Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-28
THE WHEELMeSape
And the FaIsiheatfoss al Ms.-ss.t..
ments orIts HfstA


To the Editor ofhe Rob-
take the following e1tracto vonr
Sunday paper in relation to theVbsslins
pittsburgh brought the questid OF the
legality OF the bridge before thaJnited
States Supreme Court, employing Iste
Edwin NJ. Stanton, of Steubenyille, \rep.
resent her interests. The court dSded
that the bridge was unlawful. giving kar.
dict against il on the ground Of obstrucIn
of navigation. The bridge was orderedo
be removed or raised twelve feet. The K
cidental expense Of this alteration. WA
very great, and excitement ran high in
Wheeling. May 20, 1881, the Legislature
of Virginia passed resolution embodying
instruction to its Senators aud Represents
tives to obtain such Federal legislation as
would abate the. controyersayy and insure
the permanepce OF the bridge. The quss-
ton was brought before Congress. Gallant
Harry Clay, OF Kentucky, Wheeling's rep
resentative in that body, who obtained for
her the National turnpike, assumed the
leadership OF the party favorable 70 the
city. He succeeded in passing an act
August 81, 1882 which declared that the
bridges across The Ohio river at Wheeling.
in the Stateof Virginia, and Bsidgepost,
in the State OF Ohio, abutting on Zsne's
Island, has been lawfully erected In Its
present elevation and position, anything
standing The act also provided land this
was the chief motor OF its Tasssgel that
the said bsidges should be post roads for
the passage Of the mails OF the United
States. Congress endorsed th& bridge and
IL was f1iiy."
Some time sgo an article appeared in the
Intelligsncer equally imperfect and er1a1e-
Gus. In the first place Mr.. Clay had nosb.
ing to do with the passage OF the bill II
is true he was in Washington at the begin.
ming Of the sessiSura rat which
The Bal wss I-assea,
but was lying on his lingering, deeth. bed
at GAdsby's, no1,ths National HOsel. He
was not in condition TO know anything
about the proceeding, aud died bslors the
bill passed the House and went 10 the Ben.
ate.' The organization Of the Legal and
constitutional principle upon which the
bal was founasd belonG solely and sxcln.
siSely to Judge @. w. Thompson, who dis.
cussed Il before the people ct Wheeling,
before the discussion OF the Gaprsme Court
was made, in the contest for his seat In
Congress with Col. Thomas y Raymond
in which hs cut down . Wing msjofity ol
over six handred in, Ohio county 70 sboAt
two hundred and Atty.
The faot Of
DselarisG ft o DssAsssA
bad nothing to do with the eonstitutioual
principle involved. It was inserted - ths
bill merely as a "eah 10 the whale," md 10
secure the refesenceof the bill, In The hrst
place In the House 10. the Committee 90
Postofiices and Postroads, Of which ID!
Edsoa B. OLD, OF Ohio, was chairman, and
wa. .faYorahh TO- the project. This va
necessary 70 - to kesp. IL from hein9 -
feusd 70 She committee on the judiciary,
sylyania, was chairman, and of coufse W.
Hssskls - lss Rassa0A
The references 10 this last co0mittse
would Asye bssn the propAf one, - b ~
yolyed the Rysvs coasiitutional question,
whether Cong - by 80 set eould snnul {
decision Of The Supreme CoaTts This 10 b.
isved to b the oaly Instance on record 70
which u has been done, and. a. has been
stated. Judge 1hompson Is solely entitled
TO the credit
The company and the psopls here srs
| more indebted 20 Judge Woodward, a
| South Carolina snd 70 bH. Edson B. Old
| than 10 any other person or perSonk.
Ms. Z. II. Saanssa Was Ceoass1
| for the State OF Pennsylvania IN the cause
| and unfortunately for DE-. Oida, hs did mol
forget IL, a his CDR. 0lds') impFisonmen'
and death In the fortress at Boston dufinl
| the war Is an unhappy rememb71nce.
Judge Thompson owes 10 70 himself and
to the history OF the case to Eivs ali III
facts touching the passage Of that import
ant bill.
a ssray BeiI % Y1rG
NEW YoRx, December H.-fbs basi
Gembok, from Auckland, reports thst q
octobers, at Ar. n. during southves
| gale, In thick snow squall, ball Of fr
passed across the ship, injaSing thfse 90
men and breaking both gunwalss snd Yip
| ping the planks from the stesa d tie stsl
board Of The boat Il explodsd shout twsAt
/ yards from the ship with loud rezor
sharks flying from Il like rocket ~
was no lightning OF thunder q ~ 6ns.
HeeIiAg ThslF 60.
| CEDAR RAriDs, IA, Dsesabsf1f.- I'm o.
sequence Of the high pficA e cats. &
three ost mills owned b npnGiaa ~
and Forest. located In tkis city. Chienl
and Oregon, Illinois. uIinR IN The agRroeS
10000 bushels Of osts per dsy, will be 81