Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-17
FRoN1 RICHMoND.
Correspondence of the Iuteliigencer.I
RICHMOND, Jan. IL, 1856

Editors Of the IntelligeHccF:
The officers of the militia, pursuant to
the call from the Governor, have been
here since yesterday, for the purpose of
giving advice, aid and assistance in ma
turing a bill for full and thorough or
ganizatiou of the citizen soldiery OF the
| Commonwealth. What project they will
recommend has not yet been developed,
nor can it so soon have been determined
on. When | look at these officers crowd
ing the hotels, pavcmcnts, and lohbies OF
! the CAPITAL. with their new, bright blue
cloth uniform their shining brass buttons,
! their golden cpaulettcs, their red SILK
I sashes, their bushy whiskers, their grizzly
lnoustaches, the yellow stripe down the
side of their pantHloonS, | cannot help
wondering to myself, in how many of
these brave knights, sleeps the unwaked
| genius of Napoleon, Wellington, or
Scott.
/ 1t is to be hoped, however, that they
! will devise something better than the
present corn stalk militia system, which
now disgraces the statute book OF the
| State Some system which will encour-
age volunteer military companies, and that
| will give us q well trained band, uniforms
and equipments for service in every coun-
! tv in the State. ready ut all times to repel
Abolition aggressions from the North, or
to suppress disunion conspiracles from
| the South
The House. for the last two days. has
been engaged in the consideration OF the
| bill nppropriating half a million of dol
lars to buy machinery for the establish
ment of a mandatory of arms, here at
Richmond, upon State account. From the
| temper of that body, it is probable that the
measure will pass.
The bill establishing Il board to audit
the accounts, arising out of the Harpers
Ferry raid. which last week come to the
Senate from the House. and then sent back
with amendments, seems to he Mt deau
lock between the two bodies of the Lcgis-
lature The House on yesterday disagreed
| to the Scnate's amendments, and sent it
back to that body. which, by vote OF "a
to 10, to-day insisted upon its amend
mentS.
The object of the Senate in its amend
ments. is two-fold. First, that it shall
know the cost OF the affair, and not have
| it covered up by board, such as this
House bill provided for. Secondly, the
Senate is determined that the Generals
and Colonies shall not have c0mm"t0tiOn
nay for horses and servants, which, 1T is
| understood, they claim.
The meaning is, that an officer of q GER
tain grade in the United States service, is
allowed to keep four servants and four
horses and to draw rations for them
Now some of our Virginia military utii-
GERS claim that US they had not the horses
and servants, the State should pay them i'll
addition to their regular pay. a sum equal
! to the hire and subsistence of such horses
and servants. 1t is understood that IL
| board composed, as the House bill propo-
ses, would allow and pay this communication
| to the officers, while the rank and file
would only get pay at the rate of eight
dollars per month, and nothing like COM
mutation to them, as the State did furnish
them with rations of rusty bacon and
| worm eaten crackers.
| On to-day, by resolution, committee
| of five, in the Senate and seven i'll the
| House were appointed to receive Dir. {. &.
| Mcmmingcr, who is delegated by the South
t Carolina Legislature ON n mission to our
| Legislature upon the subject of Southern
! interests in antagonism to Northern inter
| csts. His mission is not fully understood
| here. but is supposed to be i'll view of the
! establishment of Il Southern COnicderacy.
| He IS expected tomorrow, and it is said
will address the two Houses of our LcgiS-
! lalurc in a Joint session. wonder what
/ the ghost OF sold Hickory" would say il
he was now to arise from the grave. lie
would be apt to think that John e. CAL
houn had got back here before him, and
that it was fnll time that there should be
| another proclamation.
Itsecms that the Richmond WHig is about
again to take back all it has for the last
three months, said about the Republican
party, being disposed to deprive the South, Of
| their rights under the Constitution of the
United States. Form its leaderOf yesterday
! condcmnin@ Governor Lctchcr's, message
| which suggested n call for Il National Con-
vention of the States for the purpose of
amending the Constitution, it says, with
the exception of the radical abolitiOnists
of the Garrison school, who clamor for an
anti-slavery Constitution, an anti-savcry
Bible and an Nnti-slavery God, there is no
dissatisfaction on the part of any of our
people, with the present Constitution of
the United States" 1t seems to me, how
ever. that there is dissatisfaction with it,
upon the part of Governor Letcher, or he
would not have made the suggestion Per-
| haps he wants slavery Constitution,
slavery Bible and a slavery God.
! The Finance Committees Of the Lcgis-
lature have made a preliminary and intor-
NAL report of the estimated condition of
State Treasury for the fiscal years ending
| LIST October, 1860, and LIST October. 1861,
to the following effect:
October SooS4 30
Estimated charges for same period 3Gl7,739 Is
| October lSt;l............... 3.T9G97S 40
stimated charges for same pero........ 3Os3953 81
RecdpitulGtioI.
Reliance in Treasury LIST OCTOBER 1885,. SlOIOl3 80
Estimated receipts for year 3TS2S4 10
3.sS6.2g7 50
Estimated charges for year 1860 364T 10
|
Excess of means lst October, 1SGO...... 23S55s to
Estimated receipts for gear 1851 3T9693s 4G
4.O35.Et3T IL
Estinl1teJ charges for year 1851 3OS39j3 u
Excess of means LIST October ls6l........ S955saS2