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~ Secretary Chandler, it appears.
was before the special committee Of the
lionse OF Representative on the power q
and privileges Of that body on Saturday
last for some hours and was questioned
at length on his method OF CONDUCTING
the Republican campaign prior and Sub
sequcnt to the 9Th or Nov. The COM
mittee soon got on Mr.. Chambers
trail. anu the questions put TO him were
OF such an embarrassing nature that he
finally declined to answer. and asked
time for consideration. which was given
INN. Mr.. Chandler taci,ly admitted
that he sent dispatches to the Governor
Of Florida and other disputed States
Immediately after the election request
ing them to count in Hayes and thew
Should he protected. 1t is sail that the
committee have in their possession posi-.
tive proof Of the unlawfn; & corrupt in
terfercnce of Mr.. Chandler ns cha rnan
OF the National Republican committee
IN the manipulating Of the ballots in
the disputed States. and therefore il
makes very little difference whether he
concludes to answer or not. IL is said
That when Secretary Chandler left the
committee room. lie showed his cmbar-
rassment very plainly. and went home
ut once. when lie sent for Gen. Garfield
and VIM. r. Chandler. Tine latter per-
son was bis right hand man in all the
dark and devious ways Of tie Republic
can campaign.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-19

koCeu on CHANeERLAIs. judge
Mackcy of South Carolina. one OF Gov.
ChnuIherIain's colleagues. has notified
Chamberlain that IL nc does not with
draw his claims to the G ubcrnatorial Of
fee before the frst Of February he will
make use Of public documents now in
bis lMackcy's) possession. the contents
Of which would consign Gov. Chamber
lain to the peuiteutiary. When thieves
fall out" &c.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-19

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school books. Tn addition 70 the regu.
lar edition OF this standard work. which
is largely used in this State. contem-
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West Virginia" comprising FIVE pages,
illustrated with six ongrayings and a
beautiful copper plato map OF tho State
engraved expressly for this work. accu-
rately showing the natural features Of
the State, the counties and country
towns. railroads, sc. The retail price
is only 81 80, which is no increase over
the regular edition. Ask your book
seller for West Virginia Editon."
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Mr.. HARPER The New Schedule
for carrying tie mail 10 Green Spring
Run and back, will leave here daily,
except Sundays, about o'clock A. NJ
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IuE CoSFLIcTrNe ELEcTroXs.-Tho
Louisiana situation presents some now
and highly interesting features. finch.
back and his three adherents from tie
Republican Senate wenteoveg TO the
Democrats Saturday. ODE Of them an
nonncing that AS he wasnot fairly elect
cd he should not serve. Pinclback
gives his adhesion to the Nichols co.,
ernment fully. 1t is stated that War
moth will make speech in favor Of the
NICHOLS government in the Republican
House to-day and then secede. The
State House is said to be in disgusting
condition owing TO its being used rs a
camp for Packard's one thousand militia
and police. aud il is reported that small
pox has made its appearance among
them, Gen. Longstreets dispatch To
President Grant states Tat Nichols
was fairly elected. Some interesting
developments are indicated in the dis
patches from Washington as to Sccreta.
ry Chambers completely in the return.
ing board frauds in the Southern States.
In South Carolina the Democratic on
Gals have made formal demand upon
the Republicans for the surrender of
public Offices held by them. Governor
Hampton issues an address indicating a
speedy settlement Of tho troubles so far
as the State government is concerned
Baltimore San. Jan. Is.
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VOwing TO the weather the ice in
the Branch commenced breaking nm on
Saturday night last, making the stream
impassable--conseqrently We have had
no mails, up to the present writing.
Thursday morning. Our friends there
fore. will accept this as an apology for
lack Of our usul variety.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-19

BALLoUs MONTHLY MAoAzINr FOL,
FEoRUARY.-The February number O.
Baliou's Magazine is capital oae. full
OF stories of rare interest, and iliustra.
tions that would be creditable TO any
publication in this country. There is
such variety ia Ballou's that the peo.
pie like it, and will buy it no aaatter
how hard the times are or the ATTRACTIONS
which other serials present. Oa6 Of the
stories in Ballou's is alone worth Abe
price OF the magazine. and then in e<ery'
issue can bo found n dozen or twopty
tales which can always be read will,
pleasure, not to mention the poetry, and
household articles. and numerous cuts.
which will tell their own story. Pub.
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10 The Pos,ofios at Hannum's Mile,
this County, is discontinued, as not
needed Tho papers 60 80 Caron sprinrr,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-19
South alraafh 5httlIssnter.
ROMNEY. FRIDAY. JAN. ls. 1877.
Subscribers will bear In mind that
our terms for subscription are CASH or
its equivalent IN ADVANCE.

