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if aUg guUUigettce* CAMPBELL & M'DEfiMOT, EDITORS AJfD PROPRIETORS. <vKM?.?Daily,d?liTeredincity, per week, lOceol* D&ilt, by mail, in wlnno^. ^6,0^ Tm-Wikui. by mail, inkdranoer..^.. 3,00 WsHCLY* by mall, in ad ranee, 1,00 W H E E J. IN O : Thursday Horning, Jan. 16,1862 Ood guard our flag, and keep each star Each stripe as bright an now tbey wave, Still make it lead oar ranks iu war, Still float above each patriot's grave, Death to the traitor that woold dare T?-trail it through the dust of shame. All honc't hearts its lot will share And follow it to Death or Fame. " If any one Stale, or any portion of tht people of any State, choose to place themselvn in array against the Government of the Union, I am for trying the strength of thii Government, I am for ascertaining whether me have a Government or not?practici ble, efficient, capable of maintaining it* au thority and upholding the powers aud inter ests which belong lo a Government, /for. nr, am I to be alarmed or dissuaded from an.i, such tourse by intimations of the spilling 01 bljjd. If blood u to be spilt, by whosr fault is it to be spilt t Upon the supposition, I maintain, it will be the fault of those who choose to raise the standard of disunion, and endeavor to prostrate ' the Government. And sir, when that ts done, so long as it pleases God to give me a voice to express my senti ments, or an arm, weak and enfeebled as it may be by age. that voice and that arm will e on the side of my country, for the support of the general authority, and for the mainte nance of the Powers of the Union.?[Speech of Henry Clay, August 1st, 1850. Progreu of the Railroad Bill. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Smith, of Marl on county, made a speech against the Pennsylvania railroad bill pending before the legislature. Some of his points were Terr forcible. Among others he presented these: The Baltimore railroad whenever her resources, by reason of the diminu tion of through busiuess fall below a pay ing standard must of necessity increase the tariff on local freights. To increase the local rates is to indirectly tax every producer and consumer within our pro posed new State who sbips or receives ship ments or consumes articles shipped over the road. And who of all our peeple in all our counties does not consume articles car ried over tbis road ? And. therefore, who is it that would not be more or less affected by an increase in the rates ? Whoever and whatever does anything to cut down the through business of the Baltimore road d0i3 just that much injury to our people in North Western Virginia, because for every dollar taken from the road in that way the local trade has Correspondingly to suffer. T ie rji.l inutl live, it is not its interest to oppres-iive'.y tax local freight. On the contrary it is its interest to cultivate, nour ish, enlarge and popularize its local busi ness. In order to be able to do so it must have a paying through business and enough of it. Miuifestly therefore it is the policy and it U the duly of a legislature, chosen almost entirely by Baltimore railroad coun ties, to do every thiug in their power to give it through freight and passenger ad vantages. It is the duty and the interest of such a legislature to secure every favor able facility and to look closely to every conflicting claim, and to defeat it if possi ble. For in so doing they but put money in tbeir own pockets aud in the pockets of t ieir constituents. Every consideration of selfishness, if there was no other feature, calls upon the counties on the line of the Baltimore road, to vote us one man against any and every measure which looks to its injury. This was one point elaborately estab lished by Mr. Smith, and wo believe that the position is impregnable. And ou i'. the whole case might well be rested. Wt should consider, that the granting such powers as the Penusylvania.road ask fun is nothing more nor less than tho most complete suicide on our part. Another point was this : The Baltimore road pays into the State Treasury one mill per mile'fjr every through passenger car ried over her track. Two hundred nnjl eighty miles of her track are in the State. She then pays 280 mills for every through passenger she carries. It is manilest at a glance that whatever policy increases her through travel, increases our State rev enue, and whatever diminishes it, injures us just that-mach.- But this is not all; She pays a certain-per cent, on every through pound of freight to the State treas ury. E-ery_ box and bale we can secure to her from beyond the limits of the State helps us as so much tax. Now contrast this witb the effects of tbis * proposed Pennsylvania railroad bill, where by it is contemplated to Bhorten and strengthen the westward connection of that road with the only western feeder of any magnitude, which the Baltimore and Ohio railitaad h?3, vii: the Central Ohio. If we allqw the Pennsylvania road her long coveted right of way through our ter ritory, she will tap that feeder at a greater advantage than she even now does, and will get that much farther into the vitals of the Baltimore and Ohio road. Of c^Lrse tha result will be to divert more pas sengers, and more pounds of freight from- the Baltimore and Ohio road to the Pennsylvania road, and io doing so to divert so much money from our State treasury. Of all times in the world we can least afford snch a policy now. Im poverished as many of onr counties have been by the necessities and calamities of war It beoomes tbeir represenutives to avail themselves not only of all past but all possible sources of rereuuo which will relieve the people. Another point made by Mr. Smith, al though it Is one that has been made before, is that the bridge at Wheeling will be of in calculable