The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-10

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rendered important services Is The Stat
: The officers and soldiersoi the State troot
responded promptly 10 my call and boz
Themselves with the patience and couraQ
Of experienced soldiers. The United STATE
officers and soldiers co.operated with n
cordially and discharged aecepfably the
delicate duties, 1s.'- \ ~
4 Whilst the general stagnatlon and d.
preston Of business had brought sutierin
and priyation upon the laborinR classes /
an extent which could mot fail 10 arous
the sympathies Of all right feeling personl
| yet they furnished no justifcati ion for vic
lence 70 persons, the destruction, OF PROF
\ efty and the utter disregard Of the Law
II was necessary to use force 10 proteC
law.abiding citizens aud to demonstrat
that the peace will always be preserved.
Citizens Of oil 6lAsses should recogniz,
the TACT that grievances, however great
must be redresSed through legal methods
that the laws will at all times be rtifml,
and impartially executed sthat all person.
will be protected in the exercise 81 thei
right to labor In the legitimate profession
trade or calling Of their choice, and tina
lawlessness, whefeyer;it exists, will 5,
promptly suppressed.
The reports Of the 4Adjutant Genera
and Of Captains Miller and Faulkner, 10
gether with the telegraphic correspon
dence with civil and military officials
winch accompany this message, will shoN
the character Of these troubles, the oper
ations Of the, troops, and the meas
ures which were adopted in the interest d
law and order. l6G llIlIT -
The accounts for the services OF the
state troops amount to $S,s23 Il. Fol
the payment OF this sum provision should
be made. g..'-''. - - - :
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The great value Of geological survey Of
the State should be apparent to every onS,
This State has In proportion to ia area.
and In many things absolutely, more N
the elements Of wealth furnished by mn.
ture than any other State OF the Union.
Scarcely any work, other than that Of In.
divlduals, has been done to find out and
make known these resources. Until the
publication Of the hand book-"The Re.
sources Of West Virginia (which was
prepared within yeryishort time ior dis
tribntion at the Centennial EXPEDITION.
there was no work accessible 10 the pub.
lie containing an authorized statement OF
the resources OF the State, and this work
only proposes to state what had been done
in the way OF development, - The suryey
made many years since by Professor VIM:
Is. Rogers was preliminary, and did moi
proceed far enough in details, which gives
animmediate and the chief yaluelt0 n s,lr.
Hey. His reports were made annually.
and were too limited to give more than an
outline OF his preliminary work, and these
reports cannot now be obtained.
The purpose ofsuch q survey should be
to determine the geological formations Of
the State, with the quantity, quality and
distribution Of all the elements OF wealth
which they contain. Among these NAV
be mentioned the building stones ,cements,
valuable minerals, the Goals, the iron ores
brick, potters and fire clay; sands, mineral
waters, and everything which has money
value: The topography should be noted.
and the fitness Of. the, streams TO furnish
power and transportation, and also the
timber, It's quality, kinds and distribttioi1'
The soil and other agricultural elements,
the adoption OF the lands, TO grazing: the
grasses and the crops should receive atten.
non. Reports Of the progress Of the sur
yey should be made annually, and when
the work y completela final report eui.
bodying in, concise formiall Of the restilts,
should be furnished Illustrative speci.
mems OF all resources should be collected
and Iormed intoa permanent in
the Capitol bLs CG7F3 4.
commend this matter TO your consider
alton. Whilst the expense will fber6oh.
siderable, yet a, the work viii continue
through several years, the appropriati Ion
for each year viii not be large andithe
benefits which win accrue to the State
from such q survey will be at,least coni.
mensurate with the cost. 9iTi
STATE BOARD OF nEALTls asia
The prosperity Of n community Is "a
largely dependent upon the health u Tie
people, that It istke duty Of he Sfate,to
project her citizens MS far rs possible
against epidemic and pestilential diseases,
by establishing rules Of hygiene and sani.
tation. This Efact Is becoming generally
recognized. I'm theIpast few ears sixteen
OF tho States have established boards OF
health, and their utility has been fully
demonstrated. These boards collect and
record vital statistics; disseminate popu-
lar, knowledge OF the laws OF heath:
and OF the causes laws, localities, cure
and prevention Of disease; and they are.
charged with the sanitary protection OF
schools, ventilation of mines and protec.
tion OF miners, and whateVerof hycienfc
measures may be required tor,the welfare
OF the people; and they suggest alst, srcft
legislation on the subjects committed to
them as they may deem. proper i will
Jay before you q communication on this
subject received from the American Medi.
cal Association, together with other com.
munications, also from sources which will
insure their careful consideration.
WEST vrRcIXlA's LIAaiLlrY FOR "A po q,rL
oRTHE ANTE-wAR DEBT or VIRGINIA, orf
Public attention has frequently been al.
rected to the debt OF Virginia, and 10 the
question whether Ii would be fair and
equitable for this State TO assume any dor.
ton of that debt. In. the discussions 81
this question which have taken place. cer.
tain important facts connected with the
subject seem To have been altogether
overlooked 20 y, 5Sa,NT ~ =
The Convention which assembled in
Wheeling, In June, 1851, to- re.6fpaniZe
the government Of Virginia, and for other
purposes, and which must now be oonsid.
cred the first legal Convention Of Virginia
held since tho Convention Of 1851, on the
goth day OF August, 1851, passed an ordi-
NANCE providing for tho formation Of n
new State out ota portion Of the territory
Of Virginia. The ninth section OF this Or
dinanceprovides that 1.-THE new State shall
take upon itself a Just proportion Of the
public debt OF the Commonwealth OF Wiz.
ginia, prior to the first day Of, January.
1851, to BIO asCertained -byscharging to Il
all State expenditures within lie Limits
thereof, and just proportion Of The orii.
nary expenses oftlhe State government
since any part Of the State, debt was con.
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