Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-21

OF thS leinL Commlttee as 10 the 7prObatii.
! ity, when the latter examined the bald
Jag, of completing a portion of ii before
this time, AID also as TO the amount oi
nouey on hand, and the work that ii was
thought would be accomplished n its az
penditure- But this. feoort Of the Directors
shows thAt they have been mistaken: that
the money heretofore appropriated has an
been expended, except 81 ,9o4, ,4s, and rhs;
debts have been contracted which will ex.
haust this balance and that q cousidera
hls amount Of work remains yet 70 be done
before any portion of the building will be
In condition 70 accommodate patients
They stale the fact, however, thar there Il
about siI Thousand dollars worth Of ma
terIals on hand ready for use in the further
progress OF the work. l invite vour at
tenti0n to the elaborate Ani fureIEiGeut
report of the Directors il which YOU viii
6rd statement of The reeeiprs ana dis
burseuents of money, of The progress of
the work and of the general transactions
of the Board since their appointment bv
Governor Peirpoint, in August, 1851
They do not, however, make any estimate
Of the amount of moaey that wiA be re-
quired to put the left wing OF the building
in condition TO accommodate patients
1t is TO be hoped that the new Board viii
furnish such an estimate during the pres
ent session ; aud recommend thai Tou
make the necessary appropriation
The Legislature At lis last session wise.
ly appropriated sum of aorey for tie
support and education of the nIiad Of the
State, Who are in proper conditioa to re-
csiVe Instruction; of which oeIy four have
ATailed themselves. There is still another
class Of persons in the State, Who sre
seeking an education AT yoUr hands, aud
Who are, in my opinion, entitled
to your kind consideration. They
are the deaf and dumb, who have not
the means of educating themselves Ire
commend that you make an appropriation
for their benefit Were It not for the uu-
settled eordiIiou of afairs in the State,
resulring from the rebellion, should feel
1t my duty TO recommend that immediate
action be taken toward the erection of
proper buildings for the education of both
classes of persons jast men toned. AID It
msy be advisable, situated as We are, 10
take the initiatory steps IN the matter
However, shall not insist upon It, bat
submit it for your Consideration
In my message to the last session of the
Legislature, I stated that there we're -
number Of persons eeuhned in the eoumon
jsIis of the State, Who have beea sentenced
TO imprisonment in the peniteutiary, since
the rebellion" aad l recommended thar
provision be made for the con struetioa of
& penitenriary, or for the confinement of
those persons 10 some place where they
might be required to labor &c. waz of
the opinion then, that some steps should
be tEkeu with the view TO the building of
3 peuiteutisry, or that some place IN the
Stste should be provided Temporarily
where those convicrs could be coufned and
required to labor The Legislature thought
Inherently, and passed a Law authorizing
the Governor 10 remove the persons, then
couvicts, or that might thereafter De con-
victed, 70 the psairentiary of any other
State in the Union, If he could negotiate
with the proper authorities of such State
on satisfactory terms This Law eoutem
plates the carrying beyond the limits Of
this State, into another State. persons who
have been convicted of erim= under the
laws and in the courts of this States. Bat
they may not be eoaViets under the laws
OF the State into which II Is proposed TO
carry them, our laws would not be in force
these-aud they would be entitled to their
liberty, and eonid secure It by proper pro-
cess from the courts of that State. Their
discharge from confinement could Only be
prevented, If 1t all, by procuring from the
=
law authorizing such occupation of the
peuiteutiary of the State. Great courtesy
has already been extended By the author
ities Of the State of Ohio, in receiving into
their hamane institutions, the Iasaae and
blind Of our State, for whom application
has been maie, aa3 30 not fee. vt liberty
70 ask the Legislature OF that Stare TO pass
a law Of the character mentioned simply
for our Accommodation, uaIess you indicate
that course more plainly than you have
done in the act above referred to. OEfnU
TO the spirit Of law Ies5ress abroad IN the
country, these couVicts are multiplying
rapidly, and there are but few of the county
jaiIs where they can be kept at al l
therefore renew the recommendation here
tofJre made, that you provide some place
within the State where couViets can be
kept more securely, and where they may be
required TO labor.
The Legislature, during the last session.
adopted resolutions setting forth that con
siderable expenses had been incurred IN
organizing, and sustaining while so organ.
iEed, the people of this State into compa-
MES, &c, tor their own protection against
fnsurrecriou, invasion and rebellion, aad
requesting the Governor to apply TO the
President Of the United States for
relief from the mad anp-o1ri. ts5 nSi
by act of Congress passed July 81, 1851,
entitled AN act making an appropriation,
&c have not taken any action nader
these resolutions, because rae amount of
our claim isnot aseertaiued or approximst-
ed, 50 far as am advised; and 1 Did not
think 1t advisable to ask for the advance
msnt Of money to reimburse the Ssate aud
pay her Gitizens, when did no, know how
mach was claimed by either the State or
citizens l An aware thar there ts a lust
demand on the Government; that under
the gOTernment of Virginia, while admin
istered At Wheeling, 4 number nf CON
Paniss EeFe organized, composed of poor
men, tor-the puTposeef protecting the peo-
pie Of the State and monies were expend-
ed tor military purposes, and it was eouf-
-dentlE eXpeched thai sorne enmnsnin, LII