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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
How jeff! Davis Is Starved. :.

Conservative gentlemen have been in
trouble shout tue diet Of JEFF. Davis. It
has been alleged that be is suffering
from short ratious. His bill Of fare is
therefore published for the public Id:
formation. Here it Is as furnished for .
long time. This is official: 81. Z. - -
20 svxpHr-Brsakta,L Veal outlets, poached
eggs two), wHeae'and corn bread, butter su-
gar, milk, and coffee. : ' - ....'1' -"
q Dinaer-Broiled chickens, stewed oysters,
pota oes, onions, broad, butter, coffee, sugar,
and milk. -..!,
- MoxpAr-BreGkfa,t Mutton chops (two)
eggs boiled two, bread (corn and Wheas),
butter; sll3.r, milk, coffee. '''....,..,'. 49,
1" Dinner--Beefsteak, ponned oysters, pota.
toes, onions, bread, butter, coffee, sugar, and
milk. ..... 80 -.
TUESDAY - Breokfdst, Beefsteak, eggs,
(boilcd), bread (cOrn and wheat, coffee, but.
ter, sogar, and milk. .r'. = :, - =.
g Dinner-Yesl outlets, fresh or salt Ash,
potatoes, onions, bread, butter, and coffee.
WxpxxspAY-B reakfasL Ham and eggs,
corn and wheat bread, butter, sugar, coGsx
and milk '' d." ''''" :,
, !a,Dinner, Mutton chops, ateWed oystsrs, po:
tatoes, apples, bread, butter, And, coffae. /
J." TnuRiDA3-Rreakta!h Deefstest, boiled
eggs (tEor bread (corn and wheat, butter
sugar, tGnilf, and eotse. - '',.,'F ~" -
|. X Dinner, Veal outlets, panned oystsrS po'
tatoes, onions, bread, coffee; a., Isd butter.
?1AFllDA1--Rreakfa.l. stewed oysters mack.
erel or fresh .tsh, bread (corn and wheat
coffee, sugar, mill, and button; -. f."
10 Dinner, 'Porksteak, poioAed, egg, potstoes,
onions, bread, butter, aud coffee. : ~9,rA5.
-"sI7uRpAY - Rreatfat Milton chops
boiled eggs, bread, butter, milk, 'ug.r,, and
q Dsaanat,;, Besfste.t, .t.v.d oysters, peta.
toes. onions, bread, butter, and COFFEE - =,
II. Jot. don't thrive, on, this, Il might
b we'll TO- Try, him on the! Andetsonyilli
and Salisbury Diet A short eouris o.
Andessonvill. hospitality might make Z
gre.. s..ee trial eltoge!ha'r unneesI4Es.,ry J,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
The Virginia Direct Tax-,AttemPs
to Collect it in West Virutn!e. =

The Virginia Direct Tax::AttemPs
to collect It in West viEtin,Ss:
7, appear. nm 1T clerk o: the Wright.
DllSets az E6npi,slop ges klsn at,
't.iSp.iSf % SlIeet tEis 6E iIs HanP.
shire aud otl bafdsr cSAntieS OF i1n
Stiss, oil ths Sfolnd thathSa tue o.:
'rsst tai GaIs %; thtySysrs Ypafs y
TIE State ofTlrs.nis.
Tho fact hSSisT been brought - tho
alton tiou Of The Secretary Of the Preas.
ury, he directed. The Commi.'ioner Of
Internal Rsy,ase 10 order an:i il ID !:
Sn.p,S ;iaiaSsi no mob ;pioce.di6talI3
Senator VAN Winkle has taken the
trouble to forward to Gov. Boreman an
,u.hs q ito. copy Of Secretary, Calloeh's,
letter to Mr.. Rollins, which is as follows:
: '.,e' 80: TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
r. - ii WASHINGTON, May 10, ''66: r..
SIR: Ny attention has been called
to tho faos,t hat'a collecting clerk of'tho
Virgini. Direct Tax Commission is'.s'
suming o.collect thattax ln' Hampshire
and perhaps other counties or West
Virginia, :,,ra >. ,,!a' :s7.'." =
, d Although certain counties Of what il
now tho State Of West Virginia, arc, BY
tho President = proclamation Of July lSs,
1862, declared insurrcctionary districts
and IS such, ore subject to the; operation
Of the act Of June 7th,. 1862; it seems
clear that the Tux cannot legally be col.
leo.ed in those counties by the, Virginia
Tux Commissioners, The commissions
Of those officers wcre issued since the
admission of West Virginia, and author:
ize them to collect only 10 "tho district
of the State Of Virginia" Indeed, tho
law itself requires d bonrd for each
State, and commission for moro than
one State existing at that time would
have been contrary to law. -..t .r....,.
AS the whole proceeding is clearly il.
loyal, I have to request that you will
give instructions, by telegraph, if ncces'
sary, for the Immediate discoutinuaucc
Of oil collections 10 West Virginia.
.''.''' Respectfully Yours,
[sigued] Fl. ". ,McCuLLocH,
Secretary Of The Treasury.
Hon. Z. A. ROLLINS, Commissioner
Internal Rcrcnuc. ..... ..
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
From tho Buokhannon Advocate.
How an Honest Rebel Viewed the
Conservative Party.


