New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-18
Eror1 MARYLAND.
No.e. rEi-torical mad Arecdo'a', Rebel and
National, 10 re eortinuee-Erep'onrs
Depol, OF Supplies ~ Now Crrei %'aisS'i
sa che BnidnOro and Chic Esailroa".


sa she BnlcssOrc and Chic Railroad.
cI'A 0-' '''''' BILrusoEx. Dee. y, 1852
When Moi. Cen. Fremont was Ie.trfcd to Us
command in he UDiou army and assigned 20 '
Mountsin Depsruew, lie esLab'.shed ia n''o'
quarters ut Wheeling; Int 'waen To tooA '"'
field in yegson and began 10 concentrate uc'F 40
liz corps darn6e, New Geek became 'i' S''.'
central decot OF fnfu,es fer The Department anc 10
was taken Tor ersitsd ,bat the General wood
shortly transfer las Aesd9uarers to '.@' ihlo'''''
post.
In the latter part Of April, 1862, tie first bDildiog
foS tba reception II iis CODuliss9rls stores WaS
erected IL va, 81 feet long by 80 feet wide, ana
vss Afterwards enlarged BY tie ADDITION OF Two
wings. Osher bailsin.4 sIOse as If 10y masio-
Ouartesmase,s waIsDoug6s. and warehouses Tor
gram and forage bay sheds, Dapa2uss FOR enuu
tiou ard temporary arsopois :,r arms, ha, mis- &
sbol,s hoNgita bpucinss Wl'b improved methods 81
yeiTilaou, ohces eu'lsrl esops, extensive colras,
and iAclosures lor srnes, 6ofses, sno cattle
Long tTaiR6 Oi talttienCe ai u forage were con-
tinually del srtmg from N-w-Creek fos tu'lont :
CORPS q AIMEE ~ way % i arlington, Romneg and
Georfei6. BuLdFedy-i Ii.ai al nost Say 'Iou-
saods--of beeyes debsrSsd from the GAYS ~
this point and driven forward 20 tbs ciinps. Humid
reds OF unbrOgeD mules were shoo 10 tte afternoon,
aid next morning with bright new barnes ON Ihelr
a.,
equally bright aud new, by The r0aJ the taiaS ana
becves had gone before.
Including clerks stewards, teamstsrs aud labor
ers, the number Vi persons employed Ia the VARIOUS
departments of this inposng post conla MI be es',
mated ~ loss than one thousand by The nlocle oi
june. II j. probable thai has humber does nos eN-
bress the actual force bred
On the l2th OF Jnoe there were 2 leo mules and
1900 horses in Gen. frgUOLs's New.CI.sk corrtls.
Abeu, that time there were Yearly siS hundred sics
snd wounded in the hospitals there, and sn effective
guard OF les than four hundred men.
The G.necsl, with " GGi0rtnorl0 Jetsie 70 q
clever soldiers omylueat), csns with their staff
and Other members of their private sId military
family, 70 NewCreek from WhseiIag. IL May, is62
70 remain nearly NecE, preparatory 10 tie Gsne
rails Getting Out 10 JOIN ris forces III Nifsh me
DAYS before bis srnya, tie tent Tor mu'sc'i, Mfs
EremOht and G.e stan We're pitched on = PLEASANT
cpot between Tia railroad ana the Po omac River
These marques, which we've OF tbs wall pat
tern" were eIIau. Cd la tho iorm of bioaa street
at the head OF rb clee Autly reposed ths General,
private teut. lnmvaisisiy around THE latter III,
ground had been Ia q CGt 10y ste meu o. i'ieuEsI
divises some 90 Il whom We're then l!mg al
New Creek III TIE meet fsncliui, tasteful, an
peacofBl styie. Niia flowers ina everHreens haC
been trSDsp;apted iros TIE ielos ana r-oGLtslns
and growing - 2aiiy here AS ,bvpgh they con
sidsre6 themselves regulation. 1hs whole Wa
ineloeoa BY q circular fence of supple willow, aut
On tie fIost Of tie pall,at f:emSnts tent, 1Ecin.
The street, hung great "iesb, win " u. /. II
The center, gracefully couposed IL uoss
from end Of " Jessie Place 70 the other, nca
sattera had been dug -iuYart.og 70 tie wloe az
Appearance OF pretty street IN IA miniature ely
Gilh sbsge trees ,nd g~rtens.
