The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-28

permanent Seat" during the last week
Each day brings fresh crowds until
every nook and corner Is now full, but
still they come. Strange to tell, but neY'
ertheless It Is true, the great mass Of all
this influx of strangers are Democratic sa'
vans, who, after having succeeded In be-
fuddling the people last fall by their
promises and pledges that taxes shall DC
reduced, offices and officers lessened In
number, and in fact thatany and allmeas-
ures calculated TO advance tho interests
ofour people should forthwith beadopted,
are now upon the ground where they
have chance to redeem these pledges II
they will or can. One week has passed
and not u single measure looking TO the re-
demption OF any Of these pledges has been
inaugurated, nor even limited ut by q sim
gle Democrat in either House, but every.
thing must Just now give wayto the over.
shadowing object which has no reference
TO the advancement of the interests Of our
people, so far as the manipulators In the
affair are concerned, judging from their
wirc-pulling and skylarking movements oil
the last few days. l mean the procure
mcnt of the "loaves and fishes" and II
these cannot be obtained then the frag.
ments arc ready to be snatched up by the
hungry crew. From early morn TO the
"wee sma' hours" are these borers at
work, some milin9ly, some quietly, some
boisterously, some imperiously, some one
way and some another, but oil labor
ing with might and main" for the
good Of their own precious selves.
From the Senatorship down through
the entire list, we find these patriots, will.
ing, anxious, and ready at moments
warning, TO become tho servants ofthe
dear people, The only instance In which
they have shown a disposition to retrench
was in opposing tho proposition made by
the Republicans TO purchase two flags
Of the Union, ono to float over the hall,
OF the House, and the other over the Sen.
ate, during their sessions, as not only the
law, but the custom OF every State in the
Union OF any other than revolutionary
and disloyal proclivities requires. This
Is tho only instance, however, In which
their desire for retrenchment seems 10
have manifested ITSELF Every other
movement on their part would indicate
determination to. totally disregard every
pledge made. Indeed, can assure you
that their pledges will be dlsregarded in
this that they are determined to ioist
upon the now already, as they say, tax.
ridden people aswarm Of hungry place
hunters, In the shape Of members OF q
convention TO frame constitution for the
State-an idea sprung but recently upon
the people, and emcnating in the breasts OF
place hunters. The proposition has now
assumed proportions great enough
to justify me in saying that It
Is a ioregone conclusion, and that
before the people can have time to
reflect they expect by their soit-soldcr-
ing, sugar.coating process rcsortcd to on q
similar occasion, in 1851, 10 accomplish
their object. What! Tho Democracy,
as represented here this winter, lessen the
burdens of taxation? Never. What /!
Tho same Democracy that crowds the
streets, and hotels, and boarding house,
and Capital building, and lobby, and
wharf Of Charleston, and that are only
equallcd in numbers, you would suppose
II here, by the frogs Of Egypt on . certain
occasion, reduce the number OF offices!
NJ, they don't intend, they can't do any
such thing. They can do just as they
did last fall-promise. These, conclu.
sions have been arrived OF since the let
down on the part of the Liberal Demo.
Gratis, which affair was hard to bear on
the part Of these gentlemen, but they had
u come square up TO the work.
An amusing scene occurred in the
House on Saturday. 1t was this: divers
love easts and billings and cooings had
been going on for some days in order to
bring the Liberals 10 terms, which fact &C.
complished, everything was going along
smoothly; but unfortunately for them the
leader OF the high pressure wing, the gen.
tleman who in part thinks he Is represent.
ing Jefferson county, by the name OF vii.
son, took occasion, on Judge Fergusons
motion to postpone the consideration OF
resolution instructing the Judiciary Com.
mittee to report q bill submitting the ques.
ton Of q State Convention, to lot loose a
little piece that was Spiling on his hands.
This he did to the great annoyance
of his lately conquered Liberals
who, by the by, had to sit and take It, for
Mr.. Wilson was only advocating that
which they were, and'why grumble9 Mr..
W. seemed TO understand the situation so
far rs the liberals were concerned, and
having once secured them beyond doubt,
he Just "went for them, and every other
person he could think Of, outside Of what
he supposes is the Democratic fold. Fer.
guson, Jackson, and Brannon squirmed
considerably, but when they had chance
TO reply, which they did, alter he, Mr., W.,
had finished his rigmarOle, they were as
mild us young pigeons, 1t was humilia-
ting to each OF them, l have no doubt,
but how could they better themselves.
The Flick amendment had an easy
passage through the Senate, there being
but two dissenting yotes-1cc and Alex.
ander.
How tho Senatorship will. tcrmin.
ate Is still in doubt. Thelatest seems to be
that Hon. Lewis Baker, Of your city, in
having secured tho positionof President
Of the Senate, was only part Of well
setup job to elect Governor Jacob Sena.
tor, and thus Wheeling becomes tho pos
SCISSOR OF q live Governor. There Is no
manner Of doubt that this programme has
been fixed up by what appears on the
stage now TO be the managers.in-c chief.
Some of the other aspirants are just be-
ginning to sec into the inside, and are ar.
ranging to smash II up. A ieyd days more
and we shall see lively tines
The introduction into the two houses OF
the everlasting Capital question has Gre
ated but little stir as yet, very many sup.
posing It to be but little piece Of strate.
gy. At all events, nothing serious seems
TO be apprehended by the Charlestonlans
at present. PERLEY.
INFLUENCE OF LIGHT ON PETROLEUM.
According to recent researches, petroleum,
when exposed TO solar light, absorbs oxy.