Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-19
OUR ARMY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Letter from a wheeling Boy in Ma.
oANr ''IsAsE,' hId., June lelb, 1eel.

CAAP EASY -aid.i June 10th, 1861.
EDS. ISTELLIoEScER:4 Eternal vigilance
is the price of rA lrodd bridges. The gall
liant 18Th is still defending this thorough
fare from the traitors. or course, in their
own country our enemy is legion, aul we
have to be very wHtchful. Nightly our
Pickets are attacked by unseen foes. These
assaults frequently result in blood being
drawn, principally by mosquitoes. Our
hnrdShips are terrible. The hostile natives,
Strawberries and cream in hand, charge
our sentinels fearlessly. Resistance to the
HttaCk is impossible. The "Crinoline Ca
diets" II very effective Southern corps. have
cnptivn'cd many of our number. Strag-
glers in the evening are sure to he cauqht
and made prisoners Such is our position.
A very pleasing one under ordinary cir
Cumstances, but now particularly vexa-
tious. Hour after hour, long trains of
horses, hceves, infintry, cavalry, artillery,
and every varied mnnition of war, sweep
hy-a panorama of the terrors awaiting
the G. S. A., of which our boys long to
form part. Cur brethren are already in
the field. Why stand we here idle7'-
What we want is to he ont of inactive SER
vice. Our hearts are with our comrades,
aud we would he too, il the government
would only let US dechmp and sally forth.
Gov. Hicks has asked Gov. Curtip 10 keep
US on the present duty. He took this nc
tion ON petition of residents along the
route. We are getting popular To obey
the Scripture Injunction to swatch and
pray" to get away, is all that remains to us.
Two OF our pickets were considerably
frightened the other night. There was
tremendous rain and thunder storm,
and ;heir posts were on hilltop in
q clearing. The brave soger boys
perceived their couple of bnyoasts tipped
with phOSphorescent electricity, steel cam
dies. If the lightning had come, it could
scarcely have caught their retreat down
hill. We cannot stand Gre from our friends.
Henry Winter Davis defeat must not be
taken as an Indication of the Disnnionism
of Baltimore. His opponeat was condi-
tionnl unionist, and Davis received none
of the foreign vote, He has always been
Identified with the ultra Know N6things.
The city is really like tue Engl:Sh-take
their whisky, about half and half. At
PreScutright is might, however, so il makes
little difference. DR.. F.. McHenry may yet
have to administer some of "thoes' ilnri-
vailed purgative pills now in store. a most
distressing affair occurred here last night
Four members of company c., Robt Bell,
Robt. Knox, Joseph Davis and F. Maclay,
went over to Slat-town and got drunk ON
for dime whisky. This fightin' grug,
drugged their braiLs nndmade them rather
rnving mad than intoxicated. a guard
was sent for .hem of seven men. They re.
fused to come, and to intimilatc them the
guard fired over their heads. This pro-
ducing no effect nm additional squad of IL
was forwarded. Upon their arrival Bell
fred upon them, with a musket wrested
from one of the first detachment. His COM
rades, save Marlay, who now ran into the
woods, drew revolvers and also shot
Nune Of the balls. though fred at only
thirty feet distance, struck the guard.--
Loafer Bell, MS he commonly goes, and
company. then charged bayonets. On they
came, till within 6 feet of the guard The
bright barrels cleaned an instant level in
thu moon light, the stern command was Civ
en-, a fash and dull thudas he fell on the sod,
and the despcrado'ss sonIwns gone. The body
was decentlyburrird in pine coffin. He was
rascal of some renown. Que feat of
many was Jumping from the cars running
at the rate of fity miles an hour, when go-
ing to Columbus to do the State service
He has killed his ttco men. Knox was shot
in the right arm IL was splintered and
bruised TO mere pulp when dressed. He
is in the hospital. Davis was nnburt, and
WAS this morning sent to Fort McHenry =
When Knox follows they will probably uu-