Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-22
From Camp Raymond IN marri,on
County,

fInEKAl iiiti, "a, J1iy Is. lsGl
HI. i-t,liycs,er, Ia these day, oflrouB-
le aai sorroN. Wh;le the dark gloom OF
despair B, sRshroldias the hes ribs OF hun-
dFeIs-ay ibousNnls-,n our o5cr happy
country. aud i dark poHent0us cloud veil,
10 obsrurity the iuiGrr reserved Rr W.
Aad whilst !le newspaper, are filled with
wars and famort Of vars. perhaps slight
sketch q ar excursion 10 4 soldiers camp
would not be eEliEeiy unacceptable
have seen numerous letters Published frora
didercn, camps but none from Camp Hay
mond, and as have just returned from
there. concluded TO sead you this inper-
feet sketch Of matters and lhiug, ia and
about Ihs camp. Learning lLerr would he
preaching OF Sabbath morning. Juiy l4,h.
at Camp Raymond on the y " Va Rail.
road, iNo frieais and myself moon e4
our horses aud set forth 10 the camp. dis.
isnl abont eight miles After pleasant
rtie. up the hills and over the bellows, We
arrived at the Railroad bridge, where lray-
ing our horses, the accommodating sol
disrs took US across on hand-car The
seats for tue congregation were arranged
under large crab-apple tree AcrOss the
Railroad and opposite the camp There
were quite u large number Of fair ladies
and brave men assembled to hear the word
Of life held forth nv Elder James Woods.
The soldiers we've quite busy before preach.
ing clearing of their camp ground. 1t
seemed to be considerable amusement TO
them judging from the manner In which
they rolled sundry barrels aud boxes about
over the ground The majority OF the COM
pany was ordered on to Clarksburg the
evening before, and consequently We
missed the pleasure Of seeing Major Bisbcs
and Capt Henderson, bat Lieut. Scott,
who has command Of the remaining mru
ut Camp Raymond, we found TO be quite an
agreeable gentleman the soldiers under his
command seem 10 like him very much,
and think that he will certainly be promo
ted to high Office in the army. They
say that he has more knowledge OF mill
tary affairs than any other officer in their
company. Mr.. Woods preached from the
words. "GOdiiness, with contentmrnt, is
great gain, some Of the soldiers listened
very auentvely, others did not 20 over to
bear the preaching, but think they were
not much to blame, for the sun shOuc in-
tensely hot aud the seats in the shade
were all occupied. After meeting was dis
missed the soldiers again transported US
over the bridge ON the hand car. Afirr
dinner we returned 10 the camp in COM
pany with several others, some Of them
ladies' we found some Of the soldiers wri;.
ing, others reading, and a few sleeping,
all seemed very quiet hs become the Sab
bath. \ few Of the soldiers srrmcd to be
quite pleased to see the ladies ia camp,
and conversed with them very pleasantly
about matters and things ia geueral and
nothing in particular The soldiers bad
Just returned from Glenyillc day or two
previous, having assisted in routing some
hundreds OF the sccesheTs from there.
Two prisoners were brought into camp Just
at the conclusion Of services. cnquiredo of
one OF the soldiers what they done with
them. "O," said he, 1--WE cursed them
(swore them and let them 20. They
have, | understand, taken IN all about one
hundred and sixty prisoners, the majority
of whom were released after taking the
oath OF allegiance. The remainder were
/ sent l OcIltNet 10 NIAThsOuIE IuT NTlhl.
The seccssionists in this vicinity ARE
very quiet now, they were consider
ably alarmed for sometime after the
arrival of the soldie on this line Of
road, They had quite a time making flags,
some going after the materials 10 the night,
some miles over bad roads, in order to have
the flags up before the dreaded abolition
is" soldiers would pOunce on them, Some
Of the young men vanished from our midst
shortly after the soldiers came, mud when
next heard from they were ighting-oh,
no running under the colors OF Jefferson
Davis 4 Co
About the time the soldiers came, some
Of the Union men were very much alarmed
about sundry threats said to have been
MAZE by the secessiOnists, and they had
Que or two of the most prominent ones
arrested. am disposed TO think it was
only false alarm at least nobody was
hurt In these times Of excitement we
hear so much that is untrue, that it is
with difficulty that we can separate the
wheat from the chat, or the truth IRON
| that which is false OUIp NUSC