New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08
vynr GIN. rxUyTKps's ARMY.
Tho Disnstor on James ssinnS-A Report
,oriss yisi, 10 the Scene Of ,he Flight
Present STATE Of ceiling 81 tb. Troops
A Eescrter's story.

NrAs osv. Wruqnz's Hs.psr. sggrrss.. So

,anoe," not in force Of the ouemys WOKE ahe
the scene Of our disaster, On yesterday week Lux
uriousy reclncd beneath cauv-f with the end Of the
tent agrecably hchcl mp fof the purpose Of ailoidng
free ireress 70 "a cious bre ze, Which renders the
otherwise tropical no0n1de enduraoie am gong 10
tell TIE TaIersr al about 1t.
The Kindness Of Capt. j. ". Rice, ait to Gen.
Hunter, and. o. present, volunteer and TO Gen.
WRIGHT. procured horse, adding also de greater
corriepy OF biz company. With IS too, rode Capt.
R.W. Thompson. j., gentleman occupying similar
rank and posi- ION. Both are young men, but soldiers
who have won the deserved good opinions Of al who
know them: tie lattar a Nir9inian by birth, with
kirsrolk fighting on either ide Of the war; was with
Gen. Hunter, in Missouri, and once lay with bro
ken leg i'm an ambulance doing biz duty as well as he
might, While pas ling through Secesh country, win
Rebel Price pursuing in the rear-happ'!y living T.
read Of his presumed capture or death by ue enemy
The obligation O. the Iiac ard company Is nos l"e
only one Tor which | am indebted 10 these Gentle
men and ! am wen content bat n Should be 20. ii
all army officers were Ike theli, the task OF war
correspondent: would De pleas Mt indeed; THINK II
might even admit OF the drawback OF neat, niuske-
toe hels and sand lice incidental 20 tbs insect
PLAGUED region.
We rode ont of camp az 8 comparatively early
hour. bat the sun WAS hot enough 10 endcr my
having NY head closely shorn ami bit Of wet linen
between II and ny hat matter of congratulations
Through field, az first implanted, presently rirt
with green corn, tie care o. which VIII soon be PAL
a,nble IS r vegetable 10y road on which three
uiqnt trot abreast, with dense woods sSirtlng ne ON
our le.j. We occupy just The borders Of them aud
less thsn quarter or & miles distance 81 narrow
fofest- ies within, no more. threaded thee yet-
ierday afternoon, and found TWO sian-rOaids, orc
upleraiuIug a. ane-SeCessl0u tines and he r1g me
Msrripiion, 81 mhes 20 Charlie TOM: another,
miles TO HI '-ile work o. oar soldiers, sngCes-
lively Indicating the direction Of the eunbOais I
Through q telt OF open woods and anOt err field, 10
where the tores, ioiLs the road Here. cism1uuimg,
We leave our Eor,es, with othes, Iicketed under
shelter of tle wCoCs. ana continue our journey on
icot. just the road, indeed, by which our brave
fellows marched 20 tte slau hter before day break,
on 'as; ma o.tunat, Monday ling.
but ere We proceed LEI as observe 8 small heal
board marsiug the crave OF q Rebel officer Copt.
Williams Oi The f7th Georgia. lie Was burned where
Ne FELL emerging from tbo forest, OF The date OF oar
arrival nitber, during be skiruish then occulrn3.
lie Csuc cheering on his men % the capture ~ de-
structiOn of jLe lUAAces, then looked upon By the
Reuris a. spot cay a. partridge shooting. He
fel rddled hv seven mn, ke balls dying the same
night bat not te,Ore ne bad expressed changed con-
yClous as 10 his Antagonists, and asked that some
mark might indicate bis resting place. Our men
carved the hesdbOar in aCcOTdduso with the request
snd there ne hes shaded by The melancholy LOngus
of the forest with their long pendant Near
tire grave was al uueXpoted 1omb.shen, which had
rolled man over without killing him. la the ac
lion Of that day los 10 men, tbe Rebels 10. You
nav see ire marks Of the storm Of bulets that tore
through the green life of tho wood a, TINS hour.