benefit to tbe city and its man ufacturers and shippers. It will increase business, and consequently population and increased taxes to tbe State will flow from both. The bridge will bring tbe buyers from the West right to our doors. They must see our articles of manufacture, and as a mutter of curiosity alone, they would stop and price them. As it is, we bave been thrown off the main line of travel. Tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars go round us, which would come immediately to as, if the connection East and West was made over a bridge within onr corporation. Another point was, that the Pennsylva nia Legislature, it. the pursuance of a pol icy of self-defence, refused to grant tbe right of way to the Baltimore Road through a little corner of Green county, Pa., and compelled it to go round, iu order to reach Wheeling. Shall we be less true to our people and their interests than tbe Pennsylvature Legislature were to their people. Assuredly not. These were some of the main points iu Mr. Smith's speech. They cannot fail to deeply impress the members of the Legis lature. We believe that they did so im press them, and that, taken in connection with what has been previously said, they will overwhelmingly defeat the bill. A aieau Spirited Article. We take up considerable space in our paper this morning in the publication of two articles?one from the Intelligencer of Tuesday and the other from the Press of yesterday. We ask tbe attention of tbe public to these articles, especially tbe attention of the Legislature. There some'.hing so mean spirited and so wholly ungenerous and unjust in the comments of the Press that they need but to be read by any fair man to be heartily despised. Such articles are no novelty in the col umns of the Press. For some time past oar people have seen its constant attempts by dirty little flings and insinuations, to excite prejudice in its favor at our ex-1 pense. The mercenary toadyism of the article to day is one of its chief features. See, how, while pretending to be heart and soul against tbe Pennsylvania railroad bill, it endeavors to be all right in tbe good graces of the friends of the bill, in case it shall pass. And see also how it endeavors to be so at our cost. The spirit of the article is most Ineffa bly mean. A Parting Salute to Sec'y. Cameron. [From the Cincinnati Commercial.] There is a rumor from Washington that j is delicious. It is currently reported and believed that Simon Cameron bus resigned the Secetaryship of War, and is going to Russia, ns Minister, Cussius M. Clay having discovered that he (Clay) was not calcu lated for a diplomat. It is also tumored (hat the new Secretary of War is Edwin M. ?Stanton, of Ohio, who was in Buchanan's Cabinet a little while after the flight of the | traitors, and by his stormy energy infused | the greater part of tbe little life that ap iH-ured into the lust days of the retiring I James. Now we don't care whether Simon C.imeron goes to Russia or to Halifax, so he goes. Proceed Siinon, at once! Fol low Alexander Cummings abroad for your health, and see if you can discover what became of that one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. The War Department is in an awful condition. Cameron knows little more about its business than the man in tbe moon. He is in every respect unreliable. His figures pretending to give J the dimensions of tbe army are more than one hundred thousand out of the way.? He accepted forty three regiments of cav ilry more thnn were wanted, thus involv j ing the country in nn expenditure of more than twenty millions of dollars, money that might as well have been thrown into tbe sea. Go, Simon, go, there are no more utd broken down horses for sale in Penn sylvania. Tlicy have been bought up by the Government and are dead. It is time you should go. Your health ought to fail about this time. Think of your many fa tigues nnd becomes indisposed. Try the I climale of St. Petersburg. Try any cli | mate but this. And can't you take Mr. Welles along with you? The old ships are I pretty much bought nn. Gideon's relatives have made their pile. Gideon should be come sickly. His excessive labors surely 1 have made shocking inroads upon his ven erable frame. Carl Schurz is coming home from Spain. Send Gideon fo Madrid.? Let him try the Spanish atmosphere. He is admirably adapted to be Minister at the Court of Spain. He don't know a word of the language, and has not tbe remotest idea of the duties to be performed. But the climate would restore the tone of his enfeebled system, and be needs a quiet place in which to hide from the gaze of I this wicked world. It will be proper to add that Edwin M. | Stanton, the reported successor of Camer I on in the War Office, is well known as tbe particular friend and coufidential adviser of Gen. McClellan. At the Italian theatre, at Paris, a few weeks ago, a new debutante was announced to appear in Rigoletto, but at the last mo ment was taken sick. The director sent | for Mile. Battu, who was also sick, and then for Penco, who was eating maccaroni. She said it would take so long for her mac caroni to digest that she really could not sing. So they had to close the opera house. TnE drinking water in Chicago is said to I be so fnlrtif fish that the efforts of the fire department to put the fires out only add fuel to tbe flames?the fish oil in the water make3 the conflagration ten times worse. The small pox is iaging among civilians I in Washington. Life in the capital seems compounded of levees, whiskey, typhoid | fever and small pox. The splendid brown stone fronts in New | fork are said to be showing signs of de cay. Many of the inmates decayed long since. Rabey is in Madrid, performing In white kids, dress coat, and beautifnl apparel, be fore, Queen Isabella, and also challenging