Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-16

tbu9. u5ou lie heels Of theie greatest
aehieyer1ent. apparentiy be Abandoning
the 6eld. Bot the fact Only proves the sa-
eaeity OF The rebel leaders, and i doubt
] Iess Seyfeetiy 10 accordance With their pre-
/ viousIy aTrGnged plans. Their principal
object iron the frst has evidently been 70
dissyf a large Godg ef Feasral troops from ne
7 E'SterH edmPaigas, and TO trGstrate any
contemplated plan for moung doIn the
Mississippi 70 al attack upon Memphis aud
New Orleans.
The above, from well informed news
pap,r, source furnishes 40 explanations Of
the course OF the Government IN eOnesn-
trating 90 large fierce on the Potomac,
matter which sIeites a dsiiy howl from
large portion ofthe Western presL There
has been from the beginning, = Systematic
e1aggeration BY the rebels Of their fores in
Keaiusky aud Missouri. intended to induce
Government 70 oyer estimate the imPOr-
lance Of these localities. By this the West
has been alarmed, aud led TO make most
urgent appeals At washington, which, il
complied with, would derange the whole
eAnpaigp.
| Slowly, bat nov most certainly. re ma
that the old theory hrst devised by Gen
ssott, which contemplated delay until De-
tober, and thea the simultaneous pas
sage Of Mcclellan down through the
Atlantic States, Of Fremont down the
Mississippi, aod Of the Naval expedition
on the coast, is Oh the eve Of execution.
The recent movements Of Mcclellan,
Enough blOodlsas, are most important.
Day by day Ee il pushing an advance
toward Manassas, occupying and strength
ening good positions as be goes along,
and 50 securing to himself all the advan-
tage which the enemy have hoped to gain
By holding familiar ground. Every day
for the last week he has offered battle TO
the enemy, and every day their determina-
ton 70 accept none short Of Balls RuH
becomes more evident. Bat when Me-
Cieliah reaches BSll's Ron it viii not be
With an exhausted army twenty-five miles
from entertainments, from supplies and
support, deficient in artillery and with no
good .bolding ground behind them
Mcdowell had all these disadvantages,
yet he would have overcome them had
he been able TO tsatt from Thur'd9y the
lsh, pGeH he Passed CeHtrerilis, until
he could throw up entertainments and es-
t4blirh himself there. But he was com
PEELED 70 Try and anticipate J0bnEon-pat--
terson betrayed him, and poor Mcdowell
I hTed 10 . Weilcooesived, aud, so for as he
was concerned. well executed plan. All
| ibis Mcclellan can and does avoid. He
4 has fosce enough IN the first place, aud
when be reaches Boil Run, it will be for
an ARTILLERY duel7 in which he can meet
the enemy on equal terms.
All accounts confirm the opinion that
the great action of the war is to be fought
between Washington and Richmond, that
tue rebel forces are mAssed there in sur
lprising numbers, aud that "a hasty advance
nom our side would be suicidal. Get it is
better that the main rebel army should be
where Il is, until the fleets can fairly be.
gin their operations on tho coast aud FIRE.
mont his descent Of the Mississippi. Lei
the grand army Of rebellion 10 Virginia %,
broken up too soon, aud Fremont would
have half Of it TO meet on the Mississippi
IL S---
IL was not long ago that q French writer
anuouu1ed aud proved tue dominion of the
"bald, headed men" in Frnnee, and showed
!. diem to be really The railing spirit in every
department Of life-in politics, finance, pc.
etry, art, science, and even in gallantry
ia all OF these there was batd-headet
| man at ''the head of the heap" aud th'
young fellows with flowing locks and Sly.
psrioD.s eurlsr were quite thrown in tht
shade by tie middle-aged gentlemen
whose nobs were as bare aud smooth a,
l,illfaFd-balls, QpiiP. Of the Boston Post
says the same thing is true in all civilized
countries, whatever the fact may be among
snyages; and the reason lies; not certainly
in the superior brevity Of the bare POLL
though bald-head may still be very
handsome one-but ia the fact that man
rarely comes into the perfection Of his
manhood before the period Mt which bald.
usss ordinarily begins Accordingly, as a
general rule. The less hair HE more n brains
and viee-versa. "Kit Eorth,"-a COM
petent judge Of the e,se-wrOte in Black
1 wood, that ono stroug-bodfed, strong
minded. strong.hearted man reaches his
true prime until he is turned Of forty and
LIE keeps on till he Is sixty being prOba-
A bly, at seventy threatened with a small
family by Secsnd or third wife"
! BLoSDIN had narrow squeak" of it a
few weeks ago at the Crystal Palace, Bng-
Hand. 1t is.reiated that he came upon the
stage, the band struck up a lively march,
"A ~. .,,a.Enrrnar ,,r,n, n.rn,,n L co Eoo,