The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-27
From Gen Fremont s Army.
WHY FREMONT FALLS BACK-THE SITUATION.
From the Tribune's Correspondent.

| MOUNT jackson being lnuelenelDlc against
superior force except In front, and being danger
ously exposed on either flank, Gen. Fremont ha
fallen back, and will encamp Tomorrow in
| position better suited TO the strength of hi
| forces. No doubt Mount jackson was d pom
| which it would have been desirable 10 hold. s.
was Harrlsonbur2 and Port Republic, both 0
them, II for no other reason. because they Were
further IN advance. Stanton, the uhdttainabi
Mecc4 OF several interrupted plgiImaSes which
would have been better hating place than Ell
ther-ls said to be a town respectable in size
and known to possess certain railroad facilities
not without value to future military operations
The same cause which broke off the pursuit Of
Jackson and the march to Staunton, which
prevented the permanent occupation OF Port
Republic or Harrlsonburg, has Withdrawn OuI
forces from Mount jackson, and sends them into
camp thirty miles to the rear of that position.
1t is want Of troops. Urgent and repeated re-
quests for re-eniOrcements are met with persist
ent denial, and Gen. Fremont is therefore COM
PEELED to regard only the military exIgences of
his position, and since he cannot have troops
enough at Mount Jackson to fight, to save what
no has by Il reaward movement Other reason
for it may he found in the condition Of affairs
on the other side OF The river, in present rea-
mobility oi Sigei'3 torces north of Strasburg
out 1t is enough 70 say that belween Mount
jackson and Woodstock rebel force strong
enough to have annihilated this array might
have been thrown and if this retreat nad been
much longer delayed, undoubtedly would have
been. Thirty mites oi this magnificent VII Y,
waving with wheat which another fortnight
sunshine viii r!Ien Tor he reaper, are therefore
lnrnH r., ,,i,il Il >,.,n
al mosC exhauted ;,ranaries OF Richmond.
In phiadclphia paper OF the 10Th, ] find
despatch dated Nount jackson June IT, STATING.
among other things, tat jackson has been a
second time reentorced by 10000 men: that
Fremont is in a very exposed condition in dan
ger being overwhelmed by o vastly superior
force and that no re- environments are on the
way to him, Unless this had passed. as il must
have, the pltesS censorship of military super
vision, should Rave supposed the information
contraband whether accurate or not but fter
50 explicit statement, broadly published in
teIegraphc columns, venture to presume that
the cautious explanation above given cannot
be mlschevous Perhaps one other susges
ton may be permitted
TO the eye of civilian 1t seems plain that
the rebels are making every effort to distract at
.ertion and forces from Richmond to which
END they DO seriously threaten more than one
isolated force, not by vain rumors or empty
parade, but by heavy column sent into their
richest valley to crush, or at least expel as before
the invading Union force. The success and results
Of the former attempt are sufficiently fresh in
all memories We are left to suppose either
hat the possession OF the valley and its harvest
and the pursuit OF the campaign are deemed of
no consequence, or that the rebels defending a
Desieged ci are able to spare for sortie of
)ne hundred miles three times as MANY mon as
On our side are expected to pursue an aggressive
movement, recover possession Of a Department
lnd sever rebel line Of railroad communica-
lion. Whatever be the policy at WASHINGTON
which has compelled this retreat. it's lais-
fortunes may be only temporary Sige and
Banks and Shields are known to be somer here
is it not safe to say in Virginia. If a
general cannot have reinforcelnents sent to HIM
ne may 20 to his reinforcemets, Loss of time
s less deplorable than sudden disaster and if
any consideration could be expected from w ash
ngton, even the hasvests of the Shenandoah
night yet be swept into loyal granaries
More than any other town through which We |
nave passed. Mount Jackson is bitterly rebel in
and its people insoen. in disloya,
peech. The opinion that have expressed,
hat along the line OF the army's march there
s no loyalty worth counting, Is strengthened |
md confirmed by daily experience. Not less
marked is the Ignorance and credulty which
lere as elsewhere is the strength of the rebel
,ause. Discussion with most Of these peoplc 10 |
simply imposslbe-at least, can arrive ut no |
DoInt of agreement. There is no TACT too ia.
nilar to be denied, no statement too absurd to
70 confidently made Il have been told tina,
most of our army was imported from Europe,
md this in answer to question about rebel |
and my rebel interlocutor doubted |
whether forced enllstments were not equally |
general in the North as IN the South No |
Jniou success or rebel disaster is credited The |
wish is universally father, not only to the |
thought but to the belief, and this not partially |
,ut by the most complete and eaectual deusion |
low thorough possession dlsloyalty has of these |
men and women may be judged from one fact
t reaches their pockets, and blinds them even
% the suggestions OF svarice or self-interest
n this town, and only this, have | known con-
ederate bills to be preferred to Treasury notes,
md the latter were sometimes refused outright |
currency is TO all Of US u question of some
PRACTICAL Importance IN the pecuniary acknowl- /
dgment OF the imnemorially famous Virginia |
hospitality, and have observed neither reluc
ance to accept it nor difijence IN stating the |
xact amount of recompense which our hosts
re willing to receive
Two days before leaving NJ. jackson went
with Major Haskell and cavalry escort on
OFT OF reconnaissance up to tue highest noun
ain near the town. The ridge breaks suddenly
III 10 an abrupt shelf or ledge, from which .he
,readth Of the valley on either side can be seen