Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-24


tu $3.50 900 4ySn ordinance, the receipts of
the city, and by a deed of trust and mortgage
10 the extent of SIS 5000, are pledged to create
"a sinking fund for the payment of this $780,
; 600. find that the banks have an Indebted
hess against the city for money loaned Of $SS,
900. Back interest not levied, or paid for rail
Toad Subscription, without goinginto miDuteac-
cOunt, I put at $50, 600 which am sure is below
the mafk, These added together make SASS,-
900 lOur figures do not foot up the same; our
reporter may have misunderstood the sPeater.1
The city's proportion of The subscription of the
county 60 The HemPtield, Putat 5000, 400 just
two tbiYds Of the Subscription. III this makes
I 81 ,6SS, 900. AunUaI interest on this amount is
/ SIDI ,2e0. ] end that the commjtte spponted by
the Council in Jan. 1857, 10 make an exhibit OF
ed report Of fthe assecs Of the city as follows: B.
,S o. II. Road, S600dOo; Demptieid T. Road,
$500, 900; Marieth e CiacnpIti, $2go, ,o0o
Cleveland r. R. $4,000; Wheeling & Belmont
Bridge S5,T64; fire engines ard houses 5000;
commons, coal mines, &c $50 900; water works
ing $I,5Ol ,795. Ny estimate Of the Valuc Of
these different sums, is for the Baltimore road
$3.50, ,ooo for -the Hemffeld 1t is not worth
,anything; MsTiets & CineiNAati do not esteem
worth anything IT Ill and the prospect is HAT
they never I vii, be MeFIH s. %psh even as tn, the
ling at Sc share, which Pot al $1,000
The 2nd and 9Th Ward market hoOses pot
at $50, 900 Fire engines put $1,000, this
le4Ves deficit in ths assets Of Sl,o9l, BPS.
These assets, Ny. Chairman, you know very
WELL are deeds of NustSNd mortgages 5n
Now, Mr. Chairman, have thought it does
not rc9uirc any argument from me to satisfy
This meeting that this city. is not aAlete pay its
| indebtedness, as there detinesred. In poiIst Of
fact, in the condition of our business we aTein
the condition of man who owes move than ne
can pay, and in that edndition We ave > &r and
| =
of that, have found myself Ghoosh have
never had OCCASION to try it9 that when PeTSons
are unable TO pay their debts. theiT cTedItoTs
believing thente BE- honest, ere generally will
4 ing TO make Satisfactory adjustment Tor such
sum IS they themselves show they a'e able and
condition pe are 81 fair subject rof compromise
with our creditors. am informed that a very
considerable number of these bonds wheh have
been nsured by the city Fey thesa railroads hOVe
been sold as low as 80 dollars on the 100 at
EoFss Po9s eSH90% %tn whom f eS s were " E at
SO cents on the dollar, and they Pocke6nS the
lposst themsd Ses Ithink -therefore, Fan sPPro-
priSte effort Uas made with these sehrRneR
holding these bonds thgta sniisfSctorJ sdlusr
nent could be made Of them SO as to bring ute
amnunS. down To som thdtwe could not only pay
the interest on, bvtby very small effort weconld
pay the principle. Bot regard the case Of at
teI1ptj Re to pay the whole i6tercst and principle
as perfectly snieid5 and hopeless. tneyer 9an
4 be done. You know 1ceosding to the decision
! OIL the S6ptene Gontt Of RRnnSylvsTIiS. corpora,
tions are only bound ID pay the sum wP'eh ,4ne
bonds were sold for; or tfe amount reslzed by
The parties sdIng them. Bot would go Upon
the other ground. our eIdiIe IRani(ty to rneet
OR obligations, and make tie bet cemPrsmisc
we can. .d,g OF @ tu ssr
Mr. Chairman, desRetn say word mora
Eara | snail have doUe. Some of my good frisndS
! in the city obecttA my being Mayor. They
| have q peract rightto object to thst / shall
not find any fsVlt with tnst objection, They
bsve some of61em undefmken TO fOrnish a rea-
son Why should not DO Mayor. One says he
| place do pot know thSt the people want qns
10 run, and IN tho second place / have
never given sy CONSENT TO rOn it they did
I Another says that was eennGeted with ele
gas eompany [Lsogstss W Wei, tie. lsst isls S
of candIes, and ] think inst i5s more ekcyso.
I do not know wEwt TINT 6lsS 70 do with tbs
controversy. ODterS say | VStRd tar them
Tta9ghterl and therefore ousa aeetD tapsy-
or. CRenewed uherrimeEt Wei l will tell
you that my worthy cOr"PsihOs. Nv, wilson,
did-|e same hing [ASalsUse Now have
one hieRd here Of whose especial anSjstieS
have heard a grodtdesl-a worthy SenEtSr fom
this diShict. He Il. seemS has been tkiNs a
very considerable interest in this elsSdOn, He
has n perfaet right to do so but have been
ITrYtnS 10 ina NGaSOh IoF u, ana AT IiSSA
70 find any, unless ii is that | SaPported him
when he was candidate for mayer two or three
times, LLanghteT] and voted for him With
great deal Of plessnre.. MrsChaiTGnan. IhoYe
word more to say on thai saLjee+ and il is. that
desire the citizens Of this city to exercise their
judgement aud delihcrately vote without regartl
TO either Mr. Wilson ortInykeif personally that
their action may be controlled and governed by
ItIlat which they esteem to be their doty in the
pursuits of their interests as independents free
men Of this city lAPPlauSs,l
have . ITftle' sdvsntass over Ny. WilsOn,.
perhaps, 1hossh sems4iRes it IS not good for
man 10 be toe wen known. have lived here
30 years. Mr.. Wilssn has nat been here 50 long.
While desire thst every gentleman her shall
vSAe for the man for mayer and coansilmen who
l. viii best promote The iotersSt. ot o0r city, if
you think nv. Wilssa GsSler calculated 10 effect
that object thra J. vote for him; # yoU vote for
me. and God sPsres me, will dothe best can,
hecause do it fer myself we'll as for you.
sCChrefsl hSVepeyer asked a man to vote tdr
me in my life, ard never Wilt But Itake
this eecaseats say 1hst if1 had attended to my
own busiaess aud sisen thst StteniiSn 10 THAT
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