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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-08-07
PUBLIC MEETING.

AT large and respectable meeting Of
the citizens Of Mason county. held at the
Courthouse, on Monday the 4th inst.
1.-THE first day Of the Quarterly Cour!) on
motion Lewis Wetzel was called to the
chair and Z. NJ. Fitz' Gerald, appointed
Secretary
Governor Polsley, in few pertinent re.
marks stated the object ofihe meeting.
The following Resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted
That the loyal people of Mason coun.
ty in mass meeting assembled, having
heard and considered the recent strin-
gent orders issued from the War De.
partment, and the several orders of Maj.
Gen. Pope, to the Army Of Virginia. do
cordially approve the same, and believe
that their prompt aud rigid enforcement
will tend greatly TO strengthen and con.
solidate the Union sentiment of the South
and to the speedy suppression Of the re.
bellion in Virginia aud the other insur-
rectionary States.
And approving also, the recent call Of
the President for 100000 volunteers,
and anxious that Western Virginia, ey-
er loyal to the Union, should contribute
her full quota, and especially that our
own beloved county may maintain her
well earned reputation Tor patriotism,
and devotion to the Government of our
Fathers; lis, therefore,
Resolred, unanimously, That our
thanks are due 10 the County Court for
their prompt action, to day. in Ievying
bounty Of $50 for volunteers and pro-
vilng fund for the supp IT Of the
families Of volunteers, who may require
aid,
That the thanks Of tbs meeting arc
hereby rendered 10 The representatives
in Congress from Vilgi, ia, who adyoca.
ted and sustained the presi'ent in ali
his measures for the vigorous prosecu.
tion Of the war, and who advocated and
voted for the confscatiou Inv; anl that
those members from this State, who op
posed or voted against any of the meas.
ures referred to, rnsrePresented the loyal
people of the State, aud are not entitled
10 their confidence,
That. Senator Garlic, by pacing
himself under the lead Of the rraror Val.
landingham, and aiding him in the or
gaD,zatIon of party hostile to The policy
and measures Of the administration for
the suppression 81 tie rebellion. has Tor
feited hi, claim 10 the confidence Of the
unconditional Union men OF thc State,
and abused the trust reposel in him by
a loyal anx conf,ling constiluency--wlo
now demand a surrender OF the trust,
That the militia OF the Safe ought 10
be thoroughly organized, aud drilled
once a month,
That military Post ought to be es.
tsblished at once, in each OF the ccun-
ties on the Ohio river, garrisoned by the
militia of The county: The several com
panics in county. alternating, so that
none should be required TO serve longer
tlan week at a time, except in emcr.
goncies
Tha! these proceedings be published
In the Weekly Register, and all other 10y
al papers in Virginia.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
LEWIS WETZEL, Crairnau.
f. NJ. FrTz GERALD, Secretary,
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TOWN MEETING.

injecting Of the Mayor anil Conn.
Gil OF the Town OF Point Pleasant, on
Tuesday. the ealh of August, 1862
On motion Of Stephen Com.tock i, was
ordered and allowed by said Council.
that the sum Of twenty five dollars, be
given to each and every yolsa.apr mn"
cred into the armies of the United States
ofAmerica, within the corporatod lin
its of said Town. A Copy Test:
:, B j. REDMOND, Recorder,
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NOlunIrers.

