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The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-05-27

PLAIN md FANCY PRINTING.
The Proprietors OF the NoSIToR office have
established J OBJ ONCE. ana arc prepared 70 do
llkiuds Of job Printing in S;vle unequa!ed IN
Western Virginia We particularly invite the
attention of our Merchants. Mechanics &c. to
our establishment, rs are prepared TO DO
ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING,
at the shortest notice and on the most reasonable
terms PLAIN i ORNAMENTAL, such as
BOOKS. CARDS,
CHECKS BILL-HEADS. CIRCULARS.
NANIFESTS. LABELS. PAMPHLETS.
NOTES. DRAFTS. RECEIPTS. DEEDS,
NOTICES " WAY-BIIL.S. Catalogues,
BlLLETS. PROGRAMMES. Policies,
RAILROAD, STAGE AND AUCTION
BILLS. and MERCHANTS BILLS, Of
EVERY VARIETY.
BLANKS o:evcry description neatly and exne-
,:tiously executed.
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Selert 2uetry.
THE BACHELORS COMPLAIN:


THE BACHELORS COMPLAINT.
Returning home at close day,
Who gently chides my long delay,
And by my side delights to stay?
Nobody.
Who sets for me the easy chair,
Sets out the room with ueatcst care,
And lays my slippers ready there?
Nobody.
Who regulates the cheerful fire.
And piles the blazing tue! higher,
And bids me draw my chair still higher?
Nobody.
When plunged in dire and deep distress,
And anxious cares my heart oppreSS,
Who whispers hopes Of happinesSy
Nobody.
When anxious thoughts within me rise,
And in diSmav my spirit dies,
Who Soothes me hy her kind replies?
Nobody.
When sickness racks my feeble frame
Aud grie: dis,ractS my tercr'd brain.
Who <ympa,hizes with NY pain?
Nobody.
Then I'll resolve, so help me Fate.
To change ut once the single state,
And will % lIrmen' altar take
Somebody.
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For JUDGE.

nls- We are authorized to announce JOHN
\. OLLIE as candidate for JUDGE OF ClRculT
Corer. [paid.
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FOR SURVEYOR.

&aE>We are authorized to announce = EoHG /
PRICE. Esq. OF District No. =, as cahG'oate !o'
CoryTy SURVEYOR. Lpaid.
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SAM-,Julius, whar am you been
so long?'
JUL1rs-'Been round tastin whis-
key
SAN--You like any perticklar
brand.
JULIUs-'Yes, I generally drink
de Union Brand.
SAM; Dat kind would suit Massa
Banks.
julius Why p
SAM Kase he is in favor Of let
ting de Union slide.
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RIS. Resident DEN =

II TIST, MORGANTOWN. VA, Nlll be
found at home on every Court Week, and every
SATURDAY., ana III all times that ne may MAKE an
arrangement with any person to be there iue
,fovn arranremenrs will be strictly lived up to-
his practice being so in Fayettc and Greene coun-
lies that it will call his attention part of the tine
Having had years of professional experience IN 4
most extensive practice, ne feels confident thai ne
can render satisfaction to all.
ns-OFFlCE in Monougalia Buildings.
.,>l
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CATO said "he would rather peo-
pie should inquire why he had not
statue erected to his memory, than
why he had
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Attorneys.
Physicians.
:, cASSEJ,RERRY. NJ. D.,

M L. CASSELBERRf. NJ. D.,
vi. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
MORGANTOWN, VIRGINIA,
VIII be found AZ all hours of the day aud night
q, his office and residence in the brick house,
next door to LaZier's Store.
Feb IL 62-ly.
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MORGANTOWN, VIRGINIA.

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TERMS-The SEMl-W EEKLY MONITOR is pub
lshed every WEDNESDAY, and TURDAl,
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New York city, are our Authorized agents for pro-
curing Advertisements and Subscriptions for the
MONITOR in the eastcrn cities.
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THE MONITOR.

WEDNESDAY,, MAY -, 1868
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Travellers Guide.

