Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-02
RICHMOND, Feb. 81, 1861.

number oEBeeeASIonISGS-So
about some OF the Western Menu
RrcHHoxD, Feb. 27, 1861.
haze not written much to you nbunt
the Convention, which, perhaps. you will
think is like attempting to play Hamlet
/ with Hamlet len out. But the truth is,
there is nothing to write of the Conven-
/ ton per &c, without was to set to work
I on the personnel of the membership, and
that, Of course, cant do, knowing as lit
Tie as do about The members. their ante
redents, BE.
] The Convention, as have told you, is
not secession Convention. aud there viii
/, be no secession, upless, indeed. somsthiug
/ happens not now looked for. THE seces-
sionists in the Convention do not number
! 90, AL told, aud even among these (of
whom Goggiu was counted as.one) there
are several weak knerd brethren, Who in
/ theory are for secession, but in practice
are againstit. This is funny enough, but
I il is so. / tell you that this Convention is
-uirde up of material that is not of that
malleable kind that used to he sent here.
Especially is this true of the West. The
I West have got good men this time-good
men in point Of intellect and experience /
/ mean, and better than all, good men in
point of fidelity to Western interests, and
back Gone and pluck to stand mp to chose
interests. Hall, Of Wetzel, is the only
black sheep among them, although Turner,
of jackson, is said to he fisby. Alpheus
F., Raymond, of Marion, who was counted
only rs contingent Union man, is, ia my
opinion, as strong on that side rs any of
tue Western members, aud he will also go
as far aud work as hard as any of them
for Western interests. lie has already led
OF with proposition TO amend the con-
stitution, and he will take a conspicuous
| part in the advocacy of the Ga rHLorem tax
and the white basis when they come up.
he is man of good address and good
abilities, and always commands attention
on the floor. His colleague, Mr. +. B.
Hall, Is most estimable gentleman, mild
hammered, pleasant, affable-a man of
I quiet dignity and excellent sense. He
also is as sound as the soundest, and will
/ put in his best endeHyOrs when the proper
time comes.
There isn't better man in the whole
Convention than FOLD man hurley as the
Western men call him, from Marshall
county. A man of plain, good farmer
SENSE, always right In his instincts about
things, and making no pretensions to
Craftsmanship or fHeSge, but simply and
! only TO an honest devotion and an honest
| intention towards the cause of the Union.
! he is one of those who will never say die.
and though every man in the Convention
should turn secessionist, yet wouldn't he
No. never. lie hates seccssiDnIst eJen
| worse than old ulAn Porter, of Hancock,
who has been here all along, and who has
, got so he will hardly set at the table with
! one.
Wiley and Dent, Of aonougalia, you
know even better than can tell Won; and
! see by the editorial in your paper of last
Monday, that you fully appreciate the for.
Iner, and When the latter makes speech,
am sure that you Will be none the less
ready to endorse his sentiments. Dent is
II cnliOus chap, n hope he will pardon that
last word, and is u "hHle fellow we'll met
with every body about the house, on the
| floor, or in the galleries. He knows all
the politicians 10 the State, and all the
white people and niggers IN Richmond,
and Is perfectly Mt home either in the
Governors reception room, drinking lager
heer, or in Clemens room, with his feet ON
the thanile piece, smok ting one of C 9pbell
TArr's six Inch stogies. If he lived in Ar
kansas. people would call 7himsa trump,
and as / know he ought to be- there to. set
that State right once more on the Union
question, wiliaaoPt the aPpellation. lie
went over to Washington, the other day,
and fell under the patronage Of Beau
Hickman, who extracted dollar. from him
for useful information, and sent him back
to the bosom of his friends here, quite an
adept in the ways of the world.
| man haH.. 81
likes, is Alfred ~ Barbour, of Jefferson
county. yet n young man, but high in pub
lie position and public esteem, and one
who has ever got greater purposes before
him than any he has yet realized. He Is
noted for his great practical sagAcity, 70,
his ability to cope with men, his tact and
shrewdness. He puts me more in mind OF
Cash Clay than any mrn ever saw, and
is not unlike him in his boIdness and
frHnEness of character. he is, as you
knew, the present superintendent ut Har-
per's Ferry. His colleague from there
too, Mr.. Osborne, is just Us good man MS
ever trod in shoe leather, aud have mel
with no gentleman here with whom an
better pleased. lie is a farmer-a hale,
healthy strong sensed man, and of an ex.
cellent conservative kind, one who loves
the Union better than any party fortune OF
clique, and will stand by it. @.
| P. S.-A gentleman who has Just com,
In informs me that on tomorrow Mr.. Hay.
mond, Of the House, will report bill ex
empting all salaries and wages of five hun.
dred dollars and under, from taxation.
have also, just seen a dispatch from Hon
John A Gilmer to. Mr.. Clemens, from
Washington, which says, leone on Al
once What's in the wind, no one car
conjecture. also learn that the work q
official decapitation is going on quite rig.
Orously in your section of the State
Abraham Smith, Postmaster at Prunty.
town, has been removed for malversatior
in Office, and Thornton F. Eimball appoiu.
ted In his place. Also, Vim. De Camps al
Wellsburg, for the same reason, and
Thomas N. Lloyd appointed in his place.