New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-15
FROM TEE MOUNTAIN DEPART.
MENT.

Nav CREEK, ve.. Msy TO- 1854
Nv letter is not dated Headquarters for the reason
that further progress in that direction has been TO-
dag simply impossible. Few persons will recognize
the name of this place. Until within three weeks
it was an unimporant station on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad some miles beyond Cumberland. II
is now the depot from which all subsistence, quar-
termasters hospital stores, and ordnance, arc for
wsrded to the army of Gen. Fremont in the Geld.
Since the dispatch of May 9th from Gen. Fremont,
announcing the advance of Gen. Cox to New River,
near Parisburg, Giles County, driving out the
Rebels, capturing prisoners and commissary stores,
and announcing also that Gen. Milroy was fighting
and Gen. Schenck advancing, no news OF Import
anee La, been received from him at this place. Gen.
Rosecrans ia here temporarily in command, and his
latest dispatches from headquarters contain no par.
iculars concerning either OF the movements above
mentioned. -
The Quartermasier's Department is working with
great energy. but insufficient means. Major X. Z.
Claly Chef Qrartermaster on Gen. Fremont stan,
remains at Wheeling. Capt. NJ. ID. W.. Looms,
Assistant Quarerma,ter took possession OF this sta
ton three weeks ago, at which time there were no
storehouses, material, transportation Except by rail-
men, nor any facilities whatever for the work OF
Forwarding supplies 10 the interior. From Wheeling
Cincinnati, Baltimore, and other places, everything
has been gathered and avaied OF. A comniissaIy
feet; quartermaster storehouse, g0Ox40 feet, and
l. IJ0xiO feet; two hospitals, each lOOx26 ieet; q
rail way platform 800 feet long; and ofhces stables,
workshops, and buildings Of every description, have
been erected within this time. While this work was
going on immense quantities OF supplies were con-
stanly receiy ed and forwarded.
The utterly Inadequate neans .or internal trans'
portaton have made the task very difficult one,
vet some no or other everything absolutely neces-
sary seems to have gone forward, and System has
~ To- he hrGtn cff fhn
Department Capt. LOOMS was taken i'll ten days
AGO from over.work, and his place has since been
! filled bv bis Chief Clerk Mr.. j, g. c. Lee, who
has experience and energy. Capt. LOOMS and Mr..
! Lee both deserve credit for doing 70 much with SO
little means. The storehouses are well arranged.
and that is saving great deal for a new station,
with eight trairs arriving daiy, iosoed Win all sorts
OF stores. ,n,
Want of borsss is the most urgent difficulty.
Everything within a circle Of forty miles diameter
bae been pressed into service-paid for if taken from
Ioyal men. Otherwise conhscated. Nevertheless.
there arc no hOrses here except what are required
for transporting Subsistence to the army, and not
Lalf enough foI that. ! arrived last evening and
wanted to 90 on at once, but no horse conld be
bought or hired, or supplied in any way. was
promised transportation to-day, but II could not be
had. Horses are expected tonight, and believe
NAY trust to going Onward Tomorrow In an ambu-
lance Half q dozen officers, ordered to report i'm.
mediately to Gen. Fremont, are detained here,
Where Gen Fremonts headquarters are, where
he is going, end what force he has are questions
that cannot be answered in print. II may be stated,
however that Gen. Bienkers division is out Of the
wilderness and is gone where Ii belongs, thanks to
Gen. Rosccraus Tie division seems not exactly to
have lost its way, bat il was sent on a long march
unproyided. and has spent 4S Gays in the mountains
part of tie time in the snow and constantly exposed
10 the rain, without tents or her SHELTER and with
out sufficient supplies Of anything, many OF the reg-
nents wanting even shoes Owing to the interruption
OF Communications across tie Potomac and Sheuan.
doab. the supply trains were unable to reach their
destination. Gen. Rosecrans was sent by the War
Department to take charge OF their subsistence and
TRANSPORTATION, end has succeeded IN bringing them
through. Notwithstanding all their hardship, there
ARE bnt go of the whole division the sick lists.
This place deserves single word OF tribute TO the
beauty Of lis scenery-Iaore than word, If military
breyiiy on all subjects were not enforced by the
war. II is 30 completely surrounded by mountains
that one can only wonder how railway tram finds
It's way in or out. The country was evidently
meant to be all mountains. Here one Was Gceiden-
tally left ont, and the blue SUBMITS about us look
down, not irowningly, but more in sorrow or sur
prise than anger. cannot take space to describe or
Iraise them, 80 only offer them silent admiration