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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

|-Gov. Jacob has issued procla-
nation 0: Thanksgiving making 70 the
"'.h instant, in harmony with President
GRANTS recommendation.
~ The man who would keep his head
"'u'"h ~ stove pipe on IL.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

~ One morning last week Mr.
h'entner, living at Grafton, this State
'''sot to remove q trap gun that he had
been setting nightly for chicken thieves.
ana his wife discharged it by opening
'aa gate of the chicken yard. The gun
was not charged with slot, but tho wad.
'.as and powder tore a terrible wound
DO her side and fears for her recovery
arc entertained.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24
Roots and Shoes,

Also, full lines of Women and Chldren's Shoes,
both coarse and fine.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24
Is Nov. 8. rs.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

| have now one of the largest and most
complete stocks Of general merchandise in
the State, and intend at all times to give nv
customers and the public generally the ben
eft of low prices and first-class goods.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

Fire Gopies, 70 ccnn each.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

EVF is said that the West Virginia
vegetable and mineral exhibits in the
special department at the Centennial
have been presented to the city Of Phil.
adelphia.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

tV'lt is related OF DR.. Garth, in his
last illness. when he saw his fellow.
doctors consulting together at his bed.
side, that he raised his head from his
pillow, and said, with a smile: Dear
gentlemen. let mo die natural death"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

wASTED-MoNEY.-ws are in need
Of money. and our subscribers can but
know the fact as we'll as we do ourselves.
Please call, or by mail send p. o. order
or in registered letter, the respective
sums that each OF you owe. We want
money and must have it.
rVCharlcs Lobb, Esq, at the late
term Of the Hardy County Court, quail.
fed as Notary Public, and gave bond as
required by law.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

tV' MIR. Nathan Hovermale, OF Morgan
county, killed nine coons one day last
week. A deer was also killed, in the
same county, day or two ago, which
weighed l75 pounds.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

1SIn England, custom sanctions the
publication in newspapers OF births in
''a same manner as marriages & deaths
YIN cxultant father in the Rev. DR..
n'ems's church, New York, took diff.
.'Ient means last Sunday Of telling his
."ends the joyful tidngs. He wrote n
'a'er' which the pastor read in tho pull.
I' announcing the birth and request.
''E prayers for the cEilds we'll being.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

~ General illumination, torch.light
procession end generel jollifcation in
Mooreheld, tonight, in honor Of Til.
denis election.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-11-24

% Mr. John +. Kcnna, Congressman
elect from the third district, was mar.
RED in Wheeling, on Tuesday evening
last TO Miss Annie Benninzhaus, stop.
a'nghter OF Hon. Campbell Tarr. Of
that city.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
southern Men in Congress.

Western republican organ recounts the
number of members of the present House
of Representatives who served in the rebel
army, and complains that SO many of them
should now be sent to Congress and that a
number of them we're made chairmen OF
committees. 1t speaks of Confederate
supremacy" and tries to alarm its readers
and to excite their hostility to Southern men,
not on the ground that these have miscon-
Quoted themselves in Congress. but on the
score that in the late war they served in the
rebel army.
This is n very unworthy plea, and is, be.
sides, more calculated to offend decent and
thoughtful republicans than to win votes.
The war is over. What the best interests
of the country demand is that all parts
shall send their ablest men to Congress.
In the Southern States, as everybody knows,
and as General Sherman and other Union
officers long ago recognized, the brains and
ability did go into the rebel army. It ia
very natural therefore, that men who served
in that army should now be chosen to 60 to
Congress. 1t is not only natural but right.
Brains, ability, influence, character. must
tell in every community. and ought to- II
is the fault of the republicans themselves
that the brains Of the Southern States are
now SO generally ranged on the democratic
side. With only fairly good management q
large part of the most influential Southern pol.
iticians and statesmen would to-day be firm
republicans. But they have been rejected by
the republican leaders, and this is one oi
the blunders which the wiser republicans,
openly recognize. To cast suspicion upog
such men is not good policy.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
Professor Huxley.

