The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-21

the Stats, whom they carry of and throw
into loathsomel prisons, there TO ilinger, &nt
! id many instances to die for want OF oth.
4 absolpts Inecessfties Of life. On the a26tt
dsy of December 1ast,I q band Of armed
rs6els captured ", p, Shaw, Esq, Sherif
of Putnam county, i'm the Court House
I village of that county, q and carried him of
to Richmond. Many others have been car
ried away ia The same manner THESE cap
lures in most cases could be prevented il
the disloyal in our midst would live up te
the many pledges they have made and the
oaths they have taken; but unfortunately
in too many instances they do not do So
Most generally the disloyal- Of the neigh
borhood are aware of the presence OF these
bands, and very frequently they feed and
lodge them and keep it secret, 30 that il
is not known by the loyal people that they
are about until they steal some Union mans
property, orseApture apdGcarry him away
as prisoner. 1t is absolutely necessary to
our peace, and to the Continuance of civil
organization in many eoftne counties that
these captures cease. and intend, if it be
possible, that they shall cease. Ii the
disloyal amongst us will not give ipforma-
tion Of the presence Of these bands in the
neigh borhood, sufficient number of them
not less than two for one, shall be arrested
and imprisoned until the captured loyal
person Is returned. The General Assembly
of the State of Virginia passed law au-
thorizing the arrest of hostages which is
still in force here, and in every instance o!
the capture of private citizen. or civil
officer by the rebels have caused hostages
to be arrested, and I shall continue to do
so, until the barbarous practice is broken
up. The disloyal inlour midst can prevent
these captures in another way, and that IS,
by making proper representations to their
rebel leaders 1t is Known that they keep
correspondence with them. This is not
denisd By many. fthey wish to remain
in our midst in peace, they must secure
that peace by preventing the forcible ab-
duction of our loyal people. This they can
do, for in nearly every case when hostages
have been arrested it has secured the safe
return of the captured partyj and it seems
to me that. the same influence that can
effect the release can prevent the capture.
The condition ofthe finances OF the State
on the drst of January, 1864, will appear
from ths reports of the Auditor and Treas
ursr. 1t will be seen that there has
been received into the treasury since the
2Oth day of June, 1863, (the date Of our
0rgso'ss10n gan s% e. from all sources; ssossss 90
That there has been paid out
for all purposes, $s7,3l5 81
Leaving balance in the treas .-...
ury, on the lst Of January,
1864, Of +. an lJr,. $2Os,6ss Ol
1t will also be seen that $45, ,s26,O5 of the
amount paid out, being nearly ons-half, was
for the expenses of the last Legislature,
and consequently, the expenses of the
State Government from its organization to
the lst Of January, 1864, exclusive of the
expenses of the Legislature, amount to on
" S51, 1892. The last .ession was neces
sarily long one, being nearly FIVE months,
owing to the Inauguration of the new State.
and with it, q new internal organization.-
Hereafter under the provisions ofthe Con
stitution, the sessions must necessarily be
short and the expenses less.
The State owes no debt, unless ii may be
found on an equitable settlement with the
State of Virginia, that we should pay q
portion of her debt, existing before the re-
bellion. And the Constitution prohibits
the creation of any debt except to meet
some existing liability or where necessary
for the peace or defence of the State
On account of the existence of the rebel
lion there are about one-half the counties
of the State that pay no taxes at all, and
others do not pay what they would IN time
of peace When the condition Of the coun-
try becomes such that taxes can be collect
ed in all the counties, it seems to mo that
wa will DO able to pay the ordinary e1-
penses of the State government, and con-
struct such buildings and public works as
NAV be deemed necessary, without increas
ing the present rate Of taxation. IT my
conjecture on this subject proves to be cor
rect, the people of this State will pay less
taxes in proportion to the value OF their
property, than the people of any state IN
tho Union al
The rebellion has prevented access to the
Lunatic Asylums of the State OF Virginia,
which wer, situated in the Valley and the
extreme Eastern portion of the State. AS
consequence it became necessary to con-
flne many of the insane in the comfy laiis
until some provision could be made for their
care and medical treatment. Through the
courtesy of the authorities of the nelgbbor
| ing state of Ohio, number of these unfor-
tunate persons have been placed in the
Asylum of that State, at Columbus, and
have been treated in all respects as their
own patients. have caused to be paid to
the Superintendent of that Asylum for
their care, support and treatment OF pa
tients from this State, from the lstof June
1863, to the lst Of November, 1868, the sum
! of Sl,495,43. We have now in that Asy
! lum thirteen patients; and there are q
number of insane persons still in the State
unprovided for, whom have been slew to
send to Ohio, from the fact that supposed
our own Hospital, at Weston, would have
been completed before this time. But in
this have been mistaken. 1t will be re
'c,llected that JOINT committee of the two
Houses of the Legislature, appointed during
j the last session to examine the Hospital a'
4 Wo.tor IN their renort stated that IL was