Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-31


know whether to regard it as success or
failure. Perhaps it is another of those
blOodEess victories of which We have had
SO many. At any rate, it creates no sur
Prise-there have been SO many reports Of
1t before, and it has:been SO long expected.
We should be much surer 1t was a victory
If HalIeek had routed that army and cap
tursd ! great portion OF their arms
The GuerriIlns In Upper TygarVs
NalLGy-The Duty OF Union B8en
There and Elsewhere.
The Rpprehensious for the security of
Beverly and the country adjacsnt, appear
70 have been we'll founded A prominent
eilizsn of Randolph, directly from home,
was in the city yesterday, chiefly, we be-
lteve, tor the purpose of urgiug upoa the
authorities here the necessity of sending
additional troops into that section. he
represents that Ihe,moantainsrU round about
Beverly are infested with bands of guerril-
las, who almost nightly make descents into
the valley for purposes of plumber. He
thinks they number some 200, asd says
they are fnl!y armed. They have sent
word TO our troops at Beverly, of whom
there are about half a company, that they
were coming down to take the place. He
thinks the object of the threat was only
to keep our soldiers together at Beverly,
while they (tbe guerrillas) could the more
uuinterruptOdly carry on their work of
plumber in the surrounding country. a
few nights ago they approached within
two miles OF Beverly, on this side Of
the town, and robbed the store of Mr.
Hart, carrying of several hundred dollars
worth of merc5Rndize. Mr. Hart was ar
rested and carried some twenty-five miles.
and then released. At present the Gov
meut has but a small quantity of stores at
Beverly, the main bulk having been re-.
moved to Buckhanuon.
The gentleman from whom we derived
this information says unless something is
speedily done for the protection OF Union
msuin Randolph county, they will be OBJ.
liged to succumb or or pack up aud leave.
1t is eminently desirable, of course, that
Union men IN Randolph county, and ev-
Orywhers else, should be protected. Bnt
chs means is not always adequate to the
Oud. at present the Government has ur-
gent need of every efficient company on
the 6eldSr where great nc lions are to be
fought. II it details aud scattersits drill.
ed soldiers along the frontier to protect
nou-cOmbatautS and their property against
irregular warfare, it must, of course, Sc.
FIously weaken the central armies. When
1t drives out tho rebel armies it must rely
very much on the loyal population thus
relieved to exert itself to preserve order
In the re-PoSSessed territory, and we think
1t has reason to expect as much. 1t has
been a repronch In some quarters that here
in Western Virginia we were very ready to
receive the protection of the government,
but unwilling TO do anything to. protect
ourselves-that Western Virginia uuionism
was very feeble and would not stand alone.
In many respects tho reproach is unjust
and always has been, but in our dealings
With the gusrrillas there lie some shadow Of
cause for 1t. It is we imagine from no
want Of disposition to rely on themselves on
the part ofths cisizGps IN the exposed couu-
ties, but because they have been SO used TO
having troops sent hither and thither for
their protection that they forget there is
any other remedy. In nearly all the in
tested counties the loyal population is
greater than the alphabetically much
greater than that engaged in Bushwackiug.
Why then should not they put down the
bushWhackers2 Only because they are not
armed and organized. In Randolph county
We are sure there must be more than 200
loyal elti1ens-probably double the num-
boF, II they were organized aud equip
ped they could regulate that county In
short time. The same is true Of many
others. They do not like to leave their
work, neglect their crops and lose their
time, but If they are in danger and have
to be protected somebody must leave their
work aud lose their time to protect them.
But the truth il IL they would make q
combined vigorous effort to rid themselves
Of tie pest, Il would be done in so short a
time that they would lose less time
than they now do keeping out of
the, track, Of danger. The Union men
We know have. a natural aversion to
auch work. They are almost without
exception quiet, laW.Rbiding, inoHsnsiVe,
peace-loving men; but in every section in.
tested with guerrtllas it is the duty Of every
such man to overcome this rspuguanee aud
unite With his neighbors for their extermi-