New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-09


trained from deTeoey, too; from that ineon innate
ss,bine, that ,eachea the coarsest Of al that
wife and children are subjects too sae~od for niron
or for the NEEDING OF other things Itas no fear OF
physical vengeance thst kept back this noisy crowd
from the unconscious soldier who Was YEARLY toilmg
through his queer potbooks FOR he slight fellow,
and not lrawny fist in the party but could WIZ
sngle blow have utterly smashed him. II was AZ
believed and wac glad to believe the outward sien Oh
an inward gracethe one touch of nature-and rougha,
though they were thought better OF them for H. ana
if they had murdered ME that night, my ghost woHiu
have discounted six months on The regular amount OF
haunting. In fact, / think would have let them OIL
aliogether-bui am not sure Of my ghost IL don
know him well enong to aver that he'd stand oy any
soft-heared agreement OF mine.
A drum, if YOU Are friends with the band, and can
borrow one, is splendid writing table-or smoothly
packed knapsack will do tolerIbly-or even ba'er-
sack if the three days rons are property p"t H. %
as to leave q tolerably level surface. Or you may
write on your own kpee, or on the broad BACK oil AZ
accommodating comrade, though the most goodnatured
fellow in tie word wont stand for more than Two
races But everywhere we zee the men writing, ana
adopting each according to bis own convemensts, any
one of the methods herein described, or any one OF
dozen Others, for private soldiers don't have private
writing .tables.
We Gee. too, along the hiIsdes and in come few reh
bot,ops where the brambles grow luXurantly squads
of soldsrs looking for backberies, and finding them,
and CD pg tbem too in quantities not to be estimated
by An hang that won't measure bushels ond not one
in ter Of Our New.York boys ever before saw berry
on 1. buah-thcr adaptation to circumstances il really
NJ Z. Il ;,ht a IA loci lac, a.
and The woods and tbiosets hereab)ats are well
stocked with this fruit, which seems by the way 10
be- Providenrsl m favor, for tue bad water here
gives everybody diarhea fact, while the black Der
ries-don't. And as boys .c6ec 10 sickness,
they paw special attention 10 the berries.
We can't. however. help occasionally noticing, a.
we wander along, that in rome Of our men, tents aye
pieces Of furniture not Of tie sort GAoy TO be distrb
uted by Government. Rosewood tables and mahogany
chairs with an occasional sofa 81, might perhaps
dive The spectator notion of immense wealth ON Inc
nt Of Tie oecupers of the said gnts did not glance
Al the other surroundings dspel that i!nsion
In the courre Of eonversalion we learn that, imme
dia.e ~ after tie murler Of Eltwcrtb, q number of
rank Secession fauiles fesringths just rethuCn Of
our soldiers fed and LEFT each Of their sever houses
in the vicinity either under the not very efficient
guardianship of Two old slsves, or es locking
the houses up altogether.
suggestion that il was po'sible some u the furn-
turs from these mantions bsd been temporarily Dor
rowed 10 promote the comfort Of troops was met by
sLrug Of the shoulders and the sentence he o6ser
had served In Aexicol, "Qres SGbsi"
Di,igen, inquiry has convinced mo thG Ills sentence
Of cabustic Spanish means simply, Who knowsP
And vho does knowi NoIi.
Occasionally We a merry group playing cards In
the shelter of q basb-not gambling bat killing liias
merely for sheer ack a anybody else " Kill let no
nan after this nail a, csripayig after sts that NJ
Bnll Run pack Of csrds IL the brepoekes of ono Of
our New-York boys saved his life. Innske; ball
passed through bic coat and perced bis pack Of cards
III il finally rested st the OF leais-of course, no
common muskes ball coad take the ace OF Iumls.
However. all joking aside, it IL & fact.
Perhaps somebody Win cay that II i bad been
New restsmcn, the effect would have been the same,
True. true-but II bullet bad gons through Matthew,
had not Leedel toe remons'Tsnces Of uark. had PEE
stated in lie bsaJong in spite Of LAKE., bad not
even Welded To de swee. penDuasoHs of John, but bad
kept madly on, wouldn't give much for myfet about
the time It got 70 Revelations have 10 intention Of
being lrevereni but the fact il no lee fact, THAI IL
uuGer thai soldiers jacket the bu e' Lad found
Of hearts, end only n sodisrs heart instead, there
would bave been dead colder a. i is there
IL merely one pack Of caIds lsss.
In one Of the regiments wherein some Of ,hs boys
have fancy for fighting Of niincr and mil1or sort,
vet Of bpyiuggoves 10 ca RED one glove each is
riei in iou knspsaclv in addition TO the other .iiS'
therein bestowed. Al might, in cool days when the
circumstances are fsyoraa, teso lnxuries arc DIS
lodged from thsr place among the necesaTos Of war,
and the uen enjoy themselves .fer their own fsln0l
IA fuslion which wish undo rtood the ms and out,
Of as well IS tho least stilitr Of all Of theso.
We hsTpon, perchance to be present at Guard
Mounting" Al West Point Academy in United
ststes GAR sons ana wherever forces OF regulars
are oopgregatek and N all fancy, parade encsmyinens
! Of volunteers and mliSs, Guard Mourang" is al
ways one of Tie most pleasing ceremonies OF toe day 10
the beholler, and IL enc Ia which tie department Of
the men IL expected 70 DO Of tho best aud nost solder.
ike, and all their dress and equipments precisely ard
sofupulously nice. Under tbs cirumstinces, aud NJ
these pl.cee not 10 make good sppesrnce at Guard
Mounting" II a sneer and Hsgraco UPON regiment,
company or a soldier The baud y al says ordered
OUT and aiscourses ,her sweetea Strains, and il is at
this time OF day that vsiton mosi welcome that
officers are most snowy, and that soldiers arc inos
proud.
In the camp Of actual service however, the r;ceties
Of discipline in regard to d.es AID appearance TO
great extent disregarJed. The band play the oIicers
40 through with all tue required ouieses, the
are all there and their 0rm5 and equipments thereto
belonging In the very brightest ard bet condition,
but the 6res Of the these occions, displayed
~ West Point officer, woOld il he were a ni,Idnan
nercd man, drive him to aicide or unsre a,yluu
II be vero % The species martinez" 1t would nissan
taneously pat desires into him than In all
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