Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-05


There has been no engagement here yet |
that he is aware of-at least none with the |
rebels. A heavy raid has been made here |
upon rotgut whiskey, and is still going on. |
Colonel Wilkinson charged on it with u
printed notice to tavern keepers that If they |
sold whiskey to either citizens or soldiers, |
(which of course included everybody but |
officers, the said liquor would be tconfis- |
Gated" am led to suppose that the order |
was violated, for every time happened to
be in at any of the bar-rooms (which was
frequently some of the officers were there
engaged in the work of "confiscation."-l
The process is somewhat peculiar great
improvement on the old style. 0rpheus
Kerr calls it "takiDg the OATH" The liquor
is not poured out on the floor, or on the
ground, or into tue cutters by wholesale,
as in some pIaces. 1t is poured out into
small tumblers and swallowed by the con-
hseators, along with occasional admixtures
of sugar to make the task agreeable. One
regularity of this confiscation was that
the owners were rewarded with small
quantities of lucre as the work went on;
another was that the officers all came
lin to take turns ut the task; and au-
other was that they always came in and
went out at the back door, which was in
advertently left open, though the front
door was kept carefully locked. think
the job was considered arduous, for citi-
zens were not nnfrcquently called in to
assist-always with due caution, of course.
4 A poor devil of common soldier who
confiscated more than he could conceal,
was sent to jail. Why not? As there is
quite heavy stock of whiskey here, it will
take some time to contiscate it all, but
those at present engaged at it will get
through the job about as soon as any that
could be employed. A waggish soldier
who was dry, and could get "not drop to
drink" was cruel enough to say this morn
ing that the confiscation order was issued
because tie stock of whiskey was getting
low, and the officers were afraid it would
, give out before fresh supply could be OBJ
tanned, unless the consumption became less
miscellaneous. was much impressed by
a rebuke administered by an official wear
ing the shoulder-straps of lieutenant, who
: sways a good deal of little brief authority
round here just now, to a released prison.
. er who had heen arrested when drunk
The released party had gone into ths bsr-
room of the principal hotel" rs Captain
Leib styles it, to see the host on business.
1t SO happened that the officer who released
him was taking his turn ut the bar in the
work of coniscation. He desisted few
} minutes, ADD recognizing the party afore.
said, turned to him and proceeded to re-
chpituldL6 10 nun tut Terms upon WHICH
he had been released, one condition of
which was that he should "look not upon
: the wine when it is red-when it giYeth
e its color in the cup" "for," said he, "if /
fnd you drinking any, or getting drunk, /
will put you right back where you came
m,n-after which he confscated tum-
bier full without sugar. Oh course the ad.
e monished party skunk away abashed aud
mortified that he had ever dared harbor a
weakness for "suthin' strong" For my
part couldn't "See it, aud don't yet
These observations in regard to officers do
not apply, he it SAID, TO the officers of the
. Twelfth.
Believe me, confscation is popular here,
Garlic to tue contrary Notwithstanding,
, and Col. Wilkinson's plan is considered
/ the best.
The prevalent belief here this morning
is that CiarksburE will hardly be captured
for day or two. The draft OF General
! jenkins on this place has been postponed
Indefinitely, perhaps. When last heard
from, the tails of his horses were turned in
this direction, aud his face was set brave
, ly westward. He had occupied Chenille,
the capital of Gilmer county, and was
: supposed to be looking around for new
towns to conquer. Some little conjecture
is iudulged as TO where he will next Craze
his horses. Some affect to believe it will
b9 on the banks of the little Kanawha. and
that PArkersbuTg will be the theatre of his
, next conquest. II so, it is to be hoped
that somebody will lend your friend Whar-
ton a horse, not to escape on, but that he
may ride around and arouse the people to
a sense of their danger; and if Jenk. does
go to Parkersburg, you ought to protest
that Judge Jackson snail not be blamed
this time for getting up an excitement A
sufficient reason will be that the Judge
will not likely be there.
But, seriously, there are some apprehen-
sions here that this daring baud of rebels
may take off at an angle, and run down on.
to the N. w. Va. r. R., either TO destroy
r it at some point or to move on Parkers-
, burg, or both. 1t was under this appre-
hension that Mulligau left his tents stand
ing and went in that direction last night
Nothing has transpired, | understand, but
, there is wholesome fear that something
may.
Meanwhile, jenkins goes on conquering
and to conquest with none to dispute his
progress menace his rear. He moves
with such celebrity that it would be at least
useless to conjecture his precise wherea-
bouts just now; for he might very unex-
pectedly turn upin some unlocked for di-
rection. If 1 might risk conjecture, it
would be that he will neither make a de-
scent on the Northwestern Virginia road
nor a raid on Parkersburg. 1t was proba-
bly, not the intention when he left his
mountain Businesses. Doubtless he achie-
we'd one of his main purposes when he
took, carried away and destroyed the inn
mense government stores at Buckhauuon.
The other he is now accomplishing, in ira
Versing the region of country through
which he is now passing, and affording an
opportunity to the friends of the Southern
rebellion to join his standard and escape.
"Liucoln's draft" Many are doing so.-
Indeed, he must be receiving large Access
} sions of men from all accounts, while he
steals enough good horses to mount them,
and plumbers our posts of arms and ammu-
uitiou to equip them. without doubt,