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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
sensible rulk about Martial Law.
from the Grafton virginia.

A great deal OF printers ink is wasted
in the vain attempt to ascertain what laws
of Congress Gen. Fremont's proclamation
is based upon. All this is useless labor
all the learned dissertations on the subject
may be saved simply by remembering that
martial law is never based upon any other
law whatever, but is a suspension, for the
time, of all other laws, and the substitu-
ton of the will of the commander in lieu
thereof
The rules laid down by Gen. Fremont,
therefore, are not TO carry out the late
confiScaton act of Congress, but they are
laws of his own making. Strictly accord
ing to military usage in time of war, he
DEGREES to be the law, whatever in his dis
erection he deems the public safety and the
success of his arms to demand. These
laws are to be administered by military
tribunals according to the usages o. civil
lied nations. This is all there is of it.
Some over sensitive people on the sub
iect of slavery, are somewhat Mortified be-
cause the slaves of the active rebels Of
Missouri a-e to be declared free. We are
free to confess that we can see no insupcr
able objection to slave property being con-
fiScated and sold the same as any property;
but we believe the government has never
made itselfa trader i'll slaves. And if it
has thus far been its policy not to engage
in that trade, and if it be the policy of the
administration not to commence that bust
ness now, we have no objection to make.
Nevertheless, in dealing with this rebel
lion. it becomes absolutely necessary that
the property of rebels shall be conGscated;
not for profit to the government, but as
punishment a penalty held out to them for
the crime of treason, and not for vengeance
upon them, but to deter them from the
commission of the highest crime known to
civilized society. And in making such
contiscations, slave property has to be met,
us it respects its owners, on the same prin-
cipIcs as other property. 1t must be taken
from them and as to the fundamental OBJ
ect OF the measure, we do not see any real
difference whether the slaves be sold or
emancipNted.
II, however, there be any real difference;
If to free the negroes of II rebel in arms
strikes any kecner terror into his heart than
them, for the object is TO strike such a ter
ror into rebel shareholders that they will
cease their rebellion and save their prop
erty. 1t should be borne in mind that
Gen. Frcmont's object is, not to free any
mans slaves or to tnke any of his proper
ty, but to put down rebellion; and that
every man in Missouri hns the power to
save his property by simply censiug to be Il
traitor. We say, therefore, let the proclh-
nation be carried out to the letter, and
very few will be the slaves that will be
emaucipated under it. y very little of
that sort of medicine will cure the di-
sease.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
What Some of the Lndics Think of
the Name ''H0MNWhn.''
MoRGANTowN, Va, Sept. |


To the Editors Of The Ltei'geHcer;
Although ladies have no voice in public
bodies, which entirely accords with our
sentiments OF propriety, when it is a qucs
ton of taste and preference, mag they not
be allowed to speak? We do not wish to
dictate, but only respectfully ask and
even urge, that our new State may not he
called Kanawhu. We do not object TO the
name itself, but deprecate 81 change
This section OF Virginia has long been
known as Western Virginia, and VIC think
this title would sufficiently distinguish our
new State from the old. We have no
foolish prejudice against being separated
from the aristocracy of Eastern Virginia,
but we were born on Virginia soil, and
our attachment for the name and soil are
strong, and since it is they, and not we,
who have changed government, let us keep
the good old name of Western Virginia. If
they do not choose TO be- identified by the
same name, let them find another.
Hoping you will allow this expression Of
our sentiments a place in your extensively
read paper, VIC are,
Very respectfully, yours,
MANY LADIES.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
A CnnIncidnnrc.

We published yesterday morning a par
agraph entitled "thc harvest of DEATH"
relating how four rebels, one after another,
attempting to bear olon secession flag at
the battle of Springfield, were successive
ly cut down by cannon bulls. In the nc-
count of the battle OF GauIey on the first
page, will he found circumstance nara
ted which is very much like it. In bearing
the colors of the "Bloody Tenth, four men
were also shot down. There is this differ
cnce, however, in the first Instance the col
ors were capturcdi in the last they were
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
secession outrnges in Kentucky.

