New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-29

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| Piyaio John A. Woa.herbv, once Sergeant oi
Company A. of the s7,h New-York, died this morn
| ing at tie hospi.al of Gen Jamess Bngade, % "
pbod fever. The deceased was resident oi "ln'e'
han, Washington Co., n. Y. AZ NE fnnerai A''"'
Plandrau, of the same regiment delivered an "fP'
nriate sldress over his remains. The STU haS ,o''
but two men since leaving its camp NJ m'''D+
Hill u. G. The other, w. s. Beemer. OF 'ne '''D'S
cvnpany and place, died Of metasasis sA oays
l private Sam. Geist, of the l05th Penpsy ''"n'"
sod o,,o this morning of spotted conge.tive ieser'
,vpe of malignant typhoid. lie was hon' ''''''''''
| Co., Penn. :, A.. ,,or;ors
rbers 10 considerable s'ckness in the various
,,.;on,o,lv IN those unfsvorably located.
Tbs prevailing dseases are typhoid measles, "Nu
Horrbea. The heavy rains, the miserable " shelter
tents diet principally consisting Of hard crackers ana
.ah meats form the causes Should tie heats oi
Summer fad our army encamped among The pesh-
lentisl marshesf it may be decimated by epdemics.
bays a correction TO make relative 10 my account
Of our first days action here, in which Col Berdans
Shorosbooer. did such excellent service. IL seems
that inadvertently, represented their gallant COM
pander as seeking cover upon the discharge OF the
first and second Rebel shots. Instead of this, be rode
deliberately in front of the woods, amid the hail OF
Rebel bullets aimed at him. scrutinizng the position
in order to place bs men where they could be OF the
utmost seryico. Simple justice to gentleman and
officer respected by oil who know him, and regarded
with enthusiasm by his corps, demands the amend
ment.
! Therc Sharpshooters by the way, received a COM
rliment Last Sunday, when Generals Keys and Smith
applied to Gen. Hein,zelman to borrow 100 OF them,
lust TO pck off the cunneis Of the Rebel batteries on
the extreme left. by IL o'clock they had killed nine
men. "couniing the groals." The men are now
relieved from night-duty, returning to cam at sunset
hear that COL Berdan has applied for the forward
ng of his regiment, at present with Gen. Mcdowell,
and for the Minnesota Company with liallech.
When general engagement occurs, we cannot have
too many sbarPshooters.
Thev say the Rebels fire pretty well, usiDg gen.
erally Mississippi rides, but some have target ones
and repeaters. one person of the I'd has become
promient lie is a fne-looking bearded man, moi in
uniform, and he walks eisurely from point 10 point
within the Rebel ntrenchments, along the woods
slirting them, accompanied by a negro, who dut-
fully carries his riae, a weapon Of at least fort.
pounds weight. lie is never in a hurry, and eapi-
tai shot. At least one OF orr men has fallen by hs
hand. They suppose him to be a civilian, seeeSh
version OF the newspaper story of "Garibaidl ,
Hnclishrnan," and have banded together 70 make
sure Of him. Still up 10 the present date he iseve
and shooting.
Cere,pondence OF The " Y. Tribune.
HRApor AGIYHs iTu ARSy CoRT.. ~ CAsP(
9 WINFiRID SCO4I, Va, April II, ioE
The regiments composing Couch's Division occupy
lor. li,cc cf ,ull q
briqades Of Graham and Peck hold position directly
in front Of the Rebel batteries The ground for the
position OF our force has been we'll chosen, every
natural barrier having been taken advantage oil
There is TO spo, along the creek in front
which more than four ranks cond hope 10 pass at a
time nor is il possible ior the Rebels to surprise US
that the danger on the left cannot be deemed iuDi-
nent
l have nowhere seen some interesting items which
occurred on the march to Warwick Cour-House.
An cid negro with whom conversed, said bi, nas-
ter left that morning "in de greatest furry"
Tie poor old slave was now, at least free, the irst
freedom which lie hsderjoyed perhaps during his long
life. When a.kst what he thought Of this army he
seemed puzzled for an answer bat presently ex-
pressed with much animation lis glsdness Il The
event. The master. bad told their slaves that the
Odd Yankee were coming 10 sack, burn, aud de-
r,rov, and that al the darkes were TO be sod way
down into CubR." Such has been the General i'm
preston Of the blacks, and It will be the lIse OF
time alone that can convince tbcm Of the erTor VI
sucl notions.
Some one said iha, the Bebe! iotiicat.ons be-
tween the Jane. and York Rivers were 20 extensive
, that they mus: have been constructed by tic Rebel
soldier, and that consequently they could not have
lad the tine for military exercise enjoyed by tie
3 Union Amy of tho Potomac. ! have found ont
differently. 1t wof the sweat, and .hc muscle and
tic blood Of the black that reared these b. ssi-
works An aged negrce informed ne that hun
dledi on hundreds Of layes had for months lecn
eoa1ci on Ike 20 many mules IN this service She
said can de free cold men wee ,rcsscd in, and
compelled 20 give iher time TO the work. Tie Tree
men were promised pay, but she said they never e.
pecled any. HCr master likewise, had gone, and
"nis.us 100 We rarely meet win wlitos, and
and when we DO they arc found 70 be very strict
Union;sts, with lerc and there an exception. When
such exceptions occur, tie parties ale very bitter
against the North. For instance, nt Yong Mills,
some distance south Of Warwick, an "orderly 20
gergeant was discovered in the barFscss recently
evacuated. He was remarkably "stiG" in bis
opinions. and said he "d--d Yankee could never
make a [ Uniou soI Of q - Of him. Such an Cx-
preston from Union prisoner in Richmond would
nave COS, him bis life. THE fact is we treat the
Rebels with too much loniency. As 4 consequence,
cur sod.ers have to undergo the most calling ndig-
mites, being prevented from usiug violence by the
s.IictCst orders.
You have doubtless been fully advised o. the
march to and through Wanyick-tle rain, mud