New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-02
BAD CONOIT'ON Of GEN. CoYS COMMAND.
Tie Army Welcomed by the psspls.
CApTSAE or REBEL STORES AND PAPERS.
REBEL CAVALRY PUT TO FLIGHT.
From Our spe,isI Correspondent.
CNP OF GsEAT RAsAw IA Rlrys, }
- Niles Above iss Mouth \
SATURDAY EvrgIr1. Jnly p. IoCI

! Times TO move SOwly up tie valley Of the C-eat
kanawha The Rebels under Wise ere still rCtrestta
and at latest accourie were 40 Galley Bridge 20 m IN
east Of this camp Fearful Of being e,-, of by Gets
Rosencranz, who is moving down s-ross ihe State TO-
effect a junction witt Gen. Cox they are flying by
forced marches leayire their heavy equipments be-
Lind. Hundreds ofhcEr have deserted within The last
three days. One heoryis that they are eadtayoriug
DO decoy army into s,me Of the mcunain passes.
ard attack it; the other sbat they are Fastening %
Eisien Virginia The lac is probably correct A
letter written by Of then to his wife which wac
dropped in their fight, sayg under date q Juiy 81:
" Gen. Vice has just rcceyoGoIders TO report himself
at Covington, with his counsRd. Thee rnorrlsns
are swarmiDg with yankeys : and We shail bsaep
back, to defend our own homes ilst"
Gen. Coxs brigade is in a wrrtcbed condition. IN.
eabordnaon, Reorganization inehciency, and incorr
potency are 50 pslpabe that it would be wrong topsss
them over in silence Several times within the Iase
twen;yfour hours large bodies Of ID, have helped
themselves freely to whisky, and displayed The most
dsqaceful drunkenness. The camp last night vss in
locality afcrdinq neither comfort nor ssfciy The
precauon of throwing out pickots was neglected in
some directions and Eve hundred reoolu'c, weilds-
eiplined men could have routed the command Th-'
morning everything was in dire confufion, and there
was extreme dissatisfaction both among officers md
men. Tie only safety Of troops les in the fact
that the Rebels are even worse dsorganz VI than they
and urobabv dare not attack; but if thoy were g. do
So from one Of these nc rntan srongholds here would
Ge every reason TO fear2sdsastrols result. The brig
ae has goed raw material for army, but of course
with many cNception,l osems badly Office ed. Gen.
Cox Is gentleman Of excellent abilities in civil life
bu without military expsrisnce. Three Of his fegi-
ments have recently BEEN deprived Of their oclones
lone wound d and two c'Hstlred, and the brigade is
certainly in no condition f'r raising through enc
mvs country.
It Is sur7aised that a1x me junction with Gen.
Rosencranz is elected thsarny will move into Esst
Tennessee append nvtos Of tie progress of tho last
three days.
THunsDAF,. July 2j.--ks q farmhouse two niles
wos Of Charleston, this motniDg, the approach OF
nImy was welcomed by The waving Of two Union .
Aaqs. Several men arc q dozen ladies were sitting
upon the doorfteps, and tho different compan;ee as
lhcy passed stopped to FL heir csnteens at thewell
ard gave rouring cheers fer tie Union and the ladies'
4 fellow journalist and myself joined the grogp upon
the steps 10 the long columns pass. The man Of
the house shook hands with very cordially. Il
an glad % sec the Federal army said he; " have
been hunted like dog from my house, and compelled
Ia hide IN the mountains. because L loved the cid
His wife exclaimed, Thank Sod you have come al
lart and the day of our d.yorance is here. always
said thu. the Lori was side, and that rs would
bring US through safely
Two Of the ladies' thf steps proved to De strong
Secessioni,s. One of thea was very app-sbensiye
that the slaves would be aet rse Gov. se had as
snred them that the Northern army was accompanied
hy live thousand emanc Dated negroes. sIe did not
blame the Northern troous, but wished that every
Southcrner who had tazsn up arms against his Own
Stta might b. killed. One Of her neigh JoTs, who IA.
ACCOMPANYING our army teamster, cane Up TO tho
house for water and 70 80 to her, She re lIed cyllys
bus tha moment his back was TUNED, Sid " hope
h =, II be killed. if I Lad revolver would shoot
him Iust then she caught sight of ne revolver in
nv hall, within reach OF her, and added: " If ha&
80 d. that pistol before would have tx il and sho,
him I" do you think you could hit .sm!' Lacked
30, yes; have been praeticing late ~ The Other
SECESSION lady said eho hoped and prayed for tho sss-
ess u JED. Davis aud ii bis armies we're diyea cut
Of Virginia, she would 20 and live n one Of tho Gull
S,atss. She had brother and loTer in GsE, %se's
srDy, whose names she gave NJ, With very slsenm
rsques to see them puIsed and treaed kindly, Is they
ahcsld be taken pgsonegs. Her eater, who ait beside
hcr wac strong Cox TIE Union, we've sutbs other
lisdies, except those area'iy mentioned, When We
sef slta dinNg waa tho fanny, they sdoOk hands
with us very cogdisy, including The tyS1 advocates OF
Dixie, who Aoped thai 40 harr. iagh Como 20 us i 80
ie,rs Aboi.Qnsts. Two ofaoTs OF the % Keniu..
who ,o socoyssd the invitation 10 Gae, seen b.
their Co,orel before leaving The taba aGd placed M
ders for entering pTgate hcase without perujs-
ssSi.
Soon sfter we passed ths resdenee % the Hsa-
George w. ssnmers wac hss been the lssing Upior a
man of the Kanawha Valley. though we hear conf :
ing reports about his present position This County
Kanawha--voed against the Secession Ordinance, tyr
to one. Upon reaching Charleston-a town Of 2,5ot
people-we found two fine Union flags flying ons
planted on the Court-House b. Lieut.. Shannon, Con-
pany q, Eleventh Ohio; an. the other, raised by
citizen who kept il concealed between his mattresses
while Wises army was here An iron s;x-PouDdsr
ard several swords, left behind by the Rebels we're ;
taken The troops were ehcered very Justify, saa !
many small Union flags waved as they passed.
Ia tho evening one of the four stern-wbee steamers
~ ,bs :. feet . with three companies board went
six miles mn the river to Maiden where foundry hae
Iaor casr;no cannon for the Rebels but neither yrn
uoy patern was now 10 be found We passed tw',y
or h;rv extensive salt works along the river b-ni,
where the wells for the sat water are ffon LUIS
$500 feet deep. Men, women and chldTen 10 greep.
upon the shore, displayed marvellous number OF
l,le Union flags and hailed the troops with the NOS
r,m;s,aksble enthusiasm These hardy readsnts@
IN. mountains are clearly loyal. Az halfen al oa
,srtleman who had been imprisoned for Union VIII
1,sn,. WA hardly able to contain himself Dcs 6
r,orn,oa rock and extemporzed spsssA b
Of thanks 70 the Union troops and the Lofa b
uu,,.n ,;,h tears in their ewes told us bow anxr :