In a spaech which Hon. D. s. Pinnell
made down in Union Township on the
day of tho election, he, pointed to a
Federal soldier who had lost a leg in
defence Of his country, and said, nov,
gentle do you think it,would DO
right to allow that man there" (pointins
to returned rebel who left here in 1861
and caue bnck hero 90 raids, ito step
up to the polls to day and silence that
soldiers vote ?" And in the course Of
his remarks be riddled conservatism.
After he was through, Ta,well Marshall
who bad becn referred to above, stepped
up to him and said {: " Doctor, l think
you are too hard on us rebels why ?"
asked the Doctor. BECAUSE" said be,
"you class as ,ciM consrrunfircs, and We
arc not conservatives, We are rebels. r
What base ingratitudc upon tho part
Of tho rebels. With all the (DauieD
Luwb like spirit the conservative party
has been enabled. 10 pour, forth 10
speeches, papers aud circulars, they hare
not been able as yet to insratiatc theme
selres ,cih the rebels. o., b.. ., 49,,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
Mr.. Stewards Auburn Speech.

The Buffalo Erprrss in speaking Of
Mr.. Stewards speech at Auburn, N. T.,
on the 22d ult., makes the following re-
mark ......- $3.50
A careful perusal of Mr.. Stewards
speech must confirm any one, except o
copperhead, or a chrysalis .copperhead
ia a"Conservative" state, in tho belief
that there are M essential and irreeonctl'
able differences tct,oecn Congress and the
President, and Mat to assume and act upon
the hypothesis that there is, inrOlccs eoIat
/, worse than tolly-it will lead to the
crime Of throwing the Government back
into the hands Of those who have. once
attempted its destruction, and may do SO
again with as little provocutiou MS led to
their former nefariouS but defeated de-
signs. .... :.,.... -,
One thing is appareut-this speech oill
bring but lille comfort to the Democratic
party, which has lived for ! year 10 the
hope that it might divide our ranks and
ca pture tho administration. It warns
Of that danger, and couusels to concesi
sion, patience, charity aud forbeara nee,
until reconciliation" becomes nniver;-
sal, and the nation is re.established 10
its unities, and is safely anchored under
the protection and guidance Of tho Ma,
tional Union Party, which led it safely
through the red sea Of rebellion. 4
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
WHEELING, June 4th, 1866.
SALISBURY said 10 the Senste, To


SALISBURY said 10 tho seuste,; TIE
other day, that be sincerely regretted y
hear. tho word "copperhesd". :tssd. v
that body-s term which: be though!
had passed away With the passions ~
gendered- by the. var. There sEs sever,
people 10 this country sick ofthat woH44
The children Of these persons will =
sick Of it. Aye, their children's chit.
dren'schildren. It is,a sickening VOID
to bequesth to Posterity, but it never
will pass away; Whom it Is intended y
stigmatize .D American who testified
sympathy and love for traitors that vt ~
6ghtisg to destroy bis oouotry, DO viii
be designated s; COpperhEls!:,sds, so7sA' a.
test generation. .-
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
Smiths Letter,

The letter of U. S. District Attorney
b H. Smith, published in the Repnbtf'
can a few weeks ago, deuouncing the
Registry law and Constitutional Amend
ment as unconstitutional, draws forth
the following remarks from the Parkers.
burg Times:
"We cannot but think that man is
very uuwisc as we'll as disloyal who,
holding the Office Of public prosecutor,
deuouuces a law as unconstitutional be:
fore it comes before him for argument,
1t is as much as to say, Pitch 10, boys,
violate tho laws and will see that you
are not punished
eve are justified in charging that the
crimes with which our papers daily
TEEN to greater extent than over be.
fore, grow out Of the charges made BY
copperheads from the stump and press,
that the constitution is violated in every
act, our laws tyraunical, our State bogus.
The inference among those who would
commit crime or take the law into their
own hands, is that they may commit any
crime and that if they are punished they
will be martyrs; but believed that
these men to whom they have heretofore
looked as leaders can clear them by
showing the laws unconstitutional and
therefore void.
awe oandidly believe that any man
who expresses such opinions as Mr.,
Smith has, should be indicted for iucit.
ing to crime and stirring up seditiou.'
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
LOST. SPRAYED Oh DRowNED-A

