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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-10
why Grant Assaulted vIoksburg.

The Vicksburg correspondent of the
New York Times has the following:
People may be disposed to find fault be.
cause General Grant repeated his assault
against the works of Vicksburg, instead of
ut once proceeding upon the safer plan of
laying siege to the place in form. have
but little doubt that Gen. Grant knew very
well before making even the first assault
that the place was impregnablel to every
thing save regular approaches; but yet
public opinion, i'll measure, compelled
him to make the attack in the precise way
hc did. Had he placed his army before
these works and commenced a formal in
vcstment, week would not have elapsed
before half the people and twu-thirds of
the Press of the North would have been
growing ut his unwarrantable delay, and
have been assured well assured that the
rebel force before him was half.staryed
and feeble in number, that the works were
of no strength, the guns all wooden, aud a
thousand other things of the kind usual
under similar circumstances. Gen. Grant
probably foresaw this, and determined to
put quietus upon it at the very begin.
| ming. He knew that the same people and
the same journals that have been stating
that Vicksburg was of no strength in front,
monster guns sham, and who had per-
sistently urged his removal because he did
not at once land his forces in front of-the
town aud secure the place, would renew
their clamor the very instant they found
he had determined upon formal invest
ment OF MISUNDERSTANDING was weak
in front, and, of course, it would be of no
! account in the rear-Grant is timid, not
equal to the position-away with himi
Grant took the only possible course left
him to torestall this senseless clamor, He
moved at once upon the enemy's works aud
was repulsed; but as, from some misuu-
delstanding, only a portion of his force
had participated in the attack, he knew
the country would not be satisfied, and so
he tried it again. This time a column IL
miles in length, and numbering thousands
6y the score, was precipitHted against the
Gibraltar defenses in front of them. As
was expected, II met with bloody and
overwhelming repulse, and-the country
after hearing this and learning that in the
experiment we lost from three to Eve thou
sand men, without in single instance
having made the slightest impression upon
the rebel works, will be likely to allow the
Commander-in-C Chief to reduce Vicksburp
In his own way. Our heavy loss after two
unsuccessful attempts to carry the rebel
works by storm, will convince people that
if Vicksburg is very weak 10 front, it does
not have the defect in the rear; aud, fur
thermore, that the rebel garrison is neither
weak, demoralized nor starved, aud that its
guns, instead of being "Quakers," are YER
table Parrots aud Columbiads, at once
commanding in position and numerous as
to quantity, and which at any moment are
aole TO MI the air with tempest of death
and live. From this time onward the neo.
pie will be willing to wait with greater
than usual patience the slow process of
reducing this place.
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Letter Ritnhin.
TWH1rE OAK, Richie CO.. Va. limo

