The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-12
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.
THURSDAY, June II, 1865.
SENATE.

THURSDAY, June IL, lS6S.
SENATE.
PRAYER by Rev. S. b. Barnitz, of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Mr.. Foster presented the petition OF
d. l.. Davis, of Parkersburg, who was
badly injured by the premature dis.
charge of cannon at Parkersburg, in
1872, when firing n salute in honor o!
Governor Peirpoint, by which said
Davis is incapacitated for business
praying the passage Of an act allowing
him to peddIe goods, wares and mer'
Chandise without license. Referred.
on motion of MIR. Carskadon, the
rule was suspended and n joint resO
luton adopted authorizing the Audi
tor TO copy and certify the Court book
of Mineral county, which has been lost
On motion of MIR. Price,
ReSolved, That the Committee on Hu.
name and Criminal Institutions be in
struCted 10 inquire into the expediency
of allowing certain claims presented
by the Board of Directors of the inSti'
tuition for the education of deaf, mute
and the blind from this State mt Stan
ton, Virginia, and report by bill or
otherwise.
The following bills were introduced
and read the first time:
By Mr.. Carskadon: To provide for
the payment of the salary OF the At
torney General for the present year,
this appropriation having been omitted
in the general act last winter.
By Mr.. Farnsworth: Providing that
actions of trespass against rebels
for acts committed or property
taken during the war, may be brought
within five years after the passage Ui
this act.
BY MIR. Workman Providing for
changing the line between the coun-
ties OF Boone and Lincoln.
by Mr.. Burley: Authorizing town
ships to subscribe To the capital stock
ofthe Covington and Ohio Railroad.
Mr.. Chapline introduced the follow
ing, which, under Il suspension of The
rules, was adopted:
WHEREAS, This is the anniversary
of the Reorganized Government OF Nir'
Cinia, which absolved us from the tyr
runy and oppression of the East and
gave us a liberal, republican form oi
government in the West, and was the
neucleus around which the loyal men
of Virginia rallied, and was the
means ofbringing this State into exist
ence, therefore
ReSoiUcd Gy The Legislature Of YES
Vir1iniG, That we congratulate the
people OF this State upon the auspicious
results which Have followed the Con
vention of Virginia loyalists which as
sembled at Wheeling on the nth day oI
June, 1861, and that this State owes a
debt OF gratitude TO the brave and patri.
otic Union men who engaged in and
worked out to u successful issue the
problem involved in the reorganization
of Virginia, and tho erection of the
State of West ViIginiR, and that their
names ought to be held in grateful and
everlasting remembrance.
On motion of MIR. ChaPline the Sen
PnnHaFninr~ the
Impeachment of the President, was
taken from the table, when Mr.. Burley
offered the following substitute:
ReSoLved By the Legislature Of WeSI
Vir0inia, That in the trial of Andrew
Johnson, President OF the United
States, before the Senate, upon the ar,
ticles of impeachment exhibited
against him by the House of Repre-.
sentatives, according to the published
evidence there adduced, the said An
drew johnson was, in our opinion
proven guilty ofhigh crimes and mis-
demeanors, as in said articles chargedi
that we believe his conviction thereof
would have been a vindication of law
and Justice, and of great and enduring
advantage to the nation; and that 1t is
to be deplored, that Senator from
West Virginia should have felt con-
strained to vote said Andrew Johnson
Mr.. Chapline demanded the yeas
and nays on the adoption of the reso'
luton; and it was adopted:
YEAs-Messrs.S Stevenson President.
Burley, Carskadon, Capline, Dix
Dawson, Farnsworth, Foster, Hoke
Humphreys, Martin, Price, Slack
Werninger, Workman and Wright-16
NAYssMessrs. Applegate and Will
SON..
to refund TO James u. Carr taxes i'm
properly assessed against and paid by
him, was passed by unanimous vote.
an Invitation from the ladies OF St
Matthews Episcopal Church TO attend
their strawberry festival at Washing
ton Hall, which on motion OF Mr.,
Chapline, was accepted.
MIR. Burley was granted leave of alb
sence until Monday, to attend a meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the
Penitentiary.
Adjourned till two O'Clock to-mor-
row.