Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-16
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Monday Morning, Junell8, 1852


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~ FRoS TuE Flas1 vIas,xIA tn.
following is an sXlract iron i tsatr writ.
ten by member Of Shields nlvisioa. and
dat,sl I.nray, Iune Sth.
..We have heei, gu lie march since ira
first of May and San nssure y,,p We M
nearly nspt mp We hIvp irtv.l,..l uv-r
four hundred miles, nild " Arr. isIitt an tLt
move. We lhlve uue DAY r, II md le,Iye
again to.morr0T. stand ii very well a6tl
do not find fault, for my health is good. II
am burnt black as an Indian. Five ddys
CT our marching IT did nothing but rain.
and we had to ford streams and eneel,s
fight, at Front Royal; last Sunday. Orr
regiment was in the advance. Ne can
tured three hundred and twenty prisoners
twelve wagons and teams, one ambtlianCe
two cauuOn and a lot of commissafy stores
Seven men were killed on our side. The
loss on the rebel side was much greater.
We released q number of Bauks' men thai
had been captured by the rebels, and a
more thankful set of tien I never saw,
We have had no mail for ten
days, so you can tell how far Ne are from
any railroad posts About half The time
we were on rather short rati6ns, but wel
have plenty. now y. s1s -ssass 3 - q ~ ,s,4 /
Luray is the county seat of Page county.
1t lies some distance south OF Font Royal, A
is near the south fork OF The Shenandoah,
and is OutLs pike to Harrisonbntg, from
which it is distant about thirty miles. The
Eighth Ohio is in the First BtteadS- Of
Shields Division, sol
b8-FATGL ACCIDENT "a shoe king ac.
cident Occurred'ou the O. & p. Railroad
last Thursday, at Ravenus, as u coal
train was passing that place. A lad nam
ed Charles Merritt. son of widow Merritt,
aged l6years, AS is the habit with many
boys, had got on the train just above the
station, aud 10 attempting to get otf was
drawn under the trucks aud Instantly kill.
ed. The train ran, over his body which
was horribly mangled, aud both. ankles
were broken and cpt in q shocking man
ner. None OF those employed on the train
knew of the boys being on the train, OF Of
the occurrence Of The accident. This acat-
dent should be a warning 70 boys who are
in the habit Of jumping on aud OF trains
while they are in.motian; ts s,l5
bSr MCLURE HousB.-in q late visit one
Of US made to Wheeling, We were pleased
With the general improvements made in this
house since 1t has changed proprietors.-
Several small front rooms ara changed i'm
to large saloonsi.th6 pointing and IA per-
lng all giving an air Of taste, 1ueatness and
comfort; and this change gpreyades every
department ofthe House. We do NOT, de!
sign to reflect on che former manager bf
the House, but must be permitted to con-
graduate the public on the aIfable bearing
OF the present. proprietor, Mr.. Lealie aud his
gentlemanly clerks, Aessrs. Williams and
Barnes--Fairmon n National, + II
Nearly all the papers IN this section of
country have bad a good word 70 say about
Capt. Leslie and the Mcclure, and they have
told nothing but the truth. ,'t
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P9-DEATH OF Carr. SHRETs.-A letter
received on Saturday, by one of the rebel
prisoners confined in the Atheneum, an
uouuces that the famous Capt Sheets; of
Hampshire county, was killed at Port Re-
public, the other day, Capt Sheets was
daring and desperate rebel, but Federal
prisoners, whom he has arrested, represent
that he was very kind aud courteous TO
them, and that he appeared to be very
much of gentleman.
R8@MoRR PRIsoNERs.--IWo more pris-
oners, captpredby Gen. Fremont Ia his late
engagements With jackson, reached the
city in charge ofa guard on Saturday morn
ing and were committed to the Athsnaeum.
oae is James Moods, of New Orleans, and
the other is john Mccarthy of st. Louis,
No, Both belonged 70 the IT'D Louisiana
Volunteers. i..e,
b8- CAPrURE OF 4 WHEstISG REBEL,.
Brown Portee, who LETT this city with tue
sbriysr, Grays to join the rebel army, was
captured by General FremOnt's command
recently and is now In jail at.WinChesteF.
He has written home 90 his9 friends for
money, as Confederate money is no go IN
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