Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-08


Death OF REV. Usrdon BatteIIs.
- The Rev ST. Martin received yesterday
4 dispatch announcing the death Of this
sIesll,ut man. the late Chaplain Of the l,t
yirgiaiA Regiment. lie died at Washing.
ton City yesterday morning. Of camp fever,
after prolraeled illnsis OF several weeks.
lie was III when he LEFT bis home here to
rrjoin BIZ, regiment. Every one observed
bis wasted appearance, and hiS friend, were
anxious that he should wait lor better
health before leaving But Ike the earn
est man hr was, he would not subject him
self to the stay at home suspicion 50 COM
mon these days ia connection with army
msn. lie lsn determined to regain bis
health 10 the discharge Of bis duties, or
elss not ut all.
Poor mAn, he died at bI, post at tue hos
pitfalls, Ia Washington, where so many Of our
sick and woundrd ATE under treatment. lie
labOred there as physician to their bodies
and souls, Had laid down his lite as sac.
ridee to the cause Of his eountry.
We ars sure that he died a happy death,
for he lived blamsle,s life. And we are
sure that death at BIZ, post in the service
OF the cause he loved ~ we'll, was the one
above all others that he would have cbo.
sen. lie was Christian soldier-dcvoted
byAll his pbilanthropic aud religious hopes
and convictions to the success Of the glori.
Gus cause Of the Union.
Mr.. Bittcle was a man orremarkablc en-.
dowmeuu. He had M ereeIlenIly organ
izsd constitution. lie had clear, strong
aud very acute mind, and To it was united
the very s;rongestsoeisl qualities. lie was
man Of no pretentioos-uo assumptions
10 the least dcgrce-bat always open, eau.
did and genial. His powers Of memory
were very astonishing. 10 the peculiar
field In which this paper has Iabored for
ysarI past he took the liveliest interest
and at tue outbreak OF this rebellion h,
wrote several articles which were published
Ia tract form, aud in the circulation oil
which throughout the Mountain counties be
aided US largely, aud mainly by his person.
al reeollcctions He dictated aud directed
names By tue hour, and time aud again he
sat with US through !he greater part Of
the night endeavorinE to 10 all in hi,
power to shed light aud knowledge in the
Out.Of-tbe.way places in Western Virginia
He was deysted heart aud soul to the in.
teresu Of Western Virginia, aud she has
lost 10 him perhap, the nblest and most
earnest friend she had. lie knew the pco.
pie thoroughly having travelled among
them as Methodist minister for TWEEN
ty-6re years. As member, for this
county, of the Constitutional Convention.
his name is familiar to all our readers. The
BaItells resolutions will live in the history
of the rebellion, aud many reader III
West Virginia, in after times, when the
fruit OF those resolutions shall Overspread
aud bless our counties, will thank God fol
the lite Of Gordon Battelle.
We write at length concerning our
friend. He deserves all that we have said
about him, aud more. His life was a pub.
lie lite, aud Que Of sslt.denying usefulness
he bad no small ambitious-not one but
tried to live a practical, useful, everyday
religious life. Unlike most clcrgymeu, he
had no clerical disliuctiveness or ezclu.
siveuesS Of eharacter-but after the motto
Of Bacon, "tOOk all knowledge for his prov.
iuss"-and'llks the preacher OF Ecclesias.
ties, taught the people knowledge in every
variety Of useful way.
He neither courted or Stunned politics,
and his well.balauesd mind, so well stored
with solid information, was always discrec.
NtO when aud how be should speak, He
bad no more admirable trait of character
than bis rare ability to DO everything in a
proper aud effective way.
As a citizen, devoted to the cause Of
Western Virginia, We deplOre his los.
greatly, But still more do We deplOre i,
as apstriOs, who bad done aud was dOiuE
devoted service in the common cause oil
the country. Peace aud honor to hi.
memory.