New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-28

between rs aud the enemy, My companion the well
known wv. ID. b." OF tue sprghtly, and, on th'
on lie, rather praisewortby little concern q couple o.
,,nsra. west Of our establishment sleeper, Il any
tI;na tho, mysel tied bis horse TO the wheel Of az
smb5Ianoa " ooo Instantly stretched himself on the
gruupd bsnesib 4 There were horses already at the
other wheels 40 TO go tree In the edge Of the
woods with my old r. ein,antfe.,
restva bo,sss srs st,ac red to the ambulance that
the driver was sound asleep, vi 'nas lne Wnees were
runii back and forth very elotI " ny HIe.u neao.
Ofcourse tried to punch bin up, J" Ie ,a ~;
be was perfectly safe. Presently the oeel grazea his
ear and ground stray lock of his sandy nto
the sandy soil BY that time he succeeded IN getung
awake and soowfnlly untying his horse starta Win
me on another pilgrimage.
Finding two-wheeled concern, with horse tied
TO each wheel bat none to the shafts hailed the
omen, opened the door, and tried to crawl in when
we suddenly III vigorous contact with the heels
Of brace Of sleepers who had preceded us, and pre-
empted the territory. We tried another ambu-
lance. 1t contained little straw and three men, Que
OF them alone weighing $50. Back we CROPPED to our
tvowheel bobtall, crawled under, certain that the
heres at the wheels couldn't tramp on our heads and
profoundly Indifferent as to what they might do to onr
Legs. IL began 10 rain, but who caredf Dur heads
were under tue ambulance, aud what moro need any
bdy WANT And we went to sleep once more.
Pretty soon there was q commoton among the am.
balances, horses drivers and squatters The General
WIS out there, roaring take away all tins stun
yoi would be rddled by the first fire from either side
Away with you at once .
and sorrowiully crawling from under our bob-tail
ambulance we united our horses aud stumbled around
agin. by this time were Ct that pOiut OF desPera
tim when we would have esteemed il phi, ilege 10
benllowed to sleep in quiet in mud-hole. But We
Couldn't ind quiet mudhole. Finally, after
wmderiDg some where-we had no idea where though
W, thought it was away from thoee ambulance
an D. B.'s" feet struck pile Of straw, and quick
"a fash he was down, had bis horse halter tied
anund his ankle, and was sound asleep Not partial
tothat way OF htching horses, spent some moments
seuring mine TO a waeOn-wbeel near by, and re-
tuned ust in time TO the wheels OF heavy four
bose unition wagon pas " w. ID. BIS" feet 18th
ab.ut an inch to spare. Waking him up 1 suggested
tbs that was O triie too cose for safety. lie de-
mrred and wanted 60 sleep again, while arguing
tbecase, but was finally persuaded to crawl up once
moe.
h.te now brought us TO Gen. Benham's headquar-
ten Satisfied that ammunition wagons would have
rsect for a General, we lay down on the ground ana
agsn sank into heavy slumoer.
We had slept for some time-how long, l don't
know but drilling rain was falling when We were
wahd by Lieulenants dashlng up ON horseoack,
clos. 10 our heads, aud announcing 10 Gen. BenhAm
thu, Inc rumble Of artillery aud moving had
beenheard by the guard toward the enemy's camp
Thatbegsn TO look like business and we never dreamt
tn hal the enemy instead Of preparing to attack u.s.
was tctually retreatng Just then Gen. Rosecrans
came % at his usual bresknsck gallop. "Why, who's
here be exclaimed. "B-i R. what do you
meant" ave mean to sleep, General, If such 9
thing is possible" "Well upon my word, you PICK
"A pretty place for sleeping We've been changing
the PORTION of our lines within the last bour and you
are on exactly the most exposed point In the whole
neiglborhoodl You couldn't miss Floyds fire or ours
eitheil"
Heartily sick Of these repeated cautions about being
expo.d to both fires, yentured TO inquire: But,
GeneHaI, you don't think they IL make a sortie To-
nishtl" / cant tell you, Sir, what Floyd may or
msy act do; but ran tel you that If 4 commanded
his amy, 1 r1uid make a sort'e, and make 1t tell,
too g.
We concluded we had better get up.
Determined this time TO get whore we wouldn't be
pesleitd any more by somebody's telling us that we
were between the opposing lines, we begged the
Gene 81 10 tell Us where we could lie down in quiet.
" DO you that log stable over yonder T. " les,
Sir" " Well. that's hospital; get behind that.
on we went stole hay for horses spread our
rebel blsnIets in the fenee-eorner, and lay down,
" ID. g." generously refusing proiered corner oil
| n hOTsefiall 10 share my fence corner.
Once more Gen. Kosecrhns came galloping along
/, was mining hard, O'Clock at night, and LIE
1 was moving the ammunition wagons. MIR. Brown,
tho confidential telegrapbcr, was along, and the two
vet intended 20 visit wagon lran that our rear
was ali right and then look 10 upon advance line
two hund cd yards from Floyds intrenchments Wish
ing them bon voyage, went 10 sleep and, glonoui
! 20 relate were LET alone
In the morning. found that the hard place in the
| ground had complained Of when lay down was .
tremendous Spanish sti!-bit bride, on which md
rested more soundly than i ever did on hhlr mat
trees After 20 much selection, we had finally slep'
| on fragrant manure pile
Knowing that we might have 20 spring TO our cad,
dles in a moment we had not removed our spurs, ana
true the instincts newspaper men are peculiarly sup
pOsed 10 posses, each bad been diligently rakg hi'
spurs up and down the legs Of the other There we're
plenty Of traces Of the attack, bat neither w. d. Is
/ nor myself bad felt il Who says we didn't sleep
! soundly when at last we got at IL
! They had hurried us oil the morning before from
| Muddletby Bottoms without breakfasts, recon
nossance had taken the place Of dinner and trying Il
i end somewhere 10 rest weary heads that Of sup
! per. The wagons had sill not come up, and not Q
moulhful Of food did get that morning of the
ond day I'LL about IL clock shared with Gen. Rose
GRAMS IN Foyds tent SONS biscuits baked at Floyd
stove from Secession -four It's all very pleasant q
write about now but If anybody thinks the duty Of AL
I army correspondent easy one, let him try II.
The worst feature OF the that vs. could gel
no sympathy told thedoorons story 10 he General
and he replied Pooh. pooh didn't get TO sleep ul
three hours later my,e aud then slept in the cornsl
Of hay.mowW pressed Adlutant-.ien Hartstuh
10 tell whsre he slept feeling assured that man
who bad seen much Of camp life, who had always
20 cory tent and evidently possessed perfectly the
sar0ir pfUre, would manage TO secure comfortable
quarters il anybody did. "Where did sleepP' he
finally answered, in burst Of confidence, "Well Ia
he frank about IT, slept my back, without even
blanket, befweeH tuo r0rJ Of corn ~
"a soldiers life Is Away gay" AGATE.
Corrospondonee Of Tho Cincinnati Gazette.