NATIONAL HOTEL. PHILIP StEP-
II LAR PROPRIETOR. No. l37 water ST,
opposite the Brownsville Boat mart ana near
the ConneIlSville r. r. Depot, PlttSours' ga
n%Terms Reasonable -ts& Iapl lily
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Advertisers will he charged extra for changing
heir advertisements.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07
L Great Time ia Ei1nira, N. X.--Tbe
Drafted Men on "a Bender,

The draft in Elmira, N. Y, was made
the occasion of signal rejoicing. As soon
as it vas concluded, a meeting was held
and procession formed, Christopher
Slater. OF the Brainerd House, being
chosen Chief Marshal, and WIN. NJ. Thay-
er, OF the Daily Press, Captain. They
were decked ont in gay and striking cos
tunes, and marched en- maSse to the pub
lie square. In the procession were num-
Der OF banners and placards, with humor-
GUS inscriptions. One read, 1.-The Union
and the Constitution-Goda and Victory"
Another, ''What We kill, we eat An
other, eve are coming, Father Abraham,
three hundred dollars strong" Another,
"Prize Tickets $500, .. s. Lottery"
Various humorous speeches were made,
after which the following resolutions were
passed unanimously:
WHEREAS, The Government of the United
Stases for the purpose of assisting in preserv-
ing itself against the destroying efforts of an
organized domestic foe, has seen fit to institute
a draft, and
WHEREAS, We, through the favor of kind
Fortune, have been each awarded a prize in
the great lottery, therefore, be it
Resotred, That we, the drafted men of Elmi-
IA, loving our Union, our Constitution. and our
Flag hereby declare that in our opinion this
action of the Government is necessary and
just
Resolred, That. claiming to be loyal men,
we will not, by word or deed, by thought or
action, offer resistance to this draft. but will
respond in manner that shall be proper and
satisfactory to this call of patriotic duty.
Resotcsd, That if at any time unlawful resis-
lance be offered to this legal CONSUMPTION, we
WILL if called upon. spring to the defence Of
the Government, and will use every means
placed at our disposal to put down all who SO
far forget themselves as to win the title of trail
tors and rioters.
ResOlced, That we earnestly believe. from it's
baptism of blood and fire, the country shall
come forth purified and with new greatness,
and that through the blessing of God, again,
and forever, undiminished ia lustre.
THE star-spangled bannez in triumph shall
wave,
Der the land of the free and the home Of the
brave" -
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07
For what Time does the Payment
Of $500 Exempt the Drafted
.. .... Man.
OPINION, OFF CALEB GUSHING,

Caleb Gushing, ex-Attorney General Of
the United States, has, on request, given
the subiOined opinion on the following de-
csion of the War Department
Any drafted person paying $3.50 +
is therefore exempt from further liability under
that draft but not from any Subsequent draft.
The opinion is as follows:
AS to the question, it is not plain to. pe8ceive
why it was at this time made a subject of in
situation by the Provost Marshal General, un-
less in the thought of indirectly constEaning
drafted men to procure substitutes themselves,
instead OF paying communication money for sub
stAutes; inasmuch as it cannot be determined
as practical question, either judicially or 9TH
erwise, until q second draft under the present
enrolment shall have been ordered by the
President. Not until then will any actual case
arise. All determination of this possible future
question is premature and Intellectual at this
time. s'~r~ -"
But the supposed indacement of this instrue.
ton, if it exists, cannot be regarded as rule
OF statute construction applicable to the act;
its meaning as law is to- be ascertained by legal
considerations Tao
I respond, then, that the payment of the
Communication money has the same effect, so far
as regards the personal responsibilities of cit
izen enrolled and drafted. and ascertained to be
liable to military duty rs the furnishing of
substitute, namely, to discharge the party for
the three years of that draft
The act provides that the person duly drawn
''shall be notified of the same within then days
thereafter, by a written or printed notice, to
be served personally or by leaving copy at
the giace of residence, requiring them to APP
pear at the designated rendezvous to report for
duty;" and secondly, ''that any person drafted
and notified to appear as aforesaid, may, on or
before the day fixed for his appearance, furnish
an acceptable substitute to take his place in the
draft; or he may pay to such person as the Sec
rotary of War may authorize to receive it, such
sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, as
the Secretary of War may determine, for the
prOcuration of such substitute and
thereupon such person so furnishing the SUBJ
stitute or paying the money shall be dischared
from further liability under the draft (Sec.
49,
Here the object of the payment of the COM
mutation money to the government is express
ly declared to be the procuration of substi-
tute by the government
Again, we find in the same section that the
act; in speaking of the penalty for non-appear-
ance at rendezvous on notice, has the words
presenting substitute or paying the required
sum therefor"
Here, also, the effect of the procure
meqt of substitute by the party himself
and that of the payment of the money
with which to procure substitute, are de-
clared in the same clause and in the same
words in that clause, to- wit, that by either
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07

