Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-06

Correspondents Of the Missouri Republican.


maJor-General Roseerans.
Correspondents Of the Missouri Republican.
CoRIxrH. No., Oct. %, 1862.
Would you not like to hear from this
obtuse angle of the triangle of the locality
Of the Army Of the Mississippi?
MoURSIS6.
There is weeping and wailing and guash-
Jog of teeth. 6guratiTely speaking, IN
this camp, of thousands. The NAN of the
army leaves this morning, at ten o'clock,
for Cincinnati, there, it is rumored, to take
a new, untrammeled, important command.
some say he is TO take Buell's grand army to
Yicksbnrg and Mobile. II he starts with it
he will get there. Mind the prophecy.
Others say he will take the half of Buells
forces-say 60, 900, and clean out North
Alabama, Georgia. and raise prodigious
dust, clear to the Gulf, in conjunction with
Msjor General Grant. Others, again, send
the hero, Rosecrans, down the Mississippi.
But they and don't exactly know. The
secret is locked up in the bosom OF Father
Abraham and his confessors.
We will all know in time, and we all
know, now, that wherever Rosecrans goes,
there goes true man and General, whose
labor, skill and genius acquire military
success, even il his native modesty forbids
his claiming ii. Gould the battle Gf Cor.
iuth be pictured truly aud fully, as it should
be, the people of the great North, fully
aroused from their feather-beds and warm
breakfasts, would pant to do honor to Rose
Grams. Therefore, repeat, there Is mourn
ing in these tents of Secessia Israel, aud
shoulder. straps, suffers, Transfers and mig
gers, from high to low degree, swear by
their beArds-for all wear 'em-that they
will follow General Rosecrans. Ny hearty
rx,fphas nd nf Tyninn
men in the nation. do.
| There, in this corner of the town, is
where the enemy came ina Tremendous
exhibit OF mortal dariug-where, formed
10 double line, eight deep, with heads
! bowed and arms across their breasts. on
they rushed at double quick, in the face of
our belchiug cross-fire artillery and tre-
mendous short range musketry. An eye
witness of these moments stated that many
| of their killed sank thus to the earth as if
kueeliug; others threw up their arms and
tottered back. As they came on Rosecrans
i was with his troops, amidst the hail of
missiles. He was the hero of the hour,
riding here and there, unconscious of dan.
ger in his ardor and eagerness, exhorting
his men to stand. His form was proud
and erect, and his noble bay horse was
fred with excitement Both were a sub
ject for a picture, as we'll as an inspiring
spectacle for the soldier. AS the enemy
came on into that side of the town deter
mined, but SO dreadfully cut up, shaken and
exhausted by the hurried march of nearly a
mile, new battery, built the night previ-
Gus, under Gen. Rosecrans' personal obser-
walton, and where he spent most of that
night opened upon them. Its dreadful
welcome of grape and canister staggered
them, and the bayonet charge of the fresh
troops turned the scale. The day was lost,
and they fed, tetreating in something like
order, but deathly slaughter falling upon
their rear, until they had gained the adja-
cent forests. Such ightiug-such slIugh-
ter-such strategy-such a victory-let
history perpetuate among the CHASTITY and
gloriHs records of the rebellion. 1t is here
now well known that this battle was fought
as Gen. Rostcrans bad supposed aud plan
ned. He was fully informed by his scouts,
of the approach. He, as we'll as the enc.
my, knew his weakest and their best place
of approach. He said to an uneasy friend,
who saw them coming on in such terrible
array, while his FIRE slaekened until their
eye.Whites were percep:ible, "Don't be
alarmed; am working on the wild hog
plan of batting themin." They were bait.
ed in, aud dreadfully beaten out.