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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-08-21
SECESSION AyTIplTnrEs.


The Secessionists in this part Of the
country seem to have a deady ha'red for
the men composing the Union army,
whom they designate "YankeeS." 1t is
no uncommon occurrence, whilst march,
ing long, to hear some liule tow.heads
four year old scccsh-ycll out, "biar
Mar, oh Mar, come and see the damned
Yankees" 1t seems lhot hatred of
the Yankees has been inslilled into the
minds of the children by their devil pa
rents.
Since we have been here, have been
informed by citizens, that the devils in
carnate who had been here, had hrown
hco or three Of our men into The flames o.
the burning houscS, where they we're con-
sumcd Whether this be true or not !
cannot state, but certain am, thatamong
the ruins are plainly to be seen some
bones, and here are a few lines which
were pasted ~ the caaJAiea Sa|i ct
ore of the burned houses, which ! give
you verbatim ct tierdiim,
"Thrcc Yankees wo sent to he'll this way,
The balance we'll send another day
fSigncd1 "Moccasin Rangcrs."
You csn sec by this, that they arc a
regular set of robbers and murdcrors-
hell hOunds-not ft to mate with devils
damned. Still therc are somo good
Union men here; though they are like
angels visits, few and far between"
SOLDIERS TRICKS.
A soldier could no moro live without
fun, than a fish could without water l
will give you one or two Of their tricks;
Whilst some of Company C were out
scouting, some time since, they came to
a house where there were couple who
wished TO 60! married, and they cnqui'
red whether there was a preacher in our
company, they were informed that there
was, end that tho following Sabbath ho
would be their and jiae en-. Accord.
inrly on Sabbath morning, Jack K,
"Our pet" (in devilmcnt) fixed up in
his Sundoy.go,to meeting gdY goods ond
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yet unborn, will write The disgracef1l ep..
tpitnpfh SPan your iombstones, Here
he the men who cried, the CONSTITUTION
as,isisL-the Union as Il was, while they
wore sssrdtly Opd paliciouslS giting aid
and a66if6Tl to those who af5sp sfhaed
ie6sllgu, Tor tie pgrpSs sti6s IS yetthfOws.
iSg th5f Consdm6on aud UCicn. When
Yhese men willHg to 'IfisrtpIsss1t by
sayin@ihaf ,he bounty lartls-wliieh tho.
government intends II gps 10 ,hsf sold
iers, is good for netting Athat itc6nsislsI
Of nothing but rnarshes,swahps and frog
pou5s. When hoy sa5, the South must
have wha, they ask for, and that they
wW Adrei.. When they dcnouuce the
government as bogus gorcrnment.7
When they oppose drafting, sh6uifilba,
SSpIs hGsessary. When oatwardly man.
.ifess Signs Of inward rci6icia over the
disasters and defeats of the defenders of
the Constitution. When they oppose
the conli5caiion Of these rebels property
for the, Benefit oithe army When they.
do all ihis, whatdocs itmeaa? Does IL
mean loyaity' No, sirl 1t is tressons
and nothing short OF treason, These.
very men know that, in their re'J hedrt
&ey late the gorcrnm,a,, and would re-
joicc TO see that bogus concern South Of
Mason and Dtroa's Ene trjamph Then.
we ask. in conclusion, what Ore the trueI
uucompromisjrg;loyers Of the Union, toI
do? Are Hs tolay supiacly down, audi
suffer these naxious weeds TO grow up,
aroupd us without rebuke? No, sitl-l
Liberty is the price Of eternal vigilance
aad.ii we,gish, topresewc our liberties
.unlarnished, for ourselves and eur pos.
teri'y, we. nsugtwork--cgery men Of usi
aud foel'tbatupon our army alone hangs
liberty. Every ireeman in this wloIes
land must contribute to the support OF
the counry's cause And that man who
lags behind and refuses to act, whilst this
counry's Iilo is in.danger, gives grouadi
for suspicion 1t is ;ruc we can not all
go to war, but we ean alf do something;,I
some in onc capacity, and somo in ancth-
er. The tree Of liberty must be culdva,
ted, all these poisonous yapors that
might cast tany chilling blasts upon IT.
thuspreEentingits growing luxuriaptIy
,sS,ts,fitiaa isepal 5sare 81
into American soil, must be removed,
Let all the lovers Of that liberty, pur.
chased by the blood of the revolution,
join in one solid mistaken phalonx, in
nur,uring ard fostering this heaven. born
plant, from the regions of love, and it
will soon become so deeply and porma-
nenLly rooted in the soil Of the land Of
the free and the home of the brave, that
the unhalIowed hand OF reason and the
combined powers Of oil the dcspolisms of
the world will neyer--,ouchit more.