The fruits of radical teachings, by the
radical prints, are appearing in Missouri.
A few days ago-are the words of the
Missouri Repubiican-"a scoundrelly mob
Of Jacobins, the genuine spawn of such
prints, got together in Chillicothe, Liv-
ingston county, and tried to prevent
Judge McFerran from holding his Court,
OF which they were in great awe, for they
had themselves committed many crimes.
A man Of better judicial abilities, of fairer
MUD aud more enlightened patriotism, it
would be impossible to find in Missouri.
A truer, purer Union man, does not exist
in the State. He has served the cause of
the Union at the head OF g regiment, and
is every way worthy of the confidence
and esteem of all but rogues,
rascals and wanton revolutionists and
political and social incendiaries gener-
ally." The Union says-''They burnt the
Jndge in effigy, and committed other dis
graceful outrages. The Judge is gradual
emancipationist, and has used his best
exertions, as a man of pure character and
fine abilities, to rid Missouri of slavery in
the only practicable mode. This is his
offense. The Democrat has for more than
six weeks past done what it could to cal
umniate Judge McFerran, and to draw
down upon him the vengeance of the
revolutionary faction. 1t has succeeded.
Not so far, however, as to overthrow the
Court. The Judge held his Court, and
up to latest advices had deied the power
of the mob"
These are the direct fruits of radical
teachings. The Jacobin set-we mean at
the North-we mean here in Minnesota
as well as in Missouri-who teach bold.
traitorous disregard of State and Federal
Constitutions and laws, which lead directly
to arson and murder, deserve to be held
up as the worst enemies our country has.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07
Of these means, the party "sball be- dis
charged from further liability under that

Of these means, the party "sball be- dis
charged from further liability under that
draft" W. tfFA
What, then, is the import of these words
discharged from liability under the draft ~
Do these words mean, that such persons 40
6 furnishing substitute or paying the money
therefor" shall be liable to be drawn repeated
ly, and subject to this burden over and over
again? Or that by either of these things he
has discharged his military obligation under
the act, and that this obligation is now charged
upon the substitute procured by himself or by
the government arU lr- l-+ :
:. On this point, the act, in another place, re-
lieyes us Of all doubt; for it declares that
any person So enrolled and drafted, who shall
furnish an acceptable substitute, shall there
upUh receive certificate of discharge from
s s dratt, which shall exempt him from mill
5aly uaty during the time for which he was
oi1iteu. sec. 10 That is to saw the mean
Mg Vi uischarge from such draft is exemp-
.lon rom military duty during the time for
WHICH the party was drafted
TO be sure, the act does not saw that the ner.
son paying the Communication money shall re-
celVe o certificate ofdischarre from such draft
nor did the act need to do this for the receint
OF the public officer receiving the commute.
ton money is the appropriate documentary ev-
dence OF the party paying it, to show that he
is discharged from further LIABILITY nnder sunb
charge from military duty during the term of
the draft. As, however the person furnishing
a substitute would not have receipt whereby
TO show his discharge, as the payer of the
commutatlon money would have, therefore the
act prescribes that TO him certificate of dis
charge from the draft shall be delivered.
Ia both cases alike the larty is DISCHARGED
from further liability under the draft which
liability the act defines to be discharged from
military service for the period of the draft.
This construction is according to the literal
expression and plain import Of the act And
there Is nothing in the act to contradict this
view, or TO countenance a different one.
1t would require, indeed, words of most pos
tive significance and most imperative COM
mand to justify such construction of the act as
that the obligation to serve, to provide or
pay TOR a substitute, shall devolve continually
on Q small number of persons, subjecting them
to reiterated obligation, while the rest of the
community escapes both the personal and Pc
cuniary hardships of the act. But no such
words are 10 DE found in it; they are all the
other way.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07

