Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-28
general Fremont's situation.

GIRulY ulIES Suutu VI we" SEeGhy WHICH
was, up to Sunday last, the headquarters
Of Gen. Fremont 1t is distant twenly-fo
miles from Monterey, and sixtY-fve from
Stanton, and is GU the same line of Iati
tude With New Market, Gen. Banks former
headquarters in the adjoining valley. 1t
is place hard of access from New Greek,
by reason of two rivers intervening, and
also on account of the miserable condition
of the last twenty miles of the road along
the mountains that skirt the South Branch.
1t WAS to this place that Generals Milroy
and Schenck fell back after the battle of
Mcdowell, and to which Gen. Fremont
came on forced march from Petersburg,
thirty miles this side The place itself is
a miserable, squalid village of old huts 10
the midst of Gordon of hills, and is ca
pabIe of being strongly defended with a
comparatively small force. Jackson, pur-
sued Milroy aud Schencli TO Franklin, aud
would have brought on battle possibly,
had not Fremont come up With his rein
forcements.
On Saturday last, late in the day, Gen.
Fremont received dispatch from the Sec
rotary of War to tall back with his entire
command to the support of Gen. Banks,
aud at daylight on Sunday the troops COM
meuced breaking camps, by regiments, and
by twelve o'clock in the day that whole
army of over twenty thousand men were
on the move. 1t was grand sight to see
them breaking camp. They took up their
line of march with cOlors flying aud bands
playing. The day was most beautiful
one, nui the mountain air was just bracing
enough to be iuspiriting The troops
were in excellent mood. Within the last
twenty four hours they had succeeded in
getting full ratiOns, something which they
had not had for several days previous
They were eager for fight, and the whole
line sang exult0nt songs as they filed out
into the main road.
No one outside of the Generals confiien-
tial advisers of course knew the object of
the move, hut the guessing was remarka-
bly, accurate. Some said the ilea was to
get nearer our supplies; others to get in
the rear of the rebels, and in conjunction
with Mcdowell, "bag" them after they had
chased Banks far enough. Others supposed
il was to protect our communication with
New Creek and Cumberland by means of a
liue thrown out from Moorefiell to Green
Spring Run, which will probably turn out
to be the correct supposition.
The march for the first twenty miles was
slow and hard. The roads were rutted as
deep ms they could be, and the heavy artil-
lery was dragged along with great difficult
ty-many of the pieces requiring six, eight
and even ten horses The first days jour
ney was to the upper crossing of the South
Branch of the POtOmac-the place where
the rebels had burnt the bridge, aud which
we were obliged to span with pontoon.
The next nays march WAS intended to be a
distance of some twenty-five miles, TO a
point between Petersburg and Moorefeld.
We presume it was made, as the General
was hnrryiug forward will, all speed. What
the finale of the march will be of course is
a matter only of speculation. We will all
know in day or two.
The country FROM New Greek 10 Peters.
burg-forty-two miles-is beautiful be-
yond description. No lovelier valley was
ever formed than that which lays between
the Alleghanes on the West side and the
Shenandoah on the East side. 1t is rich
too, and in times of peace yielded the most
abundent harvests of grain. This year
their will be cut slim crop because so lit
tie land is sowu. The yield of frnit, how
ever, promises to be greater that was ever
known before.
The people in Hardy county along in
this valley incline to be loyal. In PEN
dletOn county farther on, they incline the
other way. There is vast amount of ig-
norance to be met with in days journey.
Indeed the backwarduess of the people in
all that makes up advancement aud pro-
gress is In striking contrast with the beau
ties and capacities of The country. Very
few school houses are to be seen. The
people nearly all wear homespun-talk a
whining vernacular-and are anything and
everything in their politics, according as
they find you are. There are many excep-
tons of course, for there are the very
strongest exceptions to be met with, both
on the side of the Union and secession-es-
pecially among the female persuasion, who
as elsewhere are quite violent in their feel
ings and expressions about the war.
Bushwhacking seems to be just cIeverly
aud Gen. Fremont is nippiug
It in the bud as promptly as possible. Ills
scouts have made short work of some of
the whackers aud will make even shorter
work of all who are caught. We may ex-
oect to hear of exciting incidents along
he line of his command both in the guer-