The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-10

! ticket n snort time alRrWalu, lnc
darkey himself appeared, and demanded
! TO be taken in and done for in his own
! proper person, n state-Ioom and seat at
table with the white folks being among
the meekest OF his demands. a wran-
gle ensued, in which it became apparent
/ that the ease was put up and that
"all things were ready to tie up the
! boat at the negros suit, unless his de-
mands were complied with. To avoid
! trouble, as he said, the Captain knocked
under, which 80 elated the dingy travel
er that on his arrival he determined to
hotels. Ibid not witness the result, but
saw this morning very dilapidated
darkey, whom even the Fifteenth
Amendment could not enable 10 sit
comfortably on anything harder than a
pillow. scarcely think the case will
get into the Courts, as public sentiment
here is not quite educated up to TIE
point of mixing the races at hotel tables
But the matter certainly demands mill
tarv Interference as much as the case
that brought the first. squad OF troops
into this county. If yOu hear OF an
other instalment of bayonefs being sent
hither Won will know that their mission
is to make black and white mess at the
same table, sop ont of the same pan and
spoon in the same bed. Thus must we
progress toward full realization Of the
idea OF equal rights for equal races.
THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA RAILROAD
Was chartered at the late session ofthe
Legislature. Its proposed route is
from here to Clarksburg. by way OF Elk
and the West Fork rivers, and thence
down the West Fork and Monongahela
10 Pittsburgh There are some indica-
tons going TO show that this road will
ultimately be built. But it cannot be
built by the counties through which ii
passes. All the money they could
possibly spare toward it would not give
il a fair start toward completion. Hence
the necessity Of caution on the part OF
Kanawha, Roane, Gilmer, Lewis, Har-
rison and other counties in going into
this enterprise They have no business
to subscribe a dollar until they know,
certainly, that abundance Of foreign cap
ital will be furnished 10 make up all pos
sibe Deficiencies Anmnherof meetings
have lately been held along the route of
this road looking 10 subscriptions. Per
sons have been travelling about getting
up these meetings and giving out the
idea that the enterprise is already far
advanced And vet no meeting Of the
incorporators has ever been had. The
form Of organization has not even been
gone through with Let the people
make haste slowly.
4 few wears ago a certain notoriety
named Ayers, a worthless adventurer,
obtained an interest in the chartered
privileges Of the West Virginia Central |
He did not represent dollar Of capital.
And vet by means of his check he !
succeeded in getting several counties to
subscribe to the stock Of that road, as
well as in getting contractors to work
on It's construction, all Of whom ulti-
matelv lost heavily. He set up
claim TO certain rights given by the
State TO the Chesapeake N Ohio, As
serted his ability to prevent the compile
ton of the latter, and finally black !
mailed the parties concerned out Of
$4,000, which was paid 10 prevent his [.
becoming an obstacle in the way of the |
negotiations afterward completed with ,
Huntingdon 4 Co. If il should be
that parties are now trying TO get hold
Of the Northern and Southern West
Virginia. merely to sell ont its franchises
for personal profit, il certainly becomes
the true friends of the road 10 proceed
with caution and to trust no mans
naked representations.
TRAVEL AND TRADE.
Visitors to the Kanawha VALLEY con
tinue to pour in. The crowd is not a.
great as when the Federal Court and
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows were in
session, but still the town Is full of
strangers. Among them the business
houses of Gallipolis, Ironton, Ports !
mouth and Cincinnati are now largely
represented The immense trade which
is springing up in this Valley promises
10 furnish substantial prosperity to
somebody, and the towns and cities
named seem determined TO have their
share. What is Wheeling doing ? !
Why must the richest and largest part
of West Virginia commerce find its out !
let into other States, and carry from our
midst the money and the business that :
would contribute so much 10 building
up the material greatness Of our own
people? Two steamers week between
this point and Wheeling, atfording di- 7
rect and constant transportation, would !,
send to your city twothirds Of the trade Z
that now goes hence down the river be-
cause il has nowhere else TO 90. But
so long as your people appear indifferent
TO the Kanawha Valley, 80 long as your I
business houses fail to address ours, 80
long a. the face of Wheeling man is
not seen here. except when some enter
priSing editor moves from Your place to !
this, to growl back at YOU for your dere- /!
Lotions, so long will Kanawha : cash !
and commerce. follow her waters. down I
stream.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT
Continues to repose in inglorious ease !
Yesterday part of the Administration
went fishing with the usual luck, |
suppose, although did not observe the
subsequent condition of its garments or
witness its performances at the table
Another part is in Wheeling, and still
another instalment, learn, contem-
plates an excursion to distant parts. |
The records in the office Of the Secre-
tary of State, show that the following
appointments have recently been made:
Notaries Public, Abraham Suydam, of
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