Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-16

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The Great naretl OF Fremont ana bIs
Brilliant Vietory.ia ~
[FrOm the Philadelphia 4Pres.,l
The annals of the crisis through which
we are passing are the most yaPied + the
most vivid, ever written by War The
world has no parallel to tie extent and
the degree of the treacherY disclosed nv
the last few months; but neither has Il
SUCH sublime records of incorrnntible
manhood. lit has its Gosport. Il has
too, its Monroe II, balances the base
surrender Of Pensacola by the heroic
retention of Sumpter. 1t contrasts, Lee
with Lyon; Buchanan with lincoln. n
puts side by sidG the raid of EWell and the
advance of FremOnt s. srlR
1t is to this latter uperation that we
wish to call special attention. The retreat
OF Gen Banks has been thoroughly dis
cussed, and has taken definite shame in
the public mind MS one of the most INNS
teriy movements of the war. The "iron.
MANS name is already gloriously chisel-
ied IN IRON. But the advance of Con.
Fremont having been through region
less known and less near, has not receiv-
60 that meed of praise to which detnil-
go examination Of the difficulties sur
mounted and tue results achieved would
entltie IT. The data though confused,
arc now sufficient for us to understand
the movement; they are scattered over
the letters 9I many correspondents We
give this sticcincE abstract Of them.
AT the time General Fremont received or
ders from the War Department 10 move To-
the rescue of Banks, orthe ChRstisement Of
Jackson, the army was at franklin, iu' the
centre OF PeudletOn county, Virginia, The
place is only forty five miles south of the
extreme western boundary of Maryland, but
between 1t and that State stretch innumer.
able spurs of mountain ridges. PendIeton
county is hemmed In on the cast by the
Shenandoah mountains, on the west by the
Alleghanys; while through it, inaevery di-
reetloni run series of ridges, appropriately
described by the name Fork Mountains, and
others entitled, with sly sarcasm, Bull Pas
ture Mountains. Jackson was 4t this time
at Winchester, northeast Of FREMONT
Fremonts eVidentcourse was; therefore, TO
move down To southeasterly direction TO
Harrisonburg, make there a junction with
heDowell, and, intercepting jackson, COM
pei him to fight bis way through the united
forces or surrender. But Mcdowell. could
not get any respectable body here in time /;
aud 1t was Impossible for Fremont to move
an inch further south. He was already
seventy miles from his base of suppIies.
separated from chem by bYimountain-ro Of
such impassability that his littlelarmy had
been foraWeek within two days of starvation.
IL was exhausted by the forced marches
recently made TO rescue Schenck and Mil.
roy; n had not transportation adequate for
third of its force, and between OYER
work aud under rations, was In. no state 70
move anywhere, even under the most IA,
Yorable condition Of travel, Besides, by
moving soulheasterly, the General would
be separating himself stil further from mis-
supplies; the country being utterly yexhanst+
ed, he would hayet to cross the Shenandoah
alta very dihcplt point, and Fiskia prob.
lematical junction with MCDOWELL The
practical exiKeneies of his situation COM
pelled him, therefore, to choose the tedious
alternative of encompassing three sides of
a square, instead Of making a short .cGt of
the fourth, Who can believe that, recetv-
ing his orders late on Saturday night, with
his army. .soEwoFp, and the chances of co.
operation so uncertain, Fremont's plans
were determined ana digeste1 with such
rapid precision; his nlinite practical ar!
raugemehtse made with such energetic
despatch, that his troops sWete I'M full
motion,on Sunday morning, shaping their
route due north for Petersburg. Amid
constant rains, with food anything bat con.
stant, over roads ntand quilted by the ar
my transpo portation ofimonths-wet, OF jatlei,
huugryi sick, an uufaltesipg VIII an On.
finching purpose, 9 big. brave heart push
ed those uien Quito Petersburg. Into the
town theyctFniled on sNohday--3sti will,
ing, but really 100 weak, for an Immediate
further advance. Bat they halted only till
Tuesdays beginning then their easterly di-
reetions One mountain ridge after an0th-
er Is LETT behind toll prfvA Atio1. suffering,
are eudured patiently ly.-for. Jackson and the
Shenandoah valley lie beyond. Knapsacks,
stores, tents, aud all unnecessary impetiit-
alelltd are left 4bs6fnds 1Fh6 work is earn
tests and the men earnestly bend gthemselves
TO 1T with light hearts and ligH picks
they resume the march. Friday sees them
At WardsnsyilleS on Saturday they tri-
umphantly stand on the ridge that over
looks the valley so longed for, SO toiIedfor,
and in the 9ttetne0n they C4lnp, stot the
first time In months, on q plain.
But there. .is5no rest for them : They are
at au important junction of r0ads& Que 10
Winch ester leads Northeast, one 70 Stras.
burg Southeast. They are in q midst OF.
the foe, AEainS tue tireless daring Of this
man q Having mplished, WiilFuex.
haqsted iorces, ,ogera hpldred trEiible miles
fn seven days he yet ventures to att9ok
Jackson, and actually defeats his rear
guard Bus meanwhile, the bulk of the
Febeig igruy5 own 70 s StfaSburg ia the
Slsyeres 8 plshe Ioi lime epoN Ell hGhking
1t on the east. g sEreu ont oal The vest but
u is stde1t fhat no human eEf6rts could
hAEe 3 mile more ont of FremOlt's
men than ilet General actually obtained
6pt q IS eaRally clear that q the iuuetiop.