Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-17

All this looked very well as Nj. Porter
elaborated It. But 1t had an other side
which was not touched. Aud that vas
that the Pennsylvania Central had couuec-
tons leading Immediately into the heart
of this trade which he was describing
These connections were nothing more than
so many extensions of the Pennsylvania
road. Their pro rata was SO artfully and
often times so tyrannically land always so
advantageously to herself,) arranged by
the Pennsylvania road, that the greater
nearness of the Baltimore road to the South
Western roads was efectually nullifed. 1t
was not to her advantage, as her expert
ence had abHndantly proved.
This fact was vital weakness to Mr.. Por-
ter's statements on this head. Aud it is a
stIIl more vital cousideratiout to the treasury
ofour State, when the question of through
passengers udfreight is considered Aud
just here We noticed that Mr. P, in all his
extendedre ofwhat had been said blythe
opponents of his bill, did not touch that very
important point made the day before BY
Mr.. Smith, that two hundred and eighty
miles of the Baltimore and Ohio road lay
in Virginia, and that on every through
passenger the State received one mill per
mile, and on every pound of through
freight, a certain per centum. We were
anxious to see what could be said against
this argument, and We could not fail to
notice that it was not touched 1t is due
to Mr.. P, however, to say that before he
sat down, his voice and strength failed
bin, and he was obliged to stop short of
his intended conclusion.
In all justice to Mr.. Porter's speech,
which was as good one, we believe, as
can be made for the bill, We must say that
we see nothing to modify much less to
change the opinion of any member The
great fact stands out that the compromise
scheme of two bridges was a proposition
of the Pennsylvania road, and that
in the offer she was fostering her own
advantages. The additional fact stands
out that she now seeks to evade the full
6llment of her agreement while asking the
advantages of one side of it We regard
the late letter of Mr. Potts Zone of the
Pennsylvania parties to the agreement) to
Nr. Porter, read yesterday, as mere blind,
that ought to have 90 weight at all. 1t
can not undo the facts of all this
matter, neither can it conceal
from the friends of the Baltimore and Ohio
road and Western Virginia, that the
Pennsylvania read is seeking in what sb.
asks, purely and solely her own agran
dizemeut. She cares nothing for Brooke
or Hancock, or any thing or any BODY
else, save so far as she can use then
to make dividends for herself. a corpora
ton that can Cypress its own people to thu
extent reported in the indignation meet
ing at Pittsburg, will trample under foo
and out of sight every other interest whel
opportunity presents.
The strongest point made by Mr.. Porte
was..this, and unfortunately it tarns GU
not to be tenable He took the position
that there was no contract between tn
"Western Transportation Company" an,
| wv SASy ~ "A4GGAAu6 W OuAIu a.
either here or anywhere else-but tina
there simply was the option of building
one. This is q mistake, as the RECORD
will prove. The company did enter int,
just such an agreement: Subscribed
a large amount, ifnot the most of the stock
and Mr.. Potts, the President of the West
ern Transportation Company, was chosel
President of the Bridge Company here
The details were all arranged, if we ar
rightly informed, aud nothing was wantin,
but the will of the ''Western Transports
ton Company" to go on and build tn
bridge.
We presume discussion of the bill ha
F closed in the Legislature, and that vot
will be reached this afternoon. We hop
that every opponent OF the bill will b
promptly in his seat at the hour set-half
past two.
Brilliant Little Victory.
Capt. Latham, Company B, Second Vir