Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-18

We have the following additional inter
estrng extracts from the latest Richmon
papers thus far received:
GLORIOUS FUTURE.
From the Richmond Examiner, May
Three years OF bitter war have nov
elapsed. During that time events hay,
occurred that have no parallel in history
and whose recital will never he believed
except by those who witnessed Armies
composed of the vilest material that ever
gathered 10 scourge mankind, infamed b,
promise of gain and unfettered license
marched TO the conquest of country gull
" only of loving the laws and religion o
freemen. The truth is suppressed, aud the
4 world knows not what has followed ia the
track of the Federal bands. Tho6eautifu
Delta, from Memphis 10 the Gull, once The
abode OF wealth and happy civilization
has been given TO lhs torch and the flood
and, whuA piilsge ceased to be profitable,
was abandoned tu the water fowl and 10
solitude. The dignity of men nor the mod.
esty of women were respected. Gunvicts.
landed upon the piCrs OF New York, fresh
from the alleys of Europe, were tempted
by the silver, plate of the table, and the
delicate cbarms which cbivalry respects
The cosllier articles were reserved 10 the
Commanding Generals, and the remainder
of the country was appropriated to rogi-
mental plnnder. General orders were Is
sued prescribing the rules of pillagp, aud
defining, in grades, the rights of the con.
querors. IL were indelicate to paint the
details. General Turchiu, first gathering
heaps of wealth for himself in a town dis.
tinguished for its fem ile schools, issued an
order that ali law was suspended for two
hours, and that no report must be made to
, him Of what occurred during that time
For this he received new commission
from tho Dictator. Rosecrans shipped
silver ware and cotton from the Cumber
land to the Tennessee, aud his victims,
first rubbed, filled the jaiis OF Nashville
and the Lakes. Butler, less Infamous than
others, and Banks, more cruel and avari-
cious than all, erected gibbets aud con.
Quoted executions. Torture was applied
to compel q disclosure of hidden riches
and the confession secured to the victims
imprisonment instead of death. Negroes
were urged to crimes whose names must
not be mentioned, aud, more humane than
their new masters, spared mauy within
their power. From Ytcksburg, across the
State of Mississippi, the march of Sher-
mans army can be traced like the lire-
path CT the prairie. Not fence remains.
A black spot indicates where the dwell
ing stood. 1t is tine reverse of what was
created. Nature shrinks and disowns hOr-
selE For this achievement tbe Dictator
has given him the command of the army of
Chattanooga. Nor do they who affirm
loyalty TO the cOuQuerors escape Their
duplicity is denounced, aud it is declared
that they confess allegiance only that they
may play the character of spies. This con-
siructiOm makes them the attractive object
of plunder. East Tennessee, which the
Dictator hns with soma truth declared ia
partial TO his arms, retains. only it's
lofty mountains and its liviug running wa
ter. It's lich valleys, decked with perpet-
ual green, aud seeming in vanity to smile
at their own beauty. are uninhabited, safe
by injured women and starving children.
From GreeuViIie 10 chattanooga, over
which the Federal cavalry have lrod, the
grass grows, but humanity cannot exist.
| II from these scenes, enacted in blasphe-
my of freedom, we turn to the stately atti
tude of those who defy, and who will die if
they do not succeed, We shall DO moved by
] emotions of admiration as stroug as ever
rose Mt the sight OF the noble and sublime
All the interests, all tho property, all the
lives, of u whole people have. by law and
universal acclamation, been saeredly de-
voted to secure honor and independence.
Where in history is there pnrallel2
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In the East Lee, patient aud brave, good
and skillful, keeps strong guard over Yir.
| giuiR, even as the child cliugs to the mo.
Iher that bore him. In his front he has
driven back army after army of the inva-
der in siCkeniug discontinue, aud has
dashed him from his breast as the rock
throws hack the wave. la the West, the
errors of the past have been corrected, and
intelligence now commands brave hearts
AID strong arms. All the appointments
aud material of successful war are being
sufficiently supplied. The armies are larger
in numbers and in efficiency, and spirit
four fold stronger than ever before. The
night which seemed so long, and which has
been so black, is now lighted by the bivouao
of hope, aud the soldiers all think they see
the streaks OF the morning appear. New
systems of labor adapted to the necessities
of the occasion have created and restored
the needed supplies. The civil and local
machinery works smoothly with the na-
tiOnal power, and all believing IN the Iti-
ture receive orders from Richmond, aud
return profitable obedience Tue sick are
narsed by organized angels OF mercy, aud
the strAgglers are returned to their posts
by the aged and deCrepid, who refuse Ie.
fuge to all who do not serve their country
Ordnance stores, of which at fret there
was SO much need, now exceedthe demand
Forti6Catious, erected without reference to
private property, have secured exterior
points against sudden attack, and have
mobiliEed the heavy garrisons for the field
Troops can now be massed for extensive
battle, aud disparity OF forces will dis
appear. Thus soon iu the campaign, thu
failure of The enemy at Tunnel Hill, thu
disastrous retreat of Sherman from Meri,
dian, the slaughter of the invaders in Flor
ids, the defeated conspiracy of Kilpatricl
and DahlEren to burn Richmond, and mur
der its people. which failed because COW
ards ran and brave men defended, the jus
sentence of Fort Pillow, the heavy loss ii
North Carolina, the extensive victory ii
Lnnisiann EesnlIinn in tha dhsirnniinn Z.