South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-03-31
South asrauta Jntelligenfer.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. MARCH, 81. 1852
Preliient Arrrug ON Monlay last


Advocate Gen. SwAM made his report
on the case OF Scrgean, Mason to the
Secretary of War on ..Monday last, in
which he hollis that the sentence of the
c0urt-martial ia invalid by reason Of
ce:taia irregularities. and informalities
10 the proceedings Of the court.
During the past ten years the cost to
the Unite States ofprotecting the iron.
tier from the Indians, employing on an
average 73 per cent. OF the regular ar
my, has footed up.over 1928, ZOO, eco.
FIsE AT RICHMOND, VA.-The first
grca. fire. from which Richmond has
suffered since its evacuation By the
Confederate forces In 1860 occurred on
Sunday last, when the bridge OF the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad a.
cross the James, nearly a mile in length,
Together with seyen.large tobacco fac
tories, the Vulcan. iron WORKS, many
private tenements ,and an immense IL
mount Of other property. The ere orig.
mated on the Manchester or south side
OF the river, and under the quickening
influence of heavy gale blowing at the
lime rapidly swept across the river upon
the buildings adjacent TO The Iii ;hmond
terminus. The loss upon the southern
side Of the river seems TO have been
comparatively, Slight. The entire loss
will certainly not fall short Of half mil
lion dollars. Tue insurance foo's up
nearly 3 hundred thousand dollars, about
fifty Thousand dollars OF which is in
home companies. There aremsin two
bridges across the James ct Richmond,
one that OF the Richmond and Danvile
Railroad, the other bridge for wagons
and pedestrians. The loss OF one life
i, reported. The burned bridge, built
originally N 1893, destroyed by fire in
1863 IN the evacuation OF Richmond by
the COD!c tcrate government, rebuilt in
1866, was n wooden structure, uron
which tue Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad will incur n loss ofabout $llO,-
900. y large number of working peo-
pie are thrown out OF employment by
the burning of the mills and foc,or;e.
a census table giving the number of
persons in tho United States engaged in
the distilio;ion and sale of liquors, the
number OF gallons produced. and The
ratio Of retail dealers to the whole pop
ulatiOn, has been issued st Washington.
IL :ppoa,s from this table. az stated in
the Wheeling Intellisencer. that West
Virginia has 757 retail acalere, eleven
wholesalers, li2 Gistillerics Qarne and
smalDwhich produce 5lI,C59 gallons Of
spirits annually, and that there ia one
retailer to every Sl7 population. Our
OHIO neigLbors have 1885 retailers.
$50 wholesalers, % dIstillerics. pgoduc-
ing l10SO,2G4 gallons, and they have
one retailer 10 every 223 population
Our Penrsy lvania nei9hbors have 49,
292 retailers, .tiG wholesalers 1876 d5til-
icrles, producing 3 656, Isl gallons, and
have one retailer 20 every 263 persons.
The whole country exclusive Of the
t"rfitor'es) has i70.GiO retailers; Alp
"holesaler''5,2O3 distiilerice; producing
llH12S,i 100 gallons, and one retailer to
800 persons. The whole number OF
grain dist'iIories is l,240, AMI of fruit
disttilericS 1868, but the product Of the
latter is only 100000 gallons In the
frss revenue district Of Illinois, which