LOST, SPRAYED Oh DRowNrD-A
small child, which has been wandering
about town and through the county for
some time past-residenoe not Known
in form, slender and very frail. It was
born out Of wedlock-it was begotten
BY tho oohabiting Of the Dem ocratic and
Rebel parties, its name was conservative,
aud supposed to have been drowned 10
San Riuer, as it has not been heard Of
since the Gath Of last month. Any in.
formation concerning it will be- thank
fully received at tho Republican Office
Rsckhanron Advocate. ..'.@7g ~. ~
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

IRoUBLEs or JURYMEn At RIcHxosp,
II learn from tho best authority ts'! .
two gentlemen, long resident Of !n. y.
city, who were on the Grand Jury vhl:a
found . truo bill against Jefferson D''s.
have already boon 80 marked sud n'o;
the object Of persecution 10 their 'Se'n :.
and business relations, that they n," !.
been compelled to close up their ee,le: 4.
and are making preparation. 70 Leave .s ~
city. Such facts are sorry eonosn:M,:!
on tho progress Of loyalty aud eo, ,sl.t
ton 10 tho late rebel capital. -h''"
Cor. BuN. Ame1tcda:' 20 ~,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

WEST. VIRGINIA STATE ADVOCATE
This Is the title d, !. now weekly paper
commenced !: A. Buekhannon, a. B.
Robrbrough, editor and publisher. We
wish it unbouuded suecess:.. Tits sound
politically, .hils i. promise. 70 accom- .;
pill great .soed i &s causes Of Eduo.;;
tiop apd Temperanee:ii. Yiajr'g"a 1857"
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

A SHORT AND lNsTRUcTIvE CONVEX.
sATIoN.-Postmaster General Dennison
was importuned by az Ohio copperhead
to appoint friend Of the same persua'
sion to Pos,mastcrship in that State.
"Is tho person you recommend good
Union man ?" inquired tho Governor.
"Oh, yes !; he supports Mr.. Johnson 3
reconstruction policy" replied tue cop
perhead. ''.' -
Thi, reply evidently did not suit the
Governor, who asked, :, -.
"But how did your friend vote at the
last Presidential election'?" ,''
"For McClellanu,,"' was the response.
"Well," suid the Governor, i've amt
appointing any Mcclellan men to Office
Just now in this Department" =. 49,
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

FoR foil returns Of tho vote Upon tho
Constitutional A mendment, we will have
to wait till tho 10th Of July, when the
of6eial 1ots Vill; 10 counted at Wheeling.
During tho hss week 20 additional fig.
urea were received, except from Monroe
eeaaty. which gives q majority of III
for ratification, :, $780,: =.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
The Board Of Registration--Thcir
Right to Compel Attendance OF
Witnesses.

The Board of Registration--Thcir
Right to Compel Attendance of
Witnesses.
The following letter Of Attorney Gen.
eral Maxwell sufficiently explains itself.
80 CLARxsBURe. W. Va,
June 1, 1866.
Gov. A. l. FOREMAN
Dear Sir: By the "Act to regulate
the Registration Of Voters" it 10 made
the duty oftbe respective County Boards
Of Registration to hear and determine
whether or not any person is registered
who is in any way disqualified to vote,
or whether or not any person who has
applied to be registered as voter has
boon improperly excluded from regissra'
ton.
Having power definitely to hear and
determine these questions, they have, by
common law, inherent power to call for
all adequate proofs Of the facts in COD
troversy, and, to that end, to summon
and compel the attendance Of witnesses
before them. Yours truly, "a
(sigued) EDWIN maxwell,
.. g.. 1ANoraey Generul.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

