Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-20
CLARKsRURG, VIRGINIA,
Friday. Sent. II. 1861


Friday, Sept. IL, 1851 !
wrote you yesterday giving an account
| of the battle near Cross Lanes, between
the forces under Gen. Rosecrans and Gen.
Floyd, and that account is about all that
! has been received. The details will of
course be embellished by rcportorial fam
| cy, but the general account yOu al-
ready have before you. The balance can
| only interest particular persons who may
| have hnd friends in the engagement. Be
! yond what gave you last night, we have
nothing worthy of paragraph in regard
to the fight. You have it all, except the
| names oil the killed and wounded, which
will be forwarded to as soon as received.
! | write you now for the purpose OF Civ
| inv you some extracts from intercepted
correspondence from Richmond, which fell
| into official hads before reaching the par
| iy for whom they were intended. Under
/ ordinary circumstances, private letters
should be inviclate. They should be held
as sacred as the bridal bed. Bnt war
! changes all things, social and domestic,
and while condemn the practice, am so
inconsistent as to adopt it, The letters to
which refer are from n gentleman y no
occupied Il prominent position in the gov
| crnmcnt ui Virginia before she WAS forced
from her position of neutrality into the tur-
bid and dirty stream of secession. His
name is on tens OF thousands OF official
/ documents cmanUting from the State De
partment. lie is now in the Southern in
tercst. and. as his letters were confidential
may be regarded as developing something
of the Southern sentiment mixed with lg-
norancc and hraggadocia. will make
such extracts as your readers will enjoy.
In n letter dated the 10th OF August. he
exhibits what he charactcrizcs as ''rcIlahic
!informarion." which serves to keep up the
courage of the rebel forces. quote 1t for
the purpose of showing what kind of IN
formation is distributed through the Sou
thern camps. He says:
"The battle in Missouri is confirmed,
and is another important victory for us
Another battle has been fought by our
troops near Lecsburg, Loudon county, in
which we killed 800 and took the balance
of the entire army prisoners-n'l uunber-
ing l 700 men. Beaurcgdrd has Dtacis Il re-
qi.isiEon upoH the CommiS&dry Department
for ydfionx Jor eiyhf days tor one hwndredahd
Vault flfous1ud mea This evidently means
a movement into Maryland. rhirh has dcfH
deiayed by hiqh ,rater. The Yankees have
fought their last battle. They can never
raise such AN army fhcy ht! al M"n'ts-
as
AS to giving up any part of
Northwestern Virginia. it is not consider
ed, because of the pledge OF the Whole
south to It's rntirc restoration. The Caton
men are the greatest fools alive in their ef-
forts to set up Peirpoint's Government, OF
to divide the State, for whatever may he
the result Of the national troubles, " terri
bl, settlement remains in the State with
those who adhere To Peirpoint, Cnrliie
| CO. that cannot be avoided
This is pretty strong intimation tol
Peirp0imt IL Co. to "stnEd from UNDER
but still the writer, who, you will recol-
lect, all the time occupies Il prominent po'
sition in the Southern rebc!ion-evidcntlJ
has little confidence in crushing out tue
recognized government of Western Virgin
ia, because, in the Eext paragraph he says
.If there is any possible chan.e f f'F Nea
or Jim to get away, with any OF onr Serv'
ants. get them to come on ut once: "n
don't let them risk anything too much
The Federal troops will steal them =
General Lee will undoubtedly drive thu
Federal troops out of our country. He Ii"
ample force to do it, and is sent for that Pur
OF course he will! What right hav
the troops of the United States Govern
mcnt upon the sacred soil of Virginia
OF course General Lee will undoubtedly
drive us all out of the country-ciear dow
TO a hot place. and then fightu on the ice
But the "P. s" of this rebel is interesting
1t shows through what channel importan
information is communicated to the South
and involves former resident of Cincin
nnti IN the lending of aid and comfort
The reverend rebel may honestly beliey'
that he is doing the church "a service in hi
efforts TO PROSTATE the Government. Tit
following is the postscript:
"Seni all your letters under cover tt
Rev. A. II. Redford, Louisville, Ky, Will
note to forward to Rev. f. w. Sehon, ID
D.. with fifteen cents to pay postage
This exposes the channel through which
information is conveyed back and forth
and the names OF the reverend rebels art
made public, in order that their position
NAV be understood and appreciated. In
subsequent letter, dated August 18th, thu
writer exhibits much anxiety in regard t.
the dangerous portion of his dnrkies
aud wants them "sent forward" at once
although he expresses a fear that it is nov
too late to get them away. The write
adds:
"The Federal soldiers will commit ex
cesscs, if Mt all, as they are retreating, ant
that am quite suro they must soon do,
he cut up and taken prisoners where theI
are. There is now most resoiute pur
puse of vindicating, not only the integrity
of the Confederacy, but the sovereignty o
Virginia to its extreme Western borders
Not one foot of Virginia will be yielded tt
fauatcism or treachery; of this you ma!
be assured.