Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-09
= Board Of Public works.

begin to multiply for all Offices, and the election
tothe Board Of Public. Works is not likely to 90
nv by default. The candidates legion and we
cannot pretend to name them even. Among them
Ssssi. Messrs. johnson, First Auditor Beale
a. tssate member of Congress from the Kanawha Dis
tIict, Dandrdge of Jefferson, and White of Lou
r1doun. There are doubtless many Others ready and
9'rwiing to serve their country, and while we can
not but commend their disnterested patriotism
81 we may be allowed 10 regret that all cannot be
i0s elected and that thus the public will lose their in
valuable services. But it cannot be helped now
and we have only to suggest that the Legs-
lature would do well to create a batch of addition
al Offices in order that may not be deprived of
sfstheir talents. For the present, however, some of
them will have to remain with their friends and
g9oy~5 families 70. season. 80
S9ss The Office however. is really important one
@ and the citizens of Virginia should carefully select
the persons to whom to be entrusted the impor-
Internal Improvement interests of Virginia
No matter who may be selected, or what may be
their politics, we hope that they will be of ca
pacity, of strict business habits and sound prac-
'nS4stical Judgment, the control which they have
S over the immense Internal Improv Fnnd of
GS virginia Will make the welfare, prosperity and de-
CO, yelopmentof our State depend in great measure
&C upon their labors Let the managers then
be- are, upon their choice may hang the fate Of
al Virginia Upon her internal improvement policy
1t she may Tse, and shaking off the shacklcs in
erta, which have so long fettered her. may yet ad-
20 vance to the relative position she held among
the States of our Confederacy Without it she can
u" never rise, and may recede. The Importance then
os s'ioft present election must be seen by ALL And
upon the electors must rest the responsibility O:
the credit, of the selections which may be made.
U-We trust that few more reports will settle
EsrGS lhe question whether the office
aS not administered to Vice President King in Havana
S"S We have published some four five accounts al
9s Eernatey stating and contradicng he was duly
qualified; all of them appearing TO be as reliable
,, as any other items of newspaper intelligence. If
the. following. which we take from the Baltimore
-a'VSun,A be not true, shall publish no more of
them: - gtlc-s 5G.sa4J
gstssSE THE Darn ApMINIsrERED TO VICE PRESIDENT
go RrSG.-Adyices. received at New York from Ha
g; vana dated March Goth. report that the oath of
the oath, at The estate of Ariadne. The ceremony
all - was performed by Judge Sharkey, U. S. Consul at
Havana, assisted by Hon. George w. Jones, u S.
% s'' Senator from Iowa, in the presence of several
Vi X, American citizens. The party entertained by
Mr. Chautrand, the proprietor of the estate, with
generous hospitality and every facility offered
49,. for the appropriate performance of the duty. The
taa represent Mr. King to be in exceeding delicate
ls1 state Of health, and that he has not improved
sgrs5ss der the sugar house treatment.
81 Another account says Mr.. King, when sworn in
hs was too feeble TO stand without assistance and
'aI was supported on the right by CIV Jones' NJ. c.
iud and the left by 7. NJ Rodney, ESQ.,, consult
or 1.-The ceremony was witnessed ythe following la
'.siss7dies ard gentlemen: 2, f. As' 5.i -
,,b,f Margaret King, Alabama; Catharne Ellis, do
.rls Mary "A. Stebbins La; John G. Caulfeld, Ala;
tsa s. w. Wooco, VII A. Macmillan, s. c.; Jno.
'''ti' 'Charrand, s.: C; G. w. Jones, Tenn, # NJ.
Rodney, U. S. Consul CharlesStebbns, La; Alex.
40 III Day, Mich; Edmund Marcy, N. Y. Samuel H.
~ - Jones. Pa. -. o..
The ceremony, although simple, was very sad
and impressive, and will never be forgotten by any
~ who were present. 10 see an old man, the
veryverge of the grave, clothed with honors W hich
he cared not for,andinyestd with authority which
he couldnever exercise, truly touching. 1t
was only. by persuasion that Mr.. King would 20
sthrough the ceremony, as he looked upon it an
Aidle form, for he said he was conscious he could
mot live many weeks. After the ceremony was
over, Mr.: King conversed with the gentlemen
present for Short time and then retired to his
couch. ''-Ai f'.''