The London Times, in it's issue of the
4th of July, asked: ssWhat is America
doing to-day" There have been several
loud responses to the question, from
Meade, at Gettysburg; Grant, at Vicks-
burg; Banks, at Port Hudson; Prentiss,
at Helena, and Rosecrans, at Tullahoma.
America on that day was celebrating thy
glorious victories and putting from 3d.
600 to 100000 rebels hors dw combat.
We hope tho Times will be gratified with
the answers to its interrogatory.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-14

RICHMOND, May 9th, 1868.
The following Confederate officers and men have
been duly exchanged, and are hereby declared
!. All officers and men who have been delivered at
City Point at any time previous to May 9th, 1868.
2. All officers captured at any place before the st of
April, 1863 who have been released on parole
3. All men captured in North Carolina or Virginia
before the lst of March, 1862 who have been released
on parole.
4. The officers and men captured and paroled by
Gen P. Garter, in his expedition to East Tennessee
in December last.
5. The officers and men captured and paroed by
Lieut.. Col Stewart at Van Buren,, Arkansas, january
25h 1868; by Col. Dickey, in December 1862, in his
march to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and by Capt
Cameron, at Corinth Hiss, in December, 1862.
6. The officers and paroled at Oxford, Miss,
the 23d of December, 1862; al Des Are Ark, the
18th of January, 1868, and at Baton Rouge, La,
the 23d of February, 1868.
Z. All persons who have been captured on the sea
or The waters leading to the same, upon the sea
coast of the Confederate United States at any
previous to December 10th. 1862.
All civilians who have been arrested at any time
before the 9th of May, 1863 and released on parole
arc discharged from any and every obligation con-
tanned in said parole. fany such person has taken
any oath of allegiance to the United States given
any bond or if his release accomplished with any
other condition, he is discharged from the same.
Q. Ifany persons embraced in any of the foregoing
sections or in any section Of any previous Exchange
Notice. wherein they declared exchanged, are in
any Federal prison, they are to be Immediately re-
leased and delivered TO the Confederate authorities
May II, 1868 ct ROBERT OULD.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-14
GENERAL LEES ORDER FOR THE
INVASION.
On antnrino Marulanl 81 Dsu--f.... a.

sOn ehleihS MaFyianu ana pennsylvania, Gen.
Lecissued the following order:
Headquarters, Army Northern Va, june 81.
While in the enemy's country, the following
regulations for securing supplies will be strictly
observed, and any violation of them promptly and
vigorously punished:
No. 1. No private property shall be injured or
destroyed by any person belonging to or connected
with the army, or taken, except by the officers
herein designated -..s.
No. 2. The chiefs Of the Commissary, Quarter
master, Ordnance and Medical departments of the
army will make requsition upon the local anthori-
.,es or inhabitants for the necessary supplies for
thelr respective departments, designating the
places and times Of delivery. All persons comply
ing with such acquisitions shall be paid the mar
ket price Tor the articles furnished if they so
desire, and the offlcer making such payment shall
take duplicate receipts for the same. speeifyinp
the name of the person paid, and the QUANTITY
kind, and price of the property, one of which re.
celpts shall be at once forwarded 10 the Chief of
the Department to which such officer is attached
No. 3. Should the authorities or Inhabitants
neglect or refuse to comply with such acquisitions,
the supplies required will be taken from the near
est Inhabitants refusing, by the order and under
the direction of the respective Chiefs of the De-
partments named.
No A. When any command is detached from
the main body, the chiefs of the several depart
ments Of such command will procure supplies for
the same, and such other stores as they may be
ordered to provide, in the manner and subject to
the provisions herein prescribed; reporting their
action to the heads of the respective departments,
to which they will forward duplicates of all vou-
chers given or received.
No. 5. All persons who shall decline to receive
payment for property furnished on acquisitions
and all from whom it shall be necessary to take
stores or supplies, shall be furnished by the officer
receiving taking the same, with a receipt spcci-
flying the kind and quantity of the property re-
ceived or taken, as the case may be, the name of
the person from whom it was received or taken,
the command for the use of which it is intended,
and the market price. duplicate of said receipt
shall be at forwarded to the Chief of the De-
partment to which the officer by whom it is exc
cuted is attached. .
No. 6. If any person shall remove or conceal
property necessary for the use of the army or at
tempt to do So the officers herein before mentioned
will cause such property, and all other property
belonging to such person that may be required by
the army, to be seized, and the officer seizng the
same will forthwith report 10 the Chief of his De-
partment the kind, quantity and market price of
the property SO seized and the name of the owner.
By command Of Gen. II L LEE.
r. III. CuILToN, Adj't Genl.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-14
FEDERAL DEvAsTATIoNs I'm AR-
KANSAS

