New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-29

and Desert, mih Plans Of Baiteries' @fc9 4gsmo
hon' Sq'tGl@-Ibe Rip Rips RitJed Cannon, etc.
Specialize the New Orleans crsscsntJ
CAaP YracET7, J7ue a. 1851
Our present encampnent (the fifth we have oe-
cGpied since entering Virgnia) has many adyas,
tages ever any Of the former oneB Besides being,
situated in shady grove, adjoining a spacious
tuffy field for parade ground, the wido expanse
OF Hampton Roads is directly in front, within half
I TpiIe: the mouths Of the Nansemond and James
! lazy are on our left, Fortress Monroe and the
! away 6kading squadron in sight, ten miles
Seweii's Pcr right, and the various batteries of
/ BIuf, Pinner's2ip- -Raps, Newport's News, Boush's
! are all directly drt, Pig Point and Craney Island,
takes place AZ any'anr eyes. Ifan engagement
I ness it, if we do not tAaese points, we shall wit
at least will be some coma active part, and that
! soldiers, Who would welcora;an to onr impatient
! break the monotony Of camp-Is1thing that should
! Near Sewcs Point is regime
which lost two men by 1eseTji0n team Georgia
few days ago. They we're Northernerse enemy a
and had enrolled Themselves before theepearg
/ left Georgia, for the very purpose which thsaent
| ceedHd in accomplishing, that Of obtaining VIZ,
bic information and imparting it to the euenF
They managed to get outside the lines, remained
outside until night having in the meantime hired
negro 70 take them out on the river, under pre-
tence of bathing or fishing, and them compelled
him to row them across to the Federal steamer
AuacOsts by which they were taken d0wntto the
frigate Cumberland 10 Fortress Monroe. The
Gen. Picayune Butler, to the effect that the darkey
rOwed the boat under c0mp1lsi0n, and that as the
white wished to 60 North, he should send them
there The latter part OF his message seems rather
gratut0ns and unnecessary and it ia probable that
he intended it q lofty intimation Of his ability to
dispense with any information regarding cur affairs
obtained through spies and deserteTs if so, he
must suppose these in command here as nnmitga-
i ted iackasses as they know him to be. Il is sad
that one Of the deserteEs was d good draughtaman,
and that just previous to his disappearance he
h;ta1r RI ma of ha in fhR
complete plans Of all, or nearly all our batteries,
from &ewePs Point TO Pig Point. 1t is not at all
singular that he should have done so, to let those
he left behind know how completely he had de-
ceiYed them. Should the illgstri0aa Bntler happen
70 fancy that he has enough to turn this in
formation to good account, he may perhaps attempt
to make some use Of it: and whether he do or not,
these fellows must have been able to give tolera-
bly, correct estimate of the Confederate forces as
senbed for the defence of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
! N'Hnpcrte.
DAD incidents occur as consequence of bring
ing together so extensive and miscellaneous an
assortment Of the genus homo as goes to make a
| regiment or company. The corps Of Woods
Rflemen, of Norfolk, stationed at the entrenched
camp outside the city, have for drillsergeaus a
former officer of ELSE Torth's Chicago zonaves, a
Vrginan, of Jewish origin, named Goldschmidt
said to be very proficient in the manual. A new
recruit having been enlisted, named z2chariah
Sykes, Tor SAKE, as he preferred calling iD Serg.
Godschmidt was directed to put the neophyte
through the EIeusynan mysteries of the rifle drill.
= But the recruit proved refractory. At the very
5 first order, /" Attention! sguad!" he angrlly
2 brought down his musket, leVeled the bayonet at
a the amazed drill-master, swore he would not be
called squad by any damned Jew, and then threw
e down his 1musket and marched off in disgust. He
5 was followed by guard and put under arrest
r suffering an unmercifu fusillade of jokes and
I laughter on his way to the guard-house. He vas
0 finally made to understand that squad was no
intended to be applied to him as an injurious
t epithet
!; The Munchausen stories published in sundrJ
= tbar, Of faat n
/ ing shot and shell from the Rip-Raps to sewell'
Point. amount to simply nothing. The ca1nol
planted at the former place is 48pounder, Saw
yer's rifed patent. The distance between the Rip
=. Raps and the Point is but three-and-a half miles
r, and yet the shot and shell fired fell so mucl
at random, that after perhaps hfy experiment
j. fred at the battery for several days, so far a
d / can learn. q. W. $.