Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-14
FoR THE COMTNG CoNFLICr.

- ~ SS469SSE0 FEAAA EQA4l care EVERY
regiment Is in readiness TO move AZ the
shortest notice. To-uigh; all 6res are ex-
tInguishedl and every indication, which
would tell the enemy our position, strength
or movements, is carefully suppressed
Except the orders to move forward. eye.T-
thing tells us of great battle to-,aor-osy.
or soon after. The troops are all ready
and eager for the fray. Their muzkets and
ammunition are kept in perfect READINGS
! Once give tae word, and no 5odT of troeps
IN the world VIII ever exceed the alacritT
With which the righ wing of this great ar
ny will rush to tue battle field
REBEL GENERALS QUARTERS.
Opposite Meebanicsvil.e some distance to
the right of the road lea3i1g 10 Richmond
aud mounted on a commanding hill. Is an
/ elegant mansion. 1t is the cyuosare of the
hundreds who line the front of The Federal
position. Enbosomed in shruhbeFv. with
an ornameuted portIco and tastefuily dec
Grated grounds, it is marked object OF a
horizon. which shows nothing else but log
huts. woods cannon, and rebels NOT a
moment of daylight passes that this house
i rot watched, and of course almost a.
much is known as to the doings there as if
We were its posSessors- Ii is evidently the
quarters of some rebel general, s5d ne too
O0E A4E1 Ia 6Ea4EIQ- 6QSSeS
stand paving At the Eate-posfs. Orderlies
are iounging about, and aids constantly
coming and going with mesa Ees Everv
daT retiuue starts OF from II anI disap-
pears among some of the many neigh boring
Notwithstanding afterwards, though song
times at long intervals Feet horsemen
come and go, and lazy seatiaeis walk the
rounds keeping of the vulgar cfoxd
VINO the great man is who keeps such
hne house and commands SO many servants
is subject Of earnest speculation. Field
glasses hardly bring Us near enough 10 lis.
eern fenture=s OF before this the n1iads of
the soldiers, divided on this great poiut.
~ould have been put at rest If the occc-
pant really be what b seems, be has shown
Infinite taste ii the choice Of his residence,
and correct appreciation of the beautiful
is said to be al unfailing Indication of
great mind. His house is two stories high,
with an Ornamental porch surrounding it.
A eoruice. such as is universal in the North
but is seldom seen here suruounts the
walls The building is OF frame, in good
repair. aud painted white Shrubbery Of
every description seems 20 be planted in
great profusIon. The grounds are laid out
partly as lawn and partly IS garden, and
Ihoagh shut 10 the common herd, are filed
with rebel officers. This house is built in
most beautiful spot, and ii is sorrowfol
TO record that SO much elegance is devoted
TO the hatehing of foal treason.
slim coXxrssARIAT.
All officers rations are commated, and
in every division of the army is a store
called the eommissariAt, presided over bv
An ofieer detailed by that department, from
which they are expected to purchase their
food, paying the cost price for each arti-
Gle. This system is adopted because those
used to comfortable living at home cannot
be expected to subsist upon the crackers,
| pork, snd beans served opt 10 the men a
com nissary's storehouse usually contains
hams, beef, -four, bread, batter, cheese
! corn meal, preserved meats, and AL the
substautials which Gao be carried along
with the army For "A few DAYS past there
has been failure in the supply usually
( furnished from the general depot at White
/ House, and, of course, the stock on hand is
/ very low. 4 cook was sent to-day to pur-
+ chase for his mess, and this vas the coa-
/ versstioa be reported on his return empty
handed:
Have you got any aons =
'.Auy butter :"
Any bread!'
Any corn meal
swell, what have you got, then -
Whisky, sir. We have pIeaty OF whis-
| KY Don't you want some 2
This beverage not being classed among
| the eatables usually IN vogue at dinner
4 time, the cook allowed that he wouldn't
| purchase, and SO returned 10 report his bad
success to the hungry party for whom he
catered.
COmmissaTy supplies failing, the neigh
| borhood has 70 be foraged, aud the remain
| iog citizens Of Virginia are earning golden
Wages for having trusted their precious
| bodies within the Union lines. Two dol
| lars a busheI for potatoes; nv euty-five eeats
quart for milk, and fifty cents quart fer
| strawberries, are amOag the prices paid in
! gold and silver for secoud-ciass prpdarts
Of Worn-out Virginia farms
euNG THE coUsrERs1GS.
Too good story to remain untold is 90
! ing the rounds of the camp. One nignt.
atEer the eouutersign WAS on, a quarter
master, eadeavoring to enter the lines of
bis regiment, was challenged by an Irish
seutineL - =
HIATT who CONES therey"
"a friend, without tie eo1utsragu.1
| ssWR4h Wkat dye want p
/ encthe quaFterrna rnastRr, and 4 want to
get into -mS rePimeat- ana not knowing the
eeonteFsisl, sqPPoas shah hays to &c
back aud get It