New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-23

Jan bdS large force WIN hiH' dHu NAV '''"f'N- wv
Hutt,lsve Pass. Ho Las not advanced toward
Staunton, and YET he bas ample preparation for IN
advance of eonc Kind. That he hss pusl ed poruon
his force out upon the LttIo Kanawha above
Charleston there can be little Doubt snd yot we have
no "norma from an intelligent gentleman" 70
,hat eG; e.. Gen. Cox ia pushing up lie Kaniwla,
both by the river route and from Parhenonrs WIN
n force sent from McCiean's Coluun to his rear, we
may ool for repetition Of the laurel Hin tactics OF
a smaller scale, and considering tho fnd dat retreat
eastward Is completely cat of IL il probable that tho
game will be bapved handsomely In that case, would
u lot oe capital idea - procure large mouogene
teut aud put Wisc & Son, under charge If " Ar,emus
Ward" to bo exliDcd III 0lio on TIE Western Re
s.rvo1"
TIE extreme right Of the Rebels position in Western
Virginia may he said to he Ut Romney. The pursuit
Of tte Rebels ffon Laurel Hill undoubied con-
traIy to the spirit OF Gen. McClean's ORDERS aud
although it resulted fortunately IN capturing the bag
gage uan OF the enemy and in dpIiviug t6em oi their
General yet il put spus TO their flight, aud by THIS
Ieeus caused acknowledgements in Gen. McCellans
plans for heir capture NJ Wet Union.
Ii was not until on Saturday at 10 o'clock that Gen.
Hill AT this point was spprred Of tho flight Of the
enemy 10y an ord, from Gen. Mcclellan 20 proceed to
Roweshuy IN uiediaely with all the force he could
d,aw from both Ines Of tho Railroad aud endeayor to
intercept their retreat before they reached Romuey
Here was d,l,y in iglormatioR Of nearly q hours
There were but two regiments of seven companies
each ut q point where tie Rebels expected TO
come OUT and al the Of the orco which bad Ie-n
promised 20 be sent in tlat objection had been drawn
Of 10 Ito support Of tie otuer columns. The only
pon from which 10 bring up TROOPS were from Graf
ton 40 at 900 being part Of the 10Th Ohio, and
detachmenIs From Clarksbu,g one regiment ara
another ne 9Th OuiO TO be recaAtd from its march
from Clarksburg 20 Buckhnunon, and from Paihes-
burg one regim- nt the 18th Ohio. On the other ROAD
we've several companies at various points extending
almost to Wheeling TO that tue only force to 10 used
in this call wss that intended for the guarding OF the
road and scattered line Of more than 200 miles.
Gen. Hill INN, diatoly left for Oakland with the
10 here after ordering Up the troops above naned;
and had the enemy been lett 10 pursue their natural
route OF retreat, the forces under Coils Irvine and An-
diews stat oned four miles esst West Union, would
have been rceuiorced in time to have captured the re-
treating forces worn out as they were by long march
without provisions Tie pursuit and attack At Caricks
Fcrd however, 10; only turned their retreat into
fight but drove them of from the only road which,
under ordinary circumstances, would DO considered
practicable. and scattered tie Reles along by-roads
leading along tie base Of the mounans, aud striking
the turn ike much further east than any
road cou,idcred pracuc,bie by Col Irvine. Owingto
their "accclemtion" at Cau:chs Ford and the remark
ably fast time made by tie Georgia regiments after that
hgt It was asoertaiucd that 1T least $500 Of tho
Rebels reached the umpike their way to Romney by
byrtad eight miles east 'the point where the email
foICe Of Col. lryiUe was expecting them.
What became Of the rest Of force il not positively
Known but my informant who came on in the rear for
some mles near ST. George, Gays hat the deseisd
by scores stopping in squads, falling down singy cx-
hausted in tho f,fce-coruers under trees begging
shelter ut faru.bcusee-all fsmished aud wOrn out.
When our meu reached the pout where the retreat
ing army struck the turnpike, tLey found evidences Of
this condition in the siraggles who hsd fallen behind,
and cane III from time time and gave tht mselves up
az prisoners. Nearly all of these were Goorgians.
Thirty OF them were taken the =" Red Hou,o
Crossng the point above referred to, and seIt
back to this po!Lt, reaching here Tuesday night.
Yesterday the prisoneIs were the " observed Of all
observers" by our solders. The quarters temporarily
provided for them open 10 view one side, and
during the morning quite crowd collected TO get
view Of the - Seeesbcrs.' Some of the boys whose
sense Of proprety well developed might
have been persisted in quzdng the Georgians, until
forbidden by the officer Of the day. One question
amused the crowd vastly. Easy looking boy,
standing on tiptoe back in the crowd, yelled out to
| 2;iO prisoner:
" S4yl you!-you feller in green trmmings-whas
is your 6est fim', anyhOwi"
One Of the prisoners IN orderly sergeant in Col.
Ramsey Georgia Regiment, is very intelligent fel-
low In conversation with lin, yesterday, learned
lhst the Georgans had arrived from Pensacola few
days only previous to their fight fOm Laurel Hill.
They were crack" regiments, well uniformed and
very fairly equipped for service.
They had plenty of provisions while al Laurel Hill,
and were generally well provided for. He had not a
very high idea Of the Virginia troops and didn't
think much Of this portion Of Virginia, anyhow" lie
evidently wished 10 convey the idea that their retreat
had been orderly aud well cOndueledi bur when asked
why they did uot carry off the body Of Gen. Garrett
be admitted that although it was known Immediately
smong the troops that be was killed. yet they were
in too much of a hurry" TO attend TO it.
The prisoner sid lie lawyer in Perry, Houston
County, Ca, and bis con- q boy of IL, was member
Of The same company with him, and is also prisoner
ere. lie was questioned 10 totbe armus Of this Con-
Tolerate rebellion, AID NJ Gr hesatcd about answer
Ing, but fnaly said tLGt they considered that they
bad right 10 withdraw, right not in the Constitution,
perhaps but aj0re tie C0Hsttyt0a the inherent ghto
teEgovemment.' They had concluded 70 withdraw, ard
lad formed "a Government Of their own 1t was not
recognized end hey nended TO fight for it. As TO the
definite cause yeasoR fol. Withdrawing, be was not
20 clear, but seemed to prefer putting il on the "inhe
rent right" to DO a. they Pleased.
This If we may judge from the letters found At the
Lamel Hill camp iair representa- Of the feeling
among the rebels. One fellow, wridng TO his sweet
heart is full q The eryesencc Of this cheap patriot.