Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-15

government, which it never has Sesn.-
When this war is finished it will span the
whole horizon of our future, like the bow
that God set in the heavens in perpetual
testimony that food should never again
come upon the earth. The record of this
war will stand as the illuminated page in
our history forever And when the AMI
mosities of this generation shall die out
the record will remain to successive gene
ratiOns as theme more awe inspiring to
the American school boy than all the events
of civil history put together.
This nation will not die. Its race is only
begun. It's civilization has been bat put in
play upon the world. It's only in the early
morning of long life. 1t is now strug-
Cling with a disease that has been in its
system from the beginning, and which has
grown with its growth and strengthened
with its strength until the hour for the
mastery of the disease or of the nationhas
come. As the Almighty has purpose 10 his
plans-as the work of our fathers was not
the result of chance-as 1t is true and divine
that man is capable of elf-goVernment-so
will this nation be delivered after much
tribulatiou, and after it shall have been
thoroughly purged of the disease that has
threatened its vitals.
weregard the late reverses as a necessity
to arouse the people to the full meaning of
the tremendous assault which has been or
ganized against the nation. We see that
these reverses have aroused them as they
never were aroused before since the war
commenced. withtheir ferTsnt sincerity
T with their burning iudiguatiou-with their
strength of habits and their wealth ofnum-
bers and of means, the result cannot be
doubtful. The glorious end is only delay
ed so that its glory may be made eternal.
The Jenkins Raid In Jackson coun-
ty-Letter from the Hon. Andrew
Po1ar PLEAsAsT, JACKSON Co., VA, I
Sept. 9th, 1862. !
Editors InteiligeEcer:
GESrLEMEN: We have had quite raid
| in this county by the rebel Jenkin with his
band of robbers. They were supposed to
! number between nine and ten thousand,
! all on horseback. Their uniforms and arms
were greatly diversified. You have heard
probably before this time how they sacked
Spencer, in Roane county, on Tuesday the
] I'd iustant,-that Colonel Rathhone was IN
! command at the post, but did not resist
the approach of the rebels, and of course
the place fell into their hands without the
firing of gunl
Next day they came to Ripley, the county
seat of Jackson, and as there was no mill
tary force there they Immediately took pos
session of the town, and soon began their
work of destruction, among which were
the rifling of the post Office, destroying the
, records of the County Court, pluudering
. all the public property and finally Fobbing
! the,mail and an officer transferring Adjutant,
1 beIieve,) of about $4,000; and then nf-
{ ter stealing some horses from the citizens
, they moved off for RavensWOod. Here Capt
Gilpin was left, in command of the post fol-
the time being, with his new company OF
volunteers; and at the command of Col
] HArpold, Capt. W. Fl. Flesher bad brought
e up his company of independent militia &c
assist guarding the town.
Atabout 10 o'clock on THURSDAY morn
ing the enemy came in sight, and by their
9 advance approached with flag OF truce
waving in the hands of the rebel Pitzhugh
Capt. Gilpin agreed TO do so, on condition
. he and his men should be dismissed on pa
E role of honor. Capt. Flesher protested
against the surrender, and said che would
never surrender up his men to rebels, moi
did he thank them for their offer of parole
9 of honor, that he would take care of his
e own men," and Immediately ordered his
men to fall back and cross the river which
they did in good order and nearly on 'dou.
1.
u came seized with panic and left in all di-
b rections, some crossing the river, some
\ struggling in the woods and some being
/, taken prisoners.
About the time the men reached thu
4 Ohio shore, the rebels opened FIRE on sol
der on the Ohio shore, whereupon Capt
FEesher ordered his men TO return the FIRE
: and soon the FIRE became general and con.
q slant on both sides across the river. Al
3 length the rebels fell back in the town and
t dismounted aud approached the river OF
foot and fred away, sending the balls like
hail, over the heads of our little Spartan
band. But discovering many boxes and
trunks on the wharf, that the citizens had
a left in their flight. their thieyish propeusi.
. ties predominsted for the moment, auL
with one:accord, they rushed to.the plumber
, to satiate and slake their thievish thirst
E Upon which Capt. Flesher said to his men
, snow boys give it to them" aud they for.
ced the bullets iu among them, which soor
made them skedaddle aud leave the wharf
clear. Bat the cowardly rascals fell back,
and sheltered behind houses, fences, wharf.
. boats, wood piles, &c. But some of the
unerring balls from our brave men gave
them ''their rights
Thus the fight was kept up till about 4
o'clock P. NJ, and the ammunition failing
Capt. Flesher drew of his men from the
conflict. The result was las have learn.
ed itl three rahaIs killeh-on onr side