Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-02
Tho Capture of that Poras. Train
'7 near ROmney.
llE.-.- - n RoMNRY. Feb d 1892

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'iE'd RoMNEY, Feb. %, 1868.
Editors Lntelligencer: ai "a
In your issue of the goth inst. there is a
communications in relation to the capture OF
forage train near Romuey, not one sem
iteuce of which is true from the bepinninp
to the eud of it. Who is this CORRESPONDENT
I:H@mpshire?" who coward.like fees his,
homeIto New Creek, not even stopping to
taRe'H u loug breath by the way, until safely
anchored there, and there only to send his
foul breath of sander broadcast through
the Iatethgencer over the land against ftIIas
soldiers of Pennsylvania. WHO f6rsthe last,
~ months have stood side by SIDE and
fought with the bravest of his own and
other States to suppress this accursed re.
oelhon, and at the same time protect The
loyal citizens ofWestern Virginia both In
MS MS home and his rights? The train spo.
ken ken OF IN your former issue aud the one in
tnls sIanderuus communication are one and
ltne same. ltconsisted of about 90 wagons
OF 4 and g horse teams, and was guarded ,bv
Capt. aud 6Olinfantry, with n Serrl. and
anu or 8 cavalry men sOr the RIngpoId
Battalion, and four or five Viruinia cavaJ,.
lrY. These were in front of the train when
the dash was made by Capt. Mcneil and
~ men. The infantry craven and coward
IKE threw down their arms and surren-
uered without firing gun, us well as their
F-teAuastsss aud tennis WIN t6efr vyag6ts.
which were all burned Gxcent FIVE which
were rescued by n stand made by four or
i've RipggOld cIValrymen, after the rebels
had taken the horses from them. The
Captain of the Infantry ran OF as
last MS his horse could carry him,
as he.said, to'carry the news of this glori-
GUS feat TO camp. Meeting the cavalry from
. q fFOD Of Z tl,at
He said "doh't go back for Gods sake. the
road is full ofthem" Nevertheless FIVE of
the Riuggold, cavalry battalion went and
made such fight as not only to prevent,
them from taking any more but saved the
10 wagons already unhorsed and about to be
burnt Not a man-not wagon-not a
horse which they were guarding was lost
or captured. The only cavalry Re recnn-
tured were teamsters and two or three Of
the Virginia cavalry, who had jstrap6IetI
behind. Who is this dictator of wisdom,
who advised decent well bred men and
lsotolers-who have been taught to fight for
the Flag and Constitution of our country
alene-to take pattern by and learn wis.,
dom from Mcneil, the robber and high
Wayman, who lies skulking in the pine
bushes or ON the hill-tops, waiting like 4
beast of prey for his victiHas-who never
attacks unless he is first informed that the
party be is about to fight have declared
they won't fght-or are so few as to be un-
able to resist him. Then, and then ONLY.
he pounces on them from his hiding pIace.
grasps his prey and runs off with it, as he
did in this case, to hide in some mountain
tastness, where the uninitiated can never
come-DeVil's Hole i<sa
We come not here to rob, pillaee and de-
stroy; butito restore our distracted and di.
vided country. God help us if l"Hamp-
shire's" is the kind of counsel that in the
future we must follow Poor, narrow
hearted contracted soul, to see no interest,
no country beyond his own farm. To say
that we are lying idIe.in camp, when not
day, since we entered the service bnt that
we had over half our men on active and
hard duty, whilst he, no doubt, is sitting in
some safe corner. DIETER paid by Uncle
SAm) reading the news and studying ho,v
10 make IL.
1t win not do, ifhe is responsible, for him
to- say he was told so. "A clever man knows
facts, is surei before he writes what might
prove base slander, 1.-The is not respon-
sible, then forever hereafter throw his
communications away. Who is he? We
wautito know where and what caused the
shoe to pinch his toes. d. ~ 81
5-...s.s, Ir5 JOHN KEYS,
Capt. .com'dg Riuggold Cav.