tbe. bull-Gghters to tame built with bim, he aiing his strap, they their ring weapons. VIBGIBTA LEGISLATURE. House of Delesate*. Wbd5Ksd.lt, Jan. IB. The House was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bruclwnier. A message was received from the Senate announcing the passage of House bills for the relief of Alva Teiter ana John Slack." Also an act authorizing the re-assessment of certain lands belonging to Win. D. Farnsworth. Also House bill amending the Code. Mr. Rcffkkr presented the petition of citizens of Fnyctte county, asking that E. W. Rviand, Esq., be admitted as a member of the House. Also a petition from citi zens of Logan, Fayette and Wyoming coun ties, asking that the militia in those coun ties be re-organized. Mr. Kkaxeb reported a bill from the Committee on Military Affnirs. Mr. West, from i> -Special Committee, reported a bill authorizing the Board of Public Works to hire out certain con victs. Mr. VaKCC, from the Committee appoin ted to examine the accounts of the treas urer, made a report which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rollyson offered a resolution that the Committee an Privileges and Elections inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill changing certain places of holding elections in Braxton county. Adopted. Mr. Crotukhs offered a resolution that, the Senate concurring, our Senators and Representatives in Congress be instructed to vote for a tax upon railroad passengers. Objection was made by Mr. Porter, and the resolution went to the table. The bill authorizing the appointment of commissioners to declare dividends for the branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia at We3ton, was passed. The order of the day, the bill to amend the charter of the Holliday's Cove Railroad Company, which we have already twice published, was taken upr Mr. Cuothkrs said be had the utmost faith in the ability of the gentleman from Hancock to discuss this question, and be believed he should not tronble the House with any remarks. Mr. Smith said he regretted tbnt ho had not had the opportunity to investigate the matter as thoroughly as he might bave de sired. He said that the parties interested in the passage of this bill were the Penn sylvania Railroad and the people of North western Virginia. The people of Hancock are not interested. The cause is Jacob's cause, but the hands are those of Esau. There is not a man in Northwestern Vir ginia whose interests are not identified to some extent in tbo Baltimore & Ohio Rail road. The umpires in tbo cause are the members of a Northwestern Virgiuia Legis lature. Mr. Smith read an article from the Wellsburg lie raid, (which opposes this Panhandle Railroad,) to show that the people of Brooke and Hancock are no* in favor of this bill. He then proceeded to show that the President of the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company and the Western Transportation Company, which companies alone will be benefited by this bill, were foremost in urging the adoption of the compromise which the bill now proposes to repeal. He said that the overpowering influence of the Pennsylvania Railroad had enabled the rebels to carry off thirty miles of the Baltimore k Ohio Railroad. The object of the bill was to deceive the House, and sacrifice the interests of Northwest ern Virginia. Will the Legislature of Vir ginia lend itself to such ^a scheme as this ? The bill 3ays the Hollidays Cove Railroad Company "may" build a branch railroad via Wellsburg to Wheeling. When the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Wilsou) pro posed to amend by striking out "may" and inserting "shall," the gentleman from Hau cock, sprung to his feet and said that this amendment would kill the bill. Does not that show that it never was intended to to build this road to Wheeling. The whole object is to give the Pennsylvania Railroad lisence to violate a solemn compact and to increaso an already vast monopoly. The bill was a proposition of the most unblushing alfrontery every heard of. It was a prop osition to make even the wreckers of Shylo blush. It was proposed to violate a sol emn compact and give the violators all of the benefits of the violation. Mr. Smith said he had been informed that the Penn sylvania Railroad had offered the people of BrooKe three hundred thousand dollars for the right of way through that county, and to build a branch Rrilroad to Wells burg besides. How the gentleman from Brooke could come here nnd sell his peo ple, be could not understand. Mr. CaoTUEU3?There is not one word of it true. Mr. Smith then read an extract from the Wellsburg Herald which had a sort ol squinting at a confirmation of what he bad stated. .Mr. S. continued to demonstrate that this Railroad wculd not benefit the people of Brooke and Hancock. They had already every traveling facility that a people could desire. He questioned wheth er they would ever get a depot, or wheth er the cars would 3top long enough in Haa cock county to say good morning. The gentleman from Hancock spoke upon the increase of revenue by the construction ol this road, in the way of taxes upon pas sengers, The tax was one mill for every mile a passenger was carried through the State. The proposed route will only pass , fire miles through the State, which would be five mills upon each passenger. The Bal timore road carries passengers through two or three hundred miles of the State. And this is the way the gentleman proposes to enrich our Treasury. The whole object of the bill is to gut^the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and to transfer every pound of her freight, and every single passenger to the insatiable maw of the Pennsylvania Railroad. If this bill passes the grass will grow in the streets of Wheeling, and the smoke of her lactones will cease