Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-12

7 y f.eSS q AHlSlttl VI .(uIOu EuSuY us Is
/ believed in nearly every seeded State,
could they act freely, then lie, them be en-
/ courHged and supported 10 take C0nstitn-
tionAi Government into their hands. Aud
| whenever they shall do. in Virginia, Mis-
souri,, Tennessee, aud call for Constitution
/ al aid, then, in the lhnguagcof Judge Wood
I bury iii the Rhode Island cause, "thc Cop
, eyHment tViH Rspsr hesitate to strengthen
! tie arm of the State when too feeble TO
preserve public order and maintain tue
| Constitution" q.
Private Let.er from . soiarer At
GraTton TO his EnIher:
" ,.-...f GRAfToS, June Z, 1861.
al ,DEAR FArAER; Yesterday Ipenciled you
=. q brief note, and promised to write again
at an early hour. You must know, how.
ever, thAt in n soldiers life events, all at
! tended with more or less interest and ex.
citement, PasS in such quick succession
that unless one chronicles them at the mo-
ment Of their occurrence, be is apt to dis
remember those minor points which are so
essentiht 10 make up the whole. You will
not therefore, expect me to give you de-
tailed account of ail the uccidenOa and iu-
lcldents encountered since our departure
I from Camp Carlilc. butouly those OF spe-
Slal merit. Among those, uf. course, would
be the particulars of Col. Kely's mIsfor.
time. As we nnproavhed Phillippi, the
! Colonel was riding az the right OF the coll
| Imn, immeiiately followed by Capt. For
dyce's company, who occupied the right in
tue march, Tor the reason that he (the Cap
tuin) was well .acquHipted with the coun-
try IN that rietnily, otherwise our company
WAS entitled to that position. When We
made our appearance around the brow of
the hill which led into the village, ColbneI
LPnder, stationed in command of two Tu.
diana and one Ohio regiment, in addition
TO IL detachment OF flying artillery, on she
foPPosite heights, surprising we were rebels,
from the fact that ataccVrdiDgto to pre- arranged
i.plHns we were TO have entered the town
from different diTecliOn, opened his tire
upon. us, but fortunately before the secund
-ronnd wHs.ready our color cumpdny reach
ed the summit, aud 1t sight of the stars and
stripes ll'ld the desired effect of again di-
.recting their fire upon the real rebels he
Low. We then rushed . in tlOu6Ic uuick
time down the hill, aud let fv nsyullev
| upon our scattering and retreatinr foes
When We reached tue main street of the
town we had run fully II mile aud were MI.
most tagged out; but excitement Ient MS
isYigHr and we pursued the rebels for near
thousand yards. II WAS while dnshing
along the street that a desperate traitor 1
who w some meaus had fallen behind lis
fellow traitors, wheeled upon his horse.
drews1lhc.tYY revolver, fired at and wound. 4
ed the Colonel. In an instant twenty plis-
teninS bhyOuets were pointed ut his breast. 4
"nd but tor Col, LandeCs. who ut the risk
OF being shot himself, seized him md with
an oath declared he would shoot the first
man who touched him, there wum!d have
been one traitor lessaa When the enrage-
nleht was over and thesi bars auIl fourteen
stars torn down. lewenti in Gleshouse where 4
Rue Colonel bad beeu carried. His wound
had been dressed, and he thought, as did
tue doctors then, that he soon would. die,
Out said he, g can carry with me the con.
sOling thought that ii is in a lust and boiv 4
cause Returning to the street again. /
found the sOldiersshOutiug overthe victory
aud bGsiiy engaged hunting up n break. 1
fast. wNs pointed by n citizen 10
house, said to have been the Head -On,r-
tiers of Col. Porterield, in company with
several officers entered it, went up stairs.
and to our great surprise and cxcredinr
delight, found IL smoking breakfast which
lad just been prepared for the pions Col.
and stAff, but of which through The flucru.
atlpg fortunes oil war;" they failed to
pnrtTke. After breakfast we Leenn mn ny
animation of the gentlemans curriers' and
found several documents of Importance.
among which was the letter from his Excel !
eHcy John Lctcher, Published in thismnrn.
ins's ENrELLIGENCER. BY the way it strikes
me that Alr. Lelcher is by several degr.ps
the coolest mNu | ever heard Of "Tnko
the train some night, run upFto Wheeling.
and seize and carry away tue arms recent
" sent 10 that place by Cameron. the o.
5. Secretary of War, and use them in arm.
ing such men as may rally 10 your cnmp.m u
Eo0G does he not know that to take those
,l-1T 81,
sHgacions minds than Col. PorterField has
shown himself to possess, must be sent |
But to return, we remained in PhiliipDi
until Tuesday morning. when our cOu1uany
together with two Indiana companies. re- !
ceIved orders 10 march to Grafton: md
from the fact that Grafton is n place
OF considerable attraction, viz, good pruh, /
daily papers aud pretty girls, il was an .or. |
der not at all uRwelcOmely received. AFtfr
a hard march OF IL miles, attended with
an accident which resnlted in severely
wOnndlnG two members of mn IudhIna com.
phny, we reached Webster and took the |
cars Tor u'ls place, where we arrived tho
same night HtfI2 O'clock. l sec the lItll [
lndihna ZOuHve Regiment has received or !
ders to proceed I" Cumberland, Md. rand I /,
would not be surprisei, should We all soon I
hnd ourselves, comfortably or otherwise. |
aSthe case may be, Qnnrtered in that place, Z
My reasons for believing this, is that it is +
no great distance from there 10 Harper's /
Ferry, II place surely snon TO he attacked !
aud when attacked rs surelyttaken. We
have old Soldiers in our camp, who s:,y I
that our march from Grafton To PhiIHDpi.
through rain and storm, through mndI and |!
water, without food and without shelter,
hasnever been surpassed ON the continent |
of Americai yet so strong was the ardos /
Of our men, that not II murmur was heard. |
and eTennns they came tp the hill, wet Innd
weary, and eXposeditd what they thought !
a secession battery. they .chpered lusiilr I
for the Union, and strove to see Who could
out run the other in the pursuit. For N.Y. /