Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-10
YANkEEvILLE, April q, lse2.

take /. from copy Of the Mobile Ne,es
now before us:
YAxkzEyIbbE, april %, 1861.
7g1 NJ Dear StyfeT LAS 1t may be very
long time before we again have an oppor-
thnitg Of writtngttO yoa. Mni has made US
all promise TO drop you a line; so il a
rather corpulent budget comes to hand,
(proYid Edit Is not kidnapped in the mean
Z time; idoa't be frjG btenel. EOu see by the
the date of my letter that We have moyed
family, house, servants, and all-intO
Yankee land. We are only about thOus-
and miles farther from you than when VIZ
: lived in Huntsville. Its not quite easy
70 receive letters from ones friends, nor 10
send any Oh 70 them. indeed, the portion
Of the United States which We live IN now
is decidedly one OF the most cut ot-tbe
way places ! have seen. Aiho9Rn the
gcAts seem tofuR reg 9iarlYs there IS neTeT
breath Of news TO giadden our hearts
no-maiI, and 90 passengers but. soldiers!
: The people here dou LaIloW sNhtto travel
on the cars bat soldiers. declare I have
not sseen-p newspaper Tor Two weeks. and
eEpfgtsifI wete 70 see Jog COW ! should
regard It rs supernatural appearance,
and be frightened TO death.
The Rev. Mr.. -- is mere, aud preach
ca. for us every Sunday ;-bat he is not SO
partial to the President of the Confederate
STATES that be cannot leave him out of his
prayers Shch necessary He gets along
very Peacesbly with the people. Last Sun
day no prayed that the Lori would look
upon US in mercy AS We then stood before
him-poiitical enemies. The church Was
. half Oiled with 0fisees aud high privales,
all bedizztntd nutin blue broad cloth and
gold lace and rassels, brass buttons aud
black feaIhers-siraage 10 say, looking as
calm and COLLECTED, after their sgitated per
formsnces OF the past week, pan of
bultcrmifk. YOu'shOuld see them M they
troop past the gate sometimes, on horse
- hack, forty or fifty of them together, with
their murderous looking spurs attached to
their heels great long swords encased in
brass Aad dangling with terrific CiaInor
-. Rgainstlhe hoEsvs. sides. vide Isathern CIR
die, With iBnumerrble dirks, pistols and
bowie knives attached therenutO, they IL
like maGusr clashiuH against each other
With unmitigated fdfy-AlEuf which, with
the Gathering Of the hOrses' boofs "upOn
the stony street. serve to produce 40 eff
feet so horribly frightfpl that our faces are
fsveF.hianched with terror, and So inaliuct.
lively pull oursun-bonnetsoV eE0ar facesa
.opour ears with our fingers, that we may
saut cut as much as possible the terrifying
aud hUmitAliDg pVise. AnilbeyHr truly IA
bravo set and look "a much like conquerOrs.
Napoleon himself could not have horne his
'blushing honOrs' more gracefully than do
these victorious Yankees! Aud, in trath,
they have reason To look like sictors; for
did they not perform the unparalleled ex-
PiOir OF t1king the city of huntsville, with
- aceountssOf which all the Northern papers
are tRaming2 A city strongly fortified with
the mostimpeneCrable brick houses daring
women, undaunted children aud furious
A. bulldogs, the whole surrounded by a ma
tural paEapet Of earth, stones and giant
trees, impervioms alike to sLeii, ball or
a L ~ r.Ns
- completion OF which, l must add, has oc.
dupied. the citizens of Huntsville thirty
years. these wonderful conquerors have
made their way, and are now in possession
OF tHiss Hmodefn GihFaltAr.r | will, how
ever, say, for the ediicRtion of such AS may
haRe1pad lCiends or relatives concerned ia
this Ghair, that not a drop of blood was
Bpilti tho trees, finding they We're over
powered by, numbers. gave way aud allowed
the enemy TO pass unharmed; the stoHss,
in like manuaT, relreated from "CAmp
Sinai aud tOdk up more desirable posi-
ton near Fort Retreat" which lie. near
the base Of the mountain the darliug NO.
men retired TO their castles, whilst COM
promise WGs entered into by the furious
bulldogs and undHppted children. and 4.
temporary armis;iG5 decided upon-lhe
enemy, meanwhile, walking in and piteL-
8 ing thNirtents. i cannot but think, when
look upon them, crowned with their fresh
ely won ianrels, OF thOIriShman, who, walk
. log up To- q dead man on the bat.lS field,
b.ldly emit OF his head and held it up ia
Triumph, and had much ado to persuade
himself that It was in reality he, PAT, who
had performed the wonderful feat =
s.f The enamy have since their arrivalin the
place, proceeded to lay waste all the plan
IAtions within their Jurisdiction. The
third mOrDing after their advent, they
marched, well ARMED and equipped to Gen.
VS. plantation, where they succeeded
IN capturing allth corn and bacon on the
place comprising thirty or forty wagon
lOads,l and also taking prisoners eighteen
or twenty wild and spirited horses and
mules, who defended the place aud them
selves AZ we'll as could have been expected,
and made all the resistance in their power
On another OCCASION party Of them went
TO Gen. g. P--'s dwelling house, when
the family were all absent, and took pos
aeSsion of all the daguerreoEypes, iewelry
and numerous other little trinkSts aud toys
upon the etegere; --'s house shared
the Same fate, the sentinel bei6g off
guard
A cavalry company laid siege to Major
C's ',iOEtifoationsp aud took a large amount
Of ammunition in the shape OF preserves
aud pickles. ARj. G's ihs regiment of
- feather beds and mattresses were COM
pletely cut to pieces In the ARRAY; and
never did nobleT set Of fellows perish;
s. many silent tear will be dropped in tri6
ulatiop 70 their memory, as the story of
their mobile resistance and iglOminioXs
death Is read. Oh! what have not these
villains 10 answer for? They say they are
determined TO set Gre to this noble struc-
tnre before they leave, aud have also dcci-
- ded, by council OF war, that Senator C's
''l1Af6ls palace ON Mars hin shall be IA.
szsRSd TO the ground. Sol you see they spread
tl.ateFror and DEVASTATION yrherexrr thtr- M.