Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-07
Tbs western Virginia Raid.

The Cincinnati Press. Lincoln paper. has
a correspondent in Western Virginia, who &C.
casionaiIy writes bone of the progress of
sour Amy the great Uuiou army. 1t will
be seen by the annexed extracts that the
Union brothers" 10 Western Virginia are
not as amicably disposed as the Union Shrek
ers say they are that they consider the Lin
coln soldiers as Vandal invaders, and shoot
them down wherever they can be found:
beverly, "KANAwHA," Aug. 30, 1861.
The last notes of tattoo had scarcely been
sounded on the night of the 18th. when our
regiment received orders to march with all
our available force and three days' rations
in the direction of HuttonsviIls. a small vii
lage some twelve miles from Beverly and
eight miles from Gen ReYnold's beadquar.ers
At about III O'Clock, rations having been
dealt out and cooked, the regiment was fairly
started on what proved to be most unpleas-
ant tramp.
Four O'Clock A. NJ. found US within a mile
of Huitonsville, rather fatigued, aud our spir-
its to be further depressed by the intelligence
that the bridge over Tygart's Valley river.
just beyond Huttonsville, had been carried
away by the freshet. As the river was too
deep to be forded for tweuty-four hours, we
could be had with headquarters to determine
our future movement. In few hours Gen.
Reynolds himself came down, gave his orders,
and in short time we were taking the back
track' for Beverly.
l seems that Gen. Lee bad made a false
attack 10 two different quarters on our lines,
with view OF drawing out General Reynolds,
but the feint was unsuccessful.
Rumors are as plentiful as blackberries:
and when you learn that the latter can be
gathered at the rate of pailful every fifteen
minutes, you can conjecture as to the abun-
dance of the former.
The native Rebels in the vicinity of the
Seneca Pass, in the Cheat Mountains. have
recently annoyed us much and within the
past tive weeks have killed three and wound
ed several of the Union troops, Among the
former was the Indiana scout, Thomas, here
tofore mentioned in nv letters, who was shot
down, in cold blood, on the 10th of August
while guiding scouting party. They were
crossing the Laurel Fork of Cheat RIVER the
advance having reached the middle of the
river, when some fifteen or sixteen shots were
fired among them from laurel thicket on
the opposite bank. Thomas was shot in the
right side, the ball passing transversely
through the body. He lived but few hours
A corporal and private in the second Vir-
GINA Regiment Were also wounded; and
Charles Tryon, of Company X, in ours, re-
! ceived a rife ball through the hand The
boys, undaunted charged across the river
| discharging their pieces in the direction
| whence the IRE came. But although the
country Tor mile around was searched thor
| oughiy, nothing could be found, save a few
traces of blood.
subsequently another party was sent out
with an ambulance to bring in the wounded.
| and when near the same place were again
fired upon. The driver was wounded severe
| ly, and a valuable horse killed. The woods
were searched again, and still nothing to be
| found. And these are our brothers. The
path over the mountains is barely wide
enough Tor one man to pass, and so devious
| In its wlndings as to render it impossible to
| see ten feet ahead of you. The murderous
wretches conceal themselves, and from the
| tops OF trees and spots in the brush, which
command view Of the path, they deliberate
| ly fire among US. Was Indian warfare ever
worse than this! These mountaineers are a
| semi barbarous set, scarce one in ten of whom
| can read, and who are as wild and savage in
their nature as the wilderness they inhabit
| The people of the lowlands are not much
| better, aud, in fact, are far below the average
OF Northern farmers in intelligence and ma
tural shrewdness. They come into camp
| with their produce, and [ have yet to See the
first one who Can correctly give you the
| change out OF dollar. They are as selfish
and .Xtortionate in their dealings as ever our
hucksters in Cincinnati.
Five companies of the 9th. and part of the
23d Ohio passed through here the other day
| The 9Th have had rather severe time of il
since their advent into Virginia. They have
passed through Beverly four times The Sec
ond Virginia is here also, eucamped on the
| right OF Us at short distance. Reinforce
ments are said to be on the way hither; but
this is only rumOr, and cannot be relied
| upon. 1t is also said that we are to winter
here, and that lumber for the shanties will
| Soon be here.