On Thursday evening Mr.. NJ. NJ. White
sides, highly respectable citizen of Frank
lin, kentucky. whilst returning home from
this city. was seized on the railroad plat
form at Cave City, by helf Il dozvu ruifi"ns,
ana thrust into the cars, the fellows swear
ing that they would take him to Camp
Boone. The villains belonged to n COM
pany of about sixty secession soldiers on
their way to that Camp.
Mr.. Whitesides was rudcly searched and
all his letters broken oper, the rascals ma
king all manner of charges against him
After being taken about 80 miles, however,
they consented to release him at the earn
est request of Ex-Governor Helm, who was
on the cars. Perhaps the world will never
know how many innocent victims have
cen seized and taken to Camp Boone and
what has befallen them after their arrival
at that den of lawlessness and iniquity.-
Louisville Journal.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
a Mountain. Scene.

Mr.. Reid, of the Cincinnati Gazette, thus
Describes :. scene that presented itself to
the vision of Rosecrnns' advancing army:
Leaving the valley of the Big Birch, we
Immediately began to climb the mountain,
which, from our late encampmcnt, had
seemed to block up the way. For six miles
We climbed in tortuous windingS, puusing
on the way to bury IL rebel, who had been
killed while attempting guerrilla shot on
Colonel Smith, the evening before, and
whose corpse had lain in its gore by the
roadside till morning. At last we reach
c the summit, and from that summit of
POwcll's mountain, there burst upon the
eye II view that Switzerland might be chal
lemged to surpass. The country through
which we'werc moving was but n success
sion of spurs aud outlying ranges from
the Grccnbrirr, and from none of them
hitherto had we been able TO see more than
tine tolinged- masked sides, and forest-tOp
summit lines of the nearest hills on either
side. Here we were on It point that over
topped the whole country westward to the
borders of onr own Ohio, and from that
f;lstncss for gucrrillas, (if not den of
thieves,) the eye reached from range to
range of tree covered hills, that rose and
fell in the magnificent panorama spread
ont before us, like the pillows of the ocean,
growing smaller as they rcceded till at
last in the dim, hazy shore-linc of blue
that bounded the vision was marked the
course of our beautiful River"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
Persons afflicted with Fever and Az,

PERSONS afflicted with Fever and Ague
should not spare either time, trouble ex.
pemse, to procure DIR. Hosteiter's Celebrated
Buters. whose benifcent effects upon the
system has been clearly proved to those
who have been stricken down in II short
space of time by this dreadful curse, whose
cheeks are wan and meagre, and whose
nights are slecpless and restless, and whose
cys are dim and sunken, with death star
ing them in the face, this compound must
prove blessing; snatching them as it
were from the mouth of the grave. None
can know its true Yalue until they have
tricdit. When all others have failed, these
btters have restored the sufferers to pris-
tine health. Their popularity in all the
Western and Southern parts should intro
duce them to all families.
Sold by druggists and dealers generally
everywhere.
See advertisement in another column.
seD3
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

The New York Tribune announces in Il
double-lended paragraph, that an expedi-
ton for the Southern coast is fitting out
with great rapidity and will be ready to
set sail in very few weeks. In one OF
them. the land forces will probably be
under Major-GeneraI Butler, and in the
other, under Brigndier- General Sherman,
who is in command of the important camp
at Hampstead, Long Island. The total
number of land forces that will be en-
ployed will be about $4,000, with naval
force of corresponding strength. The
Tribune says it commits no impropriety in
publishing this and says it rcfraius from
saying what points will be attacked. We
doubt the propriety of publishing such
statements at all; though as they come to
us we give our readers the benefit of them.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

y Secession correspondent of the New
Orleans Picgyune draws this sorry picture
OF the financial distress in Virginia;
Every bank, every town and village
corporation, even the State itself, and pri-
vatc bankers are dcluding the State with
wretched currency, in notes from five cents
to one dollar. Gold and silver are eagerly
bought ut eight per cent. premium for these
notes and carefully boarded away. OF
course this currency never can and never
will he redeemed, and when it begins to
decline it will be bought up by those who
have issued it at an enormous shavc-all
of which will fall upon the pcopleand en-
ure to the benefit of the corporation
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

