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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-04-05
Important DRAFT Order TO-

The following is just issuea blythe Provost
NnI4hAl General Tile 2ad- let ion 81 lhe uct
approved March 3d. lSG5. provides that any
pei son enrolled in my sub.district may, after
notice OF draft, and before the sane shall
:aSe taken place, cause ID IaS mustered info
the service OF the United States, such nIm6er
OF rccrui,s not uhjeet to- draft, as .'thes may
deem expe,lient, which recruits shall be taken
us substitutes for such persons; or as many OF
them us mny be drafted, 10 tho extent of the
number ;of~such reerpits, and in tho, order
designated the principals at the time the
recruits are thus mustered in. In order tina,
credit may be given to the subilistricl for the
recruits furnished, and the draft made only
for the deficiency remaining after crcliting
them AMI other recruits, il is necessary that
tic members o( the association shall, belong
to the same sub.diStritt. Previous u the
commencement Of the draft, the association
will furnish the Provost Marshal OF the Dis
trict IL list OF the names Of its members, desig-
nate their order, and number them accord
in.ly. The list must not be altered or in
creased after it shall have commenced opera
tons. When the draft shall have been made,
the recruit standing ut the head will be taken
az the substitute Of the first member ,lra fled.
The one standing second on the list will be
taken AZ the substitute Of the second man
drafted, and so OH. until the list of recruits is
exhausted BY drafted mcn who belong to the
association, or until all the members Of the
association who have hccn drafted are cx-
can't. Where tic number Of recruits furnish
cd by an association exceeds tho number Of
men drafted from it, the excess, though credit
cd to the sub.districts. will create no clnim
Tor the exemption Of any person whomsoevcr.
Mcm5crs Of the association. by this section,
are exempt from tina, draft but are liable "
he drafted OH any future call.
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10y Til" New York Tribnnr. in speaking O.:

L3S- The Nrw York Trib"nr in speaking O:
Ma2oa and llamiin'S Cabinet Organs, says:
These Instruments NJ. blown by the wind
~: "rau;nc SGccrss from Boston TO San Fran
cisco. Th%, McsSrS. Mason Il lIamlin have
sGccee,lcd in making \ superior s&lull instru-
mcnt, from li:tlc bamd-box.likc things, TO
those which, though portable and no: larger
than i piano, cnn make themselves felt in
4 church, is the universal opinion Of the
musical profession. They ngrec that no such
mcc!a meal work Of the kind can he found in
eGunl perfection in Europe. The tone is pure
and fun. and with an immense body with 70
small Z provocative mechanical force. They
stand rouSi, travelling, bad usage, and will
live iu climates which will kill American
missionaries.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-04-05

Hos. l.nwlN NJ. STANTON,
Secr.iaIy IF War:
SIR:
I'm yonr letter Of the llth Of March. you ask
me whether, under the Act OF Congress en-
titled An Act 10 amend tho several Acts
heretofore PASSED to provide for tho enrolling
and calling out the national forces, anu Tor
other PURPOSES approved I'd March ls'i' the
Proves, Marshal General is required to change
the present quotas in the pending draft by
reason OF corrections in the enrolment, made
since their assignment. .
In the 18th section OF the Act, it is enacted,
THAT where any revised enrolment in any
Congressional or draft district has been OBJ
tanned or made, prior TO any actual drawing
Of names from the enrolment lists, the quota
Of such district may be adjusted and appor-
toned to such revised enrolment, instead Of
being applied to or based upon the enrolment
as i, may have stood before the revision
I, will be perceived that the language Of
this section is in the past tense, and properly
90 though referring to future and existing en-
r,lmenls: An enrolment must ever prccede
any action under the section. 1t was, there.
fore, right to speak Of the enrolment ns past
toct, ms something that had been done. Re-
rari;ur the section by itself, and as unafect-
rJ hy other clauses in the statute, itapplics as
we'll to any future, as to m existing enroll
ment
Gu, ut the time Of the enactment, there
WAS an enrolment. and pending draft under
cal, for additional troops, and this appears
from the proyisos TO the 18th and 2ith sec-
tons. 1, is provided, in t1le 10Th section, that
rho rulc of credits liked therein shall not mp
nlv 10 the pending call; and in the 9th Sec
LION, i, is = Irorid,d: That nothing herein
.ontnincl shall operate to postpone Inc
pcndinc draft or interfere with the quotas
kassicned therefor" '...-. n.-
Neither Of these provisos cnn nc Regarded az
rcpugnant to the 18th section. They 10 noun
ING more than prevent construction OF INC
Ae, that would change the rulo OF credits Us
TO the pending draft orthat would postpone
!, ar that would interfere with tho quotas as
signed ..therefor.. Indeed; Congress shas, oy
;mMI;cntion, declared that the quotas assigned
for the present or pending draft shall not DC
in,crfered With This could have oeen oone
in rho euncting part, Of the statute, but may
be as we'll and aptly done by. proyiso. .,o
| Now If the corrections provided tor IN 'ne
,stb section arc ,made to. apply to the present
Iraf,, the quotas as assigned therefor VIII w
:,arrsrcd with, This is what Congress has
I'D sball not bo4 done. After the penain 9
draft, the prorisos will have performed tne mel
og.o md al future drafts must be made SUD-
L;eos tt to the rules prescribed In tho Act: ~
i'sI ON therefore; Of The opinion that the
p,ovost Marshal General&is not: required. 10
.h ,o tho present quotas In the pending
80, hv Ransom of corrections In the enron
m.nt made since their assignment
/ am, Sir, very respectfully.
~. Your obedient servant,
JAMES SPEED,
attorney General.
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OPINION.
ATTORNEY GrNErAL' OFFICE, }
March IL. ls'",.