0Bosh Houses Of the Legislature OF
this State we're promptly organised on
Tuesday. the 10th inst.-the Senate by
the election OF Mr. u. N. Arnets, OF Ma.
rion county. President; Mr.. f. A. Gun.
ningham. Clerk, and Me-. w. w. Martin,
Assistant Clerk and Col. J. d. Anderson.
Sergeant-at-Ar,ns; and the House bv
the election Of Capt. E. Gibson. OF Ca.
bell county. Al Speaker; Col. J. b. Pew.
ton. Clerk. and Col. ". b. French, Scr.
geant-at-Arms.
We observe that on the STANDING
Committees Of the Senate, our Senator's
CLAYTON aud Pngh-the former Is on tho
Judiciary; on Federal Relations. and ON
Rules; and the latter. on Finance: ON
Counties and Municipal Corporations
and on Claims and Grievances.
ihe two Houses In joint Convention
on the 18th. examined tho various rc
turns OF the election held on the 1o.L
day Of October. 1876. for State Officers
wne". II was announced by the Speaker
That for The Office OF Governor. Henry
Al. Matthews had received 57.GO5 votes.
\. Gof. Jr.. 43.417 votes. and ]. Al.
Laidley $50 votes For Auditor tho
vote as announced was Joseph Miller
o. $780, c. VI. Shinn. 42,27l; II. Luther
!; Thomas j. West. /; 8. II. Piersol
3; II. Black. !.
For Treasurer the vote stood TLop,.s
J. West. 57,772; NJ. Frankcnburger
AZ. 2So; j. G.. Schilling. 2.
For Attorney General tho vote was
found to be, Robert White, 57.sa3
John A. Hutchinson. 42,I96; J. Raise.
l; A. w. ke-cheval. /; James Parsons
2; - Wright, /.
In accordance with tho returns tho
Speaker declared Henry NJ. Mathews
elected TO the GovcrnorshiD from the
4th day Of March. 1877, to tic 4th ,lay
OF March. 1881, and The other officers
receiving majoritics for the respective of.
fees elected To them FOR the SANG terms.
The message Of the Governor. n copy
OF which appears in to-day's paper, was
read. ut length. in both Houses. after
when. on motion. was, with accompa.
nying documents. laid on The table.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-19
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TO w,r:


In the Circuit Court - said coan,y.
L Kennis1u Kerns and Nsrs his wife. ard J,r.
eminh Hiuehart ard Mary J. bis wife, Psis.
tits,
Against
VIM. n Pow,li SteriF Committee. Admf =
lsarc Ketns. dec 4 John Sanford Kerns sri
Mary his wife Eliz tbsth Kerns George "
ksrns "a ilsrr0d and Rachel his wife Re-
eri ksrps, RnA isaac anI Aan K~fns ufssi
children ri Isaac Kerns deed Defsa3%n,
Bf decree Of sid Court pronounced % q,
- daf Of December, 1876 The above nana
causc was RETIRED 10 y Commissioner 70 sscs''
tain aud ,epo5t the resi- estate 81 which I'a'
kerss died seizrj. o. iecsilan value torsi s't
ANIMAL The p-sciicsoilitV OF making dvh'oi
thereof IN kind or Nbsther sale thereof y g.
sirabe Also Ms 70 the liens upo1 said resl -
tate ~ The order Of their priority, and especlH
" as 10 o.. S. Kcrns deed ~ trust uhtt Pi''
menis. " any. have been made fhereDn ~
The tracts 0f land elIimef ~ s kerns ~
price he wss 70 pay Their f,r whf, pofios ih'''
q he his psid % whom paid and ne be'lal
Due Also IN hose POSSESSION and eninfm'"
TIE varioHs tracts Of lind have been sinfe p
death ~ Isaac Keras in Angus, 1879 W.
rents an3 profits have been received 500 y
whoni or Ub5f tie value Of The use sod oce9pt,
ton thereof wa5 90 such holders dgfinE 90
period Also ~ sisie settle and a3j1g ihs ~
counts of Isaac Keras rersonal fspressn i'il.
70 convene All the creditors Of said isFee h''e.
especially 20 REQ " on Abraham RnehM'
claim ~ a debt due hib --and aisp fep0fi '.'
oihei matters ihe Commissioner msy deen ~
tiaent or any party NAV rfgucst
The above asmfd p,rGe5 and az olhri 'N'
esicd wiil therefore
TAKE NOTICE.
ihsf on ;hs s0ih dsy o. Jsousrv, 1877, q ~
ufhce IN RomneY. T. ~ Cempissiosef ~,
Conri. will procred 20 ne erecu1on q s'ia
cree-s they are required 10 sifend ihfa
there. with accessory vouchers. pspeg eco "
denee, TO enable me ~ g. 50 fully
a. y. WHITE. CONT
To The Creditors ~ Isaac Ks-ps. decd
lN pursuance II decree Of ihe Circuit 80
Of the County q Hampshire made ~ go
therein peniing, n snhiecl llIs RAJ esfaie q =,
Isaac kerns 90 tho payment Of MS tes,
are required 20 prcseuf sour claims agt,as'
said Isaac kerns far afildictti1n n Atfe
White, Commissioner ~ his OfIico 10 ssia 81,
~. on or before the aoih dav Of Jenuafy. -
Witness. V. g. Poiin1, Cie.k Of said u
this 10th dsy Of December 1875.
v. VI. POLikC', NiefN'
Jaw. 3 1877. In.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-19

