New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-09

.ir5t Union batteries ard large number Of nrs1n-
or, and that it wss expected tho whole Union army
would BE- swept away. Tins s given Gs "A specimen
of the Rebel mode OF keepiDgup tie spirits Of their
people and the Coarsse - treir army.
From Cur Special CorresI Ordeu..
FoRTREss MONROE, April l, 1862.
The Aspect Of Old Point Comfort TO The eyes of the
newiy-arrvod stranger, " thoroughly characteristic
of sea.board Dixie He sees a long reach Of sandy
peninsula. 1he walls Of an immense fortress, i,g-
sI.G, wharf or two, wooden houses, looking daz-
z!ugly white in the bright sunshine, green, tuubng
wsves. and - soldiers. More Of the latter, indeed,
during tue past month than We're ever assembled To-
gether in any portion Of this continent.
Old Point Comfort or Fortress Monroe, for 1t is
lid erently known by ether appeiation, derived its
only import nee, before the war; from It's being a
military depot and q WGtcriUg-plGce. SoaiheneIs
sftinent in the curse Of Canaan, hitler during
the ire, leais OF Summer, their way 10 northern
va,eTiDg.pleces, throDging iis only hotel less
dersely, however, than we, invading Yankees,
bent ruthlessy on their suljngation to tie
tyrannous IDEAS Of the Union and Liberty.
Eero they enjoyed sea.batuing and the deli
eous sea breeze which always tempers the
snd military caste, dear to hearts OF the bellies OF
the future Secessia. Hampton, then eharHing
riverside village with is neat hotels, its handsome
houses and cottages OF genulty, lie old church and
historical ASSOCIATE Ms was adjacent; Norfolk not
distau.; Richmond whiting half a days journey
good deal too near it will prove for the perpe-
tuity Of the Presidency Of Davis. AL the surround
ings were deli htui and yairican.
SECRECY AND CENSORSHIP.
The war and, attefly, the debal kaion Of the army
Of the Potomac, OF course changed all this. For
three weeks tho waters Of Hampton Roads were
alive with the constani'y.aIriving transports tie
armed loyalty on board icing, for the most part IN.
conscious Of Us destination. The better-iniOrmed
minority bad heard whispers Of Yorktown, Suffolk
Noholk-R,camondr but nothing was definitely
known hence il landed on one Of the two piers Of
Old Point Comfort, all eager but in comparatively
indefinite expectancy. Asd the reportorial portion
oit slb,it July impressed with a Of lie public
md private responsibiilies and burning 70 indile
long letters inionnstOry and descriptive Of every
thing found iisei condemned to involuntary oafng,
forbidden by tie eSigencies Of military censorship,
real supposed 70 remit any bat the bare. Of items
mere clippings and parngs from tue bulk oftbe great
Fact being transacted. ! believe Gen. Wools order
has been printed in the New-York papers including
TUE TRIRUSF therefore ia need not DC iDseItedhere.
Very possibly 1t wgs parliamentary. The
present writer remembere the bitter objurgatons OF
sbe British officers in the CTinea on the early com.
municatioDs Of Mr.. Russell and other London Jour
nalsss, setting forth bow the enemy derived da1ag-
log and minute information Of the position and nten-
tons Of the EogIsb army via ST.. Petersburg. I'm
q1estionsby reLeldom has obtained the means Of
Conserving It's vretchei existence and poslponiDg is
Inevitable downfall BY Of intelligence, indis-
cIeetiy or treacberousy published in New-Yyrk
newspapers. And, fos anything We knew the iIn-
pOTtsut secret involved in the removal Of the army
of the Po'omac, had been well kept. To be s1re,
Tie Norfolk Day Book and Fredericksburg journal
had contained something relative 10 the arrival OF
many transports st q Point Comfort, with the sup
position that their destination might be the reenforc-
ing Of Burnside; and SeWalls Point, with It's Rebel
battery was u no greater distance than five uiles,
90 thai good glass leveled in the direction of
Fortress Monroe nust have revealed matters ou.i-
% accession interests, 70 say nothing Of the
impeIunent gHnbOas that clne out Of Norfolk on The
afternoon of March 81, and fred an aboFive cannon
ball in the direction Of Newport News-but that was
sIL Gen. Wool, TOO, possessed the power Of send.
with the utmost CELEBRITY, aud would probably exer-
else it. Influenced by which consider4tons-a COM
bination OF the patriotic prudential and coeiciye-
VIC noted down all tha, .ranspiied, in silence or
mailed j, only as provision sgausi tie time when IL
might be safely presented to the public eye. We
became Of The order Of those who serve by Standing
and waiting. 4
THE PSiST DURING DECLARATION.
Old Point C5nifort was, inevitably, almost exclu.
siyely mlli.argdurng the dsbarkation. ia docks,
its sandy beach, tie hotel Us fort i,s mry roads
stretching toward Camp Hamilton and tha open
!. country were crowded with soldiers You We're
aroused in VSrnng by their measured tread, as
n'ey .rampst Gst, and By tho inspriting strains OF
martial mIdc sou took alter-brcakast walk 10
abe pier to loyk IT Tho newly arrived transports,
freiglted slmOt 10 .ho waters edge with and
muske's; you fingered amid tie uniformed crowd to
witness their devious landing, their march onward
and temporary disappearance yon rode o1t through
q road o6sifncIed with ,aaes guu-cayrages and am
balances TO review Of 10000 soldiers in the afer-
and AZ night heard the steam whistles auuouuc-
~ fresh scce*ons, retiring 10 rest "a sen,ry's
chaieoge OF Afho goes there D echoed beneath
your chamber slntOw And the odds werethat vonr
dreams turned 2n 'hioga military aud beligereut.
The lotel. re tle restaurant attached 10 it. that
sdtcenl 70 the WHAT, reaped pecunisry harvest.
The locality s q sxffnsiyely military and govern.
rnentcl tlzt q l&s, a9ar. from tlht owrsd by I'm
sis ssla, was hEidy 70 be bsd for love or moaey.