Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-11-05


Es- MoNUMsNT To GENERAL L. +.
LEE-The Bslinoie Bulletin suggests
thai instead OF monument TO General
Lee. let each State endow Professor
ship IN some Institution in The South, az
ter the example Of Missouri, 10 have the
prefix of LEE. We would sugges, also,
,ha, The Confederate soldiers endpw q
Profe.sorship in The University Of Virgin
ia TO bear the title Of 1.-The Confederate
Soldiers Lee Profsssor.hip.
On the sui jecl Of monuments The Bui
ietin says:
Scattered over the United States are
an assortment Of MONUMENTS TO Washing.
ton, of which one onlT is in some sor
worthy, ons-ha' ,runca'e1 pyramid a
The capi.si-Is mockery, and tie res,
are failures. Ye, the danes Of Harvard
Snilhson, Yale apd Cornell are p.rperu
sied by monumen,s as enduring as the
name, OF Oxford or Salamanca, and their
very echo evoGes sentiment OF rever.
ence, tempted by the tenderness of graf
iIude, for the men whom they cummem-
OIate.
SO lei i, be with Lee. He gave the
l4si year. Of his life 10 teaching lhe les
cons of which that life is the MODEST ex-
emplar-snd so Jet The lesson be taught
forever. With peculiar, and something
OF poetic. fitness tae country which ne
loved, and which would now testify 10
it's return. may take from The life Of her
hero its last practical lesson. and bestnw
royal endowment upoC monument
mperishable as his fame.
The Debt Of Virginia and W'est Tir-
ginia.-fbe following bill is before the
Legislature of Virginia, now in session,
IN reference 10 the arbitration OF the pub.
lie debt.
Wherea'. This Sale haa for more
than five ears made every honorable e.
fort TO procure a settlement with West
Virginia Of lis proportion OF the public
dsOl, incurred before the separation OF the
tao States. all OF which efforts have
proved unsvsiing and whereas, It is
essential to The financial interest, Of Flr.
GINA thai said settlement should be co.
obtained as soon as practicable, and this
Stale being unwilling 10 proceed al law
against West Virginia until sIl other
means are exhausted nov, therefore,
be it
Resolved BY The Senate the House Of
Delegates concurring,) that the Governor
of this Commonwealth be and he is here
by authorized 10 tender to the State OF
West Virginia an arbitration Of all mat.
tiers in dispute between the States, snd
especially all Dallers touching a full and
final settlement Of The said public debt.
And IN the event Of the acceptance Of
such arbitration by West Virginia, then
the Governor is authorized TO appoin, as
arbitraIors on the part Of this Stale,
the Hon. George H. Pendleion. Of The
State OF Ohio, and the Hon. Judge Ben
jsmin K. Curtis, Of Massachusetts, who
shall NEE, any two sIbiralors selected by
WesI Virginia mol cii.ens Of Yves! Vlr.
GINA. Said arbiira,ors TO call in a fifth,
should they deem it advisable 10 do so,
and should they fail to agree,
The decision and award Of such arbi-
ira tors 10 be FINAL and conclusive between
the two S,stes on all such matters OF con-
troversy.
The following plan Of adjustment, is
proposed by some Of the bondhslders,
through The New York Journal 81 Com
neree:
|. Fond ih,eres, arrears on sll six per
cent bonds up to let September. 1870.
Q Issue new bonds 10 cover whole
debt. bearing interest a, four per cent for
four years IRON above date /; six per cent
for next four years eight per cent, for
mex, four yesrs, with coupons payable li
March and let September. Average Elk
per cent.
3. Inser, therein a clause that upon a
settlement with West Virginia six per
cent bonds will be exchanged therefor,
and The two per cent. ipIeres, unpaid
viii be provided for.
4. II no such settlement be made, let
lhe State reserve the right TO substitute for
above bonds, ct expiration Of twelve
years, bonds bearing six Pr cert. and
having twenty years 10 run.
The massive iron bridge across the