Since tie appearance OF the Cover
nor's Proclamalion the recruiting officers
have gone gu, in all directions TO gather
up Volunteers for the war. We hear
that goodly number not much I"ss
than one hundred have al,eady given
their names to the various recruiting o.
fcers, but We wish TO see them IN the
rendevouz, here, drilling. This is no
time for hesitation or insc'ivily. Every
recruiting officer is expected TO he aboG,
his business. It's no time for those in
the pay of Uncle Sam, to be I"afng about
'ayerns. Our couu,ry Is to be saved -
orr liberties and our Unin are to b.
preserved and perpeleuated and to HAT
end al the means afforded by kind
Providence are TO lie used, and that
without delay. LOYAL Virginia has here.
tofore basn behind no portion Of the Uni.
on in furnishing men for the amy. We
wish TO see her quota and more than
her quota of 2OS0 men in the fell, in
few weeks, atrhe fnnhrst 1t can be
done, il the rccrui ing officers win do
their duty. Let there be no jealousies
any inIrguos among officers or men,
lie is the true soldier who is first for his
country and TO serve her is willing to
take any position in the army that may
be assigned him Knnawha RNpUbli-
can.
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Memo DIrcu.DlGGERs FOR McCLEL-
LAS.-The Harrisons Landing cores
pendent of the N. Y. Tribune writes;
The steamer South America arrived
here yesterday, with about 600 colored
laborers under the charge of Mr.. W. B.
Cook, They were brought from Nor.
folk, Portsmouth, Fortress Monroe and
Newport News. At the latter place, q
squat Of twenIy.fve cavalry %%csiie seht
with Mr.. Cook to scour the neighboring
country AMI pick up every conhaband
they could find, Their arrival in camp
yesterday created much amusement from
their display Of dress and the nature of
Tic buniies With %6iGT '5veyy 6ns Of
Them was provided. There are about
450 effective men among them, the rest
being women aod shidron belonging to
the parry. Weare justfnding out that
We have use for those men, and am in
formed the South America returns to-day
for another cargo,
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NorG rms rAcr.--Wo call upon our
exchanges, and upon tho loyal people Of
the LOYAL States everywhere, to note the
fact tia John s. Garlic, in the language
oil Senator Wiley, "misrcpresonls three.
fourhs Of his eonstituonls".-aIl Of them
in fact that are loyal also to note the
fact that 10 public meetings tho lloyd rso.
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GEORGE Mason, the first United
States senator from Virginia, and one Of
the most hou,rcd citizens of that state,
declared tha--
"SIayery discouraged arts and manu-
rocIure'. The poor despiso labor when
performed by slaves. They (slavcs)
prevent themmigration Of whites, who
really enria and strengthen n country
They prodco tho most pCrnicious effect
on manner, Every master Of slaves Is
rom apgajy tyrant They bring tho
judgemen.o( Heaven on q country. AS
nations canot be rewarded or punished
in the me- world, they must be in this.
By an inGiOblc chain Of causes and eff.
fccts, Incidence Furnishes national sins
he natiol r,lnp,iltcsb
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Tur Quarterly term OF the county
Court, commenced its session on Monday
tie 4th inst, and adjourned Wednesday
following. Quite large number OF per-
sons were in attendance, particularly on
the first day of the term, and an unu-
sualomount of business was transacted.
The Gran Jury, which made some
twenty or more indictments, principally
for assault and battery and violations of
the revenue laws, was composed of the
following gentlemen John Mason fore
man, Henry Fisher, Robert II. Ball, G.
B. Thomas, John Cleudinen, Philip
Long, Samuel Couch, Thomas Roush,
NJ. B. ST. John, John S. Miller, Hiram
Stephenson, G. B Rayburn and Rankin
Hill.
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John $. Garlic.

