The Nevada Democrat., 1862-05-31
PIensure ofPIcIeetlng.


One OF the Massachusetts Seventh, thus
writes to the Fall River Press, from York
town:
One of the pleasant incidents of warfare
which every one has not the pleasure Of
witnessing, the members of Company A
participated in yesterday. We were detail-
ed to do picket duty on the Outposis. We
started with company Of the New York
36tb, at o'clock Thursday afternoon.
When we arrived at our post, | concluded
that we bad got into hornets nest by the
buzziug of the little messengers by our
ears. We were stationed on Warwick
creek, and the enemy's pickels were sta.
toned on the opposite side. about six hun
dred yards above. They kept continual
fire during the afternoon, aud The way some
of their bullets whislled past our heads If
we pOked them from behind tree, inclin-
ed us to believe that they we're all armed
and understood their use. Our orders
we're not to FIRE back but in violation of
orders stray shot would once In . while
find lts way TO the opposite side to let them
know that we still lived. This firing was
kept up until dark when the tongue SUPER
ceded the rife. Now came the tug of war.
Epithets we're hurled spitefully across.
WaTwick's turbid waters. The burthen of
their song seemed 10 be. 1--WE will give you
Bull Run" "What do you think Of Cor.
inthi "You can have Yorktown If you
can take IT," ''You are Eve to our one,
but you can't whip ns;" to which latter as
sertiOn one Of our hOys replied that 1t was
40, as il took four Yankees to catch one of
them, for one of us to whip. They finally
came TO the conclusion they could not out
talk us In that style so they tried another
tack, made all manner of inquiries Of how
we lived. what State we were from, etc.
They informed us that they were from
South Carolina, and If we would not fire on
them in the morning, they would come out
and talk with u.s.
Morning came. and with II a friendly
conversation cnsned at first under cover of
trees aud as they gained confidence, either
party came out from cover. They told us
that they lived principally upon fresh meat
and "sponge"-s0lt bread; "shinges"-
hard bread bad played out with them, Salt
was not within their limits, it being twenty
dollars a sack Coffee could not be got
it was luxury not enjoyed by a soldier,
We asked them If they had any "sAlt junk"
No, they had not got down to picked mule
yet
The Monitor, they averred, was hum
bug, the Merrimac big thing. She was
not injured by the Mouitor, bat broke off
her iron PROV by collision with the Cum
berland; bad been on the dry dock and
was launched the day before. They had a
large story of our being whipped at Corinth
hut siuce then their pickets have owned
up that they were well ustd up at that
point.
They are not allowed to read anything
but the Richmond Dispatch. and they said
that lied like HI. When the time
came for them to be relieved they told US
TO look out for ourselves, as there was
new crowd coming on. and they would not
be RESPONSE le for what they would do.
And sure enough in a short time the ball
was again opened by wbistling bullets from
our opposing friends. They told us that
Gen. Magruder was on drunk the day be-
fore, aud was putting on his airs. az usual,
when 10 that condition. We we're 80 hours
on this picket, and all were we'll pleased
with the novelty Of the service.
REBEI. GENERALs.-The mortality among
the rebel commanders since the war COM
meuced has been remarkable. Garnett was
killed ct Carrick's Ford; Burton and Bee
at Manassas; ZollicOffer at Mill Springs;
McCulloch, Mcintosh and Slack at Pea
Ridge; A. S. Johnston and Bushrod johnson
~ Pittsburg Landing, Then we have cap
tured Tlgham, Buckner, Mccall, Gault and
Al IL ~ IL a1 NJ