The New York herald., 1862-04-15


"ln the space Of haf hour you have been taken
by balloon and arrested BY q shelter tent"
"And you have come down eafe, see }" broke in Cap
tain Locke before the laughter General Burns duet Of
puns; al came with this cavalry company 70 look you
up"
"You ought TO have sent flying artillery after
joined General Porter.
General Jameson. accompanied by the sxty.third
Pennsylvania regiment, came near having . bloody
contre with some Of tho enemy in q recOnnois
sance. Going down the Warwick road, half mile
from their encampment, taking road at right angles
leading through piece Of woods three Of mile
further, and thence mounting the brow Of hill, they
suddenly upon rebel sarhworks two hundred
yards in advance The rebels opened fire Of musketry
behind these works, firing about hundred nfty
shots. Our mon responded, they fired second vol
Icy, with like return part after which
RETIRED seeing the inequality Of the contest from The
position and vastly superior numbers The enemy. We
lost ono man killed. Sergeant David lrvn Company =.
What effect our shots had upon the enemy had no
means OF telling Our officers and men perfectly
cool under the fire. and retired in perfect order.
satanic smartness be Of any service the enemy
in killing of our troops they not wanting in the ari
ce To-day large shell was picked up by Major Schar
Of the Thirteenth New York Volunteers, evncing eli.
Of dabocal intent the part Of the rebels surpass.
ing any prior revelation this line As the shell not
exploded it was deemed prudent to handle it eau
tiousy. 1t proved 10 be internal machine
Of the first water. The top Of the punger
extending beyond the surface than is usual excited
SUSPICION and instead Of unloading it in the ordinary
way, by unscrswing the plunger the contents
moved by loosing the casing This mode Of unloading
veloped the fact that between the punger containing
the cap and the plate which it STRIKES cotton had
been introduced thus preventing cencussion and CON
sequent explosion when the shell struck the ground On
the side of the punger place had filed in and filed
with Matches communicating with the powder so that
by unscrcwng the former the matches would gned by
the friction, causing the shell TO explode Who will not
say that this internal machine Of the first water
and that the fong Of the enemy their diaboca pur
pose was most fortunateP need add that
the handling and unloading Of these dangerous missiles
have received lesson whose teaching is likely be
neglected in future word about shells. was
brought to-day to General Porters had
been thrown by mortar. II big fellow, NO less
than eleven inches in diameter. stck about fifty yards
from Aliens battery, bnrying itself six feet in the
ground. Fortunately ts contents fixed out before
striking, 80 that no damage was done. far a.fel
repetition Of the cheering heard several mornings
since behind the enemys intrenchmsnts occurred this
morning This fact, and hearing the moving Of at
all hours Of the night, induces belief that there have
been arrivals Of reinforcements Our skrmishers
and pickets say that the rebels still busy day and
night, on their intrenchments. making them stronger
Each day shows new guns mounted. Ono Of the army
signal corps whoseglasses the perfect Of any
have tells me that from their position which 10 on
slight promontory at right, juttng out into the
York river he counted to-day sixty the
eDemy's work. His view embraced only the ntrsnch-
ments on the enemy left. ~. ...,,. f... ....,
General Mcclellan and staff occupy tcnts, the Sbley
tent being in the ascendency Our gallant leader has
literally taken the field The troops impatient 70
be ordered to the work
The Fourth Michigan regiment, Colonel Woodbury.,
which has occupied the advance in Howard's brigade
and has been exposed more than any other regiment
the neld and conducted itself with heroic galanry re.
ceived to-day supply Of the D'Arllay shelter tents
The boys jublant over needed auxiliary to their
comfort Their unmurmuring endurance Of three
days visitation Of and wntry cold and that
without fires in a cherries wood, and nearest to the
enemys front and their storm Of Shells has shown that
they made Of the right kind Of stuff 1t is such
that will fight battles, win victories and make
victory noble.
AS far as patient endurance Of rain and cold and ab
Of fire goes and but little less danger Of Shells
the Fourteenth regiment, N Y. w., Colonel McQuade;
Sixty second Pennsylvania Colonel Black, and Ninth
Massachusetts, Colonel Cass, Deserve too the highest
need Of praise Their General has reason the progress
Of this advance thus far TO be proud Of his brgadeas
proud Of t in fact, the regiments proud Of him.
Notwithstanding the exposure, however, to which the
regiments have all been exposed the Brigade Surgeon
formed me today that when called on TO make out list
those that should be to the general hospital there
only five requiring to be sent there.
CAxP IN FRONT YORKTOWN, April IL, 1862.
Skirmia Vita the Enemy-7he Deadly Effect Of Our
SharpshoOtsrs Rifes-Operotions Of Our Troops to
Repel the Eaemy-Prospets at One Time Of General
Engdgement- Gatldntry Of TIE Federal Troops-Names
ofMe Killed and Wounded-LOsses Of TIE Rebs &c. dc.
This afternoon We had q slight skirmish with the
enemy. During the morning the rebels had been
throwing occasional shell towards sncampments
without any injury whatever. Ther outposts kept ha-
RAISING pckets along the entire line while al the
time there great activity manifested in their
intrenchnents. A new rebel regiment was seen going
into the work the left. About O'Clock in
the afternoon they made attack cur picksts
10 front Of that ntrenchmsnt, but repulsed
We had one kiled-prvate E. l.. Crow sixty -nrst
Pennsy vana regiment. The rebels made three subse-
quen attacks and burned several buildings between
lines and their fort6catons They had evidently become
sharpshooters had been picking
OF many Of their men, and 80 they determined 10
make some demonstration. When word was sent 70
General Hamilton that the enemy advancing
left be had the brgadss in his division Immediately
formed in line, and the artillery position in the rear
General Jameson ordered forward with his remain.
ing regiments TO support the other regiment which was
on picket
Information was socn received that our pickets had
beaten back the enemy on the le but that he ad
vancng on centre. While troops going 10 their
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hold their position. Then the enemy pressing our
left again and General Hamilton ordered Gen Jameson
10 despatch two regiments TO that locality. Two regi.
menss were Immediately on the march across the pa.
teau Presently General Hamilton told General Jameson
to take his other regiment and assume command Of the
whole line in support Of the piokets which be did
cessfully. detachment sent left along the
woods which skirt the Warwick road, from which the
rebel batteries visible The Fifty Pennsyl