The New York herald., 1862-04-22

This morning it snowedq quite Justify for awhile An
idea OF the temperature of the night for it wntry
cold and many soldier suffered in nsetuence may be
gathered from this fact. Az write now, in the middle
Oh ho afternoon the clouds clearing away spring
Ike warmth ,rvades the atmosphere and the eyes Of
soldiers who have been soaking the and shverins
IN the cod for the past three days beam with delight at
the promised change in the weather Toe prevailing i'm
preston that good generals every thing to an army
After seeing tho depressing eectof past days.
storm, am inclined to believe that good weather 10
everything. too. While upon the subject a
the weather, l cannot help aludng to fact
which, in its connection, carries with it a seeming
bright augury of brilliant our army in
Island No 10, and the defeat Of Gen Beauegard by GEN
Grant, 1t was impaired to the regiments from ess
broke away, and the sun looked down smngy upon u.s.
carrying cheerulness and hope In its bright beams Ths
coincidence, to say the least. furnishes theme poet
might splurge loftily about state the simple fact.
In my camp peregrinations to-day came across
dviduai who lives at Cocketown and until recently
| kept store there. He in Yorktown the morn
| ing OF the day army reached here. At that
time there were fully $4,000 troops there 10
our army would attempt 70 take tho place; but lie
advent in this direction not looked for Ths
ns s1s :. s,S ~ ss s
whim seized MIN 70 conntths number OF guns guardhe
very large. General Magruder, he understood, in
command Beyond this fact, and that more troops. IN
|
they would fight with the desperation OF tigers he only
knew that the town was full Of soldiers, shabbily
music and worse riotng Tho statement, as far as ID
| serters.
About nine o'clock this evening two signal rockets
were thrown up behind the enemy's w0rks-the first
showed red lights, the second blue.
large, unfinished dwelling house, about . mile
back OF 9 division hospital, appropriated TO.
day as q surgical hospital for this corps. 1t will
| be supplied at once with the needed requisites for
such establishment. Aside from this and tho large
hospital given up wounded soldiers there two
other division hospitals this corps They
two hundred patients Tho best attendance prevails
each hospital Our wounded men rapidly improving.
The rsbei desertsr who was shot through the lung viii
get we'll The young Of the Rhode Island battery,
who was struck dumb from shell grazing him. Is
ering his voice. He is abeto whisper This case in
medical point OF view, is most novel and Interesting
There has been cannonading today. Some shots
were exchanged between tho opposing skrmshers but
~ far as known no one was killed.
WH In FRONT YORKTOWN, April Is, 1852.
Camp Life Fronsof Yorxs0,On- AdnigM Aaack-Salss
NSSl By Moonlight, dc. kNa
The usual Of duty tho neld il varied in this
place by occasional adventure OF rather romantis
The other night as mon lay under their tar
paungs, wrapped in the Of Morpheus First Ser
geant came round and awoke us saying that
quired to get up and harness instantly In few
every was at his post, and under the eommaAA q
that excellent and accomplished officer Lieutenant King.
bury, we started away unknown sx-
pedition. Ths moon shone brightly; the stars
shed their bengn influence from the skies, whas
hero aud there the ted field the lonely sen&in
could pacing his rounds absorbed doubt IN As
solitude OF his reflections Earth air and sky wses
STILL An this was in singular contrast to the character
Of the expedition IN which we were epgaged. The day
previous Of engineer ocsrs had noticed thAsA
large body Of tho rebels coagrsgated At poins
about mile TO the left Of position. The distance a
this point from the brow Of hill nearly opposite was
found to be 800 yards and with this data 10 upsa
resolved to crafty our friends Of the South with
midnight surprise. "Firs four roands with psroussos
shell ut them from each OF the guns" the command
from our immediate superior, s.and then retire"
On reaching our station, near the remains Of an old
fence, now entirely removed, we noticed column o.
''rhat is the object said OF our subalterns;
aim little to the right Of the smoke and give tho pieos
An elevation OF four degrees, or q little more" In
few seconds "in battery and each pieco
loaded All this performed In the most noissess
rattle Of gun carriage wheel is hardly audible At The
distance Of thirty rods. "Now, fire." the next
command Of Lieutenant Kngsbury. Sergeant DoyIs's
gun was the first that went OH then came Corporal
Tralone's and all the others followed in quick
son The effect was statlng-nay, almost sublime. Al
each missile reached its destination 1t instantly OF.
ploded scattering death and destruction around 1t in
every direction. Some OF them appeared 70
place was surrounded for thought we could
distinguish their naked arms by tho glare Of the shell
even that he could see the pckes Of the enemy
running away every direction but far that u
concerned must honestly confess that his eyes were
sharper than mine, for nothing Of the kind; but
then must always make decent allowance for good
naturcd exaggsration. However, 1t is hardly possible
that all of the should havo escaped for their posi-
ton and the range guns well known. At any
rate they ex,inguished their light almost immediately
To-day good deal Of firing going on principally TO
the left Of position but with what object Is not ex-
acty known in this camp our battery Is Out almost
dunfOr tpl n
at Bull rum determined IL possible to retrieve
lost honors in the coming battle one OF our men
Sergeant MurIhy-his been in every engagement in the
vicinity OF Washington the breaking Of this
Ho currently reported to be the crack shot OF dv
sion drove back the rebels with one shell when they
attempted cross the Potomac at Edwards Ferry in
June last, killing some twenty five or thirty Of them.
Murphy Is Al Irshnan native oil the county Ipperary,
and wthal pretty fair sort Of fellow at least as the
In FRONT OF YoRKrowS, Va, April IL, 1882.
Sfrrnisaing Along tie Ltne7As Comouies-Cdr Of tie
Wounded, de-
Yesterday and last night were exciting, 10 say the
least TO the regiments Of Of divisions. The
tned cannonadng heard our left gave assurance or
some vigorous work. in which all were eager to partic
nate All the batteries OF the division placed
'front.' and regiments kept in waiting to be hand for
any emergency. They did not have OCCASION however,
10 lire single shot neither were they fired upon by the
enemy.
During the day the firing from gunboats in York
river continued the past three days. the shots
heretofore being directed towards the enemys in
trenchnents being built the river. The enemy
responded from behind their ntrenchments their
left none Of their shots took effect II is not known,
Of course what the result oi the gunboat firing but
The mischief have been considerable, rs most OF the
shells exploded inside OF their works.
New York regiment, who wero on picket on our ex
reme right six o'clock, were entertained by sofno
rebel visitors in style not exactly Chester
| nedian section OF artillery, two regiments OF
| infantry and squadrons OF cavalry came
ont In front of their From the guns an incessant
firing OF canister and shc kept up for half an hour
Our men lay low cool and STILL not vepturing TO shoot.
os their orders not to fire except hoty pressed.
Fortunately the shots either Tell snort or passed over the
hsads OF our men, njuring no one The rebel infantry
aud cavalry made demonstration beyond supporting
the artillery. Finding that the New Workers not
10 be driven from their position, which strong one,
! well protected on the TANKS, the enemy retired
| Two OF the brgades under arms all night pre-
l ar,df fnra INV that might be Their