New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-24

small share of the army bad crosscu 'nu .oL.soo
sI'nm now histcrcwben three weeks AGO.
no a &C., dav. the electric announcement was, NC
Ciaien he's crossed the Cbieknhomlpy; =, Gu
forces are only five miles from klcnmondi
decisive hour is at hand" &c. lhere nas oeen
good deal Of deusion about the sctdai Piose "hosr
he army. and frequently the public with some tnoM
If trutb. but actually little OF 1t, have been .1iu
,vbat IL was known it was most anxious 70 DO toiu.
But this delusion is now vanishing ana wo
sbout to have the reality. Within The next week,N
rrobably nav be sad that our army has crossed tue
Ehickaiominy, and what has for the past month
Teen true Of the pckets and extreme advance, VIII
he measurably true of the greater part OF the army
The hardships which will have been endured, the
obstacles surInounted the labor undertaken and ac-
conn lished, since our army took up is march IRON
Williamsburg, stamp the campaign as one oil the
most remarkable on record. 1t may be that the
God Of Battles is thus leading this Army OF ,ne
Union through difficulties that it may be all the
more prepared to enter the conflict that IL TO he maj
to the Rebellion. =,
Two rather singular cases of remarkable escape
from a living burial are related as having oc-
Cured subscquent TO the battle Of Fair Oaks. Inc
body of colonel WAS found Oh the feld and brought
in Arrangements were made for embalnlng ".
The process includes the use OF galvan'sm' Inc
shock was given. To the astonishnent OF all, lne
Colonel rose and walked forth. The other case was
also that OF n colonel who was found among the
dead on the field. In Difference to bis rank, he was
brought to the hospital and laid among the oead
His friends prepared TO give bim decent burial ana
were about carrying the body out when the eoionel
| rollca over and in tones more like those Of man
drunk than Dead called out, Ben, John, where ID
my whisky iaski "
/ understand that the Camp Of Instruction, which
was TO have been located at Annapolis, WILL after
ALI be elsewhere 1t Ia said there Is no suitable
frourd there and the vicinity Of the junction Ii
| talked Of Why any other place than Fortress Mon.
roe was ever thought of is almost woi deriu-wouid
| be wonderful, did we not see 30 many Things done
dailv contrary to rea-on-almost the worst instead
Of the very best. There are thousand conslcera-
lions IN favor of Fortress Monroe, where there IA
one in favor Of almost any other place. Nearly all
of the troops now in the field including many Ill inc
West and Southwest, have passed by or started
from Fortress Monroe. Your troops are almost GER
tain to take water transportation II they are sent
\ on the water an extra delay aod expense becoines
necessary, by reason Of ali extra emharkstion. Ii
took nearly three weeks to embark Tie burnside
Expeditiou at Annapolis Not one half OF the trans
ports approach the dock. Some OF those employed
in the Sherman Expedition could not get within hvc
miles.
Asa port, Annapolis ia utterly out of tho ques-
ton, and the country has already paid dearly for
undertaking to embark troops there. Here, tue
largest vessels can float. Here, you already nave
all the appointments OF great depot. fon have
expended millions here, which you now propose
virtually to abandon. No iiner field can be found
anywhere than Camp Hamilton, or those beyond
HAMPTON The region liz incOmparably healthy.
No large city or other thing is near to corrupt your
men. The great fort is the proper nucleus Tor
camp OF Instruction. 1t is itself school OF ius.ruc-
ton As the place for embarkiug trcops, no other
compares with it. All the inland wateTs, as well az
tie sea may be e,siiy reached from Hampton
Eosds. Do You wish TO send Il vessel with tIoops
to Charleston or other ports on the coast She can
not get within miles Of the ADual obs dock. DC
YOU want to discharge troops from New-ioik OF
boston tteamerl 1ney viii have to be hghtered
is The War Department familiar with TIE delays
of AIuapois rs a base, fourteen months agoi With
all Difference to Mr.. Stantons Judgment must con
cude that the selection Of Annapolis was hlsiiy
made, and since shat place is ioGnd, alter all, tt
be ursuiied to the purpose most 10 peciinliy draw
his attention to the superiority OF Old Point Com
tot. DO