Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-07

VI Oi age. Ane- Eesg Try 20 instruct him, and
the people are thus hiFingsR hundred dele
gates, each at comfort6blei per diem. as
teachers Tor this gentleman with the com
tused'tdeas. Isn't the EDUCATION rather ex-
penslEei MessE9 taxrpqyets g For the Fesk
there seems little prospect OF siopping III al
this till .th9 money runs SAt. Honorable
gentlemen have an idea that Virginia is
suffering for laws, and the new State for a
Consultation, and SO they keep grinding
away at both. When the mo1ey picked
up IN, such ;operationS as that at ,TYes-
ton and thefands drawn from the General.
Government on old Virgin;a's account, shall
be exhausted, it will be seen how, in the
present tiimpoverishedt and distracted state
OF the country, SO much goVeruuientai ma
-chinery can be kept running.
Meantime the novel slavery question is
likely to bring plenty of grist 10 the Con.
stlt1tional mill. Some of the members
want gradual emancipation, Others are bit.
tterly opposed to any interference with the.
tinstituttonii someiWapt nothing said about
lt'at all tnthe Constitution Sndso they go.
DIVERSIONS OF TnRR a6TABIEs.
Allluight we havean entertainment, po-
ittco+judieial-military, given BY the State
authorities. Gen. RoseCFapg, in response
toSa complimentary toast, makes a speech,
with. noticeable point h fhs always,
been opposed to interfering with. slavery.
but 1t 1t becomes necessary to save the
Government, whether by confiscation or
Otherwise, slavery must 90 down. Aud,
the audience of Western Virginia dignita-
ries applauds.
Ool. Tom. Fordis called up, and makes
his old speech, greatly to everybody's
amusement, of course, though the question,
Will still come upS. as Of old, tsAre they
Laughing at what he says, or at him."
OUR GREAT RAILROAD LINE.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seems
notyet freed from its troubles, even on the
Western end. We find its buildings full
of locomotives, hastily run down here
when General jackson commenced menace
lug the Cumberland region, lest they should
tallintothe hands of the rebels. Mr. Ford,
thewell known Wheeling agent, quietly
remaks that they are changing the time of
starting their trains to Cumberland to an
early morning hour-thusi missing all
Western connections-!'so az not to have
the train ont at night on thai part the
road down there where the devils are at
work. We couldn't afford to,pitch train
over a burnt bridge or down an embank-
.ment to savc cOnnection.H And it is.
pleasant, on stepping into the tram, to re-
member that this happens q be the last
train that runs such lrisks, instead of tho
first that avoids them.
How much better than all this risk ard
uncertainty about our great base line of
operations for half Virginia and Maryland,
would 1t have been for the Government to
have opened the road at once through 10
Baltimore, saving enormous expenses and
Inconvenience, and securing the instant
transportation of!troOps and supplies along
our RTtApdsd -lfnSS. FalF iiSl1eS
during the season it would have been easy
to have taken Winchester at but tritling
cost. Winchester in our hands and the
whole Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
opened. Till that is done, we must still
be guarding Cumberland and Now Greek
and Patterson's Greek and dozen other
points, and yet transporting supplies by
canal.
PROSPECTS OF ACTION HERS.
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