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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
TO DIR PATRONS.

On the 10Th Of this month, we will
c commence the second volume Of our pa
per, and We appeal to the people for
support. II IS for them to say whether
they want paper published any longer
in Moson county. All must admit that
a newspaper is benefit to county
It's true. that our paper is not so large
rs those that have been published in this
county before, but give US your hearty
support, and we will furnish you q pa
per that Mason county may well be
proud OF. During tho time we have
been publishing the Register, our object
has been to help benefit our county, our
West Virginia and our common county;
and we believe that during its existence
the paper has helped TO WELD its infu'
ence. We desire to have the paper con.
timed in our county. We have made
nothing yet, not even dollar for ouT
time; and unless the people give us help
the prospects are VIC never will make
anything, over and above The actual OK
ponscs Of the office. We want help
Every man in tho county should take
his county paper tis,o bis interest lc
do so. Those that are subscribers vii
remember, that their time expires will
our next number, and we trust that thoJ
will renew their subscriptions, b!
promptly coming forward and paying il
advance for the next year. Term
81 90 cents, sric3ym Trance,
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FROM New Orlennh.

The steamship Continental arrived a:
Now York on Tuesday evening, from
New Odsans on the ijlh instant. Her
advices are only one day later, and are
Of little Importance,
We find the following in the PicayunO
Of the 18th:
We regret 10 learn that on attemp.
was made to shoot Major. General Banks
as he was about entering his carriage Of
the ladies' entrance Of the City Hotel
about quarter past seven o'clock, LAST
evening. The weapon used was an air
gun and the bullet after passing near
where the General stood, was found on
the opposite side walk. The person who
made tho base attempt disappeared at
once, and at last accounts the police had
NOT been successful in tracing out his
identity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
An Act 70 Amend and Re-enact the
Third Chapter Of the Code of 1850.

/. Be it enacted that the third chap.
ter of the Code OF 1860 be amended and
re.enacted so as to read as follows:
9. Whenever a citizen Of this State by
deed in wiring executed in the proSe nce
Of and subscribed to by two witnesses
and by them proven in the Court Of the
County or corporation where he resides
or by open verbal declaration ma 10 in
such Court and entered of record shall
declare that he relinquishcs the charac.
Ter of a citizen Of this State and shall de-
part out of the same, such person shall
from the time Of such departure be con,
Sidered as having exercised his right of
eXpstfiaIion so far as regards this State
and shall thcnGeforLh be deemed no cit.
izen thereof.
8. When any citizen Of this State be-
ing, twenty one years Of age shall reside
elsewhere, and in good faith become the
citizen Of some other Safe OF this Union
or the citizen or subject of a Foreign
State or sovereignty he shall not while
the citizen or subject Of a foreign Stale
or sovereignty be deemed q citizen Of
this State.
4. Any citizen of this State, who
shall after the passage of this act voldn.
tarily levy war against the United States
or who shall adhere TO the enemies of
the ssme, or shall give them aid or COM
fort, or who shall BY writing or speaking
profess allegiance or fidelity 10 the so
called Confederate States of America. II
who shall resist or oppose by violence,
or who shall by writing or speaking in
sIig llo Others to resist or oppose by VIC,
lsnce, tho Government Of Virginia as re-
organized by the Convention which as.
sembled at Wheeling on the 18th day of
June, 1861, shall be considered as hay-
ing cxpOtristed himself so far as regards
this State and shall lhenceforth DO dee.
med no citizen thereof.
!. This act shall be in force from It's
passage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
[For The Register

Thanks OF the 18th Regiment to the La
dies ofthe Upper Flats.
Those noble hearted ladies in the
Upper Flats, in this county, have our
kindest regards for their patriotism in
procuring and forwarding to this Post,
those articles of food anil clothing which
are SO essential and indispensable, for
the comfort and health Of our sick co..
dierS in the Hospital in this place, and
we hope this small tribute Of thanks will
be received as coming from those who
feel that language fails to shadow forth
the real impulses Of our hearts, and we
beg leave TO claim and insist that the
cause of our noble government and its
palIiotic defenders, may still have a
large share ofyour attention and affec'
tiOnatO prayers, until the olive branch Of
peace returns to bless our distracted
country, and the Stars and Stripes, in
triumph shall waive in the breezas Oh
Heaven, over every foot of its territory
W. II.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Fran the Fairmont National


