Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-05

quired Of N old Esdy named Aez'ns'
with her son and soa-fn-laH we're N Il
house, asking her 70 direct him % kyets
creek Ihieh he kne1 70 Be one Of u
branches Of T4el5s Pole ToaRg AdkiH.
6nalIy aersed to chow hin the creek fer
Two dolIars, and when they started ID
Ysior osserTsd that the son-iu-laK,
Thompson, started IN aHosker direction
The Major suspected thaI Thompson kasE
him Aad fe1rsd pursuit. 30 he huIrtr :
yOsaz Adkins aIoas goed dsAi taste
thaa ths. yoabg geatleusa desired
move. arriving =. the creek, The HsjoF'
having been robbed Of aII his money 3
Guyapdorte on the night Of the 6Ehs, e0ui :
not comply With his contract with Adkins,
bat gave hin IS cents All the n0aey
lad. and ) new pair Of soldier shoes, tax
ing in exchange The guides old uoeeasins
The Nsjor struck down the creek along
yery aarrov .oad, passing two houses
At one Of Which be saw = little girl,
bat had not gone : great distaaee be
fore be beard The tramp Of the csTalF.
coming ID pursuit The Major va
about turuing bend in the road an
had b&rsly tine 70 juuP over fence an
lie fat upon his belly, When along dasse
= company led By the fellow Thompson
before mentioned The Naior WAS Iyin&
not sig Zee. from vbese hia parsaAfs PAas
ed and could zee thsir eYes peering auz
iousty forwurd in search Of him. It
hardly necessary to sAT that he stuck close
70 the ground than ever did bat tOa wall.
and for the 6rst time in his life ysArns
for The power 70 make himself Invisible
After the pursuer5 passed, hseraEied up
rayine, and spent another twelve hours,e1
posed 70 the hardest kind Of a rain, accom-
panied by the ferrsst lightning and III
loudes. thunder.
TThe Nsjor afterwards learned that Ii
littIe gfri whom he had seen had inforas
his pursuers that he had just gone arouD
the bend in the road, and in their anxiei.
to gain the bend aud capture him, the
never thought of looking to the right no
TO the Ief-l
Being exceedingly weak and feeble, i.
consequence Of having gone three day
without food. the Major determined to aP
proseh house 4 short distance ahead an
ask for something to eat. Accordingly h
wsded the creek, about waist deep, pickle
up couple of bouIdets, and going to th
house, spoke to the occupants. B
was answered by the man of the hous
"a Union man-who recognized the Ms
ior almost at once, and warned him not
remain minute if he wanted 70 escape, a
the cavalry had been there hunting for hin
The Major offered the man $500 to eondue
him TO the Queen settlemeat, and TO IL
house of Absalom Queen. The man, al
though avowiug himself good UpiO
man, refused the offer, stating that b
would be killed by bis cannibal neigbbOr
if discovered. he, however, gave the No
Tor blanket to throw over his sbiyerinY
shoulders, and directed himto ths house Q
Queen, for which kiad action The Nnj0
desires bts uame to be suppressed in III
narrative.
The Major pIodded on, and stlastreacb
ed the house of Absalom Queen, where b
found Home Guard of % men, who ha
assembled to keep the rebels from drivip.
of the cattle from the Union settlement
Here was the first place he got anything
eat AFTER making his escape. Queen ans
eleven Of his men accompanied the Major
and by travelling only at night vent Il
the Tug Fork of Big Sandy, crossed int
Kentucky. stopped at the house of Rolau'
samnon untiE:after night, and then movel
down In a boat, reaehing the forks Of th,
Big Sandy before midnight. There they
found encamped Col. Laban Moore's com
mand, who had just returned from Pres
tonburg, KY. The party reached the
mouth of Big Sandy on Sunday at twelve
o'clock, and there was great rejoicing al
along the Ohio River, firing Of cannon &c
Msjor Whaley gave each Of Queen't
men an Enfield rife, one thousand roundl
of ammunition aud large lot Of little ne,
cessaries for their devotion to him ant
their loyalty to the cause Of the Union.
AbsaIom Queen Was a brave soldier il
the war of 1912, and is as true aud loyal 4
man as lives. There are about two hun
dred Union men in the settlement in which
be resides, one hundred of whom, through
his individual influence, have already
joined Colonel zeigler's 9Th Virginia Reg
iment-
TINS permanent location Of tue Confed-
crate capital has been adroitly kept in
allegiance, and employed as bait to win
Wayering communities over to the side Of
secession Poor dementsd old Virginia
was lured 70 her destruction by the pros.
psct Of becoming the seat Of Southern en-
pire. Now that she is duly subjugated, the