 The Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser , often referred to simply as the Virginia Argus , was a weekly newspaper published between July 1850 and August 1861 in Romney , Virginia ( now West Virginia ) . The paper 's circulation of 800 copies was the second @-@ highest in Hampshire County , after the South Branch Intelligencer 's . The Virginia Argus ceased publication following its closure by the Union Army during the American Civil War , after which it was not revived . 
