Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-17

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An Intercepted Rebel letter to.nReb-
ell Hewspaper-Condtt OF Things
among the Rebels Im and Around
Winchester. :.
We are indebted TO Brig, Gen. Kelley for
the following letter which he sends us
in mspuscript, just as his cavalry scouts
captured it near Winchester 1t was en-
closed 10 brown envelope, on which were
two rebel ten cent postage stamps.
e wNcHEsrEa, Va, Sept. 4. 1868.
Editor of Sentinel: .7sa H.l5
DEAR SIR-Our heart is sad and troub-
led. Sad, not because Vicksburg has fall
en- and and Lee returned to Virginia
withoutibringingt the war to aspeedy close,
as the too sanguine expected, OF this nor
ther invasion; ''trou6ledi" not because
our currency is comparatively worthless,
whilst northern government issue Is closely
approximating goldi nor yet because the
conscription act is fast filling the hostile
army, the stroBg arm of despottc power
every where crushing resistance to arbi-
trary edicts, whilst the blatant tones of the
once defiant Seymour are heard only in
humble submission to power. No, no.-
None of these things in themselves either
sadden or trouble rs. They are what eV-
cry calm rejecting man from the first ex-
pected. We had no right to calculate upon
.or to expect anything else. Our only yWOn-
der is, after almost three years OF war,
with an enemy vastly superior in numbers
and in all the appliances of war, we fnd
ourselves in so favorable position. If q
shadow of doubt had ever crossed our:
minds in the beginning as to the final
rsstlt. (which it never did, that shad-
ow would have been fast dispelled7
could we have cast an eye in the future
and beheld the present stateOf atfairs.-
Then we believed long ere this, like the
noble Scots under the gallant Bruce,
who, when pressed by the hosts of Eng-
land, fell back to the north of Scotland,
and thus they entiCed their followers on
worn out by famine, fatigue and desertions,
they were compelled to seek safety IN their
own domains, with their decimated and
disheartened columns, hard pressed in the
fight by the willy Scots. That such would
have been the necessity forced upon us
long ere this, we say we confidently
expected. That Richmond would be
Iabandoned, that Charleston and every
seaport town in the hands of tho enr
envy, in word, that our entire circumfer.
ence would be in their hands, was our cal
culation, whilst our armies concentrated
in the mountains near the heart of the
ConEederacy, could have bid them all def
ance. Nor did such picture as this dis
courage much less dishearten us, for SO
long as our@people were true, fixed and
determined in their resolves to be free, all
would be we'll Initruth SO long as the
people are true, the end, must be certain,
even though not an invader fell 10 battle
by Northern lead or steel, tor to occupy the
Northern States for time with an armed
host would be one thing, but to hold It
quite another Is there fool in the North
who believes, the North could afford pelpets
ually to keep an army in each one. of the
Southern States? If not, then Who, or what
would compel respect or obedience to the o.
s. Government when their armies are with
drawn. No, again we say, If the people
are bnt true To- themselves, their country
and their God, there can be but one end to
the Struggle. All that is required is to en-
dure, struggle, suffer on TO the end. Let
the first tongue that utters the word
ltraitor who talks of EfAeanstruction,
be buried alive beneath the congre-
gated bones. 6f the dead patriots and he-
lroes who have fallen in defeuse of their
beloved country. But we have wandered
| far from our subject. We said we were sad
and, troabled, and why2 because, of the
Unnecessary, 'unpatriotic and frequently
unjust, carpings, complainings and btck-
| erings, we find in Southern journals, II
our cause Is even lost, it will be because
OF ldisafection produced by want of
confidence in the final result, caused by
the continual croaking and fault finding of
1 the press, mot that that Is the result aimed
at, for we know that some Of the leading
liournals-mOst bitter aud hostile TO- the
/ lGoyernment or Administration-are as pa
/ trfotic and devoted to southern liberty and
Independence as any in the south-oBnt
what matter the motive; If the result be "a
ldestroy confidence in our rulers and the
i great Captains at the head of our armies
Every intelligent man must see that every
,t6Iow aimed At the President, every refie0.
itiou upon his ability in any respect, Wheth-
er as TO patriotism, prejudice, comprehen-
zlsiyeuess of mind, obstinacy, or what not
Il is only calculated to weaken the confidence
lof the people in him, aPd must TO that ex.
ltent produce doubts aud fedrs as to the
result aof q great struggle. the leader o.
j which they have no confidence in. Now
Slifs this is not the result, and only result ol
lsuch q course, We are at . YOss TO know
i what will be. Certainly It can do no good
q If the fault iswant of patriotism, (Which
surely none can charged: Abuse viii not IN,
crease it-if indeed It De prejudice, which
} Il hfs besettiug sin-you but add fuel q
the hame; if want of grasp or compfehen'
4 siysness Of mind, is the failing, he l. no
20 blame, and the greater the necessity fol
81 concord and harmony amongst outseIves