The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-08
c1TY AND STATENEWS.
- c.,d and Other Markets, ana
miscellaneous Matter 70 ''
the Fourth Page.

- tho Conrt House last evening was '0,'
,,.cS,v attended. The room was donS''. =
allied at an early hour by all c'"''' %,
a,.:.ans vorking-men and capital-
;sts rich and poor The meeting wa"
orca,;zed soon after seven oo'o'A
ne lection of Mayor Sweeney 10 tue
'n' - q l.. Cramer ESD, To DC
n'' m. The chairman having stated
So - rould be impossible for h''n L"
'h'' = - attendance during the entire
Ting ex-Mayor Crangle was chosen
I,;ce president. After stating the object
= ,be meeting, Mayor Sweeney aliudeu
20 both sides of the question as TO 'he
oxpediency oflevying a tax for the pay
,,ent of bounties to volunteers and pre-
.,uted the arguments in favor of as well
- fine objections against such course
~. favored the levying OF tax ana
showed the advantages of the volunteer
sv.tem His remarks were loudly ap-
plauded.
~, motion a committee of FIVE was
unlimited by the chair to draft resolh-
tnns expressive of the sentiments OF the
,,setinp upon the subject before It, The
.,mmittee consisted of Messrs. Dahlel
psck Jacob Burke, T. J. Blair, Geo. K.
Tinole and Robert Pratt, and retired 10
tbe Clerks Office to prepare their report
After the retiring of the committee,
Mayor Sweeney, being called to ATTEND "
meeting of the Council, vacated the chair
and ex-Mayor Crangle presided.
D,rinC the absence of the cominlttee
coils were made for speakers to address
tbe meeting. Mr.. A w. Campbell was
oouad for. but was not present. u. L.
Crammer, Esq, was then calledupon and
responded in an appropriate speech lie
was in favor of levying tax and stated
that there we're only two sources OF oppo-
s;t;on TO such course; these were the
taxpayers who were exempt from mill
fairy service and those who already had
substitutes in the field In reference to
the first of these classes he .advcrted TO
the fact that all the wealth of the city
of Wheeling was produced 10y her work
men and mechanics That rich men
we're dependent upon labOrers for their
riches and that, after all, the poor men
paid the taxes of the rich. In proper
tim as the taxes on real estate were III
creased, rents became higher and the
workingmen had them to pay, Those
persons who had put substitutes in the
6eld had done so under the benefit
Of the former bounty paid by Ohio
county, and they had no right to COM
plain of the levying of another tax In
concluding his remarks, he paid a high
tribute to the patriotism and energy Oh
the workingmen aud said that they could
accomplish whatever they earnestly I'M
dertook. He was frequently interrupted
by hearty applause.
MI. Richardson, Esq, was then called
for and addressed the meeting. He
thought there was scarcely any necessity
for discussion, as all present seemed to be
of one mind The President of the Uni
ted States had issued a call for troops
and. although our quota seemed eNces
sivc. it had been pronounced by the Az
infant General of the State to he eqnlta
bic and just There were but two ways
of raising the troops; 10y voluntary en-
Hstment, or by draft He compared the
two systems and proved the voluntary
one the better, and said that some in
ducement must he held out to meu whe
will volunteer During the time he was
speaking the committee on resolutions
returned and he gave way for the presen-
tation of their report. The report OF the
committee was as follows:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
Whereas, on the 10th day of December,
A. ID. 1864, Il call was made by the Presl-
dent of the United States for an addi-
tional 100000 men to recruit our wasted
armies in the field, and it having been
ascertained that the quota of OHIO ooun-
ty under said call is 800 men, and where
as. unless the said call is filled by voluu-
teers by the 18th day of the current
month, there will he adratt of that num-
her of able bodied men from our midst,
which must inevitably occasion great III
convenience and distress; and, whereas,
Us loyal and patriotic citizens 1t Is our
duty, il possible, To relieve the county
from draft and To provide men who vol
UNFAIRLY will fill the said quota; there
fore,
Be il resoIccd, by the tax earning
and tax paying citizens of the county OF
Ohio, in public meeting assembled at
the Court Houseot the county, that the
Board of Supervisors of the county be
and are hereby urged and instructed
forthwith to raise "a fund III the manner
as to them shall seem most eXpedlent, OF
sufficient amount to enable them to pay
a bounty of $500 to every man who
shall volunteer toward filling the quota
of Ohio county.
Resolved, That committees be appoint
ed by the President and Nice-Presldent ol
this meeting for each sub-distriet OF
Ohio county, to solicit voluntary c9ntri-
buttons from the citizens, which SAID
contributions so obtained, shall be given
in addition to the county bounty 10 De
provided by the Board of Supervisors,
After the reading of the report, the