W. w. H..
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Missouri GuerriIlas Shot-.sccesh Editor
Arrested

CnrcAGo, Aug. 1.-THE Quincy Her
aid of the 18th says ON officer of the
Hannibal & 81. Joseph Railroad, who
left Macon City, Missouri, Saturday
morning, states that 26 rebel prisoners
were shot at Macon City that morning
for breaking their parole.
The same authority learns that 10 9th
paroled rebel prisoners, at the same place
will probably share the same fate.
D. A. Mahony, editor of the Dubuque
Herald. was arrested at an early hour
this morning. by the United States Mar
shal, on the charge Of discourugins en-
listments.
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ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
CANr SoNnEnyILLr, NIcnOLA. o.. /
August 9th, 1862.

CANp SoHaERvrLLE, NICHOLAS Co. I
August 9th, 1862.
Friend Tippea;-As you requested
me, before leaving the Point" to occa.
sionalIy drop you line, I thought, as I
had not much else to do to-day, I would
give you a few lines in regard to our
cups and downs"
We LEFT Winieli-the place where l
last had the pleasure Of seeingyou, ,-on
the 9th Of Nay, and arrived at Gauloy
Bridge on the tno DAY alter starting
Weromaincd at the Bridge about one
day, when we received marching orders
stated, and arrived at Raleigh c. H.,
on the evening Of the second day after
leaving the Bridge. Here We remained
little over two months, having consid'
crable scouting to do, slightly intersper-
scd with guard duty and drill,
ufrfgr AtRclrlSg. -.
Friday evening, the 25th ult, orders
came to be ready for the road in fifteen
minutes, consequently everything was
hustle and contusion-wagonq loading
wiA cammissary stores, and officers and
men occupied in packing their chests
and knapsacks, ready for forward
march" The boys were now sure that
this time atlcasL we were bound for
"Dixios Laud." We all felt rojoiced
at the prospect of again meeting the foe,
but were not like some ortho regiments,
"spoiling for fight.
About seven o'clock oil was ready,
our tents wero "slruck' and loaded, and
We marched ,hat night about fifteen
miles, when we halted for rest. Alter
the men and horses had becnpretty well
rested, We again started, marching &C.
teen miles more, which brought us to the
town Of Fayetteville, whcrc we halted
for two hours. Here we GOT our "rcgu'
lar ations" of Coffee and cakc.
Now the orders camc,--"fall in. fall
ino-thcn "atlcotion battalion, --s'ins
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Tic prcsldcni and The Colored Men.

Tho President and the ColOred Men.
WAsgwGroS, August i4.-The Pres
ident gave audience to-day to u commit
tee of eolored men, introduced by the
Commissioners of Emigration. They
came by invitation to hear the Presi-
dents views on their present and pros
poctive condition. The President made
lengthy speech. He said sum Of
money had been placed at his disposal
by Congress, for the purpose of aiding
the colonization of people Of African de-
scent, thereby making it his duty, as 10
had been q long time his inclination, I'd
favor that course, This he urged strong.
ly on them, and ind Gated the place best
calculated for their future development
os an ipicrs0Aca. .rrQstss ~, ....,......
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- - Esss.sSs
started for farmer J-'s house, 90.
companied by few OF his boon cOmpan-
ions, Arrived there we found the cou.
