Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-30
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The various bills granting appropriations to
Works of Internal Improvement, when were
passed by the House on Saturday and Monday,
according to pi evious appointment OF the Sen,
ate. came up for action in the latter body on
Wednesday. The Senate was fully acquainted
with the merits of most of the bills, both from
information privately received, and from ample
discussion which the entire subject OF Internal
Improvement had in the House, consequently
there were no elaborate speeches, and but few
explanations of individual positions, but an
immediate action seemed to be spontaneously
and unanimously agreed upon.
The first bill to be acted upon was the Orange
and Alexandria, granting 100000, IN order to
make an extension to Lynchburg. Ihls bill
failed by one vote of constitutional majority.
The friends of improvements Immediately per-
ceiyed that for the present their fate was sealed,
as it was impossible to command sufficient
vote on that day, and many almost despaiTed of
the accomplishment of the grand objects for
which the extra session had been called, and
which it had been thought the action OF the
House had secured. However, the bills were
rapidly put upon their passage, defeated, the
votes reconsidered, and bills laid upon the
table to be called up on Thursday, their
friends making no further effort after the re.
lection of the first bill On Thursday, as
on the day before, the Orange d Alexandria
bill had precedence over the others, and a
vote being taken 1t passed, receiving exactly
the requisite number of votes. The other bills
passed in rapid succession. The most intense
anxiety prevailed among their friends while the
vote upon the first of the bills was progressing,
from the apprehension lest they could not obtain
a sutliciency of votes, the number was finally
secured by the vote of Col. French, the Senator
from Mercer, who previously had been neutral,
neither voting pro or con. Only two OF the
bills had more votes than were necessary to pass
them, viz: those relating to the Norfolk Pc
tersburg, and Manassas Gap roads, each of which
received % votes.
In addition to the House bills, the Senate has
passed one authorizing the Board of Public
Works to pay to the fredericksburg and Cor
louisville road 500 900, which is an unpaid res
idue of an amount appropriated three years ago.
Also bill increasing the capital stock of the
Virginia Central Railroad Company in the sum
of 100000. With the passage of these bills,
the great Internal Improvement programme of
Virginia is nearly completed; there only now
remains for Virginia to be the leading State of
the Union, in commercial and political power, as
she now is in moral and social influence, is to
perfect and execute scheme for the completion
of her James River canal, to make additional
appropriations for the Central road until it is
carried to the Ohio river, and to establish a
steam connection with Europe, while her other
works, completed and in progress, will contrib
ute much to the local and sectional prosperity,
and to some extent to State advantage. Until
Virginia has completed those three schemes,
compared with which all else is nothing to her,
she will never attain that Imperial Acme for
which nature seems te have created her.
a substitute FOR the Canal Conysrsion
scheme Offered by Mr.. Stuart, which authorises
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Senate on Wednesday; the original conversion
bill also passed the Senate but was defeated in
the House, and it is questionable whether the
substitute will pass the latter body. Mr.. Stu
arts proposition contains much to commend it,
there being nothing extravagant or impractica-
BILE in its present form; the loan solicited will
enable the company to extend the canal to the
coal region, and doubtless the coal freight alone
will, without difficulty, extinguish the loan.
The House of Delegates on Tuesday passed
bill so amending the charter of the Winchester
and Potomac Railroad Company as to allow
an extension of their road to Strasburg-
This bill is now before the Senate, and will
be defeated hope and believe. 1t is evidently
a scheme Tor the benefit of Baltimore and its
passage by the House is amazing. The feeling
against Baltimore with many members of the
Legislature, is bitterly hostile, while do not
think the Wheeling representatives are over
flowing with love for that city; suspicion and
distrust are feelings common to representatives
of all sections of the State towards Baltimore
Mr.. Fauntleroy, the delegate from Winchester,
and patron of this bill, in reply to an assertion
that this extension would favor Baltimore, said
in substance, that so great was his hostility to
that city on account of its blOodshed and mob
government, that he would not regret ''to see it
swept from the earth by the indignant fire of
Heaven, as were the iniquitous cities of the
plain" Whatever Mr.. Fauntleroy's feelings
may be towards Baltimore, many equally COM
peteut to judge of the effects of this extension,
differ with hIm,and if their views are correct,
the bill should fail
A resolution has been introduced in the Sen.
ate requiring merchants to furnish commission
ers of revenue list of their goods, foreign and
domestic; the furnishing of The list TO be one of
the conditions of obtaining license. The res
OlutiOn lies over for the present
The House on Wednesday passed bill to
provide for the payment of interest upon the
bonds of the city of Wheeling, guaranteed by
the State.
bill for an appropriation of sos, 900 to the
University of Va, was introduced into the
House, but being rejected, the vote was.recon-
sidered, and the bill laid on the table, from
which it will soon be taken and acted upon.
Nothing of great interest transpired in either