The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-12-28

eminent is To be, Is the present real dis.
turhiuS Influence in business circles
One day brings us semi-onicinl as.
surance that the Committee on Bank.
ing and Currency favor an increase OF
legal tenders, which is confidently de-
MED in subsequent dispatches. wcare
told that the committee favor the issue
OF Slco, oOO, coo more of national currcu-
cy, or that Secretary McCullOch's con.
traction policy is to bo sustained.
Again. he is 10 be compelled To sell all
surplus Goid over S45. 90, zoo at the rate
OF $4,000 per month, and again, il is
confidently asserted that his own poll
cy OF holding nj least u reserve Of 500.
10000. is opposed bya majority i'll Con-
greSs. Beyond the two great conditions
precedent, that there mus, be neither
violent contraction nor expansion, the
simple knowledge OF what is to TIE done.
would enec,ually quiet and regulate
business affairs. The manner OF doing
il is not so important"
WE have noticed in several of our
exchanges. recently. an exaggerated
account OF the engagement AT Caruifux
Ferry, in lS6l, between the Union
forces under Gen. Rosecrans, and the
rebels under Floyd. We infer that
Maj. Bickham, OF the Dayton Journal.
has seen the same statement, and 70
put the brand OF laIsehood on the SEN
sat!ou story. the Major. who was pres
eut, has furnished the following par
tirularS.-
The exact casually list on our side
was eteUc'I WelS Eiiiri ca tbr field. and
one hiEGrCi GHd four lrUuuGsI. Three
OF the wounded died next dav in hos nj
tai, and six died subsequently, ua king
total Of tllcIi.y fatal casualties as the
cost of that sharp fight. The euemy's
dead We're carried from the field or
buried, so thst We could not lind them.
We found only two dead bodies, but
prisoners reported twenty killed and u
large mum Der wounded.
ROSeCrans fought under peculiar dis
advantages. In the first place. General
Benhaun, who was in the advance. at
tackled when he was or-,eTed to recon
noIIer. We heard the order given. The
attack being made We had TO tight il
out FlOyd's forces were fortified on
the brow Of hill. and our forces were
in u hollow. Fl"yG's rear aud Hanks
Were totally inaCcs>si ble in consequence
dred feet high, which could not Toe
scaled. When darkness. after five hours
lighting, interviewed. FIovd's oscar
was a. easy to accomplish ~ the iliguJ
OF bird. for the rapids of Guul..y were
so noisy tEat she Jrhnpiu- Of several
thousand careful men. cautiously re-
treating in the forests and down the on
pusite side %: the mountain. could not
be heard, although our picket line was
not two hundred yards distant from the
enemy's works. our eutir. lighting
force was in line not more than one
hundred yards from the rebel works
during the entire com bat. Not more
than a dozen rebels wrT. visible from
the moment the attack was made until
darkness closed upon us. Our own
slight casualties were attributable to
the fact that the enemy overshot our
troops. So fer rs our forces were con-
cernsd, the fight was more serious ana
required better sand up" qualities,
than a hand iO-haud combat
The retreat OF the rebels was discov-
cred by Col. Hugh Ewing, who had
command in front that night. Rose
Grams ordered immediate pursuit at
daylight, but the reoeIs had DESTROYED
their military bridge. and we We're uu-
able 10 cross a sufficient force to follow
them until late in the day. The story
about falling back to Meadow Biults IS
more ridiculous thun any other STATE
ment by "Wm- Henry Wood" for
Meadow Bluffs are on the kanawha
which was then far out OF the line OF
our operations, whether for advance or
retreat. After II was found impossi BILE
to oyertake Floyd, Rosecraus eucamp ped
at Cross Lanes, about two miles from
Carnilax Ferry, on the route to the
mouth OF Gauley river, which was our
proper line Of march.
Our figures are exact, for we saw all
OF our dead on the field, and recorded
their names. We knew most Of them
personally, and the wounded We saw
in the hospital. OF the total number,
two were killed aud twcnty-eIg1t
wounded by - mistake of our own
men. Carnifax Ferry was one Of the
most peculiar, and one of tho most per
picking fights OF the war. and IL Will
never be appreciated D-caus" p.a-
pie insist upon decisive results in bat
tie, whether they are possible or not.
Floyd expected a victory, but he was
driven into ignOlnininus flight with all
the advantage OF what was apparently
an impregnabie position for the forces
under hun. He bonsted that he bad
ian eagles perch and that "aIl the
powers OF hell could not dislodge him"
Rosecrans' object vas To capture or de-
stToy his whole force. and il B-uhu!n
had not been too ambitious to win the
honors Of the fight. R0secrans would
have succeeded. Banham's desire to he
a Major General, and some other cir
cnnstanceS interesting to him, lost US
the results we had every reason to ex-
pect in fighting this battle.
In conclusion, We simply remark
that by the $50 round shot and shells
hTsd that day by the rebels, not a soul
IN our army was hurt, hut the tree tons
above US were dreadlUlIy shattered.
We can say the same Of McMullen's
'JHckass Battery for while IL kent
up a furious fuSiIadc, not one Of its
prgectiles was effective. One shell
only from one of its howitZers struck
the rebel parHPet, and alarmed the
gunneTs. The artillery practice on
both sides was the jest OF the army for
months.
WE would remind our readers that
ALL Burnett, the inImitHbIe humoriat,
VIII give another Of his laughter pro-
Hoking entertainments this evening
The crowd at the Hall last night was
not rs great as we had expected TO see
when the reputation OF Burnett and
Inc object of the entertainment are Ia.
ken into consideration; bnt we surpusf
the intensely cold weather will account
Tor the sparsencs4 OF the audience. Til.
readings are given for tho benefit of
I the Oud FellOws' AssDciatinn and the
net proceeds are to be devoted to the
charitable purposes for which that
order Is so justly famous.
Tonight there will be an entire
change OF programme, aud we hope TO
zee the hall crowded 10 Its utmost ca
pacity. 'Sheridau'5 Ride" mnd ''thc
Beautiful Snow" nrn among the pieces
to be rendered. Tickets are 10 be had
ut nearly all the drug stores. Go, ifyOu
\ want TO enjoy an hour OF genuine
iInirth. Remember, there is but one
Burnett. No other humoTist can com
fpare with him.
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