JONI -. NHIItIt'
By reference to the proceedings of the
public meeting held at the Court. House
on last Monday, it will be seen that the
Union men of Moscn county have con.
cluded that they can dispense with the
further services of John S. Carlile. and
that they, therefore, very politely re,
quest him to resign the position he occu-
pies, since it is but too apparent that he
is determined to misrepresent their wish
es. The course of Mr.. C0rlile in the
United States Senate, has been such as
those who are best acquainted with his
antccedenlS would have predicted
Mruy Of those who gave their influence
and support to place the man in the exal.
ted station he has SO mennly disgraced.
had their misgivinga as to his itness,iu a
moral point Of view, for the place; but
fattered themselves that his seeming de.
volion to the cause of the Union was an
earnest that he was. for once in his life,
sincere in his profession The result
shows, however, that the man who has
been everything by starts and nothing
long" politically speaking, could not be
long loyal citizen, il he 1as OBLIGED to
leave Richmond in hurry, be cause he
boldly denounced Secession and tried to
uphold the Union.
Mr.. Carlile had scarce taken his place
in the Senate of the United States, until
he began to trim his sails for the South
ern breezes. We hear of him first ex-
posing the cloven-f foot in the course he
pursued in that body in reference to the
traitor Bright, and next by his strenuous
opposition to the confscation bill. The
whole burthen of his song in Washington
has been niger, niger, niger He
has been "cheek by jowl" with such
viIlainous wretches as Vallandigham,
Voorhees,, Ben. Wood, Richardson, &C..
and has been one of the master spirits
in the party caucuses held in the Nation
al Capitol within the last nine m nths,
the object Of which caucuses was to re.
viye ariy prejudices, and thus distract
and divide the loyal North.
He voted against the admission Of
the new State OF West Virginia, although
he OF one time claimed to be the prime
mover Of the measure. and was, until
short time before its defeat, one of its
~armest advocates.
We last hear of him turning
up away out at Indianapolis, and are
not surprised to learn he was the loud.
est ranter of treason. the most blatant
advocate of the Southern rebels at the
convention Of unwashed Democracy there
held the fercest in his denunciation Of
the Government, of all the precious
scoundrels there congregaled. We
would like TO see MI John S. Carlile
attempt to repcatthat speech to a Masoq
county audience. and whenever he
wants 10 see sights" let him make a
tour through this section of the country,
torender an account Of bis stewardship.
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DRAVrrSo is now fixed fact. An or.
der from Secretary Stanton appears in
our dispatches calling for 100000 men
By draft, in addition TO the volunteer
force of the same number which is be.
ing raised in the different States.
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TUE 9Th Va, Regiment is now in
Eastern Virninia with the force before
Richmond, If the men were paid or
there, it would probably be improctica.
bio for them to send money to their lam.
lilies at this time We learn that some
Of the families of soldiers in that regi.
mcnt arc in want. We name this that
their cases may DO promptly attended to
by the nronrr nutbnritics
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ATTENTION MILITIA !!

IT will be seen by the annexed orders,
that the IOGth Regiment Virginia Mill
aG Iytefam1 to tssdaibto&t poia. Pleas;
ant on .hc 18th inst for the purpose Of
holding a Regimentul muster. This
looks like doing business in the right
way:
WrNriELD, VA, Aug. 4, 1862.
Col. ]. p. R. B Smith, lOGth Reg. Va,
Militia: Ny DEAR Sir With n
view TO thoroughly organize the Militia,
and to facilitate volunteering, am or
dcrcd to hold RcgimCntol Muster of the
various Regiments Of this Brigade imme-
diatcly. You will thcreiorc,m your
Regiment at an early day,
Yours truly,
GEO. O. BOWER,
Brig. Gen, % Brig, Va, Militia
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"Pcg" yours did not come to hand
until Wednesday, just as wO were going
to press, Il will appear next week.
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MARK 1T I!

Whoever now shouts abolition" "ab.
olitionisr" against those who would but
defend the Government and punish troa.
son, is himself al heart A TRAITOR
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PorYr PLEASANT, Va,

August B, 1862,
In accordance with tbs above order, I
hereby notify officers and pivotcs Of the
lo6Dh Regiment Virginia Miilio, TO as
semble at the Court. House Of Mason
county, Va, on Wednesday, the 18Th
day Of August, 1862, at 10 o'clock A, NJ.
BY order Of
j.P Il. B SMITH,
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rhn splllt Of the PeopIe.
&c Wheeling Inlelligoncer says:

The war spirit among our good peo
pie is rousiug and kindling each day
In nearly oil the counties meetings are
announced The aiding men are throw
Ing themselves into the good work with
eornesnoss and eloquence. Tbe people
are responding nobly. No complaint is
heard anywhere of sluggishness, back
wardnes5 or sringiness. Patriotism, real,
genuine, generous and devoted patriol-
ism is exhibiting itself on every hand
This is a glorious exhibition. It is to
the eternal credit of our brave and 10y.
al people in the eyes OF the nation. On.
ly roll on the ball. Fellow citizens
only keep the fires blowing and burning
only work earnestly for little while
and our quota of men and money will be
quickly made up. Come together as you
are preparing to do in every school dis
trict; appoint your committees. get your
speakers, get out your people, give your
money, and all will soon be well with
us. This is the way they are nObly do.
ing all over the great loyal States, No
people since the world began are pouring
out their money SO freely. Rich men
are giving their thousands per man
banks and railroads, insurance compa-
MES, and such like corporations, are SUB
scribing their tens of thousands. The
people are brightuing up in hope and en-
'husiasm, as they did after the dark days
succeeding Bull Run. 1t is seen by the
last advices from Europe, hat we are to
have no interference from that quarter /;
ii is seen that the great resources of our
great country are yet intact wealth is
inexhoustibIe among our people their
harvests burden The very earth With their
weight; a year OF plenty and cheapness
is before US in the matter OF livelih Dad !;
our people realize that they can give
anything; that all the power, the num-
bers, the right and the issue of this war
is in their favor. Hence they are rous
ing and coming in their might. The
clouds are breaking away; the glorious
sun is coming out full orbed. and light
ard JOY and tope are spreading over US
and around US again, as it did a few
weeks ago. Co fdenee in the Govern.
ment is again in the ascondenl; gold fell
four per cent in one day last week and
seven per cent during FIVE days, and
Government stocks corrGspondingly ros ..
There is no doobt that good news hiss
leaked out among the money men; that
they have seen that strong combinatiqus
by the Government ore being made, that
now. sasrBidcgF= being infused and "a 30
vigorous measures adopted. There isno
doubt that the rebels have tested their
greatest strength; have made the great,
est effort of which they are capable; have
brought all their available force to the
last stand, and that when beaten there
they have no hope Of future rally in
strength.
Courage then, loyal men of Western
Virginia Rouse yourselves devotedly
to the work ! Give all your energies to
the glorious cause of your own and your
couotry's dclivcrance, Let the quota oil
West Virginia be put in the field with
such speed and with such an outfit as
will endeor your name to the memory
Of the nation through all time to come
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nnlr ann Rrhrl Ycssel ln Engl0Md.

WAsmYoroS, Aug. 1.-The Navy De-
parlmcnt has positive knowledge that
but one war vessel purchased by the rcb'
els in Europe is trying TO escape from
England, and the Federal gunboat Tus'
rarora il watching hcr.
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PARsoN BRowSlow's Book, says the

PARsoN BRowNLow's Book, says the
New York Independent, is one OF the
remarkable successes Of literature
Mr., Childs is this week printing thirty
thousand additional copies, which will
make the whole number, thus far, 100,
600, and the book has not yet appeared
at all in the regular trade" Apologize
& Co., of Cincinnati, ordered 10000
copies at once, which is supposed to be
'ltsaji'ias2 -: siosivss35g,js,+ .a,k;s:asS .af
the trade.
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CommnndgI 81 NO IO5Ih ksE; v, n
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-01-31