WHITE OAK, Richie co., Va, June 6. 5
Editors IntelEgsncer
While am writing, permit me to say TO,
the satisfaction of numerous friends in the
army that affairs in Richie still a ssnme !
pretty fair aspect.
Notwithstanding the rebel raiders took a
vast amount ofproperty out of this county.
yet they done considerable of good for the
cause of the Union by inducing manv tn
join their ranks who were doing us far
more injury here than they will be able. to
do In the army. They also done us a favor
by taking the property of their brethren.
which induced many to renonuce their sym.
PATTY for them, and openly declare that if
they ever come back here they would he
found in arms against them. This raid was
certainly military blunder on their mart
Tor they left more loyal blood behind tbem
than was here previous TO their cominoI
Therefore, they have greatly purged the
county of its corruption. Another sncS =
. raid and loyalty, we think, viii agsin !,
dow through the veins of every indiyitinaI
in old Ritchie, as pure and untarnisbed as
the blood of the Goddess of Liberty.
Yours, very respectfully,
Tho. W. IRRLASD
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had to contend, A shrewd man paid in
ouFheariug, one day, that our defeats on
the Potomac were not more to be attribu-
ted to our own bad generalship, than to
the good geueralship of the enemy. There
is that allowance always to be made: that
the greatest military genius of the Con-
federacy has always opposed our advance
to Richmond. Ii we have been frequently
and badly whipped over there, it has not
been all our own fault. The rebels are to
blame for it too, as much or more. 1t has
been as much Lees fault as Hooker's or
Burnside's or McClellau's.
We have always believed that early in
the war there was no excuse for our not
taking Richmond. When Mcclellan took
charge of the Army of the Potomac, that
army under vigorous generalship, could
have swept right on to Richmond. That
opportunity, and subsequent ones, were
sacrificed till the rebels made all Eastern
Virginia fortress, and an advance to
Richmond became physically impossible,
even to such az army as ours.
We are inclined to conclude, after all,
that the failure IF the Army of the Poro-
mac to achieve anything commensurate
with its greatness, is not due, except in a
limited degree, to any lack of grit in its
composition, but to the lamentable errors
of its early generalship and the subsequent
strength these mistakes enabled the enemy
to oppose.
The Potomac army is now negative
Its virtues are of negative kind-noth.
ing bad that we can see, but only an alb
sence of those positive qualities of good,
which, in the army of the Southwest drive
ahead and make success. The army of
the Southwest is now the main reliance of
the country. 1t will take Richmond, but
it will take it at vicksburg; for when the
southwest is all ours, the Confederacy is
virtually at an end To the southwest all
eyes are turned, for there is where we are
now to achieve great success or suffer la
mentable failure. Every day the prospect
there looks more encouraging. The con-
summation devoutly wished cannot be far
away.
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Money from the First Virginia.
Mr.. jacob Hornbrook has returned from
tue First Virginia, bringing about SIS, 900
for the families and friends of the soldiers.
Companies X aud D, stationed at Green
laud Gap, had not been paid when Mr.. H.
left, but were TO be shortly. Their money
will arrive here by the last of the week.
He will commence paying over this
money to those entitled to receive it, this
morning at the Office of the Franklin In-
surance Company under the Mcclure House.
Mr.. H. says the regiment is in excellent
health.
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From the oiucfnuati Commercial.
Important from VICksburg-Pember
toms Dispatch to Johnston.
From aprlvate letter, dated, Memphis,
Jpne3, we make the following extracts:
tsA bearer of1dispatches from Pemberton
to Johnston, was captured on Thursday. =
The dispatch reads: Forage aitgone; men
on quarter rGtions; ammunition nearly eT-
hGusted; can hold out ten days
"On Friday, General Grant ordered eve
~ gun IN the department to throw shells
into Vicksburg for one hour, and 5000
were safely lodged inside the city in that
time, with what result is not yet known"
The dispatch given above, the capture
of which was announced by telegraph,
thoughts nature was not stated, ID most
important. 1t was probably dated on the
day it was taken, the 18th of May. If,
therefore, Gen. Pemberton is correct in the
calculation ofthe amount of his supplies of
ammunition and subsistence, the siege must
be raised by the 10th of June, or he must
capitulate. There is now no probability
that relief will reach him. At last ac-
counts Johnston was on the east side of
the Big Black river, with a force estimated
at l8,OO0 men, poorly armed and pro-
visioned, and lacking in artillery. An
entire division of Grants army, under
command of Gen. Osterhaus, abundantly
supplied with artillery, and comprising
veteran troops, full of confidence and
flushed with victory, awaited him at the
bridge. Assuming that Johnston gathers
together 10000 more, and advances with
$4,000, or even 10000 men, which is im-
probable, it is doubtful whether he could
overcome the forces opposed to him. For
belt remembered, it is his to attack. He
will have to assail a strong position, which
| Sen.lOsterhaus has doubtless chosen, and
fortified as we'll ast the time and circum-
stances will admit. But there is no prob
ability that Johnston can bring even 20,-
900 electives to the greatwork before him.
1t is easy, to talk about marching sc, 900 or
10000 men from jackson to Yicksbnrg,
but to perform it is another thing. He
is without transportation; he is poorly sup.
piled with artillery; he lacks arms, ammu-
milton and provisions. 1t takes time TO
accumulate these, and he has obstacles 10
overcome before they can be supplied in
any quantity. The railroads IRE destroyed
on all sides. The country has been pretty
thoroughly exhausted of provisions, hor.
| ses, men, and contrabands Bridges will
have to be built, tracks repaired, roads
opened, and much drudgery done before he
will be ready to advance Il large force. |,
is already evident that he cannot accom-
plish all this by the 10th, or even the goth
instant. By that time Grant will be rein.
forced by more men than Johnston can
collect. Independent of the army invest.
ing the city, he will haye-a sufficient force
to take the offensive against Johnston
with every chance of success. The
chances, therefore, arc all in favor OF a
crowniDg triumph to our arms in Missis.
sippi; and we shall not he surprised tc
hear at any moment, that the Gibraltar o.
the Mississippi, with its garrison and mu,
nitlons of war, has fallen into the hands
of the Federal army.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-10
The canal Convent,on.

