Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-15

a u-unfisl Of lhs establishment % fHs oi
mail ,igamsp lrum Nev udtiu, and Mobile 90
various pgIts oH thg Coli Of NgNica Referred.
NJ Nlnirr 81 Va called iat yeas aud Ill n
u1 DE resolution 90 pay 100 dlUar Dr. funeral
expense, and one quarJrrs ,llay gl No. Morton,
ag,el,sI, furnace keeper The resolution va,
earu.t, yeas 50, nays d.
Capt lllrigluvas allowed two thousand ard
eight dollars for extra expenses ct the bark
Aes..uir, hy aTgsO.uUuu, shitl vas clu,sI
unanimously
Considerable tine was octuAcI DO Discus
sion whether The SENATE should take up tAg ll.l
lJr passenger railway along PgUEa. Ayguus iu
Washington tlty.
Tie Pacific T. i BIT coming up 's thg spe.
ciai order, aaoIHer discussion arU,c a. i' wbylu'
" Il should be considered, ur ma, Doe Sgaaic
should take up The private calendar. The !a,
aud nay we're dgmaul,d, and tAc vote resulted
900 lynr Of considering the Pacific L L. bu'i
yoas 81, nays sd,
Tie vote vas then taken on Mr. Bsl,rs
amendment 70 t'N'' 'ne io"'' ol we ''a' De-
."''H Ne "''N anu t-H AI4"s''' ""'sA vas
10Y, !ea' w, nay 90
~. %, ,'1'I'''' % ''''''' sI'"e s"'"5! against
10, ""L
Nt, W '''ol' SUBSTITUTE "ne" nc oA"ta on
we -o.h u'i, aNlh''A"s 'he t''N'ee"' ahl
senate To arf''n' i've CIV. ens'ueef, VINO shall
N''.'u wv" years ''.a'c I"e ''1's gu ia'io'd
"or 'he Missouri river 10 "a" FIlnel,so, WAS
,o'v' on a"" 'o'E y s4' - nays OLE "i'NoN'
'1iS'et a1Hn" oH '"t uIl '"e senate .A'I u
A''Ae' l"e N,'"'e oh Tue Ol'' continued au''us
u. '"lut Jay
M'' blsilf ul Ia, ana No wilson, OF Mas,
offered various iuu4illcauoNsi lhe ohlyyl ol uo'h
senator's beIIs To provide Lon t'c eump,cuo" OF
'he mountainous and desert potuono' Tie route
although they differed respecting details.
ln course ol The discussion MI. pgoHlle, Of
WIS, submitted an amendment providing IhaI
any contract made 10y Tie President shall be
submitted 10y INN 20 Congress, aud take elect
oh.l 'y JON, resolution
MS. irllubAI, o' W., supported Mr. Dooiit.
"yS pan INSISTING "'a' u"'y>H Sy"' provision
40 a1oP''l uN'.'s "Yl' "e 'Ss'''r' Tue
.s'.,'''' s'''''''A VI vac 'O"''' '' '''' 'o' 'V'
paS''
Ar Thompson, Of ny, was opposed to leaT-
ing tho lucaiun Of the route 10 the Prc,idcut
lie did not disguise his opinion that tie Pacific
Railroad scheme wa> q magnificent humOus.
HE President was clever old gentleman, H.
could probably do hi, own marketing as sensi.
bly, as any body else; but he Is not cuduUed, by
virtue Of the Presidency, with any cNlraorli.
nary training quality IN making contracts. The
President might resemble the man who went 10
Jericho and Tel. among robbers. Twas time,
however, that the bill was killed out rigll, it
had lived long enough.
II Is true that II was recommended in tie
Cincinnati platform. Bat what OF thai, The
Platform was The work OF youngsters who got
on bust a"d formed It aud It Is brought tor
ward Us a sort OF second constitution 10 govern
The action oi Co"eress; he himself stood a
solitary monument to The genlns, patriotism aud
cowmon SENSE Of The old Wing party and like
lis Trend the Senator from Texas, Mr.. Houston,
he Night DC dead corpse, yet the people seem
cd TO want TINS 'ailroad, they were moonsiruck
oy The masnihcence Of the scheme.
Mr. DooIiules amendment was passed.
Mr. Mason, @! Va, moved 10 rccommt the
bill. Lost by vote Of yea, %, nays ~.
Mr. IUomLs, Of Ca, moved to lay the lin on
the table, which was also lost yeas y, nays -
The bill was lett in this condition when the
hour Of adjournment arrived. Tie Senate dis
cussed for an hour proposal to adjourn over
I'LL Monday
Mr. Brown, Of Miss, protested against this
waste Of time
Mr. SebaStin believed that recess tomorrow
would advance and not retarl the public bust.
nes'.
y resolution was adopted authorizing Tow.
send Harris and his interpreter, NJ. Erskinc, to
receive presents from Qucrn Vic,oria. The
Senate finally adjourned Il Monday.
llOrsE.-Up motion Of Mr. Kuukrl, Of Pa, a
resolution was adopted, requesting the Secretary
Of the Navy to furnish statement of the
amount Of coal used by the Navy succ 1852 and