New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-30

to state facts without iotrudng any personal con-
lection Of mine with them. But since The Times
correspondent has choeeB 10 mike an Issue upon the
facts, the question OF opportunities Of information
becomes material. have, therefore, to say that
probably and knew much of the battle as any
one on the field At it's comm y cement i was on
The left wing where the hardest Fighting was done.
saw the whols deposition for battle, and The
general advance. 1 saw the posting Of every regi,
lIent and battery on the eit went over the ground
in all directors saw tie advance and repuse OF the
oth New-York, which WAS the bloodiest encounter
on the field except perhaps, the desructlon oi The
9th LolisiaIa and remained with that wing until
Col Albert, Chief Of Staff arrived and ordered up
Gen. Bohens Brigade to protect the threatened lett
aaDk. Tie heaviest of the Infantry fight WAS then
over. rode then with Col. Albert across hall the
field, and next TO tho raj bill occupied by Gei
Fremont. During the resi- Of tie battle Was with
OF near the General, and heard every report that
was brought to him, and the orders issued by hun.
Aiterward / rode over much OF the field, saw the
Generals OF Brigade on the center and right where
had not been during the fight, end conversed also
with many other officers wbo shared in the battle.
have stated nothing which l did not personally
know 10 be true, or which did not come to me on
good authority. From what source Afr. G. II. W.
derived his statements do not know. He was not
Oh the eft am sure, aiterward IN the center
he III position TO get much information, unless
at second hand.
In OtIcf letters WII'eU W ne iWts lToHi
risonburg June and g. this correspondent has gwen
accounts OF the skirmishes on tie evening OF the
9Th. have no space TO correct mIssistements IN
detail but must be allowed TO say that his praiee
OF Gen. Bayard and abuse OF the New-Jersey cav
airy are equally undeserved. The mistakes OF the
former have heretofore exposed. The lst New
jersey Cavalry il is true wa. driven tumultuously
down the HILL but not till the hravest efforts OF their
officers had yainly sought to hold them against an
enhlading infantry fire from an ambush on either
side. Tie coarre epithet which ia flung at them is
half apologzed for III postscript; but the spirit
which Inspired il reappears in the he.rtless sheer
which con ludes the latest letter. The extraya-
pance Of his may be charifably referred TO
the uncomfortable excitement in which he returned
from the field where for the ffst time he had found
hiuself under fire; and the memory OF that expert
ence may have served 10 lessen bis opportunities for
information at Cross Keys by increasing his distance
from the scene of danger
Concerning the spirit in which this letter from
Cross Keys was written, IT right 70 ray that
G. II. W.. while with this command. was uDiver-
sally considered indsposed TO do the tareSt Justice
10 Gen. Fremont by impartial statement Of facts-
IN his Gaze the only possible justice. heard from
him eon,lan ly lin public, the rashest aud bsrshes
comment upon the conduct Of the pursuit, and his
personal hostility to Gen. Fremont was slenderly
disguised by an aiiectation OF imparialiy. The
summary of this reply s, therefore, that he had not
the disposition 20 mike fair record Of facts; that
whatever his disposition he had not the opportunity
10 know them; and that Whatever his motive or
means Of knowledge bis letter is in spin, pr.judced
and hostile, and III matters OF fact Is wholly untrue