South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-07-08
SOUTH Brunch antelliscnter.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, JULY 8. 1851.

ing at an early hour this morning. no
symptoms had set in which Indicated
the presence OF peritonitis, the compli-
cation which his attending physicians
have most dreaded. On the contrary
the indications we're that there was mn
decidedly inflamed condition of the
membranes, and that there had been
no lesion Of the intes,nes. There are
other vital organs which may have been
injured, and inasmuch as the highest
surgical skill can neither extract nor
locate the bullet, there is still grave
reason for apprehension. The tele-
grams sent out yesterday by the attend.
ing physicians were quite renssuring.
and greatly mitigated. if they did not
entirely remove, the feeling of despon-
dency occasioncd by the bulletins OF
The previous evening. If the wishes
and the prayers of the good people of
all lands avail anything, President GAR
FIELD will certainly recover.
The Albany deadlock still continues
On Friday last Senator PLATr with
drew as candidate from the Senate
rial contest being fully convinced that
'here was no hope Of bis election.
Fifty-four bushels Of corn, wheat
rye, oats and other cereals were pro
duccd IN this country in 1879 for every
man, woman and child of the fifty mill.
ions of population returned by the CEN
sus.
There is q remarkable increase in The
influx of emigrants at Baltimore conse.
quent upon improved facilities. Since
the first of April last more than 23 900
newcomers from abroad, mostly Ger.
mans, have been landed at that port.
HOLMES CONRAD, Esq, of Winches-
ter, is suggested as strong man to be
put on the Democratic ticket for A,tor.
ney General OF Virginia
Senator Voorhees,, Of indiana. who is
at the Hot Springs, Arkansas, being
asked If he did not think Mr.. Conklinr
would turn democrat in event Of his
heing defeated at Albany, responded :
No. sir; the Almighty who made these
mountains and hot water made Conk-
ling a republican. He cannot be q
democrat. He can never coalcsce with
that broad and liberal thought which
rermeates the democratic party and
embraces the whole country. lie is u
man who never thought, spoke or dream.
ed OF his country save in partizan blind.
ness and sectional hate. lie will never
become n democrat, but will become n
monument to the young men OF the
country, and stand as warning aoainst
The folly Of siupendous vanity and
egotlsm. His fate will be a rebuke to
personal government, which the country
sorely needs
President GARFIELD has the wish
and prayers of millions o. people in his
behalf. Never before was there sucb
acute and painful anxiety for the prc
seryation Of any mans life in this coun
try. The whole people are stirred to
the profoundest depth Of feeling and
sympathy with the stricken victim Of as.
sassination. 1t is n most moving spec.
t1c'e Even his murderer, wretch that
he IS, might we'll be moved by such 2
scene as is taking place in this land.
The like of it was never known before.
Wheeiing htcIlgcpccr.
a contemporary throws out the idea
That the way Grant is going on it would
seem that he thinks it is his corpse in
stead of Conkling's that is TO be pu, in
the grave that James Blaine has been
digging.
The simple, plain and Industrious
country people who were Garfelis old
nelghbors and friends ut his home NJ
Mentor. Ohio, were profoundly affected
on Saturday by the news Of his oroat
calamity. Many of them shed tears
freely. They all loved him rs neiob.
Dor, and were deeply attached 70 his
s"eet-sPiriied wife and her family. His
parting words came 10 their memorios
and Their hearts "a he babe them oood
bye last February on his departure for
Washington. They recalled tLesc me-
moraiKe words:
'NEdHBoRs, FRIENDS, DRoTurrs: 7
must leave you whom Gshavo known 90
long and well. 80 to accept a position
CT great possibility. ] may never
return, bat 1 trust my words. and above
oil, my actions, will be remembered bv
you ALL"
The late Bishop ofIllinois once said .
have known something ofLondon. Of
Paris, Of oil the great cries Of Eurorc
and the United States but for pure. un.