pie ready to be hitChcd. "0ur pet, y
pulled out the document purporling to
30 license, aud commenced the operation
Of splicing them. In few minutes
all was over and we pitched into reg
ulOr "Old Virginia hoc-dowo,N in which
even "our Pe,,"--tbe preacher joined
After the ceremony, the groom enquired
"what the bin was," he was informed
that the license cost seventy five cents,
and that tyiag the Knot was worth os
mOch more, The bill was paid
Before taking our departure, farmer
j, invited "our pet" TO come TO his
house on the following Sunday to preach,
but "ou per excused himself, and
when farmer -, pressed him, "oHr
pot'--be'ns rather ha'ly-FepHea that
he DO d--d II he could 0nd nme 10 come
ABOUT 'n't t'mo.Vo sNeao@ou'e'' ''o''
ing farmer j. with his oycs sticking
out about feet"
TuE vrWg
Our mail facilities here are very lrreg-
uIar, and it's with pleasure that we ha'I
tho arrival oiamcsscnger with the news
| wall give you u list OF prices OF papers
and letters here''
Point Pleasant Weekly Registers per
copy 10 ceHsi Cincinnati Commercial
3 ceHts; old letters, first roaaing, Q; sec,
ond reading cents,
Letters direclcd to ourselves, are not
to be cioad over more than twice before
turning them over to your bunk nntc,
under penalty of;wO cents due. News,
in fact is thing hat We get very little
Of, and siueo tho lighting before Rich
mond, we have had absolutely nothing,
.-&By tho nboyo vou will see tha, the
Register is in demand among the boys
here. There is no discount on 1t, sure,
MUSINGS.
For the maidtoinaucc Of our national.
ity and unity we have been called from
our homes and friends to share together
the the dangers and hardships of an un-
natural and civil warfare, brought into
life BY fe y unprincipled mon, high in
Office, and famed by tho breath of ,roi.
sl4sats4rhaiouAlot.maybe. be.
so that our armies prove victorious and
ere long the rattle snake of treason be
"crushcd 10 earth to rise no more" and
those Of US who shall remain be permit
ted to return to ourpcoccful quiet homes
and frcsides. Already there have thou.
sands oronr bravo soidior bovs o1ered
w.; ',,c -, ~,
W '"'" "'g' 90 '"'''"'' ~ ,pO t'O''
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Mr.. Smith, l wishito speak 10 youpri.
vately. Permit me to take you apart d
few moments smilh-(who wasn't the
least frghtened-'Cerlanly sir if you'll
promise to put me together ngaia,'
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mo DISABLED SOLDIERS, SEAMAN d
Marines and widows oro,her heirs OF those
who have died or been killed in the service
CHAS. TUCKER, Attorney for claimants
Bounty Land and Pension Agent, Washington
DC. II
marines Of tho present war, who ore disabled
by reoson Of wonndsrccoiyCd, or disease con.
troctcd while in service and Pension, Bounty
~ Money and arrears Of pay Obtained Tor wid'
avs or other heirs Of those who have died or
been killed while in service,
Pouriy land procured for services IN my .!
Wv CHAs. TUCKER, Washington, d. O.
Those entitled to Pensions, Bounty Land or
Bornty Money, can have thcir. claims prcparIen
and forwarded to Mr. Tucker by calling at tho
Register Office.
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A temperance editor, in drawing at
ten,ion 10 an article against ardent spir'
It's ia one Of the inner pages oihis paper
says, For the effects Of intemperauecJ
sec our inside"
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.Capto'n.nro you going to run your
steamboat in this fog?' timid passen'
ger asked of one of tho Soundskippcrs.-@
no, sir was the reply, we might rs
well trr to drive toad through a bar
rel Of tar
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LATER FROM CULPEPPER.


CrLrerrER, Va. Aug. l2--Io an IN.
terview with some returned prisoners to-,
d0y, they stated that the enemy had tres.
ted them with kindness; but there ono
Instance of gross Outrage, Capt, o..
Brien of the Sd Wisconsin Regiment
who was mortOlly wounded. The rebel
surgeon told him he could not live, and
gave him some water and left him on
the field. Some rebel soldiers subse.
quently came up and took his watch,
cut his pocket out, obtaining two hun.
dred and sixty dollars, and leaving him
there TO die, This statement is from
the dying mans lips,
The view of the battle field was
sight never to DO forgotten For nearly
. milo Il Q dead loyscatlered or in heaps
at The point where Cmwlord's brigade
twice dashed upon tie enemy. Tho
aght was fearful,
The rebel General Chas. Winder aud
Major Sncwdcn Andrews, of Baltimore,
Of Gen. Ewell's staff, were mortally
wounded, One of the rebel Generals
told a Union officer ho would be in Gull
pepper to ii ght but up TO the small hours
Of the morning, be has not attempted to
pcrfom his promise.
