Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-24

ment, is another one who comes forward
to the execution of the high trust reposed
IN him. with az astonishing ability, show
ing that he ID the man for the times. He
takes holdHOf the business of his depart-
ment with the sI0ll of master Borku1Snt.
aud conducts II as systematically as the
Workings of we'll regulated machine.
which Indeed it truly is in his skillful
tlandss He ts another man for the emer-
Maj. Gen. George B. Mcclellan, Com
n man n ssr7ln-Ghtefi of the Armies of the
United States demands our attention.
lt,FeTtous 70 this iwar5it was not knoWnthat
he possessed any extraordinary military
talents He had received a military edti-
cation and had acquitted himself with
credit an whatever position be had beeu
placed. but the keen eye of the veteran
nero, General Scott, saw in him the man
Iortne tunes, and having himself to Yield to
physical infrmtties, recommended MeCleI..
ian for the important and responsible sta.
ton which he. now occupies, and the
duties of which he discharges so faith
lnlIy.s He lis another man for the emcr-
gency. .s.z......
The Tenth' Virginia Regiment.
WESTON, VA, Feb. 18th.
Editors Iattliigencer:
In your issue of the ITtlia inst+san artiols
appears headed ttLocNtioh of Virginia SoI..
disrs," In which gross injustice Is done to-
one OF the hardest-working, and most pa
triotic sons of Yirginia-one who has
given his time and means to the great
cause of the Union. alIuie TO Col j. nj.
yarns, a I0th Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
The Tenth, Col Harris, exists only. in
the Imagination of about one hundred en-
tauslastlc individuals who belong to it.p5s
Now, Messrs Editors, can harllytbe.
IleTe that the above einahated from yourI
own PEN Lut believe you have BeenSim-
posed, on by some aspiriusindividuai who.
has made use of your valuable and widely.
circulated paper to serve his own ends.
~ % SNOW you that the Tenth does exist
not "only in the Imagination of about one
hundred individuals,' but ON our from
tier, give you the location OF fbe f,fil
Companies, who have been doing Gooti ser.
vice IN surprising that most h6Frid of all
warfare, "Bush Whackihg.r Co. A isi
stationed at Sutton, Co. b at the head ofI
Buckhannon River, Co. C at GleuviIle, 90.
u at Weston and Co. e at Sutton. Now
uoes this look like zone hundred" tn ad-
N'ssNu " buSuA luGEe are some eight or ten
companies, now forming with more or less
prospect of success. 80 % d.
The Company at Glcnvills has been.
IN several actions with bands Of narau :
ders and have always left the field vieto-
rious. AS the paragraph appears to be in
tended for slur upon Coz. Harris, you
will excuse an "enthusiastic individosl ),
in saying that Western Virginia has nGver
produced; more ardent Union man. or
one whose whole SOULS more insthe cansc
Of suPpresstng Instantaneous rebsllion.-
Col .Hnrris7hEs been untiriuglfn his efforts
20 arouse tue people of Braxton, GiImer.
and Lewis countiestO sense of their du-
" toltheir country. And must saw he
has succeeded beyond his most sauguine
expectations. Every day VIC SEQ men who
. short time siace were avowed secession
lists coming over to the sideoF the "nightyn
aud chllsting to defend our glorious tiag.
The enlisting frver,is hig 81 and t6e5s0o1c
and sinewn of this and surrounding conn
ties is rallying around the stars and
stripes, and are filing up tho ranks OIL
those companies which have so long been
struggling for existence.
BY inserting this in your columns Won
Will repair an injury {unintentionai on
yonr Part,9 done a self sacrificing citizen
and oblige.
.An snthusiGstie indioiduaI s6o 5eion1s
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