Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-14

''anti-slaVeFg ueSpotlSm But remember
loyal reader, mot every one that saith
Lord! LordE shall enter the kiuEdOm.
Pursuit M Ehe First Virrtntn under
DtfhcUlG1BBs
We are kindly permitted to make the
following extract IRON a letter written
home TO his family by Jacob HOrnbrOOk,
Esq, who is on his way to visit the First
Virginia Regiment:
WINCHESTER. June S.
/ left Cumberland on Wednesday ut four
o clock, and arrived al Big CacapDn creek
gust IN Tins Id be too late To cross on Rc-
count of high water having swept away a
? portion of the bridge. We crossed on Fri
: dny At IL O'Clock on q raft, got our bag
gage on hand car with Gen. Schnrz's
AND took up Ou1 line of march by rail,
Lieut.. Wilson commanding; privaLes, D.
~. Smith, Geo Gorrell and your humble
servant We walked down 10 Hancock,
I u miles, got dinner, found d damaged
/ bend-car, goI il fixed up and and started
1 got d grapevine, attached il to il, and one
/ of US got out aud pulled 1t along, takiug it
by turns. We arrived at Sleepy creek and
found the bridge partly damaged but crossed
with our car; pushed on TO Back creek,
! miles from Hancock, found the bridge
not repaired, took up the line of uarch,
marched to North Mountain, % miles, and
stopped all night with stauuch Union
mRn-a Mr.. Brown, sou-iu-lsw to Commo-
! dure Bowman.
We took tie line Of march next morn
ing and arrived at MRrtiusburg, lame and
foot-sore, in time for dinner. Found Gen
/ SchurZ had left with my haud-trunk and
1 D. J. Smiths, and did not know when We
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! operation with Winchester. Left Martins
burg for Winchester Saturday evening,
quite lame; so you see am searching for
| the First Virginia under difficulties.
We arrived here about nine O'Clock last
| night, and found Gen. Schurz had left
about six hours before our arrival We
called on Major General Banks this morn
ing, aud the interview was one of the
pleusantest l have had with any officer of
the army during the war. Gen Banks is
one of natures noblemen, and one of the
| modest of them ali. He has tried to pro-
cure us transportation, but all his teams
have MOI yet arrived from Williamsport.-
He gave me kind letter of iutrod uCtiOu to
commsudants of posts to facilitate nv
tramp to the First Virgins. Have not yet
got my trunk, aud expect will have to go
up TO FremOuts headquarters TO fluid it,
We leave here at 8 a. a., tomorrow, in
two-horse Wagon-three of ne, at So the
trip to Strasburg, II miles
All the houses opposite tue Union hos
Pital here were burned by our troops to
destroy our commissary stores which were
IN them. have visited three hospitals to-
day aud fiud the following First Virginia
boys III them:
II. Sutton, Company c William Myers,
Company john Kiger, Company K; J.
Cornwell, very sick, Company F ; Joseph
Hosen6elt, Company K Elias HartLell,
leg broke, doing we'll, Company D A J.
Thompson, Company Robert McCaslin,
Company 4
! They are all paroled by the rebels. Tell
| Robert Hamilton ] think he could take
John CUruweEl home. He will never get
we'll here.
visited the cemetery to-day, and ii made
my heart SAD TO look at the graves of our
brave soldiers. oiteu came across graves.
the little headbORrds of which contained
this simple inscription
'Died March "a 1852; unknown"
There is no Communication by telegraph
up the valley. Our troops here are in good
health and spirits after their hard march.
From four hundred to 6.e hundred rebel
prisoners arrived here to-day, taken by
General Fremont hard looking set of
chaps. found one of the Shriver Grsyg,
from Baltimore, amongst them.
forget to tell you that when the rebels
got to North Mountain, they broke open
the warehouse of Mr. Cooker and took M
salt by the hREdfuls and eat it. They also
ate salt behring's raw.
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