The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-30

that he was a delegate to the Richmond
Convention of February 18th, A. D.
1861; and that like Colonel Paul Nc,
Neel,o of Pocahontas county, in the same
body, he refused to concur in the "Ordi
nance of Secession" until long after ii
was passed by that body, when, in order
to harmonIze, and in Difference to q
large majority, his adhesion was finally
given to it, in which there is no doubt
he expressed the manifest wish Of ma
jority Of his constituents.
Your correspondent has peculiar con-
fidence in men of that stamp, at this
juncture, and by their general enfran-
chisement, except as to the fourteenth
anne ndment, whose thralldom, it is
hoped, will not last long, he expects to
see both wisdom and prudence super.
added to the councils Of our new State.
There seems to be here now quite a
general manifestation of good feeling
and social amenity among the people,
which has heretofore failed to exist for
some years. and strikingly reminds one
Of the Golden time" His Honor,
Joseph L. Hoke, the Judge presiding
here, seems a model Of judicial urban.
ity and propriety, and is evidently a IA
vorite with the bar and the people.
Though young for Jud ge, and ex-
tremely boyish in appearance, his judi
cial rulings are said to be usually sound
and denote both capacity and industry.
Whilst sitting as one of the spectators
in front of him during Court hours,
your correspondent, unknowing and un-
known to every one, assumed the phys
iognomist for the nonce and fancied that
in facial expression, the pleasing coun-
tenance Of the functionary upon the
Bench was indicative of innate humor,
wit and genius; but possibly the stolid
and somewhat melancholy portraiture
OF the all-conquering general after
whom the county was named, and
which is suspended upon the wall
Immediately over the Judgment Seat"
in its contrast, conduces to this impress
sion.
The interest Of this session Of the
Court has been for the most part alb
sorbed in the hearing and consideration
OF intense argument upon legal ques-
tions arising in the hearing of writ Of
mandamus in regard to the removal Of
the county seat of this county from its
present site to Petersburg, under act OF
the Legislature of the oath February
last The whole bar present seems en-
gagged in the case, and the discussions
abound in displays of accumen and
raticination highly interesting to those
fond of legal disquisitions On the part
of the plaintiffs in the writ, Messrs.
Allen & Sprigg, White & Jacob,
Flick Il Isenburg, Armstrong, Clay
ton Il Carr, seem to be OF coun-
sci, while S. Dayton, of Barbour,
and F. NJ. Reynolds, Of Mineral, are
entrusted with the defense. OF the
former of these, it seems to be under
stood here that he is atnrmidahl" aha,-,-
pon on the legal forum IN any lmpor-
tant cause upon which he chooses to
properly exercise his powers, while OF
the latter it is not too much to say that
he is among the very first young law
yers of West Virginia. /
The case is very important one, and
as such is receiving paramount con-
sideration with the people of this coun-
tv; and It is understood that it will be
likely to get into the Court Of Appeals,
and that the counsel, upon one side at
least, purpose keeping it in a pending
condition before the Courts, so as there
bv to prevent further legislative inter-
position for years to come. | find that
the residents OF this vicinity are strong.
ly Radical, and that the State journal
has quite a club OF subscribers and
readers here.
| find here, too, what is quite general
in nv observations over distant portions
Of the State, .that sound men usually
distrust the political integrity OF W. Z.
Stevenson. ! was amused to hear one
intelligent farmer here, in effect, aver
that he even preferred the stale and
shallow platitudinism of the Lte!Hgsn-
Ger man to the heterogeneous terglver-
satons, and moral obliquity in regard to
verify, in stating well-known facts, so
apparent upon the face Of the Journal
i should have stated before this, in
regard to Mr.. G. A. Blakemore, that his
nomination is to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned in the Senate Of this State by the
elevation of the Hon. II. G. Davis. one
of its former members, to the United
States Senate. More anon.
UBIQUE.