to roll heavenward. Incalculable injury is sought to be inflict ed upon eighteen thousand industrious cit izens to benefit some half a dozen persons in Hancock county who own land along the proposed route. He had no personal in terest, however, in the city of Wheeling, but he had in the B. O. R. R. and so bad the people he represented. We bad some times quarrelled with tho road. She had not transferred our stock as rapidly as we desired, but it was tho only ^enterprise we had and its prosperity was essential to our prosperity. The gentleman from Hancock bad played upon the lacerated herve of popular sentiment, in alluding to the disloyalty of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad- Ho denied that tho road was disloyal, and instanced of the atriotism and courage its Presi dent at the time of the Baltimore riot, on the 19th of April, and other facts. Mr. Smith said that the passage of this bill would enable the Pennsylvania Rail road to deprive the Baltimore Railroad of its only feeder. The former will connect with tho Central Ohio Railroad at Newark and come straight across the Ohio river and Virginia via the Steubenville and In diana and Panhandle road. The result would be to render the Baltimore and Ohio road insolvent. Besides the great inter ests to be sacrificed for the benefit of a few individuals, the House must not lose sight of the fact that it is proposed to violate a solemn compact. Shall we help them to do it? Shall we legislate for onr own State, our own cities, and our own people, or shall we legislate for the benefit of for t cign corporations? This is tho only ques tion involved. All the rest is a mere ab straction. Mr, Wilson moved to pass the bill by and tjvxke it the order of the day for half past two o'clock to-morrow, but subse quently withdrew the motion, which was afterwards renewed by Mr. Porter and adopted. The Honse bill authorizing the macad amizing of certain portions of the Clarks burgh and Buckbaonon turnpike was pars ed by. The bill involves an appropriation of $12,000. Mr. Farssworth moved to amend hy ap propriating $10,000. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was ordered to its engrossment. The bill extending tho jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace was passed by. Mr. Porter called up the appropriation bill, to which he offered an amendment, which was adopted. The bill was then laid upon the table. The bill authorizing the re-assessment of lands belonging to Joseph Hiedinger, of Ohio county, was ordered to its engross ment. The bill Tor the relief of Andrew Pound stone, deputy-clerk of Upshur county was ordered to its engrossment. The joint resolution tor ttie relief of Jackson Reed, Sheriff of Marshall county, was passed. The bill for the roliet of James I. Kuhn, Sheriff of Brooke county, was adopted. Mr. Bohemas offered a resolution that the Committee on Finance inquire the ex pediency of reporting a bill fur the relief of Thomas L. Leeson of Doddridge county. On motion of Mr. Yanco the llouso ad journed. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Twenty-N inth Day. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1862. Prayer by Rev. Joseph S. Poraeroy, mem ber from Hancock. air. Van Winkle submitted a sclicmo of apportionment for the House of Delegates, giving to every county having over 0,000 white population one delegate for every 6,000, and one for a surplus of over 3,500 or over; to every county" hafing not less than 2,500 white population one delegate, and one to Caiboua county, which falls slightly short of that number. This rule carried out would leave four small counties (Clay, McDowell, Tucker and Webster,) unprovided for, with a Bur plu3 of four delegates. Mr. Van Winkle proposed that these counties should be united into two delegate districts, Tucker and Webster comprising one, and Clay and McDowell the other; the object of which would be to unite counties of nearly the same population, so us to avoid the objec tion that where small counties are tacked on to large ones, the large ones assume all the legislation to the detriment of the small. He further proposed to remedy the consideration of these counties, thus pair ed, not lying contiguous, to let each pair or district elect its delegate alternately? Tucker one year and Webster the next? Clay one year and McDowell the next. Mr. Stevenson, of Wood, moved that the scheme be printed and that the sub Iject of apportioning representation for the ' House of Delegates be passed by for tho preseut. Mr. Battelle moved as an amendment that in addition to this, the paper be refer red to tho Committee on tho Legislative Department with instructions to report as speedily as possible upon it; which was agreed to. Mr. Brows, of Kanawha, moved to refer the subject of apportionment in both House and Seuate back to the Committee,audjthe motion was agreed to. Tho 0th section of the Report of the Committee on the Legislative Department, was taken up : 9. No new county shall be formed having an area of less than four hundred and fifty square miles. Nor shall a new county be formed if another couuty be thereby re duced below that area ; or if any territory be thereby taken from a county containing less than four hundred aud fifty square miles. And no new county shall be formed con taining a white population of less than four thousand. Nor shall a new county be formed if the white population of unotbei county be thereby reduced below that number; or if any county containing less than four thousand white inbabitauts be thereby reduced in area. But the Legisla. ture may, at any time, include any county containing less than four thousand white inhabitants within an adjoining county ot counties as part thereof. Mr. Hcrvcy moved to striko out "450'' as the number of square miles required, and insert "350." The amendment was rejected. Mr. Hall, of Marion, then moved to strike out the first paragraph of the 9th section, defining the area. The motion was not agreed to. Mr. Stevenson, of Wood, moved to amend by making the number of square miles "400" instead of "450." Also rejected. The section wns then adopted as reported by the Committee. The 34th section was then taken up : 34. