Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-23
FROM RICHMOND.

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pct for a. 1jjgpramsaL
RicnuoNp, March 10.
For several days past, member, of the lryis.
hInrr who lrf, the gity al the commencement q
the neW session. In order to visit their homes,
have been gradually returning, and To DAY aud
yesterday both halls were as fun As they lave
BEN any day during the session. excepting, of
course, the drsi week aher the as,embhec Of
the tao Houses ! observed several faces IN the
llouss to-day, which | haze not seen iucc Inn.
mr'iately after the re-convrntion, among then
some Of the most prominent members such as
Mr Preston, ofSmyIhc, Mt, Caper,on, ofMouroe
and others
The friends Of the Covinston and Ohio Rail
roAt bill who hal hoped 10 obtain final aud sat.
isiac,nry action upon THAR measure long ere
this, IN consequence Of the recen, thin attcn.
dance, have postponed /, FOR weeks, indeed,
believe II has been the order VI the LAY each DAY
for almost a month, In order o. secure ior the
proposition the fair aud fall consideration which
~ magnitude demand. 1t will be remembered
that during tie late session, Oill granting an ap
preparation, originated In the Senate Committee
OF Navigation, &c, and on being presented, pass
ell that body without difficulty aud by way Ofcx.
PLANTATION, may state, that on re assembling, the
Senate adopted 4 resolution requesting the
House TO return all It's tthc Svnates) bills upon
which the House had not acted, and accordingly
many such measures were replaced upon the
tables Of the Senate, among them the Covng-
ton Ohio road bill, upon which 1t was ntces.
sary that new action should be taken Here is
an Illustration Of the industry OF the Senate,
and The dlatoTy conduct Of the llouse) This
Is the reason Of the bill being re.pasSed in the
higher branch, Of which informed you in my
last The Senate bill granted $500, 900 to be cG.
pended In the construction " the road In 1865
aud 90, and on coming into the House a second
time, (un yesterday, )Anamchdment was Offered
by Gen Chapman, appropiiAting the additional
sum Of 81 ,0Q0,0 600 to be expended in 1860 The
bill and amendment were called mp to day at l2
o'clock, and another amendment offered, max.
ing the additional appropriation $500, 600 This
being voted down, two separate amendments
were in succession rejected, proposing that
portion Of the appropriation be expended in
constructing the road from its western ter.
minus eastward
Cen Chapman, on the bill being called up
addressed the House very eoQucntly In favor OF
his amendment, but after being diverted by the
other amendments, his amendment was also de-
10 in the negative
The Senate bill granting $500, 900, then alone
remained to be disposed Of, but Just as the vote
was to be taken, the Hon. Alph, Raymond, las
you have dubbed him. rose, and repeated his
trite argument against appropriations, which
he has delivered at least dozen times during
the session.
J In obedience to resolution Of the House, al.
lowing members to speak only fifteen minutes,
the Speaker let fall his hammer after Mr. Hay.
mond had spoken somewhat over that time,
and thoroughly "boled' and "wearied OUT his
auditors. | had hoped to inform you in this
leIterot its passage, but after remaining in the
( Hall until late hour lcft while motion was
pending to allow Mr.. Raymond to proceed with
his rcmlrkS, consequently do not know what
became of the bill, but have 40 doubt that ii
was passed for the present. So much, you see,
/ Is due to Mr.. Alph. Haymoud lie has com.
pletely lost the respect which his talents and
zeal for his constituents gained for him during
the late session, by his excessive garruliiy, aud
insane disposition TO be ON his feet continually,
during the session Of the House His views
command as little respect as those Of any
member on the floor As an illustration Of
which, MS soon as he rose to speak to-day
many members deliberately left the hall,
and amused themselves by smoking, &c, in the
roiunda, during the period of his haranguc,-
Mr. Raymond sadly needs tutor, and should
immediately have one before he advances anoth'
er step in public life, aud in soOth, cannot
think ola better preceptor in your section, than
the lntelligencer itself; and especially is this the
case, since you have certainly done poor Hay
mond great injury, in attempting to put him
on the track for Congress, which has quite turn
cd the young mans head lie careful in future
tces such as Congress, or all the young men in
the Northwest VIII be IKE poor haymond-rG'
med before they have tine 10 deVeIope their tai
ents.
bill granting certain privileges to the Pitts