WEAKNESS OF THE STOMACH AND INDl-
GEsrIox.-.Inothcr Grcat Cure effected Jy
Brrhare's Holland BittcrS.
The wife of Peter De Witte, living in
Holland Town, Shcboysan county, Wiscon-
sin. suffered much from weakness Of the
stomach aud indigestion. She had been
under Physicians care for some time, but
the disease seemed to battle even his skill.
She purchased some Holland Bittcrs ut our
office, which has given tone to her stom-
ach, her appetite aud strength are return
ing, and we iirmly believe that this is an
other great cure effected by Your medi-
cine.
We have still to record many wonderful
cures effected by this remedy, but must
matt another opportunity. One thing you
can rely upon, what we have published are
from persons much respected in our COM
muuity, aud are literally true.
j. QUINTUS.
Ed Shcboygan -NteH,asJode, Sheboygan
Wis. sep3
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
Tue Cincinnati Commercial Of Monday,

Tyr Cincinnati Commercial of Monday,
basau ill-natured article about Western Yir-
ginia. and wants to know if it isn't about
time she bad become protecting. "OhiO
and Indiana must not be Drained says
the Commercial, "for the benefit of West
ern Virginia. We want Our troops for
trip to New Orleans in October"
1t is indeed cause for intense regret and
modification, that Western Virginia has
not done all that she should have done
that she is compelled to be dependent for
safety upon the brave arms OF Ohio, In
diana and Pennsylvania. This is all so, in
deep humility be it said. But the Com
nereial should not forget, meanwhile, that
our geographical position is such that, if
we are oyerrun, Ohio and Pennsylvanio's
borders are then thrown open to the de-
vastation of war, and upon their people
along the line would fall all the horrors
that now threaten US.
The Allegheny range of Virginia is the
great barrier of nature that is to keep the
tide of war from the towns and hamlets of
Ohio and Southwestern Pennsylvania
Let the hordes ef the rebellion sweep over
it on to the slopes of Western Virginia
and what power could keep the bloody
conflict away from the Beautiful River,
which would soon bristle on either side
with the fertilization of great armies and
the engines of death.
Happily for Ohio, Western Virginia lies
between her and the rebel army. And
even the natural battle ground-the noun
tain rangc-is more than hundred miles
away from her border. Western Virginia
is the brcakwater that beats back the san
culinary tide that would else roll in upon
the Ohio valley; and we put it in all can
dor to the Commercial, has not Ohio good
reason for the noble part she has done and
is doing to-day in our behalf and her own.
If the troops arc to be Withdrawn or
withheld us the Commercial suggests, they
had hest be kept at home instead of being
sent to New Orleans, for they may be
needed to defend their own now peaceful
border from the incursions of u ferocious
enemy.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
Day. Ne,v light.

Experiments were made on the Potomac
last night with Days new light, by which
signals are given by the connection and
disconnectiou OF the wires OF TIE battery
with those of 81 mercury reflector, causing
a bright light to appear and disappear at
regulated intervals -lTast. Dispatch.
If Mcclellan gets into a fight he wont
have to stop for the darkness as Bosecra MS
did. He can have Daylight as long aa he
pleases.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

THE act of Congress, relating to the
slaves of rebels, which the President di-
reefs General Fremont to respect, is as
follows:
SEC. i. Ind be ii fmiher enacted, That
whenever hereafter, during the present. in
surrection against the Government of the
United States. any person claimed to be
hcld to labor or service Under the law of any
State shall be required or permitted by the
person to whom such labor or service is
claimed to be due, or by the lawful agent
OF such person, to take up arms against
the United States or shall be required or
permitted by the person to whom such labor
or service is clhimed to be due, or his lawful
agent. to work, or to be employed in or upon
any fo:t, navy yard, dock, armory, ship, en-
trenrhment, or in any military or naval
service whatsoever, against the Govern
ment and lawful authority of the United
States, then, and in every snch case, the
person to whom such labor or service is
claimed to be due shall forfeit his claim
to such labor, any law of the State or Of
the United Suites to the contrary nOtwith-
standing And whenever thereafter the
person claiming such labor or service shall
seek to enforce his claim, it shall be 81
full and sufficient answer to such claim
that the person whose service or labor Is
claimed had been employed in hostile SER
vice ngainst the Government of the United
States, contrary to the provisions of this
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

