The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-17

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Necessary TO choice. .
Charleston
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Remington.
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So on the second ballot Charleston
was inserted.
The bill comes up on its passage to-
Mr. Cassidy, from the Committee on
Counties, reported a bill to amend the
charter Of ST. Marys.
Claims, reported bills for the relief OF
John B.ShTeyes and John B. BaumgaEd-
ner, and reported it inexpedientt to leg
islate for the relief of John Howerton.
House bill No. 20, "to transfer certain
lands in Ohio county to the Boards Of
No. IS, ''for the relief of Francis ii.
Peirpoint," were passed.
House bill No. 81, to relieve certain
counties, including Hampshire, MOI
gan, Hardy and Pendleton, from back
taxes, having been amended SO as toex-
clude non-residents from its beneRts,
| Mr.. Davis moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the bill put on its passage.
Mr.. Davis spoke atsome length upon
the merits and justice of the bill, and
during his argument he said he had ex-
amined the auditors report and fonnd
that taking the personal property alone
| the border counties had decreased about
six millions of dollars, and the inner
counties had increased about twelve
millions of dollars, showing that one
grew poor and the other rich. II we
could have had the beneht OF protectlon
and civil government, we could have
paid taxes a dozen times and made
money; some members of this House
| have lost twenty or thirty thousand dol
i lars in single day during the war;
hardly a horse, cow sheep, or chicken
could be kept; the fences along all the
principal roads and near where the
| army, stopped, and in some instances
houses and barns, were destroyed, and
some of the border counties had to pay
taxes to the old State. There are sever
| al members of the House who belonged
i to the army, and who knew well the
condition of the border during the war.
He hoped the bill would pass unani-
mously- RI
The remarks of Mr.. Davis were cor
| roborated by Mr.. Bristor and other
members, and after discussion in which
\ Messrs. Golf, McWhorter and others
took part, the bill passed unanimously.
| The Registry bill was taken up, on
motion OF Col. Witcher, amended on
motion of Mr.. Smith, of Hancock, SO
as to deprive those who ran away from
the State to avoid military duty, of the
| elective franchise, and ordered tosen-
j grossment. 1t will come up today
on its passage.
ing(, introduced n bill to allow the
trustees of Buclhannon 10 sell a certain
lot, and Mr.. Davis introduced a bill
amending the charter of the town of
Piedmont.
The following message from the Gov
ernor was laid before the House by the
Speaker:
To the Senate and House of Delegates:
AS authorized by a resolution of the
appointed NJ. p. Amiss, Esq, of Wood
county, an agent for the purpose indi-
Gated in the resolution, who proceeded
to the Lunatic Asylums mt Williams
burg and Staunton, Virginia, and, hav-
| ing executed the commission confided
i to him, has returned and made q report
in writing which is herewith communi-
From this report it will be seen that
there nre thirteen (l3) patients in the
/ Asylum ut Williamsburg who were
sent there from counties now within
this State; and that there are ninety
three 1897 patients in the Asylum at
Staunton who We're sent there from
counties now within this State-three
of the latter appear to have estates out
of which, or friends by whom they have
been supported.
| AN eNulplI Iub TtpuIL
gives the names of the patients now at
Williamsburg, the date OF their admis-
sion and the counties they are respect
lively from. There is also with the re-
I.port a list of the patients who now are,
or have been ut the asylum at Staunton
since September 80, 1860, which gives
the date of their admission, and of the
discharges and deaths, and the counties
from which they were respectively re-
ceived.
It occurred to me in preparing the
4 letter of instruction for Mr.. Amiss that
1.-THE Legislature might think proper at
this session to make provision for pay
ing for the support of the patients from
the end of the war, and with that view
i directed him to ascertain what was
claimed for such support from May j,
1865, to January, i, 1866, the beginning
But on further reflection 1t seems to me
that It would be advisable for this Leg
i stature to contine its appropriation for
the support OF these patients to the cur
rent fiscal year, leaving the claim for
previous support as a part of the con-
lIemplated settlement between the two
y States. 5Jii
It will also be seen that the Superin-
4 .tendent OF the Asylum ut Williams
burg informed the agent thatthe charge
/ for the support of the patients mt that
Institution iwonld be seven dollars (S71
led and that the Board of Directors of
the Asylum at Staunton have proposed
to accommodate the patients ut that in
/ stitutiou for the present year ut the av-
i erage cost to them, which It appears is
1.-TWO hundred and four dollars (S204) per
j annum for each patient I, therefore, re-
commend that you make the necessary
appropriation 10 pay for the support of
4 these insane persons for the current
year;
i ( In laying the report of the agent be-
your attention to the orders of the
Boardiof Directors of the Asylum at
Il Staunton, accompanying his report, and
i especially to the latter part of the last
order of the series, in which, it will be
seen, the directors express the "hope
that the government of West Virginia
will use all practicable diligence to have
these patients from that State removed
at a. early a day as possible, as the
needed for patients from the State of
1 Virginia. 1t will thus be seen that IL
is expected that these unfortunate citi-
GEMS OF our State will not be allowed TO
remain in that institution, but will be
/ provided for elsewhere at the earliest
| possible period. This can only be done
/ by the speedy completion of orr
own Hospital. And I feel that
! I-would be emitting my duty
1 If I were to let this occasion pass
4 without again urging upon the leg
islature the making OF a liberal appfo-
! prIation for this purpose. Shall we,
while assuming the character ola State,
continue 60 be dependent upon neigh
boring State for the accommodation of
this class of our citizens, when We are
Informed that this accommodation by