The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-14
HE UNION CAMPS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Correspondence o, ,ne cluolaaall Gazette |

ia k--Of N, Sc,encs NJ "Ey.bnh az" II,o a. JY,,k,
a.s sAna.sgan', aid ne n ra'o vOrsmen,-- Bus,aJ
ft9t and Shooting S"sep tro'h-r A,r,,t Of Rbei ON
ce's- lh,r rar icol- ne Gvhyts G,ou,- yk,y,gisn
be''ee'" M P'et.t'-hsSl Killed ontH n, aosse ZAP
tWst- An0he' Egrfspe't Gbost snack- LWL r an fc
"heo conine over om Grafton TO Psilpps last xerk
me,nner of tho stan, ny whose side h.ppeJea to bs
'long mote couotry mau ana too 'oo",ne convesaunn
soeurd:--'ts' ose, CaptsiD-wi these peopie evrry
hioy Sph eps1e,t'ae on ts Cspiain-"I spoae you'te
po'n to Pb,ilppa To yer camp ,har' Eyes" replied
my mpapiou NV. want TO c, ar out the rebels IRON
thst part u the country. usve they betn among
,onr people very nnch2n "WaU yes, q heap;
hey ,uk our cou, and som 'umes our horses,
for ans thi'g they tux hope you Il drvo 'em all
o. he county, and then VIZ have peace az Ain Ger
'aios" teeed The officer ave hooe TO be able to drive
'hrm out but then We would ike 60 see You takiug \
part Ia tt 900, 80 Couldn't DO btrg they TOT
many for us." "wen," nssled the l1cer eater
grI treD iven won't ,nu bs able To o'gtnzs aud
cefspd yourselves IN the fn,uref" don't know hos
'ha u DO. oap'a'n-we san. you TO drive EN- out 40
,hey ~ Dece' come barkln
And So tho roDser, at0n continued The country man
was very ~iioY 10 have tho rene who hto been roo
bg aud desposg he coiatry dYveo out BY our forces
90 cppcepton Of ihsfsct thai bravo wou wlah To
hop AZ feast in hs own detlvcanrr, or tbat brave
peope so7a nol vat Tor Others 20 dTSe thar invaders
ont, 80 lna. 100, would never come back - He
vesy glad TO have them driven AVA, but ne did not
~an 81 have sos uodbe about himself and hs "ddo's
spo sbppp be pg ready TO end himself when arms
~er' nut iDto hs bands
Yst'er ay evening small patty ~ vs. who bad been
nat f'ns mi'o or from Po,i iopa st0pre Of
coa'Ss 'e'tnr.d mAEon 'u'nsbef US with me water,
trGe better than he cetestsbe stun with winch Tho
camp a'reAao 20 ne coueo', apo Ia return coala
40 20 eNs than ask Their he sol cd ner
whether ehe snlefeo anV IN eo,.rco The
o. ss II the camp she bad herd ste sad, come hots
tbht tbe kDot rs were goi'g u take away Der spge
save No sssnrances Of ours could cohvpce her that
sIa'e wa nnt IN danger She sno~ what hs wa WAS
that bad maze 10 Des 40 10 TAR ss hay had
'bee are varistous In camp hie be'e Tue most
amusing, and yet tee most prov kre, ia the
oaiiug" that mysterioasiy sp'rlts away every.
hrg f, ON pisto' to camp SOL tho mons ut
y Is stt for an instant bes"nd ra go your owa eve
biz eyeballl,g bis ben reduaed 70 science Too Cd
aiug about The Ohio volunteers in aexco that n thsv
conldnt Ike town ines could al~ays r,eal sppl,es
si'h literal tfutbtuness TO the camps tefo Does
der want bisoksP Dc eYeba,is" II The o or fellow
from whom bo take" IL In but h,tla troubled he "eye
bs,ls some other mans blanket ant so voea clear
around You want a ssddie The ''Gtderyn dozen,
you and so BIO cooy picks mp some uther caps
II on your horse, aud you areeq po.d II the other
mau happens 20 want saoofe he sbines he "fete OF
~sr; may be he Re.s one, fle CAP secure sie awake
0de'yano MAJ be he ooesn't. You can't be expected
To 10 Z after that.
You are he fortunate posse..or " bose You hitch
hin, Efht ppoer tie eye OF squad WI sperisl ipiunc
ton to ".ee III tnonodV takes hat ho Sc aud 40 10 To
eat your dnler, Returning ~ remaunt, You a'e
amazed to see no horse QI.ston the gaard ana hs
iels pm thAt 'some ctnse man ct that horse" "Bh
bose, ard hat y u had etoln HIM, snt he only
tax nv him back Or c0rse d'dbt ktow an tbieR
acout it If you are wise you receive the Ool nfom
Ego aud 40 Inc Vse II YOU fool you curse and
raw y and get laughed at for y,a' pans
Blue bioosee are very convenient article for camp
wear some man 10 whore company b'ue olons~s have
not nefn tupp'ied fapc'es thai he woud iiks one
so Ter bas just Lkrn ~ his bonSe FOR purpose he
IN his back for Il ct, presto IN. blouse Ia gone
Ncbooy knows any hug anoot It, What CAP he COZ
What, ndeed, but ego and do like Tse2 he can't get
blouse no can get something eke And 30 with otuer
thugs
Gen Norris body guard Ia comroeed OF tiptcp COM
peDy Of auey drilled men who Il ~ 10 ctuog them
yes the "ShepanAs ana - l Lesd tel one about
these camps that the henanagan have tavo-ite dti
"tbe FL Pasc movapeDs" Suppnee YOU ask SheuaEa
gan what ths El Paso movemsnt 10? Az instant after
wad you are feeling In your bveas' p'cRs Besa me,
where these segAs9" The -hepans Al has simpiv
",he ii Pasc. that is what thu insist Oh calling
hpge.n
But the sheusragaus h,uor able--or course they
lint tina, no way tho poverb rnps2 ay vaI'se,
IN knocking about ia camp wssons bad got the lack oro
ken. knew very wei that no ordinary precar' ione
would the clean sthts the'e" conta ned, and 30
put 1t into tent near tho Generals maqee unoer the
Sncnapegan guard Not an article IL ms ny NY pr
tolls are yiog about on the camp chs pe fccty "a o.