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropria tions made by law ; and a regular state ment and account of the receipts and ex penditures of all public money shall be {published from time to time. Mr. Lamb moved to strike out the sec tion, as the same substance was incorpo I rated in the report of the Finauce Commit 1 tee where it properly belonged. The motion was agreed to. The 35th sectioc was taken up : 35. The Legislature, in cases not pro vided for in this Constitution, shall pre scribe by law tho terms of otlice, powers, duties and compensation of all officers ol the State, and the manner in which the; shall he appointed and removed. Mr. Laud moved to strike out "all offi cers of the State" and insert "all public officers and agents which was agreed to. Mr. Brows of Kanawha, thon moved to strike out the whole section ; and pending the consideration ot the motion the Con vention took a recess. _____ t AFTERNOON session. The 35th section was -passed by to ac commodate Mr. Brown x>f Kanawha, was absent, be having expressed a desire to speak on his motion to strike out. Mr. Lavb brought forward the following as an additional section. Any amendment to the Constitution of the Stato may bo proposed in either branch of tho Legislature ; and if the same, being read on three several days in each brunch, be agreed to, on it.s third reading, by a majority of the me'jibcrs elected thereto, the proposed amendment, with the yeas and nays thereoa, thall bo entered on the journals, and r eferred to the Legisla ture at the first, session to be held after tbe next general election; and shall bo pub lished, at least three months before such election, in some newspaper in every coun ty in w'aich a newspaper is printed. And if the 'proposed amendment be agreed to, durin g such session, by a majority of the meiribers elected to each branch, it shall be the, duty of the Legislature to provide by lo.w for submitting the same to the voters 'if the State, for ratification or rejection. And if a majority of the qualified voters, votiog npon the question at the polls held pursuant to such law, ratify the proposed I amendment, it shall be in force, from the time cf such ratification, as part of the Constitution of the State. If two or more amendments be submit ted at the same, time to the voters of the State, the/ shall be submitted in such man ner that the vote on the ratification or re jection thereof shall be taken on each of the proposed amendments separately. Mr. Stevenson of Wood, offered the fol lowing amendment, to come in at the con clusion of the first paragraph : "but no amendment or amendments shall be sub mitted to the people oftencr than once in fire years." The amendment was rejected. Mr. Harrison then offered the following as an amendment which had been previ ously offered by Mr. Hall, of Marion, when not in order, to come in at the same place as the one offered by Mr. Stevenson : uTlie Legislature in the year lSGoand at periods not oftener than once in five years there atter may propose amendments to this Constitution." The ameudment was rejected, and the section adopted by a vote of 25 yeas to 16 nays. The Convention adjourned. Grisi has taken another farewell of the stage?this time in Dublin. In her stage speech she said: "Adieu, then, since so it must be. Were I youger I would say, 'till our next meeting,' but love, like Provi dence, is everywhere, und wherever I may be my heart will share your joys and your sorrows. God bless old Ireland." The addition to the duties on tea, coffee, sugar and molasses, it is presumed will de fray the expenses of the Government four days, as our expenses are two millions a day. The Toronto Leader has been ordered to state that it is not the organ of the Gov ernment. Lord Monck is evidently asham ed of its billigsgate talent. The Persians have beaten the Turco mans in a great battle, and sent four hun dred heads of their enemies to the capitoi as trophies. Gen. Mansfield is pressing a demand for removal to some other position, on ac count of an unpleasant disagreement be tween himself and Gen. Wool. A general of high command says that the provisions wasted by the army of the Potomac would subsist a French army of equal numbers. "New loans uew taxes" was the whole of Pitt's financial system, and its wisdom cannot be impugned. Michigan has expended $128,001) for military stores anjjl equipments since the war commenced. Garrison's Liberator has struck its mot to?"the Constitution a covenant with death and a league with hell." It now comments upon masked treason. A little girl hearing ii remarked that all people had once been children, artlessly inquired, "Who took care of the babies?" A gentlemen, while in church, intending to scratch bis head, in a mental absence reached over into another pew, and scratch ed the head of an old maid. He discover ed his mistaku when she sued him lor breach of promise of marriage. Compliments of the seasou in St. Louis: The editor-in-cbeif of the Republican calls the financial editor of the Democrat an "ivs." You're another.?St. Louii Demmocrat. Mason and Slidell are at large, but we don't think that Great Britain will accept them as Ambassadors from the South.? Though Mason is a free Mason, probably he will not be an acceptcd one.?Louisvillt Journal. [communicated.] Died?Iu Rowlesburg, Va., Jauuary 8tb. 1802, at 50 minute* past '2 P. Aldeut Lee IIooton, aged 32 yearn, 