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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14
coNsTITUTIoNAL ooNyENTIoN
Fifteenth Day.

FRGDkY, Dec, Is, 1861.
The Convention WAS opened with prayer
by Rev Henry g. Sanford, of the N. E.
Church.
Mr. CALDWELL offered the following,
which was referred to the Committee on
Finance and Taxation:
No debt whatever shallibe contracted by,
or on beh Ilf of the State, except to meet
casual deficits or failures in revenue, or for
expenses not otherwise provided for, but
sucllidebt or debts. direct and contingent,
isingly orlin the aggregate, shall not At any
time exceed $4,000, 900.
10 addition to the above limited power,
the State may contract debts to repel inva-
sion, suppress Instructions defend the
State in war, or to pay the States equita-
BILE proportion of the public debt of Yir-
| GINA, existing on the LIST day of January
1861.
The General Assembly shall never, on
behalf of the State, guarantee or assume
the debts Of any county city or town with
lin this State, or of any corporation what
ever; nor shall the credit OF the State be
innny manner giYens or loaned toi or in
aid OF an individual, association or corPo-
ration whatever; nor shsl the State become
Joint owner or stockholder in any COM
lpany or association in this State or else
where, formed for any purpose whatever.
Mr. STEVENSON of Wood, in the absence
of the Chairman OF the Committee on
Education, called the attention of the Com
mittee and tile Convention 70 a commnnt-
cation on the subject Of system of free
schools, addressed to the chairman of the
committee, by Prof. Martin of Allegheny
College, Pa, and published in the Daily
LHtettigeneer.
Tho consideration Of the Report Of the
Committee on Boundary coming up, Mt.
Stuart of Doddridge, Chairman of that
Committee. offered the following amend
ment as an addition TO the report
ResoIUed, That the counties OF LoRdon
and Fairfax shall also be included in and
constitute a part of the State of West
Virginia: Presided, majority of the votes
cast In the said counties, on the third
Thursday Of April, in tue year 1882, be in
favor Of tho new State, and also in favor
of the Constitution that may then be sub-
united to them by this Conventions: and
provided further, that the said counties of
London and Fairfax are not 70 become q
part OF the new State except the district
composed of Jefferson, Berkley, Morgan
Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton and Fred
eiick, become a part OF the proposed
State.
Mt. STUART advocated the adoption OF
the amsndmeut, he offered Il Ia obedi-
euCe TO the wishes Of the Representatives
ofth0ss counties in the General Assembly,
aud he thought there were good reasons
for including thstd, chief among which was
the consideration uflncluding the territory
adjacent 70 the national capital, 50 that Ia
Rns contingency that nilght happen lt
wonld be SURROUNDED by Loyal spsritnfs.
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my one STATE, OF any portion Of The
people Of any STATE, ehoostto PtaesthsMsslves
n array qgqinst de Government Of the
Union, an for trying tie streagh of tht'
GoveTnment, I an for ateeTtaniag 'Vhsther
4se have a Gopaament or not-Prdetiea-
blsy sEctsat, capable Of maintaining as o,'-
Ghorify Gad sp1olaiag ne P0pfs and inter-
ests tgkiek beLong 70 GogeRmsHt. Nor,
siir, am Ito be atGrmedor dissHqded from any
stteh sorrss BY fattaations Of the spiiliHg Of
blood. If blood u 70 De spfzt, BY arhoss
faun is tito be .pRt9 Upon tie sERporittoa,
/ saaMtqi4, IL, Till Be TIE fault Of those aghO
choose to 1qtse the stqndard Of disanion, and
endeqror 10 prostrate Ae Government. AHd
ar, chen hat u done, 80 long as it pIeases
Goato gre r1e voice 10 ezpress my sent-
uents, or an O,m, rtak and e.fte6led as ii
nsy Be By age, thGt UOtcs and that arm trft
Be on The sids efmy country, for de support
ofths general authority, and for the Mantle
aanee Of Tie Porers Of tie Uaion.-[speech
of Henry olay. August Isl, 1850.
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The consideration OF the report Of tue
Committee on Boundary was resumed a.,
Mr. HALL of Marion, offered the follow
ing as 40 addition to the third section ~
Pendleton, Hampshire. Hardy, Berkeley,
Morgan, Jefferson and Frederick
"ADd if a nAjority OF the votes "a the
said couutie. OF PendletOn, Hampshire
Hardy, Berkeley, Morgan, Jefferson ana
Frederick are not IN taTar OF forming 2
part of the new State, but q majority OF
the votes 10 the counties Of Fendieton'
Hampshire Hardy, and Morgan are IN IA
yOr of forming part of the new stare
then that the four last named eoanties oe
inelndsd-
Tue amenament sa s.. a ,1IF'ls a..
Mr.. sTEvESsoN Of WOOD moved me the
amendment inuieatea y az "a, 20 tSs
evening before, viz: 10 strike ont OF tue
third section the time LOT hotaihg me e.eG !,
ton 1.-THE third THURSDAY OF APt'i' 100
and leave II blank.
The amendment was adopted AZ,
Mr.. SIsssl moVel 70 slrike Ou NJ. OF 80 tue
same in "a
thus created, the words fana a lnaJoFlIy OIL
said counties, SO that = :, majority o. woes lS
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About ssmIstnIxes.''
wHaELlso, Dec. 10, 1851

