The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-10-09
Fremont and Jackson.

Fremont ana OdChSOn.
The history Of this war has not been
signolized with so many victories that
we can afford to deprive our heroes of
the credit of successes which rightly be-
longs TO them. In an article upon
"Stonewall" jackson the other day
some remarks were made to which
correspondent, whose position entities
him to know all the facts, takes excep-
ton. We are glad u remedy any in
justice done to the reputation Of Gen.
Fremont :--FN Y. World.
"Jackson was driven out of the She
nandoah Valley, discounted, defeated.
After Fremont, with his brave ten
thousand, made that wonderful march
across the mountains he struck the rear
guard of Jackson's army at Strasburg,
followed the retrenting foe up the val
ley, building half dozen bridges in as
many days, but not for a single day let
ting go his hold. Fighting battle at
Harrisonburg, where the noted Ashby
was killed, the same night we know he
learned by courier from Gen. Shields
that he had sent forward Col. Carroll
with several brigades and artillery and
instructions to burn the bridge at Port
Republic, closing the dispatch with
these words L think Jackson is caught
this time The next day, relying upon
these promises, and confident that the
mountain fox was at last Gagged, Ere
mont cautiously pushed forward his
army and met the enemy at Cross Keys.
With his small force he engaged the en-
tire army of Jackson, now hemmed in
between his own and Shields, under
Carroll, who still held the bridge in
stead Of burning it. The battle lasted
from / | in the morning until nightfall.
We lost one hundred and ten killed
the rebels more than four hundred, with
two cannon and small arms. They
were driven back more than two miles,
our troops holding possession of the
field that night, The next morning,
instead of retreating, Fremont advauc.
cd, but found the enemy had retreated
during the night. Fremont reached the
river, some miles distant, too late to
sllve the bridge then in flames, but not
too late to pitch shot and shell into
their disordered ranks covering the
plain below. T D 4g ..-"
"Thc next day dispatch from
the President instructed him to follow
Jackson no further, but to remain at
Harrisonburg. At the same time
he also received a communi aatiOn from
Shields, in which he bears witness "that
the mismanagemcnt of one of his Gem
erals left the route open to Jackson
He failed.to burn the bridge at Port Re-
public according to order, and the result
has been the defeat of his small
command and the oacapO of Jack
Sou ."r
So far as Jackson himself is concern
ed, there is no evidence that ho is
great General. He has Away sacted uu-
der superior directing mind, but he
possesses several qualities which go to
make successful General. They are
pluck, audacity, energy, aud kind.
heartodness which with success, has
made him the idol of his men.
1t was the exercise of those same
characteristics, aud others Of a superior
order, which drove him headlong up
the Shenandoah valley, aud defeated his
army at Cross Keys by an inferior forcO,
He has been boaten-and may be
again.
Soon after the death Of tho poet
Wordsworth, man met a farmer of
the neighborhood, and said TO him,
"You have had a great loss r. "Why,
you have lost great poet "Oh, ay,"
said the farmer, she is dead, but ah hev
no doubt 4 wife will carry on q busi-
ness, aud make il as profitable as iyver
it was" ~.. ,t.fe
James Mnuroe, of Ohio, has heen ap
pointed Consul at Rio Janeiro, In the