Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-04

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To JUDGE by their tons of late, our Ter.
ring Southern brethren" have become re-
markably .sE5dxsd, at all events they appear
tOihave taken to the. confessional, gene
rally. JEFF. Davis cOnfesses that two-thtrds
of his deluded followers have run away
from the army. EsrlycOnfesses that his SOL
diers are disgrace to the service, Bea1re.
gard confessed that Sherman, by holding
Atlanta, has his heel on all the rebel South-
west; Gov. Moore. 81 Lonigiana, confesses
tha at the Confederate cause is lost on the
West side of the Mississippi, unless the pe-
gtoes are put into service, whiie the Rfoh.
mphd Enquirer confesses, in addition, that
the 3 salvation Of the republic may depend
upon the despised, doWntFodden blacks.
The Examiner confesses that. the rebel
cavalry have become a disorganized mob.
The Raleigh Confederate confesses that the
fall of Richmond is now probable, and
warns its inhabitants not to come to North
Carolina, for it is already Overrun with
refugees. In fact, there appears to be a
carnival Of confession ct the South Just
now, aud papers and public men are alike
making clean breast of all their mis- for
tunes. One of the most remarkable OF
th ese ."outpourings" appears in a letter
from the Shenandoah Valley to the Rich
mond Enquirer Of Saturday last. The
writer commences by saying:
Little / thought, ten days ago, when
was writing about our cavalry from this
identical place, to which am now just
returned, that one of the greatest, it. not
the greatest stampede of this war, and
stampede of Infantry, too, had yet to
take place, lit g the most singular affair
that one aupossibly imagine; whole day
of glory and few minutes of shame-.a.
l,splendid beginning and monstrous end
muller yfoym0SG supeTne dcSiVGt in piSceM /
don't know whether it is better to laugh or
to cry. Bnt am afraid we cannot afford
snch luxury as laughing at our own ex
pense Just at present, and that it is our
duty, under the circumstances, to take it
with a proper mixture of sanger" and
'isorrow.a iaei .',tof'l &. go %
| he then proceeds to describe the success
achieyed in the earlier part of the battle Of
| october 10th, by the rebels, and adds: 80.
The number of +. our men plundering in
the camps increases every hour the pro-
| Host.g guard carries off a batch of them to
the front, but larger number oozes ont
from the ground, which they 'sooR cover
like one OF the seven plaques of Egypt
the Iocusts I should say. All these men
are so confident that the enemy is whipped,
that they only want to secure their share
Of the booty. But alasI war is q game
that two can play. The Yankees are! not
| blind there are many hills and submits
| from which they can spy the broad expanse
| ofthose cleared grounds. They bring up
i d new line at about one hour and aquarter
before snndoWn; they push it to the front
and our left division (Gordon's) gives way.
They give way, yes, but that is nothing,
I God bless them the best of men must
/ give way sometimes; but why don't they
! fsily 2 T. say Why don't they rally,
4 for this is9 our only trouble and mis-
! fortue ouithae ll.fated9 l9thfOt October
1 rally, they won't; see them go back un-
Il con6sfnsd ju % asq 1ietlylas If nothing was
the matter. They do notEreply anything
to ofRcers-they just slip back with their
4 muskets poised in their hands as If they
! were deploying backward as skirmishers.
/ 10; the meanwhile the Yankees lose no
| time; 1t is now their turn to go onward
| Kershaw's division now was struck it
! gives way, too, in its turn, after having
| tried hard to stand Its ground. ..55
| Nothing better, nothing more noble, as.
i long asbit did fight; but,now it has given
| way like Gordon's, and, like Gordou's, It
Won't rally. Our artillery, in general, did
i we'll. They tried TO re- e-establish the fight
| and twice made a stsud-at such points,
too, where We, might haye had the vantage
| ground soveE the Yankees; but there was
I 10 raliy-no rally of a brigade, no rally Of
i o regiment, mo- rally of a company; the
! whole army, confused into q namsless,
/ shapeless mass of men, going backs back,
atl.the time. y The food increases in depth
4 as we reach the turnpike. The artillery,
thS ambulances, wagons, all rattle down
| Rt frst at 8 decent rate, at cool walk, q
\ kind of gentlemanly stampede; but few
i shells that came bursting right over our
hesds give usiaH additional speed. We are
4 runuiDg; a turn Of thehoad, aaprotection
! from the shells, and we walk again. 3, -. a.
/ i never saw or dreamed of q more self
possessed crowd of skedaddlers; they were
no'mofe scared, sir, and no more ashamed,
i than it there had not been 3 particle Of
\ danger or disgrace in their predicament.
i Firstly, AN old rotten 5btidge gives way,
/ there is a dead lock, and artillery, wagons
and ambulRuCes are there for the YAM
4 KEGS. Theyn eedA An6t, ,strikaia H6k 10 have
| 1them-alh they have to do is TO come
1 down the road where they are stuck and
theirs they are. 10 that way We lost thit.,
4 ty.nine of our own pieces, besides eighteen
1 that tweucaptured, and 4 God knows how
many wagons and ambplapceso AN those
1trains might 5haTeb been saved by q. force of
1.-TWO hundred skfrrnisherss bat it could not
be got,-They were tired; they were played
OUT they had enough OF iit-our meal,
i sSIe seems to ma that the silent aRd tugaz
4 .cionsta6bls qpoa which the snn set WNeep
we were stampeding toward Fishers Hill
cannot be- spoken OF In die same breath
lwith the daring aud ysllinE EEestments upon
which the z1ising! sun smiled when We
charged the enepEsa w0Eks, took -thetr