~ =ss,,.5s. WHEELING, Dec. TO- 1851.
lESiitoEs Of LRtsttigReer:
In looking over the columns OF your well
6lled paper, l notice n communication
beaded "Mistakesn and on the caption OF
The article Ifnlly agree with the writer.
But in regard TO the non-loquacity of our
educated public, think his remarks would
coincide better with facts TO undego q
transp0sitton Of terms for surely the great
mistake and permanent evil OF the day is
found in spperabundanee OF unnecessary
and worthless conversations on topics Of =
character calculated to estrauge, and is
tie fruitful cause Of continued debates,
both. in public and private circles.
The great difficulty to be guarded against
in every station Of life, and interchange Of
social relations; Is the lengIh and tantplo-
IS of the addresses given and received =
Such characters not only contribute their
quota of conversations 10 the entertain
ment, bnt go far beyond. and leave their
heaTers beyond the possibility OF redemp-
zion, so far as the communication 10 judged
by tipe, without regard 10 its merits.
In regard to the manner and general re-
marks attached, we fully concur in the ex-
plantation given by the writer, eIpbodying,
as il does. some very sensible remarks, and
a fair demonstration OF vsEy important
truths, although, unfortunately, 81 the pre-
seat time very much oyerIOokedi D. D. :
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14

God ruard our dsE, and kosp eaah star
Zach stripe a. bright a. now they wave
BtIll make Il lad our ranks in war
san float aboTo each patT4ot's grave,
Death 70 the traitor that would dare
Totrail Il through the dust o. shame.
Al bupest hearts IT. lot viii ah1RO
And follow it 70 Death OF, Fame.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14

"A bill has been introduced IN the Ken
lucky Legislature requiring all voters to
take the oath of allegiance to the Bnited
s tates and subordinate allegiance TO the
Stale of Kentucky, and they must also
swear that they hare mot aided In any way
the so.caIied Southern ooufedenrcy.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14
Tho Changes In western vIrgInLu--
the Lesson OF the Last Few

The changes tR. ye; ser X.E EgHs7-
Great changes have taken place all over
the. country within the year that is fast
closing. Western Virginia has had her
share Of them. Who would have ever be-
lleved all that has happened herr Ger
( tainly.it was never anticipated. Who on
the tirst of January last. expected 10 see
our country oyerruu as IT has beenf Who
expected to see Government troops parad-
ing our streets here in wheeling? to see
them occupying the beautiful Island as
camp; 10 see hundreds of our citizens,
our young men aud orr old, volunteering
t9defend their soil and their homes from
the invasion OF the Southern conspiratOrs.
SnreIy, none of us looked forward to such
thing. Least of all, did the secession
Ists. None Of US ever expected the bridge
burnipgs that Unopened so near US. Gen.
Kelley, q year ago did not see himself
returning again to his old home. aud at
the 5aead of agaIIant body OF wheeling
boys, marching one cold, stormy night
through our streets TO the depot to go out
aud avenge those bridge burnings. The
frieuds ofsthe head bridge bnrner, now in
oprjeiI did not expect TO see him there
"A prediction of what he has done wonll
have been a gross imputation them We
can hardly suppose that Capt. Bill TbomP-
son expected to be playing rebel SOL
dier at the head of company Of loafers
from Marion, aud also teiring up aud burn
ing our railroad. 1t may be however, that
he early had an ambition for the part he
played. Poor Kldwell, and poor Alf and
Tom Raymond. and poor DFinksrd and
Mcdonald hardly expected to be refugees
from the town and the county that they
had go long ruled to its hurt Surely poor
Kid never expected 70 make the exit he did
and through the place he did. Our
Governor who was then plain Frank
Pierpont Of Fairmont, the hunter and
fighter aud terror of the mountain Democ-
racy, could not have expected TO have been
At this time the successor of John Letcher.
Our. loyal friends. Smith aud Hall and
Richie, did not expect TO be attending
State Conventions aud legislatures hero At
III wheeling as they have. Poor Rightnsr
back Of Fsirnont, VIII lived At ms l' ease ala
not expect that dis!oyal.y would ever COST
him what il did. Neither did Task ,eosh
rane. the sheriff Of Taylor.
Little Grafton, ambitious only OF rail-
roads aud plenty Of travellers, never ek-
peeted TO see her communications cut on
with the East; never expected 10 see Por-
terfeid there with his scraPsd up. troops,
nor to see General kelley, as the head OF q
regiment from this cad, so soon attsF' fore
ting him ontof the place Neither dld me
ylllAgss OF Atapn'qgson and sFasFnlnston'
including poor o'a sonn 6ias 81 AZ SloyeFS
Gap, expeee % see All they h AYE. seen: WITH
3 10 tn's esenua, year. FFoeeoly no pace
Z Is mere aseo a'snea AZ nst e4pst'snes man
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14
POCKET CUTLERY,


