Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-04

end of it, and crying like wounded guer
rilla, held on to her quilt, there they pull
ed each at an end, till the Southern hear
became so fred that grandmother wilted il
its presence, chiValry prevailed, and the
quilt was his-auother triumph Of South.
ern prowess. Such was their occupation
during the entire march from SmiIhfeld
to Wintersville. i o.
They halted for an hour or more midway
between SmithfieId aud New AlexsudriA,
and while there destroyed q gread deal of
grain feeding their horses. Many soldiers
would lie down in the road and fall fast
asleep in a moment, from which they could
scarcely be aroused. They soon arrived
ar New Alexandria, and there halted long
enough to eat the town clean of every
thing eatable, and drink all the Whiskey in
the place, aud freely helped themselves to
whatever they wanted from the stores OF
the village. Here the General did not at,
tempt longer TO conceal from me that be
was John Morgan. He said, 81 presume
you are now aware that l am Gen. Nor
gsn." to which replied, ais that so, Gen
eral well the Thing is up Usth me-" Thia
! said in pleasant msnner, trying to show
little anxiety at the same time. Said he,
81 will hold you responsible if you mis-
lead me to WiutersvilIe, but if You take
me the most direct route, will then die
miss you" said, "General, it ia very
much against my principles to be leading
you through the country You have pleD-
ty of friends here who know the road as
we'll as I, and who would take pleasure in
guiding you wherever you desire to CO."
To this he replied, "You are the man
want, aud you are aware that you are In
my power, and hope you will consent to
be ny guide" al will not consent to
guide you, but will do so by your com
maud." "Well, sir, I'll depend on you to
do it." The command of forirdTd was Civ
en-, and soon the whole guerilla baud NOV
ed toward the North, where felt confident
of their being coralled and knew they could
not escape. 1t was the happiest moment
of my life when learned be was frighten-
ed from an attempt TO cross the river by |
my extrayagent representation of the forces |
along the river. He relied so much on my |
statement that be did not even order re
connoisauce to ascertain whether or not !
had made a correct statement. | was
afraid he could cross the river early in the |
day of the Goth, aud it was a period OF |
great anxiety to me till l saw him yield |
to the in6niIy of fear and creduliIy, and |
abandon the crossing of the river till at |
Beaver Shoals. Then imagine nay pride to |
find that l, a prisoner aud guide, bad cap
tured his plans Of escape, and left his cor |
pus to be captured by our soldiers; for |
when at WintersVille there was not even |
the shadow of a chance of escape, as the |
sequel proved. r.3L5'--l Il ~
He treated me with great kindness and |
respect, as did also his men. he gave me |
u tolerably good animal to ride home, and |
a better bride and saddle than he took |
from me. l had a share of everything |
nice along the way which l desired, and |
enjoyed myself much better than thought |
possible among such plnDderers. / was
with the advance and saw all the Surprises,
which were frequently accompanied with |
many things ridiculous and amusing =
Along the way they capture a young man
abou 6 feet inches high, and rather ro-
bust. He was yell dressed, when taken |
being in his shirt sleeves. His clothes |
were new and clean, his shoes black, had |
on white cotton socks. was washed, shaved |
and combed, and judging from his appear |
ance he was about TO make raid on some |
farmers daughter, which was timely IN
tercepted by the sudden dash of AIorgan's |
men, who called him to shalt, fall in and |
mount behind another man." he heisitated |
for a moment-a soldier drew a revolver,
told him no time 10 talk-but light |
on behind. He lit on behind in a |
flash, couvuIsed with fear, his |
hair on end, his eyes glaring, protruded |
from their sockets, his lips cOlorless and |
his teeth cbattsring. Occasional deep |
sigh, as though il came all the way from |
his boots, gave utterance to the terrific |
horror ofthe hour. At length, great drops |
of cold perspiration stood thick on his pale |
face aud he would tremble with emotion. |
His fears seemed TO stimulate his kidneys, |
which made him troublesome At first, aud |
exceedingly importuuate to get home, for |
he evidently was bashfuI man. Aud |
when he would think of the ''girl he left |
behind" lie would shudder with the reflec- |
ton that he had seen her for the last time. |
Aud on hearing the pickets FIRE, his eyes |
would reyolve with vigilance, ''aud bis
ears quake like an aspen leaf" We halted |
near Wintersville for two hours, ut which |
place our hero, who was close to a rebel
who was lily clad. old and of small stature,
began a conversation about how hard IL
was to take him from home. Said he was
= lone man; the women would be scared,
and no one to attend to his affairs, aud he
would be greatly o6Leeged If they would
release him. Rebel said he had nothing
to do with it. Then our hero said, you oTt
not to be hard with me. I've been a friend
of you uns. I've been DimOerGf all my
life, aud voted for BrGekenriage at bis
election. I've been teliin' my neigbbOrs
that this war Is wrong, and oTt to be sEopt;
that If the South had her rights under the
Constitution, there would be none Of this
furzs; that the A6OiitioHHsts brought on
the .furze, and if they were kilt the yfurze
would stop. Said rebel, how wonId you
trade pants with me? Said Buternut,
oh, this is new pair just put on. Said
rebel, That's why want to trade. Said
Butternut, my Pants are clean aud besides,
have never worn other peoples clothes.
"Come into this stence corner" said rebel aud
take OF your pants" Butternut hesitated,
and his eyes reVolVed. "Take them of in