Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-16


Gen. Lockwood and staff, whether de-
servedIysoT not;Rere very unpopular with
the troops. The Generals personal ap-
pearanceis not prepossessiug He "stat-
ters,n wears speetacles and looks like
cross between aPresbyteriAn minister and
Jewish paWnbrokef. He Is prolific iu the
matter0f general orders, and his "Policy"
appears to have been shipped almost ex-
ciusively for tue protection of the rebels
Horses known to have been employed IN
the rebel cavalry were released on the
quibbIe that they did not belong to the
Confederate Government, but'were merely
hired ut so much day. No seizure OF
arms could be made without first nbtaing a
speciol order from the General, by which
time they would be removed to some new
hiding place. Most awful punishmeats
impended over the heads of those whos
impelled by hunger or longing for change
of diet, iAfed to disturb The tranquility OF
secesh pOatft yards, and did hear that a
I, private Of the 8th Michigan was sent to
Fort McHenry intirous for stealing a tuF-
uipI Secession owners, ohiwhosG ground
the troops camped were paid good prices
for fodder ond corn, and liberal damages
for fuel burued. Some of them asked to
be paid for the:. dead pine leaves the SOL
diers used for bedding. Butif go on in
this strain I-will neverget to the Generals
hat F- b
While at Pougoteagueon theway South,
the weather looked threatening one mora
ing Among the other appointments OF
the General isla magnificent regulation
hat. covered all over with gold lace, as
Cousin Joe had "buttons alt over him =
and surrounded with glossy black feath-
err The General was in trouble. He
thinks a great deal of that hat as well as
the comfort of tue soldiers under his COM
mnnd Rain plays the d-l with hats. So
the General calls a council of war. They
pronounce that the weather looks humid
and the hat will beTuined if eGpOsedi so
the General puts the chaplain Of the nth
Massachusetts and his horse aboard the
steamboat and sends him around to Cher.
ry Stone, as special messenger with his
hatl am happy to state that saw the
hat at POng0teague on my way back, 10 q
high state of preservation, and from be-
meath its glossy crown and flowing feather,
beamed the serene cOuntenanee OF his EX-
cellency. While on the subject OF ot
cHAPLAIEs
have u suggestion to offer. Would 1t
not be we'll enough N discharge all the
I ChnpIains in the service and employ as
1 many master cooks to see that the beans
ARE thoroughly boiled2 know that this
suggestion will mortally offend some OF
our good friends at home rs are troubled
rthout the final servation of the army
! But, with NIL due respect, AID with the.
I highest regard for the purity aud beneyo-
I leuUe of their motives, must say that
( The souls Of The army are NOT worth looking
| after II there is any truth IN orthodox
Z theories, all who go into the army are hell-
doomed from the moment they enteri the
I service, aud it is only by tue tightest of
squeezes that tue Chnplnins can save them
( selves. The employment of Chaplaius is
only money thrown away, and Stoves la
/ Dor lost, while this physical condition OF
( tue soldier may be materially benefited.
/ Let us have good teuts TO sleep in, good
and well cookesIifoOdito eat. and the means
of keeping clean, and assure you that
these reforms will result in more good,
physically and morally, than NIL tho SER
mons that can be preached during the war.
F.! BY these remarks mean no disrespert to
4 tue ChdPIaius, personally, and especI-
ally to our own, Rev. N. L. BEakemtn,
whom have always found !. very Kind
and good man. ~,
WHY WE DGnS'T CONE on THE BALLOON.
The steamer Balloon, an excellent boat,
came into Pougoteague the morning we
left, 0nd it vas generllly understood We
were to go aboard Of her We learned ;
however, that the General had ordered her
for another service, II was at first suPpos-
! Ell the ''seryice" Indicated was that Of cou-
vcyiug the Generals hat to some safe place;
but it afterwards transpired she was to go
mp to Cambridge, some 80 miles, and bring
down the Generals fBmilyoi The Balloon
is Government boat, while the Small is
private property. There werc quite IL nuin-
her of sick men lytug on the cold beach,
waiting for comfortable transportation, hut
it is but naturai the General should be anx-
ious to embrace his wife, affer having safe
ly emerged from the periIs of the Peuinsu-
sar war. uf
uRcRuITlSG IN MARYLAND
Capt. John Dexter, formerly7 of Colum-
bus, indianu has receivedia a commission IN
one OF the Maryland regiments, and for the
last six weeks has been busy recruitinR.-
\ few days ago he went into camp With 80
nenl Bully for Dexter. At,this rate he
! will fill his company about the year 1868,
A D. You will see by this that the men
( of Maryland are turning out promptly to
yiudicate the majesty of the Government,
ana the honor of the fiug Bully for them.
tFrOm the otnoInnatt cOmmeFeial.l
Honor to General Rossorans.
I Many citizens having expressed n desire
to signify to him pubiiely their apprecia-