Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-23
The Battle at Allegheny Summit
Great E1AgEsIAIiOns OF the First
RspoFtS,

the batNle al AueRuhny Summlt-
Great E1AgEsIAIioas Of the First
Reports.
Tue battle recently rou ght near the top
Of the Alleghaniea between Gen. johnson
on the rrbsl side, and Gen. N,lroy on our
side loseS is proportions rs We get At the
facts And Why ia it that such ex,gger-
atcd statements are given ia the 6r,t nc
counls3 There WIS ~ need f.r special cor
respondents to telegraph their papers that
the action WI. the most brilliant nud de-
cileI Que OF the campaign. That il ended
the war in Western Virginia. that Geo.
Johnson was shot in the month, and that
the rebels burned their entertainments 10
the night and slipped away. All this was
I the main r,ls', aud now that people are
getting t. fluid out the truth the effect is 10
dsnorAliEt tue Union csute, aud to make
people believe that no truth can possibly
eons from the tel. grapher, to the ress
Atjpurnelists VIZ feel that MI such deceit
rsslllA proporlionAlsly on US, sIauS with
the Hhne press II the country,
WOntlrpunln wsaInrr the facts, The
aealaa ii Allegheny was almost entirely
stripped OF ii, r,cts Instead Of being
Hiit4ry |, u, it WIS a defeat. Not bad
OaF}io Ne sure cause W.T. did not lose many
m,R, W. ,re MT prrparsl to say that i,
wa i dlserelirabe defeat To Gen, MiIroy,
silhpulh it was lac IRON proving him
&gsasrki. He 20 K parts Of -Omr four Or aye
rpginsAIi the Ind Virginia. the 9Th aud
18Th iadaus, the 25th and a2nd Ohio,
marched from Cheat Moautlin TO the ALE.
ghsnirI. some ,hirt! miles, and came upon
the enemy in ambush, some two thousand
strong, with his ava men quite exhausted.
Our men discovered at the first Are that
agrettmi,raEe had been made. They had
been led to expect different mectiug.-
Scouts had reported the enemy only about
thousand nroag. md in plaue where
.hey could easily he taken. Our men were
all eegerne,s 10 bag Them. They surpassed
themselves double As strong rs the enemy.
IuslvAl 1t that, they were scarcely more
tbn half rs maay No wonlrr. then,
that 6u ling their mi,t,Se, and coming ou
a heavy tite, one or lwr of the regiments
iinehsd badly at 6rst. The ash Ohio
gave way 10 btl co ,t.sion, rs we undeu-
stand It, AID QUE boys VI the 81 virgium
WINGED considerably also, although not Sc.
riOusly. Both regiments, however, came
up 10 tue work inn short time, and We
have It on good authority that the ID ac-
quilted themselves with great credit after
they hid recovered. As We stated
OaIy parts Of the resiaeur, named were
engaged. The expedition was volunteer
one altogether, and computes were made
up from the different regiments just as in
dividasIs offered,
asE many va lost dla. DOT seem to be
known with any degree Of certainty, Most
otOur dead were len IN possession Of the
enemy. NeitAerdo We know their loss. II
is0uly presumed that they suffered more
than We did. /, is we'll known, how,
ever thai The desiEn.St,hs expedition wa,
frustrated, and we were compelled to fall
back, with the enemy unbagred. We had
greatly miscaIculatsd their strength and
very inprad0nlly undertook to do what
waSrsty dangerous, aud what we were no,
at all prepared to do, /. is well that ".
escaped aauk movement, which was at
on time threatened.
All these facts, aud We pse.um. that GU,
information !. correct, nigh, Av. been
telrgAphed Ms we'll arst as la,.. A,sll
events there was 10 excuse for tb. op,.
sgeous e1aEentlont that were sen, ore.
TIE llues, Our reports will soon b, 4, mn.
fslia6l. as those OF tue rebels Il we keen
on webope lhStin future We will have
no more Of lLem,
Al.,t,r d,tsd S4shsills, ,la,s, tia, The
rsOt, authorities bad sent oGt 40 lees thao
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