Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-19

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Picket Duty--The Life OF our soldiers
ut Bnilcy's Cross Ronds- Rifle Fir
ing and ROnst Corn EH1inS--The
Adventure and Fun of War.
a correspondent of the n. Y. Tribune,
gives the following exceedingly we'll writ
ten sketch of the life our soldier boys lead
on the advanced pickcts opposite WASH
ingtou:
always find Bailey's Cross Roads the
most attractive point of the long line of
army outposts. not because of the pr0Xim
itv of that wretched aud innocuOus bug
bear. Muuson's Hill, bat because of the
brisk picket work that is generally carried
on there. Our picket gunr'ls at this post
are really of the first quality. They come
from Michigan, and the best compliment
could frame for good spirits and sum
shiny courage, | would b"Stpw upon them
do not speak with any claim to military
Judgment and, for aught know, the strict
martial sense would crticise more rigor-
ouSly; but to the unfettercd civil apprr-
citation, nothing could be better worth en-
ioying than the handsome, manly. and
sometimes droll and eccentric manners and
behavior of these Michigan men. Let MS
look at them from this place. The first
point OF observation is q deserted black
smiths shop, well ventilated with windows
anu rule" ca"Eon sh"' h"irS' 'He i"t'er
inlicfci some time ago by the rebeiS IS 4
warming 10 Mich:gan mrh nNt I" f!"E nm
proper tricks. ne Mici'gah men h'''
erected furious ROCKING plcce OF ".uhahcc
IN the midt!e o! the road, consisting 81
stoEF-lt'Hr tna set @! wagon "hJ''>'-
lie Confederate camp was thrown INTO
coAsterH''i'n' ana haiet h";''S "e'e
sheilcd vigorously until III" real n1tIi" OF
the structure WAS a;SeoVeFri' Ihe hi'1E-
smith house was thus peEi1ri;'! III n1i
ties tor observation on every si":.
Just over the way, upon ~" piazza oil
little dwelling houSe. The Captain III com
Iu"hd OF the outpost Sis ser'""S "i"
ihnughiiHl. That Is easy 10 understand
Oi all the niue l"fce Siteah hFo"'.,', III Is
TIE only ieaiiE rrSP"hsi"Ie man i'!S 'iiei
are not under his eye are not Wi'"in can
ana q good part OF mem can oAiE nc
reached ey MESSENGERS Ih' mo- remote
pckcis are nearly " quarter OF i h!iie
away, and VINO knows WhAt may any mo-
ment happen to them ""'n '"e "Eins
gets little heavier than seems 10 him
necessary. he becomes impatient, ana
sends ont orders for i"ss waste OF ammn-
the reuel- lire on US, anu we ire nMly III
scif-defcnSS, which, if it does not con-
vince, is hardly dcniHbir. un'icr TIC CIR
cumst"nccs. Near the Captain sits the
Surgeon, who is stationed here to attend
to any wouuGcd tHai may he hr'as"t III
hut the wonndcd are not numerous, ana
there Is 81 prevailing conviction tAHt the
attention OF the Surgeon has TO 0e more
tregue1liY directed to corn ana It's abuses
than 10 fractures or "!o"d'
For the corn fields are very rich here-
about. and the men cannot poSS!nly rts'st s.:,
the scIuctons. Cookery is prael'ceu VII"
Hc"tHeSS anu ulSp"tch III SECURE Ie''e''S'
Corn Is boiled and roasted IN ample guam
titles. Inc biggest cars are gractiui.y
eliminated from the pot, and presented III
form 10 The Captain, who Is gracefully ac-
ccPts, and mnnehcs with dignity OtneF
ears smaller, but not less sweet are DC
slowed upon subordinate officers. 9iho-
King pals iutI are 'Aen taken 20 tiie outer
most Lines, and are welcomed win Gh'hu-
slasm' me pickets ''t Lh'S st!'Io' "o "o'
sahtr i'r iHAufi's. lhe c"l.NeIs rom
i"c "eset'e" i"'lH Ho">e, -
"H'' are Ne'I "sE' so, ~, -
.''" "''e o!' '.i'a .i, s i,, corn Is
~ ''S'''' ~ % 'I:e -.
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