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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

The above embraces vote of %, certt-
fed to our Commissioners at the Court
House, from some of our county boys at
Springfield, Hampshire county, Va, who
were recently attached to the Sd Maryland
Regiment and recruited in the neighbour
hood of BrandOuville and Bruceton Mills.
The vote in our county would have been
much larger, but the bright sunshine kept
the farmers at their ploughs, (pity but the
Convention had selected rainy day for
the election,) aud for the further reason
that our citizens, in reading the schedule.
somehow got it into their heads that the
polls would be kept open three days, which
the schedule only required to be done in
case OF the necessity therefor authorized
by the general election law. There is no
other military vote included IN the above
returns, thar the one above referred to,
aud the superstition is, that the result of
the elections held in different camps have
been returned to the Commissioners at
Wheeling. But wherever the Preston boys
in camp have voted, you will find them to
a man for the Constitution aud free State.
Whatever may be the result of the present
new State effort, the people of Preston,
will never cease striving laacfi.lly until they
are part of not only a I.e's, but a free STATE
Yonrs truly, Passion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
A week OF Anniversarles
From the New York Post Of saturday

lFFOm Ihe New York Post OF saturday.
The week which begius tomorrow will
be a week of important anniversaries.
Just as the religious societies hold their
annual festivals in May, SO our political So
cteties are able to celebrate an entire week
OF April A year ago tomorrow, the little
garrison OF Sumter was driven oct OF the
fort by the insurrectionary cannon of the
Charlestonians. One year ago Monday.
the spirit OF the nation was aroused in such
way as it never had been aroused before.
when the tale of that evacuation came to
US over the wires of the telegraph. One
year ago Tuesday, the President issued his
proclamation, calling an extraordinary
session of Congress, and asking force of
seVenty-hve thousand men. One wear ago
the 10th, Virginia and Missouri refused 10
furnish their quota of troops for the de-
fence OF the government, but New York
voted three hundred thousand dollars for
war purposes. The same day the n, Y. Hsr-
aid, which had openly supported the cause
OF the rebels. was compelled to raise the
flag of the Union,
One year ago the nth, jefferson Davis
issued his prfvRteeriug proclamation; Vir-
GINA seeded; the Star Of the West and
the North Carolina forts were seiz ed, and
SIX hundred and forty troops left Boston
ioE Tue 0OuLn' le same DAY the ELpTeSS,
the Journal Of Commerce, the Day Book,
and the Daily NelCs were visited BIZ crowds
impatient to see them hoist the flag of
their country. One year ago the 18th,
Fort Pickeus was reinforced with five hum
dred loyal men, and Harper's Ferry arsenal
set on fire to save it from the hands of the
rebels. One year ago the 10th, the Mas.
sachusetts Eighth arrived in this city, and
the Seventh regiment marched amid a ire
nlendOus coucourse down Broadway. The
Sixth Massachusetts was mobbcd in BsIti-
more, and the President issued his procIa-
nation of blockade of the Southern
ports. One year ago the goth, the great
Union demonstration, composed of over
one hundred Thousand citizens, was held
in the city of New York. Thus the week
which began the greatest era in our histo-
~ was completed.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

The irOn-clad frigate in course of con-
stFuctiOn near Philadelphia, Is progress
ing quite rapidly, some of the 44sinCh
plates having already been placed on the
bow. The work of putting the plates on
the sides Of the vessel was to have been
commenced on Tuesday. Tho plates are
bent to suit the formation of the vessel,
and but short time is required to fasten
them on the vessel, large iron screws
about two feet long being used for the
purpose Of keeping them in place. A
large number of plates for the spar deck
have already been laid.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

Is the I've border States, Missouri. Ten
nesses, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware,
the eeusgf % 1860 makes the number o,
slaves abOst 7OO, 900. Senator Henderson
of Missouri, said in recent speech. thai
the rebellion had already reduced the
slaves Of his State from 1851 900 to SO 900
and it is believed to be within the limits of
truth to say that the same causes have al.
ready reduced the number of slaves in the
i've border Stares TO 500, 600, and this
number is daily lesssnsd by the trauspOr.
tstion of the slaves southwark BY their
masters and their Eight nOrrhward. The
Frederick (Md,) Examiner, mentioning re-
cent sales of families of slaves for $500
that were lately worth $500, SAYS: 1--WE
admonished the sympashizers with the re-
bslliOu in advance. that this would be III.
consequence of the crime and follv of a.
cessiOu; but they would not heed ".
tell them now that their acts have sealed
the fate of the institution in Maryland ;,
So it vii prOve-and not IN Maryland only.
but in all the border States-aud evsu,u.
ally, We may believe, throughout all the
region cursed by this barbarism.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

