The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-07


with eutiroiy new names. Tho dy, vessels
which have bern altered into ,inbnrS w hhat.
ing hatt"ric7, uow sport the fullrw hj- s'artiing
Bon,shell, Grenade, Rock e. Shrapucl,
Gapeshot.'
Mcclellan aud ufaurcHnrl In NIrNiro.
Doing guard duty on one 1T th a. ,Jf fics.N
ri -hts T. WHIT | ell a " hig thius." Sa.dins
Wt..e a huge @ 81" hose II mmeiirE iiy. shcu.
into The dCUsc pine f5,'si which stri,u ~, you,
a. 90 they. to1, hM pattdkyn oi thy .pirit oi
vi.ilnny'. an { vcrt searching iut sOmc hiilrI
i'v, ouy mimi naturally Is ~. cod and evc,y
shadow Hni tree has IN ass,'iiioI which tU tk-
cns The Her to u fil appreciation ct his
uucl duties. Bat such night a- It't ~ q --
dA.k, drrliy, wei, q u di<i :ryc tulr In the e.
trcmc--.h IN Uutirly dif ,ert rf'ct, aud We
clustered ,nd tn tire, ri hish with 81.
ctsi rails, which At times tc.m # tu CN e. -
best Y ,ht aud most gcnid RAYS 10 ,pr.ll hunJr
aud life among thDsr Who sfOi snlk ~ tr,,uni
a.. Thea, rs ii vNisp'r,tud as tho fdlur, 1t
wOuli spluu'r al cet h. o. IA cad u uu'lly
with every drop Ut rain, aud his, uu. tstruIg
repro az the tlcmcu, which W., ri.ktg th'
ecutinvls so uncomfortable. Ba. N eurt
must h, isl mtly m itiuin'd ,hruu, ,h hu al s;,l
ant we iary not sly =, for Nou mist IoS, NJ
Eui .nr thS' lctr rpJr's tHc slltur's cv. tbs u
sw,yly uuicc ths dropping, tHil a., if doc, in hi,
tcut II, porch ,nC,, h. has gan block iof
ted, AMI h.s hnip~,ck iot pillow.
l p,olUsuti cong, but The " mus" thtt
cou, uc "a ed was IN dlU 10y lttls 'pprL,
who jool Out In 4 most IN .l,u,h, " sNl',
be- SOmc 9ly., must be dJik ami drriry.'
Thi, seemed to uc tn oulN ~ X thu th cu.po
1L knew, a"i IA Uuly 'Hc Of hat hul watch
VIC waute To hear. iulcr th' SEA au.p,, II, ! pro.
posed hrtC-', anil ,h' sergeant vi. tb Eird, an
old M,NicI ~ liyr cup AMI tull" ihc l1llow-
ing stony which | Vuotr, - nearly no | can re-
cUllrc'. IN his own words;
SsUed In ny ten ono evening, just before the
lattlc ot DIJ cltyuI NJ 'Nio',th oipta u cans to
me with, corporal, have bscn toqu. tel t.
send tru-.y upl-CommisSiou, OH 81 tn tho
general ,Ounc to-nish as a mrssyuscr VIII
YOU go? replied in tho ait 'mt,iyo, liuk-
ins the captain Tor hi,cultilcnca. Oar CO upiuy
was, At that zine, detached from its reslm,n',
and was doing special duty AZ Gcurrd S'outs
head quarters, H. the discharge 1i that duty |
had made a poiut ot bciug specially Nl.ntivc,
anl had thereby gained th' coat lenoc ot our
, ''p'hn. "''' ." ''' IT. tvi,rvts common l,d hy
OLD " Fuss and Fci.hcrs him..lL bru.h'l
upmy OIL ,lpthc-, anil Frightened my IL - aud
hrhs plates b. he ncato,t "a amer pOyu ia that
evening, aud presented myself tu the All utant
G'ucri for iu,.rurtinns | iulul that tn U'uu-
cil a"ut 10 n. e, for the cols lrrdtiou OF Gen.
Sro.t's plans & taking tha city, was to he tom
posed OF al ,ha ,oloucls IN thc division and hit
NV duty would be to lsn ctfinds, AMI a.t,od To
hinsinl, chdr.s, paper, or wlntoNt! "heht Oe re-
qui,cd.
Wen, the council met, anil wIs at my post.
!. was tn finest body of military msu | had
ever seen together, aud when thry a-srmhl cd
n."uu thIt uhlo. 1906 tho 81 .ct,ri stoIi
towering. d. u thrNn ihc rest, | could not IA H.,
'uj 'dm r. him mITt than ever Ate. ihy cu'-
tpw1ry SIluutiuu aHd OruuilitIyn, they ~r
down an ,'.ul tUriah, hr giuuiI.. Ni'h g. al
Wool, aul ,. ",ylaj lHli o'lrr In sea- ~ s,-
uiuri,y Of ~, gave IN IN pri,il','. I vls uu
q L.. d ! o
ami With rirIsttn1 IS, o.,tsrllly rHiN.i, to
zone one 1l %, p. .hi oy l.lt r'f t.r,rn,ft| ?
