Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-07-14

door and window closed, and the place
seemed possessed by soil itnde but this eve
ming the streets were literally lined with
ladies and many men, who shouted and
cheered and waved their handkerehiefs TO
every Confederate that passed. .dln4a syAa 2v
iitYou can form no idea of the immense
droves of cattle and horses that are being
sent to the rear fromlour advanced forces
in PENNSYLVANIA. THE supplies in this
country are Representative to be nearly ine1-s
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1uiAeA, CAVALRY YfExPL0ITa dAfloz d
Daring. ..AdvsnnituresIo OF Oapts. DaRI-
grenS and CIine2The Captlir6di Dis
'patGhes from DAVIS to IeeAQalte u
Remarka bic Narrative 10 eeT-o 9d'
-il4 a0 rs FREDERIck. Nd, July 3, 1853, al
The following incidents Tare.uot without
interest at this time: 'Tfs5f ~ ssiAss ,rsm
Capt. Cline. of the Sd Indiana cavalry,
on the 18th of June, the day Gen. Meade
assumed command of the Army of the Po-
tomsc, went into Hagerstown with eight
men, and captured Lees messenger and q
guard of thirteen men, together with dis.
patches and a mail from Richmond.
Onthe 1stinst accompanied by the DASH
ing Capt. eDahlgren andgtweutybmen, Cline
went to hGreencastle, and rcaptueedi Lees
private orderly and his entire, escort, who
had very important dispatches from jeff
Davis to Lee, together with ordersto Lees
various generals, muster and payrolls, and
other army matters. The most important
of these papers was letter from JEFF Davis
to Lee, and showed the weakness ofnthe
latter, and a favorable effect upon the rS-
suits which followed the battle of Gettys-
burg. The following are some Sof- the
points contained in lthei letter, which was
dated Richmond, ,lJ une. o29.sa Davis feared
that his raid into Peppsy ylyania was great.
mistake. 1t was an error to s9ppose the
Army of the Potomac had been so reduced
by the discharge of the two years and nine
months men as to make victory an easy
matter. Accessions to our army by new
troops and militia we're three times greater
than our losses. goj,..7glSys |
These facts, when the expedition was
planned, were unknown.--lt--Was-n utterly
impossible to organize q reserve army at
Culpeper, as Lee had suggested, owing, to
the fact that Dr. H. Hills, command had
'beentlargely reduced yareinforcing other
points, and it was equally impossiblet to
spare single man from 9Beanregards
command. Horses were needed. ~ JohG
son could not succeed" againstr Grant with
out them, and Davis had fears for the fate
Of Mckshurg d Davis WAS sorry that he
could not forward money to Lee.
The 9Gartermaster General tells Lee
that. hecdnnot send him supplies and or
tdnances without horses, ,aad the campaign
must be abandoned unless animals are i'm
mediately sent to Virginia. Lee musta also
keep. open "a line Of comm mn nicatioFi and
q o.
10 Other matters Of interesttare contained
in. ilejdespatches.f sTgupa eS5Ds1
amThomasi aPaulding, ssof Greencsstle, is
spoken of in the highest terms by. Cline,
as rendering. him Invaluable assistance,
guiding the, party, by genetally unknown
irontes, through men ain passes and for
tests. etneH slaiia13 huA ssRoE iegB ssJln 4
a3 tg On the 4th in instant, Cline and DAhlgten,
reinforced by oneli hundred of the Sixth
Pennsylvania cavalry, under 5Lieutehants
Morrow and White, nretuEh hed fl gain to the
rear of,Lee,s army rGreencastle, where
they took .thffty.one ptisopers,I' Forty
eight Of the rabet ca allry came. into town,
and call ed for the burg gessi in order to levy
- contribution , b line and Dahl we're
postedain the square, and q acitizenitoldthe
rebels they, would find the burgess there.
"A part of { onroi men msdeI1 e detour of q
WE'RE ~ sssailsd @ ii front and rear. and the
Si6is nnarty Vas a, INJURED Without fig loss,
Of siman on either side.g2 .sii b5sSaasg sp' y
On another. occasion the same day. near,
Greencastle, Cline, with eight men, chsrg5-
ed upon and captured "a rebel paymaster,
with his escort, and a consid derab lie amount
of Confederate funds. "A supporting force
near by lwas,charged upon, and driven to-
wards WiIIiamsport. y An u
.Po1,om;,a,I ..hase. dash;no exnlo;ts
n fsyh5 "a the
~ ~! 81, ttIs Z sftEl s5;ss,,a,.a
.is = ~ the the retreatins @ Rebel ,reina
sI,a 5frsction of the PGtnmac
tI1s;s ,sa;5 nsisted 81 finn Ave Ia air bnn.
4 :, ~ n III ssnd mi
TIea rsa Wagons "a pst , cayal.
~ rus Yaag rsgimsSt 81 ifs1tfyhSd d battery Of