The. result of the Canal Convention.
heldat Chicago on Tuesday and Wednes.
dsy last, has been already reported in our
telegraphic columns. 1t is a fact worthy
OF the attention of the croaking genus Of
politicians that at time when we are
spending eight hundred millions OF dollars
u year in the prosecution of gigantic do
mesIic war, our merchants and capitalists
are found converting to counsel the con-
struction of stapendous works of Internal
Improvement. simultaneously with the
cOndncting.ef- a war that would have ruined
almost any icountry in Europe, we are pre-
pairing for the construction of great trans
port routes for the accommodation of our
Overlooking commerce. The bankruptcy
of our merchants, the failure of our rrea,
corporations. the starvation of our opera.
tives, and the general collapse of agflcul.
ture and industry. were among the things
predicted by sympathizers with secession as
the result ola war againstthe rebels. The
truth has been that two years of war have
witnessed a lrrger expansion of our com.
merce than has occurred during any other
two years of our national history. Our
products have outgrown our means of
transport, and we have now to ask Com
gress to make broader the highways of our
commerce. Utica Herald
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Yours respectfully,
Progress OF the Siege OF v1oK.bur,,
/ Correspondence New York Ttme,.7
Y1ckaRnnn MAJ

NIcKsRuRG, May %.
The rebels are interchangeable in their of.
forts to strengthen their works Ever,
morning reveals the erection of a new Ivorl;
the repairing of an old one, or the PLANTING
OF batteries in new positions. Yesterday
morning they astonished our forces on The
h9nt by opening upon them with two new
gGns-one smooth sixty-four and the
o'ueF nhed thirty-two FOUNDER. In fact,
rom all appearances, they are as busy dig.
glng within as we are without; the morninp
roar OF new gun from our side is usnaIlS
answered with defiance by some niUbi-
grown battery ion theirs; aud, in sbort
when We move, they conuter-moye-wc
mine, and they couutermiue; aud if we
succeed in blowing up or CARRYING their
hrst line of works, we shall probably find
another Immediately in its rear.
Vicksburg must be an uupleasantlv
warm place at present. Eight mortar
ooats, protected effec,ually by the hipb
banks OF the river, are hurling tons of
snelr massive proiectiles into the ,verv
eeeEs OF tne city, while all around the rear
from the Mississippi above to the Missis.
SIPPl oeloW, our batteries are searchin0
eNety lncn OF the devoted place with she'll
S S!ouFHpneIl ana canister. a dense smoke
~ 80 PH't over tue city, Id which can
Se seen every instant the fierce fash of
pursuing shells, and heard the whistling
s s;ES OF deadly projectiles. With such
sagnts, sounds and surroundings, Yicks.
burg is at present as undesirable nIoca
as can be selected. Deserters assure no
that the stencil arising from animals killed
oy our shells is horrible in the extrems.
that the whole army is on miserable bsIf
Eattons, aud only induced to continue the
uetence with the hope of relief rom he be-
yopd. 1t is impossible to saw how lona,
TINS hope will sustain them; but it ia las
20 presume that within the next fortn;Sh,
tney vii! be forced to succumb to stsrva
ton, unless relieved. - "'''-
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ELRorION RRTURNs.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF wErzBI COUNTY.
NEW MARrlHsv1LLE. June 8, 1863.


Editors IntelIsgsncer:
Below you will find the returns of the
vote of Wetzel county West Va:
For Governor-A. l. Foreman $40
Secretary. E. Boyers BIT. Treasurer
Campbell Tarr 500. Auditor-Samuel
Crane 925. Attorney General-A. B. Cald-
well 5G4. Judges of the Supreme Court
of AppeaIs-R. L. Berkshire $50, VIM. A.
Harrison 862, Jas. H Brown 8l2. Judge
of the 4th Circuit-Chapmau j. Stewart
744, R. G. Kerchtval III. Senators-JAs.
Burnley TAT, Jas. G. West 292. A. Haw-
kins 5l9, Harrison IA, Morris 1879. Dele
gate-Edmund Kyle 522, Saml. l. Robin
son 577. Clerk of the Circuit COURT.
f. Williams 496, Friend Cox 500. Sheriff
-ThOs. McGuown 44s, Josephus Clark 623.
Prosecuting Attoruey-Jas. Morris 1922, R.
W. Lauck Cos. Surveyor-J. j. Laughlin
300, Francis Dorm 6Si, Headley SO. Re,
corder-J. NJ. Bell SOB, 2. S. Springer 500
Yours, &C., B.
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Will THE NEapo Fiqur2-Iuto the "val-
ley of death" before Port Hudson, Colonel
Nelson led his regiment of Louisiana ne
groes nine hundred strong. Six hundred
men were killed, wounded and missing,
and it is added that nearly every officer
was killed. There could be no stronger
testimony to the lighting capacity of the
colOred soldier. He has proved his valor
on one, of the bloodiest fields of the war
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oEFIoIAl VOTE on JACKSON COUNTY.