90 rHhvuuar. lhIt ctrc'ully nHl ,Nr'i id,
vcrH ihn m fv m.u's 1ud mlrrh ., ttr silli,s
aud '1rtics, the vhI plan juyrl'p.1. 90 thu
III s'cmc To understand. liuf pn's'a lyn pl,u
was diacoN rr1 s,rnrthing was Nrnu,. AIT |
! saw nv the per sod liuk Of th1w arolnl tn,
! table that very serious Tistakn hal hcy TN n =,
| bu from what ctua', my knpwlr 20 of tuili irN
att iir- III not cunhlc ms to julsr, 4 dispute
arose between slm, colonel aud the cns Ia ,ri in.
chief in rcgIrl IL the position ant s'rry .,h Of
some battery, aud the topography of III sur
rounding country. Tho colonel ~iid thu free
| qu"ut rrconno 'ancr olthc ground from th j., tact
J oi his hping euc1mpcd near the plt h. que ,tiO
/ lrl him. even iu dr'D opposition ro th ouIrt Oi
the en- iurcr, 30 protest iiust H. rru htdlac.-,
/ ami h. would urge upon tn g'n raj 10 max
himself sure ut the condition u, HllIrs before he
! fully completes his plan. Bu tins Nuul not
/ DO itvut nrrc..Iry tat very mort lnI aud
| vigorous movements should tax rlycc up)l O Il
| very section ui the defence, and vi hau. a cor-
! rect knowledge of the Ilu q no uc ION could he
| carried on with .nte'y ur certainty. w. 'ecu'd, q,
| in flc', to be main point, AZ which pOHIive
su crs- would hlyctuf,ll 10 the American forces.
Finally, the clloncl sad that there wasa vuun.,
lieut. nant In hs regiment who hi a correct
chart oi the drirnccs, AMI the mp ot the d1mrs-
no thereto adjacent Tn ug'ncer iu-chiai
snecringly sail, Is,y 'rN sir you hId bot
ter send for yOpy authority, and iot NJ sos this
great map" The general 90 IA 1 his approval,
unl the colonel gave mo the name aal address
ofthr licutcnan'. Tho rncimpm mt wJ5 not very
| far away, aud I mounted my horse AMI r. 10 OIL
| m haste 10 thr regim 'ntHl h 'ad-quu neg, and
| found the very man vas in search Ui in the
col mel : tent, with dra Citing paper ON table
before him, and sketches of tho city AMI its sur
roundn;s scattered everywhere. ] handed him
| the note which ha read anil hastily tore ~,
asking me II cIull wait until h, coul borrow
horse. toll him I could, but had not long
| 10 visit. for he came bruk iu a few nome nts, and
carefully wrapping up his surveys, he placed
them in long tin case. aud mounting, prepared
TO follow me. On tho way he c0nycrsed with
80 much earnestness, and in such a mild, iutcr,
tstlng manner, that ! felt encouraged TO talk
and chat contrary to mv usual practice when
ON horseback. Ilo informed mo that lao was a
graduate Of West Point, and that hg htd there
fallen 50 much IN love " ,th the science Of gelme-
try that he h ID made II al almost constant tudy
aud that now he iouul il v"r,. interesting, in
,he intoryal 90 dury to make tLotch,s m az
ysy- Of tic riiv.
When wc arrived ~ the ,rncrl- quar-. rs
| again. IN licutcniu. vas iu'ru luccd, lhl nt
his colonel e request prnduc d his charts. The
| Iartv wcru as'uui,hcd at their finish and fine
| NeCutipn, aud whom after oNamua ion they
were found to bo Ierlrcty cu.rr"t. G. neral
Scott came forward aud grls, Ing tho Young
lieutenant hy the hand, pcrsun,lly cDmplim'n-
te him on biz kill and hankcd him for his oili-
,iency The chief engineer, somoWhit ChI grinC
at this di.psy Of learning ON tln port of hi
Young rival, ,uc'rngly aid; Cen raj, p.--
lnb, th5 youRu man ha, some plan by which
this part OF the dcirncos may be Jarked.
Upon inquiry, it was found that he hnI n llIn,
which was produced with some degree Of reluc-
tance and laid before the assembly. II was roa
and criticised, aud corrected, aud finally "a
make u long story short, adopted with some
amendments hy the council. This displcasgd
the engineer, who seemed TO think that tho
lieutenant, though but a very few yeas his Ju-
uior, had no right To display somugh knowledge
OF a science which dii not belong 10 lis branch
| Of the service,
&c ] need not tell yol, continued the corpor-
al, " that, in the taking of NJ 'Aiclu few days
after the plHn offered by this lialtenaui was %.
signal service, and that ho was brc'e.ed soon
| afterwards.
Here the .ory ended, and the sarg ant re,
lsrsed into his pipe and silence. We al
looked for a While iuto the ire when one OF th,
sentines 10 kcd him what the naiur Of ths YOUNG
Lieutenant was lie slowly puiIad the smok,
from his mouth aul answered
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