New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-01

aIe left for FORTY eph, hours 20 destroy every rail-
road and canal bridge, viaduct water station, aque-
duct, Sc. for 80 miles; impns. the horses al t.ey
coui find worth taking FOR 70 one ever saw the cattle
Of that character in a country become suddenly 70
ancient hoary and decrepd, lame, bait, bind, and
do whatever they choose without stint or restraint;
Now, who IL responsible for these disasters. ana
this awful stain the courage and character OF The
Union soldiers ?
In addition 10 the comparatively large Union force
al New Creek not less Than 900 Of Milroy's men
who bad escaped from Winchester on the Sunday pre-
yous ID une Ia, reached here on Tuesday afternoon
aud night, PROGRESSED their intenii1n 70 remain anu
defend this city from the rumored small guerrills
force the neighhorhood but who all left the next
morning tlast Wednesday, June ~ at daylignt OH
the report of their piests Of Rebels III the vicinity.
II bali Of these latter had simply remained III TINS
city the Rebels would not have yenlured 10 atlecA
it, but. instead Of 30 doing ALL exccpta lew drunken
once Disappeared al and before dsy'dawn on
Wednesday. And the dfowsy few, whose horses az
they wandered about the streets, wers seen iron Tue
hight by which the Rebels approached, and caused
the latter 10 defer entering tie city until assured 10y
some domestic traitors that We were entirely de-
defenroless and al their mercy.
Tie rebels fired TWO small shells from couple OF
Gpouud guns. seut IN ilaa OF truce anu the Guy
forced 10 surrender lett entirely unprotected oy
those who had been chartered IN the cty and enjoy
ed it, comforts aud hosptaies for Is months past
but | nm rejoyced 10 say most unwilimgfy, nothing
Tut superior commands aud orders Ienned theM W
| useless aud idle IN New Creek, where there IL
nothing defend but some stores which could more
readily have been brought here than the troops una
al centT.ed there; asd again, here their forces
would have been moro useful; i1GTer tue present
theatre of the war OF tile Potomac; nearer IhelI
sources OF supply, or quite as much sos WIN ample
woods Tor retreat, and s0WtMtHg 10 dJeHd. W me
ia turn the rebels did not force any to take their
money or 10 sell them goods; dld Lot permit store
or pirate house, or yard, 10 be euiered, or an
abusive expression 10 proceed from any " Their
forces. In fact, they behaved like soldiers nnder
good discipline aud perfect orderly command, and
proud of their sef-contgol. They did take a few
rses. but released some, when Impressed, Oh being
assured that they belonged 10 tie poor. All WHO
could Of course concealed their valuable horses;
but, though aware OF this and OF tue owners, they
said nothing. An incident Tor which can vouch,
convinced the Of the inferiority OF their force,
ana OF our eXsspirating mortified condition.
Whie strolllng around the city ON Wednt siay,
after the surrender gun accidentally exploded. /
ana some boys cried out, :" Here come the Unions,
or to tha, effect, and there were immediate motions
for sudden evacuation, which testified their extra.
ordinary weakness although what was done toward /
this was in military manner showing discipline
aud solderly knowledge. ......,.
The cavalry oi Mroy who left 50 suddenly on |
Wednesday morning, scattered III every direction, |
chiefly toward New-Creek, by u circuitous road, /
avoiding the vicinity of tho Potomac and West Nir-
gina. aud toward Bedford and Berlin, in Pennsyl.
yaula. Il "a single company Of the Home Guard had \
been left IN Cumberland, enough o this Slroy cav
airy could have been induced 10 remain ana thus l
prevented tho capture VI our city and the morthca-
lion ensuing upon il. Put 10, every man, in-
GLIDING ,thotc III the hospitals and guard.h houses,
were hurried beyond the reach vi the Rebel forces. /
Now Mr.. LdtOr, from some lessons taught us by the
Rebels consider well equipped force OFFS 500 men
composed OF cavalry, artillery, aud infantry nearly
all OF whom had fought IN field and iortihcallon, /
and nearly hIl OF whom had been IN service for Is
mouths on their own ground, and with friendly !
country 10 Retreat 10, IN Iner rear ana no danger
OF their com munlcation herewith BENZ cut oil,
interrupted, to whom must be added the Mllroy /
cavalry who reiterated 10 tnem as too large force 1
To be immured III out of the way place, safe from
The enemy, yielding up all they are bound and paid
to proec,, TO tie ravage- OF II few hundred i'll. /
equipped Rebels aud placed more than "A day g
march beyond ANY reasonable place of safety, aud OF
course much further from points where they can
be called on to become uscful and though on rail-
way, by which they could be brought here in two \
hours, still if they permit, ne was the case here
few scattering guerrllas 10 destroy temporarily that
ulode of transit, 1t cannot be taken into view.
The Rebel Col. lmboden, with bis small force |
left town on Wednesday afternoon, aud remained |
within lew miles OF 1t on "Wednesday night; re-
treated few miles further on Thursday, and
thence lesurely TO their main body ut the South |
branch OF the Potomac, II miles from hero, Oh Fri
day and Saturday. Some OF them were at Flint |
stone yesterday, scizng horses, &c. None Of the !
Uuion forces from Ncw.Cfeek came mere unit,
Thursday evening abonI shutdown, when about 100
cavalry appeared with huge oclat rushing sder the
Rebels, whom 500 men could, on Wednesday or
Thursday, have wholly captured OF defeated, be.
yOnd any reasonable doubt Tins small body Of
Union cavalry-at least, some OF them--were little
sur ursed ut the apparent GOODNESS OF their reception
for which they were not " blame, but tho people
were too much misiiiied 10 explain. Nevertheless,
although in tremendous hurry, they stayed M town
about TWO hours TO iresh0n up, the day being warm,
md vent M