Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-25
The Bethany EzpedItIon--CHp'ure OF
Secession Arms..NObOIy Hurt.

4 Editors Of IR!sltigsncer'
| According to established custom. especi-
ally since the commencement Ut the pres
| eut war, special correspondent ar reporter
accompanies every expedition th't pertains
, in any manner To tue turIheranrc OF the
cause.
/ | avail myself of the privilege which
this custom guarantees mr, AMI shall pro-
coed to narrate with :; few embellishments
| fmot cutsl the facts connected with the
expedition 10 Bethany in search of arms.
rrPurted to lie in possession of Secession
lists in that place and vicinity.
lIeinR tue only party in tie number who
will make II report, y''u need teel IA" alarm
at receiving future communications. We
had no Wanting COIOu,ls in cur squad.
aud each man preserved his Preseuc'- at
mind sufficient to know precisely what
TRANSFERRED. Again, we were all picked
men, YOUR correspondent included, tex .uNe
my modesIyl nud of course our courage
could not he. doubted. hring so evenly M \
ted. individual jealousy ur riv lrY WIS out
of the question. Cav. PeirP'int auth 'r-
lied Captain L. NJ. f frton tn lake cUm-
rnaud of IL detachment of 20 men belong
ing tn the Plunmer GuIriS, = rig ut y. u.
Rpuk having charge. Capt. Nurt IN select
ed three of his fFiel,lS rs aids. WI were
anxi0us to earn their spurs on thu battle
field bsfure receiving the hururs OF Right
hood.
AT 1 o'clork p. NJ. we started in two
omnibuses all light wagon forths seat
of war.
Ga the ronte. several carriages wers orr
derei to drip hehmd our cunveyanc's,
which they seemed very reluctant to dH.
and it became necessary Tor q pr. Norton
to impress the individuals that tho was
no ] Ike. hnt must he compiled Will, OIe
Geutlcm IN, however, tpok advantage at u,
when few miles at .he ute, Ia drive
ahead, promising to stop Il, Il cert lin point
We discovered til It he ill At stop, when
Capt. rton, su-pesttn.s tine inteut0 II "f
the party, mounted tile hrr>e at gentle.
man in our rear. AN gtilOpcd rpylly III
pursuit, and succeeded ia or rtakiug the
party. WIN afterwards suhmissivelv took
his prnp"r postum i'll the rear.
a list uf the seces -ioniS,1 with the
number OF muSlsetE. g.. in their posses
sion. was furnished by gentleman an I'll =
route, which proved at great service to u.
We reached u 't'"ny ahnnt . "'cl"rk. P.
II, having cure'l tuur muSkrtS ON the
route to town, from different p.rties. Ohe
"f these WAS taken by climbing through ~
window, the house apparently heing unin-
''s" ~, Il, .ts"t was si,N' "m'I -
'e'''" ."' w ''S'' " '''''' ~"
'"B "%""S' tu' wan '"e "'9''"e' cum
""s "e ''',n"' u"' '',u' eP"" e,'.s "''i a
40 -, -
it afterwards
We nude mur heal IIIrters Mt Lieut
LuckhNrt's at good liun M IN, VII" delir-
cred to ul the arms III his possession. an,l
rem tered rs great assistance ia obtaining
'",, r"'n tuner.
t''s
''n''. E"'u sig u was never seer
'"eIe I'e'"'t' M"'hS's G''''e 'n' one Nv"
H. ,i, nv t't'', "',' us '.st IA
49, ~. nun WI '"' "'t'' W. ~"
y" '"e ls' III p"SSeSsl,'" q, "ns % 'Ie "''r'
- WIS lut'FeSe'"2 I" see ''e y" "a al "7'"i-
's"'n.ui t%0 S'u 'e'e'I''' w" tv u ~
WIS T''ieu' """ :" "e"' '"e '"..'''i" ~ :
LAMENTATIONS .l'.i..' as !" no" we Il" :" wa" ""u
Otrn,r;v said lie NJ six mr. .sv,n h, Ills
IN mia T,us.e, and wI. A .,.r ,,i,,..I IN .I,n,,
,h, sam. r,,,,,I,,.r If MN ,vI,, sh,nIJ ~
tenn, 10 t,E,.it ~. m,r;G II nj :, ,,nIi,e. =
tb u W.. ma, /, ,v.. ,,,. ,,, al ,ii ~
,yL;t ,.,,,,,as, a.. So 80, ...,,,t,
,.J Win
O,.I,jv the wif. or n p,r,v ,v;,o had
fhr.p r,v3irtI r,I 80 n, r,.n,,r.
and desired la kuO,v I,v whose ,,u;I,.,rity
we demanded tn. arms Sac WAS iu-
| formed I,y the order of CIV. III rn,int.
whom she cu,sidrreI n, a, u-u.n.r =.
Iteyi.- th,t a rrntlrm,n with an exceed
| invIv f,rII c,,,m,irxi,,,, derived IF mn nh /.
ESSENCE Of rtrl"Ia rr,in grown in many
s.rtio.s uftbe U. :, anil w ne r.,ii ~ :.
WAS Riclu,und. was The only u.r,v having
mower tn max. the ,iem,uI i i rbt init
IN itinn Was thrown nu, hv one II ,rtv. ii, II
! Gen. Wise commonly called FuvIish would
turn the t.t!rs on US sbor,lv, Lut i, s.r,n +.
ell To have n {, effect. IL mrSt b (. rrr,IIrc
| Ell that the Land of C,u,nu WIS n,ver o,-
cunied l,y II, I.t WIN 4,in,ra ,h,. golden
calf; nriiuer vii. Western VIrgini., l.. az
cuni.d I,v tnO.e whn INV. rise ~, - q.u.
uine cali. ani !; q, her lem nue To- hon,.
Sergeant Ronk ami hts III =, are .Irserv
ling of great ctcdit fur th.ir ctin. d,gni-
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