GExERAI CAss. in a recent conversation
with President Fairchild, of Hillsdalc Col
legc, Michigan, said that though he had
always been heretofore opposed to lbOli-
ton, yet this was now the only way Ia
successfully and permanently rud the CON
test. Without abolition, if we had peace
to-day, we should have war Tomorrow
Pest.
Well, who would have thought that of
Gen. Cass? VIM. Lloyd Garrison had
better look out for his lnurcls.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
A Curious Inferemco,

TIE Washington reporter OF the n. Y.
Tribune, INDUCES in the following:
Gen. Mcclellan attended church to day
in this city. One of his most intimate
friends was heard to express his inference,
from this fact, that general battle would
take place tomorrow.
1t don't speak very we'll for the Gener-
ais piety, it he never attends church ex-
cept just before a great battle
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
The Rebel Position at Gauley.

The rebel Position at Gauley is thus de-
scribed by Mr.. Bickham, of the CONNER
eidl:
1t is located on the West bank of Gauley
river, the rear pitching off precipitOusly
iutO the Gauley $50 feet-perpendicular
plunge-and the crest of the mountain is
700 feet high, above the river; the rear
of course, is irregular, but it is all so rug
ged and steep that it cannot be scaled oy
troops, excepting by tue Ferry road, winch
one hundred men could successfully defend
against thousands. The mountain runs
mp like horse shoe, with the gorge IN the
rear. and the crest of the mountain rising
! blufIly toward the West, is met full in front
by the Ferry road, which cuts across the
right of the work, winds along the LEFT
HHng. of the shoe, and down around the
mountain to the river. The inside of the
position is greatly depressed, forming
complete cover from musketry or cannon,
fred from the position we occupied. On
the center of tue crest of the mountain,
commanding the Ferry road-which is the
only possible route for vehicles to the riv-
er, aud almost the only one for mems Il
purapet with short wings. Here the rebel
battery played. Pallisaded wings of hea-
W. logs, screened by rails laid Obliqueiy
across them on the outside, spread out on
either wing of the battery, extending to the
cliffs. The palfsade on the left is 1850
feet long; the parapet $50 feet, aud the
right wing perhaps 800 or 500 yards long.
On the extreme left there is another long
pallisade, on a crest, similar to that of the
main position, which was designed TO pre-
vent any attack on the left flank. The par
npct was constructed to command the Fer
nv road The timber is cut away in front
and the brush distributed on the face of
the hill to form abatis The point was
well selected, but no military skill was ex-
hibitcd i'll the plan of fertilization.
The mountains and cliffs up and down
Gauley river near this point are, perhaps,
among the most rugged and precipitous in
America. They are wild and inaccessible.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

BsAuREGARD knowing the peculiar di-
rsction of Floyd's genius sent him to West
ern Virginia to steal march on Rosecrans.
He stole the march according to program
me-stoe it in the night, when, as IL CORES
pendent said in an epistIe to us day or two
ago, there was not light enough to " elm
inutc the darkness which night had thrown
its mantle around" but it was aseay
from Rosecrans not upon him.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

THg Frankfort correspondent of the Lou
isvillc Courier informs that Journal tbatth
rebel Kentuckians arc Disguised with the
Legislature. He says:
The general feeling that pcrvades every
State Rights man, when he leaves this
place, is TO shake the dust OF of his feet
as testimony of esteem he has for city
having in its midst snch a Legislature as it
is afflicted with Mt present.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
Ar Columbus, Ohio n few d,vs sipco

Ar Columbus, Ohio, a few days since,
company of volunteers mere ordered to
Washington. The wife of one of them de-
sired to go With her husband and WAS re-
fused permission by the commander, but
as the cars moved OF, she made spring for
the window, and was caught by her hus.
band, who drew her, crinOIine and nil,
through the open window, and it is pre-
sumed she went on her way rejoicing.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