B8F Atan unconditional Union meet
ing held in Leavenwohh, Kansas, on
the 18th inst, Col. Iennisup introdu-
ced the two following resolutions which
were at once adopted.
Rcsolred, That any man who shall
propose peace with the rebels now in
arms against the government Of the
United States, on any other terms
than those Of unconditional submission
10 the constitution apd laws thereof is a
traitor and deserves TO die!
ResOlred, That he shall die!
A peace man on any other TENS is
coward or a trlitor--a disgrace to hu.
manity. lie ia unfit to live, he is uupte-
pared to die; 10 heaven, he cannot 60;
hell would Spew him forth upon her
strands; and the wiggling worms tina fat.
ten upon the putried carcass of dog,
would turn from him with loathiug aud
disgust
We desire peace as ardently as the
most exemplary disciple of Penn, but
not at the sacrifice of honor, the cause
Of humanity or the loss of a solitary foot
Of our blood. bought domain. If at last,
We so down, lei it be like the noble
Cumberland with cannon booming and
"our banner streaming Ger u.s."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
NSp Soma ren wook, apo thn ShorifF

pa" Some three weeks ago the Sheriff
Putnam county, Mr. Ben. Morris while
attending to his official business, was
captured by Secesh gucrillOS. Last
wcoklthe Colonel of the 18th Va. Reg.
took the following prominent citizens Of
Putnam county as hostages for the safe
return Of Mt MorriSs; ThoS. Fife, w.
Love, i. l.. Bronaugh, RObt. 7. Harvey
Alex, w. HandlOy. Fife has been pa
rolled and is now al his farm near Butfa-
10. The ratO of the others depends up
on tho fate Of Mr., Norris Dispatch
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
0Peterson,. Nrngnzine.n

We have received Peterson, for March
early as usual. The February number
seemed to US excellent, but this dis a
little ahead" We believe, and wO doub t
if it can be surpassed by any other mag.
azine in the country.
1t is only tWo dollars per aunum.--
Address, Charles ] Peterson, 9O6 Chest.
nut St., Phil, Penn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Central Committee,

The following named gentlemen com.
pose the New State Central Committee
for Mason county
Col. Joseph Sly, Col. Ben. LCnaster
andJ. D. Tompson, Esq, We suggest
10 the Committee the propriety Of inn
mediately appointing the Commits
sioners to suporiuteud the coming cleo
tOn, and TO see that mono but men Of
undOubted loyalty be appointed. We
would like to have the appointments
made in time to publish them in our next
issue.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Soldiers, Meeting.

The officers and privates of the l3th
Virginia Regiment, hsM a mcatlng or
Monday night last, at the Courthouse,
for the purpose Of expressing their in.
dignalion concerning the course Of the
Infamous cOPperhOads throughout the
North. We will publish the proceed
ingB next week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Proposed Convention TO Nom ip9te .
State Ticket.


The members oftho Convention and
other friends Of the new State held o
meeting in Wheeling on Tue 10th, foE
the purpose Of taking the initiative in
calling for general Convention Of Dele
gates from all tho counties Of the new
State TO put in nomination State officers
for the election soon to be held under the
new Constitution.
The following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted, embody the action
of the meeting on the subject;
Resotvea, That this meeting recon-
mend to the people Of the forty-eisht
counties composing the new State of
West Yirginia that % Eo5R as practices
BILE after the adoption of the amended
Constitution they appoint delegates TO
meet in Convention at PRrkersburg on
the FIRST Wednesday after the expiration
OF ten days from the date Of the procla-
nation Of the President declaring West
Virginia State In the Union.to appoint
unconditional Union candidates for State
officers at the first election under the
new State Constitution.
Resolved, That the action Of this NEE.
ting be published in the Wheeling Intel
ligcnCer, Wellsburg Herald, Fairmont
National, Weekly Register and all other
loyal papers within the new State.
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"Godcy,s Lady,s Book.w

We have this also for Macrh; and, as
we have said in former notices all that
we could say for our favorile, 9odey, we
will only adj that this number is the
harbinger of Spring in every rich vade,
ty ofstyle and fashion.
Terms three dollars per annum, Address,
l.. A. Cooley, aaa Chestnut ST.. Phil,
Penn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Voice Of Town nnd 1IlInolu soldiers,

