The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-19
EDlToRIAL CoRRspoNDENCE.
Judgs Ferguson on Capital Location
How caarhsbuFE sold Oa, Her
RatlroAder.
GRHrNBRIEs, WHITE SULPHER

On last Tuesday (tne 18th inst a pub
lie meeting was hsid At Hinton, in Sum-
msrs coanty, In the interest of Charles
ton, and anxious to hear the Capital
question discussed by the champions Of
that city, I took the opportunity afforded
and went down on The morning train
The meeting was large and enthusiastic,
and the indications were that the people
of Summers county are fully awake and
seemingly possess as much interest In
Charleston as Charleston man himself
would do. The speakers were Judge
JAMES FL. FERaSsoN, of Kanswhs, and
Hon. RoBsRr F. DENNIS, of Green
brer.
JUDGE FERGUseN ON CAPITAL LOCATION.
Judge FERaUsoN, in plain, practical
manner, presented his views and gave
logical and iorcibie arguments in
favor of Charleston as the perma-
nent seat of government. Not the least
interesting portion of the Judges
speech was Q revelation of the secret
working of the Removal Ring In the
Legislature last winter. He told how the
friends of Removal had but little hope of
passing the first bill introduced by them,
and how that they had prepared and in
readiness another bill 10 be introduced as
substitute at the proper time; how that
when the original bill had been so
weighed down by amendments as to be
utterly worthless, the Siple substitute
was introduced, which narrowed the con-
test to three points; how that in order to
secure the passage OF the substitute it was
necessary to find a competing point in
the upper part of the State ready to play
the Judas Iscsriot and betrsy its neigh
bors; and how that Clarksburg promptly
undertook that role and sold out Wheel
ing, Psrkersburg, Grafton, Weston and
Buckhsnnon, and combined with the
Charleston interest, and then the Judge
chucklngly remarked, they were very
glad that Clarksburg had taken the bait,
as they regarded that point less formida-
BILE than others,-and much preferred
having Clsrksburg to compete with than
Grafton or Buckhann non. He could see no
advantage IN locating the capital at
-Clsrksburg-there was no new country
to be opened out, nothing to be developed,
Clarksburs was the oldest town in the
State and still had made nothing, and
never would be anything but an inland
village, respectable enough-ln fact he
thought little too respectable. Respec.
liability was what was the matter with
Clsrksburg.
Judge FERGUSON was followed by Sena-
tor DENNIS, who is one of the most popu-
lar stump speakers in this part OF the
State, and he soon had the audience
aroused to proper appreciation ofthe
duty they had to perform in the contest.
learned from these gentlemen that they
are going to carry the war into Africa,
and propose at an early day to insugu-
rate an active canvass in the First and
Second districts, so that Clsrksburg and
Martinsburg may expect soon to hear the
guns of the enemy laundering at their
gates.
is new town on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, and is the county seat of
Summers county. The town Is situated
at the junction OF the GreeRbrier and
New rivers, and the surrounding scenery
is about as wild AMI rough as can be
found in q territory celebrated for its
wildness. The town, which contains
between 700 and 800 inhabitants, is scat
tered about on steep hillside, and pre-
sents q singular csmbinstionofpioneer and
metropolitan life. The plan of the town,
with its we'll and regularly laid of streets
and avenues, suggests the future metrop-
OILS, while the stumps of fresh cut trees
and large boulder rocks, filling up the
places where the streets and avenues are
intended to be, very strongly indicate
that the pioneer is still in the neighbor-
hood. Hinton is the western terminus
of the middle division of the &. " ..
railroad, and here arc located the round
house and repair shops of the company.
Situated midway between the coal and
iron fields, with the superior water power
of the New river, afording extraordinary
facilities for manufacturing, the town is
destined at an early day to be place OF
importance. There is sn air OF thrift
and enterprise about Hinton which
speaks we'll for it in its infancy. The IN
creasirg business has already attracted
number OF legal gentlemen, and the Sum
mers county bar, IN numbers and ability,
will compare favorably with any in the
state. A sprightly weekly newspaper,
the Mountain Herald, hss been in success
tul opeI alton Tor about two years, and
its editor, Q. L. THOMPSON, ESQ., has re-
Gently been "going" for ATKINSON, OF the
Charleston Journal, who us revenue officer
is charges with some "crookedness" in the
discharge OF his official duties, while
hunting up some violstors OF the law In
the neighboring country. Mr.. Ark1N-
SON denies tbeiallega,ion and is entitled