II is now estimated that our wounded
will reach 1900 men.
HEADoUARrERs ARMr OF VA, Aug, IS,
Tho rebels made no stand at the Rap.
idau, but are rctreating on Gordonsvllt
by the Orange Court House road. Gen.
Burord, with Cavalry and artillery, aud
Gen, MiIroy. with n large force of in
ianlry, are pursuing, and have already
crossed the river at different fordabls
points.
The heavy rains of Moulay and Tues
day have swollen the streams and delay.
cd the crossing ordetached bodies of tho
rebels, A portion Of Jackson's infantry
and II considerable train of wagons arc
said to be sill on the north bank; having
arrived by roads parallel to the other
columns, and finding the ford impussible
until the river falls, it ls believed they
will he captursd.
TIE 'rmes'Washington correspondent
says Pope pushing forward, Sigel and
Mcdowell are understood TO have cross.
cd the Rapidan and 10 be at Orange G.
II. The rebels had been expected to
make some stand there; but it now seems
probable that we will meet no opposi
lion this side OF Gordonsvillo,
jackson is understood to be making
eyery.NspsaIion for defending that as d
vital 10y. Somcapprelensions are ex.
pressed thni the rebel General Siewarll
now with jackson, may make an attempt
to renew his Richmond exploit Of ma.
king cavalry dash around the rear Of
our army, with view of breaking our
lines Of communication
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PoETIGAL.
eKATE,p oFILLINoIs.
ny WILLIAM $. HAYS,

by WILLIAM $. RAYS,
Kate Connor was country lass,
Scarce eighteen years Of age' 81
She ,pyed her country as her Gcd, = ~,
4 2 Like hero or 4 sage W.. ~. y.
The Rebels seourelbltthe 'knd. =
Y And crushed our frcside joys, %
Twas Eale, Of Illinois
Secession flags gere now unfurled,
From all the Rouse.tppS round
There was bnt esse good Union dag,
That ever could befound. ~ -r..
There iioated proudly in the air.
The ilag Of Yankee boys
By KateofIllinois.
Ono cvc n Iot or pohaIa s-mc
And saw II in tbc oirN '''
"Takc that d1r dawn Kate Connor srid. :
"Jn.t topcl, Il n yo, darcyi
She held n nistopin inch hand
And fear Ind seized thc boys.
"The first that pulis that flas. IN sho5t."
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THO On .ady who mendsd her huss
bands brecches with patch ofgrass is
now smoothing her hair with the comb
of rooster.
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if,s.l-i al7ssf.
knapsacks, take arms, shoulder aims.
two tanks, right face, forward, route step
march, and again we went through tho
eprOmenOde all, - according to IlOrdse
That day we once more reached Gauley
Bridge, having marched distance Of
'for,y-Gve miles in about fifteen hours,
which | think will do to brog on, con-
ssidcTing the beautiful GR'e bilioeks which
I'VE had TO cross. The next evening our
Colonel-on dress parade-issued a con,
.gratulotory order to the men, compli'
monting them on their quick march,
snud the good orderin which they Or.
rived at the Bridge.
MORE MARCHING,
We had been at the bridge but a few
days, when Companies u and c, were
ordered 10 this place, distance Of forty
miles; and here we are, comfortably
quareed IN tho Catholic church, which
i've have turned into tort, 1t was not
funtil alter we had arrived at this place
that we rightly understood the cause of
.our hurried departure from Rnleigh, but
we now know, and | will try and expIoin
a,ndcr the head of
RAID on soNMGRvILLE,
/ On Friday morning, July 25,h, about
% o'clock the pickcts at this place, were
surprised by dash of cavalry, who
came in large numbers, taking about
ESQ prisoners out oftwo companies of the
9th Va, Rcg, who were quartcrcd here.
,Amcng the prisoners taken were Lieut..
Colonel Starr, of the 9th Va, and all OF
lihc Company officers of one of the com
paries. There were ono or two men
lkillel and two or three wounded; the
balance, abou. 60 made their escopc.
