New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-23
Of rae-pis long ditchss, in which the men are Gov.
cred from our Ere. fH"tf f..

Vi rinc'PiS, i0uS utcns5, IN Whcn tne men aro o0vs
| cred from our FIRE. fH #tf
Once N while the Rebels throw shell Up In tho
mir which, bursting appsreutly at It's greatest si.
tude, leaves a cream-wbite ball Of smoke, very un.
ike the broken black wheel with uncertain spokef,
and no tire, by which the majority Of newspaper art
lists represent the explosion of shell.
Around McClellan's headquarters, are camped the
regulars with their low shelter tents, and the Dur
yee Zouaves, in the od-fashioned wall tenta
number Of Others collected in the vicinity, mako up
perfect camp scene, in tho center of which 10 the
Generals quarters surrounded by the white tents Of
the Different officers Of the staff and other Generals
headquarters We ought to be proud Of our army;
i. never was in finer condition.; its behavior IL Q
credit to ito intelligence. All the foreign officers
combine in praising it's beautiful efficiency; even The
bigoted English, have 10 admit that their boasted
rank and file do not come up TO our standard.
The utmost quiet and order prevail, no noise il
made; everything moves Ike piece of massive ma
chinery. Even the regiDental music is silent, and
the calm moon rises each night upon vast bodies Of
men who have sunk to sleep without noisy tattoo, to
rise, as nearly all do here, at dawn There lie but
little nducement to lay In bed, when the srdground
is your couch and couple Of blankets make mattress
and coyerlids; nor does i. take long to prepare
toilet when you sleepn most If not all of your elohes
Even the luxury of branches Of pine TO lay under
you, can only be INDUCED at the risk Of being covered
with wood-ticts, which abound in these woods.
Last night some rockets sent up by the signal officers,
presented beautiful sight falling quietly in globes Of
red fire, and causing the Rebels to feel nervous all
night About sunset one osthe officers of the Massa.
ohr -
from under the Of the enemys pickete driving
them within our nes, where they were acceptable,
the Commssarist being quite limited. In the minds
of some of the soldiers, indeed, certain officers are
not exempt from the suspicion Of making money out
of the scarcity of provisions.
Aprd lSh.-This morning William Henry, .
private in the 5th Vermont Was killed by ths
enemy sharpshooters, while passing along in front
of one of Gen. Smiths batteries
The enemy betrays great anxiety TO continue his
works, but our light batteries annoy and harass him
continually. This morning their guns, which the
sth Rhode Island battery senced yesterday, were
invisible behind the sand-bsgs, accumulated during
the night. which the Rhode Islanders systematically
knocked away soon as daylight appeared.
In the course of the night considerable firing took
pldC6 ht tho loiht WbOio eno oahfAru VI eiiO Aveh
occurred The Rebel pickets tried to approach our
lines, and were fred upon; they answered it, and
rapid but harmless fire was kept mp between themfor
some time. The long roll was beaten through the
camps, every one was reused. baggage packed, and
brigades prepared to repel the expected sotie The
alarm was repested hour ortwo later, bu:wi.houf
causing 30 much excitement
The gun which wounded Lieut. Wagner Of the
Typographical Engineers yesterday is an iron piece,
rather large, and apparently mounted on field
carriage; it was only fired few times during the
day, the Rhode Island battery driving the gunnera
to cover and apparently injuring their iron gun,
likewise slepcing two brass pieces which the Rebels
brought to bear on the battery. Wagner behaved
with great cooness; his left arm was shattered by
the shot, and bis plsne-table knocked 10 pieces.
With bis one arm he mounted hs borse and rode for
surgical assistance, supporting the broken arm With
the hand of the other. The njured member was
amputsted, and the Lieutenant is doing weli'. Tho
signal party at this point, commanded by Lieut..
Daniels, is busy arranging stations, and bas
already proved itself an important assistance
10 the Generals of the army. BY their glasses
he nature of the enomys works at this point
s plainly distnguishable, rife pits, masked guns,
,arthwok- and field forts away back to the voods,
yhSA se perasssS NSa Nda Esfe long rows Of sharp
ned stakes pointing outwards ard driven into the
round. Behind and connecting the works are GOV.
.red WAYS, along of these carriage is occasicn-
.lly seen, supposed to contain JEFF Davis white
lorseman too there is q ubiquitous white horseman
who makes himself prominent wherever the Rebels
.re seem gacps about tie works receiving the CON-
pliments Of the season with marked indifference.
Men white and black are shoveling in the works all
he time the negroes especially being forced into ex-
posed places. Li,ters are in service this morning
within their lines, carrying off the wounded or killed
by our csse shots.
.Sinco dead.