Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-04

CARDS the fighting that was done and the
loss.
1 omitted to say yesterday that a train of
onrs, guarded by fifteen men, was captured
at Weston, Sunday morning. Il had left
Weston for Sutton, and had been ordered
to return in view of apprehended danger.
1t got back just after the rebels had got the
town and of course fell an easy prey.
The really important event of this raid
was the capture of Buckhannon. have
just had conversation with Lieut.. Samuel
Adams, of Bethany, Quartermaster of the
10th Virginia, who 1 told you yesterday
was paroled. He arrived here last evening.
His statements are substantially the same
as those obtained from citizens yesterday,
but more explicit and satisfactory. He says
the loss to the government is the heaviest
ever experienced in this part of the country.
will repeat them somewhat at length.
They had had ruinors of the attack for
two or three days, and made some little
preparation. Had an alarm on Friday and
made reconnaissance out the French Greek
road several miles but discovered nothing.
On Saturday, however, about one o'clock
the enemy came suddenly upon the town,
and they had barely time to muster Capt.
Marsh's company and Capt. Moore's piece
of a company together with the citizens to
meet them. Here must say that he con-
tradicts the statement of citizens which 1
gave you yesterday of the refusal of the
Quartermaster to distribute arms among
the citizens. Every Union man who want
ed arms was supplied. Three or four days
before, people had come in from the coun-
try and asked for guns and been refused,
unless some responsible party would re-
ceipt for them, and others whose
loyalty was suspected had like
wise been refused. a few days before
they armed company of Home Guards
from French Greek, in obedience TO an or
der from Capt. Harris; and Lieut.. Adams
had himself taken the responsibility of
giving arms to small parties in the couu-
try around, whom he knew could be trust
ed, without Instructions. He says the cit
liens had every facility afforded them in
the way of arms aud ammunition, before
the fight, and he knows many that were
armed did not go near the fight at all.
All the force that could be thus mus.
/ tered was sent out to the South side of the
| town where the French Greek pike came in,
and disposed as advantageously as they
could be to receive the enemy. A squad
of cavalry first appeared upon an elevation,
while some three or four hundred dismount-
ed behind it and came in as infantry, CD the
TANKS. A spirited fight ensued, in which our
men acted bravely, and were afterwards
complimeut5d by the rebels for their con-
duct. Captain Marsh, Adjutant Bough-
ner, and Captain Moore, deserve praise for
their conduct and bearing. Lieut.. Adams
was busy sending forward ammunition
aud dispatching to Gen. Kelly. Within a
| half hour our little force was overpOwered
aud some thirty captured. On our side
there were some Eve or six. of Capt Moores'
men wounded, and one of them named
Black, died. or Capt. Marsh's company, two
were MORALLY wounded, one of whom,
Henry Digit, has since died. Tho others
name was Rose. He had some half a dozen
others wounded, but not seriously. Jen-
kins himself told the Lieutenant that our
men fought as bravely as any men could
fight and only lacked numbers. After the
Lieutenant was captured The could have
escaped but his family was there and he
would not go and leave them,) he was Ia.
ken to Jenkins and was introduced to hin
as to "Gen. jenkins" who questioned him
closely about the force here and at Yves.
ton. Everything was taken from him ex.
cept the suit on his back. They took al
his private papers, about 5000 in money
even his pocket knife. They went to his
Office where there was a lot of clothing and
supplied themselves with all they could
carry, and burned the rest, They appear.
ed to be posted rs to everything he had
and the General then told him, said
he: ''the next thing want you tc
deliver up is.those Enfield rifles, you have
Tho Enfield rifles, about 200 of them, were
pointed out, and the rebels took them auC
armed all their men who had inferior guns
which they piled up and burned. They
took as much ammunition as the men coalC
carry, and burned the rest in the street,
They then demanded of the Lieutenant t.
deliver up the Quartermaster's and Com,
missary stores, being under the impression
that he was Post Quartermnster. (ThI
Post Quartermaster was an agent of Capt
Huntingdon of this post, and the store
were under his control. Lieut.. Adams haC
been Quartermaster of the post, but at thi!
time was acting merely as QWartermaster o
his regiment, the 1Oth.) AS soon as tn,
Lieutenant showed them where the stores
were they began on the clothing, of which
there was very large lot in the Cour
House-the largest at any post in this re-
gion-aud just went in pell nell, every fell
low for himself, and took every thing theS
could wear and carry,-overcoats, pants
shirts, drawers, blouses, dress coats, socks
and boots. They also took some cavalry
sabres aud saddles. They next went to til,
Quartermaster's and Commissary depart.
ments, took what they wanted and
distributed coffee and provisions among
the secessionists around town, who
had very suddenly become right plenty
What they could not carry and the citizen.
did not take, they took into the street aud
destroyed. Next they went to the ordnance
department About three thousand stand
of arms were stored away in the Court.
House and hospital. They took all these
into the street and burned them. They
also destroyed considerable lot of ammu.
milton for muskets and large quantity fol
six pound aud ten pound guns. These
ordnance stores were under control of Ma
jor Constable. Two days before the raid
they were ordered to be moved, but they
were all loose, and it would have taken
nearer two weeks to have got them ready