The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-01
Paying tne mIlItia-Geu. Duval.

The ClRrksburg Conservative makes
the false and very silly statement that
General Duval delayed the payment of
the militia until he could make it sub
serve e1ectioneering purposes. The
truth is, the militia could not be paid
earlier because the State had no money
to pay. The funds with which they are
now being paid were received from the
Government on claims presented and
allowed by Congress many months
ago. But before the authorities at
there had to be full and tedious ex-
animation of vouchers by an United
States Commission, which sat in this
city, we don't know just how long, but
certainly six months, auditing these
claims. This work was finished up
last winter and there was reason to ex-
pect that directly on the report of the
Commission, the money would be paid
over. But here other delays intervened.
There had to be an adjustment of West
Virginia's share of the direct tax levied
on Virginia in 1861, to be deducted out
of the sum coming to US. Then Mr..
McCulloch raised another difficulty.
The Treasury Department held large
sum in bonds guaranteed by the
State of Virginia, on which was an
accumulation of interest, and Mr.. Nc
Culloch claimed West Virginia should
pay one third OF the interest, amount
ing to $40, ,O00-he assuming we were re-
sponsible for a third of Virginia's obliga-
tions-,and he proposed to deduct this
and pay w. Va.-the balance of her due.
Governor BoremRn very properly re
fused to submit to this exaction. So
the matter stood until short time
since. when the interest was paid. by
the party for whom the State of Vir-
ginia had endorsed, and the amount
due was paid into our treasury. Gen
eral Duval has therefore set out to pay
the militia claims throughout the State,
at the earliest day possible after the
money was received.
at the same time we are gratiied to
learn that our gallant soldier candidate
makes troops of friends, and wins
golden opinions from all sorts of
people, wherever he goes. he is
paying the militia, be it observed,
not only in his own district but in the
Second. A Fairmont gentleman speak
ing day or two since of the Generals
visit to that place, declared that he
made friends of everybody, and with
the people there he was the most pop
ular man in the State. We re-
marked that the militiamen would
naturally be pleased to receive their
long delayed dues, he replied that it
was not the militiamen alone who were
pleased with the General, but every
body who came in contact with him;
that they liked him for his quiet, kind
ly, genial ways and his unaffected
courtesy and kindness. They were
only sorry they would have no oppor-
tunIty to show their appreciation. We
can assure our friends at Fairmont and
elsewhere that the more they see of
Gen. Duval, the better they will like
him. And we can say to them all, that
the General is going into this fight, as he
used to when he met the Democratic
hosts on other fields, quiet and reso-
lutte. The boys in blue follow his lead
with confidence as they did then, and
they intend TO add one more victory to
those that have hitherto crowned the
arms OF their beloved commander. If
"Maj." Cooper or any of his next
friends object to the temper of Duvars
steel they had better get out of the way.
Look out, Johnny Reb. the "old Ninth"
is coming!