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fees in 1857 at the time of the dispute faulkner was a member of the united states house of representatives from virginia s 8th congressional district he later served as the united states minister to france and again as a member of the united states house of representatives from west virginia s 2nd congressional district among the newspaper s proprietors was alexander w monroe a prominent romney lawyer who had previously served as a member of the virginia house of delegates 1850 1851 monroe and co owner job n cookus left the newspaper to serve in the confederate states army during the american civil war following the war monroe represented hampshire county in the west virginia house of delegates 1875 1877 and 1879 1883 during the 1875 1877 legislative session he was the speaker of the west virginia house of delegates history edit a s trowbridge founded the virginia argus and hampshire advertiser as a democratic 1 2 weekly newspaper 3 4 5 in romney in july 1850 1 2 6 7 8 9 trowbridge had been an educator in new orleans louisiana before moving to romney 1 2 9 the virginia argus and hampshire advertiser newspaper billed itself as a family newspaper devoted to politics agriculture education general news and amusement 10 by october 7 1852 the virginia argus was being published by trowbridge drinkard on may 26 1853 it reverted to being published by trowbridge alone 7 8 after trowbridge had edited and published the newspaper for seven years its limited success did not meet his expectations and in 1857 he sold the operation to samuel r smith and john joseph combs 1 2 6 7 8 9 alexander w monroe smith and combs operated the newspaper until 1858 when they sold it to james parsons he in turn sold it to his younger brother william miller parsons in 1859 1 8 9 11 after a few months of ownership and experience 1 parsons sold the newspaper to alexander w monroe a prominent romney lawyer and onetime member of the virginia house of delegates and job n cookus in 1861 1 8 9 12 13 monroe and cookus continued serving as the proprietors editors and publishers until the outbreak of the american civil war when they joined the confederate states army 1 9 the newspaper was closed by the union army in august 1861 and was not revived after the war 1 2 8 12 13 following his service in the war monroe was elected to represent hampshire county in the west virginia house of delegates in 1875 during which time he served as the speaker 14 15 16 17 he again represented hampshire county in the house of delegates from 1879 to 1883 14 18 16 17 he was the first delegate to represent hampshire county in both the virginia general assembly and the west virginia legislature 19 the virginia argus and hampshire advertiser had a circulation of 800 copies distributed per week 3 5 20 which was the second largest of the three newspapers published in hampshire county the other two were the south branch intelligencer of romney with a weekly circulation of 960 copies and the piedmont independent of piedmont now in mineral county west virginia with a weekly circulation of 600 copies 3 5 20 the offices of the virginia argus were housed in an old stone edifice north of the hampshire county courthouse that had previously served as the home of the romney academy before its 1846 disestablishment 18 jacob green affair edit charles james faulkner in a series of articles published in the may 14 and 21 1857 issues of the virginia argus romney resident col isaac parsons chronicled the 1855 arrest of his nephew james parsons for attempting to capture col parsons fugitive slave jacob green and the resulting dispute between the parsons family and charles james faulkner over legal fees in 1857 10 21 22 in august 1855 green escaped from parsons wappocomo plantation with four other slaves from neighboring plantations 21 22 in october of that year he returned to col parsons plantation in romney and persuaded four or five slaves from neighboring farms owned by parsons family relatives to escape with him to pennsylvania 21 22 a party of eight to ten men including col parsons and two of his nephews james parsons and a mr stump went north in pursuit of the escapees in the course of the pursuit they captured two of stump s escaped slaves who were sent back to hampshire county 21 22 with information obtained from the two recaptured slaves col parsons went to johnstown james parsons to hollidaysburg and stump to altoona where they hoped to intercept green as he headed west on the allegheny portage railroad and main line canal toward pittsburgh 22 james parsons intercepted green at hollidaysburg but local abolitionists thwarted his attempt to capture green and he was arrested and arraigned for kidnapping 21 22 john randolph tucker upon learning of james parsons arrest col parsons sought the assistance of charles james faulkner a prominent martinsburg lawyer and united states house representative from virginia s 8th congressional district and of james murray mason a united states senator from virginia 21 faulkner and mason both offered their legal services for james parsons defense 21 the virginia general assembly pledged its support to parsons and to virginia s slaveowners in defending their constitutional rights and to protect them from prosecution 21 23 virginia governor henry a wise appointed john randolph tucker to attend parsons trial as a special commissioner of virginia 21 22 24 the dispute between virginia and pennsylvania escalated and on january 31 1856 an article published in the new york herald read threatened civil war between virginia and pennsylvania 22 col parsons faulkner and tucker traveled to hollidaysburg for james parsons trial 21 faulkner provided for parsons legal defense leading to his acquittal as having acted legally under the provisions of the fugitive slave act of 1850 22 in september 1856 faulkner billed col parsons 150 5 375 in 2025 for his legal services parsons disputed the charge in a series of articles in the virginia argus he declared that faulkner had originally offered his services at no cost that he had been lauded publicly for his generosity in doing so without ever denying that he had been working pro bono