Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-06
ANII'TAN NIEETING

norors- " ca'l IN yesterday morninp's
h"pe's' meeting was held at the Conf tIos.S .
"SI night of those citizens in favor NJ
/ rs '"e court III its refusing to levy fny H., j.;
Ie'gst oHe on the bonds issued 10 the ITor,rs ~
"road Company. The meeting was fol-, III
Sei attended, and was organized bv c,jna, "!
W. a't"niS 10 the Chair, and by appointing s
l. nv, heseIer, Esq, Secretary. o.
Inc Chairman having called ,,nor ..,..
10 State the object of the meetinn NJ WoE Sne
.A.l arose and said that it was called 10 evnros
cur concurrence in the action or tn. 60. - =;
,,11lGES'hg' at this time, to make the levy Ho
~ a. ar thought 1t was matter calling both
t;a "I Pu"ilc attention and the public indiqna
co., .iI"' threat mad been made by one of the
lei Tor the bondholders that unless mo
Nouhty Court at its session tomorrow shonj5
'"Me 'nlS levy, that they, the County Court
"ou'o DC treated as so many refractory SJovn
ahu sent TO Jail. The County Cont. s,mn,.
.i.Et"S with the people in their feelings about
s.,!s 'eEy' IN their belief that the public of this
county mad been swindled and wronged in tho
obtaining OF the subscriptions, had refused 10
muse !he levy to meet the interest due on that
SUBSCRIPTION. 1t was not the mere payment of
Vi tue Interest on the bonds of one holder hnt
On On al. lie was, therefore, opposed to the lew
ne was IN favor of compromise which would
plOEtoe lor interest In proportion to what the
oonds were now worth
Mr. Mctarran offered accordingly. some reso
luuons looking 10 compromise, which " ere
coHclllatorY III their character, and intended 70
serve as return to Judge Thompson's writ of
mandamus. CFhe reso'u ions were not adonted
ana therefore we do not print them)
Alter Mr.. McFarran, Mr. a. S. Hallowell rose
Snu s"ia that the resolutions offered had not met
Tue point. This was not the time to provide
lot compromise. There was time cnonph for
mat when the validity Of the subscription Should
nave been properly tested. And to test it. it
was necessary and proper that 40 tax PAYERS
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OF Appeals for trial We should then get Mt
the root OF the whole matter The belief with
nun and many others was that at least a rart of
'HC county subscription (the first $3.50, OOO)
was not legal from the fact Of Insufficient notice,
&c lie thought that Judge Thompson was
wrong ana the way to test 1t was TO bring the
matter before higher court. This tax which
the people were now called on to nav was most
oppressive 1t had been obtained under false
pretences and assurances. The fIempGeld rail
road company had agreed to meet this tax or
interest until the road should have been nut
through to Greensburg. On this understanding
the people had subscribed and although they
uid not now desire TO repudiate the bonds, vet
they were determined to avail themselves IF
whatever Chance there WAS to case the load
Inc people were convinced that great swiulle
mad been Perpetrated on them in the DISPOSAL
oi those bonds. The road from here to the
town of Washington had been made to cost
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through mountainous country, had only cost
S23, Goo y large amount of these bonds could
not he accounted for ut all and the people ma
turally felt indignant and unwilling to be OPP
pressed for the payment Of the interest on them.
He was member of the Court, and he had vot-
ed against the levy and would continue to do So
And moreover, he would go to Jail, if need be,
before he would vote for it. (Cheers.) If we
now went to work to provide for the interest
ne closed the door forever against any compro-
mise or negotiation. Bnudholdcrs would all
hold back for the payment of their interest and
would bc satisfied with nothing less than dollar
for dollar, whereas they had only paid half that
sum, probably, for them.
Mr. McFarran again rose, and said that the
resolution which he had offered as return to
the writ of maudamus, was intended simply to
gain time, 80 that the !coplc ur the county
might enter upon some steps looking to ncgo-
tatinn for the bonds
Alter some further remarks by HessrS Hal
lowell and Roht Hamilton, a resolution sus-
tanning the action of the County Court in re-
fu>ing to levy was unanimously passed The
meeting then adjourned to await the action Of
the Levy Court, which meets to day.