The Pcnitentiary has not yet become
selfsustaining, although it IS reasona
bic TO expect that able.bOdied conyicts
should earn enough to support them
selves aud pay the cost guarding them.
Heretofore mitch of the labor OF the con.
victs has been employed in construct.
ing buildings aud walls, but as these
are about completed. their labor should
be turned 10 productive account. In
some OF the States. the peuitentiaries
yield n considerable revenue, and legis-
lation should DOW be so directed as to
bring about this result ia our Penitcn.
tiary. The Directors in their report,
which will DO laid before you, ask for
$4,000 to complete workshops, and for
Sli 900 to place machinery therein. !
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-10

to higher beauty than even he had imagined to be possible. And though he knew it not, it had come about through her striving after an ideal that she deemed worthy of him.
 Shilling the pulses that throbbed so painfully, Alice conversed with him as with an old acquaintance, and yet the remembrance of their parting on that moonlight night was vividly present to both of them.
 Mrs. Scrope talked necessarily, the more especially as William Jervis was a lively talker, with frank, half- testing, half deferenlial manner that had some thing very winning in it.
 Alice Jervis watched Mrs. Scrope narrowly, and wondered why MT. Scrope married her! And instinctively the answer came: Because he did not care very much about her, but found that the alliance would add lustre to his career. There was something para doxical in the idea, but It passed with her. She had argued that, if MT. Scrope had really cared for herself, to care much for Mrs. Scrope was impossible.
 So they met and so they parted, in the little out-of-the-way Italian town; and Alice had seen MT. Scrope once more. Was she glad or sorry?
 The Scropes returned to England; !; the Jervises remained abroad. And they heard nothing more of one another.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-10
A Japanese Print Shop.

The shops scattered through Tokio
 where cheap prints are sold, attract at tention from the gay colors of the pie lures, strung on line for public Obser. vation, and by the crowd of interested spectators generally clustered before them. The trade evidently supplies a popular want, and we need not be sur prised to find, therefore, that in city of the dimensions of the capital it has attained to very large proportions. The business has received fresh impetus from the outbreak of the civil war, though the occupation itself is of very ancient origin. The variety of these prints and their artistic merit astOnish l one. A prominent house. one of the largest in Tokio, has already issued one hundred and thirty sets of pictures, each comprising three engravings, on themes suggested by the Kagoshima insurrection. They are mostly exag- geratiOns of personal prowess cOnven- tional to Japanese martial art, very ab- surd many of them, yet all executed in manner that not merely amuses but instructs. The work itself, when we consider the price for which the pie lures are sold, commands admiration. The first step in the production of a novelty is the employment of an artist, of whom there are several famous for this speciality in Tokio, who designs the scenes desired and draws them in ink cly nhns
 which bring the artist from one to three dollars apiece, are most beautifully done, judged by any standard. The next step is the wood engraving, which is also performed in the most delicate manner. Rarely can one see more eX- quisite specimens of the graver's skill than on some of these humble blocks. The wood cutters, at the best, can earn by their industry from seven to ten dol ars a month; twenty-five cents day is good average pay. To cut the more complicated plates requires from a week to ten days. The whole expense of preparing one of those prints, then, in cluding designing, cutting the original plates and the color plates, of which latter there are sometimes upward of twenty required for one picture, inks, etc., is about seven dollars. They sell, on an average, for five cents a set of three pictures. While quite a novelty, however, they maintain a clancy price,' sometimes, where great hit has been made, going for as much as fifteen cents a set; and on the other hand, antiquated prints may be bought for cent a sheet.-ToktO Times.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-10
Preserving Metals.

