Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-23
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MARTINsnuRoH. Va. April /

1t will be gratifying to those interest
Ell IN the welfare of the Department of
the Shenandoah to learn that the propo-
Sltlon OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company to rebuild the line of the VIM
chester and Potomac road has been ac-
cepted by the Secretary of War. In the
meantime the supplies for the army under
Gen. Banks will be forwarded to Mar
tinsburgh, nineteen miles north of IInr-
per's Ferry, and thence transported over
the Stone road to Woodstock, via VIM
chester and Strasburgh The DELAY in
the forward movement of the army in the
Shenandoah Valley is said to be attrib,-
table to the necessary delay in transport
ing supplies over the dilapidated roaI
between lIarper's Ferry and Winchester
more than to any other cause.
The designers and engineers of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad inform YOUR
correspondent that during the present
month they will commence the erection
of a superb iron bridge over the Potomac
ut lIarper's Ferry. The structure is to
be OF highly ornamental as we'll of u
permanent pattern, costing, it is stated,
about S25O,O0O. The piers of the the
present structure Mrc To be raised five
ieet, lar above any danger from further
lreShctS.
Mr.. Quincy, constructive engineer of
the Company, will superintcnd the cree
ton of the bridge, which has been de-
signed and nearly completed by Ny Mr.
Ballman, the well known bridge archi-
tect and builder OF Baltimore.
A little episode in the history of the re-
bellion transpired here Yesterday, which
was the date fixed joy the Confedcrates
for convening the Court Of Berliley Coun.
ty. At the appointed hour the Sheriff
under the rebel regime entered the Court
house, and was about to ring the bell,
summoning the late Confederate Judge,
John B. NadenduSh, To his seat, when
Thomas Noakes, n well-knOwn loyal citi-
zen, seized the Sheriff 10y the arm, and
emphatically notified him that mo rebel
Court should hereafter convene in Berk-
ley County without passing over his dead
body" The Sheriff lesistcd and the
rebel Court did not convene.
Subsequently by permission and under
the direction of Maj. p NJ. Walker. of
the Tenth Maine Volunteers, and Pro-
v0St Marshall of the town, three Union
Magistrates were selected by the loyal
citizens and held the Court Some Off
cial business was transacted, Court and
SOuhIy OuceTS II DIlOlntCu, ana tue court
adjourned until the next term without or
dering any election, but awaiting the ac-
tion Of the Constitutional State authori-
ties in the premises.
The town begins to assume the mp
pearance of new enterprise. The rail
road depot is crowded with heavy trains
of merchandise and hundreds of hands
are employed in erecting new structures
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ruthless rebel soldiers.
The town is filled with refugees and
deserters from the rebel ranks, the latter
of whom are not very kindly received
by the former, and frequent collisions
ensme, requiring the interference of the
Provost-Marshnll.
Among the recent arrivals is Miss Bell
Boyd, who figured some months ago ut
Manassas junction in supplying the re-
bel troops with whiskey, and was the
heroine of a fatal conflict between two
military companies who were rivals for
her stimulating donations and sweet
smiles.