Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-02-01
LETTER FROM WHEELING.
WHEELING, w. Va,
January OF 1870

January 81, 1879.
Friend Zittle,-The Legislature is
working along smoothly. The Senate
up to this time has passed 81 bills, but
the House is tardy,they have ouly pass
ed some FIVE or six. And only two or
three have passed both houses, and they
are of no Importance to the people of
the State at large, being bills for chang
ing the times for holding the Circuit and
County courts in several OF the Judicial
Circuits and Counties.
The joint Committee of both Houses
to whom all propositions to change the
judicial System of the State are referred,
are hard at work, and will in short
time report bill for that purpose.
From indications the County Court sys
TEN as it exists at present will be abol-
ished; the number of judicial circuits in
creased with three terms of the Circuit
Court in each year, and the jurisdiction
of the Magistrates increased; this seems
to be the general impression among the
members of the Legislature.
The members of the House from jeff
erson (Messrs. Lewis and Melvin) are
working members and are always on
hand looking after the interest of their
constituents Mr.. Melvin introduced
bill in the House on Friday last to
amend the school law, it is that upon
the petition or request of one hundred
Freeholders of the county. The Coun-
ty Court shall order vote to be taken
at the next general election, whether
the district levies for the Teachers fund
shall be thrown into a county fund and
distributed among the districts and sub
districts, according to the enumeration
Of children, and the Teachers salary to
be uniform over the county, for the
same grade Of certificate.
The "Moffet Bell Punch" bill has not
made much progress, and does not seem
to have any very strong advocates, and
| doubt whether there will be anything
further done with it; so you can tell the
"Boys" that they can still drink their
"Beer" without having the bell rung,
The Johnson n. Camden case is the
all absorbing topic here. The Legisla
ture is at a dead lock upon it, the House
having refused to adopt the joint reso-
luton requiring Mr.. Camden to appear
at the bar of the Senate, and answer for
bis contempt, adopted substitute for it
in which they asked the Senate TO con
cur, which it refused 20 do, by vote
of Is to 6. We had quite lively time
over il in the Senate on Friday, the
Senate chamber being crowded with
ladies and members of the other House
to hear the discussion upon it, Messrs.
Dennis, Adams and Turner advocating
and Messrs. Johnson and Faulkner OPP
posing the substitutes. Mr.. Faulkner
made a very able speech, one that did
him much credit, aud keeping up his
reputation of being the finest orator in
the Senate.
The candidates for Governor are be
ing talked up pretty lively; among the
most prominent from our end of the
State are Hon. &. J. Faulkner and the
Hon. c. T. Butler, either of whom
would make an excellent executive.
The gentlemen talked. about for T..
S. Senator, two years hence, are Hon.
X. y. Dennis, present State Senator
from Greenbrier county; Hon. Frank
Hereford the present incumbent; Hon.
Benz Wilson, the Representative in
Congress from this District, and his
excelleucy Governor ii. W. Matthews.
There Will be lively time when it
comes off and the longest pole will
knock the persinmons. Z.