New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-07
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D. Sr5,7, ,g- nal continued Up the NJ nov valley
- .,,,o,s 80 I'm. re-an TO break into rcgular
r,-gf,idal ee-vs. They extend down. almost 70 ''e
.,,,er and are Gsusely 6rhered with red, wLte end
slack oak, Fln, beach pitch-phe, "'d sugar ma 10.
Nauv Of tie trees arc .aPesed VIZ grsIeylnesi and
gare sh;pg blackbsTies grow in 7eoision anoUg the
-rocks. Iner me-ch Of - mites, at 3 7. M, We
csnped in lovely litJle valley h. clear sNgiferun-
ming Steam
The camp was aively rs . tee-hiye and tho tenis
were coon pitched For the next hour that brook,
Ike the pool Of Scripture was tronbledi in Baptism
in lie trans parer waters and array Of clean cloth
ing the soldier forgot the fatigue ofhe previocs night.
Then the aroma from the camp-res announced to the
'creumambisn air the cooking Of many suVpcTs. The
reguar-asmy ratious are not inviting to epicureau
tastes; but observe that they enhanced with
green com new potatoes and other contrabsnd yego
tsbles. TIE frequent appearance OF goose, turkey,
dnck and chicken, in the mcsses Of both officers aud
privates is also suggestive Of foul play. Wherever
solder or servant walking te1..ward, with chicken
is asked where he obtained it, lie invariably replies
that he bought it-uutil the word has become a
staining joke.
Where did YOU get thai turkey r. asked captain
Of one Of bis men. Boug ht it, Sir the prompt
answer. "For how much1" "Seyenty-fve cents"
Paid for It, did you!" "Wel, no Sir; theman s'id
might pay when we came back!" "Masss," said
little, ebony servant, TO one Of our officers whom he
aec9mpanes, / sees a mighty fine goose. Wish
could Iavethn for supper" Ginger replied tie Of
fieer, have 1 rot often told you that It was very
wrong to steal 2" The litlc negro laughed all
his face, and fell behind the command aud by what
RI. Weller terns. ga VERY remarkable coincidence
the officer suppsd on t-wed goose that very evening.
have seen innocent looking private, watch his op
porunity eeizc too couding chicken, and clap it
der j. blouse within few yards Of fifty men, not one
of whom observed him. Late az night, when orr
camp is near Loufe, the silence is sometimes pierced
by a short fhr c1nvulsiye Croak--a sure sign that
one fowl more has fallen into The hands of a spoiler
For farmer TO count his chickens before the army
passes il quite as absurd TO them before they
sre Matched
AZ the sun went down the dark shadows Of lie
western squire climbed silently up the mountain rides;
end after nichtfal asccnd one Of the spuIs 10 look
down upon the enc8mpmeIt The smooth, crescent
shaped valley was dotted with five hundred snowy
tents, and lighted by or three hundred waning
eanlp-Gres with wieId forms Aitting ramong them or
reclining upon the ground in little groups from which
faint murmurs Of conversation End music foated through
the evening air. Far above on all sides, the da k
conica hills rose from 500 to 500 ieetber bold out
lines eahcrei with timber, sharply pencinad against
the sky. II goodly sight full of quiet beauty
A trio Of gentlemen in the LIST Kentucky regiment
whose headquarters were the bill beside me, gave
ns excellent singing; and az PlVri5as Uauaq"
never before seemed beautiful and impressive. az.
while was lying upon the ground, gazing up at tlo
Femmed canopy above, and hearing:
"oor s,srs ere uasulliea ss ,lose 10 Ike sky,
-. ~ qsSd vince ogf iai , l have done
By our motto Of Mgny IN Once
think there was not bosom in the group which
die not swell response TO the words, now so full of
meaning,
Pe'isl the band or The hear. ths: would mar
Our motto Of Many in One"
Al 9 O'Clock the tattoo was the signal for returning
70 camp, and going 10 bed, or rather to blanket.
On Monday morning our route was still up tie
narrowing valleys, tie precipitous hills On the left
after rising hurdrod feet, with huge oyerhanging
rocks threatening heads ike tie sword Of Daoces.
If Wises army had taken advantage Of the situation,
II might have brought utter rout and ruin 10 this
brigade, in ten minutes. At one point we found a
great chestnut tree eed the road BY the Rebels
10 impede progress, II was fIUitless labor on
their part for the advance guard removed the obstrue.
iion before the army came up.
Before noon, roar like that Of Niagara announced /
that we were approaching the Falls Of the Great
Kanawha. The river here is half mile wide, and |
natural dam Of rock, more than hundred yards in /
breadth On rie lower side, and thirty feet above the
sorfaee of the water, extends obquely across IT, Tho
smooth surface OF gray rock spotted with brown moss
wat dry as far as we could see; but the lord roar and
white mist rising The south bank guided us over
il in that direction. The water has bored cvlndrl
pits larger than aourbarrels into the solid sone
and cut several toituous channels across Il
through which little streams 90 singing and SPARKLING
down. II is scanned with narrow fssures, filed with
soil, where ambitious grse and sanguue young syca-
naores struggle sturdiy for life. Some huge blocks
have been cleft asGnder from the mass of rock and He
modify apart with gplfs Of muddy water between
tbom.
We had nearly reached the south bank where
ruined mill and few dilapidated buildings retain
precaTous foothod upon narrow shelf at the foot Of
che sharp blum, when came 70 tie main Fail It's
three or four hundred yards long, in the form Of half
circle, with broken descent Of about 80 feet The
snrfacs Of the water above is dark green and CLASSY.
but reaching the verge it Tows half Transparent,
and comes tumblng and foaming down the rocks until
Is dashed into passion Of snowy whiteness and Ike
Of slyey hair pluDges into the SETTLING caudron
below, throwing up jets and sheets Of foam.
The view, at this low stage Of the water ia pic
turesque and plcasngi but in Spring, when the swol.
Zen stream fills the broad channel, it must be grand
and impressive. Above, the calm shining water ex.
tends for q mile until hidden by sudden bend in tie
channel and the view is bounded BY q tall spur liver
led in the sober green Of the forest, with an adyen-
turous corn field climbing far up It's steep SIDE and
smooth, etIaw-colored lawn at its narrow basc eur
rounding white farmhouse, with low, sopng roof