Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-25

Gibbons Independent Battalion, Whtel
had been held In reserve, and a section o
Ewing's battery was hurried forward 4
pursuit, the whole force following on Il
supporting distanee,a Many OF the infantry
and dismolnted men kept up with tbs
advance, following the enemy With q tire.
less blood bound psrtinacity that woult
have done honor TO the wolves that pur.
sued Mazeppa through the Wilderness :
The pursuit was kept mp for about tWeiYI
miles, the reAds being slEeWns with gebe
dead aud wounded. OH twas fesSfni q
follow along that bloody trail, andisee the
ghastly npturned faces staring so preproaeh-
fully through the gathering shades of tbG
Chsetless November night. But then Z
was as.;s,gleEieps yistoEE, We captured
three pieces 81 artillery Q large number ol
small arms, several wagons, some ammu-
including the.wopnded-the enemy's loss
in killed and wounded more thap'doubltnR
ours. aP
Taking into consideration the advantage
the enemy had In numbers and position,
our SUCCESS was wonderfully complete
The generalship displayed By the COM
mandfnR officer was all that could be de-
sired; aud the troops fought With reck-
less bravery and an untilnching determi-
nation that could not have been surpassed.
But the true secret Of the success is that
General Averill had spent two months OF
unremitttpg toll in dFilling and diseiPlining
his command. He had, after much delay
and difficulty, succeeded in procuring new
arms, new equipments and good ammuni'
ton in lieu of the old, and consequently
the brigade left Beverly full of confidence
in themselves and their commander. There
was no stEaggling on the march or In the
action, and such men under SNGb "a COM
mander cannot fail TO succeed.
On the 7th we marched on TO Lewisburg,
where we were Joined by the KAnawhG
forces under General Dufie, who bad ar
rived too late to intercept the fleeing en-
emy. On the 9th we marched to Oallahan's
Station, passing through White Sulphur,
where wereeovered the surviving wounded
of the Rocky Gap battle, fought near that
place last August. On the 9Th, learning
that Imboden was at Covington, hye miles
distant, With reinforcements for General
Eehols, a small force was sent ont 70 dis
psrse them, but Johnny p. skedsddled in
great haste at our approach, leaving, IN our
hands twenty odd prisoners. We then
came on leisurely by way Of GateWoods,
Franklin and Peterburg, larriV-
ing at this place on the 17th-the men and
horses being in as good condition as when
we started. We captured several hundred
horses and quite number of cattle, Civ
ing Conditional certified accounts and re-
ceipts for everything taken from citizens,
SO that uoloyalist could suffer loss. Upon
the whole we!had a real pleasant trip, and
Averill's last tgalloping jaunt" into Dixie
will be long remembered by rs as an oasis
in wars desert track, even though We have
to mourn few t'hnreturniug braves
We trayefsed what was once the Garden
Bell. Of the Old Domihion-b the ~ Great
has done its work. The whole
eSapSEH Sn SSHrszi s inc o ARpsr s
0r0pst Ihe merry pl0ughman'S voice Is mo-
longer heard, echoing from hilltop to hill
top; in the villages the hum of industry
Is hushed-aud no living "chiValry" are
70 be seen sayea few paie-taced, sorrow
stricken women, that curl their lips scorn-
fully at the sight ofiisYahkee invaders"
and q. few half clad, half starved children
that search the Yankee invaders havet-
sack for bread. The deserted churches
aud schooI. houses stand like melancholy
of civilization that has fed
the country; while here and there an aged
can be seen wandering discon-
solately over the dreary wastes of his fugi.
tive masters plantation-A ehostly relic Of
that barbarism which, after deluging the
whole nation inblood, and bringing sorrow
to every hearthstOne in the land, is, thank
God, rapidly passing away. NJ. 4