Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-05
aIarnanifaifx q I'D Nortll.

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ercising towards them the gentleness ex-
hibtted by an ove!indulgent parent to-
pVaFdsa Waywatdi aud Spoiled child Had
i GoEernmeRt been SO disposed, the re-
EQUITABLE BeaHtegafd could not have laid
E6de,stohe upon another, ii the erection of
his offensive batteries, but the hot shot
and shelnnf the gallant Anderson would
have dispersed him aud his rebel band, as
chat is scattered BY the rude blasts of the
whirlWind. The Government, however,
forebore@waited patiently and long, ex-
pecting that right and reason would re-
sumo their mpIre-a1d,i iaiasl at last fell
atPietim there 70 its own noble generosity.
q TheeSamea i6ttrue of Fort Pickens. II
was In The, power of the United States off
'fieeTs2 10 have broken the egg of danger
while inthe process o.. inc baton, aud sent
thesre6els'hoW1in over the sand /. OF Flor
ida. But here, too, they have been dealt
with aG1 kindly IS any fond nursing +moth-
Or r-dealt WiFh' a neryerse and angry
droEany. SO that I E Bragg and his rebel.
band shall now take Pickens, they will
owe itted thousand times more to the gen;
et6us'indutgehse of the Uhited States au-
thorities tlidn 70 any courage or proves off
their own.
a1Io6taneGtt ITO Baltimore, Had South
heeuIidtthe ptGee of tue North, under such
tnonstEo1s anu agRrlEateu ProVocatlons,
her ,3ps2gp9ssn&alpg sllizen5- shot doWp5 nth
stfeetsi Eneni i tlaey gained the aseendan-
tney H9pia nave y tHkea sucn CITY
rom rom plliaT 70 post, leaving not one stone
upon another, But behold the generous
and humane for6earance of the North -
With entire possession of the city by its
troops, and With Fort McHenry commaud-
ing Its every street and house, II remains
to this hour dntnjured and unmolested.-I
Nay, more than this, It has become the
happy recipient Of pnpnmbered tayors
from tue bands of the very men whose
companions we're slaughtered in Its streetsl
Glorious ct6Fy I worth more than a thou
sand battles, had they even equaled
Alarathan OF Waterloo.
Then, Rgaiu, look to Alexandria. A
brave leader Of Northern troops is bssely
asSasstndtta At md day, for no other offence
than the REMOVAL Of hostile flag under
the very shndow of the Capitol of our
country! Tue comrades Of the fallen hero
martyr, by thousands, hold possession of
the city With its immense public and pri-
Vate resources, and at their mercy arc all
It's streets of handsome houses, accomda-
ting more Than eight thousand souls.
Under such a provoeation, running like
burning liquid over every fibre Of the soul,
'dOneH We Hesitate not to say, they would
nave reduced such place, rendered menu
orable By such deeds, TO ashes, before the
setting OF the sun. But, by the sublime
niaghGnimity of Northern troops, 4ler-
dndfid sill stands, and; Il its citizens will
only cease from their wicked rebellion,
they can return TO their homes, and not "a
hair Of their heads will be injured7
Thesg displays of the magnauimity and
fotbearduee of the North, when its brave
troops have had 1t fully in their power to
upturn the sttohgholds of the rebels, as
with devastating ploughshares, we point
to with teelingsof mingled pride and ex-
ultatiop. With the, irresistible logic of
controHertb BILE .tgets, they, rsfnte the air.
nation, so assiduously piled upon the \
Southern mind, that the Northern troops
are nothing more nor less than, so many
Goths and Yandals bent upon iqvGdilg
their country, and plundering and pilla-
glug their properly.i a baser and fouler
MISREPRESENTATION was. mover conceived or
uttered, and we must be greatly in error If
the masses of the South do not soon dis
cover how. egregiously their ambitious and
designing leaders have betrayed and, de-
ceiyed them, and If they do NOT, turn their
weapons upon them, INSTEAD of upon us.--
lhiladelphIg PrfSs. ,s,ai q5 ygp Ii
IS -7-=779=T7=-7-r- - ltf,;i
the G Ca 4angRSsmsnt at F9lr-l
.-se,,i,, if9y. 81 fax sos !. iai.cils
;. A force, of Federal cavalry and infantry,
the former commanded By Lieut.. Tpmp-
ki9s, and the latter commanded by Lieut..
Gordon, attacked the rebels at Fairfax
Court House at day break, Il The infantry
force consisted of only fortyffye men.-i
Our troops, met, the! picket guard of the
rebels at point about four miles this side
Of the bill aud imRdean unsuccessful at
tempt 70 secqFe them. The pickets fed,
and conveyed tho alarm To- the rebel camp.
Our cavalry then charged into the town,
encppnlering n vigorous resistance They
were fred. at from the honses on both
sides OF the streets, and from all quarters
of the town. Liept, Tomkins horse was shot