The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-02

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pr, s'oee msp Dsver see bioi angry fbcss WOO know
ptsson because No IN then most impcrturbshiy cool.
since merely With 20 speak Of General )hDston he
spsfea 70 me In ,be capacity OF gentleman, will say
ron'nf OF bn niIariy. most aad, hosever, shat the
officers aud men q: this pos. sicily devoted W
bin Though strict oscip she ouasualIy
attached :" MIN and will 10 Nil leog'hs To serve MN.
DINING WITH COMMANDING
We had heard snch stories about ule stesks and the
Ike Of Camp Scott, that placed provsious
box when entered the post, not to have 10
without food ourselves exhaust decreased m
tiers Of auy Of the OIL ,ers Bat General Johnston
hospnabie gentleman; 90 we were all invited to
his table. Tho Commsaonors plead that they had very
m Coz X but that would NOS dotne General insisted
that ney spould 30 hw guests I . lpe moved 10
euow what would be tue bill oS dinner given
by the con mandpg ofcer of The Uaised States troops in
Utsn ~oud not certainly no any part OF dead mule,
because Lieutenant Armstrong arrived the pre-
Gay i2stb) with 100 beevss but that would be 70
begin on beef n continue on, beef IN end some
expected 1housh The sppeance II not tbs ias.e Of
the one osh might DO como what variegateJ By the
art Of TIE erisnier Before dinner, ho~ever, 10.
look at the Generals tent nsjpr Ffzjonn Porter,
Assistant Adjutant General, General johnston,
occupy ono tent, whico lie usually termed wall tout Ii
Ia about eight feet wide and sixteen fee. long tho
rises from the ground perpaDccuarly four reet Ihen
SLAMS up slices peak like tbs roof OF .
louise 30 there ID much less Q elt OF this kind
than the dimeDs,ons above gwen would Imply becsueo
Rood part Of be tent tho made only little over
our fee: 10 height The central fae hs ten: has sn
altuee Or ten feet Well, In this small naoita
ton live, ear ana sleep tho C5mnAodins officer Of the
Utab amy ana mia Aojutant General rnate wunss
pied endioDry upon other at the further
end Of the Tent them ana cioso under tse invest
paris OF the tent The opOcse side OF w. their bsds
there being passage way between them To the unuks
rhev seep on all, lo~ IRON befs.esds Thus naf
of sue tent s occupied the other, into which the
opens, contains smA shoat iron stHve sus dask or
table, covered with bOoxs papers, table capa
bic OF seating eight persons, with wooden stool and
benches sests The floor the virgin earth, covered
with piece OF Condemned CANVASS Light 10 admitted
through the csnvasa or oy oppog the ooor, winch
he prniI,ive and rather ipcommooious acoommoda
tons Of tue general commanding M American army.
Gen Johnston has tho fol owos ge DteG bis mess
Major Fuznhn Porter, Assistant soinant General Capt
John Newton, Of the rJoo<rspncai Engineers; Lieut. L.
L Rich, acting Asshtint Qnsrerrna,er and Mr. Brdgsr
guide, owner OF tho fort, nc little before shutdown
supper VA announced tho table sat the centre or
the fret tsf section OF the Tent eight of succeeding
in locating ourselves on benches aod chairs around
tie tsbisAGea. Johnston ~, at the end Of tho
table that towsres the door, Major Porter
sat oppoefe him aud waited upon the table
The three who sSi at the aide CT the taols 70
the Generals right could not raise their heade erect
witheut ssrkiog them against the The plates
were Of pa.ina. sort Of the major part Of
the cups Inc table was well ferpwbed with the sub
stanta snstepance o; life. Tho bill OF faro may Dc
summed up thus