CwalbingtOn Dispatch to tho New York Tim

(WaGhingtOn dispatch to The New York Tinss.)
The news of the capture of Huntsville is
OF greater Importance TO the Government
than at first appears. Efforts have been
making for long time to cut The railroad
leading from Richmond to the West, It
was expected that we should be able to do
this at Knoxville, in Tennessee, and more
recently at Salem, in Virginia, but the
news of to-day preoludes the necessity of
either of these movements in the States
named, as our gallant troops IN the West
have got possession of the game read in
Alabama, at q better point, SO that Corinth
is now completely fRnked, Rn5 Ess only
hope of escape for the rebels in Virginia IS
by way of North Carolina, and they cam
not accomplish this without engaging the
bayOnets and cannon of the brave army
under Gen. Burnside. The fifteen locomo-
tiVes and large amount Of rolling stock
found At Huntsville viii furnish the facili-
ties required for other important achieve
ments which must soon take place.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

Gen. Wallace, commanding division of
our army in Tennessee, has just issued an
order directing all company officers hAv-
ing leaves of absence 10 transmit their
swords, before their departures, TO such
noa-oommissiOaed officers of their respec.
tive companies as must necessarily be
charged with theiy duties and responsible
tiles. All such Observation-Disclosures officers
are ezhOTted 10 an energetic discharge of
the duties Of iheir absent snperiors. Their
conduct in camp oriin battle shall be noted.
TIE honor they wiz they shall receive.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
Vote orRtrchte Con,
[Rron q. Fslrnont Nn,iou,l !
The Guerrilla Warfare commenced
tn the Righter NelEhborh0od.


In the Fighter NetghbOrhOOd.
John Fighter aud a part of his guerril-
las, who escaped at the time Rihlet aud
Conway were captured, have made their
appearance in the Fighter neighborhood
OF this county, and have begun their he'll
lish system of warfare. A few days ago, one
of Capt. Showalter's men, Geo. Fleming,
went up in that section of the county to
see his parents, and in company with a
young man by the name of Downe, conclu-
ded to take stroll over the hills. They
had not gone far, however, before they
were captured by two guerrillas belonging
70 Fighters company, but by shrewd stra-
tagem effected their escape, one of them,
Mr.. Downe, bringing away with him a
splendid Mississippi rife. Capt Showal-
ter Immediately sent out part of his COM
pany to kill, capture or run them from the
field of their operations. They returned
TO camp on Thursday, and we learn that
they have succeeded in killing Ashcraft
and Barker, two of the men thar had charge
of Downe and Fleming, and two atbers
named George Sees, blacksmith ~
Boothsville, and Coffman. 1t is certain
the boys will despatch them in short order
If they can only lay eyes onthem,
We are truly panied TO have to record
these facts, and hope we shall have no
more of it to do. This guerrilla warfare
must and shall be broken up, and there
are more ways than one of doing it 1t
IS very evident to every sensible man
that were it not that these guerilla bands
have their friends and sympathizers in
our very midst, they would not modest us
with their visits. This is quite evident.
We now say therefove, that of these 'sym-
nathizers do not join the loyal people in
their efforts TO suppress this guerrilla
warfare, they should be held responsible
for the acts of those who are engaged in
1t They cannot hold themselves blame
less. 1t is no use for them to saw their
efforts would be pOwerless, for we know
better. We have men among us who. if
they were SO disposed, could suppress the
whole thing in less time and with less
danger than it takes. our soldiers to hunt
them up in the woods and kill or arrest
them At any rate, they should be re-
quired to make the trial. They have
been instrumental In leading these fell
lows away from their allegiance and
shOuld now be active in undoing their
unrlghteous work. We think this matter
deserves the attention of the military and
civil authorities. We make the sngges-
ton more in SORROW than in anger, and
without any intention of giving Offense
to any one.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