Hos. E;.wlN NJ. STANTON.
N.cr.h,L.n NJ unr.
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A. LINCOLN.
(Si,nc,i)

Cry roiSv, Apr,! 2i--ll A. NJ.
Dispatches arc frequently coming in. III;
Il :nin. on finely. Generals parkc. Wright.
a,,I ur,l'S lines are extending from tn" Apo
.na,,nx to lIaIclcr's run. They have ali
broken through the cncmy'S. entrcnchc'l lines,
taking some forts, guns. and prisoners. Sl.cr-
ilan. with his own cavalry and part o. the 2l
'o.?,s. is coming in from the west, Gil tl;s
cacinys flank. and Wright is already tearing
up the Sou,hSi,lc railroad.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-04-05

SLAVERY in Kentucky is wasting away.
MSi'Gsn.iIpalmer issued ON -eydsr, 18th inst,
annodnsingftha,. by ACT ofCo1grsssJ passed.
March Sd, the wives and children of colored
men who have enlisted, Or; may enlist in the
army arc free, and that the military author
tiles will enforce their rights, if necessary.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-04-05
FOR. SALE!'

A BRICK HOCSE-tHo stories high-eon.aning 81
A rooms, Kitchen, and sood Collar.
Also. largo Stable, good Garden. and water handy
m. Hou,t 81 situated on Front street. Charleston, With
from the 'front.' and aide streets ard contains ~
the modern Improvement TnN good chance 70
inquire Of , ,..,o,,, 'o@i-' ''NAD
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-04-05
MARRIED..

RoCNsoS-LAEE-zon Sunday, March sctb, at %.
residence Of the hridea father by tho Rev. }. F. VIII
lnns. Mr. AAr Ro1nnoH. Of Charleston, West Va. TO
Miss EMILY LANE. Of GallipolS. Ohio.
BR0GAN-rAlESQNS--On the 10th Of March, 1866. at
Alum Creek, by Rev. Z. Swinhum, Mr.. lRAAc IKoOix,
9TH West virginia Cavalry, to Mss NnyPA1soSs. Al
Of KHnswha County, West Va. ..,--,.., -.
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Notice ITO Bridge Builders.

PROPOSALS for building Bridge across Coal River:
near the mouth, Mill ec received until me M Gay Of
Nav lScs Plan and Specifications for said bridge can
De seen By calling me q, Goals Mouth. Jefferson
Township. JOHN = CEHNlA"i'hN'
NircG 81, lSf5.-o2wGf = '.'
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FOR. SALE!
Coal 60 Oil I,andS
On Coal Rircr, Hanowha County, West Va.

We ofer all tina, tract Of Land known AZ The W II.
aon Trnct. containing 1900 acrrS,-tTo hundred o.
which /, bottom land md under .elltvaiion,-yirg On
,he ~ E. sids Of Coal River four Ines from ~ r0a,
E.nsnhs County ard IL miles distant from Charlcston,
W. Va There are two veins q cosl and every indisa'
ton OF Oil, On thu land, well q. 5000 Ttmhet pot
dsr. on GOAL Rivers Isek~Grer navigation for three
miles and thu, offers every facility for The shipment Of
Coal and other minerals and products
For further OF particular information gall Nu rho Ioo
". KELLY,
u,r.b =, 1sssI2l A. H. WILSON.
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= Uniform Currency.

