South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-11-25
South 8saneh gntelliseafsr.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, NOV. rs. 1881


and if the new mileage foots up a. much
as 5000 miles. a. !, likely. the total
mileage at the close OF the present year
will be over l0l, 500 miles. -
II is said that France will need lfty
million bushels of imported wheat this
year, and the most If not all OF this
must come from the United States.
Gov. Jackson. on Friday last ap-
pointed our former fellow-townsmsn
ex-Gov. JonN j. JACOB. as one OF the
Judges. Of the First Judicial Circuit.
made vacant by the resignation OF the
Hon. TnAYER MELVIN. Gov. jacob
accepted che appointment and On Mon
day last took the oath of Office. The
Wheeling Intelligence, in noting this ap
poin,ment observes: cit is q good one.
and one tina. will give general sa,isrsc.
ton to the bar and 10 the people or the
circuit. Gov. Jscob enjoys in a large
measure the respect aud confidence of
the public. He is man OF unblernish.
Cd personal character and unexception.
able professional standing. As q law
yer, legislator and Governor he is IA.
miliar with our statutory legislation,
and being a careful and pains. taking
man he can scarcely fail TO succeed as
jsdge. He will hold the position un-
der the Governors appointment until
tho next general election, in October
1882"
Commissioner BAUM says measures
are to be taken by the Government 10
cause general examination or the ma
terials used in the manufacture OF beer.
with the view OF preventing adultera-
tions. 1t is asserted that the Philadel-
phia brewers seem to be the worst
scared OF the whole batch.
The Jail at Charleston this State, is DE
ing guarded by U. States deputy mar.
shals to prevent che prisoner Robinson,
who killed Belcher,a ut Maiden few DAYS
ago, from being lynched.. The militia
are still on duty in Coal Valley, Kama.
VIVA county. but there have been no
new outbreaks at the minea.
The ATTEMPT TO KILL GUITEAU.-
The attempt made to kill the assassin
Guiteau on Saturday afternoon last.
while he was returning from the Crimi.
nal Court in the prison van, deserves.
remarks the Baltimore San, to be de-
nounced by every one who desires that
justice shall be done TO this great Grim.
inal through the proper tribuna! and by
tue legal processes provided for such
cases. Guiteau is in the hands Of the
law, and the law should be allowed to
take its course. sympathy With him
there is not particle anywhere. The
act that has given him dreadful no
toriety has caused profound iudig nation
TO be expressed against him both at
home and abroad. Nevertheless IL he
were thrice stepped in crime he is emit.
tied to fair trial, and that justice will
be done to him by the court before
which he is arraigned no one need
doubt When, therefore, q private per-
son undertakes, from spirit of revenge
or from passion for notoriety, to as
sumo the office of both Judge and exc
cntioner, he not only violates tue law to
which, in common with all others. he
IS bound TO yield obedience, but in this
case he casts stain upon the honor of
the nation. There is no desire any,
where to shield Guiteau; there is, on
The contrary, an intense desire that he
shall suffer the consequences of his |
crime, but no law-abidng citizen wish
cs that the law shall be so strained that
people shall afterwards denounce his ex.
ecution as judicial murder. as in the |
case OF Mrs. Surratt. The main defense |
Of Guiteau's counsel is insanity, and il |
hat can be established, the verdict of |
nm honest jury will send him TO an in |
sane asylum instead OF the Callows,
which he would otherwise SO richly |
merit But it is the law as interpreted
by an upright judge and the facts as
testified to By unimpeach enable witnesses
upon which tho verdict of the jury has
10 no founded, and any one who Is gull.
ty Of anticipating Whatever verdict that
jury may render by killing Guitoau de.
serves TO be placed and must expect to
find himself in the criminal dock. IL is
70 The signal credit of The American
people that all feeling 10 regard to the
heinous crime of Gutcau has been sub
ordinaied to that higher and nobler sen.
timent of reverence for law, and while
II is possible TO understand how, from