The New TURK Tribune, of yesterday
has the following notice OF MUrtOu's osls-
6rased gold pens:
During the last four months Mr.. Morton
has sent away to Our order Ten THOUSAND
Oh hnndred and Eighty-fVe Pens, each of
them % some friend who had aide6 I'd IN
extending or sustaining the circulation Of Of
the Tribune. In not moro fb6n In in.
stances have We had complaints of the
nCn.reeeiPt of the Pens thus transmit.e5
while IN barely t0O instances have we man
appraised that the Pens resolved vsre not
entirely satisfactory; and those vere
promptly replaced by Mr.. Morton. Snch 4
spontaneous tribute 10 the excellence Of
his workmanship and the care with Whfcb
ms business is transacted enables MS 10 ~
sure our friends that those who see fit %
oEaes fe9s OF him b y mail will not be dis
y Of the goods, and We heartily commend
them TO public favor.
CSee advertisement in another column. 4
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

'FHE sehOOIbOy whips his taxed tOp-ths
beardlesa youth manages his taxed horse.
with taxed bride, on taxed road -
and the dying Euglishmau, pouring his
medicine, which has paid I per cent, into
a spoon that has paid Is per cent, filings
himself back upon his chintz bed, which
has paid % per Cent.,-and expires in the
arms of an aPOthscary who has paid a liz
csnse of hundred pounds for the privilege
of putting him to death His whole urop.
erty is then Immediately taxed from 70
10 per cent Besides the probate, large
fees are demanded for burying him in the
chRncel his virtues are handed down 70
POsterity on taxed marble, and he is then
gathered TO his fathers,-to be taxed no
more" So wrote Sydney Smith. We shall
soon experience such state of things, but
must grin and bear ii.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
A Ps1ttton.

dispsich from Washington This morn
ing reads ihuz:
"NE- Cariile presented petition in favor
OF allowing the democratic papers the
same privilege OF Ihe mails as is enioyed
b. the Republican pspers."
We presume that the petition refers 10
these papers tina, have been excluded from
rue mails on account of their disloyslty,
and which are called by themselves and
their friends, Dsmoeraae papers. All 9th
er papers have just the same privilege of
the mails. Where this petition came from.
aud who it was that go, it up we cannot
conjecture.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

ME. DAY, the sometime American CORES.
Poudent of the London HeraId, has gone
'ome, and made book in disparagement
of the North and in favor of the South
especially in respect of women. he says
Il greatly prefer the soft Southern women,
with all their little foibIes and frailtiss,
-''oT'""' ct "auta6iie sensper, to their Pedan-
tic Petulant, masculine, cold and harsh
hammered sisters of the North" The
Southern women must be very soft, indeed,
to compare, in that regard, with their put
sy-headed eulOgtss. The GOODNESS of North
eru ladies he probably inferred from the
absence of the little "fraiIties" which so
much pleased him in the warmer women of
the South. De gustbus, .Fe.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

TAI Richmond Dispa,eh says, .'The Con-
federnte Government ale not prepared to
yield Tsunsssse." Well, the quicker they
prepare for the event the better they will
feel about it. AS sure as the bones Of
Andrew Jackson are buried in Tennessee
soil, so sure that soil can never be wrest-
ed from the Union which Old Hickory
loved.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

Nor many weeks ago the rebels expelled
the venerable Judge CAtron from Nash
vile for Psrsisting SO firmly in his loyalty
tn the national government He is now
shout to return to that city to try for trsa-
son the individuals who maltreated him.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

TRE Charleston As7eiITg 00@Piaia5 that
"Mr. Davis is as mOtionless as Olod. %
The Mercury ought TO rejoice 1t the fact.
When every move a man makes is a bad
one, it is certainly an improvement 70 be
mOtiouless.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
DIED.

