Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-12

give them as free passage TO the commerce
Of all nations. In each of the two cases
he has bad to meet, and will still have 70
meet, interested opposition.
THE REBEL CAVALRY.
From the Richmond Whig, oct. 2
A'special dispatch 70 the Richmond En- /.
qUirer, dated Orange Court House, Sept.
%, 1868, says: IA considerable cavalry
fight occurred TO-: day, beginning near Madi-
son Court House. Our forces JeN back
some three or four miles" True, in this
instance, tive captured 20 Yankees" and
there may have been good reasons for
''falling back" But this tune of "Our
Cavalry Falling Back Is becoming too
familiar with the Army of Eorthern Yir.
ginia. Nobody expects ''our cavalry" OW
to do anything but fall back.
Time was when Stuart's cavalry was
the pride of the country. Il was never
dreamed that the clumsy Yankees, unused
to horseback, could rival, much less sur.
pass it. But such is the lameutable fact.
Since Kelly's Ford and the great review
at Culpepper Court house for the benefit
of the ladies, our cavalry has gone under,
and we have been forced to the shameful
admission that Yankee tailOrs aud shoe
makers on horseback are superior to the
cavaliers of the South. Certainly the cav
airy engagements of the last six months
have ended with the same old songs, IOur
Cavalry Fell Back"
The cause Of this deterioration is un-
known to ne It Is alleged that the enc
my's horse is invariably supported with
artillery and infantry; but this is denied
by competent authority in regard to the
most famous cavalry ''fall back" OF the war
that from Middleburgh to Ashby's Gap.
But be that as it may, We also have artiI-
lery, comprising some Of the best batteries
in the service, connected with our cavalry,
and the artillerists fight bravely-so much
so, indeed, that their guns are captured
for want of support. -,
cure, we suppose the commanding General
will apply tue necessary remedy without
delay, else our cavalry will soon become q
disgrace to the country, aud be scoHed at
by the people as they now are by the in.
fantry. What makes our modification
over these innocent "fallings back" tenfoId
more acute is the fact thai LEe DasE majority
of the eavGkTyWe1 are PTEgtRiaRs.
Later accounts go to show that the dis
patch ofthe 22d, to the Enquirer, was based
upon Misrepresentation of c0wardly fu-
gitives. and that our cavalry acted we'll, all
things considered, Still there was q IS fall
ing back" in spite Of the fact that General
Lee knew the attack was going to be made,
and was "8ide awake" Il has been long
since We heard Of anything brilliant
achieved by our cavalry, and now would
be good time 70 give the country pleas
ant surprise. ~ s554 ifis
As gpr0pOs to this subject, We quote the
following extracts from letter to the Ez-
Gusiner, dated Abingdon. Va, detailing the
results Of operations in the vicinity Of
Bristol Tenn. The writer says:
''Straggling parties of our glorious cav
airy, without guns, pistols or sabFes. are
now slowly Wendipg their way 70 the front
"a mighty good sign their is no danger in
that direction. They are the laughing
stock of the women; but the farmers who
behold them tremble for their hOgs and
~ At Bristol there WAS
rot -C0nfederate soldier, except the dyiue
rather than confidence. Under these cir
c1mstauces, any resistance on the part Of
the citizens would have been worse than
useless, as being hopeless, II could onIy
have resulted in the certain destruction OF
tue town. Had the copfedsFste author.
tiles made auy show Of hght, the citiEens al.
most TO q man would have stood by them
The uninitiated may think that t6e panic
AZ Bristol, and the desertiOn and destrpe.
ton Of property there are new thi1gs-un-
usual circumstances. Not 50, lnfortlnate-
Iy. These same Panies, mad fights Of cav.
airy and Government officers, with their
IamentAbie consequences, have occurred
In hundreds Of places where the Yankees
have approached, but there has been no
one left to tell the disgraceful tale. That