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

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tor all purposes, S9T,5I5 81
Leaving balance in the trea-
sury on the Isr of January,
1864, ,of--..---.-...-.-...-.-----. $50 OIL
Il viii be seen that thai S45, ,325, ,05, of the
amount paid out, being nearly one-haIf,
was for the expenses of the last session Of
the Legislature, and consequently, the eI-
Penses Of the last session of the Lezisls-
iHture, snd consequently, the expenses of
the State government from its Organization
to the lst OF January, 1854, exclusive of
the expenses OF the Legislature, amonnt to
only $5i, ,9s9 SO. Fbe- last session vas
necessarily - lang oae, being nearly Eve
moaths, owing TO the iaAuguEstiOo Of the
new State, and with it, a new internal or
gsniZaiou- Hereafter under the provisions
of the Consultation, the session must me-
eessarily be short and the expenses less
The State owes no debt, unless IL nav
be found on Al equitable settlement with
the State of Virginia, that We should pay
3 portion of her debt, existing before the
rebellion. And the Consutution prohibits
the creation of auy debt, except to meet
some existing liability or where necessary
for the peace or defense of the State. On
account OF the existence OF the rebellion
there are about one-haF the eounriss Of the
State that pay no taxes al al, and others do
rot pay what they would in time of peace.
When the condition OF the eountry be-
comes such that taxes can be collected in
al the counties, it seems To me thai we
viii be able to pay the ordinary expenses
OF the State government, snd construct
such bGildings and public works as may be
deemed necessary without increasing the
present rate of taxatioa. If nv conjecture
On this subject proves to be correct, the
people OF this State Will Pag less taxes IN
peopertIOu 10 the Talns OF their property,
than the people of any state in The Union
TIE rebsilioa has prevented access to
the LunAtic Asylum OF the State of Yir.
ginia, which were sitnAtei In the Valley
and the extreme Eastern portion of the
StaLe- As = consequence II became nee
essary TO oon6ne many of the insane in the
eOuaty jaiis until come provision could De
made for their care and medical treat
u-enE Through the courtesy of the au-
ktbsEiIies Of the nRighhoriug State of Ohio,
3 number of thsss unfortunate persons
have been placed in the Asylum of that
state, 1t Columbus; aud have beez treated
in all respects as their Own PatienIs- /
have caused 70 be paid 70 the SupeFinten-
dent of that Asylum for their care, support
and treatment of patients from this STATE
! from The ist of June, 1868, to the tst of
| NQSeuber, 1861 the sun Of SI,4s54I-
| We have now IN that Asylum thirteen pa
| tiSnts and there area auEabeT Of insane
| perznns still in the State unproyided tor,
| whom have been slow 10 Bend 20 Ohio,
from the fact that I supposed our own
Hospital, at Weston, Wnuld have been
tcomPleted before this time. But IN this
have been mistaken II viii be recollec;ed
| that n joint committee of Lhe two Houses
of the Legislature, appointed during the
last session to e1Smine the Hospital At
| Weston, in their report stated, thzI il Was
! their opinion that the left wing Of the
! bnlding would be 's6nizhed and furnished
/ BY the middle, Of December, and Woald be
/ czpable of accommodating forty patients,
besIdss The Fooms necessary fer atteu-
/ dants, y &c- The COMMITTEES fnrther stated
| that there was 4 balance of former EppFo-
+pEiatioBs OR hand, on the lst OF Septem-
Der. 1883 Of tS2sI45LIT that the Proba-
BILE cost of finishing aud Furnishing The
LETT wing ready Tor patents Woald be
SIS, 600; that completing the first story
] of the mGin bGilding 70 the eeatre, and
protecting the RnilS tnsu frosk through
! the winter. wsuId require S. Oe0; and on
the Tst Of March, 1854, there would still
4 be = baiGleess oa hand, of 81, ,45L77. In
I PursuAnee Of "a Gct passed by aJhes last
Leglslatnre, appointed new Board Of
Directors, aud as required by the set, they
| held them first meeting At Weston, on the
Ist dayIE 8aunSFg, 5S6sS TheT have not
-lyet mads 4 report. 1haee jusE Fscsiged OF
1 he cid Beard theiRs report Of the progress
I 'of tbs work, the expenditure Of money,
HnataPini5 on hand Er nm IN thO aIzt N