Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-20
A RegImentaI Muster I'm wetze1 CO.
s-.Ihe Union Feeling among tho
SoldAeEs---They Refuse to be RE-
Viewed by SecessIOnIst.
1lTTLEToS, Wetzel Co., Va, /
June 18th, 1861. I


AeSSrs. Eds. Lntelligencer:- having
the pleasure of visiting Regimental mus
ter before, and as last Saturday was the
regimental muster in this county, thought
for once would crafty my curiosity by
visiting our muster, thinking, perhaps, it
might be benefit to me as well as others.
in these times of our country's peril, aud
have no donbt that it was ~ day long to be
remembered by the hard workiug.yeomau-
ry of old Wetzel. l will endeavor to give
you a brief sketch of the days proceed
ings. At the appointed hour for para
ding, the several companies, which num-
bered some five or six hundred persons,
were in the field designated for the pur!.
pose. We had not been gathered together
long until our Brigndier General, Mr.. Jas.
Moorehead, came on the field, for the pur-
pose of. drilling and Inspecting our regi-
ment He had not, however, been long on
the field, until some of our boys wished to
know how he stood on the present ques.
tion of the day. They had, believe, un-
derstood that he was tinctured with the
SeeeSh, (by the way n fatal disease,) and
they were anxious to know whether he
was Union or Disunion, and by the many
appeals from the assembled multitude, MF
Mooreheadtook the stump, and declared
his position in a few eloquent and able
remarks-but not altogether to The point
but at the close of his remarks said that
he voted for the ordinance of secession,
and was Yirginiau, and willing 10 stand
by Virginia. This was enough for our
boys; they could not stand the pressure
any longer, and gave three groans for
Moorehead, and three for JEFF. Davis. ~.
They very positively informed Moorhead
that they would not he mustered by auy
person that was tinctured with the secesh
and requested him to leave the field in
double quick time-and it was but u
short time until his course was turued
southward to more cOngenial climate
can assure you that was much pleased
to see such a strong Union sentiment pre-
vailing in the hearts of our citizens, After
the departure of Gen. Moorehead, who hnd
been taken with sudden attack of seeesh
andwas compelled to leRvethe field, Mr.. w.
A.Newman, u Union man of the right stripe,
of this county, was called upon by the as
sembled multitude TO deliver an address,.
came forward aud made few appropriate
remarks, and stated to our Regiment tha:
they had done honor to themselves and to
their country, By not allowing themselves
to be mustered by Secessionist. Three
cheers was the given for the Union Mr.
Jas. liusgrlve was then called for, came
OAN@lu 1HA hNl q BObu OulOu ulhu--lQaue
avery eloquent, able aud patriotic appeal.
for the Union, and pointing to the Stars and
Stripes that were waving over the assm-
bled multitude as the flag of freedom and
liberty.
BE thanked God that it has friends here
that if need be are still anxious to march
beneath its folds to the tune of Yankee
Doodle, in defence of their country Yes
there stood the old standard in ali its love
illness and in all its beauty-there you see
its " celestial white, p therenre the astreak-
ings Of the morning light, . there too are its
Is stars of giory;" it is the same old flag
tbattnspired the good old patriots Of sew
iehsFsix-it was the flag OF Washington
il eheered the dropping energies Of the thin
y clad, half frozen Continentals in mid
iRiHter atNalley ForeeA-It seat AeE hopes
and comforts to the bosom of the worn ont