and that he was practicing duplicity and deception in trying to win a reputation in his district through specious acts of munificence 21 front page above the fold of the virginia argus published on april 30 1857 this issue is archived at the library of virginia faulkner later served as united states minister to france following the american civil war he again served as a member of the united states house of representatives from west virginia s 2nd congressional district james parsons and his brother william miller parsons were later proprietors of the virginia argus 1 8 11 extant issues edit extant issues of the virginia argus and hampshire advertiser are maintained by four known institutions the american antiquarian society newspaper project in worcester massachusetts maintains an 1852 issue of the newspaper 25 west virginia university libraries in morgantown west virginia maintain issues dating from 1852 1853 1856 1857 and 1859 25 the west virginia state archives in charleston west virginia maintain an issue dated july 5 1851 26 and the duke university libraries in durham north carolina maintain issues dating between 1858 and 1861 27 the library of virginia in richmond virginia also maintains microforms of issues of the virginia argus dating from 1852 1853 1856 1857 and 1859 25 28 see also edit list of newspapers in west virginia references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 maxwell swisher 1897 p 357 1 2 3 4 5 callahan 1923 p 300 1 2 3 west virginia department of archives and history 1944 p 128 duke university library 1953 p 65 1 2 3 state of west virginia 1907 p 60 1 2 west virginia department of archives and history 1944 p 141 1 2 3 west virginia library association norona 1958 p 249 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 about virginia argus and hampshire advertiser 1850 1861 chronicling america library of congress national endowment for the humanities oclc 11111337 archived from the original on october 8 2015 retrieved december 6 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 brannon 1976 p 476 1 2 manuscript research sources for hampshire county part ii west virginia university listing virginia argus and hampshire advertiser historic hampshire county west virginia west virginia s oldest county charles c hall historichampshire org archived from the original on may 19 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 1 2 maccabe 1913 p 260 1 2 special dispatch march 23 1905 col alex monroe dead commanded section of lee s rear guard in retreat the baltimore sun baltimore maryland proquest 536953259 archived from the original on december 3 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 1 2 ritter wakelyn 1989 p 449 1 2 atkinson gibbens 1890 p 487 maxwell swisher 1897 p 495 1 2 maxwell swisher 1897 p 278 1 2 munske kerns 2004 p 180 1 2 maxwell swisher 1897 p 298 munske kerns 2004 p 178 1 2 west virginia department of archives and history lewis 1906 p 60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 jacob green runaway slave the pursuit of jacob green by the parsons family and the problem of free states historic hampshire county west virginia west virginia s oldest county charles c hall historichampshire org archived from the original on december 29 2011 retrieved december 6 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 what is the underground railroad allegheny portage railroad national park service website national park service archived from the original on april 14 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 virginia house of delegates virginia general assembly 1856 p 246 virginia house of delegates virginia general assembly 1856 p 454 1 2 3 libraries that have it virginia argus and hampshire advertiser 1850 1861 chronicling america library of congress national endowment for the humanities oclc 11111337 archived from the original on december 12 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 miscellaneous boxed newspapers west virginia state archives website west virginia division of culture and history archived from the original on december 12 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 uncatalogued newspapers shelf guide for 1 5 level room 002 pdf duke university libraries website duke university libraries duke university archived pdf from the original on december 11 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 virginia argus and hampshire advertiser library of virginia website library of virginia archived from the original on december 13 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 bibliography edit atkinson george wesley gibbens alvaro franklin 1890 prominent men of west virginia biographical sketches of representative men in every honorable vocation including politics the law theology medicine education finance journalism trade commerce and agriculture wheeling west virginia w l callin oclc 3886825 brannon selden w ed 1976 historic hampshire a symposium of hampshire county and its people past and present parsons west virginia mcclain printing company isbn 978 0 87012 236 1 oclc 3121468 callahan 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18523119 archived from the original on october 31 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 virginia house of delegates virginia general assembly 1856 journal of the house of delegates of the state of virginia for the session of 1855 56 richmond virginia william f ritchie public printer archived from the original on january 5 2014 retrieved december 6 2013 state of west virginia 1907 west virginia governor s message submitted to legislature of 1907 with the accompanying reports and documents covering the two fiscal years oct 1 1904 to sept 30 1906 in four volumes volume 4 state of west virginia archived from the original on november 26 2013 retrieved december 6 2013 west virginia department of archives and history lewis virgil a 1906 first biennial report of the department of archives and history of the state of west virginia charleston west virginia the tribune printing company archived from the original on january 4 2014 retrieved december 6 2013 west virginia department of archives and history 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