Cant. George IA. blas oisr Of the "a Regiment p
FL. H.. was for a line cOn.nsudgut al tiis pOs,, bu
vas soon sulescedd ~ a. .J0r - Henry Dusihete
A. II. C., on Gen. FrelA pnt'S st.f, who maze ih
nost Of tee post. Mayor Bu.lnele IS Wei known II
Hew-ierk.
On Saturday July %, 1861, Kaoe's Re rFylvsnia
Rifles tpOyuui kopWD ~ ihe " Bach tails -, vhO
Tor tr days psst, Ind been en,appcd at Cunt ersid
reached New-CrseA, ~ ncsgs % tie c"Is - isf ts
Ihs ruins OF tic <lss DIidse on tie Baltimore AID
Ohio Railroad, aud lhe'ee 10y marching. few
young men Vi Cumberland VINO hed been e'ssged
IA guarding thls bridge ~ tie tue OF lie attack
spon i. III June. acccLp2n ed ten. Ol tals plrt i
was Jogial, rOaud-iactd, bGrly fellow, Esaed
William Kelly.
On the ,isll of tie 20.a all Of toe hridse party
dept ia a ha5 -rVw-t&Cept belly, WAC stgrlcasd
AZ huge iength th> lur-h OF n warehouse just 4
ihe platform, aud The eii-haDd sic Of the tfacA
COINS west
AcDOnalds Cavalry, lehaps ffy a.iVlg, made
heir appearance OF tbe skifi Of .ie village and
ynali Ge,scAnaot of then entered it. man Of
this detachment, discovering Nelly si.h souu0iy
leep.hg, spJucd ~ b. tie SPOT, anu before he
sooIred siunherer could es TO Lis afne poured f.
.onteuts OF his carUiue u,C bis head aud scattered
ais brsins over the floor oi ihe Porca and the Sizes
81 tue building.
soon after iilst ktNcu OF clsUl 81 Ur tUHiilltt
rode up the railroad track toward what 10 known rs
"Armftrons's bOuse, where u company OF " Bnck
lails" bad Dileed Tor the nIg't o.. lii~ir aPprOac
D " BucsL.ll' rDu out 10 iBe ACnt, and adgeDCi (
toward tue Rebel hcrsemeu, brougi, IL mu-keI &,
The aim, ana doiie1 tOeIh 20 ccne on. Two OF TIE
eight, q lieutenant ard private, dashod sp IN ad
vance OF the rest, aud we're ~ tht Hc. oi euiuIs
down the " Back ~ when his cOiGrades fred from
the house. Instantly klnng both.
BY this episode the Et,ktaii siateg.m was fOled
which was enti-e tie whole o. lie H. bel FqnsG
within rauge, by Throwing iol ~drd one 81 ,ir Owl
numLer Nc d dscoy. Bpt wctr several Gied 10 savt
their cOIarEcs tie email hand a. gueniia- took ia,
alarm and wheeling sEderaly CasLed down tie
railroad and rho New-Creek ToLd, ioWhIG
Romney.
FinEg was then kept Up for a short tico (peraap.
DOT longer than g.erier Of ~ hour between t.'
.rOOls 10 The houee ana toe main body OF the Eele
eava ~ labout - If iherul, III 70 the l.f
OF the Logse. Two Or three Oi TIE Rebels wh,
were killed and LEFT by their companions n TIT
meadow, al present. lie within Armstrong; yud
The LisHieua0t shO; in the first attack from M,
house ,sas bIided in a fence corner by tins road eide
lie was young AID swafily and piobHbly iron Tax
taI SOnih.
Thus | propose, from time 10 time, 70 Illustrate
eurfeBt history witn scres ~ TcOnts aud VeiiIxaI
rangers GDG pickets ard 1ts have anxious b. cd *
tie circuc sii4lt'a t-l.tAiuiuess VI nj narrative.
To the cousfesy ard CSIe Of Litu'. Theodore In
uan 81 CumbsIl4uc | an inirtted Tor he 6ltstsics
OF the present. notcs. Li.u. LuUau, 4 nod.,i
young ifceF, dEir-bo b is acuyify AMI nblIty,
has fOn Me Cdtos eaa 4 10 WI been tGi lar VIII
nlIt-ry operations Of aleyer Ia guit4dr, aoI q
tto bIe OF Tie Baltimore aud Ohio kaIircg5 from
hoW-Ctesk " HsncOvk. ALTAlOST,
Hoses Rhetorical and AnecdcsaI, Hebc, and
Nnii0aaI, 40 BE- Ccnsisu Else Sorrows