10 month* ana 19 days. The accident by which the deceased canio to lii*4 death was noted iu the I'rts* of the 9th inst., bnt the deep grief of this community, the respect due the honored dead, as well as the prominent j?osition he occupied, alike demand a tnoro extended notice than a canual newspaper paragraph. In the perfection of glorious manhood?on the very tbreshhold of a future radiant vith hope anu promise, without a single outward premonition ot impending fate, he has been snatched from the em brace of family und friends and all the joys of earth, and ushered through the dark valley and shadow ol death, iuto the unknown and invisible world Veyond ?a bourne from which no traveler ever returns. Of him appropriately it may be said: "See what a grace is seated on that brow. ?Tls a throne where honor may be crowned." In the Celesti 1 Paradise above?that blissful abode where sin never enters and sorrow never comets, be his then the brightest coronal of unbroken peace and perennial J03*. While gazing upon that up turned and marble brow, with the past rising before him, his aged and venerable sire could but exclaim in all the passionate eloquence cf woe?"Oh, my son, my son. you honored your father and mother, you have paid every debt of gratitude, it must be well with you," and the great heart of this commu nity throbbing in unison, responds Amen and Jimen. The deceased wai a rare example of practice with out profession?a correct moral deportment devoid of sanctimonious cant and Pharisaical pretension. To do right was the business of his life. With rare intellectual gilts, he united the essential equipoise of quick moral pereepti ns and a kind and generous heart. From early youth to incipient manhood he was judge and champion among his boyish compani ons to arbitrate their disputes and avenge their in juries; and n maturer years he was likewise a man ot mark in the community?vindicating tho right and condemning tho wrong; but in no place, perhaps, were these shining traits more conspicuous than in hi? connection with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to which ho had long been attached, and where he attained tho highest honors of a subordi nate Lodge. In deeds of charity ho was ever fore most, acd in his coutact with mankind, in all the different phases of human nature, ho was the per sonified representative Hnd practical exemplifier of the principles of that noble Order whoso beautiful motto Is Friendship, Love and Truth. He is gone. But with his brethren of the Lodge he is ever present; not in the flesh, but iu a jo3'ous fraternal spiritual communion; the recollection of him is embalmed iu their hearts nevor to be erased while life shall last or memory hold its sway. In this extremity of sorrow, well may we adopt tho language of the poet: ??Come again on fairy pinions, Lure me out of grief's dominions; Drive away my pain and anguish, Let me not in sorrow languish; In my dreams oh! hover o'er ine. Light the gloomy pathbrjorc utr." Farewell, husband, father, brother, son. At tho mountain's base, where Lethe, like our own beauti ful Cheat, rolls its dark waters iti sullen majesty, his mortal remains repose in quietness toawait the blast of the angelic trump which shall summon the na tions of the earth before the great white throne of the Invisible and Eternal. "And so his knell is tolled.*' In the behalf and by the authority of AiteyLodgo No. 131 I. O. 0. F. in F, L. and T. WM. HALL, CHARLES SCHOONOVER, FRANK W. PURITON. Resolved, That Airey Lodge No. 131 I. 0. O. F. of Vju, hereby tender unto the family of our deceased Brother our sincere condolence for the loss they have sustained, with the assurance that our mission is to protect the widow and educate the orphan. All of which is respectfully submitted in F. L. andT. WM. HALL, Secretary. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ' FOR ALUERMAN.?By the ear ! l9mS> neat solicitations of my numerous friends. I offer myself as a Union candidate for the office ot Alderman of the 5th Ward, at the ensuing Charter . Electloa- CJanl6?j WI LLIAM QIB SOS. For St. Louis. THE STEAMER LACOX, Capt. Mar ratta, will leave m above this day, at 14 P. M. For freight or passage apply t<r JanlC MANNER * MORGAN, Agent*. Regular Friday Packet for Parkers burg, Galilpolls ?fc Clnciunail. TIIE FINE SIDE WHKKL STEAM ER BEN FRANKLIN. Capt. Jack, will leave as above ou Friday, 17th inst., at 5 P. M. For freight or parage npply to JaulO MANNER A MORGAN, Ag'tn. W otiee to Sutlers and Others. JUST RECEIVED 300 assorted Novels, the very best and latest publications, by the most popular and celebrated writers in the world. For sale by JOS. GRAVES, janIO No. 30 Monroe st. Notice. riMIE undesigned having boen appointed to ex JL amine info the circumstances, and to assess the damages, if auy, incurred upon the Fair Grounds of the North Western Virginia Agricultural Society at Wheeling, all persons having claims for damages will present them properly vouched at the office of Capt. W. R. Downing, A. Q. M., on or before Satur day, the 10th inst. i Claims rendered after that time will not be con sidered. II. IS. HUBBARD, Lieut. Col. ) I. M. PUMPI1REY, Major. }?Board. ! janIO W. R. DOWNING. Capt. A. Q. M.) WASHINGTON HALL! SCENES FROM OPERA IN COSTUME! IBKCOND & ?77vST XIGHT! Tueaday Evening, Jan. 1(5, 1SC2. : H'dme Anna Bishop ? The World Renowned Cantatrice! I IIAS TIIE PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE HER ! SECONDS LAST GRAND CONCERT MADAME BISHOP will introduce at this Con cert. tho entire Scene of the last Act of the Grand opera of La SOMNAMBULA. IN COSTUME. MADAME ANNA BISHOP Will be assisted by Mr. EDWARD SEGUIN, Tho American Baritone, Elove du Conservatore, Im perial do Musique, Paris. GUSTAVE DE SPIESS! The eminent Pianist, (Pupil of Listz). Doors open at 7J^; Concert will commence at 8. Tickets, .