Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-22
From the Flr.t vlrg,nla regiment,
Rditors Eat.Riasnesr

IrleBQs Al once OIL our country cause ana
of the soldiers wounded in the late battle
near Winchester, few TO their relief is
worthy Of all praise. It vas in an al
most incredibly brief space that hospital
stores and supplies OF all kinds, and in
great abundance, vas poured IA from all
loyal sections OF the country. for the COM
fort OF the men / an happy to say that
the city of Wheeling Vas not UurepreSent-
Cd in this good work. Yonr toWnsman,
Jacob HoCnbrOok, Esq, whose praise IS 10
the heArIs and on the lips Of every aFirst
Virginia boy, vas most opportunity and
speedily oa hand, as is his wont, with the
substantial tokens OF the kindness of your
PecH.e- This IS nos the 6sst instance, by
god many, cf the seli-SAeri6einS be-
neUolezee Of this geaJiemAn for the bene-
ST Of she soldier; an3 II IS but meet that
there shoald be made this public reoOgai-
tea Of his services IN oar behalf He ESs
o. his ooeassoa aatielPatei by two other
representatives Of The good viii Of your
/ people-MrS Holiday and Mrs Mccoy, of
yoGr city, who hope Will take no offence
AZ this pnSliS mention Of their names. and
whose 2etive sympathy and transformations
beS1oWueat OF their services aud gifts,
accomplished, / doa6T net, for many 8
SOanded stranger, Whist surgery AID nesli-
cine could lot DO. Nay they each have
ihas highest reward which comes from the
Performance of eOOi actions.
WHAT EoVSpED sEcEsz THoCaar OF
SOM OF Els EOU.D-sE FRIENDS.
The wounded rebels len on the battle
field we're taken 20 the hospitals aud as
elsewhere. and treated ia all respects By
surgeons, nurses and Union visitors pre-
cisely as were their Own men. But the
secessioaistS OF Winchester, a. elvhere,
carrying their petty malice into the place
where smong civilized people the distiuc-
lions between friend and foe are lost in
the near presence of the dead and diving,
carefully singled ont their own wounded
soldiers in their attentions and gifts, in Ut
ter contempt Of all others. 4 person came
with rare dsheaeies and sKeetmeats 10 the
side of wounded Confederate officer who
had observed this carefully passing by OH
trs. His reply to her tender OF what she
ohered, WAS = noble one, secessicuists as
he was NO madam. I am treated BY the
authorities aud attendants Of this hospital
precisely as they treat their own men; il
you have nothing for deia you have nothing
for Els-7 Nor did he touch single article
/ thus presented TO him.
wzAT sOxE OF rae PEOPLE OF rae VALLEY
/ SAY.
! from @AEuoSpurg 10 lhtS point, our
/ troops have been met with NOT mauV evil
denees OF loyalty. But it is quite certain
/ that very many of the inhabitants we're
| originally for the Union, and would be so
nov, but for the crushing influence of the
military domination with which they have
/ been oVerrun and coEed down for year
past Many OF the men are willingly or
unEiiliugiy in tue rebel army and with
some others there are, as yet, many Iinger-
ing evidences Of the condition of abe
| t~eenity' into which they sometime ago
( fell. But there are others-the middle
men-oEning small farms worked by their
own hands aud those of their sons, who
are beginning TO see that they have been
terribly imposed upon by the rebel lead
ers, and who are learning by their bitter
experience of secession, what world of
mere theory would never have taught them.
Glow was the vote on the ordinance of Sc
cessiou in this region ?" the writer asked
the other day, Of the keeper of a public
house down the road. Just as you might
expect" said he, with the whole country
sWarmiug With armed soldiers, when 10
vote against the ordinance was as much as
a mans life was WORTH s'Did YOU get
much of the Confederate scrip in youF
| business i'Much more than / wanted :
but there was no help for il; we were
compelled to either take it, or be arrested
tor refusing, or waive the collection of our
dues altogether. When change was want
ed, adopted the latter alternative in hun
dreds of instances" Is not this getting
ones nights with a Vengeance! But
there is no doubt that this very bogus mo-
ney, utterly spurious as is the basison which
itrests, has hitherto been, in more ways than
one. an element of strength TO the rebel
cause. Nearly all the-people have it, some
more, some less-and Whethe r they received
II Willinglyor unWillingly, the temptation Of
the holders Is to desire the success of the
scheme upon which the value of their serip
so wholly depends This feeling will.
probably, continue in some Instances to
overcome the patriotism Of the people, until
the whole concern, as it soon will. come
down with crash. Others lower down
the Valley, of the class above alluded to,
! said 10 Us, i've haTn't much learning: we
have been accustomed to receive our to-
formation on politics from our leading DO
litical men. They told Us we must 20 with
our State, and gave US the most horrible
pictures of the Infections of the Federal
Government in reference TO us. We have
long since discovered the cruel deception
that was practieed upon Us. WeneTer had
any rights that were endangered, aud We
| hail the advance of your armies as the haF-
binger of the restoration to us of Law. or.
der and good government" There is much
food for reflection in what we see and hear
in this region. have no time to indulge
IN them now, one thing is obTious-had
the subject been fairly understood by the
Elasses, secession never would have gained
foothold in Virginia Let the opponents
of Free Schools put this fact in their pipe
aud smoke i'll
SHALL WEST VIRGINIA HAVE BRIoADIER
should fail to be a faithful chrouirIer
should omit to state that the common and
very frequent talk among our officers aud
men has been, and is Why is not West
virginia, with her dozen regiments in the
field, entitled to another Brigadier General?
And since the battle of Winchester the
opinion in camp is, that it WAS there dem
oustrated, if indeed such demonstrations
were needed. that the aFirst Virginia has
precisely the material ont of which sueh
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