Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-07-29
From the Linn Rifles.
NEWPORT News, July IS, 1862.

NEWPORT News, July IS, 1862.
This place is at the mouth Of James
Rivers high and dry-fne water, a
good marke.-newspapers aud mail daily.
|, is 60 much in contrast, in this latter res
peci, with our former place, that We can
hsrdlyrealze our present existence. When
| wrote last, at Newber1, our baggage
was packed and sen, away-3 wagons al
lowed 10 one resimeut-0ur horses stand
ing there, quietly feeding-i0 rounds Of
ammunition in the boz, so in the pocket,
and $4,000 in our wagons. Seven days
provision allowed, and four Of that was
but coffee, hard bread, sugar and salt. No
ore was allowed TO 20 along, but could
stand rapid sni continued marching It
looked severe. Toward evening, the horses
we're Li,ched up, and the three wagons
veut away empty. We stared at that.
Then, some time in the night, tents were
struck and put on f4', and we marched
toward Neubern, getting there between .
and 6 o'clock. Then companies, b, II,
and X, were pui on the little steamer,
Thorn" "Mys'ic," with Gen. Ferrero
and staff, Col. HartIanfi and Bell The
restweut on board the schooner 4" Recruit,
aBd sealed orders were brought on board,
to be opened at the mouth Of the Neuse
We knew then, that We ,geTe to march on
e Goldsboro', and that now We trere not
Anchored somewhere in the riyer-got
out--opensd orders" Hampton Road, "
We went gaily up the Palmico-wind
rising, aud when we came near latteras
it was blowing bad. Qaartermasier Hall
here caught up to Us, hailed-"Get some
safe place, srchor, and await further or
ders. Richmond is ours aud be went
pIunging on after the other vessels. We
chee!ed, bu, it vas = chilly sOE. Of cheer,
After dark, Capt. Biggs, in the "Allison,
came alongside with orders to return to
our former anchOring, Gen. ferrero
asked wha, that was. ~ suppose, New
BERN, We were welcomed with one Of
our old familiar elbows" that night, at
Ha,tcras, reminding o! days long gone by.
So the mex, day, early, the Alb Of July,
we started back bright day, with
creeping ., pheasant feeling, one always has
when be starts on ajauruey and turns back.
Some Of our vessels, the "Racrui." among
the rest, had no, got out the River Some
officers, whose curiosity got the better of
their discretion, on board those that had
no, 60, ont, thinking that Of course they
would get cut, opened their sealed orders,
aud were nicely caught We got back to
the wharf a. Newbern. Everything looked
blue-hopes appeared dashed Rebels ez-
utant-and We found that all the iD.ov-
nation they had was, Jackson had been
caught between two divisions Of our army,
his division crushed, api himself killed
that Mcclellan had then pushed his left
wing into Richmond. This was good
enough, but the source from which it was
derived was found out, and it was consid
cred doubtful if not false. have nothing
, to say of that, now. The great battles
had been fought before we had started.
Then back to our old cspming ground
the old fla, brings the tents, aud the
"four camp kettles to a Company" We
had covering at last for that night and part
Of the next, when they were struck again,
aud this time f., f, H., and X, were pat
on the ':FarOu."
We had a delightful trip to Fortress
Monroe. The 18Th were on cur old friend
the '.Cossack" Jus; as We were round
ing the light boat, new guDboa. passed
us-we admired her beaa'y-our whistle
sllu,ed her-and she passed within fifty
yards ofus. Itwas not until after landed
that found GU, she was the "Simerona,"
and iha, J ohn 4. Grier was her Engineer.
Then, too, on shore, met Its. Boyle and
Wingate, Prof. Anderson, John II. Castle,
John X Taggart-i, seemed Ike getting
home. Ga the second day after our arri-
val, the feet moved up, landing our troops
here. The third Division, Gen. Parke,
came through the Dismal Swamp Canal,
and stopped at Norfolk. We are comfort
ably fixed. A day or two, some more
transports came, aud some variegated reg
iments from South Carolina, among them,
your correspondent Dan. Reed. though,
| saw large army in North Carolina-
but they appear to be much farther
stretched ou, along our shore here. The
only one | know of, a: Fortress Monroe,
wounded, is David Hsuck. We haven't
even a conjecture Of what is to come next. !
J. NJ. l..
%A short time before bis death,
Judge DOUGLAS said to his confidential