(colored) for Lieutenant Governor and
Gibbs, (colored) for member Of Congress.
How arc you, negro Congressman
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

bS- President Johnson last letter con
yicts Grant, by the testimony Of every
member Of the Cabinet, Of treacbcry and
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

This Is 4 WHITE MANS Govern
HIENT. The Richmond Enquiyer learns
that throughout the North metallic badges,
Tearing likeness of Washington aud the
above inscription, are being very generally
worn. This is one Of the nlcations show
ipg the deep current Of popular feeling.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

Es~The President has created new de.
rartment, called the Department Of the At
.Iintic and has appointed Lieutenant Gene
lal Sherman to command 1t. 1t consists
If the Departments Of tic Lakes, Of the
East, and of Washington, with hcadquar-
ters in Washington city This will give
Gen. Sherman the same rank by brcyet as
General Grant holds by regular promotion
1t is said that Senator Sherman las re-.
cciycd dispatch from his brother Lieut..
Cen Sherman, now at the West, in which
he positively refuses to accept tho proposed
hrcyet rank Of General in the L. S. Army,
even should President JouNsoN's recon-
Incndation be endorsed by the Senate.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

ETT6o Washington correspondent Of
tLe Chicago Ey 5i"ua, radical, say. dat
Mr. Nashburrc wrote all General Grants
letters to tie President.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-02-21

near Springfield, conveyed to said BRADY ly C..
lIeiskcI.
3rd. All tina; tract conveyed % said Brady tr
the htit. Of James Cris. except ~ acres herrf b.
fore sold To- Daniel tlency. This tsgct l.rs On
about
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-11-28
'5s1e yAGSasGEsa EreeSi..

Mr. James T. Murdoch gave his "Recol-
lections Of Lincoln" ut the Masonic Hall, in
Cincinnati, recently, and in the course of
his remarks spoke of Wilkes Booth as
follows;
No Just, dispassionate man could claim
that Booth was acting from mistaken pa
triolism when he committed the hi6eous
deed. 1t was groveiing personal ambition
that prompted the assassin in his dan cable
work. Excited by love of notoriety and up
plause, Booth flung himself into the arms of
few murderous conspirGtors, and with them
hatched the plot for assassiNGting the Presi-
dent Mr. Murdoch remembered that on one
OCCASION when Booth was cast ior the char
acter Of t@oglt5 uo HO0rc in SChiiler's tragedy
OF The Robbers" he wanted the stage
carpenter SO to arrange the scenes that at Il
certain time in the progress of the play he
would hurl himself down a precipice from
great height. They eHpostulateG with him
against the arrangement, but he insisted on
having his plan carried out, saying that no
matter whether he was killed or not by the
fail, the jump would be sensational, ana
would bring down the house" SO it was
with the last desperate and terrible act of his
life. 4 band Of rebels, knowing that he was
ambitious to DO something tragic for the
cause that was fast losing its strength, en-
couragcd him in lis idle plans ana gave him
an ostensiule leadership of their party only
to fire his excited brain with their hellish
plot for the murder Of Mr.. Lincoln. The
mantle Of Iunius Brutus Booth the elder did
not fall upon the shoulders of John Wilkes,
and the consciousness of that fact ranked in
Booths heart, though it did not ruthe his
handsome brow. The tool in the hands of
his designing companions, he was made to
believe that the fame he coveted was 20 be
gained only by performing the last bloody
act of that long and disastrous tragedy. The
imrenitcnt ones South wanted 4 man to
strike the final blow, and they would lift
| him On their shoulders and give him the first
| place in the new nation they thought to rear
when anarchy and bloodshed had destroyed
| the old. a weak and miserable ambition
led Booth to the terrible crime ofmurdering
| in cold blood the nations best beneIactor,
and, in firing that fatal shot, he brought
| upon himself all the adherence that the
American people can feel Tie perished as
he deserved to perish, like dog, and his
name will ever henceforth be detested by all
men.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-11-28

