New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-12

g.. fo, tho daservod nroiuenee Of this crack corps
before the military public 1t IA iaet INA, tnei, ser
vices TO this date have been principally connedt 10 ne
strsets al New-YOrk and Washington City, and what
fhey would do IN actual lal Is az yet only matter
of rrophesv They volunteered with praise worthy
aacriy 10 defend the City Of Washington from an at
tack and they performed arduOus march IN 0er 10
reacI that place for their good Will tey deserve and
have received large hoDors but they tred their
metal with On enemy aud the public is even yet I'M
certain what would have been the conduct Of the
Broadway soldiers in the actual field. IL the case OF
Isl Regiment OF Nirgiuans, there Is no uncer-.
tsinty. II they did rot meet the enemy, they put him
70 ingloous flight, and drew their share OF the hrst
blood that has been sed since wharf.-the began Had The
affairs Of Grafton and Ihihppi taken lace IN the East,
and under the eyes Of the metropolitan reporters, they
would have been sgAaized IN grandiloquent strains
and the details spread broadcast before the eyes OF al
elited public; but occurring away out among The hills
o Western Virginia they lOse much OF their deserved
ecat.
When we consider that our REGIMENT had been
scarcely month organized, that ninetenths of It's
members bad never military service Of any kind,
fhat they did not have any support from their own
State, but on the contrary, were acng directly III de-
hance of the proclamation of their Governor that the
summons to the actual field was altogether xpected,
1t cannot be disputed that the alacrity with which
they responded, and the zeal with which they pushed
Forward, highly creditable to them as soldiers
THE force they went to encounter insignificant
sone and they knew not but il much forInid
able; but, relying firmly upon themselves aud their
cause they pushed CALAMITY on, and the foe vanished
pdinc-silcken DelOfe them. 10 put tsuuJ eHoouieu
troops 10 flight even with equal number Il no In
significant act aud yet il done by the Isl Regiment
OF Virginia Volunteers, and one regiment OF men IRON
Indiana, at the town of Philippi.
The New-York Seventh had all the practice and
prestige Of years Of successful PARADE they marched
from Annapolis TO the junction tolerable road
an toerable weather. and in daylight, and they were
extravagantly applauded They did well. Our reg
Smen OF fresh recruits ACQUIRED with little else than
their Ainie rifles and bayopes and such chance medley
camp convenience sc the hberalty Of their friends
Supplied, did more If not better.
They made the march from Grafton to Philppi,
about the same distance, most miserable road,
wadng in mud knee deep and plunging through noun
tain torrents, climbing precipous ravines, and all in
Che dark, in pouring rain, overlooking the guns
carried their shoulder, TO dislodge an enemy
NEARLY equal in number from position they bad de-
iberaely possessed and occupied for days. They did
dlslodge them, and exhausted they were, they
Gid it eiiectuslly.
The courage and endurance Of the Union men wns
not more strikiDgly displayed, than was the pol
1roonery and utter ineceDcy of their rebel enemies.
Take all around the affair al PhiGppi is the most
brilliant Of the war; up to this date and all engaged in
st. have covered themselves with glory. Hurrah for
the lst Regiment Virginia Volunteersl