Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-04-21

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10 so; anu especially Praying the Governor of yir.
gnia to lay said draft of charter before the Leg
stature oil that State. with his views in regard
laeieto; and requesting said Councils of the Cher
okees, Ghoctaws and Creeks 10 act therein, to re-
cognize such companp, grant rights of way thro'
their national lands for any branch or branches of
SAID road that may pass through the same, and to
enact Ssuchllawsas shall secure tosthe South, so
inr as may be in their power the exclusive bene-
MS and advantages OF the commerce of the Pacific
and OF the wealthy provinces of Mexico intende,
10 be traverssd by said road.
T. Resolped, That this Convention recommend
that given 10 said corporation by lis char
ter TO negotiate with Mexico fo and pure hose III
necessary. right OF way through her territory TO
the facIhc ocean, or some point on the Gulf off
California; 70 stipulate with that government that
IN the event the same is granedno higher rates or
charges shall ever be imposed orexacied for pas-
sage OF over said road citizens of
Mexico than on those OF the United States; and 10
that the company maintain military posts
along said road, will in all time submit to the iug
rsdiction and laws of Mexico. and will claim no
poit'cal rights nor attempt to co.onize the coun
8. Resoiped, TLatin the opinion, ofkthis Con
yention the Southern States, corporations aud peo
pie are entirely able TO build said road, and that no
time should be lost in doing so that il is as easy TO
commence it now as len or, twenty years hencels
and it can as easily be completed in ten years as
IN century; and that it is the dutyNoi every
southern man, 10 himself, his children AMI his
country, to engage earnestly in this great and in
dispensable measure of security, as well as of
wealth, and Of political and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the South. e.sT55s
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1.-THE Brook yn Consoilationlbills has passed
the Legislature of New York, and will take full
effect on The first Monday in January next. The
leading provisions are, the incorporation into one
government of the present Cities of Brooklynana,
Williamsburg, and the town Of Bushwich, the
whole TO be known as t.Ehe City of BrookIyn."-
The new citylwill extend from iNewtown Creek,
including Green Point to the boundaries of
Brooklyn below Greenwood Cemetery, d distance
indirect line of about seven miles, and nearly ten
miles following the low water line. The breadth
is very Irregular, being at The widest nearly six
miles, but averaging perhaps not more than tlr.e
aud half The combined City is divided into
eighteen wards, each one 10 form a tow nship in
Kings County. The officers are to he chosen al
the next general election. They are, two Alder
mentor each ward, one TO go out in one year ana
thereafter one eachyear aMayor, chosen for two
years. Controller, Street Commissioner Treasurer
and Commissioner OF Repairs and Supplies, for
three years EACH. The details of the overnment
are fashioned, with some improvements after those
oil New York. The present population of the new
CITY Is probably the neighborhood of zoe, 900.
atd Is rapidly increasing, making it undoubtedly
the third city in the Union. The next step will
De annexation to New York, of which. tits now
quite as much component part as Westminster
IS OF London; and then New York will soon be
the largest city in the world.
CHANCES Dunno THiRrY-F ouR YEARs.-Ths
Hagerstown (Md.) Herald, in referring 10 tile exc
cution in that of the three Cotterills-ather
and two sonsin 1920. just thirty four years ago.
Tor the murder of DAMS, in Allegheny county.
mentions tue remarkable fact that the chief Judge.
buchanan, who sentenced them. as well as his two
associates; the lawyers engaged in the ca SEES;
the clerk OF the courtwho arraigned the unfortn-
nate criminals, and all his Deputies all the thirty
SIX jurymen, except John NeI;) the sheriff who
inhicted The extreme penalty of the law upon
them, (his two deputies, Messrs Samuel Eicliel-
berger and VIM. Hess are still lving;) the clerpy-
men, with one exception, the Rev. b. Kurtz,)
VINO administered the consolation OF religion 10
them; the printer who Transmitted to posterlty,an
account OF their sad doom; and no doubt, il it
nnnld be ascelraIneu, In, OF nm,
immense mass of twenty thousand spectators, who
occupied the hillsin the vicinity of the execution,
have paid the debto nature since the startling
drama was enacted. The Cotteriils were arrested
in Baltimore, Just as they were embarking on board
the ship Franklin, for England. Sc
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PAINFUL RuMoR.--The Bonha,n Advertiser.
published at'Bonham, Fannin county, Texas, n, a
postscript, dated March 9Th, says: 7v7S'
eve stop the press 10 give The following inelI.
SsnGe. which was brought in last night by George
N: Butt, ESQ.,, of Preston. Mr.. Butt had feceiS
ed letter from tile Chaplain at Fort Btlknap
transmitted by confidential servant of Mr. (
Sitting that the whole force of the garrison
sixteen men, were off in pursuit of the murdeIers
Of Col Stem; and that 400 Indian warriors ware
about the Fort challenging the comma nda MT Major
Mernll, TO fight. They had dispatched a pafty
win looO Government cattle, of which they.had
! taken possession Major Merrill was temporizing
lhem-giving them goods and proyisions4-in The
hope OF succor, either 'front.' return Of the scout
or tron Two companies of recruits hourlyexpect,
ed. Fort Belknap is a collection of BUILDINGS ON
an open plain, and sixteen men can do yery little
Tor its defence. Unless the expected succor reach
Them soon after the dispatch of the Chaplain,s
letter, Msior Merrill and his little Command re
already massacred.'' les SEES ~
FREpERicksBuno scRrr.--The Rredericksburg
News thus sums up The proposition reported by
the Finance Committee of the Council for the re-
demption of the notes of the corporation: .asss1
1t contemplates the liquidation of ill the scrin
some s4u000, within seven years, to be issued in
bonds OF 800 each. IS 900 worth to be made nav
aoie at SIX months, the balance 10 lie redeemed
WITHIN the above time; the two year bonds nj a
premium Of 2per, cent; those at three years, pEr
cent. premium; four years4 per cent. premium,
&c, those for the seven years, q per cent. pre-.
PEsSsyLyASrA.-Gov. Johnston, the President
OF the Wing State Convention, has appointed the