1t appears that in Arkansas the Federals are
practising the same policy of burning proxisiona
and agricultural implements that they have prac
ticed in other sections Of our land The bosom Of
destruction follows in their train everywhere.
Evidently they have adopted this system Of war
fare against women and children In order, as thcy
say, ITO starve out the South If possible" The
Little Rock True Democrat gives the annexed ac.
count of their doings in that State.
1t has been known for weeks that tho Fcderals
in>A<kansas were destroying all hrming imple-
ments, seiging all provisions, and preventing the
planting Of crops, with the ayowed determination
to starve the people into submission. We sun
posed it might be possible that this was the vim
dictive cruelty of some cowardly commander, who
vented his spite on women and children. But il
is now certain that orders 10 that effect have issued
from Lincolu's War Department In Phillips,
Chicot, and other countless where the Fedcrals
have foothold, they have and are burning all the
fences, plOws and farming utensils they fnd. Phey
destroy the property of widows Us well as of male
citizens. They are sending thousands Of wonen
and children within our lines, destroying all the
provisions they find, and preventing the people
from planting. -.
Out of many cases reported to us is one of
widowed lady, a. whose house a number OF officers
and men called and demanded their dinners
After having eaten they told her that they had
orders to seize all her provisions, destroy all the
farming implements and fences, and prevent her
from having crop raised. They left her weeks
supply of provisions only. In Phillips county
they killed every milch COW, shot down evory hog
and cut down fruit trees. In Chicot county they
have made clean sweep,
This is not civilized warfare. il is war upon
women and-children. 1t is q wholesale robbery
and national murder. Yet, so timd has been our
policy that we have let these villains navigate our
waters because they protested against the barbariy
of firing into boats We.have parolcd jayhawkerS,
whose hands were covered with the blood Of
murdered patriots. We have forborne until for
bearance ceased to be virtue-uptil il has ceased
TO be manly. That an enemy so violating all the
rules of warfare, and wagiug barbarous, 6cndish
war, should be treated according to the rules Of
civilized war is absurd. Surely these men should
be hung soon caught They have thrown
away thcr stars and stripes aud hoisted the black
flag. They arc warning upon women and children,
and whencaught, their captors would be as iustiGa-
BILE in killing them as they would be in kiIlinga
wild beast.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-14

"The desire here is that the Northern people
may taste the bitter dose SO fully administered to
the people Of the South, that they too may the
better appreciate the blessings of peace, which
wc"have been SO barbarously deprived. There is
but one sentiment in this section, and that is
peace, but it must be upon such terms as involves
no surrender of honor, an everlasting separation
from the North.-Salisbu,y Watchnaan
Yes, "everlasting separation from the NORTH
that's the only way we ever have permanent
peace, 1t seems impossible that any southern man
who is not crazy, should desire a reunion with
people who have acted like savages and have
done everything they could to incitc insurrection
among our negroes.