Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-04

which there was no sort Of doubt on n,
1ankee mind, then we're bis Operations Il
0egln. For attaching bali and eihfs1 :,
zee eOhite ankle Of a delicate Southern tOoynaI
there Is none like Butler; none butibs caT
so jealousy superintend the msrketsg sr
lpd1clously drag to light. the plate and
jewels which cunning householders hidt
under floors aud behind panels; if am
clergyman under cross examination thinks
oy his aFtful easuistry to battle the aenmeu
OF Butler, and to. save for himself some
loop hole or creVice where Q mental reser.
Ystlon or dTTIeTe PEBsSe may lurk, that
clergyman has the wrong beast by the ear.
This msjor general will lay, bare the most
secret thoughts of his reyerenre and hold
MN up IN Hll the dreadful deformity Of
'secesh. Then he not only goes to work
on the fortiheations or street crossings, but
MS wife also forfeits her spoons and table
lusn. These are the qualities which have
eodeared BeDjatnin Butlerito the inmost
soul Of the Yankee nation They love to
read the long reports furnished by ltenog-
EaphsEs ct his mastery .calfutation Of
Confederate preach te-sg5,!S bih!5555a @oer.
mons oo thE siJs pePl0ts Is RESISTANCE
against the on6 Goo and one Abraham
ihey are charmed by his system of setting
negro guards over the houses of their late
masters, with instructions to make the
mistress cook for them and polish their
military boots. Above all, they delight in
his methods of stripping Confederate fami.
lies bare and sending them forth out of
his lines more destitute than euy other
military commsndant of captured town
has ever done before.
There is another reason still for which
his countFymen remain fond and faithful
to this ill.starred mejor general: it is that
ne 10 outlaWe1 by US as felon, thief and
murderer, and that his foul name ia banu.
ed and blasted by one unanimous execra-
ton wherever the story of our struggle ia
told among meu-snd this because he has
served them as they would be served; be.
cause he is especially and pre- eminently q
Yankee, and type of his race, mau whom
they would all initiate if they could, and
whom at least they can admire and re
ward. Therefore they have resolved to
uphold him against all mankind, to thrust
him down our throats as an agent of ex-
change; to place upon our lleoks latter wa
are conquered) the hoof of Butler, and
the hoof of no other man or beast. Be.
cause to be subjected to the orders of such
a creature would be the most poignant
and intolerable of all humiliations, there
fore, he is held in hand and vested with
the special mission of giving law to city
after city, but above all to Richmond-af.
terit is taken. Buffers countrymen, too,
feel that he has been treated with some in.
justice lately. 1t is long since he has had
q town to rob, plate chest to pilfer, or a
clergyman to hector. The trenches in front
of Lee are no place for him. 1t is true
that the Northern newspapers were lately
/" electrified" as they call it, by an an
nouncement from Buffers part of the lines.
proclaming "a Town Dspopulated, )" "MWhole
Population Departed" with other such.
striking captions in large letters; and thou
sands of readers prepared themselves to
glost over the usual scenes of his we'll
known administration. But the "towu" I"
was Darbytown; it's population consisted
of three ancient women, one wooden leg
ged invalid and an asthmatic patient, to.
gether with two cats. This was no game
for such spOrtsman-no theatre for the
exercise of talents like his. For this rea-
son he was sent to take charge of Whining
toa; and people are eagerly opening their
newspapers in the North country, expect.
inE to read that he is even now iuaugurat-
inE his rule in that city. The fact is that
thS return of that feet "bootless home
aud weather beaten back" is a grieVious
damaging failure. Yankee armadas will
berth till after the next equinox.
TIE CAPTURE OF sAVANNAH-THB CITY or
no VALUE TO THE REBELs-THBY THANK
I'D HEAVEN WHEN 1T FELL.
Prom the Richmond Whig, Dec 90.
The stationing of thirty thousand men at
Vicksburg, where they could neither get
away nor be reinforced, and where they
became, of course, a prey to the enemy,
was, we presume, more 10 the nature of q
sacrifice to friendship. on the part of the
sublime military genius by whom itiwas
conceived than the result of systematic
plan. Nevertheless, there were great fsars
that it would be repeated. After Hood
had been moved out of the way, and the
door left open for Shermsn to operate as
he pleased in Georgia, it vas greatly feared
that the army of Hardee- would be sacri-
feed at Savannah. The enemy, embol-
dened by the amazing maD0uVre which
they had already witnessed, did not doubt
that this would be the crowning glory, and
proclaimed in advance the destruction, not
only of Hsrdee, but Of Beauregsrd also. 1t
was with infinite pleasure, then, that we
learned that Savannah had been evacuated
their men and mGterisI. Savannah was of
no useto US, but the men could not we'll
be spared We drew long breath, and
thanked Heaven for even thus much.
Savannah has been captured in every
war that has taken place on. this continent,
from the Revolution inclusive. 1t was ta-
ken by the British ID l778 from Florida,
the paths through the swamps having been
betrayed by negroes or negro! The next
year it was besieged by combined French
and American force, land and naval. Gen.
Lincoln commanded the American army,
aud the Count diEstaiug the French feet.
An attempt was made to storm the works,
1t failed. and Count. Pulaski was killed.
The French and American commanders
quSrreled, the siege was raised, and the
French sailed back to the West Indies
while the Americans marched back to
Charleston, where some months later they