The Iowa regiment stationed at Hele.
na, Arkansas, adopted on the latl inst.
a series of very patriotic resolutions, rel.
alive to the Peace Party Of the North
They declare the Government entitled to
the united efforts of all good and true
men, express their confidence in the in
tegrity end patriotism Of the President,
and their deterpinOtion to continue to
give him all tho aid in their power, in
crushing tho robllion; they regard the
treason of tho demugogueS Of the North
as more heinous and Infamous than that
of tho rebels in arms against US, oppose
the cessation ofhostililies, and announce
that they do not intend 10 desert their
flag and sneak TO their homes to BIO die.
tated 10 by polroons, but that when
they return, they will return with their
banners ITO be surrendered into tho
hands Of those only who love them, aud
who will cherish than as memorials Of
our labors and tho cmblems Of our coun-
try's glory.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
west virginia.

Tax alton ia vital element IN Govern
mtdt. It'sas in Iispensabli too, to lh'
existence Of organiz,I civil polity, ms
air is TO natural life. It is true, that III,
objects for salf-imposs tax tlion, have
been much increased during the present
eentury--the whole people, through
their general laws, undertaking TO care
Tor tho vlriols classes OF unfOrtunatos
instead of leaving them drpan lent upon
private charity and -Shen freely i'm.
posed, evidences an alvanc4 siags Of
civilization, refinement, anil wise politi.
cal economy. But, West Virsinians,
your high taxes have no. been self impo-
tol: nor, have, but n pitlancs of these
ever. increasing emotions from hardy in.
dustry, beea ex3,n led ia caring for the
unforunates ofyour conmon S'ato, BIT
in constructing pu5ljc works, which ne
,cessadIy only benefited your eStOrtion-
ers. You have long Iivcl subject 10 the
whim' and c1prices ofa Dominant, antag-
onislic purity, Yaa, therefore, are not
freemen, but must pay just what your
Eastern lords impose. It's a marvel,
they have not been more exciting. Let
us ever rem her what the recorl shows
they have, however, actually dore.
BY report Of Auli,or Bennett, for jan
nary, 60, it will be found you p'id into
your masters treasury over S62o.OOO,
when not one cent of your previous
contributions, had ever been usel in
constructing foot of either railroads or
canIs.
The last census report gives LII
miles Of RAILROAD AMI 1876 old milOs Of
canal to Virginia -c1stihg in the aggre-
gate $74,56ISo7. There is where your
money went; but not content with thus
using funlswrung from you, they hal
4ha hnrlihood to run the State in debt to
the tune of $40, OoO,000 well knowing
YOU, West yirginians must ultimately
foot the bill You stand alone in this
Go l-layoreh coNntry, as the victims of
cast losisla'ion-sIarcs in a .ftcr land
It's not in human nature to continue
vossals, when opportunity ofars to as
scrt your inalieoable brth.right. The
Goth Of Mlreh will record tho fact, and
history transmit the decision to the Ia
test poslerity.
Consider that formerly these 49 coun'
ties-west Virginia sent over to Rich
monj 100000 yearly and then remem.
be, how much it will cost yOuto "so1t
a7on5.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05


Pass Him Round Bui---B ,warc of your
Pocket.BoOks.
4 fugitive number of yeritable Cop.
perhead sheet the Shelly Foln'cer,
Shelbyyi'le, Ind. has found its way in.
to our sanctum; and I'VE have this to say
about it," We demand you change the
name, that your vile efFusion may no.
longer deceive the masses by the al
traclive caption volunteer" Volunteer
indeed when every word and letter in
your treason breeding issue, is designed
to preUen' plLanheriag 10 suppress this
hell engendercd rebellion. IT'S true,
you rolmte,r to aid Davis, Yanccy, Let.
cher, FLOYD, ethlcm genus, in their shame
less attempt 10 destroy, thi, uncquallOd
government; AMI when your dlabolical
design is once IN lcrstood your poison
Gus fangs thus extractel-you will cease
u deceive, anil your name--Volunteer-
will bo in perfect consonance with your
satanic purposes.
Reuben Spicer, editor Volunteer! we
"tel you TO your teeth" you not only
furnish spice for traitor regimen, but you
supply too, their food and drink. Without
the succor given them by such desPica'
BILE, cowardly wretches, as you, Reuben
Spioer, these accursed conspirdtors would
have long since given Ger their damna'
BILE onslaught upon their alma matsr,-
You, creeping, bringing, shiny, co wardly,
carping, insidious, co-workcr in treason
you, dirty, shabby, filthy. lOathsOme,
crawling, snea,ing, SWIVEL
ling, growling,vicious, contemptibIe,vcn-
omous, traitorous, o'conspirator--you,
steal:hy, grOvoling, skulking, knavish,
souIless, distorted, CHASTITY, fendish,
subtle, diabolcal, Infamous, exeCrable,
he'll taught, underminer OF this temple
of free government you, hideous, abb
homent. trcason-dyed, oath-bound, per.
jured, hell conceived. hell.deserving.
hell.londing, destroyer Of these God
blessed insiitutiOns,-you, heartleS',
shameless, dotestable, atrocious, decep.
tive, supple, craven, sOft'shelled, bald
headed, -phizzed, blear.eyod, cola
borer with incarnate devils and armed
rebels, to blot from the family of ma.
tons, its admitted exeuplar-your only
proper place, is in the hottest part Of the
remotest corner, Of the lowest deep Of
the neihermost hell, and-ifyou ,cere "in
these parts" you soon UOuld be there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Why Is III

