Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-06
Front BEVERLY.
Correspondence Of the Intelligencer.J
Cam Prypprv Nov 1stIaF

CAMP BEVERLY, Nov. 1st 1861.
That much talked of, greatly abused in
dividual, the paymaster, has at last made
his appearance, to tue great delight of the
boys, many OF whom were beginning to be-
Iieve that he existed only in Imagination
and that there was no such thing as real
live paymaster. He was accompanied by
the Rev Gordon Battelle. of your city,
who was appointed by Governor PeirPoint,
TO deliver whatever money the soldiers
might desire to send to their families
Nearly every man here aVailed himself of
his services, many sending every cent of
their wages to their families.
see the Cincinnati papers are teeming
with accounts of the sutferings of Ohio SOL
diers in Western Virginia. Although my
facilities for observation ale somewhat
limited | am satisfied many of the ac-
counts are greatly exaggerated. That there
is suffering there is no doubt, hut the fault
is as often as otherwise in tue men them
selves. have seen no such suffering as Is
described, aud i is generally acknowledged
that the officers in command in Western
Virginia are not criminally partial towards
Virginia troops.
think the preparations for the coming
winter, are about completed.
Many teams that were pressed into the
service for the emergency. are being dis
charged. Every available house III the
place is filled with stores and ali along
the streets are piled barrels OF FORK, beef
aud such things AS the weather Will not
damage. At HGttousville and Cheat Sum
init, similar state of things exists. For
the past few days, trains loaded With
clothing have passed up u the latter r"'nt,
SO that III n short lime the forces there viii
be prepared to Sl.end thc winter teirrably
comfortably. Tue past week has been de-
Cidedly cool. 50 much 20, rs to render hre
indispeusibly necessary. Some inventive
genius built a sod chimney TO his tent, aud
Ihenceforth sod chimneys have been the
rage Chimueys of every shape and di-
meusfon have sprung up all over the
camp, aud now; there is hardly q tent that
is not supplied with one. Great rivalry
exists, as to who can make his quarters
the most comfortable. l may be egOristical,
but am OF the opinion our mess have did
the ':big thing" We have built house,
not II miracle of architectural beauty, on
the contrary rather an unsightly affair, but,
notwithstanding outward appearances, in-
side it is as comfortable as heart could
wish The wide FIRE place, is ornamcnted
with a huge pair of old fashioned dog
irons piled with blazing hickory. The shelf
above. contains our rather limited librar!r
which consists principally of an Almanac,
and some stray copies of the Wheeling
LntelHyencer. In fact it only requires a
simmering teakeltle, and 81 few strings of
dried pumpkins to make it a fac sinliie of
an old fashioned farmers kitchen. These
sod chImnies though they cannot be NOV
ed, require but little labor to build them,
and add greatly to the comfort of the
camps.
Everything like news is in a state OF
stagnation here-not even rumor afloat.
The war is about over in Western Yir-
ginid. 1t is not probable the rebels viii
ever make another demonstration in this
Whv secession should ever have been
made "big thing, here can't imagine,
but it was so, aud the Southern heart
here on the Tygart's Valley burned with
indignation against Northern aggression"
as fiercelyias it did on the James IRiver::1 ,.
But things have changed, and the men
who were to defend their homes with.their
1;,.,, H.. 6jdD'tN ora noU- az winter an