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of the post, Major Parish of the militia, and each citizen-soldier commanded himself, and as many more as would obey him.
Every store in the town was robbed of every thing the thieves fancied.
The home rebels, pointed out the private property they wanted destroyed, and it was done.
A valuable steam saw-mill, belonging to J. N. Cromwell & Co., was burned.
The National printing-office was destroyed because it has been uncompromisingly Union, while the Butternut concern in Morgantown was uninjured, because, as the traitors said, it was on their side and was devoted to their cause.
The law and private libraries of Governor Pierpoint were carried into the street in front of his office, and burned; every horse in town and surrounding country was taken.
At least five hundred horses were taken out of Marion County alone.
Fortunately the Union men had moved their horses out of the neighborhood, while the secesh relied on their opposition to the Government, which has always protected them, for security.
Hence in the loss of horses they are by far the greater sufferers, as the raiders were no respecters of persons in making their selections.
Some men, who have all along been very desirous to get their “rights,” have had a little foretaste of what their rights are in the estimation of traitors.
The miserable copperheads who have been opposing the war, and growling about taxes, have lost more by the men whose rights they are so jealous of, than the Government expects them to pay as taxes for the next ten years.
--Wheeling Intelligencer.