Why is it, that men who are subjects
of the British Grown, can enjoy pElvileg.
es which are denied loyal American cit.
liens. We understand that the propd.
etor Of the Imam House, Charleston,
has been, by General Cox. granted per,
mission to sell ardent spirits, while the
sane permission has been denied Mr.,
John W. King, proprietor Of thk King
House, gentleman Of undoubted loyal
ty. We further understand, tHRt this
fellow Inman, is not only subject of a
foreign power, but that he is notorious
for his professions of jeff David We
think if there is any Discrimination ii
should be made in favor Of the loyal
men, and--not in favor of aliens.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
nov On Saturday, February IL,

LET On Saturday, February II, a
man named Isaac Vance, living on the
Spruce Fork Of Little Coal river, 10
Boone county, Va, was bruIqlly muir.
dcred by q gang of seoesb guerrilos,
ANOr shooting him dead, in the road,
near his home, they stripped him oil
every particle of clothing. The muir.
deycrs have not been heard ofeipce
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05

re- A lot Of ten or a dozen prisoners
arrived yesterday morning by river, npd
we're committed to the Athenepm. They
arc variously charged with being spies,
rebel soldiers, and so forth. Some OF
them have been in Jail at Charleston,
Kanawha, for considerable PERIOD
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Atlantic Mou,hliY,7A

The Atlantic Monthly for Mfch has
beOn received. The following are its
contents:
Christopher North--"chooso You
this Day whom Ye will serVe''--The
Horrors of San Domingo--A London
suberb-The Vagabonds--Willis Whar.
tOn-A Call to my Country Women
The True Church-Uader the Pear Tree
The Last Cruise Of the Monitor--Ly-
RIGS Of the street--America the Old
WOrld-Pericles and President Lincoln.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
8Il556 90
= ,r otfcrsr clerks, isnatOm,
rent, staliOnaryinciieaials S9,Os5 90
EsIImnIed genoTnI NlclsINrl

Estimated general uce'@ary
expenses Of carrying on
new State, $4,000 90
Wa speak only of the necessary expcn'
tes of the State Of West VirginiO--the
people will probably desire made. tho
small appropriations that may bcyet re-
qured 10 finish the North Western Ln.
matte ASYLUM, &c. WO PurPoecly omit
all expenses incident to free schools, as
chat will be money iarc5hd by the people
en- The best security ardthc highest rate
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
RV A ,eoesh Methodist CONFEDERATION

AZ A SeCesh Methodist congregaEiOH
has been worshipping in a hO i in Baltl,,
more, on Sundays, the hall being used
on week days for other purposes. On g
recent Sunday the pious rebels we're
very Judgment at Gndinga National
Aag-used in some cKhbitiou-suspenI'
ding from the wall, md consequently
manifested their wrath quito imprudent;
ly. Gen. sChonk issued an order tnaH
the nag should DO kept constantly sus'
pended. The congregation then vo'e9
to leave the ball altogether,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05
Imnortnnt 10 Voters.

