The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-12
OUR HANCOCK LETTER.
The Senatorial Contest-Recodify
State Laws-Gcneral News.
FA1RyIsw, HANCOCK COUNTY,
.Janury 10, 1875.
Editors OF the Register


Editors OF the Register:
Asa citizen who takes lively, and |
suppose al honest interest in the affairs
of the State, | derive not little happl-
ness from the conclusion which draw
from abundant reading of the newspa-
per. ofthe State-chiefest among which
i the RHGisTEK-that the good citizens
of West Virginia are general J about rs
high up, indeed are about the highest up
in the scale of concern for and watchtul-
ness of the public interests, Of any other
people of any Commonwealth ot the
Union. Just see how il Is and has been
on the SenatorshIp. 1t isn't At all liKeIy
that if even the least desirable OF al! the
many who have been named to MI the
chair in the hall of the conscrlpt fathers,
so long vacant Of all save Foreman
BODY and breC shes should be chosen, that
our liberties must fail and the day Of our
biyh hopes be quenched in the everlast
ips darkness of despair. In the contrary
the slidefrom Foreman to any probable
elsewhere, is certain to be a slip upward;
30 that even our State pride is not
in the least jeopardized by
.nv imaginable issue of the
senatorial contest. Now, on matter OF
real, vital concern (such as our unhappy
brethren Of Louisiana are in the agonler
Of struggle with, what a hundred fold
more mighty commotion might We not
behold! Think you that whole Pacific
ocean of ink would suffice for the unpa-
ciic flood Of indignation literature that
would rush to you for publication from
our citizens. May the bounteous mercy
of heaven with an especial eye of pity
toward the plagued race OF edItorsh tor
: bid the coming of such day and occas-
/ sion. And now, at least, As the Legisls'
ture is about to meet, may one not reas-
onably indulge the hope that, after
very STEW more days in the wilderness,
when johnson y. shall have his crcdcIl-
tials all nicely signed, sealed and envel-
oped in his pocket, and the State Office.
shall all be snugly fixed great deal
nearer the living world then now, We
shall then have nothing worth speaking
or writing of TO modest Us or make us
afraid, and things generally shall be
lovely.
A recodifying Of the laws of the
State is very much demanded; and 1t APP
pears to me that the right time to do 1t Is
rs soon as possible after the adjournment
Of the present session. \ commission
should be provided for, whose duty. 1t
should be TO commence the work imme-
diatelv after the Legislature adjourns, So
that with proper diligence the work may
be completed and published By the be-
ginning of next winter-an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature being held in the
meantime fer its consideration and adop-
tion.
The widow of the late Thomas Viii
cox, of this county, an estimabie lady
who removed from this place last sum
mer to Allegheny City, died in the latter
place on Tuesday last and was buried in
the Presbyterian graveyard IN this
place, the day following.
The fearful cold snap commencing on
Saturday. is not news TO you, yet one
cant helf speaking about it.
Happy are Cunningham and Panneil
and Good and the other elect tavorites
of Fate, who are now I'VE see them IN
our minds watery eyes revelIlng III the
sunbeams and other warm comforts and
/ luxuries of the land of perennial summer
1 The wonder is how kalakaua, that
prince Of all the Sam Patches, and King
OF all the Sandwich Islands, puts up with
such weather, and why he don't also lie,
to the land of P. s. and be happy too.
The aged widow Of the late George
Baxter, Esq of this county, recently re.
ceived fall, resulting in so serious :
fracture or injury TO one of her limbs tina
it is doubtful whether she Will ever be
able 10 walk.
The Rev. Mr. Lucas, ofthe NJ. P, church
has made arrangements to preach in ths
Methodist Church in this place .whici
has, for some two years, been without
supply every other Sunday during tn
coming year. CAMlLLuS.