Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-14


~ The gas company of Norfolk bayip,
sealed up their works, and refused for 81,
o or eight months past to, light the CITY, G en-
9 Butler ordered the estabIishm euti to b,
8 seized. iThereupOn,the directors came ON
9 lunderithei constitutional rights ddodRe,'
arguing that the military authorities had
j. no right to seize the works under the CON
. stttution"o Gen. Buffers letter contains
{ the argument of the directors and Gen
hButleF's ansWer,.ir > jsnria "a s,
~ ~. !sHLA2 e Z, Q'Rs EIaHEIE4IH ARHI GoRps,
tI.N DPi. .oR VIRGINIA AND MONTH OARoLIHA,
R.RfAREss MeNEoB, Va, Dec. %, 1863 a
General ~ have received your COM
! municatton OF the gath Of Deosnbets. to A
4. NJ Cooke; Ese., shairman Of tbs stocll, tor !.
!, holders meeting of the Norfolk Gas C6mnI.
4 pany, eoverfug theslptter of Mr.. Cook d 10
youfselt relating to The taklng ofthe Nor
folk Gas Works by 'tie military authorities
= oil tue United States, and beg that You viii
torward him this communication id reply.
MI Cooke claims for the Gasli0ht
Company that they possess very valuable
works, for which they now claim larre
compensation from the government that
the majority of the stockholders have duly
contormed to the requirements of General
Order No. 40, and that the company were
about putting the works in order when
they were taken BY the government for
military purposes, in violation Of the con..
istitntional rights Of the stockhoiders. -
Iiur"It will be observed. frat. u that nntiI
within q few days the majority ofT Tho
!, stockholders have ackuowledoed and srs
known as having been in rebellion against
the government of the United States. and
as having endeayored to oyertbrow that
Constitution about which now tbsy al
glibly talk, and have only lust now taken
the oath of allegiance to that government
which they have sought to DESTROY in com.
formity to the Requirements of military
order. And even now. under these nhcn.
liar circumstances, with the oath fresh in
their mouths-in. communicstioti from
the st6ckh6ld6tst to the aRentSof the 1ov
etnment, with their clhiuiS OF "a eti- -lasdoedd
rights fRequetit tly rebeSted, the word IbSaI.
| ty '6F allegiance to the government n ever
| finds place: They say that they have CON
formed to the requirements Of General
Order No. 49. That ofier reuuires oftbem
nothing, and more than one of them lGsIo
said, as am informed and believe, that
they took the oath to save their propertv.
and that they claim-not that thew are
loyal-but that they have taken3ont a nro-
lection. t. o.. AEspa Ii'taf
"Such men, loyal with lipsssrVices onIv. |
so far as am concerned, have fevv consti'
tntionaI rights which / feel much inclined
TO respect. . When they become loyal in |
heart aston linz and sneak, ,of .alriEo ltho
oath of falleeiahceito itoatheir countrvS not aS
a requirement., but az a iuty. II viii he |
time enough to discuss their rconstitution.I |
rights. If their property is as yAlnabIe AZ |
they claim it, why have The. eombanv lad I
1If;,fln- p, ~
=
.rehellious nrocliviiies overcoma syen thei,
Ilovp of paip:S 40 that tbev were asS;IIi,aI -
sacrifioe tbeir nropertv "a tbsEi man to IA
the goyernment az tbs IIniisd Sfatss fh1
LIGHTING II. Drotectino tbeir citv f.oIo
the r0bbeE the hnFeiHr and tbe i1csrJ;-
;rrvS Ia ~ NOT trne 1bat ,bssv ~. rof,,Sod
4 ytI,e-.ynilitarv.. anttorjtissI 81. tbsd Hated
.SfStss. i;o5,ls N 4, oncsi0 In 'Ii,bf ,bo L.
and Continued in fLHt reFSsaITnntiI otSs
4bev Were-informed that the works wers
tn he. seizea mon f6r tbars1,SEnSs. I'd
The Soyernment had incnTEed' eInsnsss EsIv' 1 IN
tha. 9........- F'stli
I M sbonId he onite incIihsd sss,1aSD an oct ~
inst1ce 10 nTemise tbem n IL, ~ tfntnr. my "a
! monthiy,.evers rent eousI tn nhot ,beS
haze rsceivea for the r,sat Tbips ,,,do,b.ICsI
: comnenss Inn from tSo GoysrnIsnt to.
the nee of
;f 80 49,
a. f;,;,h1 tho ~ tn'
tiun shs ~t.o sro Pr1'Pec
h cartsinis' onab, N bs 6nito ii.stiaS.S -
re - sssarsS Ss f-onS ~ tS satssueu
same rent wbich he bsS rsSSivs5 \ nd nod.r h;s
: :. -. ,. 49,. -, .,Si...SS 80, fts
done q ibis: the voIS S;iI ~ nn. Vim IN o 90
nsir. econon,tssIlv ~ ti1aS,,. ~
sant..,hs,, ,,s,Ls ast5ras ~ ',,b$s,, 49, "a.
for The coansTy for tSs'rsnsir en nt ,be % vnrEH
TL an II "A l.F r.s:s,
viii 6a fully lighted, Ii an and lie % psac. aso'i and
quiet in the darkness Of the night be as
sured; until it is made oestai in that, in case
raheI. nrncIivi,ies, Of ths' xT;II -,