Ye!tarday morning, a four O'Clock, Alrs ErrzA-
The fansral WIn take plaeo from the residence a.
her daughter, 1In. h. D. Brown, on ooutrS4streot,
this afternoon n tbur O'Clock.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

Vanity Fair says rank and fashion NAV
be ell very fine in time Of peace, bot ranS
and hlemnst have precedence OF them Ia
Qme Of var.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
WANTED---2OOO MULES !.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received By the un.
y dersgned, until twelve NJ, on the 34th inst, for
supplying the Quarter Masters Department with
1000 mules before the SOth day Of the
current month.
500 of the mules to be delivered to the u s. Assist
ant Quarter Master, At GalpOlis Ohio, and the bal
lance to the u s. Assistant Quarter Master, At Par
EersbuFE.
None viii be received under three years Of age and
all will be Subject to inspection, delivery by the
officers above named. Preference will be given for
broken mules.
Proposals to be endorsed .PropoS as for Mules-n
QUARFER MAsTEE's OFFICE, ! Il. X CLARY
Wheeling, Virginia, Chief Quarter Master,
April 18th, 1862 Mountain Departm't
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15

The Louisville Journal says the bitter
aud ferocious spirit OF thousands of rebel
women in Kentucky, Tennessee and other
States, is scarcely, if at all, surpassed by
that of the female monsters that sbrieked
sAd howled for victims in the French rev.
olutiou.
The Indianapolis Journal has heard it
stated as fact, that a young man, a pris-
ouer, now in Camp Morton, wrote to his
lady-loye in Kentucky, stating that it WAS
rumored that opportunity would soon be
given the prisoners to take the oath of al
legiAnee, when he would avail himself of
it and return home. The young LADY
wrote in reply that nothing could tejoice
her more than to see him again, but unless
he could be exchanged, and return ready
and wiling 70 fight for "Southeru Indepeu-
dence, she did not wish to see him, bu,
would much rather see him returned
a corpse than to see him alive after
taking the oath of allegiance. She added
that though the attachment existing be.
tween them was founded, as he well kueSv,
upon pure aud devoted love, yet it must
be broken of forever, if he consented to
take an oath to support the Lincoln Gov
ernment.r 1t is snch spirit as this run
ming through the social circles at the South
shst drives so many infatuated young men
into the rebel army. The ladies ought all
TO be for the Union, but this Kentucky lass
seems TO be for "disuniOu for tue sake OF
disuniOn." She ought 70 know better than
TO doom her lOveyer to military prison
Let him, whenever the chance offers, go
home Union man. for the motto with
keninckians used to be, aud ought now to
be, Union We stand, divided we fall
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
Latest Arrival!
Greatest Bargains yetOfered

N H1E&ttAMACk, COCHICO,
ana All the Best CalicOs, at twelve
and q haGf Cents.
tA6LL SOON ii JOHN RoEMER's, No. IS Main st,
49, SSnSLS HheeItnG, IL you wish to get great
~ yam eSln while they are going.
Fr,, ~ 6Inlost daily In receipt Of fresh supplies
oF PRIsH a you can always mud good assortment
S-h6ISSiSSSh DIZZY GOODS, foreign and domestic,
80 GuG fetatl, n the lowest cash prices-in
'AS g prices defying competition.
sooa and do not let the opportunity pass by
unsupported Very respectfully
IIs JOHN ROEMER,
--nI9 No. S8NIAln q ;, Centre wheeling.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
The Coming Election of state Omeers.


The Coming Election of state Omcers.
The Point Pleasant Register comes to us
yesterday with the following ticket flying
at its mast head:
POR GOVERNOR,
FRANCIS H. PEIRPoINT,
of Marion.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
DANIEL POLSLEY,
of Mason.
FOR ATroRNEY GENERAL,
JAMES S. WHEAT,
OF Ohio
Following this ticket comes the following
article:
At the head Of our columns will be
found the ticket for State officers, nomina-
ted by the Union men of Mason county, at
their meeting held on Monday last, the 18th
inst. The gentlemen composing that tick
ct are the present incumbeuss Of the re-
spective Offices for which they each have
been nominated. They are not seeking an
election so far as we know, or are advised,
but We doubt not they would appreciate
such compliment to their faiIhfulneSs and
efficiency
That Gov. Pierpoint is gentlemen pos
sessed Of executive talent of the very first
order, is evident from the skillful manner
in which he has piloted the old ship of
state from of the breakers on which she
was well nigh stranded, when he took hold
OF the helm. He has been weighed and
not found wanting, and grateful people
will remember the services he rendered
them in the darkest hour of their troubles;
aud delight to honor him with their conf
dence now, when the clouds that lowered
around them are passing away again by
placing him in the highest position in the
| gift of the State.
Lieut.. Gov. Polsley is a citizen of our
OWn county, and to the people who have
known him IOng..And well he needs no COM
mendatiOr from u.s. That he is emiuently
I qualified for the position which his fellow
county men have nominated him, those who
have been familiar with the workings OF
the restored State Government can best
testify. He is christian gentleman OF
Acknowledged ability, and would honor the
/ office for which he is presented.
Gen. James S. Wheat, is known in his
! own section RS lawyer second ia point OF
ability to none in the State
The ticket is one that meets our entire
! appreciation, and We intend to give it oul
hearty support.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
FROM PRESTON COUNTY.

