Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-24
Letter from Winchester.
W1KoHEsTER, West Va, Oct. II. '64

Editors IuteILigencer.-On yesterday, in
company with Col. McGee, of the Third
West Virginia Cavalry, we left Martins
burg for the front. An hour before leay-
ing we buried Private Ezra Tenant, of Co.
D, Sd West Va. cavalry. He came to his
end in this wise: in company with Ssr-
peaut Snodgrass and FIVE others of the
| same regiment, returning from the front
they were attacked some seven miles on the
Winchester eOad, and young Tenant killed
and the remainder of the party made pris-
oners. 'Tis sad to.contemplate the loss of
those 10 young, SO lovely, and lmbued
with such enlarged principles of patriot
| ism. Dear child, of fond doting parents,
sleep on in your quiet resting place. The
wild flowers will spread their deWy honors
over your grave. Fold the hands across
the breast, they have no more labor to
perform; close the sightless eyes, they have
! no more tears to shed. Every burden is
thrown of, and every snare escaped. The
head aches no more; the eyes forget to
weep, Here Is a final release from pain,
and an everlasting discharge from sorrow.
'By hands unseen their kneiI is ruug,
Byforms unseeu their dirRe is sung,
Their henor comes a grim gray,
| TO bless the earth that wraps their clay,
And Freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell weeping hermit there"
| AIleE luE blA WIO AhA bGSa AAHNS pas
ouersThad been conveyed some fifteen miles,
under the leadership of Sergeant Snod-
grass, with boldnes worthy of the Spar
tan band, they pounced upoa their captors,
and after a terrible and fearful struggle
disarmed them, and took part of them pris-
oners; the remainder having escaped In the
conflict, and struck out for Harper's Ferry,
where they arrived safely fetching theirreb-
ell booty with them. Such Developments
of true patriotism and devotion to country
ought to be written on tablets OF stone Tor
the emulation of nations yet UNBORN
When the storm of war has stilled IN ST.
lence, and the wild passions of men have
uuieted, and impartial history has render
ed its verdict, it will be found that the 3rd
West Virginia cavalry has no superior
in the service. The State may well be
proud of such regiment. 1t is an honor
to the service.
HOW THIS VALLEY LOOKS.
AS we advance up this Valley, lean ster-
ility aSd dilapidation are continually rais-
| ing their lank aud haggard forms before
us, Farms without fences, chimneys with
out houses, and houses without occupants,
are amongst the unpleasant things that
greet us. Seldom is there a horse, COW,
sheep or pig to be seen that is not the
property of the United States, How these
people are to live it is difficult to under
stand. Verify, "they have soWn to the
wind, and they are reapiug of the whirl-
wind" -s,-. SO g .i-.-.
WINCHESTER.
! Winchester and its surroundings has
once been beautiful, but alas, its glory has
1 departed. Its inhabitants early in our
national struggle, arrAyed themselves on
the side of the rebellion. With few ex-
ceptions, that by the way are as refreshing
to the loyal heart as the oasis in the desert,
they are still bitterly secesh. With kind
of longing dispsir, their old, emaciated
broken down, cod fish aristocracy, are sigh
ing for the return of the good old days o.
Sambo. With a deathlike tenacity, they
have clung to that institution.
! Our armies have been sweeping away
their refugees of lies until there is little let
for them to do, but follow the examPe o.
Jobs wife; "curse God and die"
There are a number of relics of the
American Revolution here. Here is For
constructed by Gen. Washington, and alst
a we'll sunk under his supervision. Herr
also is the house occupied by the Genera
as headquarters. The estimabfe proprie-
/; tress, Miss Hollingsworth, very kindl.
showed us the deed, now one hundred ant
ten years old, that was executed by Lort
Fairfax to her great grand father. l Civ
two extracts from this relic of antiquity:
Alright Honorable Thomas Lord FRirfa.
Barren of Cameron, in that part Of GEea