The New York herald., 1862-04-23
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The Shar1shoeers-A Flag Of Truce-Barial If the Dad-
The R.bcl Loss at he FYght-Rain Again-Rapid FIR.
iRo, de-, dc.
In this immediate neghborhood the has DIV ndlod
to the tine practice of sharpshootng and "frigh the
souls OF dreadful advcrsares at telescope range Our
excitement is that Of sport rather than of war.
Our skirmishers, inont az astronomers patient fish.
ermen under all day. and since they have lain
there the enemy the other sde to the fine phrase
of Besuregard seems to have fet to be his duty to
withdraw from the scene" defeat, Of course; for
We know that be is not far away yet in trepdaon
but only that ho very naturally does like be stalk
ed at and perhaps docs like the peculiar voice Of
that army minstrel, the rifle ball. Neither does your
correspondent Luckily, have heard this sound. We
say luckily not in the assumption Of especial valor,
but because have q fancy that he who is
hit hcsreth It not. Happy, therefore, Is the man
who hears il. Now, We cannot say that the sound is
musical yot did the ut de pore excite ivelior
attention Far away you hear report, faint-by rea.
son of the disance-aDd in second or two, swift
delicate whisper flies through the air and is lost Sid
ney Smith called the hiss Of the cobra di capollo he
whisper Of DEATH but it s hoarso sound to this-a
harsh coarse noise with reality in t--ths might be
taken for its echo except that is infinitely faster For
three days now have pracsed toward tho rebel
batteries Numerous glasses observe every movement
made aud il an adventurous rebel INDUCES in O
peep he is Of instantly socn and instantly an.
nounced s'There is hoadS says one; and instantly
Eve or elk begin TO hunt for 1t through those
wonderful telescope sights, and somo further di.
rocon from tho original discoverer helps the hunt.
should the head 20 down seen, 80 much the
better for the head. Sometimes IL stays long enough
be found and sighted, and s then almost inevitably
percod for the accuracy Of nro with these rifles (at
rss 10 scarcely less than Wfaegious One announce
msut-' There s q whole mx6 in en- embrasurs'--is
almost always anticipated by the fire Of moro
raes for the embrasures are particularly kept und,r
| ,,ightu But Il must be admitted that the OF the
srca, Southern nation dsdge well and qucky-oven as
,hs dpper dives However much they have said about
tho as ditch in this they always prefer the st
Yet two days ago Of the ensmy's men expressed
his contempt Of our r1emen in vory positive manner
lilo boldly sprang out upon the parapet of one OF their
intrenchments and began "double shuttle" This
| uiument was cut short by single shot, and tho bold
| follow fell over having apPMehtIy 'snunicu OH thls
Az consequence Of , this the ensmy's batteries arc
completely silent Not shot has been fred from his
artillery for three days and though battery gives an
oe,asonal rcnembrancer there IN response Such is
/ the position u affairs our front, aud now wait for
| orders.
from the enemy batteries aud Immediately after an
onc e came out across the dam and was mot by Off
Ger " cur sneras stan He came to request that hos
| titcs should cease Tor two hours in ordor that
dead lett upon the field might bo buried. lIostiles
ceased accordingly and thirty nine bodies brought
| over Not word had previously been spoken about
these men from either side, though IL must certainly
have been known that some dead left upon the hom
One man. who had thus lain the field more thtn two
days aud two nights, stA alive, aud was taken INTO
| tho enemy hospital
An officer of our ulc rrofcrci an exchange o. uforma
tou with the repc occr ~ to the extent oi tho oss
either SIDE but the rebel olssr declined uc sa how