Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-09

tioudoty sS4tiff uluSkl HPftit4P sooner or later
and eeFtatniy, unless fbe temper of the
country alters, it is di'he1lt to see how it
can be avoided. II IT shppld come ii. will
,eertalnly be some consola attou 10 the pres
ept goyeFnment 70 refeet that they have as
yst done nothing 70 jls tily a declaration Of
war .ion the. part Of the Americans. Indeed,
excepting tue single eSse Of The Alabama
4 Is impossible 70 f BotSt to apT One One ,et act
which offers any just greands of.compiaint
to the American goVernment,"
The Fight at WaFreatOn junction.
/, Y4aHtSeroS CRY, D. g, May. 5, 1863
Editors Intslligencer !; La aai
No doubt you haYe5Iearned ere. this of
tho fightiat Waffenton JahCtion, on Sunday
last in which the First Virginia Cavalry
were the principal aotora0n our side, and
AlOsbyis guerrilla forceNand Black Horse
Cavalry combined. We tlss Val had!less
than 150 men at the Junction at the time,
tho rebel force was over 200! Outkeir
emerging from the woods their column
was divided so that our position could be-
lhanked and enable them to come in upon
our rear, which they,did. In less than
ten minutes, We were entirely surrounded,
and our only alternative was to fight to
the death. Taking their numbers into
consideration, no little baud of men ever
fought With more desperation than did
ours By this time the rebels had closed
iniupOn! our rear.and 1t was useless for US
to try to do more, for they had huddled us
together like so many sheep, while they
kept up their Internal yelling for US to sur
render, which was taken no notice of until
the brave and noble. Major Steele (mortally
wouuded) and fourteen others were lying
at our feet. t..At this moment we saw the
9th New York Cavalry charging upon our
captors. In less time than take to write
it, the rebels dispersed and were flying
pell=mell in every direction. Major Ham
mond, of the 9th New York, chased them
ten mics, capturing eight of them, while
a number of them left their horses
and ran into the pine forests, where it was
impossible to fud them. Major b. heard
in the mountain, which is ten miles from
where the fight occurred, that Mosby with
but five men passed through that place,
and that they were all wounded. "A Lieu
tenant of the 5th says that while Mosby
vas trying to rally his men on the road,
he (Alosby) was shot in the right arm or
shoulder, for by this time they (the 9th J
we're so close upon them that they COM
menced firing upon them. Mosby's right
arm fell to his side, dropped his sabre, and
oIderd his men to retreat. Before the 5th
came to our rescue, we had wounded six
Teen and killed two, one of them being one
of the most notorious spies in all rebel
DOM. His uameiWas TempletOnI he had
passes from the rebel Generals. to- .pnss
apsWiher6Si1e saw Mt within the Confeder-
ateflines. Dick Mason, sMosby e right hand
man is wounded badly, and is our prisoner,
also Capt. S. P. Dushane' of the lst Vir-
ginia Rebel cavalry. He is from Washing.
ton, Washington county, Pa. A number
of our officers knew him as soon as they
saw him. He spoke of-a number of the
citiZens7of thatiplace. He is badly wouh-
ded in1the right breast. There are other
western Pennsylyaniaus among them, but
have forgotten their names. When they
were retreating, Mosby saidito one of his
men, who was afterward captured, that
this was the first time that he had been
repulsed, and that if he had known that it
had been those First Virginia hell bounds,
hewould have been content with fighting
the, pickets. The wounded were brought
by rail to Fairfax station, where our Medi-
cal Director (Qr.l Capehartl was waiting
with ambulances 20. receive them. The
Rebel wounded were sent out to the
Hospital at Alexandria.
3 The city to-day, is ia flame of excite
ment, although the bulletin boards pro-
claim nothing but the news of last nights
extras. .5s.i li.s .s.,ir. =. 4
It appears that Hooker intends to do as
he has said /; that he would let no news out
until his success or defeat warranted il.
The. Chronicle of this morning says that
tithe situation of the army ofthe Potomac
is almost as mysterious as it was yesterday
morning. = l1fs sIsGE
AS yet, nothing officially has been made
known. y ia1tss ff'i ' - ip
q The rebels in the city say thatth War
in receipt of news, and they
think the, IMPRESSION Of it angers well for
them. q p ~ y i,s, ,, - -:s.i az. 5tirlI
Twelve or fourteen hundred prisoners
arrived here yesterday. ~ ..4s
Quite q humber of our wounded are. be-
ing received into the hospitals, where theres
is room for eight or ten Thousand, J.D.
Hsa 80. ~ = - - =
The Virgins Boys and the Fight at
n .islz ziru FRtrmOnt. t-i4p
- G BURroS' Va, May q, 1868.
Editors Iateltigencsr :-9,s. j,
I. : AS there l. no .aCconnt taken. of the Yir-
ginia boysin yoursprece eediug report of the
FaiEmont fight, we have concluded to write
you a short letter, Wishipgtyou to give it
an insertion. in r.excellent paper. We
had been stationed at Bridgeport since last
September guarding the bridge. On Mon
day We received orders from Col. Wlkin-
sou to destroy the railroad bridge there
and fall back ION 'Fairmont. Immediately
after we destroyed the bridge, we. COM
manced bnr Hfst FetrSs6 with great reluc-
tance, leaving the citizeus in .. complete
panic, and reached Fairmont next day at
noon. We found the town almost deserted,
the prominent men having left the night
before. The town was full of various ru-
mors and exaggerated reports about the
rebels being in MorgRntoNb. Owe found
the torceiat Fairmont to. consist of Cos. D
9Th Va, and 100 militia and home guards
all told, 234 men, commanded by Capt.
EEnn EinrIni., fNaN. N -InEAl, M.r- Xnnl.-.