Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-12
TIIe Contest In .VVestern VirgInin.

I Tne Contest In teestsrn virginia.
| lFrom TIA N. Y. Times.l
The war in Virginia seems to- have
caught the infectious siuggishnsss which
rests on every thing in hat sleepy old
CGinmOhwe The daily reportf 'nll
quiet along the Ines applies not only to
ltheneigh boFhood % the Potomac bnt to
I Fortress Monroe, Newport NeWs, and1to
the regions trAns-Alleghanian There IS
movement, IL not battle, in kentucky
There are both movements aud battles aud
incident inexhaustible in Missouri. But
beyond extremely occasional spasms of
4 eRergy along the water line, which, begin
ming, at the source OF the GreenbFieF RiV-s
i err extends 10 the junction of the New Riv-
er with The Kanalha, the war in Virginia
may be said to lnnkuish, and apparently 10
have fallen asleep. Any moment may
prove to.us that the eombatants, If sleep
ing. sleep on their arms. ready for the first
summons to Eight; and so It may not be
well to removethe eye wholly from their
lTeeambent figures, while We examine with
more care how matters stand in the
Western portion of the broad Commons
wealth.
The war in Western Virginia began with
successes, which there have been no sub
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The occupation OF the camp at Grafton,
the surrender OF Pegrat1, the defeat and
death of Garrett, the encounter Mt C1rui-
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SApSFs Regard !,! rs tHS most MOS aeSo'nplIsHeu
!eauef anu t aiteE tue
oattle OF Buil Kun, Gen: Lee was was uispatich'
Ell with a conslderanie pody OF troops 70
western virginia, where ne at ONCE enter
ed upon me TASK OF gathering up tnI
threads winch the ignorance ana personal
iHca s %! OF W Use anu Ftoya nae suuereo
- crop. oueh Feores US reaeh go us US, IRON gu
t it. Fe"et s,ues IN mat country Suo"eu nov
uiIsentIy Lee was taooFIng ln h's So"geu'
u. ousIhessi no" ne was FeoF galiEhg anu
aisclPhnlhg ms mem ehanging uhsaie po'
Sl''ous Ior aelehsioIe ouesi anu cotl p1et'ni
lines oil eommunicatiOn ana avenues . o
supply. WISE ana FIoyd were leIt 10 holG
the gate Of the hanawha region, IN oTd t
70 PronIoIt Tue egresS Oh ven. OoA. zen
Ice IT eonlronteu zen: aeynolus, VINO Ina q,
noseeraas, was aeIing COMMANDER OF tn
Nationai forces, ana VINO haa extended hl
hnes rom the summit OF oheat mountain
westward along tue great road leading
from Saunton toward farKersonrg 10 th'
banks OF the important stream known n
hik|ater. The headquarters OF Lee are a
Monterey, among the Alieghauiesi those
Reynolds have recently been removed iron
huttonsy'lle to the CHEAT Mountain sum
mits, where strong intrenchments d'scour
age any attempt OF tue rebel GeneraL u T.
assault as 'ne man 0ooy OF our forces. M
ehSrts nave, Inerelote, oeen olFeeted 70 Tn
Fignt OF our llhes' Wnets ms troops nav
uniformly oeen ue'eat SS rue aG "
movement OF some o,OOo' Oh tue on liI,i