'A' ae'of Congress, az 6nally passed, rel
Aa'' % the currency, imposes tax of ten per
Sc s.ns a'ter tho 6rat Of July, 1866, on all State
"a: paper paid out by tho National banks.
.-S "''i' 40 natter Of course, drive out Of
g. .,A"eSes all State bank circulation, and Leave
'"' ne!d entirely to the National banks.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-04-05
RICHMOND TAKEN,
OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.

WAsurScToS, April 3d.
;n' appears from dispatch Of Gen. Weitzcl,
Inv pc cSSs'Ysl By ihis Department that OUR
p pUMGhS uNbER HIS COMMAND ARE IN
MN e%tUS, having taken it at Sis THIS
(sisued} T.. ~ STANTON.
'-"-.-' Stcretdry OF Hat.
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rrrr polNT, "a, April 2i-S:30 a. ".
Til, morning, Gen. Grant having ordered
M attack along the line. tclcsraphs rs follows:
Both Wright and rarkc got through tn"
"n,my> lines: The battle now RACES furious
II. Gen Sheridan, with his cavalry 9th" 9TH
C"rp>), and Mills division Of the I'd Corps
which was sent to him this morning. are now
sweeping down from the west. Al now
looks highly favorable. ti"n. Ord is r,,Sas'!
hut have not yet hcarl the result il lis
front"
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The wife oE the rebel General Ewcll had
uG::i recently. abou, $lU0,OD0 deposited in
banks 1T &. Louis. Il Was lately seized by
or,rr Of the Government, and Mrs. Ew"ll
having gone to see about it was refused pay
Eleni and nttcrward arrested and sent South,
No, 10 return during the war.
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CRY PuiNT. April 2-5:3U A

VII f"IHIt -EPIIE ---O.0V =. N.
\ dispatch from Gen. Grant states that
Sheridan. commanding cavalry and infantry.
Las carried everything before him. Gle cap
,u-ri three hr:ga,lc> oc infantry. I wagon train
Al! several batteries Of artillery. The priS-
",n.rs captured will amount t" several lhouS-
ac'l. (Sisned) l.. s. BOWERS.
4 4 E,yJJ
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-12-16
The Care of Pianos.

SO many erroneous opinions prevail in
regard to the care of pianos, that a correc
ton Of them would be a public benefit. Both
extreme cold and artificial heat are injurious
to thcm-the first rusting the strings and
iron work, and injuring the varnish; the last
shrinking and warping the wood work com
prisrg the larger part of the instrument
Rapidly heating cold room severely tries n
piano in various ways. Dampness from
steam, or air charged with natural moisture,
is to be especially avoided. The problem so
pnzzling to many, whether The piano should
be shut or open, is easily solved thus 1T
matters little which method is observed, pro.
vided the other conditions are right. While
the instrument is in use, it is well to close it
on ceaslng to play, and at night. IF in dis
use, it is better open; as less moisture would
thus be retained. Great care should be taken
to keep out pins, needles, tacLs, and all hard
substances, as they hurt she tone, and some
times clog the action. Moving the piano
does not untune it. The general belief that
| it does, has n natural foundation in the pre-
valent ignorance of the strength of the instru.
nrent. The absurd notion prevails, that the
playing of children harms the piano. On
the contrary, the Anore experienced and
brilliant the player, the greater the detrimcn
to both action and tune. To deteriorate is
from the first, the law of the piano. 1t sci
dom improves, except sometimes little il
! action.
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The Great Question.

Sla+crv is now at an end The great
Southern question now is, how to end the
hatred of work which slavery engendered.-
1t is question which has to do with both
races alike. The blacks are averse to work
because it has been exacted of them by the
ovcrseer's lash; their natural impulse is to
make their freedom consist in being free
from both. The poor whites, though slavery
with all its pcrvcrting influences has disap-
pcarcd, still find their old habits a second
nature. Judging by the accounts that are
now reaching us, it would seem that there is
as good prospect of getting the blacks of the
South to work as the whites; that, though
there is vast amount of idlcness and va
GRANGE and paupersm in both races, the
blacks are, on the whole, making as much
progress in adapting themselves to the new
condition Of things as the whites In many
regions of the South even now, little difficulty
is found in inducing the freedmen to work
steadily on plantations, when made certain
of good treatment and fair wages. We hear
nowhere Of any of the many millions Of poor
whites in the South letting themselves out as
plantation hands, either for the year, month
or day. Why is this? How does it still
happen that white field hands are not found
in the South, when they are so multitudinous
in the North? The old pretense that white
men are unable to endure the summer heats
has been proved to be false by the German
cotton.planters of Texas White men can
do plantation work almost anywhere in the
great cotton belt, if they have the will. The
Southern planters themselves partially con-
ccde it in the efforts they are even now max
ing to encourage white immigration from the
North. The plain fact IS, that the white
millions in the South don't put their hand to
the pillow because the old hatred of work is
still in their bones.
The most nnfavorable feature of Southern
society is this inbred, ingrained contempt of
manual labor among the Southern whites -
It is not only prodigiouS irjury to the whites
themselves, but its indirect influence upon
the blacks is very perncous. If the com
mon sentiment Of the white people of the
South is that labor is a curse, the black pco-
pie must necessarily imbibe the feeling. and
it will constantly incline them to honor their
freedom by doing as little work as possible
N. Y. Times.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-12-16