This eminent naturalist, whose visit to
this country, like that of Professor Tyndall
three or four years back, is regarded as an
event by lovers of science will deliver
course (if three can properly be called q
course) of lectures this week at Chickering
Hall, beginning this evening. When Pro-
fessor Tyndall was here the immense hall of
the Cooper Institute was engaged for his
lectures and was filled to it's utmost
capacity. Professor Huxley is reputed to be
even more eloquent and attractive, and if
his spoken style be at all equal to his writ
ten style he ought to be the most
taking speaker on scientific SUBJ
jects among living men. There are
few English writers in any de-
partment of letters who possess such rich
gifts of expression, and we might wonder,
as Lord Jeffrey did respecting Macaulay,
''where he picked up such a style"
Professor Huxley is master of one of the
most perspicuous, vigorous, apt, various and
luminous styles ever written-not a style
which toys with language to show its PAGES,
but one which moves straight on to deliver
its meaning with vivid clearness.
His three lectures at Chickering Hall, on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings,
will be devoted to the new scientific doc
trine of developments doctrine which is
supposed to be in conflict with theological be-
liefs, and arouses great deal of religious op-
position. We presume few Catholics will care
to attend them not that Professor Huxley's
views are more hostile to Catholicism than
to other forms of Christianity, but because
he has seen fit in his own country to make
Catholic faith. He may refrain from such
impetuous attacks in his lectures here, but
as nobody can foresee whether he will or
not people who do not wish to hear their
faith insulted will naturally stay away.
Professor Tyndall kept clear of such faults
of taste, and that is perhaps the reason why
he commanded so much larger audiences
than are expected for Professor Huxley. 1t
is not merely bad taste, but departure
from the methods of science for a naturalist
TO assail theological opinions Scientific
truth must rest solely on scientific evidence
and science ought, in its own interest
to ignore everything outside of its own do
main. If it can establish its doctrines by
irrefragable proofs the world will accept
them, and men In other departments of
thought will sooner or later modify their
views in conformity herewith, as has been
done on those points in which astronomy
and geology were at first thought to be at
variance with revelation. The new doctrine
OF development must be received or rejected
on its own proper evidence, and its advo-
Gates make mistake when they go out of
their path to picka quarrel with theologlans.
People who are wiling to learn what the
new scientific tenet of devalopment really is.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
Mr.. Robeson ana tho Navy.

The indignity offered to the navy in the
order of Secretary Robeson furloughing three
or four hundred officers is not diminished by
the fact that it prohibits any officer from
wearing his uniform while on furlough.
Placing man on furlough in the navy has
always been a punishment inflicted on
worthless officers or those whom n court
martial could not reach. Perhaps there is
no country on the face of the earth where
such an indignity could be offered to set
of men who served their country so we'll in
its hour of peril. 1t is well for Farragut and
Dupont, Foot and Dahlgren that they died
before this humiliation was imposed on
them. Porter, Rowan, Levy, Almy, Preble,
Nichols, Guest, Bryson and Fairfax are
all men who perilled their lives more than
once and whose names are regarded with
affection by the people. These officers
and many others of less note, have fallen
under the ban of Robeson's displeasure, for
Notwithstanding his ingenious order, in
which he speaks of 'the disagreeabe duty
imposed upon him by the action Of Con-
gress," no one will believe that this act was
not inspired by malice and revenge. There
was no necessity for it. The amount ap-
propriated by Congress was ample to pay
all the officers of the navy full pay for nine
months and half And it is only three
months before Congress could meet to
remedy the deficiency Without doubt
there will be q searching Investigation into
this matter when Congress does meet There
is general impression among members in
reference to the order of Mr.. Robson and
a suspicion that it was issued really to Sc
cure payment for a number of contractors
who might prove troublesome witnesses in
case Of non-payment. In the meantime the
gallant officers Of the navy remain hu-
inflated degraded from their ranks, and
will scarcely feel it an honor to wear again
the uniform which Robson has attempted
to soil.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
The Indiana c>n~a.&

Indiana is to the democrats rs important
n State as Ohio is to the republicans. Htae
democrats carry Indiana it is not certain
that they will carry the country, but if they
lose Indiana in October, then comes the del
uge. They are therefore putting forth
their utmost strength to elect Mr.. Williams
to the Governorship. Our Louisville
correspondent gives a clear and thorough
exposition of the present condition of the
canvass. According to his opinion the
democracy are ahead in the rnce and have
met with more success than their opponents
in the mass meetings. Mr. Voorhees,, Mr..
Julian, Mr. Pulitzer and Governor Hen
bricks have been very active in speak
ing. The opinions of the leaders as
given by our correspondent deserve
study. Mr.. Pulitzer believes the bulk
of the German vote will be cast for
the democratic ticket, and does not think
that Mr. Schurz has much influence with
his countrymen. The republicans, accord
ing to Mr.. Watterson, have more money and
better system than the democrats and are
working with increased energy to elect
Mr.. Harrison, under the direction OF
Senator Morton. The ''bloody shirt"
the colonization of negroes, the grangers
the greenbacks. the Fitzpatrick letter
Carl Schurz, the Germans are all mixed
up in this fight, like the nondescript
issues of war at Donnybrook Fair. The oh.
ject of the republicans is plain-they wish
to elect Governor Hayes in October, so as to
make the November election the mere record
of previous decree. The democrats, on
the other hand, defend Indiana so as to leave
the Presidential question open, and to secure
encouragement and hope for the party
throughout the country
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