We call the particular attention of all
rotcrs to the late law about who are
no longer Sitiscns.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05

RAGS, RAos.-We will pay the high.
ss9 market price for rags at this Office, OF
will take them in payment for the Reg
lister. Forty pounds of good clean rags
will pay for the paper one year,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05

of interest not money expended. Were
not our space this week so limited by
Other pressing items, we could and
would demonstrate, that all, that ia ercry
wy is sPprOri'led Tor "eduoa'ing
the common mind" comes back again
with ocrreted interest 10 the tax payer
Therefore, it is properly excluded, when
considering the priOo Of State Govern.
ment.
Appropriations for free schools, may
run up the amount to the figures stated
by Auditor Crune--ss9, o0O-but even
then, it win be less than one.seventh Of
what you paid before the war.
Then you we're taxed TO the tune of
$500, 900 each year, under the New
State you may pay taxes TO the amount
of 500, 900 yearly, difference in favor Of
New siatc--$53lOoo, Besides, we
will have considerably over 100000
surplus funds on hGnd, with an equal
amount due from tardy Officials, making
the snug sum Of 100000, with which
"to sci up house keeping"
In our next issue, we propase 10 give
our readers full statement, past, pres
emf and prospective OF 'the financial
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05

ET Con. Hooker has arrested thirty
deSohorS, and court martial has sen.
fenced them 10 DO shot,
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OUR TERMS.

Owing to the advance in paper ink
&c, We have been compelled to raise
The price of our paper From and after
this date, the terms Of the Register will
be rs lOllOws-strictIn IN qirancc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-05

100000 More Mon to be Called Ont
tits stated that the President will i'm
mediaIely call out six hundred thousand
men under the ConScriptiOn act,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-07-24

TuE CoNFIsCArIoN GASES were taken up
IN the District Court, in Washington, 1""
days ago. and yesterday Judge Nylle made
his decision in the matter OF the property o'
DR.. Garnett, now in the South.
The Judge remarked that it was an lnpor-
fant case. and was the first that had been ar
gnac hefoye the court It had been fully ar-
er,,ed bv the District Attorney with great learn
inc and ability, who asked upon lhe rteadnGs,
cons;sting Of seizure, information, publlcatlou
and nrocamation, without substantive proof: I
dacran Of condemnation, He had doubted at
frst hnt nnon reason and authority De was
satisfied that it was his duty TO grant toe
Decree
The act Of Congress did not as was general
~ ennnosed treat the inha bitants OF the So
called Confederate States as traitors, out al
alien enemies, and in that point OF view, Dy
the law Of nations, their property OF every oesS
sor;nf;on ;s liable to absolute forfeiture and
alienation to the use Of the t3overnment.-~
There IS nc distinction between personal pro
nertv and real estate nor did the CONSTITUTION
"a was snoposed forbid the absolute forfeiture
Of real estate. But the joint resolution passed
By Congress on the same day as the contlsca7
ton act, under the provision OF ,Whlch 0nna
nroDerty is sought to be contiscated3 vas de-
claration by them that in spirit Of kindness,
thew would confscate the real estate OF the re,
bel onlv during bis lifetime. he was pound
bv that resolution and would therefore con-
denim the real estate durng the lifetime oi tIAe
owner, and the personal property absolutely
Judge Wylie referred to large num6er OF al
thorities, among them acts or the maryland
and PENNSYLVANIA Assemblies contlscatlng ah-
solutelv the property Of Americans who re-
NAMED loyal to the British Crown during the
Revolution
After this decision of the Judge the District
ATTORNEY asked leave to dispose Of some twenty
other cases which depended on the same prln-
ciDles which request was granted, and the
DEGREES of condemnation in the cases OF the
following parties were ordered Thomas II.
Allen. Francis Hanna, T. A. Pollard, Chas.
s. Wallach, Cornelius Boyle French Forrest,
John n. Maffit, C. ". C. burlington, Martin
+. Smith. Daniel and Mary /. Radcliffe. 4.
NJ. CLARK. Samuel Lee, Henry 3. Tyler, Wm.
F. Phillips, G. ". Havenner, havlma boyle
and Samuel L. Lewis !.
The case of VIM Shields was continued TO
the next term; testimony ordered to be taken,
ha I,ao ba1;no Gied an answer. He is now we be-
I;eva with the British Consul in baltimore.
The case of Dr. James D. Warning was also
continued, and testimony ordered an answer
having been filed by Rev. G. ". Sampson
Major McCook has died Of wounds received
at.E.