TOILET. -TNe Nuiis.-Great attention
should be paid to keeping the nails in good
order. They should be brushed at Least
twice day, and the skin round the lower
part should be kept down by rubbing with q
soft towel. The sides of the nails need clip.
ping about once in the week. If they be,
come stained, wash them we'll with soap. and
after rinsing off the soap well, brush them
with lemonjuicc.
For Strengthening and Promoting tie
GrowM Of the Hair.-Half an ounce of spirit
Of ammonia, one ounce of olive oil, one
drachm Of eau de cologne, one drachm OF
tincture of Spanish flies, mixed together,
and rubbed on the head once a day.
Tooth lfaSh.-rhe safest, cheapest, most
universally accessible, and most efficient, is
n piece of white soap, with moderately
stiff tooth brush, every morning.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-12-16
Riding on Il Cow Catcher.

Brick - Pomeroy has been INDUCING in
ride on the COW catcher of the locomotive.
The following is the experience of the ''fast''
big and ~iEding ways, said Merrill and the
writer might if we dared. So we took seats
on the COW catcher and went into Madison
from Prairie du Chem in advance of the
train as 'twerc. Riding on the COW catcher
is fun. You take seat on the bumper, your
! calves rest on the strong Stat work of the
catcher, whose pointed, iron bound nose,
like that Of some trained dog, seems to hunt
the way, and open the rails for the train to
pass over. Right behind us is the front of
the steam boiler, with its chuff, chuck and
chuckle Ahead is the country, with the
slim rails evenly spanning the earth, seeming
to converge miles ahead, as we dash over
the parairie at the rate of thirty miles an
hour. No dust, for we are in advance of the
numbering, laundering train, which sucks
up and whirls away the dust accommodating
on the track. On and away! The ties look
like penholders, as they slip from the sight
AS debris shoots over Niagara. The stumps,
fence corners, telegraph poles, farm houses,
farmers boys, pretty girls glide by, as it
seems, like wicrd fancies born at midnight
in the days of childhood. Riding on the
cow catcher is romantic and pleasant. One
sees the country come and go, the points Of
blull-the bridges, mile posts, farms atd
villages come swiftly on to meet you, and in
a second are gone, yet remaining as before
But if the COW catcher, with its pointed
nose, low skimmng the ground, should pick
up a hog, COW, OK or horse and wagon, and
gently lodge mass of bloody bones and
broken meat into your lap, or if the mass Of
rubbish and ruins Of brute life should jam
your back against the hot furnace perhaps
it would fail to be pleasant. Or if the en-
CINE should run from the track, plunge its
powerful front into a bank, and see fit to
stand on end, the episode would be there,
but it might fail to please. We have ridden
thus in advance several times, waiting to see
an accident, not for the accident, but to see
what we should do first in time of danger
Once, years ago, the engine threw hog
over the telegraph wire into the bushes, and
another time it struck yoke of oxen to
keeps, while we scrambled back along the
side Of the huge boiler, anxious to talk to
the engineer. A blood-bespattered coat re.
minded us of the fun and adventure for
months.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-12-16

JOSH BILINCs.-The following bits Of
philosophy are from Josh Billings: Josh
must excuse us, however, for not following
his photography. which, instead of enhancing
his wit. detracts from it:
Politcncss is first rate, but if a person
don't study anything else, you need not be
surprised to see him, after awhile, holding
an umbrella over basket of cells during a
thunder shower.
| think after ali that the Trdia.ruhber kind
of virtue, that will bend and stretch, just a
little, and then fly back to its place. is safer
than the icicle virtue, that is sure to melt,
unless you keep it on the north side of the
barn all the time; and when it once melts
that is the last Of it.
1t requires a great deal of native talent to
tell the truth.
Men owe as much of their success to acct
dent as they do to design; but they must not
forget that accidents do not happen only to
those who are continually in the designing
business. Lightning doesn't go cut of its
way to hit anybody lick.
The beauty of many of the sermons that
are preached consists in their great length,
for if it were not for their length, there would
not be much of them.
''Secret sorrow eating too much boiled
lobster
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Suffrage in District of Columbia

