Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-21

bottom. And in snow as in rainy W. ather,
II pitches its dwelling upon the very mouth
OF the phial. Ii may not be amiss to note that
the leech is kept in a common eight-ounce
glass phial, about three-fourths filled with wat
er, and covered on the mouth with a bit of
linen rag. In the summer time, the water is
changed once a week, and in the winter once a
fortnight. What reasons may be assigned for
these changes, philosophy may determine; but
the leech appears to b. affected in a way an
tlogouc b. that of spirits and mercury i'm the
weather slnss; and il seems evident, from the
surprising sensation which il manifests, that
an approaching change of weather, even DAYS
beior II takes place. makes a visible change
upon Its manner OF living"
At a adjourned meeting Of the citizens OF
Mason county, held at the Court House, on
the 81 day of November, 1915, (being the
first duy Of November Court)-
GEO. w. STRIBLING was called TO the
Chair, and Major CHARLES CLENDENIN APP
pointed Secretary.
The object% the meeting having been sta
ted by the Chairman, TO be for the purpose of
receiving and acting upon the report of a
committee appointed at "A former meeting to
prepare resolutions expressing the views Of
the people ot Mason, on the subjects, of a
Convention to amend the Constitution of the
State, OF Internal Improvement, and of Educa-
tion-the Committee consisting of the follow
ing persons; James IL. Couch, Charles It.
Beale, John Hall, George w. Stribling, Char
les Clendenin, Philip w. Hale, Mathew ID.
Blown, Peter c. Kelly, Nathan Smith, John
Cautrell, Alexander Long, Charles b. Wag.
gener and John w. Beale-through their
Chairman, reported the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
nN rup cIr tur~ or
LIST. Resolred, That the project of ~continu-
ing The James River Canal to the Ohio River.
or oi forming connection with the Ohio, by
Canal and slack water navigation, ought To be
regarded as an "obsolete idea"
2. ReSoired, That in the opinion of this
meeting, Western Virginia, under existing
circumstances, has d right TO demand of the
State, that d Rail Road be constructed through
her territory, connecting the Ohio River with
some one of the Eastern markets; and taat the
General Assembly should, without further
delay, either make provision for the construc-
ton of such a road by the State, or under the
authority and auspices thereof, forming a con-
%nection with Richmond and Norfolk; or other
wise should remove all restriction from the
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad Company, and
ALLOW them to construct their road through
any part OF Western Virginia, terminating at
any point on the Ohio River within her limits.
3. RCsoiDcd, That If such a road should be
constructed on either Of the modes above in
dlcatcd, the route which, in the opinion of
OF this meeting, presents decided and manifest
advantages over all others, is that passing by
or near the celebrated Mineral Springs in
Greenbricr County, and down the Valley of
the Great kanawha, 10 Point Pleasant at the
mouth oil that river which is ninety miles lower
down the Ohio river than ParkersDurg, and af-
lords one of the finest harbors between Pitts.
burgh and the mouth of the Ohio.
a ReSOiuCd, That in the opinion OF this
meeting, the mouth Of the Great Kanawba
presents decided advantages over Guyandotte
Tor the Western termination of such q road:
IN as much as, while the distance i'm either
case would be nearly the same, in the one case
The road would pass through a fertile Valley.
the ground being graded by nature, and strike
the Ohio, where there is always deep water
and line harbor, and in the other il would
have to be constructed throughan uneven and
comparatively uDproductive country, with no
other advantage proposed than to strike the
Ohio. forty miles lower down.
3. Rcsoipcd, That il is a well known anil
undisputcd fact, that whenever the Ohio river
rs navigable Tor Steamboats,, as high up as
Guyandotte, IL is equally so to Point Pleasant,
q. RtSoiUed, That if Railroad should h.
made, connecting the Ohio river with the
Eastern markets, and having tire mouth of the
Great kanawha for its Western terminus
there is no doubt in the opinion of this meet
ing, that a Railroad would at once be con
structcd through Ohio, either by lie State or
people thereof, connecting the mouth II the
Great kanawha with some point on the nail.
road now being made from Columbus to Gin
%Cinnati.
z Rcsofred, That the illusions in the fore.
gong Resolutions, TO other proposed routes
aud other points Of termination on the Ohio.
are made in no spirit OF contracted local feel.
ing; but in consequence of observing that in
most OF the recent publications on the subject
In the Richmond papers, the route and th'
point OF Western termination. which we be-.
leve TO BE- ~ every view the most elipiblc
and which are as it were pointed out by tho
cd.