Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-15

eeel With fresh energy, aud We should still
possess the only means Of Transporting
supplies We have eIer had--,he railroads
for our rivers have been, and still are, Of
use only 10 the enemy. Moreover. the ire.
queat dSromGyares which the Yaskees
{ have met IN their On 10 Richmond ani
the increasing impfotabiIitie' Of accom-.
I pishing that object are beginning to make
I tbp grapes somewhat sour ia the estimation
OF those amiAble foxes, Bat the Charleston
grapes still hang 10 tempting clusters, and
the grudge they owe South Carolina is old
er aud more yeBomous lhaa that towards
YirgisiA. Their journalists never refer 10
Charleston withou, styling il that ladders
nest Of treason" aad breAt6iHg forth n
burning desire TO measure conclusions be-
tween their feet aud the bite Of the 'ad.
dsrs." South Carolina committed the 10.
patdouable crime Of lighting the flames OF
this "unholy rebellion and OF first causing
the United States flag to trail IN the dust
Moreover she is 40 old offender, having Tor
thirty years been chaing Il her chains aud
loathipg With intense and unconccalet dis
| gus, her compulsory Conpan!onshlp With
1 Yankee DOodedom. Besides al! this her
proud and pure character is sianllog
afFrout to inferior natures which can never
! be forgiven How they would delight 10
/ humble her in the duel, 10 tread her !n the
mud, TO jump, aud hAIloo, aud whooP over
I her prostrale form. The condition Of New
| Orleans would be au Elysium compared 10
lha, Of Charleston il it should fall into
Yankee hauds There is no iudiguiIy It's
people would not be made to suffer no
a;rocity ITS enemies are not capable Of per-
petrating. IIwould be better that not Que
! brick should be iefI snudDg upon another
in Charleston; better that It's whole popua.
| ton should be driven out homeless and
houselcss to the interior, than surrender to
the Yankees, and be governed probably by
/ Butler the Beast, who might be sent there,
as the most etlicieul Rgent TO make Charles
ton drink to the dregs the bitter cup which
the Yankees have prepared for her lips
But We have no fears Of any surrender, II
Charleston should be destroyed, It will be
only the loss Of few acres OF Carolina
soil, leaving intact the strength aud indC.
pendcnce OF the State We are satisfied,
however, that Charleston will drive back
the invaders in ignOminious confusion, and
come out o: the conflict with all her BAN
ners flying. There is in command Of that
coveted city an old acquaintance of the
Yankees; be who made FOtt Sumter bend
It's proud head, and who first sent the
Yankees to tho right about at Manassas
with a velocity unparalleled in the annals of
war. He is man whose heart burns with
an intensity Of patriotism more than equal
to the ardOr Of their fanaiical passions.
and whose military genius is equal 10 any
emergency Of the war, With Reaurcgard
Mt the head of Caroliua's chyelry, there
will be such ap entertainment ready for
the Yankees AtGharlsSton which will sat
isfy their appsttIsU for iaysGioa fer genera
tiOnS to come,
THE YAXGEE RAID IN EAST TENNESSEE.
Itis stated upon reliable authority, that
the Federal force which recently destroyed
the bridges in East Tennessee consisted Of
but five companies Of cavalry, or about
$50 men. They were under the command
OF Major Russell, OF Eastern Kentucky,
and had been five days and nights in the
saddle After surprising our men, num-
bering nearly Que huudred, and destroying
the bridges, they threw themselves down
and slept sOuudIy. Their borscs were also
greatly fntigued from the hard service. In
their rad they were guided by an East
Tennessee tory.
CONTRIBUTIONS FoR FREDERICKSBURG.
In noticing some detached contributions
to the Fredericksburg Sufferers, yesterday,
$50 were credited to the Confederate Oti.
GERS in Richmond. 1t is but just to say
that these officers have before contributed
very largely to the same cause, one alone
giving $500. The Sd Arkansas regiment,
Col. Manning commanding, contributed the
liberal sum of 81 ,s62 to the fund.
"ylGHrNG JOE HOOKER"
So the Yankees call this second edition
Of the braggarI Pope. He says, in his tes-
timony before the Yankee committee that
he wished to cross the RlppNhannock high
up the country, aud march down to Fred
Cricksburg on the south side, with his own
corps Of 10000 men. That isto say, he
wished to throw his corps on this side Of
the river, while Burnside was on the other,
without pontoonS aud with no possible
means Of communicating with him. We
wonder how long it would have been
before Gen. Lee hRdputths whole concern
10 his breeches pocket. Butsays this mod :
est General, with thirty thousand men l
could have chosen position which the
whole Confederate army could not have ta-
ken Is it possible2 The Conreierates
with but portion of their army, carried
position after position around this city, NIL
OF them beIievedto be impregGable Hook.
er ought to know that, for be made use Of
his legs on most OF those occasions, often
enough to have KEEP! it 10 his memory
Thirty thousand Yankees defy the whole
Confederate armyl!l There are said to
be 200, 900 men in Stafford, and Lee sjust
across tho river.
Hooker is bidding for the command OF
the Grand army. We hope he will get it,
oRS ErRSslpE,
This defeated and disappointed Yankee
General endeavors to cover up his inglor
Gus career at fredericksburg by the va
poriug declaration that he remained two
days at fredericksburg after the repnlse Of
his arms, reldy TO give battle 10 Gen, Lee,
but that Gen. Lee did not attack bin
Why did he not attack Gen, Lee7 Has be
forgotten that on the nigh. o. the battle he
sent a dispatch to his Government stating
that on the next morning he should attack
Gen. Lee againl Now he prctends that he
was waiting for an attack. If he was very