The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-08-06
FROM WHEELING.
For tIle REGISTER.


For the Register.
SENATE CHAMBER,
Wheeling July 90, 1868.
.N. Editor Matters aud things here
are NOV ng along a bout as well as could
be expected under the Circumstances.
You doubtless receive by tue papers ey.
rything that is done in the Legislature,
so need not undertake to advise you
on that score. A little incident Occur.
red to-day to break the montony Of the
times SO far as was concerned. ! uni.
formIy look at the list Of all the prison,
ers as they arrive to see if | can rccog,
nize an acquaintance, but have never
found one until to-day, found name
corresponding with that OF a boy whom
| partly raised One having SO many
family connections in the Kanawha Val
ley, brief sketch of his history may in.
Ierest many OF your readers. HIS name
is Perry B. Copcn, he says that at the
breaking out OF the rebellion he was en-
gagged in steamboatng, gotbroken up by
the failure Of certain business men. who
owed him money, and by the sinking of
his boat, the Castle Garden, that he had
nothing left but few hundred dollars
of Confederate money and conceiyA the
idea oil acting the pare of Strict neutral
trality and buying small articles for reb,
el money and taking them to Union
Camps and selling for "Greenbacks'--
that he was succeeding pretty well when
he got load Of chickens and took them
to the Federal camps near Island No, 10
where by some cQniyocal evasion of IN
terrogatorios put to him he was arrested
as spy and sen, to Cairo, where he
remained in prison six weeks, thence to
St. Louis and thence to Alton. H., and
back to St. Louis, where he remained
three weeks, thence to Alton again where
he remained confined nine months, from
whence he was sent 10 City PoiOt for
exchange, from whence he went to Rich.
mond, where he remained in hospital
for two months, then upon his recovery
they were going TO conscript him, 10
avoid which he agreed to join jenkins
Cavalry, and was sent under quad to
Maryland 10 join his Regiment at Han,
cock, According TO his statement he
escaped from the pcke:s and made for
the Federal lines and was picked up by
some soldiers of Kellys command and
sent to Wheeling, He says that he. has
not seen more than three or four cups Of
coffee since he has been in the Contcdo.
racy, for each Of which he paid 25 cts.
aud so cents a quart for butlermilli and
other things in proportion. lie seems
to be very Indignant q, The way E,'oa
men are treated when under suspicion as
he was. lie says he will take no oath
nor no parole, that he has done nothing
and has no pledges to make. He was
enrolled this evening to be sent to Camp
Chase, but got Capt, Thorp to let him
remain few daysin order to have anolh,
er interview with him to compare his
statements with other circumstances,
with a view TO oscertaining his real
character. He is evidently a man Of
some mark, and whatever ho undertakes
to do, he does it with q will,
Ihovc Just learned by q letter from
Capt Gmmm to Governor Pjorpoint,
that he and Lieut. Wade have been re-
leased from the Richmond Penitonliary,
where the infamous Lecher boostcd in
his message Of having placed them as
hostages for Doskcy and Warner who
were convicted of infamous chimes
Upon what terms | have not learned,
but hope il Is not at the sacrifice Of
lpvorinlc