HAILErr's PoINr REEF-HELL GATE
The absorbing interest that now attaches
to the magnificent feat Of engineering which
is to be accomplished in few days by the
destruction of Halletts Point Reef demands
Mt our hands the fullest explanation of the
details of this wonderful work We there
fore present to the readers of the HERALD
to-day a full description, illustrated by
carefully prepared plans and sketches, the
character Of the reef and its influence on the
He'll Gate currents, tho progress of the excn-
vation and the nature and objects of the
exploding apparatus by which it is intended
to complete the demolition Of one of the
chief distractions in the He'll Gate channel.
Considering the magnitude and difficulty of
the work itself and the success which has
attended every stage of its progress
we are encouraged to look forward to
the near future for complete clear
ance Of our channels and harbors
Of sunken rocks and reefs, and even Of ex-
tensive mud banks, that now render naviga-
ticn so dangerous. Year by year We are adj
vancing toward the accomplishment for New
York Of her glorious destiny
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

the power of suspension equivalent to that
of removal But republican Senate would
not be 70 complaisant to democratic Presi-
dent 1t would not permit officers to be
turned ont except for substantial reasons.
The republican Senators would not be able
to get their own friends appointed by demo-
cratic President, and would have no motive
to treat his nominees with tenderness. There
would be no place either for party favor
itism or personal favoritism in appoint
ments requiring the concurrence of demo-
cratic President and republican Senate,
and this mutual check would be n pretty
good security against bad appointments and
against removals for reasons merely polit-
ical. Mr.. Tilden's election would therefore
irrespective of the sincerity of his pro-
fessions on this subject:
On tho third great question, that of the
currency, the harnessing of parts of the
team to different ends of the wagon, to null
lify each others strength by pulling in con-
trary directions, would obstruct the return
to specie payments. If the Democratic Ma
tional Convention had net perpetrated the
folly Of demanding repeal Of the Resump-
ton act, and Mr.. Tilden had not in
dorsed that stupendous folly in his let
ter of acceptance, the difference OF
political complexion between the two
branches of Congress would have been
no hindrance to sound legislation. If
the infat,onists had not succeeded in put
ting their manacles on the democratic party
and its candidate, there would have been no
difficulty in passing wise law for resump-
ton Of specie payments. The currency
would have ceased to be party question.
The hard money democrats and hard money
republicans could have acted in concert.
But this is made impossible by the inde-
scribable faulty of Mr.. Tilden in indorsing
that part Of the ST. Louis platform. If Mr.
Tilden is elected there will be deadlock
between the Senate and House, and nothing
will be done; but if Mr.. Hayes and
n republican House are elected there
will be a reasonable prospect of efficient
legislation for fulfilling the promise
of resumption in 1879. The republi-
can party is committed to resumption at that
date, and if it should have undivided con-
troll of the next Congress it can easily make
the pledge good if it chooses 1t will have
every motive to do this if it should possess
the power. There can be no great difficulty
in devising methods and means, for prices
are already down to the specie level, and the
simple funding of greenbacks at the rate of
four millions month would bring them to
par with gold long before January, 1879.
But the democratic party, by rejecting that
date and insisting on its repeal, has pre-
cluded itself from supporting measures for
fulfilling the pledge which it repudiates.
That act of repudiation is the capital
blunder of the democratic canvass and will
do more than all other causes together to
prevent the election of its candidates.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