The city authorities Of Washington are try
ing to move the white population of the place
to memorable Congress against lcgalizng
equal suffrage in the District of Columbia
We trust Congress will make haste to do its
duty in this matter The colored people of
the District of Columbia are very well known
to be Industrious, pcaceable and worthy
citizens; a considerable part of them are
property owners; many of them are wealthy;
they have kept up their own schools and
have supported their own poor,
The President has recently said that if he
were not President, but simply citizen of
Tennessee, he would urge that the suffrage
be conferred upon all those colored men in
the Union armies, all who can read a.d
write, and all others who are frecholders to
the amount of two hundred or two hundred
and fifty dollars. 1t is clear that the Presi-
dent will favor the extension of the suffrage
to this degree in the District of Columbia
The more, as he knows that there, unlike in
Tennessee, for many years the colored peo-
pie have been to large extent free.
We cannot doubt, therefore, that Congress
will early in the session pass a bill giving the
suffrage in the District which it exclusively
governs, to those of the colored people in
cludcd in the classes mentioned by Mr.
johnson. For while all reasonable men grant
that each State is the judge of who shall
exercise the suffrage within its limits, it is
right and necessary that in territory entirely
national, freedom and equality. which are
national, shall prevail. --Ncw England Loyal
Publication Society.
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THE NATIONS DEAD;

-Four hundred thousand men,
The brave-tlle good-thc true;
In tangled wood. in mountain glen,
On battle plain, in prison pen,
Lie dead for me and you
Four hundred thousand of the brave,
Have made our ransomcd soil their grave,
For me and you
Good friend, for me andyou!
In many drcary swamp,
BY many Il black bayou,
In many cold and fearful camp,
The weary sentinel ceased his tramp;
And died for me and you!
From Western plain to ocean tide :,
Are stretched the graves of those who died
For me and you!
Good friend, for me and you!
On many a bloody plain
Their ready swords they drew
And poured their life blood like the rain,
a homo-a heritage to gain,
To gain for me and you!
Our brothers mustered by our side,
They marched, and fought, and bravely died
FOR me and you
Good friend, for NE and you!
Up many fortress wall
They charged-those boys in blue,-
Mid surging smoke, and volleyed ball,
The bravcst were the first to fall !
To fall for me and You!
These noble men-the nations PRIDE
Four hundred thousand men have died,
For me and you
Good friend for me and You!
t.,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-12-16

A MODEL DUN.-An exchange gets off the
following suggestions to its subscribers
"All persons indebted to this Office are
requested to walk up, rideup any way so they
get up, and settle Immediately, if not sooner.
We are still prepared to furnish our paper to
all who want it. We would prefer bank
notes, gold dollars, and silver quarters in
exchange, but in the language of poverty
stricken and head over heels debt con-
temporary, will take grind stones, nutmegs,
patent wheel barrows, Shanghai chickens,
hoop skirts, boot jacks, broom corn, lasses
candy, some pumpkins, baby jumpers for a
friend, fishing tackle, hoop poles, patent
medicines, dye stuls, cork screws, old bacon,
sucking pigs, rags, boxes, barrels, old clothes,
sausage meat-extrect bark preferred post.
age stamps, lager beer-used in printing
Colts pistols warranted not to kick, ten
penny nails, pins, needles, ginger cakes, cir
Gus tickets, or any other article found in 8
country store. Walk up, but don't all come
at once
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own officers to the ARMY and ra7y, agairs.
compensation for their slaves, against annull-
ing the confscation acts or indemnity where
the title cannot be revoked and that the
Democrats will aid them in passing their
self-dcnying ordinances. but it seems to me
not wise to assume it. 1t is safer to take
their view of their interests as the measure
of what they will attempt. and what they
can dc as the limit of what they will do.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-12-16

Beg~Old Father Bushnell, of Vermont,
used to say that the best criticism he ever
received on his preaching was from little
boy who sat at his feet looking up into his
face as he was preaching to a crowded house.
AS he was going on very earnestly, the little
fellow spoke out, - You said that afore."