oar past EFFORTS TO supply a stock from vhIeh per
sons could select their tokens o. Affection and regard
are we'll enough known aud do not deem il ne
cssry 70 be more explicit the pFessur OeeAsOa-
We therefore ak an examination Of goods, feel
ing oon-eiOusness Of not having taaa any exAggeE-
At sssi4 D. NiCo 10 s Sli aR9 9:.ss..
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14

There is report form Washington that
Lord Lyons 1as intimated to NJ Seward
tina. his Government viii assure him that
they mean neutrality on board their vessels
aud everywhere eiss.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14
Lie on the Rastern shore.

One half the world are said to know very
little of how the otherliye, 1t is true
Ii is true also that one half the people of
this State know little or nothing of the
other half. A letter on our first page will
give our Panhandle people some idea of
the manner in which their nntipodes Of
the Eastern shore get along. We have no
fear that the envy of our people will be
excited. We have seldom read letter
that so racily depicted life, as it is, in the
lower and Eastern counties of this State.
When We talk after this about want of no.
Imogenefty between US and those people,
our readers will better understand what is
meant.
The Cincinnati Gdzttte, a few days ago,
had letter somewhatlike the one We pub
lish. Most all the letters agree on tue
state Of facts, although few of them do
them up iuz such readable shape rs the
commereiars eorrespondent.
From tue GGrettss letter we take these
extracts
They classify farmers, among the poorer
4 Sl0ssGS w Wv ~ ~
number oiIhorses they work. There is the
one horse farmer. the two and three horse
farmer, and man who works FIVE horses
! Is fright smart" farmer. They plant
their corn one stalk in the hill, and IL
grows close to the ground. with one ear to
tthrstslk. They know nothing about acres,
but any one can tell You how many thous.
and hills OF corn he has raised.
The oxen of the peninsula are miserably
small and mean looking. They work them
singly in shafts, the load being pushed
along by the head. One OF them, If prop.
erly fattened, might make ameal fort hun
CRY Hoosier, but wouldn't give .claco9
for the fragments.
pARM HOUSES.
The dwellings OF well.to-do agricuitur.
lists along the route are built in q style pes
culiar to the country. First tolerably
large tWo-story house, then a little low one-
story building stuck, on to the end of it
aud story-and-a-haif building to finish
up therow This, With root OF dull red
color, white walla and green blinds, makes
up the picture OF an Accomac or Eorthamp.
ton farm house. The resourees of PENN.
bula architecture appear TO have BEEN exc
haunted Ia these quHint.loo ktng structures,
ana TIT dsBign d rarely departed from,
aeostEa EsAs2ttsa.
We len Oak Hall Ia ths evening, and
marched dome ak or eight miles before
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14

We len osk Hall Ia ths evening, and
marched dome ak or eight miles before
camping, The EopsEpps were 10 tbs lead,
and having aafehsd N pretty ahiele tlfat,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14

