Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-08

very large, dssP.y intsrestsd and sia-
ga-z,ly gasoi1c1s sadisncs sE5subied ~
TIE Coart EoG.s lss: sJsBi1g. FOX Tie paE-
poGs Of co,siaeriag he bsapty question
HEysr sxssrsy xzs called 20 the Casi:,
EI-Nsyor CrsDgis veg appointed Vice
Presidsat. ssd 6. L. CrzunsZ was sP-
painted Secretary.
Mr. Sweeney Fsid The meeting had been
called fgr the purpose Of giving Pabiis e1-
pre.siou % tie opiaiss Of the people az %
tas PEopristy Of inEtructiDg our sapsrTi-
sors 70 lsTy 5guuty for volunteers. II
TIE Graf. proceeds, poor men will &c: 10
b,1s:y-bg; Il ws agrss 70 levy bounty
j. sill enable the families Of volunteers 70 :
Ire daring tbe:. absence. It's ssid ma;
only me tex payers aye interested Il thiz
matter. II that wers tue it would sIill be
me duty Of al such, At this time, 70 make
every sacrifice for The welfare q the conn
tFy.
Wa. Hastings moved toe appointment
Of q committee TO draft resolutions expres-
sigs Of the ssose Of the meeting, and the
clair appointed Dsoiel Peck, J. Burke,
YIN. Hag,ings, Thomas J. Blair, Gso. R.
Tiugle aud Robert Pratt.
G. Crsomer. Esq, was called upon
sad responded. de szid the opposition to
the bounty came from two sourcss. a
portion Of the property bolders Of the city
we're opposed to it. Why they shoald be he
could rot understand. These game iudi-
yidusls are receiving an sdv-Dcs Of one
hurdred per cent. on former riDes-for
reuts AID these rerts are paid By
the working men. 1t is therefore not
the rIcn men who pay the tsIss bat
TIE p9or man, for Just in proportion az the
razez are increased tae reutz are raised.
The other class opposed to IevJiug boun.
~ are those Who have Pot substitutes into
the army, aud now imagine that they have
no further coucsra in the matter. Some Of
these sane individuals bad svaiIed them
sslTes Of the bounty offered under a previ-
Gus cali to secure substitutes, aud had
ii9gsrsa around the sberias Office for that
purpose. I. vas the working population
upon which rested the wealth aud welfare
Of the city. sad if tia. population were re-
moved from among rs those who have the
larger. interest would suffer the most.
y. Richardson, Esq, responded to a gen
srsl call he said that discussion was
only necessary when our judgements re-
quired 70 be enlightened. The present
meeting seemed to be of one mind and
it seemed hardly worth while to talk
about the matter of Offering a bounty
The question Of IeVyiug a bounty was an
important one. Il affected the whole
community and should be carefully con.
sidersd. The Government has called upon
the people for 300 600 men, and we must
furnish them. BE had thought the quota
assigned to Ohio county greater than it
should be, but the olFiciAls had examined
the matter and pronounced it just and
equitable. 1t WAS therefore a settled fact
thltObio county had to furnish 1855 meu.-
There were only two ways to get them
either by enlsInents or by draft. If the
men are enlisted we shall have those TO
serve US who do 60 Voluntarily If we allow
the draft to proceed we shall get none but
those who may be the least prepared to 20
to the field. The only inducemeut We can
otter to volunteers is a bounty, and be was
in favor OF a liberal levy for that purpose.
Mr.. Peck, from the Committee on Res.
otu,ions, made the following report which
was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, on the 18Th day of December,
A. d. 1864. u call was made by the Presi.
dent Of the United States, for an additional
three hundred thousand men, to recruit our
wasted armies in the field, aud it having
been ascsTtained that the quota of Ohio
county under said call is 365 men and
whereas, unless the said call is filed by
volunteers by the 18th day of the curren,
month, there will be a draft of that number
OF able bodied men from our midst
which must inevitably occasion great in
convenience and distress. Add whereas,
IA loyal and patriotic citizens, it is our
duty il possible to relieve the county from
draft and to provide men who voluntarily
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RssolVa8. by the tax earning and tax
paying citizens OF the county OF Ohio, in
public meeting assembled at the Court
House OF the county, that the Board of Su.
peTvisors OF the County, be aud they are
hereby urged and instructed forthwith to
raise fund in the manner as to th EN- shall
seem most e1pedicut OF sufficient amount
TO enable them to pay bounty of $500 to
every man who shall volunteer toward FILL
lng the quota of Ohio county.
ReIo!rsd, That committees Of
be appointed by the President aud Vice
President of this meeting for each sub dis
trict Of Ohio county, to solicit voluntary
contributions from the citizens, which said
contributions so obtained, shall be given
10 addition to the county bounty to be pro
vided by the Board OF Supervisors.
MIR. Richardson then offered a resolution,
which was adopted, proposing the appoint
ment Of committee to wait upon the
Governor and urge him to use his iutiu,
enee to have the draft postponed, in order