New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-27

Mar gun had made hit, the gunners of that one
shouted aud cheered. Then came great emulation
and effort to Guido them in the men Of the other
cuus" How much water had you to spare Six
inches under my keel" Pretty clofe work
that Why was Commodore Sringham removed,
after that brilliant victory, and why are you not
with your sbp7 And think that, instead of giving
the Commodore nswer Will address that question
to the Administration, who, of course, read Tux
TRIBUNE, and let your readers wait to hear what
they cay in reply.
So much for Wizards, subject towbicb, con per-
misso, | shall return. Now let us speak of things
ont Of doors, which will interest you more.
Our first days work was TO croes the Potomac by
the long bridge very long one and visit the camps
beyond. Al the bridge commenced the novel labor
Of showing passes. Wewere stopped and inspected
by seoiries at either end, and then suffered 10 ap
proach the precincts of Forts Runyon and Albsny.
These campo sTe both dissdyGntageously situated,
tie land being low, with stsgnant wafer lying about
and ietid masma making isef sensible TO tbatsen-
Try Of the Dody, the yigilant nose. Fever prevails
here. and 1T Fort Runyon one Of our party reported
the hospital as over-crowded and i-venlilsed, but
the rest of us were SO busy with the new delight OF
running about among tie tents and their occupants,
that we forget 10 inspect. At For, Albany we did
visit the sick tents two in number end found several
typhoid patients, not desperately i'll, and quite
Number detained from service 10y fever and ague.
Those who could speak seemed cheerful and com
foltabe-most OF the typhoids had hsi faces turned
toward recovery. Their chances are sad to be bet
ter in a clean, DRY tent with little ire, than within
I'll d.
msnding at both Of these FoHs, called bis men to-
ceter in order. to receive the lady Of the Governor
of Massachusetts,, for whom they gave, as in duty
bound. three cheers. The band enter tanned US with
some music and the soldiers, by request, sang the
army hymn;
I'm bound to be soldier In the amy ofthe Lord'
the thrill and Split If which not diminished by
the surroundings that gave reality to the words. Col
Greene made bis men little speech in which be
testified our good Governors heart and feeling for
the soldiers. Others Of the party exchanged few
words of aectionate greeting with them, after which
we reluctantly took leave. The regiment occupying
these forts and commanding the bridge is the l4lh
Mas schuzetts. The men looked well and in good
heart We drove next to Blenker's headquarters, at
tie camp Of one of the German regiments. Here,
however we could see nothing. The General was
invisible, the camp enable, and the gentlest
speech could make no impression on the stolid CIR
man couuienances which seemed 10 shut in the Datu-
raj looks Of N man like a military yizor of ancient
tines We drove after this TO Munson's Hill, visit.
/ ing by the way several earthworks, mounted with
guns, and surrounded by trenches aud aJaais. Nun
sons Hill is strong poiut commanding wide view
Of tie DebstaGle Ground We found il garrisoned
only by picbet-guard, with no tents,
and no other shelter than a email, open
she'd, without fire or EriHes. You know that the
ehnm Notifications of the enemy have been replaced
| by solid mound aud deep trenches. One does not
understand why the enemy did not occupy it with
real artillery, nor why we garrison 1t 80 slightly
From this we went to Falls Church. which We also
found occupied only by picket Two sentrits were
within the church, OF whom was sleeping,
stretched out on pew Sc's., soundly IL ptcnvn
ing had been going on. The interior Of this ancient
building was cold and desolHte. Carpets and cush-
ions, ii there ever were any, were gone; the floor
laid open here aud there and heaped with dust On
the right band Of the pulpit was mural monument
bearing the name and record of Henry Fairfax, 6r,
who fell in the Mexican war, ending with this in-
scripion:
for his mun6cence this Church might sl have been
q ruin"
Here ii was ruin again, and one might Lave
added: without justice and right doing any
church viii become a ruin" Hard by, on the wall
we're tho Ten Commandments, which, if obeyed in
spirit and letter. would have preserved the church
intact to this day. There were many inscriptions in
pencil on tie wall and certain hand whose ctarac-
ter ia not unknown 10 you could not help writing
after the eighth Commandment Thou shalt not
steal" this practical application Of it, men nor
their uages.'
Here we found ourselves under the profane neces-
city Of unching. This act, though depored by one
of number sacrileg ous, on the whole &c
ouiesced in with tolerabe aacrity. Having already
passed some hours i'll the keen air the day was Bit
terly cold and windy, were faint and empty, and
Vital Pety itself cohdesceldcd TO take interest in
the contents Of a brown paper parcel, which wts
now produced from the depths Of the carriage. Niue
tsrd poutices, founded on bread, proved 10 be its
chief feature. However calculated 10 sllay in1an-
nation if externally applied, they certainly tend TO
produce It if taken internally, and after struggle or
20, we reinquisLed them for hospital usts. bottle
Of brown stout lad more comfort in ii--no, there
were two bottles and we shared them With the GEN
try, which made them all the better. After this, |
two of us had TO run up and down the allie 10 get
little warmth into our feet, but at this Vital Pety
was checked indeed, and called day later, 10 rec
ommend penitence for the oii.nse which we could
feel. I'VE ought, said LIE, "to have called tie
soldiers in and 10 have held short religious service
with them" Indeed, il would have been well, yet
scarcely well-timed, for even while we were in the
church, picket Of ours, half mile distant was sur
rounded and captured and if they bad got u.s. they
mighteasily have done, ister ourselves that they
would not have treated us better than they have