bad | les Them 10 other part Of the camp, tho
snenapsgnns would have come "the E Paso on them as
sure as fate.
Nor the shsnausg.ns one whit better In this
spect than their negnbosB ,lep the other night on
spsrc in toe camp If the Seventh tpoiaua don't
know whether ID u any OF the Companies that rcg,
mtnt that the story Ia told tuat not man the
c'otnes with which no stated ous couple OF mon ns
ago. out 90 know that the mint not supplied
with blue bouses, ana that several Of the men have
thcm, nevertheless. go much bv OF sh wing the
AOfIttv u the SSVeut0 IN tue fesurn:
slept there 'he other night, and IN ths m'rnog care
leely eft watch y ng among tho hai bets The tent
ful, Of the eoe baers all The rneg but 1t noon
nv watch WAS handed back to me aimost before nad
even missed IL
% be just the icy balng'' 10 moro matter OF fur
on all hanes than OF psons w any bdy re ss amus
irg thing Dsg'nabie 10 to witness tho bewidsrment a
matter Of fact solder IT the M sts,ious dissa
pea,ancs Of Article after article that hs thought be
sort s~ear turbiy, and IL Ia Observable that
they continue to lose whatever they may have
with very suggestive uufo mtg, yonr good humoiei
fellow who THINKS IL GDe joke, only aged little to-
pretty to ont tho loser Ia ,heooe
he kdows how 10 tsRe his revenge, onn some
,hag else the time To DO them tu los ice the
bOyp take up' thu art With remarkable, rapidly Auc
practice It with extraordinary perseverance, and success
Bat they conabe thor exports TO The camp anu tbs
soldier circle IL true occasionally hear OF sheeI
that "coufattcated," like Srsemus show, be ;sust
ccu,dat give the conntersgn but that 10 according
upon, the other day, to explain bow hs to
shoot sheep when they bad only bought but he
expisped the entire satisfaction o. boy The
snsep had been ssanotps exactly In line aod when
shot tho bullet ven, lear through It's hea
struck the other and killed Il ooaltogc her by accident
OF cOurso. And the Shenanagans Orou ybt IN pig Tho
other day, with some significant remark soourits never
sqoesiing but then they sad they bought It, ana o.
We had repetition Of tho "Lieutepant CoIonel''
Thompson joke yes eruay. About nom word was
brought TO the camp that couple Of rensi ocera had
been captured, aLd would be soon ought Dto camp.
Everybody was the qi ripe. A. lsat the guard mp
paned, followed ny the two prisoners, vita towering
0A'd onu uo1U)Dx u4Oeb Enu CUAt6 Oh ycuO"
tape more conspicuona than the hrohdGoth rbefe
wss grand rush 'or nearer view. and for moment
We cGme nearer having mob III military camp
Tho disturbance, hoseyer, Bo0I sete3. AID
permitted to gaze in quiet delgh. upon the ,mpor
prisorers. But Whas o,ssust when heard
that tho poer not Officer 10 Ihe rebel amv
but only eutonants OF cavalry, which had baen with
Porter aeld at the Phlippa races but had since cis
banded. The announcement WIS scarcely made It'll
discovered that the one aforesaid sde
the Old rsgD me, bob a,led and generally spare; that
the "nen'' OF the "ofaaets' was simply the
tow ehirt which the farmers CT thfp resion usually
wear and that Tho men themselves poor, guor
simule nisded renters, WHO had been t.ken while on
tber rented h sides boeng te%r had been forced
TO 70 Their homes ana d,ess tbeuse IN their rebel
Coy ous array" ant hsd been driven in laughing
slccka. rney anmW being with PorserGels at Grafton
and hero bu. SEED, TO have ve'y unwnoesorne shame
OF their performance AT the lst opportunity their
company osbAnded, and they vent nome and dgent p
commenced hoo,Dg their Neglected I'm.
they CONFIRM the stories alb nut being forced into the
ssrv ce bscause o their OgapZaton under the old Vr-
gDia militia aps The prObnpi -, that they started
out heartily enough enlisted in the cause and suppos
the abOlitloniss AZ 50 they discovered that there
WASH 80 much Fun 10 the performance they expected
they seem 10 have dropped with commercially prudent
raptdty
The dull monotony OF peaceful warfare was broken
yeste day, by a little meeting between four OF our
mounted pfckets and some fifteen or twenty Of the
enemys cavalry, near Beal,agton. Our men came upon
and pursrcd fellows for mile One Of them
caught up with the hiudm Ht OF our psrty Id Gated on
him 10 surrender when dred spd the rebel fell
headlopg from his horse. In the ekirmish one OF our
horses received ball In the forehead which Knocked
him down, but he soon got up again and folio we'd the