Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-08-24
Preston County Determined not to be
Outdone.

EECBLOA So0AAS OoEcE No. - ~
Outdone.
Editors LItslligeHeer: .F.....
GExTLRMRx-The heading of this may
look like disposition to boast; yet II is
not my intention so to do in the braggadooia
sense of that word. The antecedents of
Preston since our difficulties commenced
ipstiRes her citizens to be proud Of the pO-
sitiOn she has taken, aud eontinuss TO pur-
sue in these days Of trouble. You will re-
collect when In the beginning the hydra
headed monster secession appeared, Pres.
ton cast 2l93 votes against and 50 for it;
and ever since her course has been onward.
Whenever her country has called for sol
diers she has been among the FIRST to fill
her quota. At the recent call of our wor-
thy and patiotic Governor for the militia, |
doubt very much whether there is county
in our loyal state that turned out more unau-
imously than did the three regiments of
Preston county. To ell our quota under
the last call Of the President for SOC, 900
men, (which quota is only 81, owing to the
large credit we were entitled to,) our Board
of Supervisors convened in called meet
| ing on last Friday, and unanimously agreed
to pay to each Of the 81 men that would
volunteer for one year, $500 cash in hand,
aud by the same order constituted every
loyal citizen a recruiting officer, and $40 TO
/ be paid TO each man furnishing q recruit
up to 81. Aud in less than one hour from
the time of the maki1g OF the order by
the board $500 of the amount requi-
red was voluntarily loaned to the cred
1t Of the county for three years at six per
centum interest, by the following per-
sons, most Of whom were present at the
meeting of the Supervisors, to wit: Hon.
VIM. G.. Brown, Hon. Judge John q. Ollie,
James c. McGrew, ESQ.,, HezekiAh PelI,
Esq, VIM. B. Crane, Esq, C. n. Bishop,
Esq, John s. Murdoch, Esq., L Son. Smith
Craze and F. Herman, Esqs., each 81, 600;
and a lady, Mrs. Raveuscratt, $500, aud J.
| L. Stone, Esq, $500. The balance re.
quired to pay the county bounty, have
no doubt, ere this has been advanced by
our patriotic citizens, Messrs. Editors,
we have a Board of Supervisors who are
| fearless to act when the time arrives, and
people to Acquiesce IN what they do
without grumbling. 1t is true we have
few misery little souls that say we can't
standit but the masses say pile it on, to
the half we have, If necessary, for the put
ting down Of this rebellion; and II the half
is not enough, why then take the other
half. On Saturday last We commenced re-
~ PAaSo NAsO"ApoouABJ uuh
before night we had 10 recruits, ID of
them for one year and for three years.
This morning tn recruiting is going on,
and still they are coming. 1 have not
heard from any other portion of the coun.
~ as yet, but presume that II they have
been doing anything that before night our
quota will be filled. Am pleased TO add
that each OF the men recruited have got the
$40 given the recruiting officer by the Su-
peryisors, so that each OF them will get
S3l0 county bounty. From this, Messrs.
Editors, you discover that Preston contin-
ues, what she has often been pledged to
continue, all OK. And IcSnscientiously
believe, from present appearances, the
Rail Splitter aud Tailor electors will get as
large, II not larger vote than any other
county in West Virginia, according to the
vote cast, in November next.
Respectfully yours, @. c. H.
RoWlssburgI Arg, a. '64.