Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-14

which she has had, she has acted upon the
defensive. The surplus earnings of her
citizens have been tor years invested in
improvements which it is now sought to
sacrifice. The city of Wheeling has an in
terest in this matter in common with all
the counties along the railroad, but she
has deeper intereSt-two millions of doll
lars iu railroad stocks--which this bill will
strike off at blow and render perfectly
worthless. We do not propose to deprive
the gentleman from Hancock of his bridge,
we only ask that this solemn compact
the ompromise-made in Richmond, the
evidence ofwhich is upon the statute books,
in the two charters with which the house is
familiar, shall be lived up to. Mr.. Logan
then,reed a letter aud Geographic dispatches
from j. D. Potts president of the Western
Transportation company, showing that this
company had deep interest in the passage
of this compromiSe-the two charters one of
which it is now proposed to repeal. The
gentleman from Hancock had spoken
of the village of Shylo to the inhabitants
CT which he compared the people of Vince
ling. He would point the gentlemen to
another Shylo-the piers of hypo-
thetical bridge at Steubenville, upon which
many valuable boats had been wrecked,
and for which no owner or responsible per-
SOA SOulN DG lOuuUs lie ntlu no uOO0C that
if the people of Wheeling attempted to re-
move this obstruction, the Hancock Guards,
with Capt. Porter ut their head, would turn
out and resist as valiantly rs did the peo-
pie of ShylO the removal of the famous snag.
Mr.. LOGAN said he would not attempt to
withhold a knowledge of the solicitude
which the people of Wheeling felt in this
matter. The people of Wheeling were the
first to oppose the usurped government at
Richmond, and to come up to the support
of the restored government. We have a
great interest in this bill, which he hoped
| the House, the members of which we have
| Il right to regard as our friends, will not
sacriticewithoutth the greatest considerations.
Mr.. PORTER said he believed it was GUS
tomary ito allow the patron of q bill to
| conclude the discussion upon it. lie asked
| that that courtesy DC extended to him, and
hoped that those who intended to speak
upon the bill would be good enough to in
| dictate the fact now.
As no member was prepared to speak
upon the subject, it was finally agreed to
pass the bill, and make it the spe-
cial order for Wednesday at two o'clock
p. NJ.
The House bill for the taking of ~
sense of the people of Marshall co.Iuiy1
whether or not an act "providing for -
opening and repair of roads" in said p
ty, shall be repealed, was orlerN
engrossment Also, bill age
militia law. Also, the biTi4SI lor
the macadamising of ce1 u
the Clarksburg and Buc' N, $pleS
Road. Also, a bill ,eePcaE 4ct
making appropriations fo7 $Pur-
poses"
The bill providing ,ointmont
| of commissioners to- 1yidrpds for
the branch OF the Bank of Vir-
ginia at Westal, ysed by, on oc-
count of the a. Mir. Arnold.
Mr.. FSEsSsV q he didn't under
sshnd why ltleman from Lewis
should as iii when this bill comes
Nj. ,&sox OF Writ, (who is a
| PIE laid that the gentleman from
wv ~ sick in bed. He was not at
lg to dodge the bill, for he expected
m to come up.
Hhe bill to incorporate the Charleston s;
1 Winchester Railroad Company, was passed
by.
Mr.. PoRrER moved to take up the appro-
priation bill. Lost.
Mr.. LOGAN moved to adjourn. Lost.
Mr.. HAwHURsT offered resolution
that the Committee on Propositions and
Grievances inquire into the cxpedcncy of
reporting bill for the relief of Andrew
Cruce. Adopted.
Mr.. HAwHUKsT offered resolution
that the Committee on Roads inquire INTO
the expediency of reporting Il bill for the
construction of 81 railroad from some point
on the Alexandria & Loudon Railroad, to
the Potomac river. Adopted
On motion of Mr.. Wilson, the House adj
journed.