*. 50 Cents* The Sale of Tickets will commence this morning, January 10th, at 8 A.M., at Jesse B. Mellor's Music 8tore, where seats may be seemed without extra charge. Tho Grand Piano used on tho occasion is one of Chickoring's Celebrated Instruments, and has been I' kindly furnished by Jesse 1*. Mellor, Esq. jaulC D C. Li RUE, Manager. FOB, CASH. I OH "BLS. CARBON OIL, best quality, for sale by i 4A) T. H. LOGAN A CO. and LOGAN. LIST A CO., Wholesale and Retail Druggists. janl6 Wheeling Va. 1 r\ DDLS. TANNER'S OIL, Prime, A'y for sale by T. Hi. LOGAN Jk CO. janl6 _ and LOGAN, LIST A CO. OIL. 8. CASTOR 01L, N EAT'S FOOT 01L, .SWEET OIL, SPERM OIL, LARD OIL, LINSEED OIL, For sale by T. II. LOGAN A CO. janlG and LOGAN, LIST A CO. 1AAA LBS. POTASH, ill brick, and also 1UUU in 1 lt> tin cans. For sale by T. II. LOGAN A CO. janIO and LOGAN, LIST * CO. Qftft LBS.PURE GROUND GINGER, OU 17 for sale by T. H. LOGAN k CO. janIO * and LOGAN, LIST A CO. LOST.?A yellow tnuley Cow, with a white atar in her face,her fore legs white up to the kuees, her belly white and the end ol her tail. Auy person finding xlie said cow will please to leave word at the B. A O. it. R. depot, with the cooper. Jnnl5~2t* Clover Seed, Timothy Seed, Kentucky Blue Grass Seed. TJRYOR A FROST have just received, in store and X coming, 1000 bush. Choice New Crop Clover Seed, , 1500 ?? Now Crop Timothy Seed. 150 " Kentucky Blue Grass, of the crop of 1861, 100 " New Orchard Grass S?-cd. janlS 'il Main St. Steel Ploughs! Steel Ploughs! EXCLUSIVE Agency for Gill A Son's Superior Cast Steel Ploughs. We would inform the farm ers of this country that wo have the sole agency lor the sale of these well known sod and stubble and general use ploughs, right and left hand, for two or three horses. Also all the castings of both their old and new series of ploughs. Also, ?00 Iron Double Shovel Plougtm, with ground ca=t stsel moulds, with and without guards. These ploughs proved a decided sncccess last season. PRVOR A FROST. janl5 21 <fc 2.'i Main st. VIRGINIA:?At Rules held in the Clerk's office of the County Court of Lewis county, on the first Monday in January. 1862: P. M. Hale, Plt'ft'. ) Upon an attachment vs. -in a pending action Francis F. Gannon, Del't. ) of Assumpsit. The object of this suit is to obtain a judgment in an action of trespass on llie case in assumpsit l\>r dollars and cents, with interest thereon from the day of November, I860, and the costs of this suit, which said attachment has been returned levied on the property of the derendaut. Gannon. And it appealing by affidavit filed In the papers of this cause. that the said defendant, Francis F. Gan non. i? not a resident of this State, it is ordered that the said defendant appear here within one month after due publication of this order aud do what may be necessary to protect his interests, and that a copy of this erder be published lor four successive weeks in the Wheeling Intelligencer, and posted at the front door of the Court House of said county, ac cording to law. A copv?Teste: JESSE W00FTER, Clerk. J. Morrow, for pl'fl". jai-l.'i?Itw NOTICE. THE bills of our customers h?ve all been made out to January 1st. 1SC2, and we hope they will not disregard this notice, but call immediately and set tlo tip. Qnl4) D. NICOLL A BRO. 2,000 Copies Music. WE have some two thousand copies of SIIKET MUSIC, which we will sell at halt prick, in order to diminish our stock. New Music furnished to order at short notice, when not on hand. D. N1COL!. & BRO.. jan14 100 Mainst. Wanted Immediately, A ROOM and board for a sick man. convalcscing. One in a private family, where lie can have all the attention he requites, profeiTed. He has his own nurses, who will not require board. Apply to or address. Capt. GEO. L. HARTSUt'F, Ass't Adjutant General. llEAXQUARTsans Diir'T or Western Va. jaul4-3t DISSOLUTION. THE partnership heretofore cxiatiug under tho firm styled Bosley A McNash, is this day dis solved by mutual cousent. The business of the late firm will be settled by either party. P. W. BOS LEY, J. II. McNASH. Wheeling. Jan. 14,1862. P. IV. BOSLEV, (SUCCESSOR TO B0SLET k MM ASH.) "llf ILL continue tho wholesale and retail Confec \\ tionary business, at the old stand. 140 Market St., Wheeling, Va., where lie will be pleased to see all of his old customers, and the public geuerally, aud will sell them all goods in his lino cheap for cash cnly. janl4-2w Dividend. rilHK Board of Managers of the Wheeling A Bel 1 mont Bridge Company have declared a dividend of two per cent, on the capital stock of the Company, payable on aud after the 20th day of January, 1962, to stockholders holding stock on the 10th day of said month. [janll-2t] P. SCATTE RD A Y.Sec'y. FOR RENT.?The large and well known B-le room, next door to Sprigg House, which has been occupied as the railroad ticket office. Posses sion given on tho first day of April, 1862. Applj to Janll A. M. ADAMS. aFOR RENT.?The very superior three story brick store house, ou Monroe st., betwixt Main and Market, aud now in the occujiancy of Messrs. Marsli A Wayman, as a wholesale l?oot and shoe store. The building has a front of thirty-three feet,has all the requirements of a first-cla*s business house, and in point of location is considered amengst the very best stands in the city for any business. Possession given 1st AprIL Appy to janll-lw* WM.TAXTON. NEW SPRING STOCK ?Of? C A.RFETS WALL PAPER AND Furnishing Goods JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE CHEAPER THAN EVER ?BT? J. O. HARBOUR, aplO- 143 MAIN S Fire and ZUnriive Insurance Company of Wheeling. THK Stockholders of this Company are hereby n - tltied that a meeting will be held at their ofli,.? on Monday, the Oth day of Jnnnnry, IS 62, betw. the hours of nine o'clock A. M.aud two o'clock 1*.M . to elect nine directors for the ensuing year. dccSO-td It. W. HARDING. Sec'y. Aetna Insurance Co. of Wheeling r|"yiK Secretary of the above Company will p?