The peniusular expedition has somewhat
disarrnnged the postal affairs of the rebels.
Formerly the mail was made up at Balti-
more, New York and other northern cities,
and carried through hepeninsula regular
", and transported in small vessels to the
main land That route is closed for the
present, and a prolific source of rebel in i
formation shutoff
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-14

they took mp IN idea they were sppttin&
the iHoosiers throuEh"-an idea that
seemed 10 tickle them amazingly. The
next day, however, we were in the lead,
aud concluded TO give our red brethren q
taste Of Hoosier travelling. We marched
fifteen miles in Eve hours, through sand
lBhoe-mouth deep, and stopped for dinner =
short distance this side Of Drummond-
town. The Zoo-zoos were strung along
the road for two miles and came 5trAg-
Cling 10, crest-fallen and dtsgusted, Tor
half an hour after. On the afternoon .
march their surgeon rode up and begged
Colonel Mcmillan for Gods sake 10 halt,
saying that his men could not possibly
stand it.
HUNTING Rum.
This peninsula, cut OF from commerce
| in great measure with both the North
and South, have suffered for many articles
of domestic comfort. Sugar coffee, sta
tionary. and even the necessaries of PENN
sulnr iife-rum and tobaceo-are remark
ably scarce, the two latter being parted
with reluctantly at exorbitant prices
Some of our officers have no particular
objection to a NIP before breakfast, as
we'll as a post-prandial smoke, and many
were the weary pilgrimages in search OF
rum and tobacco. The country for miles
AEouuu our euSaWPnsut was AHSAN1eu'S
secured. One Lientennnt secured can
teen full at DrummoudtoEn, and left it in
the bar room of the hotel while he eat his
dinner While he was pitching into the
solids, some heartIess wretch stole bis can
teen and substituted one filed with water.
The Lieutenant carried il about i've miles,
and thought he would refresh himself.
Those who saw him throw his head back,
aud turn the bottom of the-canteen 10 the
armament, say that his countenanee was a
study for The pen of Hogarth. Arigid in
vestigation has been going on ever since,
but the culprit has not yet been discover
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-12-19
STILL La TER.
Arrival of the City of Washington.

CAPE RACE, Dec. Is, 1861.
The City of Washington, from Liver
pool 4th and Queenstown 5th, passed
here this mernlng. The seizure of
Mason and Slidell monopolizes the
columns of the press. They continue
to denounce the act in the strongest
terms. Active naval preparations are
going on at the Government dockyards.
1t was asserted that the Australasian
had been chartered to take troops to
Canada.
1t is reported that the James Adger
captured privateer of Fayal on the
18th ult
The Times continues to assert that it
has been Stewards policy to force a
quarrel with England.
A serious decline was daily taking
place in Canadian securities. They
had already fallen per cent.
The Times also says three things will
follow-an outbreak and destruction OF
the Southern blockade; complete
blockade of Northern ports and recog-
milton of the Southe. n Confederacy by
France and England.
An article in the Paris Patrie at
tracts attention. Itargues that France
will side with England and recognize
the Southern Contederacy. The state.
ment is made that Napoleon rendered
his services as mediator.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-12-19
A Proclamation.

Whereas, Since the last session of the Legisla-
ture, bv section eight of can act entitled act
to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay
enacted by the Congress of the United States, a
direct tax has been laid annually upon the State
of Michigan of FIVE hundred and one thousand
seven hundred and sixty-three and one-third
dollars;
And WAeyeas, 1t is also provided by section
fiftythree of the said act of Congress, That any
State may lawfully assume, assess, collect and pay
into the Treasury of the United States the direct
tax, in its own way and manner, by and Though
its own officers, collectors" &C., and that in such
case the State shall be entitled to " deduction of
fifteen per cent on the quota apportioned to such
State" thereby creating in my judgment, such an
extraordinary occasion as is contemplated by the
Constitution:
Therefore, i, AUSTIN BLAIR, Governor of the
State of Michigan. in virtue of the power vested
in me by the Constitution, do convene the Legis-
lature of this State hereby requiring the Senators
and Representatives to assemble in their respective
chambers ut the Capitol. in Lansing. on Thursday,
the second day of january next, at twelve o'clock
noon, then and there to consider and determine
upon the measures proper to be adopted in regard
TO the collection of the said direct tax and all such
other subjects may be brought before the Legs
ilature in pursuance of the Constitution.
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my
hand, and caused to be affixed the Great Seal OF
the State, at Lansing, this 9th day Of December,
in the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred
and sixty-o
BY the Governor, AUSTIN BLAIR.
JAMES b. PORTER, Secretary of State.
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