South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-07-26
Letter from washington.
Go. 3 ~ IalallIgsaes-.


ional Committees have SO far occupied
their places at The Watering Places.
Mr.. Potter opens to-day at Atlantic CT
IS, y. J-,,,and will give the Visiting
Statesmen a chance 10 cover up the re.
cord they made ia Louisiana and Fiori-
da. General burnside. at the head OF n
fGommittee TO prepare 4 plan for reor-
ganizing and reducing the Army. has
gone, Of all places in the world, TO Vir-
ginia. II lie has now the overwhelming
success be achieved in the same State
ia 1851, the Ney York Sun will not
lihayo TO Gull for farther reduction OF the
Army TO 10000 men. Burnside will not
leave q man Of it alive. Evidence Civ
en- at the rehearing Of General Fitz John
| Porter's case seems to show that some
OF the testimony on which lie was con
victed was false, and that i; might have
been shown 10 be falae n. the first trial.
/ Eor instance, il was then shown that
there was a fierce general engagement
on q particular day, S%ad it now appears
there wcrS, only skirmishes between
small bodies OF troops. II was proved
! that n certain order was. sent to Porter
by Pope alta given time in the after
noon, and that The distance was such
that nc must have reciycl it ut another
lNanea tine, but IL is now shown that
the order was not sent tuntil considera.
t,iiy later, and that. in tle position por-
ter really occupied lie couli not have
feceiSed il until long after llle time
/ named. ~ hat effect these and other
/ proved errors may Lave on tho case It'll
Impossible 20 tell, tptthe discovery that
sucb mistakes could occur in case like
Lliss where tho defendant hal reputs-
i4Un, frieRds and means, surgests tina,
Courts 2!attial At their best ere not de-
,sitaSlc things 20 have. Who knows
how many Innocent mep are today sur
fering IN rcnutqticn and poeket through
the stupid CIR wicao1 or carcloss dccis-
ions ofsucil arbitrary Courts during The
late war? Would it not be well 70 have
q commlsfion to inqniro into tic pro-
ceedinss or any Court Martial /: the con
victed party shall 50 desire?
Within the last ten days four scoun-
drels WHO helped to count Louisiana
and Florida FOR Hayes have been ap-
pointed to Federal Office. There is nc
improvement over Grants civil service
reform in This, unless perjury, forgery
ana thcft ore bette, qualifications foI
.ollie3. ,iAah ordinary party services.
There may possibly he 8 dncl between
a member Of tie present House Of Re.
I representatives. and citizen of Washing
ton. 1t grows out OF an honest clrort
or Mr.. Hnnton. Of the 9Th Virginia Dis.
Lrict. TO make some ofour very rich men
! pay tho same rate of taxation that our
poorest citizens do. Mr. IIunton is not
only M industrious and conscientious
| legislator, but 3 man ofability and cour
age. All good Democrats should hopc
the attacI on him will fai! to defeat Him
His cXpericncc in Congress, added &c
4 the qualities named above, make him .
4 Representative any District shoala b,
4 proud Of Virginia, mother Of state,
and Statesmen. should not set the OK
ample Of changing her Representative,
without good cause NEMO,
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/ -, Hood 'uscI to tel. a storyqf
. hypocbonlaiac who vas in thc habit
two or three times week. Of believing
himself dying On certain occasion
( he was taken i'll With ono OF his tcrror
while riding out in his gig, and. hap.
penng 90 thc time to sec in the road q.
head his family physician riding il hi.
( carriage IN tho same direction, he ap
Piled tho whip TO his horse to oycrtoll,
the Doctor as. soon as he possibly could
The Doctor, however, seeing hiro com
Ing, applied Tic whip 10 his horsc, and
as ho had nag that was q 'goer' the,
had a pretty close time oft for abou
three miles. Bat she hypochondriac
driving 3 faster horse finally Calie a
iongs'3e Of Clio Doctor, and exclaimed
'Hang it, Doctor. pull up-instaa,ly