The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-18

Tho Auditor then gives notice to the
Attorney General, and under his super
vision, the decision of the Board shall
be final.
AS II this Trojan horse was not suf.
n6iently armed, the bill provides that
these rustic Commissioners, these
bipeds in long flaxen hair, lin
''shall each have ont of the Treasury OF
1.-THE State THREE DOLLARS FER DAY for
leach day he shall be actually and ne.
"cessarily employed in the discharge OF
"his duties,I and FIVE CENTS per mile
"for each mile necessarily Travelled by
him going and returning in the dis
"charge ofsuch duties"
"VL cancies in the Board of Commits
''sioners shall be filled, and new boards
"may DO appointed from time to time
"by the Board of Public Works, as may
"be necessary &c.
Here then we have n permanent or
ganizatiOn for the benefit Of the Baltl-
moro and Ohio Railroad Company
alone. 1t is not now necessary to am-
nliry upon the subject. The tactics of
this company are known TO every old
resident of this State. The President of
that company made fortune by
throwing snuff in the eyes of the peo-
pie, and If the members of this Legls-
lHture allow him or his agents to play
tho Same game with them, every Dem
Ocrat in the State will eat his Christmas
turkey with a keener appetite, for they
Will commemorate the crucih2ion of the
Republican party in this State.
The suits now pending will be
basely abandoned. Ninety thousand
dollars, now in controversy, which
would otherwise go to the re-
lief the people, will be cowardiy
surrendered, and taking the ad-
fnj Fng
ample, which gave Grant nearly $40
majority, and which claims nearly
100000 from this company. we shall
have comparison OF sheritf's tax bills
next year, which will wake up all the
old Indian skeletons around Mounds
vIila.
We NIL know that tho Baltimore and
brought to this city IL II had not been
for the eXertions of the city of Wheel
ing. low much it cost our people, the
books of the city can tell. The object
OF the company was to strike the Great
or Little Ranawhu. Tho line to Par
kersbur": Is now owned by that COM
pany. The Marietta line aud the Gem
it. The Chesapeake and Ohio line
will follow. Nothing then remains
for this company but to acquire
the line from Harper's Ferry to
TO Winchester. and by IA consolidation
with the Manases line. to control the
valley ami the route to Alexan-
drin and Washington, and our
railroad slavery will be complete
Talk about the North governing
the Soulful Talk about England
ruling over Ireland, Austria over Hun
gary, or Russia over Poland, with nil
the inward GOODNESS of the telegraphic
wire, but with al the inward indigua-
ton OF The lightning which passes owe:
it;-bCt, here is an outrage by a foreign
corporation without u parallel. Nom
resident Presidents and TreaSurers.
cleaning from the people of another
State, franchises, privileges and immu-
mites, without which Baltimore would
be IL mere depot for the wild ducks and
oysters OF Chesapeake Bay, are to he, as
long as water runs, the musters OF II
people who have been vain enough TO
inscribe GU their State shield, "M0UN-
TANNERS ARE ALWAYS FREE" FREE /!
Yes, free US the brOOklet is, when win
ter closes up its song in ice! FREE !!
Yes. free as the cuiprit is, when he
casts his sad eyes upon his efTulSent
shackles! FREE! Yes, free as the fish
is, when gHsping on the sparkling sand,
after being caught in the net!
FORT IIESRY