The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-22

ofthe Penitentiary,; exhibits the pro.
gress of the work on that structure the
amount of money drawn on the orders
OF the Board from the Treasury, and
the amount and items of expenditure.
II Is accompanied by the Reports OF the
Treasurer, Superintendent and attend
Ing Physician. 1t may be seen from
the, the report Of the Directors, that there
was a balance, SIC, ,029 06 offormer an.
proprtRttons, remaining unexpendel
September so, 1857. and that further
appropriation of $75, 900 is recommend.
ed; with this it Is expected to erect the
walls enclosing the grounds and com.
plete the buildings to answer present
necessities, and 1t will then be for fu.
ture Legislatures to determine whether
any, and what character of, additions
shall be made thereto. 1t will be seen
that the sum now asked for, added to
former appropriations, exceeds the
original estimate for the same work
Sl6, 900; this. however is satisfactorily
accounted fors.in the Report. 1 think the
appropriation should be made.
The Board, composed of gentlemen
OF Intelligence and high character, who
feel that the matter committed to their
hands involves some responsibility, re-
quest that committee be appointed by
the Legislature, to examine the work
done, and to investigate their proceed
ings in connection Herewith, In order
that report thereon may be made, and
published for the information and
satisfaction of the Legislature and the
public; and it seems to me proper that
their request should be granted, and
the report made and published.
1t appears, upon Investigation, that
there is no provision in the law pre-
scribing in what court criminal pro-
ceedtngs against convfctS. in the Peni-
tentiary shall be had. The law on this
subject in the old Stale, which may be
found in chapter 2l5 of the Code of 1860,
Is inapplicable here, and does not APP
pear to have been changed. I am in
formed by the officers. that a number
of convlcts in the Penitentiary are
brought to trial, IT any of our courts
had jurisdictiction of such cases, but
none of them have. I suggest that it
be declared in what court such trials
shall take place.
REPORT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.
From the Report of the Adjutant Gem
eral, who Is er-oBici0 Quartermaster
General, 1t will be seen that over fifteen
Thousand of the medals provided for
the soldiers of our State, in pursuance
of an act of former Legislature, have
been delivered, and that the residue
about eleven thousand-are being de.
livered with as much dispatch as prac-
ticable.
The Report calls attention to the dis
organized condition of the militia, and
especially to the fact that the Act of
Congress, of March 2, 1903, requires the
Adtutaut General of each State to make
to the President of the United States a
return of the militia of his State, to-
Rether with the arms, Announcements,
&C., in their possession on the first
Monday In January of each year; but
under existing laws in our State it is
impossible for him to obtain the infor-
nation necessary to enable him to
comply with this requirement. have
heretofore recommended the passage
OF an act requiring the county assessors
to make an annual return to the Adiu-
tant General, of the names of all per-
sons In each township subject to mill
tary duty; and now renew that recon-
mendatton, with the addition that the
assessors be allowed a reasonable COM
pensation therefor. This, If done,
would enable the Adjutant General to
perform the duty required of him
without something of the kind, he can
not do SO.
SOLDIERS CEMETERIES.
The Annual Reports, respectively, OF
Hon. d. G. Hubbard, member of the
Board of Commissioners of the Sold
iers' National Cemetery, at Gettys-
ourgh, and of q. L. Cranmer, Esq,
representative of this State in the
Board of Trustees of the AntIetam Ma
ttonal Cemetery, may be found here
With, and exhibit the progress of the
work on the Cemeteries and the trans
actions OF the respective Boards during
the year.
DEAF AND DUMB AND BLIND.
1 called the attention OF the last Leg
islature to the fact that there were a
number of pupils from this State in
the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
and the Blind, at Staunton, Virginia /;
and then submitted communication
from the Principal of the Institution,
setting forth the amount claimed for
the support and education of these
pupils and requesting that provision
should be made for its payment. re-
fer you for full particulars as to the
names, residence, &c., of the pupils
which will be found in the volume OF
printed documents of the last session.
L then recommended an appropriation
to pay the charges since January /,
1866, and that all charges prior to that
date be left for adjustment in a general
settlement, which is expected to take
place between the two States; but,
through hinadvertance, no doubt, the
appropriation was omitted. The ac-
compauYing additional communication
calling my attention to the same sub
ject, has been recently resolved by me
from the President OF the Board of
Visitors; from which It also appears
that there are still seven pupils IN the
Institution from this State whose sup
port is unprovided for. It seems to me
that the account since the 1st of Janua-
ry, 1855, should be paid at an early day,
and that provision should be made for
the current expenses of the pupils still
remaining in the Institution.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
A majority of the Commissioners of
the Covington and Ohio Railroad, ap-
pointed by an act of the Legislature,
passed February %, 1857, in commu-
nication addressed to me on the 4th of
June last, and herewith exhibited, in
formed me that, acting in conjunction
with the Commissioners of Virginia,
they had executed a contract with the
Virginia Central Railroad COmpanV
for tine construction of the road from
Covington to the Ohio river, and that
by this contract the Virginia Central
Railroad and the Covington and Ohio
Railroad were to be consolidated and
known thereafter as the Chesapeake
anu Ohio Railroad. This c0mmunica-
ton, however, does not contain the
terms of consolidation, nor have the
Commissioners reported the same to
the Board of Public Works as the act
contemplates, but suppose they will
make full report to the Legislature.
am not aware that any further legis-
latlon In regard to this improvement
will be asked for at your hands, but II
it shall be, 1 do not doubt that you will
give the subject that consideration
which its Importance demands, and ex.
tend to this great work such encOur-
agement as may in your Judgment be