The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-12-18
NUMBER 80.

or species Of prOpsrly, but they seize
and cary away captive, their persons.
Numbers OF our most worthy aud respec-
table citizens are now suffering all the
untold hororsof Incarceration 10 South
ern prisons. aud while the rebels have
not, so far as | an informed, executed
any ofIhem on the gallows, or BY tho
bullet yet they are sending many oftheni
'''to that bourao whence no traveller Ger
returns" by the less rapid, but not less
certain, process Of starvation.
have felt the want Of sufficient leg.
islation on this subject, and respectfully
suggest that q law he passed, authori.
zing the Executive or appointing a com,
mission, to designate influential sscss,
sionists in the IOyalporliOn Of The State,
TO be arrested end confined until theiy
friends procure tbs release Of an equal
number Of loyal men,
STAY LAW.
The Stay Law, enacted at your session
of December last, expires on the first Of
January next. | have convorsed with
many Intelligent gentlemen, holding diff
ferent views as to the propuety ofre.en-
acting or permitting It to expire; but as
you arc fresh from tho pooplc, and can
form more correct judgment of their
sOntmonGu upon the subject than 7 am
able, leave it to your candid and care
ful consideration. may be allowed to
suggest however, that il has occurred to
me, law might be passed which would
in many instances, DO of great advantage
TO 10th debtor and creditor Let the
creditor reqniro the debtor 10 pay twen-
ty fve per cent on the debt, interest and
cost ninety days after the passage Of tho
not, and twenty-five per cent, at the
end Of each ninety daysunti the whole
btis discharged; Snd on failure TO pay
the specified amountat tho expiration
Of time proposed, lot execution issue
for the balance Of claim unpaid, includ.
ing interest and cost would except
the officers and soldisrsir the army frour
tho provisions of this law, nor should
any cicii process bo issued against them
until ninety days after their discharge
from the service.
snERlFFs.
desire to call your attention to an
Act Of tho General Assembly entitled
"An Act to provide for tho extension Of
time for Sheritfs Of this Commonwealth
to execute wrils Of fri Jdcids on GER
tain judgements passed February IS,
1862. Tint act decIaras s'that the PIES.
lent Shefifsin The Commonwealth sball
bo Ollowod twelve months after the ex,
piration Of the present Stay Law, to eE,
ocuto any writ Of fsri tacias issued on
judgements in any Of the County and
Circuit Courts OF ihiD Commonwealth
during the present term Of said shOt
ifs"
And this Act further declares, Dthqt
il shall be the duty of tho Clerks of tbs
several County and Circuit Courts 70
direct all such writs to the sold present
ShcriGs, as il the same had been issued
during their sud term as aforesaid"
The term for which ShertFs are eleat,
ed, iV fixed by the Constitution at ty9
years. Their bonds are taken in accord
anco Herewith, and their suretics are
held, only, for their Official acts during
tina: period.
The effect Of this Actis to prolong Tue
term Of the Sherias. and that periol be,
ing Gxed by the Constitution, cannot bo
changed by Legislative enactment; uoy
can the surclies be responsible beyond
the period for which the Sheriff was elesr
ted. a..i
respectfully request that tlN aet bg
repealed
LOYAL voLuNrRERy