Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-05
a atranpa. but INC Narratfve.

Whaley from the jenkins caVHiry'
Major K v, Whaley. member If Con
qess from the Wayne District If whose
arrest By the jenkins Cavity, At the AZ
tack on tbs village Of Guyandotts, and
subsequent ecspe, mention has been
made, reached the city JesterdHJ from
Ce4eda It would Be bard % invent 3
piece Of fiction 70 surpass In the strange
ne.. Of is details, Ma. WhaleJ ssinPlssad
trutlfuI story Of his escape from the 1eb-
els jenkins and Clarkson attzsked 6uJ-
sndotte with twelve hundred Cavalry, and
after capturing the place, Intended to
make m stack upon ceredo, but were
deferred by the approach Of a steamer
supposed 70 be hurryImg troops 70 VIVA
lIsT,s rescue The rebeh numbered IN all
fourteen hundred, bat two hundred we're
lIeft upon The road 70 secure the retreat OF
/ the main body. Major Wbaley was taken
prisoner m the streets of Guyandotte, By
The notorious Henry Clay Pate, Of Kan
IL. notoriety, commonly known q Mud
Head. who Is now Captain in jenkins
iCay.iry REGIMENT As Major Whaley
nd tbe balance Of the prisoners were
leaving Guyandotte, m charge of the
ICay.Ir1. sons twenty secession women
apueared m the streets IN their secession
aprons, md iDdalged d demonstrations
of rejoicing. aItho1gh hey had pretended
70 be ye.y friendly TO the Federal troops
n,eviious 70 that time Some of the men
of the place, who had been treated with
gres. Kindness By Major WhaIey and his
men. also exulted over the capture, and
some, It is said, fired from the windows
of their houses upon our poor little be
.iezed garrison. These men ought TO be
compelled to take the oath Of allegiance to
/ tbe United States Government They
/ ought 70 be sworn Gas Artemus Ward
would say, this is intended TO be sour
Icastieal)
/ When the Cavalry reached Barbours-
vile, on Monday morning, Major Whaley
heard the booming Of cannon, and knew
tina. Col ZeigIer had arrived at Guyan-
dotte from Ceredo AS they passed
through Barboursvile, the Major saw a
large number Of Union men tied along
the roadside, who had been captured BY
resident sscessionists, who were waiting
for the approach of the Cavalry. The
Cavalry left Guyandotte on Monday
morning, and during that day marched
| a distance of 40 miles, without bite of
anything TO eat. Many of the prisoners
TAINTED, owing to the inhuman manner in
which they were forced along upon foot.
and Major whaleJ begged jenkins to
take them and himself out in the fields
and shoot them, as that would be infn-
iteIy preferable to the slow torture which
they we're compelled to endure. The
prisoners we're then mounted upon
horses, and managed to get along with
out so much suffering and fatigue
During Monday, a jew by the name
of Beekman overlook the cavalry and in
formed the commander that Col. Zeigler
bad kii,ea severe, s 81 ' az. 80 TS;. -
ou aua0.' al, = 80 tts1, r-,.bsd mad.
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o - III. I'D s.onnsd At a no;nt
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