New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-18
came hrst upon An Observation-Disclosures for iss

came hrst upon An iee-Acuse--Uniortunate Tor ito
pos.-ssor and bis prospects Of cooling drinks for
the remainder If the summer. A short tine mud
eycry cranib of ice Ia gone, some soldiers carry
ing of IN their arms huge pieces. which were
sure to be droprsd Soon, Aad fragment carried
10 tie coffee pail, and the rest lett a. melt by the
rosd..;de or to be- picked up by some fellow
But how hot tie ground was And how ax-
ous the soldiers scemed Us tbcy tr,.dged YEARLY
slOlg stirling Up TIE impaIpsble powder under
th.r feet which covered their clothes. making
.hem white, aud fastened itself t. their xwea'y
faces and moist eyebrows ard mnstachois! How
the eat and dust Of those three dass. which
have Just passed. but which seem to DO separated
loago int~rallo, haunt NE Is l BIT now Under
the shady veranjah sc large stone mansion
with fresh breeze from tbs tops ot those shad'
owy mountains about US, coming down and cool
ng the moisture on my face.
How those attitudes Of men as they lay
stretched upon the dusty grass, fallen almost n-
stantly sserp after being ordered IT, hat for It
few moments, c"ms up before my imagination.
How an artist, taoSght could paint from such II
subject VnJ altering perhcps the position OF u
hand, or turning slightly the head t" catch tie
sleeping expression of those weary features.
Rogers oneht to add I" bis beautiful ststnettes
one u a soldier fallen asle,p upon tue march, bis
uusAet lying carrIrssly beside him sna his head
hanging down, without support, oser his unstrap-
ped kDapssckI On You who read your morning
TRIBUNE in your cuol summer retreats. among
the mountains, at the sea shore and Mt Saratoga,
just give ore Thought Tor tbesc poor soldiers tins
morning, and let it open your heart to enlarge
your contributions for the prosecution ot the war
or let II el,re you to send II substitute, or an
other if you have sent one. 40 that these men " no
hare been serving yau, through winter cold ald
summers beat. may have prnise Of speed!
clofs Of the war and JOYFUL return again t"
tier cool quiet rorthsrn komes-to the plane
aud to the forge aud tho shop, aud more than all,
to the fresids
This valley Ia by far the most beautiful part Of
Virginia. No other part which .e have seen H.
by sny means to b. compared with il. either in
,hs beautiful variety oi the mountains, jirting up
boldly, Or falling away mildly in lsint blue to-
wards tho dIstauce or N beautiful green men
dews and fruitful orchards, nearing too evidently.
Of course, the marks Of devastation. yet beautiful
In its desolation. Tue houAes ear GENERALLY the
marks Of tas'e and refinement Aa. the Inhabitants
are generally educated aad intelligent. judging
from the teu.ae portion, Of course, which alone
ia at home. Two years ago We trs~ ~rsed this
vally with Banks army. and We are naturally
curious to know what change two years has
wrought in the ntim-uts 81 sotae Of our former
acauaurances. We called ou some ladies ia Via
chester, whom we had known They bad SLATED
not ono jot Of their infatuated devotion 10 the
osusc, AMI we heard not one word Of nisgivinc
Their faith in their ultimate triumph; their per
sistent hope. not rendering them heart sick by
being long deferred. WA truly sublime. dong
honor to them In part: but exewplif, Ipg also the
truth, that there Is no cause. however Infamous
which there not plenty 81 good people Willing
to be martyrs to. / thiuk the people of THE VAL
lev manifest the virtue of consistency aud aro
just as bad rebels n"w ~ they were t~o yea.s
sgo-just a. persstenti in spite Of the foGr-foii de
struchon which thy have eSperie cd at the
hands Of both friends and foes.
The rebels rstrested as usual, uudcr protect OF
returning again soon. .ldiers bid their wives
and swce,hearts good bye FIR f.w dty' only
they promised t. como hack driving tie Yankees
before them. They said that Long'treet would
meet them at Woodstock, and they would then
turn and send the Yankees back into Mary land.
The presence of LoDsstrret in the valley how.
ever, suspect to be . myth l doubt the pre-
prnce Of aby other than Esrly's corps. whose
composition. am very we'll sat- fed, is ct four di
vl.ions in all MT over 200a0 men. l'-'ides this
there are few thousand cavalry. They. maui
rally enough are making The best Of their tune
down the valley.
II il interesting to notice what progress has
been made in the army during the past twoycss,
in regard to their estimate Of the Rrbr right OF
property Wbcs Banks first came down the She
nandoah the natives were carefully Impressed
with the loss of al occasional chicken or horse
ard half dozen successive armies has not soft
tened tho sentiments Of the people on th's sub
ject. The soldiers rush into gardens. pulling on
pnlings pnlIing up onions, seiziHg cabb'g-s and
Tomatoes they 20 through the ehchen coop
opep tho barn ar stable c, rryiug Of the horses