Nov therefore. for the purposs:ef prevent.
:, A.. ~ ssrrItafS q Of the unla1ful s3psAiAo4
IA srSi p aforesaid, from The territory;
Ind! ESi,dIs3Ssa. Of the United ftss, sna1tot
:. ~ ~ his Sptile peace % - thSE =
fioH3 TSnofsSnA,s enforce obsdQIat1aaJ u
nsof "a ~ AZ OF, The United ke A44l1
are1E1 Hhnl - President Of IL uA1A6 A
- o1IifSnd warn all SooA etNA1 W.
Vt661 ieh irAinst taking pstEEtr II cey:
wins aiding eount'nsneln9 or .osnsns ~: .,i
unlawful proceedings; and ! DO sxaot. ~
judges, msgistrates, marshals, ana omSsn 10
'tds service qf w United States 70 employ %.
their lawful authority and power p 2SISinEt
and defeat The aforesaid unlaEfN pcoossoassR
and 10 arrest and bring 10 ies al person..
who may bs engaged therein: And In purss-
auee to act o. Congress ii snch cases meas
and provided, do furthermore authorize sha
;empSwer Major General G. G. Meade, Com
m.pder Of The Military Division q ths Atlse: ;
Hc, 10 employ the land and naval forces OF
the D United States, and tbs~ militia thsreos. 70
arrest and prevent ~ setting eai ~ ga
e.tryI6s @en sh'S1Psditten and enterprise
IN testimony whereof + have 'hhs;rsunto set
my hand and caused Tie S~al OF Tho United
States 10 bs affixed.
Done Il The, City oIWashinYton this sixth day
Of June, In the year Of our Lord one thou
:, ssnd eight. hundred and .ixty.sl1, and ,o'
The Independence OF the United States the
ninetieth. - "-'--
BY tho President, ANDREW JOHNSON.
VIZ. II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State, ......
-. The latest news indicates the Withdra wal
Of tho Fenian forces from Canada, with.
ont . second engagement and the men to
be returning homeward, even more rapidly
than they went. Many prominent members
ofthe organization arc under arrest BY the U.
8. authorities, and will be tried for violating
the neutrality laws. .....
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

The Fort PIT. :Housdsy, - y P p ~
will .snd: i; III 5 20 iusA e.aIes, ee: ~ |.
$4,000, tatis Pasis EshiAtteE 80
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

Tur b.ttle.f field Of Fair o:t:, .'.'
Richmond, is to be converted lns@e ;
cemetery for Union Soldiers. q y a. .t -
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

The fruit crop-of- Pntnsu. county is
reported. as almost m entire failure =.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13

pUCpVoec) huoso NioopPoAaSo oSSeoeAoo
sym athizers have been actively engaged
for year in trying to organize some
sort Of a political party in the State,
composed mainly Of those sympathizers
who RETAINED from active hostility against
the Government, and have not commit
ted any overt act Of treason which can
be proved, aud, at the earnest aolicita.
ton Of their leaders, have taken the test
oath, and are therefore qualified voters.
Some men whe have acted with the
Union party during the war, have abau-
doncd tho cause and gono over to this
copperbend faction, thinking they snufed
q reaction in tho distance; and they
have been houorcd and Aattered, for
their services wore greatly needed in the
new party, to act as stool.pigeous to de.
coy ignorant and unsuspccting Union
men into their ranks.
Nov this new party, made up rs it is
of rebel sympathizers, unstable and uu'
reliable Union men, with q strong re-.
serve Of robels, is simply tho tail-end Of
the Northern copperhsad Democracy !:
their principles are the same; their OBJ
jects arc the Same, and their tactics, like
tho copperhead, is lying code Of decep-
ton and foul Islander against the Gov.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29
Chick.a.g.n-n.n :

The inhabitants of Chicago form the
greatest mutual admiration society on the
face of the globe. The sole article in
their creed is: "There is but one Chicago,
and every Chicagoan is its prophet" The
destruction of the New York Academy OF
Music gives the Chicago Tribune an OPP
p~ortunity to glorify in this wise;
"Chicago now possesses the only opera
house this side ofthe water, and if it burns
up tonight we shall set another going to-
morrow morning without making any fuss
about it. The youthful Napoleon of the
Opera, Max Strakosch, who has crushed
Head Centre Grau at the first encounter, and
will unhorse the crazy Msretzek at the first
tilt will give some opera here after the dog
days are over. There is no occasion. there
fore, for he and she of Fifth avenue to sigh
any more. Pack up your cottage trunks
with your best opera array, for we are rather
strong on style, perhape a triile beyond New
York, and take the trains for Chicago in
the early fall, and We will give yoC better
opera in a better house, and with a better
audience than you ever dreamed of in New
York, and don't make any more fuss over
your old barn"
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29
CROP ITEMS.

The Lebanon Star Warren county of
Thursday last says; "The frosts Of the
early part of last week about finished -
the little remaining remnant of the fruit
crop; From all parts of the county-and
indeed from all sections of the State-we
hear the same report-"No fruit this
year." Peaches are killed; apples ditto;
pears ditto; cherries ditto; and even cur
rants and gooseberries will fall far short
of the usual yield. Farmers also present
very unfavorable reports of the grain
crop. Wheat is almost a total failure
Corn was planted early, but the cold
weather and the drouth seriously retarded
its growth. Oats and spriGg barley will
probably be short and perhaps light
headed
The 0ttowa County Union says: @The
wheat prospects are somewhat brighter
now, than was the case a few weeks ago.
There will be from a third te half a crop"
The Bucyrus Crawford county, Jour-
nal says: There are many contradictions
in regard to the wheat crop ofthis county,
but on comparing notes we believe the
facts are, that on the plains and on the
open ground in the south part of the
county the crop will be light, while on
the wooded country north of Bucyrus,
the crop will be very good"
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29
The Democratic Piarro-m.

