Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-06

chSefs. for the aGFey IEagle.D g -isi' tao
-, ~ HfAd fAd onr comRa6d ding Ge6srals hlisBeeh
inspired .Withlss lofty, patriotism, as pure
motives, ,sSs untiriug energy as he, the
banner OF AmerieAh liberty would iloRg
eFel'eis nave been triumphsntly floating
over the ruins of Southern despotism..i d ~
sSl bqt It fs flights out, = and must close
a'.3ess5' en- h,ssF '..ts 2 ss ~ 'B' :
kg 4si Rebel Raid BFSLsnsUP.I 3of =
~ sHE9AApqgARTERs 18th w. v. l., " u
II SRABHot tBsyILLi, Gabell Dol, ". ". g..
I'd; Intel: T THIiI. :
2a the morning Of che 21th of this month
at about tite O'CLOCK, iIifetmatto1 was re-.
celved q, these Headquarters, that "a body
9t Eseels said 70 number, about one hun.
dred mail were within some fYe miles of
this post and were moving in the direc.
tt9n, OF the town Of Gdyandotte. Upon re.
celylng this Intelligence, Capt. Witcher,
with Twenty-Five 6t his e6mpSng, NE rest
be1ng out on scout, WAS ordered TO, pro-,
feee sldollnl fheE gaudOtte river, on the
poslts SIDE from where the rebels were
be his done, lie ero SD sts
" lraoqt q apd proc seded mp the Fet 10.
= ttussell s5cres (, llst6nce Of one mile
Here ne slearpe tlslt Q body ofsrebels, uh+
der the command of the notorious Hufsfinl.
Spurlock, had; leit but a short time before,
having 'ca Smith. Deputy Sheriff
OF this qoupt aad Eebbed him of $780,
They also SapturedS Mr.. Wright, Commis.
missioner of the Revenue, John Eurgersou,
ESD, atd four Veteran soldiers from fBs
9th and eth Y. Infantry, aud atlen start
ed fp the dItsetio5 Of pEeyns 9. q. The
Captain cohtihuettH hfs pursuit, aud after
going some TWO rrailes, fieathed that thew
had divided their force, part going in the
direction of the Beech Fork and part in the
direction of the fails of Twelve Pole! This
latter f9rcei4stpg comWSpded by Captain
tsParlotk; s4rhs object Of this force was to
capture Esquire Barber and aother civil
officers of Wayne county. The pursuit yyas
kept up with great Yigor aud determination
and. at about ten o'clock they came up with
the e6emy2 ct Esq BGrber's, whom they
had just arrested. This Was sixmiles from
WaynssC: h. Here the enemy, thirty in
number, were strongly posted on the top of
a. bill; /; charge was Immediately made
firing briskly as our forces advance, and
after Diminishing some thirty minutes, the
enemy tgays SYay, lying I'M all directions
for the woods t0dr toEces pursued botl2
and sueeeeded In scaptdE one sergeant
and Three privAtss.b Three OF the enemy
lwerepkilled and several wounded. We
featured ten guns = 9EsareyolyeFs, two
horses, and lrecaptured4 two soldies from
the 9thsN.E. Infantry ana two Eitizsns-
The balance, of the prison eEs, with The pae=s
tpetss and t1oley had 'bfen sent through
I'With the, sqnaaatha went iiuf the direction
of Beech Fork aud e6nseq gshtIy were not
IrecaPtured. iiafs7'
.D4ptS WttshsEis sfotae heing small aud
within 9 fsRI miles aof the rebel camp, he
deemed i impru dent to remain longer in
that vicinity and returned TO BRtb6dfs-
Vile, Which place he reached about SUNSET
having trayeled some forty miles, started
before break fast. tasted twenty. four hours.
swan 31 ny yRndotte, river, and arrived in
camp without the loss of a.siugle rhah!A
Ohe :h6rsesWAs wounded in fYe places but
not seriolalyo This Captain Spurlook is
one OF the most tdesp perRtemBnI infthe cSuti.
try brave, deterrent iAeds and uncorhpronfs.
4 tpgps iHe has been 6n active and daring
enemy ever since the outbreak OF the re-
bellion. Hs tfds i6esn in most all the fivbts
10 this part OF the State anidi sftiddt doubt
4 has taken thetlffe of many aloyal soldier
\ Yea, he had on his head, when arrested. a
hat taken from tie head of one ofour, EfedG
itehahts, whom bis TIA t6t5tus hGSts 4iad
\ taken itbe life Of At Round Bottom, odi Big
SANDY river, blt short before. Hso has
robbed tbe1oYAli cf1zeps, of Wayne and adj u
IJ5ihing countles Of thods4ndS Of dollars
1 Borthaofs their property under sthe false
lpFetenss that y g bad thei right toJdo s6s6eJ
eayss they II KeFs al sloEAl 10 his rotten con-
/ lfederAcYs There is NO man ID tbescouutry'
] against whom the Loyal people OF mis-
/ county have so large an account to settle
because 16flAHS6o 6GF67rods llid III buman
treatment towards them.s He is perfect
! mAaiac upon thelRigger, and L wouIdsbe 4
blesstng to the cohntry II fgheiHere sant to
g9hhspn's lslAgt Rnd keptfa close confities
nept9 uutil RisHbeloVed Ieoufederacy3 ia
/ Wtieh ihe seemsrto have ;seslnuch co66L
dPntes BE- Il hto utter 6bii9foa!!
Is Z Capt. YtchefsBud his brave little band
4deserye. .thgsegngfatdla ofitfe tcountf1Si
tqrst regeapdtgal allaltemAnAer in Wtiieh
they pursued apd djspeF rebel h6fde Q
Of ipespdGiAFtes.is' y ss5G q 7fi WV H.a2.
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