Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-01

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ject is to break US down before we are pre-
pared 10 precipitate over GOO, 900 new men
like an avalanche upon them. They know
that there is no hope for them, except just
not0, and that if kept at bay now they are
hopelessly and irreYocably gone.
The Neyvs-The Excitement of the
past two Days.
The last two days have been days of I'M
usual excitement. The news of Saturday
evening agitated the community very great
~. The feeling was rather one of relief
from painful apprehension than otherwise,
but still there remained an anxious desire
to know NOR. of tho final results. The
good part OF. tho news was that Pope had
relieved his complication, and had COM
bined and concentrated his threatened line
SO as to meet the enomy upon the identical
field of Bull Run, aud there save the
Capital.
Later in the evening of Saturday we
had a new excitement in the shape of the
news from Buckhannon and Weston. Col.
Wilkinson telegraphed to Gen. Samuels
that the former place had been taken by
the guerrillas; that the enemy were in
large force all through that country that
General Kelley, who was at Beverly, had
been cut on, and that raid on Weston and
Clarksburg was apprehended, and asking
for immediate reinforcements. This add
ed to the excitement of the people, and
was the prevalent sensation up to the mid
lie of the night.
Sunday morning the people awOkO
hungry and thirsty for news. They awoke
also to find that preparations had been IN
progress all through the night to send for
ward the 18th Regiment to the aid of our
forces who were falling back from Weston
to Clarksburg. Capt Downing and his
aids had been busy all the night. So also
had Mr.. Ford, the Supt. of the Baltimore
road. Az immense amount of work had
been done.
Alter breakfast everybody Throughout
the city was on the qui Uipe. The troops
of the 18th Regt. began moving over from
the Island to the depot. Their appearance
created great sensation. The people flock,
ed after them. At the depot there were 9
thousand rumors and excitements aaoat
about what had happened in every quarter
from which there had been news. It was
confidently asserted that another great bat.
tie had been going on between Pope nnd
Jackson, and that we had in the Language
of the news boys SCOT a:great victory" Il
was also said that Kelley was in great dan.
ger ut Beverly that Buckhannon had beer
completely sacked, and that Weston, in.
Guiding even the Lunatic Asylum, had been
laid waste, aud that all our troops at 6otl
places had been killed or taken. 1t was
astonishing the credit which these exag-
gerated rumors obtained. Our office was
througed with people clamorous for the
news. "When will an extra be out?" was
the universal inquiry. Itseemed to be in
vain that we assured the crowd that no
news of any moment had been received by
the newspapers. "Give us what you've
got" was the cry.
It was ascertained that the bank officers
at Weston aud clarksburg had arrived in
the city with their money and valuable
papers. ofcourse this added to the prev
alent excitement. 1t was asserted that the
enemy were in Clarksburgi that they were
tearing up the rails on the North Western
road, and that they would be in Grafton
to-day. The friends of the soldiers ex-
pressed apprehension that the train on
which they were going would be met by
the euemy-that some trap would De laid
for it by which disaster would take
place. The wives and sisters and female
friends generally of the soldiers inclined to
the latter views.
At about 10 o'clock the first train got OF,
amidst great hurrahs. The troops werein
excellent spirits, and finer body of men
never left for the seat of war. This last
was the general remark of all spectators.
At about twelve the remainder of the regi-
ment got of. The whole body left fully
provided. Capt. Downing energy, togeth-
er with the labors of: the iudefatigable
Thomas Hornbrook, had hastened forward