The following admirable resume Of the
inconsistencies Of the platform adopted
by the recentstate Democratic convention
is from the Columbus Journal:
The platform adopted by the Conven-
ton consists of three resolutions.
The irsi, resolves to adhere to the Or
ganization of the Democratic party; the
third resolves not &c adhere to the organi-
cation, but to cordially cooperate with
aid men, uithout reference to past party
positions. The first indorses the works
of Thomas Jefferson, and calls for equal
taxation. Tho second requires taxation
aoithoNt representation, of a whole class
of people, contrary to the expressed Ian
guage of the illustrious statesman whose
memory they seek to blacken by such
hideous prostitution of his name. The
second resolution appropriately closes
with 8 statement which every well-in-
formed man in the United States knoysto
be false, viz that the representation Of the
revolted States is withheld sunless on the
degrading condition" of negro negro po-
litieaL and eirI equality. For the rest,
the resolutions indorse the Presidents
policy, and demand the immediate and
unconditional restoration of the revolted
States, free of all penalties for the stu
pendous crime which has deluged the
country with blood.
The one sole principle which is not
contradicted by other principles of the
platform, is Immediate admission of
rebels and rebel communities to an i'm
mediate place in the government they
strove for four years to destroy. This is
the issue of thecampaign. On that we go
the country confidently and gladly.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29
INC oucstion ar CtizensbIn.

The important claim of Augustus c..
Fretz against the government of Colum-
bia, involving the whole question of gain
ing and losing citizenship, has been de-
cided by a Commission, composed of Col
onel Biddle for the United States, General
Salgar for Columbia, and Sir Frederick
Bruce, umpire. The facts of the case are
as follows; Augustus G. Fretz, born in
Pennsylvania, s temporary resident of
Panama, and owner of the Ocean Hotel
on the Isthmus, which was destroyed in
the riot of 1856, made claim for damages
against the Columbian government, as an
American citizen. The whole question
turned upon, whether Fretz had not be-
come a citizen of Columbia by his resi-
dence and ownership of property there.
1t was argued to the Commission by Hon.
S. S. Cox for the claimant and by Mr..
Carlisle for Columbia. The Com mission
ers disagreeing, the umpire decided that
the claimant was an American citizen,
and that he was entitled to compensation
for the destruction of his property, of
whatever description; the more SO as the
property was intimately connected and
supplementary to the necessities created
by the transit route the preservation of
good order and peace along which route
the Republic of New Granada declares to
he the foundation of its liability in that
class of cases. To a share of that protec-
ton, and to compensation for damages.
resulting fer the want Of it, this hotel
property is equitably entitled. The UNI
pire quoted the case of Paciies, a British
subject whose house in Greece was de-
stroyed; and held that ownership of the
house, coupled with long residence, did
rot render him eonstructively a subject OF
Greece, as to matters affecting that prop
erty, or to deprive him of the right Of
protection and full compensation, which
he claimed as a British subject.
Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-29
The Siege Of Sumpter-PryOr's Mis-

Losing, in his recent book on the re-
bellion, tells the following good story
qpropos of the siege of Sumpter and the
visit of Beauregard's commissioners TO
receive Anderson's terms
A ludicrous incident occurred. Colonel
Pryor, armed with sword, pistols and
bowie-knife, and assuming the air of a
man who possessed the fort and all within
it, seeing a tImbler on a table, and what
he supposed to be a wh~iskey-bottle zeal it,
poured out of the latter u sufficient guam
tity of the liquid to half fill the former,
and drank it, supposing it to be old
Bourbon The taste not agreeing with
its appearance, he inquired if it was wa
ter, when Surgeon Crawford informed
him that be had swallowed a strong solu-
ton OF the iodide of potassium, a danger
Gus poison. Pryor, with face pale with
terror, begged the surgeon TO give him re-
lief at once. His wear )ns were laid aside,
a powerful emetic was administered, and
in the course Of an hour or so, that in
famous Virginian went on his way rejoic-
ing in his deliverance. Surgeon Craw-
ford, wearing the stars of a major-general,
met the traitor just at the close of the
war, in a really sadder condition than
when be administered the friendly emetic.