THERE is a difference of opinion among
the newspaper reporters as to whether
Floyd was wounded or not at the recent
battle Of Galley. Mr. Reid, of the Gazette,
says he was; Mr.. Bickbsm, of the Com
slsyeial, says be was not, although rebel
ofBeer Of high rank was. Who is rigb.7
our own conclusion Is that If Floyd wasn't
burt be ought TO have been.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

The Government has closed contract
with one Eastern firm for the manufacture
of ten thousand sabrcs. The contractors
are manufacturers Of scythes, and their
machinery is all adapted for making this
new implement; thus, reversing the order,
they will beat their pruning hooks into
swords.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

OCCASIONAL writes that even Mr.. Sew
ard, who has treated Doctor Russell and
bis mission with characteristic liberality,
and who is the soul ofgenerOsity and mag
nsnimity towards political adyersariss, is
diSgustOd with the last letter of the Eng
ligh peripatetie penny-a-liner.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

WHAT beautiful time, says Prentice, it
is for peace meetings in Kentucky when the
insoleut INVADERS tread is upon her soil
when he is Selling her cities and terrifying
himself upon her banks-when bis annun-
citation has gone forth that he will annex
Der to his domain, Though at the prce of
blood and conquest
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

y feminine recruit named Mary Smith,
lately enlisted in the Mcclellan Zouaves,
was discovered at Camp Wood, Cleveland,
Ohio, on Tuesday. Mary is said to be in
leliigcut, good looking, full OF patriotism,
pluck, and aged about twenty-five years.
Suspicion as to her sex was first excited by
the peculiar wiring of the dish cloth, which
she gave when assisting in cooking the
companies rAtious, but NIL doubts vanish
ed when in the distribution of '.unmcn-
tionables'' 81 pair was handed to the re-
cruit with the feminine voice to fiji on. He
sat down, pinned the garment to his knee,
and began to sew with the EXPERIENCES of {"
professional seamstress. On being ques-
toned, Mary plead guilty and said: "She
wished to go to the war to avengc the
death OF an only brother, who fell at the
battle OF Bull Run" Miss Smith WAS sent
to DAYTON.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

God guard our Gag, and keep each star
Zach stripe as bright as now they waEe'
Still mike It lead our ranksin war,
Still float above each patriots grave
Death to the traitor that would dare
Totrail it through the dust Of shame
All honest hearts its lot will share
And follow it to Death or Fame.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

IT is affirmed that Princess Clotildc is in
an interesting condition, and will probably
return to France before the Prince, in the
event ofthe latter prOlOnging his excursion
in America.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18
What IA Lifelong Democrat Thinks
about GEPeRce.o

w mt II AAlleSAOllB
about HPeRce."
Said Daniel Dickinson in his Connecti-
cut speech:
One of the largest armies that ever was
upon this continent is now menacing US
menacing the Capital, with the declared
determination that the Capital shall be
occupied or that it shall be laid in flames.
The city of Washington, with all the holy
memories of the Revolution clustering
about it, destroyed by an Internal rebel
lion? And yet the American people,
portion of them, sit calmly by and DELHI
crate in cool debates and cry peace, peace,
(cries of "Shame" and groans,) and CEN
sure him who undertakes to raise 81 cry in
the name OF this country's Constitution
declare him an enemy of his..country who
attempts to arrest this great patriotic
movement. [Great applause.
Everyone who apologies for rebellion is
himself rebel-every one who attempts
to encourage rebellion points dagger at
the soldiers heart-every one who apollo
gizes for rebellion. himself holds torch
ut our national capital-every one who
apologies for rebellion would fire the gun
that mqnaces the capitnl-everv one who
apologies for rebellion would sever this
mighty Union if he himself had the pow
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

liz case of the death of Gen. Scott, Gen.
Wool would succeed him as Commander
iu-Chief of tina United States Army
Gen. Wool is u years Of agei Gen. Nc
Clellaa So.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-18

The Louisville Journal goes in for q Wig
orous prosecution of the war. Hear it:
We say to Kentuckians, to arms! to
to arms! organize ut once, and never
sIacken your efforts until the last invader
is driven from our State or is made to bite
the dust