THE TURKISH WAR.--Our correspondence
from Constantinople confirms the theory
that the haughty attitude of Turkey is not
the result of policy, but is simply the natu-
raj expression of the old Turkish party,
situation shows that the Moslem still hopes
to force the European provinces and depen-
dencies to submit to his iron rule. 1t in
cludes an abstract of Mr.. Gladstones cele-
brated pamphlet on the Bulgarian massacre
and the responsibility of the English govern
ment
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN SPAIN is inter-
preted to mean liberty to think, but not to
worship. The liberty to think always exists,
and it may be exercised in the Vatican itself
rs easily as in n French Assembly. Re-
ligions liberty is rightly the liberty to wor-
ship openly, and it was this freedom that
the Spanish government was thought to have
granted. But the Mayor of San Fernando
has closed the door of q Protestant chapel
On the ground that external manifestations
ire prohibited by the constitution" The
protests of England and Germany will be
probably made more earnest by this singular
,cf
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

as expounded by its champions, instead Of
accepting the caricatures of it put forth by
its opponents, may spend few profitable
hours in listening to Professor Huxley. 1t
Is rare opportunity, which will not often
recur, for hearing man of first rate scien-
tific eminence expound his own views.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
Our Public Credit.

1t is not long since as people we were at
skies and sevens, to use o homely phrase.
We may now find a satisfaction in the fact
that we are coming down to threes and fours.
A few days ago we were informed by tele-
gram that our British friends were selling
their three per cents and consols and invest
ing in our new four and half per cents.
They are at last willing to trust American
credit to give them fifty per cent increase
of income. London banks nre selling con-
soils for the purpose of investing in our new
loan. The comfort in this fact is that the
world is beginning to see MS as we are
and to accept our credit at its real value
This is especially seen in a brief extract from
the London Tines which prints in recent
number an article worthy of republication in
America. Everything at present" says the
Times, 'favors the issue of the loan. Money
is superabundant, investments yielding
steady four per cent nre scarce and the credit
of the United States never stood higher.
Add to this the fact that rs against the five
per cent funded loan the new four nnd.a half
per cents will have IN advantage in the date
of their redemption, and there seems no
reason to doubt that the latter will be rend-
lily placed at good price. The funded Ave
per cents are redeemable at the option of the
government after 1881, and are therefore SUBJ
iect to be sooner or later after that date
transformed into four per cent stock,
which is the only other denomination that
the United States government is at present
authorized to issue. The four and half per
cents now to be issued, on the other hand,
mature absolutely in fifteen years from Sep
tember of the present year. There is thus
n certainty of fifteen years in the one case
and of only five in the other; for, although
the six per cents Of 1887 fall next to be re-
deemed, it is not improbable that by 1881
that redemption may be accomplished and
the way prepared for an operation with the
five per cent funded loan. Many people
may therefore be tempted to exchange their
five per cents for four and half per cents
fo- the sake of the longer immunity from
change, should the price be sufficiently
tempting"
We congratulate our people on the steady
advance of our credit in the money markets
of the world. 1t shows that in spite Of the
wrangles and dissensions in our politics
we are marching steadily ahead, and al
though one great party talks about reform"
and corruption and would change every de-
partment of the government in the interest
Of purity" we are enabled to redeem bonds
which bear six per cent interest and find
abundant purchasers for new ones at four
and a half. This reduction of the interest
on our debt from six per cent to four and
half is one of the triumphs of Grants ad-
ministration and will be remembered to the
Presidents credit long after the detractions
of the hour are forgotten.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18
TnuRLow WEED AND ALEXANDER H. srH.

TnuRLow WEED AND ALEXANDER II. STR.
pHENs. We print this morning a letter from
Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia, contin-
uing discussion between himself and Thur
lew Weed in reference TO the attitude of GER
tain Southern members of Congress on the
slavery question before the war. The con-
troversy is interesting and affords material
for just appreciation of the great events
leading to the war.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

Our CuURcuEs YEsTEEDAY.--R instead
of keeping good Christians from church.
should incite them TO attend il, for it is one
OF the drawbacks to modern religion that il
usually involves little personal sacrifice.
Tho performance of duty is afterward
pleasant in proportion to its difficulty, and
those who went to church yesterday felt the
satisfaction which comes from the conscious
aess that they were not merely fair weather
levotees. Most of the places of worship were
well filled and n number of excellent SER
mons were delivered. The Rev. Mr.. Hatfield
addressed young men upon success in life,
and the Rev. Father Macauley described the
raising of the widows son--a subject which
was in harmony with the discourse of the Rev.
Father Farley upon the value of prayers for
the dead. Charity was treated by the Rev.
Mr.. Haynes, and DR.. Deems, at the Church
OF the Strangers, had the usually large as
sembly. The Baptists, who are used to
water. did not seem to mind the rain, and
DIR. Armitage preached upon love as the
essence Of Christianity. Other able dis
courses are reported in our columns else
where.
The New York herald., 1876-09-18

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