The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-02-01
GEO. W. TIppETT. Editor.
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
:::: February |, 1872.
"PERsoNAL"---w. Z. STEVENSON.

"PERSoNAL".--W. Z, STEVENSON.
We throw ouself upon the generosity
Of our patrons and sincerely hope they
may pardon us for again making personal
reference to the squirmiug, cringing knave
and coward, whose name heads this article.
On the 18th Of December last. ia response
toa vulgar aud slandcrous article 10 the
Parkersburg S'utc Journal rejecting upon
our integrity, and charging that we had
made several attempts to cxtort money
from the State Treasury upon pretended
contracts" We took occasion to brand Mr.
W. y. Stevenson rs "a liar, q slaDderer,
and coward" aud left him so branded
until be come forward with the proof that
wc demanded, to make good bis charges
We had thought Mr.. Stevenson had
gone to chs hole" but outside pressure.
demands Of bis friends. and the jecrs Of
bis enemies, wero so heavy upon him. that
he was compelled to make some self DO.
tense. After the lapse Of near Two
months, W Il Stevenson comes at Us with
bis proef We appeal to an intelligent
public to carefully read bis defense through,
and seq il our demand upon him has been
satisfied We demanded p,oct-he comes
with his Jarc assertions. backed and bra
ced up by the assertions Of his subservient
tool, Captain B. b Dovener, Of Wheel
log. ohce 8 second. rate clerk 10 the Score.
4ary Of States Office. Part Of Mr.. Doven.
'et's statement is true, but The greuter por.
ton Of it isa Wiful aud malicious pcrver.
sion Of facts to suit the case Of Mr. Stow.
enson.
We now propose to givea clear andfull
statement Of the account presented, and
which was disallowed, not because il was
not ordered BY the Executive Department, ;
not because it was upon "pretended con.
tract" not because it was unjust" bu,
simply from malice on the part Of the then
Governor Of West Virginia-A. I. Bore.
mau-whose election to the United States
Senate we had opposed. We hope that il
our statement We be may able to refresh
Mr.. Doveuer's memory which at present
does not "serve hin correctly"
Sometime in December, 1868, We pre-.
scented two bills for publishing proclaua'
lions. one was promptly paid, aud the
/. other (tor publishing Boreman's las,
Thanksgiving proclama.ion,) was "disap'
proved" and that too. without assigning
any reason therefor We received let
ter from Capt Doveuer, enclosing checl
for the amount Of Que till; and 10 the SAME
letter stating that Gov. Foreman refused
TO pay" the other bill for publishing biz
proclamation Of Thanksgiving; which
bill amounted to Sl450, not $40, as Ste
senson aud Dovoner would make It ap
pear Capt Dovener in his letter to u
stated that be did not know the reason
why Foreman bad refused to allow thu
bill-that such bills had always been paic
-whenpresented before, aud he believed
this cue ought to be paid also.
We.immcdately wrote to Capt. Doveu
er, saying that the proclamation had Jee'
ordered 10 our paper, audtbat we though
the action Of Governor Foreman was yer,
singular, to say the least; and could onl,
account for it on the ground that we hat
opposed him as an unfit person 10 be seq
to the United States Senate, and duriuJ
which time we had reflected somewhat Sc
serely upon his official acts. DC.
Here the matter rested until sometime il
April, 1863, when, we being in the Gil.
,of Wheeling called on the State officers
We,met Capt Dovener in the Secretary Q
States Office. He inquired il we had 70
been paid for publishing that proclamation
We replied that we had not. He sal
that we ought to be paid, and suggested
that wespeak to Gov, Stevenson about il
and probably he would allow it. We re
marked that we very much d,liked to as
Gov. Stevenson to pay bill that had bee
,disallowed by Gov. Foreman, aud that W
had rather Let the matter rest than to d
80. Capt Dovener then said be woul
speak TO Gov Stevenson about the claim