Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-07
The Army in western virginia.
oheat nIounlaln DlvIsIen.
Correspondence Ofthe Cincinnati Gazette.
BueKnANNoN, Va. o. I'd,

Correspondence Ofthe Cincinnati Gazette.
BucKHANSoN, Va, Oct ~.
The ground once gone over by the "yOuDg
Napoleon" upon his "first advent" on to
the ''sacred soil" of Virginia, is now being
re-trodien and reoccupied by the forces
under command Of the "Old Grey Eagle"
Gen. Milroy. The I'd, Sd, 9th and 18th Vir-
ginia, and the s7th Pennsylvania, besides
two batteries of artillery, are already here
while the 10th Ohio is on the road from
Olarksburg, and will reach this place to-
day. 1t is also stated that General Crooks
brigade is on the route from Weston, and
will be here before many days. Gen. Mil
roy, who is now in command of the "Cheat
Mountain Division" is ut present making
his headquarters in Buckhannon, and Of
course, this becomes rather a centre or
"base" of military movements for this part
of the State.
Tue concentration of so large force at
this point. would seem to Indicate some
improvements in this direction, and
such was doubtless the original object bot
tue lateness OF the seusou, and a very con-
siderable deficiency in transportation, may
raise mouutNiu of difficulties, which even
the tireless energy of Milroy viii not be
able to surmOunt. The public may rest
assured, however, that il anything can be
effected toward campaign in the Noun
tain Division at this season of the year, it
will most certainly be done under the pres
cnt commander. As the cpeople-including
the rebels-arc generally aware, Geu. Mil,
roy is "fghting man." In his Judgment,
the commander who would causelCssly pro-
long the war, or through negligence, or II
mistaken tenderness" toward rebels, fail
TO press Nn advantage against them, is so
1n
it II waste of time TO ascertain the difference
between them. Tue General would carry
the war home to traitors by every means
that civilized warfare will allow, and he
would punish tue Infamous leaders of this
rebellion, whenever caught, by immediate
and ignominious death. He looks upon
treason in the same light that the laws of
all civilized nations view it--Is n war
against society involving every crime
known TO human MISUNDERSTANDING, IN
the present case, not only at the best Gov
ernment the world ever saw, but, also, at
the highest aud hOliest hopes of humanity,
and therefore justly meritiug the severest
punishment known to the criminal code
&c is conscious that all civilization is uni
ted in pronouncipg death MS the doom of
the traitor; and in his administration of
military affairs he would give the penalty
known in the conduct of the war. While
the rebels have hung hundreds and thous-
ands of good aud truc men, for no
reason, real or alleged, other than 10y
atty to the United States, to the shnne
and disgrace of the Government, in no
single instance have these foul murders
been avenged by tho execution, of men di.
rcctly responsible for such acts, although
hundreds of them have been in our hands.
The General would change this state Of al.
fairs. The burdens of war-the bloody ar
bitter forced upon the Government by the
red handed parrieides who would destroy
1.-THE hardships, horrors, the terrible de-
vastatiou and desolGtion inseparably con-
nected with such aconditi0n of things-he
would put upon the actors in, and the aid.
ers aud abettors OF, this most causeless and
atrocious of all wars, which our race has
yet seen. The miserable, puerile ''cou-
ciliation" policy, originated aud ad dyocated
by men whose regard for armed traitors is
greater than their love for our Government,
and which has so nearly made our cause
hopeless, he would reVolutionize, by in.
fusiDg nm energy and spirit into tho ope-
rations of the war, which, with the "grand
army" now the second line furnished by
noble and loyal people, would ingure
the speedy crushing of the rebellion by
physical force The "strategy" of cOaNing
an armed and victorious mob, he utter
| ~ discards. The false, sick hearted senti.
mentality which regards traitor with the
blood of loyal men upon his guilty head,
as an ''erriug brother" TO be pampered and
faRned upon until treason becomes more
honorablethan patriotism, la ,as YET, ,Eound
nosoft place eitherin the noble sOld Grey
Eagles head or heart He loves neither
the traitor nor the treason, He believes
that both must be utterly crushed-not By
yielding to tho Internal conspiracy which
has led in this carnival of bloody treason
not " entbrohing eonsummated treach
cry aud Rendisb murder in the Constitution
of our country-6ue by the power aud ter.
lrible vengeance of au outraged aud iindig-
nant people, fully aroused, to the untold
Importance of the great Struggle in which
they are engaged. In short, he would have
war with all its sanguinary horrors-wRr
in earncst-tilI the insuIted maiesty of our
Government is viudicated-its authority
fully estabifshed-or till the loyal people
go down in crimson tide of their own
blood, in an heroic attempt to maintaiu
American institutions, aud with, them, n
constitutional liberty. = fi'+'@
THE Presidents PROCLAMATION.
The intense earnestness OF the great mass
of the army in their efforts to 'ssubjughte"
the rebellion, is strongly manifested by the
reception which the above document meets.
among Western Virginia soldiers. Many of
thep-doubtless a large majority men