Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-20

AN bat SiITnuy acquainted; hhu, lheFtt"tci
| have merely stated the facts as they are.
Yours, w
ut Cheat Moumtuin--The Reb-
Force--Lee and Reynolds.
From orr recent dispatches we learn that
the two attacks made by General Lee ani
his rebel forces upon General Reynolds
position in Cheat Mountain, resulted in Il
complete failure. and the rebels were COM
PEELED to retreat with heavy loss. The
cause OF the failure of the rebel forces to
dislodge the Union troops, arose partially
from the naturally strong location selected
by them, for which piece OF strttegical
genertlsuip RusecrIus deserves great
praise. and partially from the determined
resistance offered by the soldiers, who
knew that if General Lee WAS allowed TO
cross those mountains, all hopes of a. safe
aud successful occupation Of Tie soil Of
the loyal people of the new State OF Kan
nwha were for the present at an cad, and
the whole work of the Western Virginia
campaign would have to be dine over
again.
Meanwhile, what is the position Of Gen.
Rosecraus
The despatch says he was located "t
Camp Scott, which is situated in or near
Sumincrville, and which camp was Oc-
cupied by his forces after the contest with
General FLOYD on the 10th of September.
General Cox was also ut Camp Scott OF
the STU, in conference with General Rose
Grams at once showing that II junction had
been effected between those forces. The
main body of General COX's Kanawha Vail
ley troops were mO"ing in 81 sonthcHsterty
direction, along til. road leading from
Gauley bridge to Lewisburg 1t is along
this road that the rebel Generals Floyd
and Wise, with all their commands, are
reported making very hasty retreat be-
fore the rebel and Union troopers. Ailre-
ports, both from the rebel and Union
sources, tend to confirm the intelligence
that Floyd and Wise are both making blck
ward movements, either tOgethero or in sep
arate bodies. but still leading towards Lew
isburg. doubtless with the intention of
joining Lee should he be driven southwark
from Monterey.
We will now glance at the supposed for
crs under the rebel generals in this part al
the service From the last reliable reports
il was asccrtnincd that the total rebel force
under Lee WAS estimated at twent"six
thousand, distributed as follows:
Umier Ger Lee. at Monterey.
UnIer Major Gen. = Il Anderson, Cheat
Mountain. in 1000
Under GEN Floyd. in rctr 3O
Un!cT Gen. Wise, ia juhu
Total Of Cen Lees Western Virginia treops....26 osp
The numbers and positions of our troops
it is not US yet advisable to particularize,
but from the results OF their recent action
there is little ifnny doubt aabut thai they
are fully able to compete with and drive
away all the rebel forces from this part OF
the country.
Results of the Victory by Rosccr"ns.
From the correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gazcuc we take this summing up OF
the substantial results of Rosecrans vic
tory:
I, is too early yet to estimate the results
of the battle 1t has driven Floyd back to
Lewisburg, whittier Wise will doubtless
speedily follow, and has probably hastcnci
Lees attack on Reynolds. Other matters
may subsequently be found to have been
effected by II. Meanwhile we have some
tangible fruits of victory. In abandoning
his camp, Floyd left large stores OF nmInu-
milton, cartridges, kegs of powder, bars OF
lead, (Which were used in making the
spcltcr for the cannon musEets, rifles,
personal property, blankets, camp equip
age, cooking utensils, tents, &c, &c, be-
sides horses aud wagons, valuable pupcrs,
prisoners taken from Tyler, and many Of
their own sick. There were fifty wagon
loads of their stuff hauled out, and large
amount was burned that wasn't worth
transportation i'll this country where veg
Ons aud teams arc so scarce. The value Of
the "spoilsr is of course affected by the
fact that very much OF it is of au inferior
quality. To them it was precious, as it i
so much dead loss from stock they can
not rePlenish; to US it is worth only from
six to ten thousand dollars.
THE ARMS.
Floyd, great as are his acknowledged
abilities in the ;hlcving line, seems to have
met the usual fate of thieves, and have
been cheated Mt last at his own game. He
stole thousands of stands of the very finest
United States urms; but the rebel leaders
pushed hin out to certain engagement
with n victorious army, with nothing but
old flint lock and flint lock altered TO per-
custom muskets These, and the common
old flint lock squirrel rifles Of these noun
tains, constituted his only supply of small
arms, and of these we have taken thons-
and or more.
He was more lucky with artillery. He
left Lewisburg with sixteen pieces. Part
of these were given to Wise, but he still
had nine with him inside his entrench-
ments. All of these he managed either to
take off or siHk in the river.
LOOKING OUT THE Yourselves.
Tho scene Floyd's camp presented tha
morning after the battle, was an animated