South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-02-21

Our readers, interested in this valuable and
important Improvement, will be glad to learn,
'nat the Road viii he prt.under contract 70 this
point, very speedily. We etate this upon infor-
nation considered reliable aud accurate The
interest OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company In this enterprise, affords sufficient as
sursnce Of the prompt and subs tial completion
OF the work We suppose the Road will be ra-
p'diy extended Southwark, by Nooreaeld, Pc
tersburg, &c, &c.
COMPARISON Among the facts Of interest
set forth in the last census OF the United States
is the comparative amount Of pauperism and
crime 10 the Eastern States and South Atlantic
States The statistics alluded to are based upon
the native white population of the two sections.
IL appears from the record that New England
with all her boosted intelligence aud puritanism:
with her economy in government policy; with
her extensive philanthropc institutions, is far
behind the people OF the South and this, too,
just after terrible war which wrecked and ru-
ined the fortunes OF nine tenths Of her people
The following is copied from the census reports
OF 1870:
In Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island and Connection the ma
tive white population is 1,sOs, 4ol. The num-
Der of panpers is l2,972, or one in every 2l7.
In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, the native white
population is 2, BOG, 235. The number of pau.
pers ia ,0G2. II will be seen that the propor-
ton of paupers in the New England States is
almost two to one, compared with the South
Atlantic States But in "A moral aspec, the com
Ia c,tn a..
people. In the New England States named there
are ,, O97, one in every ,339 In the South
ern States named the number of criminals lie l.
ia, or one in every 2,sl7. Here again the pre-
ponderance is as more than two TO one against
the high-strung putitans of New England. And
yet these bluen osed pinks Of morality and thrift
undertake 10 lecture the people of the South up
on morality and business science. Rock. Rag
A SAD SroRY OF BsREAvENESr-The Peters
burg APpedi says We give below n bona iide
and literal copy of letter received II few DAYS
since by gentleman of this city, from one of
the noble mothers of Virginia, who gave her all
To the defence of the South. The letter is go
simple, and yet so tender and eloquent that We
leave it TO make its own impression ithout
comment: only adding prayer that after
these long ears of fond expectation and earnest
longing, her absent darling may yet be restored
to his mothers eyes and arms
Nr. Eh:or Please send me the paper for a
mother year. | don't know how ! could do
without seeing paper every day. II may be
an old woman's fancy, tut somehow | am M I
yet hopeless that shall vet hear something to
cheer my last days Ny bright manly boy Will
liam, left me in 81 10 join the Confederate ar
my He wns then I7-mv only boy and fro IA
then till the battle of Gettysburg saw him
twice and heard from him Often. In that dread
full battle he was left wounded on the battlefield
His fate know not, but read the papers every
day, hoping that | may gain some tidiags OF
him. hope on, and still hope that he may bc
alive. The shadows are growing longer and
the dark river is rolling nearer and nearer TO
me but beyond the light grows brighter Will
liam may be there waiting for my Mas.
terS call. Yours &c.