> X the Stockholders a dividend of one dollar hi d twenty-five cents per share, on and after Mond.\>. January C. 18t?2. Bv order of the President. decSO S. P. niLDRETII. Sec'y. JAMES ORR. S- B. BCPIiriELD. J |TjE>0ltS & BUSHFIELD. 5a6a? Surgeon Dentists. No, 22^ Monroe Street. septO _ _ WHEELI NO. VA ABR? ROBERTSON, M. D. ^ ox DENTIST, 143 Market St., UJJI I WHEELING. V aug3 DR. E. G. WINCHEIiL, 9k Otllce an ce 145 Market-St. WHEELING, 1M ALL THE REAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AKT that have ben thoroughly tested will be prompt ly adopted at this office. Priccs a.* low as good nnd permanent work cap be produced. All operations warrauted. deelO Comfort for the Soldier. CAMP STOVES, CALDWELL'S PATENT, ARE NOW READY. These Stoves can !?? used in the Tents and require but iitt(?* N^S&woiiil to make a LAIUSE AMOUNT (IF nEAT. They have a baker attached by which HiMcnlt can' l>e baked in tiftceii mlnntcs. The stove complete weighs only 25 lbs. Officers and others wanting such stoves w?uld do well by calling on B. F. CALDWELL. No. S Main ft., opposite the C.tO. R. R., where they can find every thing in the TIN AND SHEET IRON LINE, Snitable for cauip. octl3-3m B. F. CA LP WELL. Leather, Oil and Shoe Findings J. M. WHEAT & SONS, No. 37 Slain Street, Wheeling, Va. HAVE constantly on hand a good assort went ol Red and Oak Sole Leather. French and Anieri ciin Calf and Kip Skins, Upper Bridle, Ilaiiieu and Skirting Leather, Toppings, Linings,Ac. Particular attention paid to orders. The highest market price paid in cash for llidei and Skins. Cash advances made on'Lcatlier consigned to them to be sold on commission. dec2S REA.">IS Cap Writing Paper, :?0 44 letter do 50 . An " Commercial Note Paper. 25 DO/.. Paint Brushes, all sizes, '50 44 Shoe ?? II a tidies, 10 " Cloth 25 u Hair and Nail Brushes. 20 '* Ilorse ami Scrub Brushes. at decJl LAPOHLINS k. BUSH FIELD'S. BOXES Pint Flasks, *JU 20 - Half-Pint Flasks, 10 li Quart Fla&ks. 50 Gross Castor Oil Bottle?, 100 44 Essence Viols, at doc2l LAXJ0HL1NS t BQ8HFIELD*S. OO DOZ. Wright's Pills, Plain ?S?:g:?rO at.-d, ?l_/vyl25 4i Mcl?ane*s Pills 25 " Avers Pills. 50 ?? Todd's Pills, at dec21 LAUOHLINS A BUSIIFIELD'S. BAGS Sifted Pepper, 10 44 Allspice, 5 44 Cloves, 5 " Cinnamon, at dec21 LAUGHL1NS & BUSHFIELD'?. I AA KEGS Bi. Carbonate Soda, 1 v/v/10 44 Refined Saltpetre, 5 bbls. Glue. 3 44 Mason's Blncking. for sale bv dec21 LAUGHLINS A BUSHFIELD. pi DHLS. Spts. Turpentine, kJ 10 44 Linseed Oil. Western make, 25 44 Tanner's Oil, Bank. 4 44 Castor Oil. lor sale by decil LAUGHLINS A BUSIIFIKLD. r\(~\ BOZ. English Horn Dressing Combs iJ\J 25 44 India Rubber ?* 75 44 Raw Horn Fine Combs, 50 u Pocket Combs, at dec2l LAUGHLINS A BUSHP1ELD S. inn I*BS. Nutmegs, prime, JL\Jv/50 44 Mucc. 50 44 I'ow'd Cayane Pepper, loO " Gr'd Mustard. London and American, dec21 at LAUGHLINS A BUSIIFIKLD S. Opx BOXES Variegated Bar Soap, 10 44 Castile Soap. Genuine, 75 44 Trans parent Bar Soap, 25 44 Cleaver's Honey Soap, at dec'il LAUGH LINS A BUSHFI ELD'S. _ FOR RENT.?The first class store room. ^ Main street, adjoining the subscriber'* wholesale dry goods house. J?n4-1** TALLANT k DELAPLAIN*. fjS&j FOR RE NT.?The large and elegant four i?"Tr 1 "tory brick store house on Main strees, lat.-ly fwi ?' occnpinil by Ileiskell A Swearingen. a dry goods store. Possession given immediately. Also, the four story brick store house on Main ^t., now in the occupancy of J. W. McNeil as a Queen* ware store. Possession given on first of April next. jan4 F. R. ARMSTRONG. FOR RENT.?-The three story brick -tore house nou- in the occupancy of .lames Godfrey. Jitofcas a grocery store, ami situated on Union st fronting the south end of the market house. For y grocery store, lestaurant, or any kind of retail hu.-i nesa, this store house, in poiut of location, is not ex celled by any in the city. Possession given on first of April next. -'Apply to jan4 F. R. ARMSTRONG. J|j|j FOIt REST.?Three cofnfortuble dwell JaiaiLing houses, convenient to Post Office and Depot. Possession given 1st of April. For particulars, apply to Mrs. NEEL, on John street. j.\n3-lm MFOR RENT.?A dwelling house on street, opposite the Peminary. Also hdesirable country residence two miles from the City. Apply at A. C. PARTRI DGE'S. jaii3-tf Gallery 118V? Main st. Dividend: 1MIE Firo and Marine Insurance Company "f . Wheeling has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, from the profits of the la?t six months, payable on or after the 10th day of January next, to the stock holders of this company entitled to receive the same. jau4 lw R. W. HARDING. Sec'y. X EW CiOOl >s f|^IIE snbicriber would respectfully iulortn his X friends and the public in general, that lie has rt ceutly returned from New York with a w.-ll select**1 assortment of CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWKLRJ, . SILVER WARE. Ac., moiuv of which would u?aK? ! nice Bridal and iloliday Presents, which he would | be glad to di*tH>se of on reasonable terms. I dec24-tf WM. A.TUR.-LR. MERCHANTS' A MKCHANICS' BANK,) Whziuso, 31st Dec., 1601. J THIE aunual meeting of the Stockholders of tni'* Bank, for the election of nine Directors for tue parent B:tnk, and seven Directors for each of tne Branches att Morgantcwn, Point Pleasant and Clarks burg, will be held at the haukiug house in Wheeling, on the 13th day of January uext, being the second Monday of said month. At the same time the act entitled "an act to ex tend the charter of the Merchants' and 3Iecbanics Bank of Wheeling," passed March 26th,lSol. will be submitted to the stockholders lor their consideration. janl-td S. BRADY, Cashier.