The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-17
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.r nays OF THE WEST yTIs-
LASl GINA CONVENTION" '.aA
,.,v Account of Things as They
a ''Ai Looked 10 an Outsider.
H"ONS o,..,.,s,I Commercially

r,,s .oy f,onstItutlon Is enrolled in a
lny h, "S Nook, such as Is usually KEPT
Arg XII, Ui oroccrs, and laid away among
y l sscS;ves Of Inc State, 70 be read never
InC IT, a'" 7frr spy
Ag ~. srootpr's stan,l Is empty; the caall
10y ~ thc vayel has tapped for tho last
~ Ia' ,hs Ares In the great coal stoves
tlme' i Wy n III, the cid church that was
haVe ut ~, oS scsrs 1--WE hours ago, Is now
suCn q Su IA Siiont no sound disturbing
deSeEses aI AZ. ,v ala Ave the tread Of the
rs s.ooMI Sy.sS norter who moves about
slow.mo.A SSt.o ntIckinr IN old papers and
llke q maVa,uS
ClF Tsn s1 IaS, Jsvs Of the Convention were
f., i ,i1S. N M IIyelIest. The near prospect
lts ~ ess. liz home lent a zest 10 labor,
M Ess s.a.., nan worked with that spirited
anu eSet hn,nnred energy which accom-.
Az IiaL sSy n,ncb,
M; ThIs MORN ,porninp was known 10 be the
tl "a ali tbe delegates came early.
i TS.' SI came newly shaved, with clean
Icy and faces and attIred in their best.
ILL., 1apN' , I inside Of the aged
I u" wSu radiant with cheerful smiles,
cnuiUu .S Nh and the sInlirht which
c.!s sSu AIN thronrh ,bo windows,
S1 paoa;do S prScs ,oolr he chair his ven.
III SoSd ,reSS Crnn the BARRIERS, and
s.SvIS tonnod win bis payel.
BVTTS S i ln,ss came 10 order. Charles
t,m n FaSIEner, ex.Afiuister to France,
S ri tbs Committee on Revision, re.
n uor,ed that bis committee had labored
pom tho new Constitution nearly oil
utSht and had found Il correct, and could
S,saest no change. He handed the i'm.
T Do1tSnt instrument, wrapped up in o copy
4 tbe Cincinnati Commercial, and looking
Somewbat like a good sized Goldfish, to a
v O"rs wI,o delivered Il 10 tho President,
TSS readinp was dispensed with, and the
noInentons Question was put: Shall the
constitution mass! The yeas and nays
were called and the Constitution, the
Monument Of eiphty.iour days of labor,
want through with only three votes
SSSinet Il and these were given. by Ia.
gsns Farnsworth and Atkinson, the only
Reppblicar members present. 90
Then how should il be subscribedP
Should oply tho President and Secretary
sign Il or should allS Some States do one
w9y and ,others,the other. The prece.
de1t Of Old Virginia was followed, for this
"a her daughter, whose mind Is filed with
,he WAYS q her old mother: and only the
President And Secretary signed. Al mem.
bsr Irnade resolyen that every delegate
,iCp Il who wanted 10. but the murmefs OF
djsspprobation amounted TO a resolve that
bedid not know much, upon understand.
inc which he sat down,
THE next thing was a title. Itwas con.
sdpred importa6t TO have a title 90 that
The people would kuowwhat II was with.
out having to read II, 1t would not do to
nave the work of three months confonnded
win story's Conflict OF Laws. or Watts
on the Mind. Soft was resolved 10 cali II
the WConstitution of Ina stateof West Wiz.
rinia,n9 ~ IS
Then the schedule passed, and a recess
until II o'clock was taken 10 Sec that the
enrolled Constitution agreed with The text
Att o'clock the Convention came 10
pether. Every thing was all right: thanks
were returned to the President, the Sec.
rotaries, to the ministers who ,prayed to
the door. keeper and the pages. Nobody
was left ont exCept the colofed gentleman
who brought water and made fires
Then followed lubricous sneeches
They had met for tho last time: their In.
bors were finished; their work was done
llencetorward they would pursue differ.
emf paths, and never again be ali collect.
ed within four walls Every ono declared
that It had been a season of pleasure TO
him, and the hone was oft exDressrd that
while separating forever in this world
there might be haDpy reunion in the
world 10 come, ETY. y
So full of good humor sadness Glad.
ness, smiles and tears, The Convention nd.
Iourned forever, -
The closinr davs nj Tho Convention
were It's best, Nothing occurred 10 jis.
turb the harmony Of these last DAYS save
the fire alarm when a spark caught in the
roof Of the old church. md the nj csence
Of that demon, thewortl white
The fire was soon extinguished. and /
wish | could say as much ior the word
white. A lew buckets OF water did the
business for the former, bat nothing less
than second Noah's flood, omittinS, the
ark, will have any effect upon,the last ?
The fire in the Old sun.parcbeIl and
elOquencs,cracked roof caused a tluttcr:of
excitement which was the event 81 The
season, and will 20 into history Al the
most remarkable Occurrences in connection
with the West Virginia Constitution.- The
adjournment was not altogether formal
although 1t is reported t6st 4 delegate
notorious for the wisdom Of his sueGes.
lions and regularity Of distinctions. arose
while the sparks and chunks d MASTERING
were dropping around him, and co0llY
moved that the yeas and NAYS be called
ThOcall was moi sustained,
Myiriend Hagans, who Is n good Re.
publican, Though all Renuhlieans are
good greatly distinguished himself nm
The trying occasion. Like the bow on the
lea, ne did not abandon his post; no, not
s uuSl l S.,l aaa l. gathered unto his bosom
auEu lTugme1tS NJ the Constitution 90