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VIndieRtIon OF Gen. KeiIsy. T7
CLARksBURG, Harrison Co., YAM
September 26, 1862.
Editors IBtelligsnesr. zas'iasas s'aiaR $50
In your paper of the l5th inst. appeared
a commupication over the signature OF Ion,
lpurportiDg TO give asnarrative of what
transpired in aud about Beverly about the
time the rebel raids upon Buckbannon and
Weston. The purpose of5tbe article was,
| of course,to iujure tho reputation of the
Commanding General of this district, and
to oaccomphshit, the, writer sacrifices every
regard for truth as well as that high sense
l Of honor which should characterize an of
| fcer and gentleman. l.al a2ts 10 A.s siL
| 1t was with feeling of deep regret that
| | read that OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that
you should have opened your columns TO an
anonymous attack upon an officer who is
beyond the reach of calumniators, and who
as agentlemap could mot stoop to refuta-
| tion of a statement so mendacious and of
charges and destinations so gro1udless and
\ so dishonorable.
Herein consists the power of the PresS
for evil. There is ingevery community a
class of people, honest and thoughtless,
\ who readily believe that which they first
see in newspapers, and this first impression
tits difficult to remove by any. subsequent
retutation Of what may really be vile
calumny whilst others, who read but lit
tie and irregularly, may in this way be
Imposed upon withont ever having an OPP
porlunityi of discovering the imposition
practiced upon them Hence the press,
under wholesome control, the nobIest in
strnmentality on earth for good, often be-
comes a6yinstfpment, ,of calSulable, evil.
The paternity of the article in question
is readily recognized. circumstances which
transpired At Beverly about the time ofit6e
arrival OF Gen. Kelley there, and subse.
quently, point unerringly to the author,
Not an officer who was present at Beverly
but would at iouce- name the writer after
reading the communications. You, Messrs.
Editors, may not know him. Some other
name than that of the tCriter would accom-
pAhy ohu are
generally cunnipg. Col, Harris knows we'll,
/ presume. that az. officer of the army can
not with impunity assail his comuandiug
officer through the public prints, and he
would not be stupid enough TO lend his
own name to such commuhication.
Ny object, Messrs. Editors, is not to
enter into a discussion of the official acts
OF, General Kelly II but simplyto pronounce
the statement of Ion medaeiohs, and the
charges of iucompetenoy and mismanage-
ment calumnious, originating i'm n mind
stperting under the infIsttol Of adesetyed
Teprimand from his Commanding officer;
and forlithe truth of this assertion / refer
confidently to every officer present at the
time at the Post of Beverly, including those
named IN this Communication of Ion, as
connected with the boasted expedition,
whereby this model Colonel was to check
mate and capture Imboden and Jenkins. bi3
The.writer of this is connected with the
sTth Penna. Regiment, which accompanied
General Kelly in the expedition through
Tucker and ~Beverly2is th6ronghlv con-
Yersant with all the facts connected with
the movement of Geaegal Kelley, as1weIl
as what Iranspired at Beverly, aud in en-.
dorsing the acts ofths General, !, he EXPRESSES
the sentiment of the entire Regiment which
is proudlof its association with him, and
/ tSSEAo oPOA 90 VI OuI hUleSG ON
GERS, commanding their confidence and
challenging their respect and, esteem as a
man. FssA art 'l is4
/ 1t is fact universally known among. the
troops, that the reinforcenents which
the General sent up to Beverly from
Clarksburg, were in response to frequent
and importnuate telegrAms .from Colonel
Harris, stating that Imboden was M enacinR
him in front. Instead OF using the troops
for the defence of ofBevetly, he seized the
opportunity to plan aud was about 70 ex-
ecute the quixotic expedition into Pendle-
ton, Highland aud Pocahontas COUNTIES,
which would unquestionably have involved
the loss of our smell force then at Beverly,
and this JVifhout or9eEs. Col. Harrfs' COM
! maud extended only over the counties of
i Upshur, Randolph, Webster and Btaxton.
BE had mo- Authority u to- planI aud execute
4 attacks outside of these counties without
] consulting the Commanding GeHeral.H His
expedition WAS to operate in Pendleton, /,
Y Highland aud kPotaRontas2 toduties. For
this the General, who arrived jpstins time
1 to. prevent it. repfoyed him. And lhareS is
the secret and motive for this calumuiops
attack upon an officer who has enabled the
sersieeS and whose Iafd6ohs Ia6oFsA have
been such as TO eptItler him and will insure
/ him. the Tasting gratitude of his country.
/ =. si.o, t5if,st 1sis.e i4ss ~ TRERHHk
/ Nine Days ln my countey,s ss1rioS
Il .oftff..9 Ft Clark4burg'
Ma RDrTou III have aaan Taihfa hrol-