Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-27

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a, Detailed Account of the, Expedition
intoPocRhontRs,I IIi Inland and Pen-
/, .ttieton Counties.
..--l. NEw, oREEk; VA, Noy. 30, 1862.
Editors ImelIigmeer: isif -.
Having jipst returned from an extensive
scout Through u portion ofWesteFn Va.
laguder the direction of Gen. SIilroy, will
endeaSor 70 give you more detailed nc-
count thanithat published in your yester-
days paper ofat least, the parl assigned to
that. portion of the II Va, Regiment to
which am attached.
On Wednesday the 9TH inst, company F,
from Marion comfy Capt. gE'ritShatdl com
IpRny + pf iHaheock county tGapt Brown
and company D, ofohio county (Capt. Cur
] tis,) consisting of $50 Infantry and about
go cavalry and company K, lat Va. Regt.,
Capt. R2Yaud, left our, eampIst Beverly,
under Command of Major Pcitpoint, with
our blankets, OVer-cOats aud three days.
Iratio1s in our hpversacks.F e q az -
Hve-camrehsrfi irst night At MhntsWns
formerly called Huttonsvjlle, but at this
time there is no sign of ~ town except the
| chimneyssof bopseS That fogpleriy constitu-
ted the tow n, MS It has All beeItburned to
| the ground. We started next morning up
ElkwateF andlpassed through our old for.
tifisatiOis. which still remain Visible, and
and campcd ut Mingo Flats, on the side OF
Middle Mountain, on tue night of the 9Th.
Next day we crossed, Middle. and Valley
Mountnins passed round the end of Cheat
EMonntain, crossed Elk Mountain and camp
ed on Stony Creek on the night oflthe fth
inst. We learned here that noLwithstand.
ing the large supply of salt thesrebels had
lately got from the salt works .ttie ar
ticle is very precious with thcm yet, and
they have appointed II Commissioner for
each county, to distribute it among the
citizens allowing but Que pound per month
to eaclgspersopY This is .tnaP Pocahontas
county and applies to all other counties
adjoining them Eastward. Sugar is sell
ing-pt 70 entspeFlPouud, coffee not to be
had Rt any price. IGqpmpt brown muslin
81, 90 per yard, aud common prints from
81 90 TO $l,25 per yard; and all other
goods in proportiod, payable in Southern
scrip, US they refuse to take anything else
Our money Is worth no more there than
theirs is with us.
Next day we passed uR sstopy, Creek,
aGdi scr6ssed over on to Greenbriar
river. crossed the river, passed up the
north side 10 Huntersville, the county
seat Of Pocahontas, county, Here we were
fred on by some bushwhackers from the
side of the mountain but their shots had no
effecty as they were too far oft to reach us.
We stopped at lHdntersville and took din
uer, and consequently had an opportunity
| to see the place.. Itl consists of lsome fif-
1 n Nj Hv
house and Jail. all deserted, there being but
one family in the town. The houses are all
old dilapidated frame buildings except the
court house and jail, Whiehare brick, and
look more like old farm houses than public
buildings. - ,il4fga 4 ~
Our men captured three drunken rebels
here thattlfrd Seen inddigihe in little too
much apple jack 10 get out of our way.
From this place we crossed over on TO
NapPis Creek Valley, camped over night
on the 9Th inst, and started up theEValley
that morning, and crossed over, the .AlIe-
gheny MpuntSin into HighlAndI county,
passing, g,whatds called Back Greek, where
We captuEed some sixty head. of cattle,
horses and drivers. One of the wagons
was loaded with ], 800 lbs of very nice but
ter for the rebel army. We also took six.
teen prisoners, arriving at Monterey abonl
u o'clock the next morning, forming a
] junction With the balance OF our regi-
meut having made "a march of thirty five
miles that day, aud l05 miles in, four and
| half days This believe ts considered
1 as hard marching as has been done Ia
/ Western Virginia, especially by green
troops; and eau assure you your cores
1 pondent felt the effects of it for several
days afterwards: Monterey is a very neat
| inland town and rather, au exception to the
i balance OF the towns we passed through,
l abd looks like il would be pleasant place
/ place in the Summer season. The public
buildings are neat and we'll constructed
The atown is well supplied with water from
strong springs gushing forth from tie Side
of the moubtain,h conveyed through, the
place by pipes something similar 10 the
manner your city is supplied by water.
But thisjtoMn likehl .Ihe balance. where
the two eontendiHg armies have been en-.
camped shows very plainly ethe dlestrdc.
tion that follows. them. Our. forces enter
cd here without any opposition and with
| out firing a gun, as the small force uadeE
the rebel Capt. Murmau, had got,Word Of
our coming and skedaddled before 6pF
forces reached the place, and consequently
was neither surprised nor surrounded az
/ stated by your Informant of the 10th inst.
Next msrning the regiment started for Crab
Bottom, six miles west OF Monterey where
We arrived about noon. =
Here we met the sTih Pennsylvania,
! Carlin's Battery, and the members Of ER.
ing's Battery who had gone out US eayaIky,
the OH Virginia also arrived there thai
evening; each by different Tontes, That
night General Milroy received Information
Lof the capture of Capt Hall and twenty.
nine Of his men by LImb0den, near ROWS
teompanies Of the 22th Virgins, VIZ +, ID
i E,.G, B, were, started to intercept him
over what is called the Seneca route pas.
sing through Fsauklin sle county seasO