Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-07

was that there was little ELL on both
sides for about fifteen minutes.
i FROM BEVERLY.
The Flood In the NIountains-Great
-Rumors-A TroPhy-Lire in Camp.
Correspondents OF the Intslliseneerl
aE BEvERLY, VA, oct. LIST, 1861.
= = There were heavy rains in the
mountains last week, and the river here,
though small, did immense damage, sweep
ing away bridges, fences, hay and corn
shocks at a fearful rate. a train of Gov
ernment wagons was surrounded by water
in the night and one wagon swept away
and 10 mules drowned. | am told the
damage along the river above this place
| will not fall short of thirty thousand dol
lars. At first it WIS feared that the loss
/ of bridges along the road between this
| place and the depOts along the railroad,
would seriously embarrass the Govern
ment and perhaps cause Iour army in the
mountains to suffer for subsistence; but,
ms soon as the waters fell truins passed up
and down as usual, the bridges were soon
rebuilt, and no embarrassment was felt
| from their loss.
Our boys are enjoying themselves huge
" since we have been here. For two days
last week everything looked dismal enough;
it rnined necessarily for SO hours. The
whole camp was flooded with Water, and
l thought it cold enough for snow. You
have some idea of what rain is up here.
The clouds settle down on everything like
fog. That rain is all past now, and this
week the sun has come out bright regu
larly every morning, and the consequence
is happiness and desire for long life. You
4. Il,
md what changes of countenaRce n few
clouds will produce.
AS to news, we are in blissful ignorance
and have ceased 10 believe anything that
hear. We have exciting rumors every
day. To-day it is said there is i battle
going on up ut Cheat Summit, about 20
miles above here. Some wagoners who
came down report that heavy firing was
commenced there this morning Mt day
break and has been kept up ever since. /
was out in the country couple of miles
above here this afternoon and thought
heard the report of artillery. A negro boy
who left there yesterday afternoon stopped
at our tents this evening, s,tys this morning
at day-break, while Eve miles from the
Summit, lie heard the firing distinctly.
There are various other rumOrs siloat 10
the same effect. Per Contra, II WAGNER,
who says he left Huttonsville this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, reports that he heard
no firing to-day and That there is nothing
of it. Another rumOr has it that General
Rosecrans with heavy force has got into
their rear aud Is driving, them down this
way. don't believe any of II. think
there has been no fighting there to-day,
and think when tue fight comes of, which
We are expecting every day. the federal
troops will act on the offensive. AS the
newspapers say, ''you may rely on it, q
forward movement is hourly expected"
have secured trophy, in the shape of
a secesh musket, of Harper's Ferry make.
II found il in the creek just below the bridge,
at the upper end of town. imagine some
chiYalrOus southron who went to Rich Noun
tain to defend the sacred soil, ON his return
having, perhaps, performed more double
qhick than was conducive to his comfort, and
finding the weight of u musket calculated
10 impede locOmotiOn, had deposited it
where ] found it, and thinking perhaps
some mcnssed Yankee" might find il, he
had bent the barrel nearly double
The main body OF Gen. Reynolds COM
uiand is at Cheat Summit and Elkwater.
am not informed as to their force there,
and u was presume would not be al
lowed to communicate it. The secesh
force Is supposed 10 be greater than ours,
and when battle does come off up there,
the result is considered very doubtful
There are good many troops here, and MS
l write here in the open air. using our old
bass drum as n desk, the shrill note of the
.bugle, the thunder of cavalry, and the
rumbling OF army wagons, strike painfully
on the ear; and as the sun sinks in the
west, and the mountains cast their shadows
over tue camp, the band strikes up we'll
known melody. and ! muse perhaps sor-
rowfnlly on the past--Of tue cheerful
hearth, it may be saddened by my absence,
of the dear ones ut home, who perhaps
are anxiously awaiting my return, without
the most distant idea of the time when we
may be egain reunited of tho hlishtHd
hopes, ofhnppiness frustrated by the demon
secessiOn--Rnd feel that nOpunishmenti IS
adequate for tue man who, to satisfy personal
ambition, would plunge nation into civil
war. Butas the shadows deepen Into twi-
limit, and twilight into dark, the city of
canvass, with its thousand lights, once
more assumes cheerful appearance, and
| from the hundreds Of tents come peals of
laughter and mirtil, driving away the
! gloomy shadows and forebodings of twi-
Soft is from day. The excitement of
the FIRST few days in camp wears on, and
whatever at fret was interesting becomes
monOtonous AFTER week or Two. II IS
revcille aud tattoo, on ad igtfHitumi but we
soon come to enjoy the indolent life OF the
soldier, and venture the prediction that
out of the five hundred thousand soldiers
of the Federal army, four hundred aad
ninety thousand will be rendered use less
for life by habits of Incidence contracted
while in the service v. B: II.
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