For Governor "A. l. Foreman, 534,-
Treasurer, Campbell Tarr, 522. Auditor,
Samuel Crane, 5l8. Sec'y of State, J. E.
Boyer, 525. Atty General A. B. Caldwell,
522. Judges of Court of Appeals, VIM. A.
Harrison, 500; ]. H. Brown, sos; R. L.
Berkshire, 522. Senators 9Th district, W.
E. Stevenson, 42G; E. S. Mahon, 29s; A,
Flesher, 241. Judge, 9Th Cir, Geo. LOOMS
Sal. Legislature, D. ] Keeuey, 462. Cir
cult Clerk, R. R. Riley, sos. Prosecuting
Atty, R. S. Brown, 387. Recorder, j.
Armstrong, 47G. Sheriff, J. +. Scott, 487.
Surveyor, A. Riley, sol.
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THE Egyptian soldiers brought by the
french to Mexico, have committed a most
horrible 6utchery on plantation called
the .Chasimal near Medelin, several families
were living there, consisting principally of
women and children: Nine were ruthless.
" iOutcheFed' and seven were severely
wounded. The French authorities have
'aksn the matter in hand, and the soldiers.
all OF whom, except one, have been caught
are to be subjected to the severest punish.
ment'" Meanwhile, the Mexicans ask If
like" them. CIV
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FOR C0EU1BUs PRECINCr

snPertntendence Of Creighton Orr, John BroWniee,
And H. stewart for one Commissioner for said Pre-.
CInSts ana two Trustees for each, Kimmons Stewart
oldham and Orr Districts. = >
The Trustees Of the several Districts will hand over
20 me Commissioner elect, on the ed day of June
tne report Of the condition, operations and oxpen.
e to enforce the collection OF the ne Of ton
a9iiaEs imposed by law Trustees for the neglect
o. ~ ms duty The Trustees are also reminded that
they are required to ascertain, on the LIST day o
april the population oftheir several Districts an
humber Of children over six aud under sixteen, and
return the same to the Clerk, either personaiIy Or
through the Commissioner elect.
NJ, tne commissioners elect win meet At the Court
a t on Monday, June sth, at 10 O'Clock A. u.
! Eby order Of the Board.
- JOHN n. STORRR
Oierk g the BOARD Of School Commissioners, o. G.
my1 d&W2W
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So Much has been said ~ ~ ~! j

So NU0H has been said BY the Washing
ton letter critters about Lees "otfensiye
movement" that it actually is becoming
offensive. 1t WOuldu'. be bad idea for
the War Departments to get Washington
Ensured" SO that anxiety about its safst-
need not preclude all other military con.
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Three Boilers and Engines of the steamer Hanging

| NKT HEREASa Libel has been filed in the District
w Court of the United States for tho District
of Western Virginia, onthe 25th day of Nav, 1868
by the Union Coal and Oil Company, against Three
Boilers aud Engines and part of the Tackle and
~ Eurntnro OF the steamboat Hanging Rock. alleging
IN substance, that about the 18th day Of cto.
per, 1852; the said steamboat being then on trip
rom u9Ilpois to Loop Creek Shoals, in Fayette
county, Va, sunk in the Kanawha River, in water
navtgabie from the sea, by vessels Of ten or moro
TONS 3urthen and was soon thereafter totally aban.
dSned and the ibelants afterwards took possession
OF her and saved from the the said Three Boil
ers and Engines. etc., and that they are entitled 10
share tho for the salvage thereof
and PRAYING process against said hrce Boilers and
engines, = etc, and reasonable and proper salvage
and that the said Three Boilers and Engines etc. may
De condemned and sold to pay suc salvage, with
COSTS charges and expenses. Now therefore in pur-
sance OF the motion under the seal of the said court
to me directed and delivered do her eby give public
hStice 70 all persons claiming the said Fhree Boilers
and Engine" ETC., of the steamboat Hanging Rock,
or IN any manner interested therein, that they be
and appear before the said District Court to he held
at wheeling in and for the Western District of Vir-
ginle, on the 18th day OfJune next at IL O'Clock in
the forenoon OF that dRy-provided the same shall
pc DAY ofturisdtcton, otherwise, on the next day
OF jurisdiction characterization and there to inter
behalf e"sOH' ~ t"A'
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OFFICIAL VOTE OF HAMpsH1RE COUNTY.
PIEDMONT, June 8.
Editors Of htsgligsnesr.

