Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-16

SIiSs %iSsstionssGhe Claims OF Bethany
oai eiEFVeafthS Talissurs. nsraldl,a tss-
The Legislature has appropriated $780,
wy toE. tns ereetion Of three nIseunls, QUE
In the Valley of Virginia, one ON the kama
VIA, aud one on the 3. SO Railroad or its
or4hGh, the n. VI. Virginia Railroad: und
the Glarksbarg Regisftr aud the Wheeling
4HfsliIReHser, are hIvinga controversy as. to
@ntch lt, y the better point for this latter
C'aFksourg or Wheeling. As Wellsburg-
Nhe second city in the PanIl:;udle-;s out
oil the ring, we presume we are 10 be given
over 70 tue PennsyiyapiaRs and to repro
3aey and hnTdHess of heart, though why
the tact OF being on a railroad is any re-
eommendatioIi for the location ofaa arsenul
caaH9t Ps explained on strictly peace priu-
clptss, & ha more accessible Your arsenal
is,the more easily is il seized aud r.tyishcd
ny an enemy; aud tue more difficulty there,
ls IN gettlng tle tools, the less danger there
u 9h gfttlqginloR eight. Onthese grounds
We, tltnk .Bsthaay would do better than
ei1e sri and there Is no, doubt about her
$'atuS on the Southern question. On be-
na!t ol tue Bauhandle, we would. disinter-
esIedly, suggest bethany as a compromise.
As to Mellsburg, we arc opposed both to
rIilFp1ds aud arseuSls: the fOrmer is liable
:" run over our babies and things, and the
latter would only iuyite the john Browns
TO !iepredHte upon our peculiar institutions.
INT Notwithstanding our opposition to
rallrOads aud ar eaals, we are not 20 be
understood as being opposed to all means
Oh ueteuce or Indifferent as to the unnro-
trcted state ofour section oithe Panhandle.
Ou lhe'conirary, tue state of our military
defences Is 10 us the subject of constantun-
e''slaess: It's true we lrtve Capt. Boring's
lnuetAtiRhble Fr0utiersmen. forbye some
forty old htEt locks stored away in the iail
lott, being the relics of Capt. AIcCIuuey's
bold Wellsburg Guards; but what would
these beagtthst Il furdy of hatchet-faced
barbarians from the other side oFns. nonr-
ing over and devastating our fruitful fields
about next grass time, backed by whole
sw"rRs of hungry FREQ negroes. They
wohldn't be a circumstance. Mi. EdciuS
ION: probably Impressed with similar an
prehenstons, we sec, has had the good sense
and foresight to Introduce into the Legis
nature resolution OF inquiry as to the
proPriety OF n'appropriation for the crcc.
tinn of II fort or forts in the vicinity of the
city Of Wheeling. Now, there is sense In
that, especiallyin in that portion which reads
about appropriation, and are not we in the
gIcintty of WheeIing?' Certainly we are
IhatS us. No descending vessel from
Pitsburg or StcuGenville, or any other
foreign port of consequence, can reach
Wheeling without passing WensBurg and
5ssidea that, they might stop on thrir hos
tic Grand aud on behalf of the second
city OF the Panhandle, we put in our claim
nm the grounds OF seIf-pre.ervGtion and
for the protection Of Wheeling. We hone
l'AiT Edgtngton's motion may prevail.
Il may beturge'l Lthat Lagrange lnipl,t
erect battery ON the hill onStile oppasi;e
side and shoot all over the county; TO, this
we. would reply in the Language of Col.
Hayne, of South. Carolina, in his recent
I memorable debate With. old air. buchanan,
in "a egHrdS 70 thsspeCuFH PtF siq61tsr,
Ish those Ohio bills prove dangerOustD our
Independence, we will make their surren-
DER tbs ultnHIum of fght; md if the
Ifenusylvantaus become uneasy about the
shot lying over into their territorv, thew
clin stand from uuder, or build a wall at
tue State line, on the principle that in war
Sfery man must take care of himself We
snail watch the progress of Mr. Edging-
toms bill with great interest. The rocks
along Buffalo Greek are splitting open of
shSlr own accord TO go into that f0rtifica.
lion. Where's Porter, where's Caldwell;
where's ltichhrlsOn; where's Knotc: lei
them all make speeches in favor OF thai
ioruhcation, anil especially 10 favor of
maintaining the integrity of the Old Do.
nln'on, now seriously threatened by
pennsylvania, not to mention the Chicago
platform nndithe odious Person / Liberty
Bills.