New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-14
EECw TrlE AELECNANsEs.
Thc c;Indcs-Vynr Aspects Of caisiana-
General Es;ii-rhe Den,h Of a'arre"-
Vhc Scenery - T nc Visitors - Artists,
Poets, Authors -Iaeshacs browning.
-arrs.pondsnee Of The y. 7. Tribune

Coue.p ondence Of The n. I. Tribune
OAKLAND July 8. 1862
"On the mountain high, my love and r-spd the baby
Have Won yot what the eccentric but graphs DR..
James johnson calls the wear-and-tear compl'int
I" that condition or STATE Of body and mind nerme-
diaie between sickness aud health, bnt nearer TIE
former than the lalter-not durable by physc,
though. appreheud, il makes much work for the
doctors ultimately. if not for the nnderiakers-thnt
wear and resr Of the living machine, mental and cor
porea which results from ovor-strenuouieAeFtlon OF
Tie intellectual faculties rather than of the corporal
powers, conducted in anxiety OF mind, ana III Dad
air. There you know the dlseass-have yon got
it, Then climb up hither, with the help OF loco
motive, and breathe your panacea night and day. on
the topmost nights Of tie Alleghsnies, $500 feet
,heve the sea. where the table-and spreads out in
these delicious gladss, famous at once for beauty
and butter. for grand noIutfins aud - great NUT
IN tor venison ana a yOlnptuOus sense OF life, io'
Revolutionary iradit1ns and trout, for Wild turkty'
grd tranquility for moral, mental, aud cDTp0Tcni
exharaiious and FOR the Glades lloiei-that castle
that " hath IL pleasant seat ~ whereof tue al
'uiubly and Gweety recommends lis.iI llnt0 our
GENTLE seuses' by the feeling ot buoy ancy u 0rlngb
with II IN. slasiiitv the strength the innovation,
tho cioefinoss the perfect digestion, the lvoy err
cuaiiOri the ro-eae comp lexiOn, tie complete c.iH
Of sleep, the almost ntosicI,iOn o. appetite.
T. moi that hriHg aud with rrpose, too, even IA
'l.se times of terror; for here the shock OF war ui
family reaches US, and nc an&etes ANA eAciteeHts
ale 40 more than may serve 10 inafi leat 70 hnl
in time of peace would be tho enuu Of oss animnt-
ing country place than Oakland. Trains, WIN
troons ca mon and horses passing oas' or west nDW
and then rpUors more or ,css vague or contradict
ogy. Of guerrilla raids within iity or = hundred
mica OF us on one side OF The other lor these r.l
road wOOds end stnesses at lenst from o1klani "a
Grafton. are supro-ed BY the country folk to De
quite infested by this species Of pfrdacious b"ch-
guard aud their possible appar.tioD 1T any moment
/ has formed the theme of much starlight Tux FOR
many moths though i believe they nave YET TO
come-uvt that they ao not exit, Tor specimens
have certainly been oauaht-but IT - plnin thoy are
MT rg.hl; then we have, from tine To uG.e 10
pique our riOsty, Government mefreuSeri u. ma
. special tram toward Wheeling or Baltimore; Or
etrag crs from below bringing ~ more rnmoFs, very
positive and very contradictory, OF sudden asiia-
tons IN the Valley, alarming, now lrIumphiii
Jackson here, Jackson there, Jachson advancinp,
jackson wing, tOu0Hrs Jacks0A; or a train on iis
westward way stops long enough 70 tanialize ~
with mere glimpse Of many dsaal-!ookug prs
on -, far from cheerful, very Tar ifom clean; ana
/ hi. Is about all OF our war, for thanks 70 tho
qua dapsiip OF the ever-vig iaut, ever ready, and
universally popular Gen. Kelley, supported by Col.
VI l!HiusOn At GFsiton. 10 whose adorable ei-
fcieucy hayetvice clied your attention, We dwell
10 aimos here oil sccuri,y 10 les than OF perfect
health aud leasuic.
/ But, though the ways Of Oakland always
ways OF plrassutness, the Is,Ls of Oakland we're
not Dlwayu paths OF pace; for 1t was here that
Gen. Hill bad bic brigade headquarters one year ago
irst after the Of the Rebel force gave him
the slio at Wet Union and the " Red House; aud
n was not far from here at least 0y the railroad.
tbst the Rebel Gen. Garnet fell, in the battle Of
Cheat River, the irrt engagement IN which the two
armies NET III tho eaIly campaign IA Nes'ern VIZ
giDia.