Editors Of InteIIigsncer:
AS have noticed no report of any cleo
ton returns from our county, l herewith
send you the official vote of the county:
For State Senate-James Carskadon re-
ceived So votes, A Becktol 81.
For House of Delegates-G. w. Sheetz
"a, James l. Barrick 80, Hiram Tracy 81,
For Sherif-Thomas Paxton 90.
For Recorder-John Hughes so, David
b. Long 90, @. S. Jones 81.
The State ticket was voted for almost
unanimously.
Yours truly, G. w. S.
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POR lLARsnALL pRRcINCT

At the School House in Carson District, under The
snPeIE5ntendence Of Perry Whitman, Samuel Du Ian
Precnct, and two Trustees for each Blanv CsrsoI4
Bell,Ra and Roney,s Point Districts. --s -
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ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION.

fTHE ANNUAL SCHOOL, RLRoPION win h. ~,
on Saturday, the 9th day of June next. bet,vsan
the hours Of one and five O'clock p NJ at the places
and under the superintendence of the persons here
matter named fer one Commissioner for each Of te
rrecinets and two Trustees fo each School District
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FOR ATKINSON pRECINcT

At the School House In Highland District. uDdsr
the suPerinsendence Of VIM. Atkinson, Samuel Nc
said Precinct and two Trustees for each Wall liz
highland, Short Creek and Fred. rick Districta
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Letter from DOddrIdge.

DEAR SIRs:-Over the transparent sig.
nature "a. b. in yonr number OF the Cd
inst, my late competitor tor the House of
Delegates, EphrNim Bee, proclnims himself
with pharlsean mOdesty, un ssuncompro-
ming Union man" while his personal op-
ponents are charitably designated as "tbe
enemy" For the sake of the 245 loyal
citizens who honOred me with their sup
port, | cannot silently pocket my intended
share of this insiduOus epithet, and beg
leave to refer you and the public ut large,
to the following figures and facts:
In the Hughes river precinct, where Mr..
Bee and myself both reside, and are best
known, and where raised the Stars and
Stripes over the poll "for aud against the
Ordinance OF Secession" while Mr.. Bee
laid ncompT0miSingiy lolU awaiting the re-.
suit, obtained in the last contest II votee
and Mr.. Bee II!
Far away from home where my domestic
habits had cultivated no political rcDuta-
ton, and where Alr. Bees characteristic
talents had the fairest play, he only beat
me four per cent, with 23O of Foley's votes
TO my skirts. This he mainly accomplish
ed by representing me, according to men
ana places, as an abolitionist for predicting
the triumph of the free State long before
he believed it possible, and a secessionist
for not cropping the noses of those of nv
next door neighbours geese who peacefully
disagreed with me in politics.
Yours respectfully,
]. H. DIss DEBAR.
1--WE know nothing of the merits of this
controversy, but must assure our CORES,
pendent that be is mistaken in attributipe
the letter he alludes to to Mr.. Bee. We
are not aware of having ever received =
communication from that gentleman on
any subject.-EDs. INrEI1.1
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FOR JRPFRRSON pRECINor

At the School House In South Wheeling. under n,
snpertntendence of Jesse Wheat John Oesierling
Wm. Little; for one Commissioner for said Preeinet
ana ne Tor EACH HE, Caldwell and Ad
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FOR WASHINGTON PRRCINoT

AT the School House In Woods District. under N.
S9Perintendence of A. Allison, james McCollocb snS
and two Trustees for each Beech Glen. Woods. TsS
die Riehland Rnlton, steenrod and OIinton niatict
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For Pert o-I 81
PROv9.E llARsHAl GEzEaA1'g oygIoE,

A LINEN who desire to i6in anv narticplar Repi.
"a ment of Cavalry now in the held. are hereby
TO present themselves at any time during
e next thirty days to the Board Of Enrolment in
them and determine upon their fitness for the ser
VICE ana found to be lit, the Provost Marshal of the
sha give them transport tickets to the
general hendezyous, at the Headquarters OF the A.
a. Provost darshat General of the State As as
PFeSsnt themselves at this general Rendezvous
PuTsing oaeer, aud paid by him the bounty allowed
Gy IeS; 49,, .,et.574 - JAMES B. PRY,
m22S2 1nl Provost Marshal General.
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TEE N. o. Pic says Spring is leaving
that city III summary manner.