Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-25

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4 Important Statement. ~
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4 Important eultofiAt5 5s''1etueuts OF tue cou'
dition Of things IN, East Tennessee, and
| other ndrts of the South. It is not at lib.
o.,, q, !, ~, t,,a tbro,,o,l
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whleh AZ TecelVeuf lts slnlortnatlon' out gives
! Iitstword that.it knows,it ito be worthy of
Itbe most absolnte confi1kncei" According
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70 'u's CUB N''s N''4e4 =
IEiennessec'were never more ioyf'i anu nope.
ful than now. They stand dauntless and
incnrrnntihle and II there is ANY obapps
Z .ss,B q i,!.i.t "a
t"ey hEs y ''NH
l:fident in thesgood and great cause,!ot MT
ltiodal unity aud free government winch
tbcy rcpard tas ono and ihseparable. now
cjil5 Tl55 ,,.sS3; ll;,ta
ana toEySeF- he sss'cszsEpn'sts -wp'Spsei
that their attemptedsFeVpintlon must end
in a failure. Rsie3seg d .SH5 if a5fH.
| 1t is true, ,sas rumorci for few days,
that there are camps. of Union men ia Tens
lnesseeg twelve hundred iti7oIea and seven
hundred in another, each aiiian with his
lrifie nnd aipound of powderyand.a corres-
pouding quantity of tfmlls, anduregarding
This ,E,wdGr ms fur more lireti0ds tlIHn3g0ld.
| Ia tbeiInfe bridge eburhingHHra.aiigi, ,rtdutl
( BRIDGES in THeniiessee5 and fwusinatirorgia
were entirely DESTROYED; and two oratiree
Others greatly Glamageti The roads were
| in bad order 6rfOregLhe bridges were burn-.
| cd, and the1r1liing sIdGk.is insba icondis
ti0n. VIII be impossible for theroad9to
I be so far repaircdas to permit thelpRssage
J of trnins III less thanAH month. The loyal
4 Enst ETeu UiIr hourly exp4lti ll.SaI
( Fedet1lI .arla5t IL -fllrlse IDS s&ity thrJigh
Cumbtrianti Gdp, sai.i'f ,if ~ Vigorous i'd
4 vince had been made there, ti.g capsgrt OF
s ZolisoGcr' 3, arm yegld5 have heen ahso-s
4 lutely certain. Sol j man could have es-
/ capped. Zollicnller,s elfsclive force in Ken-.
/ tucky has not at any time cXCcetel seven
Il thousand men, and he cannot uOw muster
/ six thousand. Tire number ur secesh
\ troops guarding tue East Tennessee rails
/ road when the bridges were burned was
/ less than eight hundred. e5
/ III after the battle otWildcat our troops
/ had pushed viguropsly forward, the loyal
East Tennesseenns would lI'.ve taken pos
session vi the rRiirond, and held ii frF lheif
4 own use, instead OF destroying ii; nnd they
I would nave taken large amount of mill
tary sIarcscolleeted .at Knoxville and 9th
| er points for the use, of the rebel army
| The falling back of the Cumberland Gap
/ Expedition will have ii most distressing eE-
| feet, and will probably cause the ruin Of
many Of those who haYS eonpp'itted them
selves against lie Jelf DAVIS aespotis,l,= -
I At the very time when the devoted UnionF
lists were expecting TO see the bayoHets
the United States troops glittering in
passes Of their moualains, they tyiib
of e,disasiroas mnrcli away
which has already heen, d destsrf6eil 3ei
liz these columns. s5i3 n
The sturdy loyalty Of me East
seeans appears in the returns of tifie
Confederate election for. Presided lllfd
President aud members. OF GolgSss
fRoane county, where two holssRd
are usually given, less dian thraesi i
Innd fifty were polled. John Baxter, !
/ mission Union man. tthat is, one wti94 n
favor Of the Union, but look= upon the 81,
I.belliep as an accomplished facts) run for
the Confederate Congress IN 3iaSh,sFd's ais==
itrict, thinking the UuioniSis g6ntd support
aud elect Gi.r, rather than permit.tle elec-
tion of an ultra Secessiontst, The Union
men had about eight thousand majority in
lthe district, anu refused To. vote, aud the
fSecessionists had q very small. blt snehrly
Unanimous vote. In Kuox se6lnfN u where
the aion tneu had three th6as4n y1tesi
4 Baxter, the Submissioni4t eieed hut