The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-23
The wheeling Convention.
From the Chicago Tribune of Monday.

From the Chicago Tribune of Monday.
The Provisional convention of Virginia
re-assembled at Wheeling, on Tuesday, the
9th, and is attended by the delegates Of
nearly every county west Of the Alleghanies
"a more numerous body than the first
session. The great question Of division
of the State-on which the Legislature re-
fused to acts now revived with seeming,
ly more settled determination of its friends
to carry it through. There will be, ar d in
fact there has been thus far, warm con.
test upon it, but indirect votes show some
40 in favor of the project, with Is opposed,
the latter being of two casses-those who
oppose any division, and those who regard
present action as inexpedient. The first
thing done by the convention was to raise
a committee of thirty-one, one from each
county represented, who should consider and
mature all plans looking to separation
from the eastern part of the State, and
meanwhile all resolutions are referred to
them. This committee has large maiori-
ty of divisionist, and is composed as fol-
lows:
Messrs. West of Wetzel. Crawford of Han.
cock. Nichols of Brooke, Wilson of Ohio, Bur-
ley of Marshall, Johns son of Tyler, Stewart of
Doddridge, Williamson of Peasants, Douglas
of Richie, Van Wrinkle of Wood, Flesher of
Jackson ,WetLel of Mason, Brumfield of Wayne,
Kramer Of Monongalia, Barns of Marion, Cath.
er of TsylOr, Rim of Preston, Parsons of Tuck.
err, Crane of Randolph, Myers of Barbour,
Smith of Upshur, Lightburn of Lewis, Withers
of Gilmer. Davis of Harrison, Graham of Writ,
Slack of Kanawha, Trout of Hampshire, Hawk
hurst of Fairfax, and Miner of Alexandria.
The following resolutions, offered by Mr..
Flesher, are the more important Of the
papers referred to the committee:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Divi.
sion of the State, be requested to inquire into
the expediency of taking the sense OF the peo-
pie in all the counties lying west of line from
the northeast corner of Tennessee and running
to the top OF the Allegheny mountains to the
State of Maryland, on the question of division
of the State.
2. That the sense so required shall be taken
by vote in the usual forms at the several pla-
ces of holding elections in the said counties on
day fixed by this Convention in the month of
October next.
3. That if majority of the voters shall cast
their votes on that day in favor of a division of
the State, the Legislature shall be requested
and empowered to pass law calling COnven-
ton to assemble at the Capital at Wheeling, at
as early day as may be, for the purpose of
forming Constitution, and doing all other
things necessary to be done for the proper Or
ganizing of Western Virginia into State to be
called the State of New Virginia.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Farnsworth,
of Upshur, declaring it inexpedient to take
action on division of the State, and pro-
viding for the dissolution of the Conven.
ton on the 9th, was laid on the table after
a sharp debate, by vote of thirty nine to
twenty five. A resolution providing for the
repeal of the stay law passed by the Legis~
lAture, was also, after debate, tabled by a
vote of forty one to twenty four, Ordi-
nances have been reported declaring null
and void the proceedings of the rival Con-
vention at Richmond, particularly the act
which alienates loyal citizens Of the State
also, ordinances providing for the discharge
of the duties of State officers, and for other
matters of local interest. As an offset to
the Richmond ordinance, it is proposed to
adopt one at Wheeling declaring the aiders
and abettors of treason enemies to the State,
and coniscating both their real estate and
personal property to the government.