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

Is doGe, Khan eau be little doabs that the
money viii Be paid ouE OF the fand meR-
nooed, or by special appropriation bT
Congress for the purpose
As authorized 6y tEs SsnstItutioa, ard
Al act OF the last session of the LeEiaIa-
tare, have Femitte1 fines imposed ~ rte
eodrts, in Two cases; aud an required b.
the Constitution 10 eommunieate 70 gou
| the particulars of each case, aud nv rea-
sous for remittiug the 6ne. One eEse vas
a hne Of 500 imposed on Joha RrTiR, bV
the Circuit Court ct BreOks eoRury, at the
NoEenoer term, 1858, for retailing Ardenr
spirits Without license. he had obtained
license from the Uaired States, aad there
] vas no tribunzl or officer authorized To
| grant State license. BE WAS advised BY
! legal counsel that he had right to SELL
I The evidence shows that he was Ia good
| faith iaboriog under the impression that
| be had right TO sell, aud that he bears
! the character OF lav-aoidlng man I
! remitted the fns because ErVin Vas labor
! ing under Misrepresentation OF his rights,
is OF good character, Ardi it was reeommen-
! ded oy the Judge and majority of the
Jury who tried the case The other case
was fne of 500, imposed on James Cliff
ford, by the Circuit Court of Harrison
I county, at the SepteRb Der term, 1853, tor
! retailing ardent spirits without license
| He had the tax assessed by the Commis-
sIoner OF the Revenue, and paid the amount
I to tie sheriff, bnt there was no tribunal or
officer authorized 10 grant license. He
! took the advice of the Prosecuting Attor-
| ney OF the county, who told him that he
| had right to sell 1 RENTED the 6ne be-
cause the evidence shows that Clifford
acted in good faith, made the sale under a
misaPprehsusion OF his rights, Aod It WAS
nv r,F
who tried the case
In the Law passed at the last session on
the subject of county organization, it is
provided that there shall be a county
I treasured into whose hands the sheriff is
! required 70 pay the iegies collected by him
! for county purposes, and the latter Is to
pay il to the parties entitled, aud
each officer is allowed commission for
receiving and paying over the money.
see no reason Why the sheriff could not
Psy the money directly 70 the persons
hGTirg claims against the county, and
thus save to every county in the State,
! useless expenditure of money in the pay
nent of 8 superuuuerAry officer. Il nay
be seen that no such officer Is required By
the Constitution, and, being wholly IN
necessary, l recommend that the law be so
amended as TO sboIish 1t, and require the
The law providing for dividing the
counties into townships, requires the re-
port of the commissioners con ntainine the
description of the boundaries of the town
ships, to be 6Ied il the Recorders Office.
Il seems to ne that these boundaries may
become, If they are not now. 4 matter of
too much importance To be left on loose
pieces OF paper, liable TO be lost or mislaId
II any tine. recommend that the Be
corder of each county be required 70 re-
card them in the deed book of his Office.
aud that the Supervisors DE required 70
pay him therefor.
There are many inducements to those
seeking comfortable homes and profitable
investments of their means, 10 come into
our midst; yet may be pardoaed for call
ing your attention 10 the mineral resources
of our State, which remain IN a great
measure uudeveloped, aud only await the
( hand Of enterprise and industy 70 make her
one Of the richest IN the Union. But it is
not TO be expected that capitalists are go
ing TO explore the country 1t their own ex-
peuse. merely for III purpose of ascertain
ing whether IL contains sources of wealth or
not. Certainly if We rely upon this, these
hidden treasures will come to light verV
slowly therefore recommend the passage
Cf law authorizing the appointment of 8 /
State GeolegIst, With a reasonable com
peusatior, whose duty II shall be, as soon
as II i possible for him to do so safely
10 go iato every county in the State
ami make careful EXAMINATIONS and exp TO-
ratiors, and make sucA report of what
may be found there, as will enable stran
gers, "a we'll ss cur own citizens, to become
MOI e familiar With this iGEiIing field for
remanerafive investments of capital
7 , h. rHa A
erai's report, that what is now the State of
West Virginia, has furnished 20 299 yoIun-
teers to the Government army during the
present var; of whom l9 lac Rere for three
years, and .153 for six months service If
the tine of the ,I53 SIX months msn "a so
calculated that the State may get credit for
then on q call for three years men il will
be seen that they are equal to l9l three
years recruits; and thus calculated, it will
be found that, mp 70 the time OF the last call
OF the President for three hundred thous-
aud men, this State WAS IN excess Of All
demands upon her of 5, OPS three years men.
This Is a record of which any citizen of the
State should be proud, when it is eoasid-
cred that from the commencement Of the
var, there has been actual hostilitfes in
cur midst that we have been constantly
| threatened, and, at times, almost oVsrrun
! by the enemy. And l cannot permit this
occasion to pass without calling special at
tenliou to the eondact of the soldiers whom
we have seHtinto the field; always brave
and daring almost to recklsssness, it is 4
! fact worry to be recorded, and remembered
that At no time since the commencement of
! the war have the troops from West ViFgiuia,
faltEred, hesitated or cast the least shade on
the name of the State " hence they hailed;
b1t on all occasions. however trying, they
have shown themselves the courageous
and gallant soldiers that they are But
refer you-to this report of the Adiutant
General, as containing lucid. and may,
say an eloquent history of the military ef-