Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-09
War Meeting at the Court House
Last Night
$500 County Bounty. TO be PAID 10
Volunteers.

The war meeting at the Court House
last evening was very largely attended,
The Union Brass Band was 10. attendance
and discoursed several popular airs. The
Court Room was handsomely oruamented
with several large American Gags taste.
fully aud prominently displayed.
The meeting was called to order by MI.
John Bishop, who moved that Mayor
Crangle take the chair. and that John r
Wilson act as Secretsry. The motion was
adopted, aud the Mayor introduced Cover
nor Boreman. The Governor wac received
with loud applause. He said the best way
to avoid the impending draft was to vol
unteer. He spoke of the alacrity with
which the people responded to the call for
soldiers at the beginning of the war. No
call had been made upon the people for
some time. The Government nov. wanted
men. The time of the troops now in the
service is about expiring, and unless We
raise another army the field will be left in
possession of those who are in arms against
the Government. He read the order
by the President fixing the draft for the
10th of March. Hesaid 1t was such pa.
per as had not before been issued by the
President. 1t was put forth in earnest,
aud unless We filed our quota by voluu-
teeriug the draft would certainly come.
he estimated that West Virginia would
have TO furnish about four thousand men
the proportion of Ohio county about
two hundred. The object of the meeting
is to adopt means to avoid draft for
these men. lie did not want to hear il
said that West Virginia stood draft, and
he believed there was patriotism enough
among the people Of our little loyal State
to save her that disgrace. BE was proud
to say that tWO-thirds of all the West Vir-
GINA soldiers had re. enlisted, but other
troops were needed and must be had. He
believed that five hundred thousand men
now put into the field would sweep rebel.
lion from the land and plant the flag .upon
every portion of the SO called Confed.
eracy. He spoke of tie msrciless con-
scriPtion in the South for the iiDal struggle
in the Spring, and said it would require
no Ohild's play to crush them. We should
go to work in earnest aud throw the power
Oftheloyal States upon them at once. There
can be no peace except upon the terms of
submission to the rebellion, aud rather
than have such d peace he would have a
forty years. war, with all its horrors aud
disasters. A,people who would not vol.
UNFAIRLY come up to the support of such a
government as ours did not deserve a re-.
publican government. The Governor spoke
at some length and was frequsntIy APP
plauded.
On motion of Mr.. John R. Hubbard the
chair appointed committee Of three to draft
resolutions expressive of the sense OF the
meeting. A. B. Caldwell, De. I, H. Logan
and A.W. Campbell were appointed.
Col. Joseph Darr. ir,, was introduced.
He said that more troops were required.
As citizen of Ohio he was proud of the
lOyOl efforts Ofthe people Of West Virginia
in furnishing troops, but she Is called upon
to make other sacrifices. He said We had
disloyal element In our, midst who re.
ceiVed the protection of the government
and withheld their allegiance to it. He
should be in favor of assessing these men
only that he was afraid it would not be
constitutional.
The Mayor then introduced Col. VIM.
Powell the hero of wytbvrlIe. Col. P.
said 1t vas with peculiar emotions Of graf.
i'nde to Cod that he was permitted to
meet with his fellow citizens and breathe
the free air of heaven after long and
painful confinement in rebel dungeon.
he alluded to bic capture at Wythyille
ana PAID deserved tribute to his brigade
commander, who there met his death. He
sad In regard to Ais treatment while in
Richmond that 1t was all that the most ma.
iis0ant aend could desire. With a severe
wound he was thrown into damp, dis.
NAL lOathsome dungeon for thirty DAYS
without medical attention. After two
ears OF hard service auda yery6ittsr expsr.
fence, he had lost noue of his devotion to
Ns old hag-he was still undslerred, and
vas ready to go again into the field. The
CO0nstthsn alluded to his Richmond ex.
Tv,lenes' He was charged there by Gen.
",ndeF with killing 10 cold blo6d'a rsS.
IS'a,eF AFTER the soldier had surrendered
' Senled that he had ever done, anything
VI Tue sort. BE shot the maa, because b,
'u'eo to surrender. He had no time I,
. Ssua with with the rebel, so he shot him
sS Sa lsI1 him where he trusted in Go,
traitor would be left. The CoIOne
Hss" Tor considerable time upon hi
.os with the rebel authoritis.
nlsS so0cluded with urging upon, the pee
F,Ss 4s necessity of recruiting the broke
n uAs Of The army as snaadilr ns nnssihl,