muskets and SIGH, who will prevent our
shootin niggers, and who will perfect ON
thcr farms and in ther shops the oius North.
crners who hev settled in our midst We
shell see the gellorious Southern system
decline stidly and shoorly. The whippin
posts will rot, and the stoS will decay-the
yelp Nv dOrgs will no more be hcerd, and
the cheerful crack NV the pistol and the
shrcek NV the man what has got his Cruel,
will 10 more be hper6 in all the land. Bas'
con-, after be hez the few farms still ummoTt-
gagged in the visinity, will close and go to
Louisville, aud embark into wholesale
grosery trade and jine the church, and give
literally to Sundy skoOls; his Grosery viii
fall into decay and the sire will hang 10y one
hinge. We shell see churches and skool-
houses, factrys and villages everywhere.
The pograln place Nv 1000 akers will he
divided up into twenty farms, and on them
farms will be the bustlin Hoo Yorker, the
cool, caculatin Yankee, the stiddy, hard
workin German-wbo will display his grow
elm nacher by workin himself. instid Of
forcin niggers to Go it for him. We shel be
run over with skoomarms, delugCd with
academies, plastered over with nOosepapers,
stunned with machinery, drove crazy 10y the
whirr crash and clash Nv mowin machines
and rcapers. And there will be cheese made
at the Corners. Pennibackcr's distillcry will
be turned into n cheese factory. and weak
whey will run wher now the genrous high
wines flash along the troughs. Their will be
no rectifyin at the Corncrs-thc hog pens
will be abolished, and in thcr stcd will be
sk0ol houses. And methinks | see in my
minds eye, Horssho, the sperit, the ghost NV
the departed Pogram (for he wont survive
it long. q hoYerin over the scene, ez Ham
lick's father did, The blessed shade will
look in vain for lis house-on the spot wher
it stood will be an academy. He will turn
to Bascom'S, but ther he will find deestrct
skule. ITO Pcnnibacker's - lie will gasp
in spcrit whisper, and with speritooal
smack NV his spiritooai lips he will hover
over it, but the smell NV cheese in the place
Nv the strengthen odors in wich he delites,
will send spritooal shuddcr thro him. A
gO7t Nv tear will run down his spiritOoal
nose, lingcr for minnit at the tip like a
dew crop on the rose, and fall ! Then will
Tie dissatisfied gost demand to be taken
back to purgatory, place less tryin to his
nerves.
Deekin Pogram hez only brightoned up
wurst.
\ thot flashed over his mind wich gave
him comfort for minuit. Isn't ther
Booth for Grant ez thcr wuz for Linkin r.
askt he.
"Ah ~ sed in alarm, "wood you kill
Grant to hev Colfax in his p!aco2 We mite
Kill Colfax, say you. Alars sposn they'd
elect Sumner ez President Nv the Senit
Kill Sumner? Good Lord no They'd
then elect Butler Specker Nv the house, and
he can't be killed, No No We he'd better
bear tho ills we hev than to fly to them we
know not 1T. Its gone. All is up with me
and us. 7 shol stay in Kentucky for the
present, tho wat may become Nv ne the
LORD only knows.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. NJ,
(Wich is Postmastcr)
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-11-28
Clever Women.

With most people cleverness is applied to
women as a term Of veled reproach. and
not without show of reason, because it is a
testimony to intellect at the expense of
something distinctly feminine. The ideal
woman does not reason her processes of
thought are iBtuitye 50 far that she can
give no account how she arrives at them
II sue attempts to do so, her proiessed rca-
Suns gre paIpable after thoughts, proving
l,at l"slG IS at least no ohtrusive faculty..
Que Is WISER not to pretend to it. We bow
10 conclusions formed on no conscious data,
ana Wlth nothing like argument to back
them, because in her own Erovince. thonGh
size cannot reason, she is very ant to bc
right Clever women, on the contrary.
throw intuition over and aim at logic
They pOssessSh anal ytiCal faculty. and on.
courage it in themselves. They search into
the why and the wherefore, they pursue 81
subject in all its bearings, they trace it to
its cause, they study themselves, and they
study character i'll Others-not for present
purpose, not by the intuitive method, but
as an haUitual intellectual occupation. AS
reasoning beings they dispense with instinct,
which rcyengcs itself IN return by ceasng
to serve their personal needs, leaving them
to work oft the details Of conduct hy the
light of their hoasted reason; revenge in
deed. We all perceive, who have any eX-
perence of selfconsciousncss, what poor
exchange must be a constant appeal to the
will or the judgment in the minor action OF
life, for the promptinss of habit and intui.
tion in natures finely tuned, where the mind
does not speculate but acts, comprehend
ing just as much of the persons and things
encountered as is necessary for success, and
no more. Knowing too much and thinking
too much are alike fatal to charm.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-11-28
T'o skecp Garn:es bright.

When CRATE is purchased and you ask
how to keep the polished parts as bright as
they then are, you will almost always get an
eyasive answer, for what reason ! never
could understand. l would suppose that
the yenders of CRATES would be pleased to
know shat the CRATES they dispose of would
always look as clean and bright after they
have left their possession.
l have, however, discovered . mode for
keeping the polished parts Of CRATES perfec-
tly bright without using an undue quantity
of elbow grease" either. 1t is simply to
take piece of flannel, moisten it with coal
oil, next dip in powdered emery ard then
rub when 10 and behold brightness will
suddenly appear, and the matronly heart
will be glnddened. Mine was. BECKY.