Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-16

ba4 Condition OF the am = = x ne
RetroErade Moyemsnt--1Ayytal Cen
dittoR OF the Siek--A stel<snlngP Pie
ture.
Ia nv lat you we're Informed Of an ex-
peeted battle between oar forces under
/ Gen Rosecrans, and those OF the rebels
under Gen Lee RoSeerans marched with
bis forces, some I, 900 strong. toward Camp
LOokodt. where his adT4nee guard drovein
the enemyss piekets. He atterEards NOV
ed up a. far as SeEell Mountain, few
mile from where Gen. Lee had his entire
I force-ls 900 men-strongly iuIrenebed
aud fortified Both armies could see each
other plainly from their camping grounds
They both stood nenAcing each other for
seyeraI days, when, fnally, Gen. Rosecrans
came to the serious conclusion that he
must fall hack on Camp Lookout or Gas
J ley. Therefore, the first brigade, Generpl
+, BenhAm's, which consisted OF the l0lli reg
I Iment, MaJor Bake commanding, were or
dered back: the 18th being AZ Camp Look
out, and the 18Th At Ganley. The boys of
the 10th we're terribly mortified when or
defed back; never IN my life saw men
NOR. eager or anxious for fight than they
were
This fight viii not be easily forgotten
by then indeed, il vas one of the most
! foolish movements Gen. R did ever since
his advent into Western Virginia, and, II
mistake not, it was all caused by the inac-
Livity and blunderiug Of Gen. Cox, and a
few others of the same ilk. They repre-
seated things in a manner that led Gen.
Roseeraus to believe that a victory would
be easily achieved. When our army came
within ten miles of Camp SeWeII, the roads
were almost impossible, so much so that
some Of the wagons and ambnInuees were
broken 70 atoms. To n cosmopolitan
! journalist, the menacing attitude Of both
armies would indeed BE glorious sight.
There stood the Southern troops on Little
SeWeH. giant-like in form, while our troops
stood looking on with amazement;T full OF
chagrin and disappointment
II was. indeed, one Of the most foolish,
as well as one Of the most fattened-out,
expeditions that could possibly happen an
army, and it IS no wonder that the men
I felt miserable. And am surprised that
! Gen. Rosecrans did not see into il before
ibe started. Had he looked matters
! Straight in the face, as = general should,
/ he would have saved the Government an
| enormous expense, the hospital from hun
| dreds of soldiers, aud soldiers from i'll hu-
NOR. The fact OF the matter is: Carui-
| fex Ferry, about which so much has been
4 said and written, turns out more to our
cost, a great blunder aud sad mistake
and, instead of heaping approbrious ePi-
. thets on Floyd, calling him coward, he has
n the end turned out 10 be ROseerAns' SUI
tpeFiar as an officer and general. he out
man1uvered him in every way and IN ere-
rs sense of the word. We now 6nd him
one Of our most formidable opponents Al
Little Sewall, whereas, if General Ben
Perry, he would be strongly confined il
our penitenIiary at Columbus, together
with his whole brigade. Thousands oil
men and millions of dollars have yet to bt
expended before the Government gains the
advantage General Roseerans gained bn
Loot at Carnitex Ferry.
Capt. Hudson, of Company G, Tenth
Regiment, and forty men, were detailed
by Major Burke, to feconnoitre the posi-
ton and strength of the enemy at Sewel
Mountain on the 4tb. They took a det9u
of twelve miles, and came in the rear o.
Gen. Wise's position, where he found I
series Of Formidable carthworks, and a lint
of camps extending distance of hbou
Eve miles. He crept through the under,
brush 10 within the distance of about htt!
fyards Of their camp ground. He lait
there until dusk, when, according to or.
lders, he made the best of his way back L
Headquarters. where he reported whA
turned out afterward to be of the creates
consequence to the army. Too muct
credit cannot be given 70 Capt. Hudsor
for his discretion and valor in this Instance
as well as on many former occasions.
The condition of the soldiers of this di
vision is appalling. There must be a
least 1900 men in the different hospitals
and in some of the hospitals they ar
shamefully neglected. AT Gross Lane
there were 2Il men in hospital, and 10
two days prior TO my arrival there, TIL
men had moi one particle of sugar. an'
had TO lay, during that terrific food, IN 1
miserable sop of straw, with nothing bu
n miserable canvas tent to screen them from
the rains, and in many instances found a
many as ten aud fifteen sick men in one o
those miserable excuses. The news will
surprise many, yet it is true Where doe
the blame lie2 At whose door will it b
laid, or how can it be remedied
The Surgeons say it is not their fault
then who is TO blame. While ut GRuleJ
Beidge. Surgeon Menzies took me TO Nisi
the hospitals At that place, audi must heHl
confess that never felt so much shocked
in all my lite, for there were men in th
last Rgonies, suffering from cold and ex
posure. They had no blankets when ar
rived there, but DR.. Menzies rode back i'm
mediately to the Quar.ermaster, and it VS.
8 with great difficulty he could obtain ont
hundred single blankets to protect from
. the inclemehey of the weather two hun
dredm Then the Ho r.. walls, bedsant
clothing of the men in these hospitals anC
2 tents present most terrible and disgust
ing sight from the vermin, which can bt
seen craving and creeping along the whole
place; NOT nook or corner can escape the
Termin.
+. Il is indeed iamentabIe that our Goyern-
ment would so far forget the obligation it
owes the brave men who few voluntarily
TO arms when its rights were invaded, it
dignity and peace threatened by conspi-
racy which the civilized world now looks
z upon as almost triumphant. In eonnec.