Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-19
UIlon W. Buttsrnur-Rallroad Inol.



Editors INtsiligns~:
A few days siuce, It was my fortune to
bvirrAveling on the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad. When near HlncenneS, IN Incl.
deht occurred which produced quite an
excitement aud vt OnS time threatened
tragedy.
Seated uear me were two KentuckiAus,
and Pennsylvania, who WIS river pi-
lot. The KeulurkEans were OF the Butter
nut Style OF patriots, ADD the Pennsylvania
pilot was Que OF the same percussion
Ouly moe open aud defiant 10 his deuun.
ciAIivn OF lhr President and his policy Of
the Government The EeutuCkiAus up.
peAred greatly to cujOy the ous-spOken
treason VI the pilot and treated him to
Sufur apple brandy which they carried with
them In lessen tue trdlum OF travel.
There happened TO be in the cars Ser.
grAn,. who W1s sick, and on his way home
90 sick iarinmgh,
lie WAS " Mli, intelligent looking fellow,
with fac brown eyes, which wasted cheeks
uuy made more marked nLd luSrOus
ThIs man soon LGrnlue n deeply interested
lIsttnrr " the b'at+nt treason VI tho three
rebel SOmpaihiErrsi AnI after struggling
NJ / 81 his I-,Ilrgs VI Indignation for
slIue tim, he rose from his seat, approach
I'd the phi y OF witch The P,A0-!l'""5"
Wrs l"kwg the ad, aud addressed him IA
lngutEr Ike Jus:
! "NJW, cir, have been listening to ynur
Ii, asOn shut lVrE rnuuYh, and you m"'t
4top' We ule III slIc U: war, and i.
there's 40 martial Law ia Limos, III mOsr
It vtry quick. | have brcn ia the army
tiiteen mOnihs-ieiL comfortable home.
II have endured storm and hunger In
trying to quelI this REBELLION aud pre-.
serve The CnOu. ! have been pre9s;
| ~. :, s'--.--I ss"u an uUW anAole
to discharge The duties Of soldier. am
gUing home to recruit my health II pUssi-
Ole, and intend tO rCtura aud fight Ii oct
10 the bitter end. But, sir, have ten timts
more respect for the mCu At whom have
Ueru shooting 10 Tennessee and Nlssissip.
pi than have for you, and men like you.
coWard9 sueaks who remained At home,
afraid 10 60 into the army, but who are
now fouepting discomfort and producing
discord among the people Of shs North, BY
ultering just such treason Ms you have been
uIteriug here-and, sir, you must stop lat
once or I'll put daylight through you 50
quick you wont know what's the matter.
The soldier, BY this time had approach.
ed close TO the pilot udlooked him full 10
the face, with flashing eye and With such
determined manner that many Of Us sprAug
TO our feet to iulerposc. There were two
other sick s-brOthers-in the car
aud when they saw the movement Of the
sergeAnt-cried Ego in soldier, aud Il you
need Any help, we're good for Two more OF
that sort" (AIludiuEtO the neutral patriots
from Kentucky The calm, determined
bearing Of the Sergeant said plainly. mo
room for trifling here" and had done It's
work upon the pilot, who was large pow.
erful man and could have crushed the 10.
valid Sergeant With scarcely IN effort
Consciousness Of being ia the wrong, and
rsbuked BY man who bad evidently per-
Tiled his life for his oountry-hiS coWsrdly
spirit quailed, and bis trAitoriouS togue
was silent!
A bum Of applause ran all through the
car, and the sick soldier, although not able
TO perform duty for his county in the field
did IN this instance render his county
some service 10 rebukiug the coWGrdly
treason which StAbS in the dark!