Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-27
FROM aIILRoY,s DIVISION.
PBfsRsBURs; HARDY Co. Wssr VA, /
December %, 1869
Editors hteIliatneer;

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Editors Intelligeneer; - ,,.E
The patriotic and heroic sold Gray Ea..
gle, with The most of his division, is
traTersiugi the mountains and valleys iu
this region Of rebeldom in search of soma
thing to fight, or in his own words, sis,
here TO make things that are crooked strait.
Acting Gen. iWashburn, with the Third
Brigade, commands this post. Gluseret,
with a force OF "many,' thousands bias gone
iover.into the valley onls visit to the town,
of Winchester and the regions thereabouts.,
He isttully prepared to give the opposing.
forces u loud and warm greeting. He will
give good account of himself When,heard
from. 7-s-i.. sls ~. sd ssaiiI,..t ~. al eii5r.
The natives here and in the surrounding
county are almost to a man 4.secesh" in
their!prooliyitIes. The negroes, what few
Of them remain, are loyal and gave us,A
hearty welcome, Being taught in the
aAbolition school of Ailroy" we were 20.
ing 10 say the tvEite men are generally reb-
els and the cOtOrsd men loyal, but cut of
respect for the Wheeling Press We will not
class them among men, but say these "ne-
gro chAttels" are loyal and ready to give
any Information they possess to aid the
Union forces. These "chattles, suppose,
have no more sense, and We must impute
their lyalty to- their ignorance, while their
superior white lords who say, "tharn for
there, "kinn for can, emo" for more, aud
"gRinen for going, having been enlfghten-
ed and i'schooled" by such treachers as
the editor Of the Wheeling Press. are fit for
treason, 'trategems, and spoilapa
!. We are. very active in Securing this en-
tire country with our scouts. we make a
great many !" abolition" moves One party
is sent out to bring in Il secesh' rails 10
kindle patriotic camp. fires, another, 70
press into the service rebel hay and corn,
another, to pick OF or bring in bush
whackers, and still others to invade snch
towns as Franklin. Each Of these parties
do the work assigned them efficiently and
thoroughly. Forty prisoners, a irsecesh',
mail, tons OF hay, loads OF corn, aud
1housands of rails were brought In the
other day Aedlthe result of oartt' abolition
seA6ot.H Why sir, when We cRmeshere5we
were SO thoroughly G6olitionizeI, that one
Of our reglmsntsI actually sucamped ON a
rebel wheat 6eld tramping out all Fhis
wheat BY some tseehs sth6 soidisfs aud
officers in this division have become con.
yinced that mild teatmeat will never put
down this rebellion, and would as soon
think of patting mad dog on the head in
ordest to conciliate him, as TO win the rebels
by the policy. of protecting their property
That delectable sheet, the Wheeling
Prtsss. that cries not, for the-spacs,of two
houfs'bnt its life l5b &, sF3feat & Cd 1Woolly
God Of Slavery ~ that morning, noon Md
night bows at-the shrips OF this woolly
Deity and offers the worship OF howls at,
loyal Generals and Gods mfailfefs, I is
with us no more. "A stray sheet OCCASION !,
ally wanders Into camp, like The devils cast
out of the man int6s dry pIdetS,S seskipE
rest bus finding nome, Not content with
splitting IT'S p6stitsrods spite ii Gen. Mil
roy, 1t pttches into the ministry as, being
abolitioniEed aud as curses to the country
and age, by whAtit terms political preach
ingsl Well noW,his hoWls 6tith9 ministry
arc only the re-eehoes OF. the wicked AhAbs
Who said 70 the Prophet, art thou de-,
that lroubleth IsEealI" its only the cry Of
the prosecutors of all the Prophets who da-i
red to speak of the nbtional sins OF .lsreal.
IT'S only % cry Of, the bloody Nero Who.
set Rome on fire. and theasorieinAted the
story shat the christians did ii; It's only.
the cry Of the devils In ID days Of. Christ,
who said Let MS alone, art thou, come to
torment us before 4hea timeia Political
Epreaebetsl ? And Whyf Because they will
not get down amid the perfnmefy Of his
scented Deity and yo1ship7at the shrine Of
the Woody God There u Il In q nutshell;
- Political pfekEhing l1iEhy fhetei d. not
q precepte lathe Moral Decnlogns but, pole
ticiAnstmayg lbaptisel inatheir winters, Aud
then, Il q minister ton ehss mp on Hose pres
Eeepis thus poIiticaliEed, heFis ~ political
preacher and g curse % the eountsy and
age. "A minister may preach against pdlyks