The cavalry, who made the dash are
to Gucrrillas, calling them
selves "Moccosiu Rangers" Of which
tdoro are grJst many in this county;
we took three of them yesterday, and
uunv Tbav ara reoulnr
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"Whot nice lot oftuuips you have
gotl" said Mrs Brown to Mrs, Jones'
the iagers chiIdren's noses being oil
turr.upsl
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and abiding love for my country and the
great fundamental principles Of our gov
ernmcnt, and those institutions that have
grown out of and rest upon those princj.
pies as their foundation, that | venture
to trouble you with pnother communi.
cstion;
tia without doubt apparent to YOU
aud all l9ysliaen sysrgyksEs thsspgRS
out Tie country, that The great cardinal
ideas ofour republican form of govern
men, ane being assatled by vigilont
and powerful enemy, who are as impa-
cable and uDcompromising as the old
fend Of darkness is with the constitution
Of Hesycn, and that the enemies Of our
government are not confined to those on.
ly WHO have taken up arms and are
found in battle array against those who
have left homo and all cndeorments to
defend our liberties, and sustain the con.
situton given to US by our fathers; but
there are traitors, who are still prowling
around in the country everywhere, who
arejust as malignant aud venominous as
jeff Davis himself, but have far less
principle. They are wolves in sleeps
clothing, wbitcd scpulchers, which ap-
pear beautiful without, butinwardly are
full Of dead mems bones, and orall man.
nor OF hyposusy and deception. You
might in the language Of a very eminent
thoologinn, rake hell, and you could not
find throughout all that dark abode Of
wrcichejness and abominotion, just
such a poor wretchod, uoprinciPled,
set Of ihicving, God rorsaken, gang Of
dcsperadoes, as these very same ploIters
Of treason against the best government
that Heaven has ever conferred upon
man. And these men at this very time
and while they are crying out The Con,
stitu,ion as it's the Union as it was
are clondostinly and In os conspicuous
manner as they dare, sstrjDg m coss .
ter currents and Paralyzing as far as
.hey can, the efforts Of the loyal men to
induce volunteers to 90 into that very
army that is now fighting to sustain that
constitution ond defend the government.
Now, | ask any honest man, any lover oil
his country, any true patriot, how does
this look? Docsit appear honest' Does
It appear consistent? Is it manly? II
this is honest! Irthis is consistent! II
this is manlyl Thcn, sir justice is in.
Justice, truth is lie, light is darkness
heaven is hell, and he that is aiming to
destroy the constitution, and hc that Is
irving to save it, are both aiming at the
same thing. These men deny that this
is what they are doing. Yes, | know
Won DENY 1t. You know that such a
course is contemplate and deserves the
anntnemus aud scou ofbc,h men and
devils, and when II rises up before you
in all its native dcCormily, it looks so dc,
tostablc, that it mOkes you ashamed to
admi, that you arc tho men, You arc
tho men, nevertheless, and generations
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Spare the rod, aud you will have no
fish for dinner.
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Hartford City, Mason County, Va.,)
Anrm-L Ii 1910

Hartford CIV Mason County, Va,
August Ia, 1869.
Mr.. Edit0r-lt is because Of deep
and abiding love for my country and the
great fundamental principles of our gov.
ernmcnt, and those institutions that have
grown out of and les, upon those princi.
pies as their foundation, that venture
to trouble you with pnother communi.
egtion;
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NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1862.

she made complete revolution with the helm hard over
in space OF three times her length the time
quired being four minutes and ee-quarters It had
been feared by many naval officers that when the guns
were fred the concussion within the would bo
great for the to bear but found that the
contrary, the concussion within less than il
without the turret it at all upon the
In any part when o charge OF canister, weighing
hundred and thirty nve pounds fired with the full
charge of fifteen pounds Of powder Her speed by the
chplog was six and quarter knots hour, with sixty
fve revolutions Of the engines The boilers being new
and greasy foamed that the engines could not be
worked up 20 their maximum speed.
The Commission expressed themselves agreeably dis
appointed at the performances OF the vessel in every
respect. the only difficulty being that the iron pilot
house affected the compass, matter which was after
wards easily adjusted
she is long, wide, Aatbottomed vessel, with vertical
sides and pointed ends, requiring but very shallow
depth Of water TO float in, though heavily laden with
impregnabe armor her sides and bomb proof deck
on which is placed shotproof revolving turret which
contains two heavy guns. She is in the water
to afford no target for an enemy, and everything and
everybody is below tho water ne with the exception
Of those persons who are required to work the
gums in the turrst The following correct list Of her
dnensons