Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-23
FROM RICHMOND.


Correspondence of the Integencer.l
The Democratic ConUeniion- Pan HaaGlo
and Faecjag BiEis-Dcsrription Of The
way Bils are PasSed-Intercst;mg Items.
RICHMOND, Feb. 10, 1860.
Eds. EateNigceesr Very little legisla-
ton has been done during the week just
ended, on account of the sessions of the
State Democratic Convention, with its
eight hundred and sixty-four delegates,
engaged in the refreshing and delightful
occupation of growing, snOrling and quar-
relling about the respective claims of
Messrs, Wise and Hunter for the Presiden-
cy. There were two resolutions offered
for its adoption, that were fire-brands,
kindling up an excitement, that came near
producing brawls, duels and wars. One
was resolution offered by the Hunter
men, the effect of which was to make the
Wise men agree to support the nominee OF
the Charleston Convention, even should
that nominee be Stephen A. Douglas. The
other was offered by the Wise men, eX-
pressing Virginia's choice for the Presi-
dency. to be Henry a. Wise. The whole
of Friday and Saturday were consumed in
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fare can be called debate, upon these
resolutions; when at last, late ON Saturday
evening, both parties agreed to bury the
hatchet, and withdraw these two bones of
contention. EOh how beautiful thing it
is to see brethren dwell in peace and har-
mcny." They appointed Hon. H. Kidwell
elcctor for your Congressional district,
/ Wylie II. Oldham. Esq, assistant electOr,
j. H. PcndletOn, Esq, Senatorial clector,
and A. j. Pannel!, Esq, county clcctor,
| for your county.
On Wednesday next, the Opposition
State Convention will also here convene.
1t is stated here that the persons who
are trying to start, what they call the Con-
stitutiOnal Union party, are getting it up,
on the hope and hypothesis, that Stephen
| A. Douglas will he nominated for PreSi-
deut, by the Charleston Convention. And
| the consequence will be that the ire-eating
scccssionists, who are opposed to Douglas,
and who constitute majority in some, and
II balance of power party in other of the
! sIavchOlding States, will join teams with
the Conservative Union party, in nomina-
! ting some firc-cating Southern slave code
man for President, and one Of "the fossils"
/ for Vice President, and divide the spoilS, if
! they succeed in elccting their men, which
/ they think they can do by carrying an undi-
vided South against Douglas, and possibly
an odd state or two al the North, against
the nominee of the Chicago Convention.
/ This would be n pretty fusion-a marriage
7 between professcd Constitutional Union
party of the North, and an avowed fire.
eating, Disunion party of the South! The
| progeny wonld be n monster nondcscript
! "a mulatto hYbrid-p0rt fish, part flesh,
1 ma rt negro half man and oll devil.
On Yesterday the compromise Pan Handle
Railroad and bridge bill, came up in the
| House of Delegates upon its passage.-
This bill being in advance upon the
calander. of the bridge bill, it was intcn-
dcd to procure suspension of the rules,
and bring up WIIeeling's bill, also on its
passage, Immediately after that of the Pan
| Handle: but any action upon either of
| of the bills was stopped short by Mr..
/ Cupcrton, of Monroe county, rising in his
scat and moving that the whole subject lie
laid upon the table. Mr.. Copcrton is q
representative of the Central, Covington
and Ohio Railroad interest, and contendcd
| that the right of bridging the Ohio should
be held sacred, and granted to no other
road, than the Covington and Ohio. Vir-
rinia's own road. now in progress of con-
/ struction to that river, to meet Western
roads, which would there connect with it.
The motion TO Law on the table was re-
sisted by Messrs. Edgington and Porter,
and the vote being taken, resulted in ayes
| 90. Noes 2T-no quorum voting,-thcre-
upon the house adjourned till Monday,
when it will again come up, as the untin-
ished business of Saturday. If the
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