The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-15
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
Capital Gossip and Things Not
Capital.

Sap1tul.
Correspor dence of the Daily Register.l
CHARLESTON, January ii, 1872.
zone OF the coordinate branches OF
the Government" has arrived and
donned its official robes, and is engaged
in dispensing justice from the Court
Room in the Capitol. The other ECO
ordinate branch" which was not already
here, is arriving in squads Of from one
to q half dozen, and will soon be in fall
blast. The weather is fine, accommo.
dations are plentiful and excellent, and
everybody seems in good humor with
themselves and the rest OF mankind.
But few mere, seekers after the few po'
sitions in the gift of the Legislature,
have yet arrived, and the appearance is
that there will be no scramble after the
crumbs.
| observe an extravagant admlrer OF
one man who is candidate for posi-
ton, endorses him through newspaper
and warmly recomm ends him on the
ground of his being a time serving
Democrat" There are good many
Of that kind: unfortunately, since De-
mocracy came into power, who formerly
drilled in Radical ranks.
In looking through the books in the
Auditors office today, l observe that
the land in the county of Webster was
valued last year, at an average OF %
cents an acre, while the total amount OF
tax realized from that county, from all
sources-real estate, personal property,
licenses and all-for State purposes,
was, in 1871, but SlO53. The whole
personal property OF the county yielded
the State S1l5.Il in taxes. Yet there
are nearly 1000 families in the county!
This would indicate rather an abiect
condition OF, and q decided lack OF thrift
among the inhabitants of Webster. 1t
is very large, and must be a barren
county.
But there is large portion Of the
counties in this State in which the real
estate is valued villainously low. 1t is
unfair to the balance of the State, and
is unjust to the character Of the State
in the eyes of strangers. l shall refer
to this subject again on the appearance
of the Auditors report, which under
stand will not be out for week yet.
a correspondent of the Morgantown
Post, a paper which has heretofore
assumed sort of championship Of the
Free School System, thus refers to a
suggestion recently made by cores
pendent of the Wheeling REGISTER:
ale suggests a compulsory school
law. and wants schools to continue in
session ten months of each year. 1t
seems to me that a man of moderate
circumstances, with an ordinary farm
and large family, would have poor
chance to lay by for a rainy day, while
sending all his family (that could assist
him in his agricultural or domestic
affairs) ten months each year to school.
Besides, where is the tax to come from ?
And this to be the duty Of those who
never he'd the benefit of ten months
schooling in their lives +
am not q betting man, but will
wager a peck OF early rose potatoes
that this man howled more falsehoods
about the desires and intentions Of the
Democracy to abolish the Free school
system and turn the school houses into
distilleries," than any other man in
Monongalia county. The fact is these
men amused themselves by bowling
for something they didn't want, and
are now mad when they think they are
likely to get it.
The Governor is still laboriug upon
his message. l have heard no curl
,.o,soJ oe IN what II will con-