W, r,,oIIoc, clio, xvh.p foruat. va. ieI De Yea
Ear in advance Of his command, aud shO through
the back as he turned on his heel 10 cheer on his
men, waving his sword, 70 that, when be fell, he
was alOst alone. The explanation Is (and this has
never been stated before. | believed That Garnet
was extremely deaf and did not hear the urgent
order to retreat, 30 that. while with his men, il was
a clear case o. SGRre gai Ptnf, he supposed tIey
were ,,l following BIN.
| have said be Was aki0st alone when he fell, hut
not quite. 4 writer IN Tac CAciHR0ti Gd-etie IaiI
az the time q toncbiDE tflbuto to = comrade Who
shared BIZ fate:
"Oi all that army Of 1900, but one was with his
Genersl-a slight, boz ish figure with scarcely The
down oi approaching marbco,. on lis ace and wear
ng the Georsia unioIal and button. bTnyeiy nd
he etood by Lis General to the last, aud when Gar
nett ;cil Lc fell too. Tier. they .ay ia tlAt Wild
region, on the banks of tbc Cheat with bach 10
he field aud face 20 he foe The ona Was the
representative Of Virginia ari-ocFacy and Nirinia
treason, educated, IGNORED, accomp shed, and now
b.,n reared, and which he lad followed
20 many field OF glory; the other, his daludel iol-
lower IRON another STATE, evidently from ihe lower
walks of lie and with only a brave ne.rt AM
stern determination TO Stand By the cause he bad
cspouscd, 10 the bitter cod. And there on t''nt rug
gcl baAf, had come ;he solemn ISSUE. They met it
co.'agsonsy, and ici as brave mon I'm"
lbee beautiful glade, which were once the basins
a. mountain lakes, now n6Orl tie pfbuluM for tlc
r,ost toohsonie beef and mutton ~ tho land.
iae mountain .Lrrp aso aves'cs.
I.o'si .hs valley sasep iio@teD"
! think you would pay, after trip To Oakland, and
that son never knew what II miracle OF eWceinoso
might Les bill ~ fl0ulder o. mutton OIL yOn raw !;
ciscosod at John Dailry'a table-evcn TIE famous
Aeghany yculson rAtoris from NY palate noAcaTicr
a.plalse.
~ for the air. Il Is etler aud a. for tho winter. il
u vino; and ~ for enloy sudden scenery, We haye
uohng else. Within quiet stlOlc from the horfe
10 u vas eNpause Of valley view behold from toe
mountain top, winch VIII hold YOU in amazed
admiration for an hour. The mTvt iOus beauties o.
Deep Cock AID Swallow Falls burst upon You 40
,hr end Of mot romantic ride o couple U. Loua,
ana yC1 Ilc-nic cfar. nRly 10 tho music Of trc,r
roar ma the reiTosnuent OF their spray Gar away
from tie world ~ war aud weeping. ! III 1ut Il /
snott and easy IaIllo-j jaunt e. III. CIlul sea
and ud-rerciug peaks II tho Cheat fc.lol.-
ahd 10 ,hosc most delicate but most slupendOus oi
engineering achieve mcutl TIE ICly Ron lia1uct !
and o h1r bi.-,aso BRIDGES OF tlc raih4ai. From
Cranberry summit, close TT hand, tic whole ere 90
Nest secas 70 be- s!rcad bci' C Your arioui,l,d
gaze; AID rot iuItter on, the oa-t every loot o
Inc great grade iron. Piedmont 10 AtaLout, 10 q |
wonder and e,iit-clOud. mountain, pru..pi y, !
eorve, riyor, iofest--beauiiu magnificent treuen- !
dOus
40 wonder that Oakland has been, until this war |,
lade IL remote, iayoriie resort Of artists, poets
hIliosr, editors, Iolif 1aus-McEutee, SOM ,aQ. !
Church Willis. Dlyard raylor, Thompson; Ban
cg.t. Kennedy, Mayer; JEFF. Davis, Breckinridle, |
Mason, Vie, Toucey. Blair, Chase. Here, too. |