“From Buckhannon,”
BUCKHANNON, W. VA., Sept 30
Editors Intelligencer:

For the sake and safety of the families of thousands of citizens of this and the adjoining counties, together with their property, we appeal to you, and through the columns of your paper, to the pubic, as well as to the different Journals in this State, to urge upon the Government the necessity of forwarding troops to the relief of this point.

The heart of our new State has again been pierced by the relentless and heartless foe of our government; hundreds of families have been stripped of everything they possess, and thousands of dollars worth of property have again been carried away or ruthlessly destroyed, while all this misery could have been prevented had an adequate number of troops been stationed on our front.

We ask our Government, to whom we have rendered every available aid, and at whose calls we have at all times cheerfully responded with volunteers and every other requisite to assist in the crushing of this rebellion. We ask them, are you prepared and willing to surrender into the hands of these Vandals and living devils, the families and home of those that are now in the field, suffering and fighting for the maintenance of this Government?

If you cannot spare us a few hundred men to aid us in the protection of our homes we will be compelled to abandon them and seek safety wherever the Government’s power may reach.

This is the fifth time that we have been assailed, robbed and plundered by a comparatively small force of the enemy; and unless we have troops stationed at this point, or to the front, this prosperous and lovely valley will be stripped of its best and most energetic citizens, and abandoned by the loyal portion of the community.

We plead, therefore, for the sake of humanity, to send us assistance, that we may again enjoy tranquility of peace, and insure safety to the country.

We call especially upon the Executive of this State to use all his influence at Washington and with the Commander of this Department that troops be sent here without delay.

D. D. T. Farnsworth, Edwin Frey Captoe, Thos J. Farnsworth, J. D. Rapp, E. J. Colerider, Daniel Cool, Jacob B. Pifer, S. Robrbaugh, N. C. Loudin, Wm. L. Simmons, Wm. D. Farnsworth, Jacob Rohrbough, Jacob Waugh, A. B. Robrbaugh, A. B. Clark, T. G. Farnsworth, Wm. Hawkins, J. H. Hardges, Jackson Cooper, Wm. M. Martin, Wm. H. Bodkin, C. G. Rapp, S. H. Bailey, E. Brake, Adam P. Faught, Wm. E. Balsley, A. Bradabaugh, G.H. Clark, C. P. Freach, Dan’l Kellison, A. D. Peterson, Morgan Morgan, Anthony Joblong, N. G. Munby, Wm. Deen, C. W. Heavner, J. U. Lorentz, O. W. McNulty, Wm. G. Jennings, H. Simpson, T. S. Heavner.