Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-06
What the Rebels ut Richmond Think
OF n Division OF the State.
From lilo lIlcllmond Dispatch. ]

There can be no Virginia unless it in
cludes both Eastern and Western Virginia
Cameron, the cxccrable Secretary of War
of the Lincoln despotism, has presented to
the servile Congress Of that loath5omc
tyranny n map in which Eastern Virginia
is attached TO Maryland, and Virginia
beyond the mountains is traced out as the
only Virginia that is to exist hereafter
CamcrOns definition Of ouI boundaries Of
course cannot prevail, unless we Of the
South are subjugated. The decisive bat.
tie, however, must be fought in Virginia,
We may therefore say, that if we cannot
hold Western Virginia We cannot hold East.
ern Virginia, and il VIC cannot hold Nir.
ginia we can hardly defend the South. \
shrewd Northwestern man, who is true to
the South, declared to us that II the South.
orr. GnnfnderaGy did not maintain its pow.
cr over Western Virginia, Western Vir.
ginia would conquer Eastern Virginia
We consider the remark at least striking
The Importance of taking aud holding
Northwestern Viginia cannot be over-esti.
mated As it is needless to inquire now
how it has been lost, it is only practical to
inquire how we are to redeem the State
authority in that part of Virginia.
Energetic, shrewd and experienced Cen
erals are indispensable to the achievement.
They must be sustained by sufficient and
well disciplined troops, and they must have
every possible facility Of transportation
and proper supplies. There is no way so
we'll calculated to insure these rs the eS.
tension of the railroads OF the james and
Kanawha Valley, aud the improvement of
the roads which will be used by our troops.
Measures ought to be taken ut once to cx-
tend the Central Road to Covington. The
embankmcnt is rcady-the rails only Nrc
wanted. They are now in possession Of
the company, and only want the transpor-
tation to the point where they are to be
used But the Government has SO mon-
opolized the trains that tue road has not
the means to convey them to that poiut.
The Coyington and Ohio Railroad is
ready to receive its supcrslructurc nearly
the distance from Covington to the White
Sulphcr Springs. II the Confederate Gov
crnment would combine with the State,
the road could, in few months, be finish
ed to the Springs.
If these two roads were finished to the
Springs, the Western army would derive
incnlculaDle Advantage theretrom. 1t could
move quicker; its supplies could be placed
with greater ease and in larger abundance
at n proper depot near the principle field
of operations. The AlleghAnes would be
passed by railroad, and the most serious
difficulties in the movement Of an army and
its supplies avoided.
The object is one that deserves the most
serious attention of Congress aud our State
Legislature. We hope they will take itnp
promptly and act decidedly and harmoni-
ously. Western Virginia is Indispensable
to Eastern Virginia and the ConfcleraCy,
Apart from political considerations, upon
the score Of mineral wealth Of that part OF
the State, it is of the vAstest Importance
to the South. The coal and iron deposits
are of illimtable extent, and if we had not
lost the salt mnes-most ridcnlonsIy lost
them-wc would not feel the want Of this
prime article of necessity now.
II the western campaign it to be press
ed earnestly these roads ought to be At,
tended to at once There is no time forde'
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