Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-29

n right To demand at the hands OF the Legisla- |
thrc that the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company, shall De permitted to do, for the
Improvement ot that portion of the State com
pretended within their boundaries. what the
State itself has proved either unwilling or un
do,c To eifect,--aud the more particularly
when not one dollar Of motley Is tcql,ircd from
their Golfers Tor that purpose
Resciuea, That the proceedings or this Con.
ven,ion b. sighed BY The officers aud publish
cd IN all tie papers in Pcnns-lvsnia.
On motion, the Convention adjourned sine
die.
VIRGINIA CONVENTIONAL letter ffon
friend in Missouri saws:
=" ! am glad to sce the general movemcn, In
Virginia for a Convention. Ii is necessary 10
mend the pace of the old lady, and spur her
up tn more vigorous prosecution of the high
dcsiinies which were her birth-right, but
which, her latter history seems TO declare that
she means to forfeit"
This cNpatratcd Virginian is right. He has
acquired expansion BY emigration, without
losing his attachment TO his native soil. He
reasons right as TO the opinion of the Conven-
ton OF $50 was pefnicious abortion, and
entirely tailed 10 effect amy one important OBJ
ject for which the People ordered it. Its re-
suits, brought about too by great men, but
great men who had been great. rather than men
who were still great, were for the most part
wretched compromises between old error and
modern mprovement-betwecn the 18th CEN
tury, when English Liberty first dawned
blight, and the 18th century. when the entire
theofy of Popular Liberty. and MANS Rights
Is az clear and defined as the sun at noontidc.
To that Missouri friend who asks us WHY
wa say so little in favor of Convention,
and to Others, we rcply-that we seek not to
add perfume TO the violet. A Convention is
certain by great aggregate majority of Viz
gina and wc believe, by even majority of
Eastern Virginia and we are too experienced
hunter to give the buck the second barrel
when the first has brought him down. What
all the world cannot prevent, il is a waste of
labor IN any portion of ii To cadeavor TO make
more certain.
Z There is one delicate topic connected with
Convention upon which we wish TO say
few words To the opponents of "A Convention
and by way OF bringing them to reason. They
aud We too, wish Ia preserve Judiciary for
Tile aud tcprevent an elective, we mean q pc
rlodically elective Judiciary. Now we will
tell them without an instant's doubt of the
correctness OF the opinion that the only way
10 effect II is To call Convention without
delay. What with the unpbpuori,y of many
OF the present Judges, from the unreasonable
and ruinous delays in their dockcts. (Which
we snow well are not always avoilable) and
what from the increasing radicalism of the
age mciininS more and more every day To
ultra democracy and TO decide every thing bv
assemblies of the people, a Convention five
years hence would beyond doubt subvert the
whole present judicial system of Virginia.
Inc truths, that the popular Indignation a
Il al,
lo29, and the same cause is now producing.
more than any other, the same effect. Let
them then, we say, who ale for Judicial ten
urc for life, STRIKE IN FOR \ CONVEN-
TiON NOW!
AS Tor defeating that measure, and over
throwing the WILL. OF TIE PEOPLE. bv
blowing penny whistle in the ears of few
large slave holders in Amelia, Charlotte and
Nottoway, the expectation is iarcical. Ca
IRA! Ca Irdl All Europe could II i arrest the
French Revolution or even the energies of the
Republicans OF Paris. and it is just as imprac-
ticable to arrest the determined purpose OF the
People oi Virginia.
We could if need were. dilate upon the wis
dom OF conceding at once when final conces-
SION Is inevitable, and conceding with good
grace when concession is not only .unavoida-
Bile, but where it is right in principle. We
could enlarge upon the faults and the catas,ro-
phesot Charles J.. and Louis XVI-who indeed
but repeated the faults Of all or nearly all i'm
their situation of possessing power which was
not Legitimate. But we forbcar for the pres
ent.-Richmond Wing.
SIGNAL GOOD LUCIA letter from a
friend III Canton, under date of MAY 25th, re
ceiVed by the Rainbow, which arrived last
week at New York, relates the following s,ri-
king aud interesting fact:
"ASpanisf schooner of about 100 tons now
here the Qudrteroon, of Manila, has met with
the richest luck that, so far as know. IL OF
record: IL appears that she started from Ma
ii''ia, Tor the avowed purpose of fishing upon
the ohoais, as the captain states, he saw an
anchor, having chain fast TO it, which he
traced along until be found wreck and hay-
Ing divers on board, lie sent them down to
see what might be found on board. One man
at last brought upa black piece of metal which
he called Iedd, but which the captain knew
10 DC large sycee silver, weighing about 10
dollars! "' ~
Inc man reported any quantity more below:
80 ~ aii hands went, and worked till the,
liad brought up the value of 80, 900 dollars in
'hesc lngots oil silver, the crew all the while
supposlng that they had lead The captain
Sot all nc dared to trust his crazy craft with.
- "'''N Suli lOI OlIlild. lie arrived
mere about two months since, and sold his
sycee to house TO whom he consigned his
vessel lie then returned to Manila. fitted
out again Tor his shooi, picked up % 900 dol
ld'S more, got all the ships anchors and cables.
aiu all her old iastenings in shape of iron
knees, bolts, &c, and also her water casks
aIs, now h here again. he has sold his sycee
ana the remains OF The wreck are TO be sold af
pubI!c auction in a day on two,
NO one Knows what vessel il was that this
treasure belonged to, A chronon,ter was
picked UP also but that leads to nothing. and
as yet the mystery is NOT solved. II il snn.
po13G ny many that the vessel wa, cast away.
al' ul'ai som" oi the crew got to Manila and
reported the loss and the money nu hoarJ
ana that this captain, having kept quiet for a
year or perhaps dozen, till all was forgot.
ten, started this fishing e.rpediiion. This
however, Is only surmise. II ha knows the
vessel mare, he does not tell it. IL, seems
10 nave acted hopordbly, IL first gave the
lnoGey Over To the Insurance Offices. who