The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-07-17
rsJACKSoN COUNTY.

noted now tor the Secession proclyities
oIits inhabitants and the continue ten,
dcncy Of their action, in tho; direction
than for any principle, The vote
here on The ordinance of Secession was
/ almost unanimous, which showed at the
! time d united desire to break down and
overthrow the Government,--which was
the work ofJudgo Ward, Joe Smith, I.
P. Turner & Co. The people we're led
by the eloquence of these 'corthies to be.
eye that the only way to avoid car
"was al 10 unite ip the cause OF Scccs.
sion AMI showa bold and solid lront-
forbid tho Yankees from coming on Yir.
gina soil, and no one will dare cross the
river, &C., DC. Such arguments served
the timeto get many honest and perhaps
good citizens into the dclusiouand whrl,
pool of Secession, but tina, those men
should continue in their infatualion and
madness and be acting yet with the same
blindness and folly, isa problem that |
am not able to solve. About in this re-
gion seems to be the rendavous of "Moc.
casin Rangers" for the county. Recent.
y Il band of them robbed.a wagon laden
with groceries and medicines on its way to
Spencer, and since that killed one and
wounded another Union soldier, while
travelling along the road, This has caus-
ed quite an excitement, aal started tie
soldiers in search of the enemies OF tho
race Of man. The result thus far is the
burning OF several houses belonging to
Secessiouists in the vicinity, who have
been Ieedjns Gnd harborins the guerti|as,
and the arrest of D. W. Sayre, an old
Ii'iaen and once mao Of responsibility,
but having been blinded and hoodwinked
by the sophsIY Of rebeI-Ward & Co.
He has unrescrvcdly given his support
10 the cause Of truitors.
Passing up the right hand FORK ofSau
dy, you soon come to the farm OF Robl.
Joe smtn, 1t Is sai Of him, that he
was lawyer of some note aud POPULAR.
lyIa the county, but as he becume
Wards Lieutenant. General he went off
will the tide Of treason, aud though
tsrgo in body, his good acts if any will
be reMambered no more.
All along This fork Of Sandy one OF
the most beautiful valleys is presented to
view and is more united than is gene'.
rally secn-,hat is cui UP by the creek
\ proof this may be shown from the fact
that the Ravcnswood AM Reedy turn
pike passes through this valley on the
North side and never crosses the creek
from lis source to its gouth, Up the
left hand fork too, there are large bodies
of rich and fertile lands, lying in every
direction. On the Ncsslerodc fork is the
property Of the airyand notorious rebel
J. C. Davenport, Davenport done
great deal of wind-woyE while here, and
had he not taken the wings of a rcbe
and few off TO the land OF screened, he
might have had by this time moIe wind
mills, running ON this fork, than in all
other Parls the county, put together
| Little Sandy is a creek Of considerable
value, lying entirely in this county, and
ompties intothc Ohio, opposite Bulng'
tons Island three miles above Ravens,
wood. The lands on this creek are very
rich and productive, but the bottoms ere
not so extensive as is seen IN other parts
of the county In this valley lives the
goodnatured Wing, who has Democrat
ic vile, and although they dispute and
argue great deal about politics aud
parties, he always votes 10 please his
wife rather than himself, believing as he
saws. lhatbiG %jEs Is GMtesNaEI&a&NI5 a
selection than he is, for she selected him
from. among the whole race of mani
The country between this creek and
Pond creek is tcr,ilc and susceptible Of
making heaatjtaI {ss@sr ,ac' tNw%ffSf
end Of Masses bottom is tho town of
Murryvillc, founded by Murry and Hicks
in the year 1888, Both Of those gonlle-
men have passed away and with them
the suspension of boat building. Ia their
time, here many huIks of the finest stea.
rers wereIbuit, The citizens here are as