New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-31

red the progress The disease NOV be checked. The
fatality among the prisoners ron ms ana ",her hH4d
dies svery great Several wagon loads are hauled ot'
20 the graveyard every dGy from tie general hospital
beside those who die Of smallpox
TEE RICHMOND EXAMINERER ON GIN. AvERiLL )
RAID.
The Richmond Frdmin,r cf the 2sth. savs:
The great Gen. Aver has gone not up TIE spout
h.i bacs into BIS don. Cast your eve upon mop ane
i'll tel Won how De Went and low D. came. He came
irom Nov Crock DEPOT upon the Baltimore and Ohio
Rsi.0ad, in the County 81 Hardy. along the wet rn
base of tie Shenanloah Mountains through Gowns 'l
TO salem burnt thugs generally, an' Icturncd over
nearly the route lnhodcn seized the gap vher,
tie Plkersburg turnpike crosses tie Shenandoah. and
prevented a raid an stanton. AycTn LIT ~ men fo
hold Imboden thcro and push on toward salem.
That general could not pursue WITHOUT uncoverinr
Stauut1n--the force threatening nearly equrhng IA
Own Gen. Lee aas Informed u The situation u Affairs
Here commences the rcign OF MJorGencrhs and
military science. Major-btn. Jubhl a Early come
Iajor.Gcn. Fitzhueh lee came. Brig. Gen. Walker
came. Brg.-Gen. Thomas came. Their sthiis came
They all took drink. Gen. Early took two. Brig
Ger, Wicklan came. Col Chambliss, co;anandinf
brigade came They smiled also.
When Averill was opposite stanton fi, Lee Was ~
Ivy Depot, the Virginia Central Railroad "a DAY
march from tlif town. fortunate occurrence, IN
deed. Everybody thought AverN was 'trccd" now.
lie passed through BroWus gap and struck he valley
tarnpke g; Mount Crawford. eight miles above Han J.
sorhur~-a miserable mistake. One days mulcA lprt
He n c marched toward HnTIisOnbUrg then toward
Stauit0n. Another day gone for nothing. lie finally
reached Seunon where hc ought Ia have been on tue
Ist night. Sn here was plenty oi me 10 cut Aver
il a. Lee and ImbOden marched dey and night ~
Lexington. and then toward Coyington. They yc'
tire enough TO intercept
Here was committed the fatal md .Qoish hlundcr.
While Lee and imboden tie road 10 Coynston,
in striking distance Of that place, word was sent the
Yankees ige marching toward bGohanan instead Oi
Coyingfon. No man ought to have put crcdence In a
statement utterly absurd that the enemy were go
ING from Saleu - ,hnt place. such n statement pre-
.upposes Ayeri Deliberately placing himself past es
cape and therefore run Iaving mad. tuch improbable
rllinors should never be entertained moment much
less made the basis Of important military move 1ents
The order obcyed Tie troops turned and marched
back. and al night were neAer al buchanan OI Cow
iagiOn.
The story T. tod in few words. The YANKEES passed
through CoyingtOn and, 10 their great amalcinent
escaped. Tie rumor about buchanan was lhe t'Ie o.
some frightened fool The enemy IN terror ana den"r
alzation fed from Salem at lspecd-dcsroyng theiI
train and artillery. jackson knoc kcd s0ne In the head
the citizens beat the brains out Of Oiheis one fiiue ~
AnegLany Iiucd siX, some were scattered IN the noun
talns and being picked up here and there the
rapid streams drowned many; but the main pat have
gone hence thcy ceme. wondering how they olG set
away. 1t is hardly necessary to add the humpicsi pT
yate In the rank II he possessed cnonPh 70 eat
and drink. not only could but would have mnDaged
better Old StOncWa would have marched on ctugLt
and killed the Yankees. What Lee thought this writer
don't know. They who know say Imboden begged "a
90 Coyhgton. lie made 1t plain 10 the duiicst mind
tlat the buchanan story was past belief What's done
IL done.
No language can tell the suffering of our men. They
were in saddle night and day, save IA few hours be-
tween midnight ana DAY. They were beat up by then
officers with tLor swords-te only means Of aIousng
thcm-numb and sleepy. Some froze TO death others
were taken from horses senseess They forded swollen
streams and their cotlcs stiff frozen, ratified they
rode it Tained IN torrents, and fr0ze a. ii fell In the
mountain paths the Ice was cut from the roads before
they vcHtuTed 20 Iide over Ono horse clipped over the
precycethe rider was leading him. he never looked
ol .. after him.
Tie whole matter is summed up In couple Of sen.
tences. Averill was pennod up McCeusland, Echols,
and jackson ut gate Lee and lmboden at the other
Some ass suggested he might escape by Jumping down
The well AZ coming out IN Japan. C., go 10 Bn.
anan Early ordered them TO leave CUTE open and
guard the we'll he did not juppin.
Meanwhile, tire Yankees cooly came up the Valley,
through Edenburg. New Market. MP 10 Harrisorburg.
within % miles Of Standardized headquarters.
This was boarding The lion IN his den. Jubal took the
fed q, the head OF Company and party Of substitute
men, formers and pow boys. called "h0me guards "
The Yankees got after hin, and the Mnj General
commanding lost his hal in the race. The last heard
Of i'm be was pursuing tie enemy Wn part OF ms III,
yision--ooimen aitef cayalry-wth fine prospects ol
overtaking them somewhere in Clina, perhaps about
the great wall" Tie Yankees were retfeating to-
They did very little damage in the Valley
Here il tie moral The mGrshals under Napoleon's
eye were n,incblcwith separate commands. blundcr-
crs general OF dyision, with Gen. Robert Il. Lee t.
plan and put him in the right place docs wen Moseby
would plan ana execute fight or strategic movement
better than Longstreet at Suffolk aud knoX'ic. Jubai
Early at SiauntOD.
Jackscns blunt response TO some parlor or bar
srate gst in Richmond, More men but fewer orders
was wisdom in axiomtrue then just as true now ~
when The Hero Of the Valley uttered it. 1t Is difficult
60 direct especially by couricr the movement Of troops
hundred miles distant among mountains the ranking
general saw. except Oh an Inaccurate map. II Is
every commander that can point OFT roads be never
heard of and by-paths he never dreamed Of, ~ the
proper ones to cut of an enemy Bullets, not brains,
aIe needed here.
STEAMER LOST.
Tile UiimingtOn journal learns that on last
Saturday night or Sunday morning Uhe 18th or 20h)
steamer supposed 10 be the Anonica got aground
on Frying. Pan Shoals and that the enemy sent tug
after her. and took all hands prisoners 1t Is reported
that the enemy had succeeded In towing the ship of
but Of this there 10 be- certainty. II 10 pretty
certain that the vessel whatever she H. IL gone end the
opinion thai it 10 the Antonca is general