ErNewooD, VA, April 9th, 1862.
Editors LnteIIigeneer
herewith give you a statement of the
result of the election ON the I'd inst in
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-15
LnXuriant Beantv
Iron Mill for SaIe

~ the fifteenth day Of April next between nine
y -. e31 zen O'Clock A NJ We will Oeraf public sale
At the Count House in the city Of WbeeIine Va NJ
property known as the t'WAsH1NGToN ROLITye N1I-
Win Win ne aPpurtenance4, Including coal privilege
EailTOad and sundry town lots
me ml!l ls Tor manufacturing Railroad Iron and
u. capacity Tor turning Out hundred and ruel,-
SS-H.S toGA Per week. Probably an expenditure Of
~ then I'VE hundred dollars would put il IN com
lSte mining order 1t is located one mile and
nlI below wheeling, Immediately on the enst hspE
- sHS OuAo river.
IERNS-ODe-hAf cash. and the balance in one and
~" yeAtA equal instAllments, with interes. and
81 eeS'ltItS: DRAKELEY I FENTOS.
=" 4'"i 4SoI- mh10-td
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-06-13

FRIDAY l,V I1!1z1IING, JUNE Is, 1862.
GENERAL NEWS.


soon rs the news Of the defeat Of the Confoie-
rate feet and the surrender CT the city reached
St. Francis river, Arkansas, steamer under
Gen. Uindrna11: ORDERS went up that stream
and destroyed several thousand bales Of cotton
Sona 400 bales were burned at Madison, Ark,
about 40 miles west Of Me ~phis. 1t is said
that as many as $4,000 bales Of cotton have
been burned up that river.
The Great Koh-i-noor diamond IS In the
London Exhibition. The case in which 1t lies
is gently rocked by mechanism; SO that the
Koh-i-noor is exposed in different positions to
the light, and flashes with a brilliancy before
unknown.
In the u. s. Hou:e Of Representatives, yes
terday, the committee on ways and means re-
ported back the tax bill, recommending that
the Senate amendments be non-concurred IN,
and that u committee Of conference he appoint
ed, which report was adopted. This was done
with the view Of arriving at a speedy agree
lnent between the two Houses The bill in re-
lation to the employment of convcts IN the Dis
tric5 Pententiary was amended and passed,
and the Lii providing for the construction Of u
penitentialy, jail, and house Of correction for
the District, WAS defeated, the enacting clause
having been striken out
In the o. S. Senate, yesterday, resolution
was submitted declaring that Gen. Buckner, OF
Kentucky, now in Fort Warren, ought to be
transferred to the civil authorities Of the Z. S.
to be tried for treason, ''whereof he stands IN
dicted . The resolution, how yer, after de
bate was laid over A supplement- to- the act
abolishing slavery in the District Of Columbia
was introduced, after which the Pacific railroad
bill was taken up and discussed,
The Louisville correspondent Of the \. Y ork
Herald says that Gen. Kirby Smiths reported
as marching on Nashville, that Beauregard IS
aiding the movement, and that :; portion ofthe
Confederate army lately at Corinth has been
sent to reinforce Smith.
The pistols Of Daniel O. Connell were recent
" sold at auction in London. With one OF
these, in 1855, O'Connell shot Colonel D Is
tere. An inscriptioninside the pistol-case, sta
ted that D E ;tere was promised FL, 0oo down,
ana Ct ,0Jo for life, by the Dublin Orangemcn,
if he killed O'Connal. The pistols brought
only FL l8s.
The n. Y. Posts correspondent says the
Stanley matter has been arranged. No formal
order has been sent to him, but h. has been
apprisel of the views Of the Administration,
whatever they are
The case Of Edwin James, the English bar
rister, who is charged with unprofessiona con-
L e. IL lo. il