Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-14

BY yesterdays mails we have one days
later news from Richmond, than that pub
lished on orr frSt page. In tho House of
Delegates, the Convention Bill was passed
on Friday, by the decided vote of az to 81,
all ofthe Panhandle Representatives voting
for it, viz; Mossrs. Edgington and Rich
ardson Of this county; Porter of Hancock
and Brooke; and Morris of Marshall. The
bill is published in full in our Richmond
letter outhe frat page, and 1T will be seen
that it provides for the white basis in the
election of members, and sets apart the
9Th of February next, or three weeks from
next Thursday, as the day for choosing
them. The Convention is left open to con-
slider other questions besides National
ones, or as a letter before US states, is left
untrammeled" Whatever it does, has to
DO referred back to the people for their
adoption or rejection, whic!: gives the peo-
pie still further time to cool of and take
second thought, in case their Reprcsen-
tatiyes are fast or reckless.
In the Senate, the House bill reported
in our dispatches on Saturday,, looking to
truce between the Government and the
Seeding States, in the matter of actual or
prospective hoStilities, was taken up in the
Senate AID amended MS follows by Mr. Jno.
H. Claiborne of Petersburg:
LIST. That the General Assembly of vir-
Rinia ask of the President of the United
in view of the imminent danger of civil
war an assurance of the absolute prcser-
walton of the StaIus quo for 60 days-ex-
cept to repel hostile HggressiOhs-Ou all
questions of difference between the Cen
eral Government and the secession States.
I'd. That the Governor is requested TO
telegraph, Immediately, this resolution to
the President of the United States.
This amendment was passed, 2tto 20
as follows:
Ycas.-Messrs. August, Branuon, Bruce,
Carson, Claiborne, COghilI, Day, Douglass,
Early, Einney, Gatewood, Greever, Isbell,
Layne, Logan, Lynch, Nash, Neeson, New
man, Pate, Paxton, Pennybacker, Rich
mond and Thomas.
Nays.-Messrs. Armstrong, Caldwell,
Carraway, Carter, Critchcr. French. Hub
bard, johnson, Marshall, Massey, McKen-
ney, Neal, Newton, Rives, Stuart, Thomas
of F., Thomas Of H., TowneS, Urquhart
and Wickham.
On the whole the proceedings in both
Houses show a returning sense of mOdera-
tton-the convention bill to the contrary
Notwithstanding. The referring clause
strips it of tho deadly featurs that was most
TO be feared. To show that we have cause Of
encouragement, we have but read tho COM
ments of the ultra papers at Richmond on
that clause. All of them hut the Whig In
weigh wrathfulIy againstit. The Dispatch
says '.the Delegates seem to be taking the
back track" and the Enquirer prOclaims
that,
The duty We owe to the people of this
Commonwealth demands that we should
inform them, that all they hold most sa-
cred and dear, both as to the Federal Com
stitutiOn, and the rights and honor of the
State, is in imminent peril from the timid-
ity of the House of Delegates.
Tho IEhig, on the contrary, is much en-
couraged, and snys:
The proceedings of the House Of Dele
gates on yesterday, indicate sense Of re-
turning reason on the part of the mem
bers. According to our understanding of
the matter, the opponents of the Precipi-
tatOrS achieved marked and signal vic
tary. The way is now clear. The people
themselves arc already rushing to the res
cue. Keep up the fire.
Wheeling.