Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-02-25
Save me from my Friends

- The Wheeling RcgiStcr, an out-and-out
: secession sympathizing paper, has come
to the relief of the commander of the
Department of West Virginia. Hear
him.: s""
SIN whatever defence we haze been disposed
to make of General Kelly, against the Radical
and JacobiniGal caba that seems fatally heut
on precipi,ating our people into state of law
lessness, anarchy and cut-throat robbery SINH
lar to that which has rcigncd in Missouri, arises
solely out of our fcrvcnt desire To loan orr aid
to the protection of our young State from d.
visions aud discussions and their balciul consC-
quences." .. .... ....
1t would indeed be curious to know
what'kind of defence the Register would
make for the repeated loss Of wagon
trims, commissary stores, railroad
ridges, men as prisoners, &C., under
the command of General Kelly. AS to
the miserable slang Of ",INcobinicaP ca
bal, "lawlcssncss," anarchy and
"cut-throat robbery" with which the
Register deals so fippantly, we refer him
to the conduct of his sympathizng friends
in Dixie, for the chastiscmcnt of whom
General Kelly has been so abundantly
supplied with men and money. 49,. 49,
1.-ss.e -uEs---i----
The following article we clip from the
Pittsburgh Cl,omicie of the 10th inst,
It speaks sober truths in regard to the
management of affairs in the Department
Of West Virginia. We doubt not but
the CL,oaiclc, as well a. ourselves, Will
be regarded as 'inimioal tothe Admins
tration' for its bold fashion of telling the
truth: ~ ~ r-
"NOT THE MAN FOR GALWAY
A general impression prevails that Gen.
Kelley, in West Virginia, has permitted
too many valuable army trains to be cap
tured. and too much country which was sup
posed to be safe within his lines, to be
robbed of stock and devastated by rctel
raids while hadadequate force to guard it,
This feeling is sustained by the express
sion Of the West Virginia Senate, which
has asked charge in the military COM
mand, and by complaints from the quar-
fer recently plundered, which give ac-
rnunts of heavy losses both of Govern
mentand private property and OF de-
struetien Of bridges. and which state that
the dispatches which We're sent. giving
chewing accounts of the. recent vigorous
Sursuit and driving of the rebels, with
numerous captures, were false, and were
Insulting to the sufferers by the rebel raid
and l,y our military inefiieiency.
General Kelley has, within sh"r,
time, lost by capture two large loaded
trains. which appear to have had but a
s,n,lj Guard, and to have been taken with
hut little opposition. The loss OF 2 tram
in a coi,ntry we'll known to the comlnan-
dor and which adequate force to scout
md 10 GUARD, should be p''iD'a .tae'e evi-
Jenee Of neglect, which should. make 1t
necessary for. him to cxonerate hih'Scil'
4 writer to the Baltimore -4n'er'c1n says
The last raid captured loaded tram OIL
nas, one hundred four and six mule wag-
ms containing, among other things, i've
.ha,, san1 rations. Besides, the camp and
other military property at PETERSBURG
was abandoned to them, and they mao
their own way in burning bridges through
III that country and in gathering up eat
,.c.'-,.At this rate General Kelley is Keep
mo base of supplies Cor the rebels.
Resides the stock taken from the lnnao'
t.nts. the writer gives an estimator the
t;oycnment losses to the amount o
100000.
THE WARM W srERN VlRGlNlA
Co1osd Ferguson Surprised end Capt."
~ ssish q Large Numbcr Of Prisoners
n,scrssAr1, Feb 2O.-A special dis
..h to the Commercial, from Louisa
sats, on the 18th instant, ooion N,
EH!y,l6pp surprised Colonel ~, FergusSn
sn,s,;IzHd In wayc county. va captur
com n; ~ prisoners, includeipg Ferguson
,ng Surgeon. ssn two Lieutenpnts,, eight.
nls * Il arms, a large number Of stole !
ssfep s1 andiall the rebels supplies, foras
noIs ,;,,st;onf and subsistence, ~
Il Was Col.. Fergusoh's command tina
.red a en-. Scanimon. 49, ,.
e'P rbe dispatch adds that 900 pnllFo'
~ - xerc released. g..a