Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-15

the war. Counties in Virginia have beer
overrun, containing an aggregate slave
population of S0,72s by the late census
and which, at moderate valuation. is
worth, in round numbers, S45, 900. .O00
-Such loss should not be permitted tc
fall upon people it it can by any proper
means be prevented.
Ii, therefore. our officers, when there is
reason to believe that they will be com.
PEELED to abandon position, would notify
the owners of slaves to remove them, or re
port them 1T camp for the performance OF
such service as may be assigned to them, a
most severe loss in this particular property
would be avoided.
HOW THE MASSES CRUSH TO THE AID OF pA-
Wis AND co.
call your attention to the defects in the
laws relating TO exemptions. Ii conclu-
SlNns can be drawn from the reports thai
have been made to the Adiutnnt General.
we have too much reason to Oelievr that in
many Instances the law has been grossly
abused, and multitrdes have been released
from military service who have no lust
claim to exemption. The applicants have
been allowed TO select the physicians who
were to examine them, and it has been no
unusual sight to see the court houses occu.
ishing certificates of "disability.'' The
certificates thus obtained when presented
to the boards, in most instances, have been
taken as sufficient to justify the exemption
of the applicant. THESE applicants should
be re-exumined by a diSinterested surgeon,
who is not to receive fees. and who should
be sworn before he enters upon the dis
charge of his duties. All men capable Of
doing so, are equally bound TO render IN i'll
itary service, ana all should be willing TO
render it at a time like the present
WHAT ARMS HAVE HEEN ISSUED BY THE
STATE ORDNASCE RUREAU.
communicate herewith "a report from
Brig. Gen. ChOs. Dimmock, which shows
the issue OF arms, accoutremunts, &C.,
since the lst of November last, by the
Nirginin Ordnance Department. The re-
port shows that we have issued thirty-uine
pieces of artillery, six and twelve pound
ers, and sixteen thousand seven hundred
and seventy -four small arms.
The balance of the message is devoted
to purely local affairs, and concludes as
follows:
There is much misunderstanding with
regard to the sentiments and position OF
our people in Western Virginia; and il
would be unpnrdonnbie in me TO permit
TINS OCCASION TO pass without YlndlcOtinT
them in the eyes of my countrymeu of tic
Southern Contederacy. decided ma
jority of the people of West Virginia sus-
tained the ordinance of the Convention
declaring the secession of Vlrginiu Sew
eral votes have been since tnkp,, under
the direction of the usurped goYurnmen,
at Wheeling, and in no single instance
have more than oue-third of the voting
population been found at the polls.
Let these significant facts go to the
world as vindication oftbis people against
the unjust impnta,iou. that have been
made against their loyalty and fidelity -
Northern power has crushed tLcm for the
present, but the day Is coming when thai
section OF our State-ricli in mineral re-
sources, fertile in soil, genial in climate
and abundant in all the cereal productior.<
will be remembered and reclaimed TIE
avenging hour draws nigh when the disloy-
nj, untAithful and Irnitoroms will be made
10 bow in humble submission TO the mai
esty of the law, and will rejoice ut the op-
por;un.ty to share again with us in the glo-
rious hame of Yirgiuian
Respectfully, JnHx LETcHER