Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-29
FROM NEBRASKA.
[COrrespOndspee of the wheeling Iuteriseneer-l
OMAHA CITY, January 18th, 81

cause of circumstances entirely beyond my CON
troll, have been unable to inform you, as wish
/ / might have done, in regard to things "ont
West
| The winter has been unusually severe; We
had storm of wind and snow, which cOmmen-
cei ON the morning of the second day of Decem-
Der, and continued unrenittingly severe for two
days It then ceased, leaving US with consider
| able snow. so much so as to MAKE Safeguarding
quite a pleasant pastime. Since then we have
ihad. alternately, storms and pleasant weather.
| Once or twice we have had occasion 10 imagine
ourselves in Greenland, or thereabOuts- During
| a portion of few days the mercury has been as
low as 10 deg. below zero; in fact, at one time
we feared it had retired for the winter; but the
clerk of the weather soon informed us such was
not the fact Nature now wears milder aspect
! and from the steadiness of the weather and the
uniform depth Of the snow, our farmers arc an
] ticipating remuneratiye crops. The ground is
unfrozen, and if this winter is any index of the
I usual winters in Nebraska, we would respective
lly give it as our opinion, that Nebraska, as an
agricultural, and particularly a wheat growing
country, is unsurpassed. Her prairies are de-
lightful to look upon, more rolling than those of
/ Illinois, but not an acre that may not be easily
! cultivated. With climate temperate and dry,
/ and her rich prairie soil of a Elack-loamy
| ture, from four to six feet in depth, clay sub
soil, well watered and timber-skirted, Nebraska
has a future not surpassed by the rapid dcvel-
opment of any State or Territory in the Union.
! In fact, there is no Territory nOw open for set
Element which holds forth greater inducements
to the energetic and enterpriSing than does this,
the giant of the West The declaration is on
every tongue, "Nebraska must and viii leave To-
| gy States behind"
! But our attention, at the present time, is more
particularly directed to thepecuiar aspect of our
political affairs The honorable body of sases,
the Nebraska Legislature, is now in session in
this, the Queen City of the Territory. Both
Houses convened last Monday, and organized by
appointing L. L. Bowen, of Bellevue, President
of the Council, and j. L. Gibbs, of Nebraska
| City, Speaker Of the House. The appropriate
committees were then appointed by the rcspec-
tive Chairman, when both houses adjourned nn-
| til the next day. On Tuesday, both houses met
| in Joint convention, and committee of three
were appointed by the President of the Council
/ TO wait on the Executive and inform him they
were ready to receive any communication be
chose to make. The committee returned and
reported that his excellency, the Governor, would
communicate with the honorable body through
his private Secretary, who Immediately entered,
mounted the stand, and proceeded to read the
Governors annual Message. The document be-
ing rather prolix, occupied considerable time
in reading; it was fayorably received and evil
denced considerable labor in preparation. The
Governor congratulated the houses on the peace
aud prosperity which has continued to reign
throughout the Territory, while our twin sister
was unfortunately rent with civil discOrd, and
suffering an utter prostration of business, be-
cause of the partisan strife and external pressure
which conspired to desolate her fair fields and
| bring pain and anguish to many an honest heart
Nebraska, he said, is doing wonders "-scarcely
gctic, Iaw-abiding, Union-loving population Of
sixteen thousand souls. Efficient means have
already been taken to establish a common school
system, which, if faithfully carried out, will
place Nebraska in proud position He want
ed to see every man, woman and child, able to
read and write the English language. In
referring to our public buildings, he says,
unless Congress shall make an appropria-
ton for erecting penitentiary, we will be
under the necessity of adopting, as a matter OF
self defence, more summary mode of punish
ing criminals. The Capitol building is being
rapidly completed; but it will require tho mod
est sum of fifty thousand dollars to complete it,
fifty thousand dollars having been already ap
propriatcd by Congress and expended on the
building. The original estimate of the entire
cost ofthe structure was seventy nine thousand
dollars After the reading of the Message was
concluded both Houses adjourned to wednes-
day.
Upon meeting that Jay, and after the prelimi-
nary was completed the real genuine legislation
began. 1t arose upon bill known as the Cap
ital bill, which, in effect, provides for the re-
moval of the seat of government to some point
in the western and southern portion of the Ter
ritory, said point being paper town, the script
of which has been circulating in our streets for
some days. The father of said Capital bill is
reputed to be a certain leading political wire
worker and itenerant speculator of the "Old
Dominion" namely, the Honorable Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia He has been pereSrina
| ting this western country, seeking how he might
best line his empty purse, and finally pitched
upon little post denOminated Bellevue as the
seat of his speculative operations. There es-
conced, he has succeeded, by dint of unparall-
eled audacity, and thcoyerpowering influence of
Virginia official reputation, in securing
movement calculated to effect the removal of
the seat of government to said paper town, the
script of most of which he holds. There has
been an opinion expressed, and is quite preva-
lent, that If the F. F. VS. would recall this alb
sconding official, they might possibly find some
thing to occupy his precious time at home; that