Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-29

.nty IN mtutiOu Ia detail the further move
msnts OF Major sbowalssr pIyour reader
are doubtless correctly posted Letit sui
fee TO saythat The cordial reception award
ed by the citizens Of MOrgaut6Wu vas r.
pcated 10 kind BY the good people Of Smith
field and UniOCIoWu, Pa, ond also at Pitts
burgh, and that the battalion reAcbet
Wheeling, safe and SQUAD, 90 Sunday,
May Sd. PEI SD i,rt
10 this connection Il is proper to uOtlc,
the random assertions OF your correSpou
dent. "The MorgantoWu Scare" 10 BIZ
"harp Of a Thousand ItrinRs' with which
he rings melody in the eager ears Ofs gap,
ing public. Rather, cir, It should have
been tNEe Washington, Fuyette and Greene
County Scare" and (leSt The Gnth bs With,
held and the full measure of justice should
be awArJsd.) -Plltiburg might alsoHiS
thrown ia.
Tbs'loyal people Ofwest Virginia, uitE
few exceptions, remained upon their oWn
soil, aud iu squads Of from one 10 dozen,
disputed the advance Of the tsbel invader
inch byinch. Further, your correspondent
ayers thai Major SdoWalter "left FRirmOat
on the 29th, dit, Arrivedat MoFgantown the
following day and soon Left for UniontOwu,'
"believing the rebels, twenty thousand
strong, were after him" MBj, ShowalteE
and bis commaud had uoL been there since
April 18th, which proves your correspond.
cnt to have been fifteen days behind time
and nineteen miles vide Of the truth. With
regard to Major ShoWAlter's alleged fright,
It is reasonable to suppose that an officer
who, with little more .thRu Two full COM
pauics Of infantry cOOped up at ROWIeS.
burg, between hOgs mountain on one
side, and the swollen river on the other,
without the possibility Of escape 10 case Of
disaster, and who bad fought for half a
day whole brigade Of rebels. with loss
Of at least City Killed and wounded, would
come to MOrganloWn, on the heels Of a ay.
inE foe, TO be scared at Il shadow? What
ever the fancy of your correspondent or
others tDay have been, the .fdet ~ that Maj.
SbowHlter, determined to go to Wheeling
because, iirSt, il was his only appropriate
military rendezvous and resting place; and,
coupled With this was the additional tea.
son, that the rebels were probably advauc-
ing on that place, and 1t was highly i'm.
pOrtaut 70 sbeckmate them 10 this move.
Your correspondent further says, "At
West Newton Mrjor ShowAIter disregarded
II request from Gov. PeirpOiut to return to
Cheat river.n Gov. PeirpOiut never made
such request; ou the contrary, u conmu-
nication was received from high official
digniIAry at Wbbsling, stating that the
rebels were adVAueing on that place
through Greene aud Washington counties,
Pa, and urging NAjIr ShowSlter, with his
command, t0haSten there with all possible
dispatch.
By some Major Showalter Is ceusured for
leaving ROwlesburg, alleging that General
Kelly was marching west, aud would soon
have relieved him. True, but men are not
Omuisrisnt nov. A.dSyI, and Major Show.
alter could not and did GOT know this fact.
Besides, judging from previous rebel raids,
Il WAS fairl 10 SuppOSe that the damage TO
the railroad was SUCH isSWSald PrHvent
bis receiving ruinfOrtsmouts and supplies
for days and perhaps Nesl FAt the time
OF tho rebel Invasion, Gen. Roberts aud
Esjtoael Wilkiusou'S commRudS were A..
t8ost en- llrslJ- west IilttIe llIt5 s9eby Gi6an.
tains, and within Supporting distance Of
each other. Major ShoWGltef was ia 40
isolated position between Laurel Hill on
the west aud Grepnbrier Mountain on the
east. II place difficult Of eRress except by
railroad. Gt'
General Roberts, 1t iS said, setreated
trom BuCkhauuon to ClarkSburg without
eysu show of fight, and Col, Latham,
whose courage and ability are uuqueS.
toned, after u gallant little fight with an
enemy twice his strength, WAS obliged 10
fall back from Beverly to Phillippi, while
MNj. StOwallCr resisted successfully the
attack OF an enemy more than IRE tiaset bis
number and thus saved from destruction
the town Of ROwlesburg, the railroad bridge
across Cheat river and the iron trestleS 90
the railroad, the loss Of which would have
been almost irrGpArable.
Whatever others may tbiuk or say, II
must be satisfaction 10 Maj. ShoWalter TO
know that his conduct is approved by bis
Brigade, Division and Corps Commanders.
This is by u citizen accompanying Maj
ShOwaIter's expedition.
FRANK ". PuRMToS.
lsowlesburg, ". Va, May IS, 1863.