South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-09-04
RoMNEY, FRIDAY. SEPT. A, 1874.
eyTHE official canvass of the vote cast


EJTHE official canvass of the vote cast
at the recent election in Ohio was made on
the 18th ult., and shows that the majority
against the new constitution is AZ ,2S4, aud
the majority against the liquor license
1886.
EpJ. RANDOLPH TUCKER was nomi.
mated on Thursday week for Congress 10 the
sixth district of Virginia. Mr.. DocooK
aud Mr.. WHITEHEAD we're contestants for
the nomination.
@JosEPH II. BRADLEY, Esq, q tai
ented young lawyer ofthe Washington bar,
and son Of JOSEPH BRADLEY, Sr., 80 well
known as distinguished lawyer of the
country, died in Washington city on Friday
morning last.
G1THE business prospects, Of New York
City, Il wo may believe the Tribune, are
beginning to be of an unusually bright ma
turc. The hotels arc filling up, and those
which business men most affect are inordi-
nately crowded with guests. Western aud
Southern country merchants pour into town
IN great numbers, SO. as 10 have an early
start with their fall goods The healthy
reaction is two-fol1. Traders bring en-
couraging reports of the crops and other
resources of the South and West, aud he p
ioremovo any lingering prejudioea concern
ing the credit of these sections.
The FAILURES BY THE PANIC OF 1878.
The extent of the panic of last Septcm-
Der is graphically portrayed in the compar-
ed exhibits of commercial statistics for
1872 and 1873. The amount of liabilities
Of those who failed in the former year is
estimated at Sl21,000,000, and for the
latter at s2S0,000,000 Five thousand
one hundred and eighty three persons, firms
and corporations contributed to the fiaancial
distress of 1873. OF these failures about
onc-eighth of the whole number occurred
in New York City, and involved the loss Of
S92 SOC, 900, or about one-third of the whole
amount of the lossep.
Gp The investigation into the charges a.
gsnist Rev. III. Ward Beecber has been bro,
to an end with just sue verdict as every ore
expected when the committee was spooin.
ted The report is simply an argument 10
favor of Mr.. Boecher's innocence by his
par.isans and followers and will fail yery
far short Of satisfying the great body of the
people that there was no truth in tho al.
legations of Tilton. The public will ex.
perlencc relief at the termination Of @
scandal whose ofensiveness was felt in al
quarters, but Mr.. Bcecher's usefuness-as
far as be ever had any--will be greatly i'm
paired, his influence lessonad, aud his char.
acter stained for ever beyond the purify ing
powers of committee Of Investigators -
CumJerldnd Times.
glN the third congressional district
Of West Virgins, JOHN HALL, the prosi-
dent Of the first constitutional convention
of that State, Announces himselfas an inde-
pendent candidate. lie is in favor of a mod
crate increase Of the currency, an appropri-
alton for the completion of the James Riv-
er and Kanawha canal, and says Lie is o
Ptrong prOtectionist.
ETJAMEs d. PORTER, tho Democratic
nominee for Governor of Tennessee, is @
native of that State, and 40 ycars old. He
is Successful lawyer, aud was an ardeu
Confederate. He was the author Of the
"Portcr resolutions" which were adopted
by Tennessee, Kentucky, aud other States
IN 1859, aud he largely Influenced the Sc
cession Of Tennessee. PORTER was as read 3
for the sword as for the stump, and served
faithfully as Colonel. Since the war be
has been Judge and member Of the
Constitutional Convention of 1870. lie i:
about SIX feet high aud powerful in build.
EF OFFICIAL returns from Kentucky il
tho election for clerk Of the Court of Ap.
peols, with Union aud Wayne counties tc
hear from, give JONES ll4,348, Cochran
53,504.
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