Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
!.iTE SOUTHERN NEWS.
AIRGlnIA.


TIE Whre'!ng "InttlBgencsr," good q. the
s,re The Yankees play, publishes tao offlci,
y1!e "f Western Vngiiia IN favor CT the
smom5nsl Uonrti utior, as taken on The 2Glk
alt. Is says in twenty eight eounLiea the
7"ta cA,' tnr lie Constitution foots up tho
expected" sum OF tw.r!y- iou, Thousand
right hln':Gi aud seventy four. Lsl.s :
tna jclilg nf ali :hs yDieS over csst i'll West
ert. Fi:glnit, snd ,a,ins twenty Cnuhties still
" hear from. This vile sheet does not st.te
how many iote3 wers cast aExInbt nor why
ihs iinIncnse v1te Wa; east for the Gvnsttu-
ton. We rate INFO m.,; Of he pro:eBi Of
taking III: votes in that section soms time
Sinru ani II '"suied our Te4,:eIs at The iiL,s,
sni sGLtc:; uur beijcf tia. tho votes would all be
Cast IN !agar OF my proposiu0n Piurpont
mishl hc dHarcus ef carrying. BIS sheriff.
went around with his prl! .hooks, aud stating
Tho question: 10 be voted upon, rrquired the
votes 10 he caat in . certain way. * failure
10 to voto would afford the offender sure
ticket f,r sfmit!ancas into some Yankee Bas-
tie. Many of The true aud loyal msn in that
section. who had families requiring ihsir Ut
mos: txcr, ions 10 furnish them wita subsis.
.once In county at, one tims il oar ressss:
sion Aad ,hen in Pierpont'd and Lincoln q,
and hscease,ily scanuly supplied with the
neceasalits # life, without any prospect Of
Eli ca.ly improvement in that respect, were
compelled TO make tho choice botm cen asst
irg ,hs yote and starvation for their families
and choso the former, snh tence this on.
sided v 'te.
The "lntelligsncsr" claims this as = z and
triumph for th. amended Constitution, which
Constitution dtfsss i:om the one voted for
last srting in this: that it admits Of the
rvsual emancipation Of slavery within the
i,... t. of tho pretended new State Of Virginia,
a;.l Furthermore elbows ffom the figures that
ia iuel.y. eight counties this spring tho vote
il eCht thousand more for this amended OOn-
s.lIuinn, than MAS cast for the unanended
C,ns'i u;'",l III thirty iye counties last spring,
sd argues That "AboiIllon'' sud all such
"@s-r- ,nd emg2! g due" se rather popu'ar
,h,n Otherwise in Weston Virginia. This
might 10 to tell those unfamiliar with the
views sf this oppressed people, but wi ba
p!acod in i;s proper category when ret lied
in thls scyiion. In the first place, the yo:eI
p'a;vuGs j ~ bl est arc not and have not
LCeh ta.iei'Gc. lu"g b. fdre that vote wSs
taken, ua taticrnI, names must have been
in rr,e,l 10 swell this anount to this trium-
rhlnt yot. md acc )niiy ws know 10 truar
nell 10 the ihst;ut:nCG Of tbs South and to
Il t Ocnederacy, than these same down-.rod-
den, opprc irod Western Eirg'nisns, and We,
lik- III lntnlligenccr." glory in Tia. their
bos:isd triumph (,) but fam different vsa-
son Wn @. ~ thi- the grea:or cause for r
more g"ncral stampede from that section by a
set nf n.c;i who laAvc tEeif all IL the mercy
Of ,s3 norit.:or h.It"s, AID exuit!ngly spssk
Of III: l''-a # th"i, property, burned, killed
and ruu 1T OH accoun. Of their sylpp,thy
with thn Ctnicdcracy, mid El:h hxel do
to, e,u:lrA!i,, patiently await the day whom
tary y. iii wilt iha,r Lnmes with f0Ico suf-
II lsnt 10 wre,h their vsrgeance upcn their
lisndiah enemies. Wo fonhly look for the
day WI. Ii lhIa pue!lon vi our State will ne
relerrnrd i:c.a nh. lnIon rule by the brave
hrs t. and sii yDg sIlGs If Western VlrginiaDs.
Ma: it c,me q i:kly.-&aunton 'indicatOr.
I,sssE R.rpIHrO PLIDLtToE.-No: wish
,ng tnu ponpls II Pcndletcn to fJrget them,
Ike A Abu!,tionlsrs md: another raid into
tia, COMFY, last Tuesday week, taking
f,aDkiu, The county Seat, III their circuit Of
vri..ii -. Thy Eumberei probably $50
csrsl:y, and reimcined there buta short time.
Their a ,ui seerod 60 hs t. plurdar and rob
tho pnutle, atAough they carried of' as pri-
s"ne.s, r.rce citlzsna Of Franklin, VIZ: Geo.
W. Bake nCTs, E:I Attorney lor the Co.E-
mpnwsa':h IT pendlcton county, John Rob
lnscc and Pe:er Waus.nrf. They stole and
c,rlisd CT numhtr Il horses, q1anlity Of
bacon. &r. They took all the nurses Mrs.
ircr Bcggs owned. T0ey entertain pecu-
ilar aisikn 10 lhs tsm;ly e this excellent
lady, as tho heat at tho family, Gcn. Boggs,
(n7w eceastd tn! his gallant snns, have
dono lhcm muca harru. These rcLaers came
,aty Fsanhl.n fom the disec ion Of North
Fnik. Ptad!rtnn ~ nG8 of tie counties in
rlud,d ~nnia the limits Of the bngrs State
II W,sGrn Virginia, aud is geographically
greatly exposed to these robbsrs of the de-
;snce,oss pecp!o Of tho Rocking
ham Register.