a harmless one, for it is often the case that
some poor fellow gets finger shot off or a
ball through the hand.
OF late there has been considerable firing
southwark, and all wonder what it can mean
especially when it is in the night. Most of
il has proved to be firing on the Potomac be-
tween some rebel battery and ship or boa,
passing.
An order has been lately issued by Gen
Brooks to have the men all wear shoes. II
has excited the greatest Indignation among
both officers and nen, and the order has moi
wholly been carried into effect. This regi
ment alone mas spent $4,000 for boots. ane
to have all these thrown away, and also Il
suffer with We, feet nearly all the time, is moi
only unjust but inhuman. think the order
will be coun;ermanded if it Las not been al
ready.
Sickness III the 18th and 9th has seemed t.
break out afresh. and there have been quit,
number of deaths of late. The Sd is still
getting along finely and it is the wonder o
all that there are so few deaths. More anon
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England has received the news ot the sur
render Of Mason and Slilei. and if We may
believe The new >paprrS o. that realm. the
prompt ct Of our government has had 4
soothing fleet upon III, disturbed! and tn
ragged British mind. We shall now look for
pacific solution o. oar dit!icu,ir~ with the
mother country.
We ave important news from the Burr
side expedition. The storm which has ragged
almost ever since Il weighed anchor at An
napo.i> told hard upon this expedition. Yet
il is matter of general and great rejoicing
that, though tossed and driven about the
stormy l!atteras bat one ve>Se! was lost,
and only tire, lives. We need not antic-
pate that the expedition is crippled, but rath-
cr shall. expect 70 hrr good account of it
before another week shall have passed
The great dra" back 10 the federal cause.
and TIA, wE'ch d!>hearlru> the ',ra,est is the
'reachcry that prevails to such an alarming
extent in every department, OF our govern
men', both civil and military. II appears in
ever, circle and on every occasion. The
Senate have been irving the past week 10 eX-
pc, Bright. Senator from Indiana There is
no doubt OF hi, treacherv, but it IS doubtful
if he leaves his seat in Congress. II may be
because We "dont SEE il" Alright, hu, We sin
ccrcly believe that the great weakness of the
administration is its tenderness of the rebels
in anG about Washington. As long as rcb-
els are employed in every department of the
government 50 long will the enemy be in
formed Q! every movement making against
them, and thus, most likely. the Unioni>tS
viii be thvartcI in all their movements
The reader is familiar with III" fact that the
rebel troops on the Potomac know our coun-
tcrSlgn hetos, our troops do: bat the latest
dcyt iopmrnt tart! w trrS' il is a fqise state.
menU is that Of John Wat'. gardener at the
White House under Mr. Buchanan. and after.
ward under Mr. Lincoln. Evidence was plcnt,
tha'he was a traitor az heart if not in leagu,
with the rebels, ana Vet he was nominated ,c
the Senate for a lieutenancy in the army
even after the president had been informed
by the committee that they had received tes
tlmony lmpraching the loyalty of Watt
We are glad to record that his nomination
was rejected by the senate.
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operations Of the seccSsionists 70 poison 'he
public mind of Great Britain and France a.
gainst the North, and to create sympath!
for their own cause. They do this with the
ultimate design O. securing national recos-
milton. and, if possible. an alliance which shall
helm them TO secure their independence of
the North Northern men now stopping in
these foreign countries are truly alarmed at
the influence these traitors are having over
the people ard the press o! England. We
have it from the most reliable authority that
there has already been great and very gen
eral change in popular sympathy all in favor
Of the southern contederacy, and that it was
greatly increased by the arrest Of Mason and
Sidell. The poisonous influences of seceS-
soni>m have been at work long time in
that country. through the press, which seems
to be mainly controlled by them, in speeches,
lectures, and bar-room gossip.
To be sure the Trent case i, probably set
tied, but the press of both England and
France are throwing out dark hints at inter
venton. II e London Times raises a great
howl over the unheard of barbarity of clos
ing the ports of Charleston and Savannah
by the sinking OF old ships; and says i is an
act of vandalism that calls loudly upon other
nations Of the earth to put stop to. These
and similar articles in this and other English
papers. are calculated to familiarize the sub
ject in the minds of European readers. and
prepare the p-op!e for such all event. The
danger now seems to be that the peojle OF
Eng land will be betrayed by these aristocrat.
ic. liberty-hating nabobs, into an open ALI.
ance with shareholders ana rebels.
DR. Russell, correspondent of the LonIo,
Times, speaks Of the american mob" anG
the influence it has over the administration
Inc truth is, there is no government in the
world so susceptible to impressions, and Sc
easily turned as that of Great Britain. Ev
en- the Lon don Tin rs says that if Lord Pal
mers'on had been less prompt 70 demand re
para,lon IN the case of the Trent affair. Il,
~""ilhare bstn hulIeI lrom hi% J,l.,e a.
pim. munster.
AS We SAID at the commencement of thi:
artcIe.the indications now ac that the Tren