Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-08

dence-andi in those concerning the South Amer
lean States; in the notification and bank wars,
and in the many other questions which had
been before the country. It'has been well said,
political eras arc the cradles of statesmen
In the House, almost the same ceremonies
were gone through with. / did not hear but a
small portion of the speech made The case of
Mr.. Whitfield still remains undisposed OF /
stated in my first letter. that the disposition off
was matter of doubt; but it can scarcely re-
main SO much longer. 1t was expected, at that
time, that vote would be obtained on Tuesday,
which would most probably have resulted in
the rejection of the delegate elect. But the de.
cisiopihas been put OF, and the probability is,
there will be action upon it until more mem
bers return. 1t stands now about ninety eight
in favor to one hundred and four against. What
viii occupy the House while the matter is in
allegiance, is not definitely known, but it is
thought Mr.. L. D. Cainpbell's tariff bill will
como up.
/ notice that to-days National Intelligencer
comes down in pretty severe terms upon the
message. The Star, this evening, replies very
tartly.
There are about thousand and one newspa-
per correspondents here. those of the New York
Herald, Times, Tribune and Courier and En-
quirer being the most prominet They write a
great many things which the people here say
are items of news to them. In fact, the Her
AIDS correspondence is looked for as rich piece
of fancy fiction.
Considerable conversation is rife about the
Pacific railroad, and the prospective discussion
of its practicability. Like Napoleon, when he
was about to cross the Alps, the question is ask
ed, rs the route possibief" and is likewise fity
answered, 1T is barely practicable Not hav-
ing been admitted into any of the particular re-
solves or confidential plans said ODE in progress
in high places, cannot speak with any degree
of assurance about what the upshot of the
matter will be. know that n great many sup
porters of the present administration are firmly
opposed to it DIR. Kidwell's report shows where
he stands, and the reading of it is well calcutta
ted to make others stand the same way. 1t
seems to me to strip the project of all the gauze
and fancy with which its friends have invested
it, and TO present it just about as it stands
However, speeches and log rolling to very
great extent viii be brought to bear in its favor
/ have just been reading the views of Mr.. Ken
nett, OF Mo-, on the subject, which, coming
from a Western man, and one well qualified for
the task, are entitled TO considerable weight
He believes That's road can be sustained through
the South Pass. At the last session of Con-
bio
gress he and Major Phelps, and several other
members, had section inserted in a report ar-
thorizing them to make an independent road, TO
unite with the Texas road at FL Paso. A SINH
lar provision in the bill enabled them 10 inter-
sect a Northern road. This bill embraces a
grantof twenty miles of land to every mile of
road, and gives the company time to complete
the road to point on the Texas lines or to the
Pacific. On the Northern road they have a
grant of ten miles to every one of road, the two
tounite at some point near Fort Kearny. A
bill was reported last session for an immediate
survey of the Southern boundary of Kansas
and by this survey twas calculated that such
knowledge of the country, along the line be-
tween SO and 81 degrees, would be acquired as
TO enable them to know whether it was .f.eys'.,i,
~ f0ant FU, or wheth-
er it would be better to strike the Rio Grande
and run from there to Ell Paso. This bill as re-
ported, was put on the calendar, and it is the
taking up and discussing, and, what's more,
the adoption or rejection of it, that now causes
hopes and fears. 1t lis hoped that after the late
letter of the President elect upon the subject Of
a Pacific road, that there viii be sucha feeling
as will ensure favorable action upon it this ses-
sion. c.