For preserving metals and other sub- stances from decay and fouling, Mir. Charles Weightman Harrison, of South kensington, London, England, pro- poses to dissolve the crystalline hydro carbon known as ozokerit in any of it's solvents, such as benzole, petroleum, oil of turpentine, or resin oil, and he then mixes the solution in any desired proportion with other suitable bodies according to the purpose for which it is required. He mentions that his experi- ments have been made with ozokerit as a type of the mineral hydrocarbons, which are built up of molecules con- taining not less than 20 atoms of carbon, such minerals being capable of resisting the actions of all acids at ordinary temperatures, and suffering no deterio- ration from atmospheric influence. On this account he has found them valua- ble for mixing with gums, resins, and colors applicable to great variety of purposes for preserving, as they impart thereto great degree of permanence. He explains that simple and ready mode of preserving bright metals from rust Is to rub them over occasionally with wax formed by melting together equal parts, or nearly so, of ozokerit and beeswax. It is easily applied in 8 thin coat by rubbing the compound on the metal with cloth. In applying this compound wax to iron, he some- times adds finely powdered plumbago. to give it the color of the metal. An other compound or solution for preserv- ing metals he forms by dissolving in a sand bath (say) 4 ounces ozokerit andi 4 ounces marine glue in lbs. benzole, and then adds 4 lbs. linseed oil and L lb. essence of turpentine. The mixture is kept gently boiling in the bath for an hour or so, after which it is ready for use, and may be applied to the metal with soft brush Jas in ordinary paint ing. In some cases he impregnates the surface of the metal deeply by forcing the compound of ozokerit into the pores by exhaustion or pressure, or the two combined. A convenient apparatus, which he uses for this purpose, con- sists of metal cylinder, such as as a
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-10
VOL. VII.

in s'1 her surprise. was not unpre pared1 Lea,, ~swer.
 And now given it, she asked herself if she n.. done right.
 MT. Scrope was an only son; a bril- liant future was before him; world of which she knew nothing was familiar to him. Could she, who was accustomed to the littleness incident to circum- stances somewhat above actual poverty, move with propriety in circles accus- toned to every luxury? Would his relatives so far above hers, accept her and her belongings? She answered "No." MT. Scrope had argued what matter since it rested with him to give her place and position in the world as his wife. But that she knew would be separation for him from all former associations, and her own unfitness to move in her lover's sphere would make her clog upon the life of him to whom, before she knew it, she had given her heart ..'5esl F..
 Such had been the train of argument she hadipursued, and she had struggled free from the prospect open to her, not without pain, and had dismissed 1t as dream of beauty that had neught to do with waking hours. And now
 But it was over. The morning rose and she went about her tasks as usual, perhaps even more energetically, since she needed an outlet for her pent up feelings. Mingled with pain there came a sense of happiness in the Knowledge of MT. Scrope's love. To have possessed perhaps to possess it still-car- ried her into another world, in which, however, she must always be alone, since all that had passed must forever remain her own especial secret. ...-
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-10
CHAPTER III,

|
 Exactly why she had come there sh, could not tell. It was more to gratify an old longing than for any defnit' reason, though she had persuaded her self into the belief that she had business in Shelford. At any rate, upon the an niversary of that day, eight years ago when she had waited under the yev tree to say good bye to MT. Scrope Alice Jervis stood with her hand on tho wicket gate, quietly reviewing her life and once again asking herself whether love or pride had the greater part in hel decision.
 l The branches of the yews were waving gently, the roses were rustling theil silver-tipped leaves, and the white moonlight fell upon the graves. Still with her hand upon the garden gate she looked toward the church, trying to believe that the years had stood still and she was there waiting for Mr. Scrope.s e.' | She was turning away, when a dark figure approached her, and 8 we'll re. membered voice said:
 ''Miss Jervisp' ....
 'Mr. ScropeI''
 "Yes; 1 was waiting for you. l wished to see you before you went away.". ,..e.. ...... r.. s....
 Almost. her own words at their last interview. .... .......
 She looked up at him half fearfully. It was so strange to see him there at that hour of night, and an almost su- perstitious awe came over her. "l wanted to tell you that you have ruined my life so far. heard that you were at Shelford. I knew that you would be here tonight; and I have come to ask you if you repent the past, and are willing to atone for it?"
 Alice shrank back.
 "Mr. Scropel" was all she could say. '"The inferiority, if there be any, is on my side," he said; "You have inn proved the past-I have wasted it. Yet the wasting of it I lay to your charge. l knew you better than you knew your self. l wanted wife who would un- derstand me, and would give me sym pathy, You could have done this, and you refused. Will you refuse it now p''
 Bewildere6, and yet indignant, Alice shrank further away from him.
 "Mr. Scrope," she said, 'sl bid you go back to your wife. bid you to repair the brilliant prospects you seem so wrongly to have marred."
 ''I wish could," he answered, sor- rowfully. "My wife is dead Alice, or I should not be here tonight. She died two years ago. Yon are hard and un- just as you have always been."
 'sDead" stammered Alice; Chow could I knowl 1 have but just re- turned to England" She moved nearer to him she held out her hand. "For- give IL e,,,' she said.
 And their eyes met; and Mr. Scrope, looking down into hers, stopped and kissed the quivering lips for the second time in his life.