Onward. We are now exiting a forest full of
usguohas, beecbss, lige-Oaks and pines, specimen
Of ibe Two former Il which We observe growing In
tWin.hke proximity. On the night Ia "a compare
lively open space with gidled and fclled trees, corn
growing beneath them. Very soon we arIive At g
hedle and embaukraeut not the work Of engineers,
blt the common DIVISION Of land Ia tins country, aid
excellent as q deieu-e. Tins marks our eAueue
hoe Of pickets; beyond is an open FIELD, q ledge,
snd tie picke's Of TIE enemy
Al cerlsiuly not more III ~ q mile and qnarier's
distance n.es the Rebel tower, plainly disceuible
between some tall trees. IL isaskeielOu one neatly
bull not unlike & New-Yoik fire observatory IL
coustrucl Oh, almOt, ii not quite 2lO fee high. Be
low, one sees tue red line Of the fort, on the iur-
tner ide OF deep fosse, the scene OF the hottest
part OF the recent conflict, where Ire brave high
laIdcIs, tie New-York 1Jth, rushed 90 Iube quick
10 the relief OF their ast friends aud comrades, The
Sth Michigan, both regiments leaving too many
mute " nesets OF their yaiOr IN front Of the work
Directly behind tie Rebel stronghold is 81 ,esslou-
Vile yiliGge, ne~ly-named, OF perhaps dozen VI
twenty wooden houses, fnd a. 10 great distance
Fort johnson. on The coast. (Ibis, erected during
the war OF 1872, had fallen into decay before Secea-
soD time; probably the Rebels have rebu lt OF ie-
raired itl From 10 looks dI ectly a. C.arlestOn
In front, and the right Of the Tower Battery,
a.
n,rshy prospect, UOtled with stumps Oi tIcet, ana
INTERCEPTED by HEDGES into WI On swamp the creek,
terminating IN our camp, flows aud loses nseli
lts MUDDY waters, 70 TIE lat degree dreary aud
detesisbs a. low tide. bur weli-loOAing enough at
Good are from our point o. vision, imperccp IDLE,
IT. low banks being hidcen by line OF tree, upon
whose luXufiant sumner folage the shabby mos
bangs "a appropriately as coDwebs on "edclng-
garment. Tue ilarsn Is sometimes OveilOwed irVm
The o.ner SIDE Of the llaud. Holden IN il, Gnd in
the broken, low-lyiug eXpans7 on orr night, our
tickets 90 present bar the progress OF the euemy IN
tie direction Of the camp Of Gen. Stevens.
We fud on Iicket duty bali q dozen good fellows
Of the 10 q Pennsylvania, under command OF Capt.
Ltien. OF Co. X. Being sup a tree, III slang
pd,auce, does not imply al improved lookout, bot
the Captain suggests that IL would improve Olrs;
kooOrcipgy, We ascend pIcky-laurel-!eayed ono,
bearinr green berries, o. cOurre, fcstO0utG into
"lOyDed aud Widowed raggsduess" with moss.
The prospect pays ~, especially when looked 81
through good iield-ginfs.
We rec distinctly tue Rebel tower from summit 70
toss, a u.au in u out that we nhe6ryea eeoN1 the
for tenfe SooaooiVnviile, certain Rebel pckcs near
the wcOts 10 TIE cit aud The surrounding country.
Boz loF intervening trees and Obstacles we might
perhaps have bsLeld Fort SUMTER witt tie stars and
ban .sILrter in morals ii not N beradryI floating
over tit is not than FIVE miles OIL. hulc TO
the right Of tie watch tower. Everything looks
die, sunny, aud tranquil IT IL 50 hot that ali nature
,eems Ausbed IA subdred respiration. H. WAS
curious 10 know that Oh either ado that field, not
more than a tlrd Of q mile in extent iurked fellow
coonrymen, yet enemies intent on each others de.
Hruc ion.
Beyond tho second hedge, on the obbquely.soping
tnnk OF a tree, we presently discover three-iOdf-
c0biedeIate sOldiore, induiing IN mutual game OF
oopeep win ne. 1 thought Of my experience be-
lore Yorktown, We, aud surmfed that bad we, or
ne hecels, possessed target-re land one OF Der
tai 'lpsnooteTs TO ii, with the inclination 10
Hou's 40 we dete,ssbc piice Of Iicket-murJeipg
or ps@.e-oie "Iecopuyissance" night have come 70
a summary conclusion