Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-09
virginia Bonds.

Virginia Bonds.
These securities, after having fallen as low as
ssi in The New York market, seemio have rallied
a little In The lest few days, Tie quotations ate
now sOuel. The Courier & Enquirer of Friday
reniorEs upon ibis head that "decllne is onlr tenn
pornry There IRE no zeal grounds for this stock
going below PAT There will som be buyers at
advanced rates" ltssSms 10 u, to be most re-
motkuble Circumstance that the stock should have
got down GS tOD dG par, for We have no hesitation
in sOYingt tint asOulLeT aud saeTinyestmsnt could
moi be made on similar State securities. II sold
readily year OgO al ITO, aud was considered Os
amongsllthe best foundations Corporations, and Os
such was freely purchased. One Of the reasons
assigned for Its d'PrecinlloniS that The emboHOss-
mrnts 1.-THE Western bhnkshave compelled them
TO throw il in large quantities upon The market IN
order 10 raise money 10 help them out OF ihe''
difficulties. We presume that this true ana
that The opportunity thus offered 10 STOCKHOLDERS
for depressing II and thus ma king enormous pfotils
has not been neglected. Every dollar ihalit de-
clnrs below pat goes into the pockets Of The puT'
chnsers who hold it, We have another view Of
this matter which we cannot refrain from Stating.
The State has debt enough upon her shoullets
for the present SHE could no doubt slond q du-
pllcnlion Of II, IL her resources are taken in the
estimate. But many Of lie works row authorized
by law Lave yet 10 be finished before these re.
sources can be rendered available, and we are con-
combining expenditures within these limits. There
are railroads enough completed and under con.
sITuclion TO serve for tenSeNTs 10 come. tits a
wis policy TO wnl and see how these will affect
the fiscal Interests Of The Commonwealth which
has OH The three fIths principle embarked largely
in them. II $ not wise TO be rushing into new
schemes involving millions Of expenditure, until
we have nsceTlained how the cid ones will work.
In almost every objection VIZ have faiIload either
completed, completing, OF about being construct.
ed. These Will, in tue nggregate, aliSTd ample
accommodation 10 lie vaHousinlvTeSts which they
are designed tU plOnlOte, for the period We have
just mentioned. Now, what we have to say in
view Of oil this is that il the Virginia stocks ore
under par the Treasury cannot procure lie means
Of meeting the endless demands for II oney which
new schemes would create, and therefore The
State, we think, instead Of being wors'ed, would
10 benefited by such an Cxigency. But, par or
no par, we are against increasing her Indebtedness
until we can teap something like an indemnity for
the multitude Of works now on hand. We can,
as everybody knows. easily fulfil oil existing en-.
gOgsmenS, without further taxing The people, who
are, IN all conscience, already taxed enough.
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GTChnpmon's Chandelier thus dScouTses ON
the Womon's Rights Convention.
Tux WoMEH. We have had during the week,
n 50. called convention, Uf tie strong minded wo
men, accompanied by weak-m,nded men. The
admission fee was, for single Odmittance, ten
cents, for The season, twenty-five cents. This
might c considered very cheap, OF very dear, for
forty different and diverse Te'SOns pro and con -
We will not now stule the arguments which occur
Ia US on either side. I...H
The nrincinal persons in the lead were Mrs.
Gage, formerly Of Ohio, now Of st. Louis, who Is
a woman Of some sense and more spirtj and Mrs.
Severance, OF Ohio, who IS pleasant looking la
ly of apparent respectable talent, well cultivated,
There was also lady SecTrtOTY, wlO looked like
good glEl, Of two OI thee aud lwenlyi and who,
# she cannot get well married, would make nice
school mistress. we SlOuh think. All these wore
wOmrT's dresses, Besides these, there were Seve
rol elderly women who looked caEe.wOrn aud UNI
comfortable, aud two or three not past u eli lee ms,
WHO looked rather hIrd--SOmehlne like the 'MoSe'
and iI,ize' Of New York of one of whom, Jolly
TAT gentleman quietly TemuIkTd,--"lIe would not
like to meet her in The wuodI" These wore qua.
ST. tTowseEs, which mnde them resemble the half
indian sQuaws who peddle mOccasns in the towns
around Lake Erie. Thirdly, there were few men
--,nqlss we are sure--for though we lie hove seen
women with LeHTdS, this is not conlnon--Rld
these men had some beard, including lnousl ebss'
which they had evidentalIy labofet TO culliVSle,
ns either an evidence Of their male-hood, Os Oi
their sympathy with thai fashion among women,
which makeS them nurture their hair So carefully
aud universally.