The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-12

tcipaiing IN sue war There is not ssoldisr 10 the
army put wh' feels deeply the stinsiag Insults which
Aoion'-~AuIts which are pAieat = the most feeble
mind an< which eniender hatred Of English piratical
policy '<hch can only oumir ate in blood
Our soldiers are ready for the double task Of foreign
Int fnecne strife and however herculean the task, II
vi be undertaken with liberalization TO conquer all or
A word about oontraband abor. 1t IN more valuable
than white not because our soldiers cannot DO more nan
troops knowing that their pay-work slow or fast
h exactly the disposed to shirk the task Of
throw ing up earthwos. have noticed that the contra
bands employed upon Sortncations around Suffolk
throw up the number Of cubic yards OF earth in
the same time that number OF troo!s do.
Yet the conlrabands DO not up the standard OF
the quantity OF eartA can throw out OF q ditch per
day, MS they seldom exceed Fix CUBIC yards per ten
hours
The Attack upon tho Rebel Works.
IRON CAPTAIN OF THE NINTY-NINrH NEW YORK.
TRxscnEs BEFORE SUFFOLK, Va, May 4, 1862
just returned from another expedition, and thank God
this time without the loss Of man. After keeping up
sharp sheng OF the woods all round during the night
when morning dawned no enemy salueA % with his
customed fex-ds (not) joie We were Immediately
dered TO fall in, and supported by Michigan regiment,
formed line outside works. and charged over the same
ground Friday last. But oh, how differ
emit Not . rebel 10 those death-deang breastworks
and ride pits, that only three days before belched
forth such murdeous volleys on devoted but
broken rhnkb, ana tnnt IOr tWe0tvIour days poured
out their incessant rattle each unfortunate whose
duties necessities compelled him to the plateau
between the trenches and camp, where, indeed, he
no safer Every tent has its marks Of rebel lead Mine
Is decorated with six such remembranoes secesh
beeaguers. And there nothing from which may
not extract comfort, console myself with the thought
that they win AFFORD slight ventilation during the
very hot weather, which 10 already upon But 10
leave this esting strain and write Of stern reaes II
is all very well to laugh dangers escaped but
not till We actually saw and were In those formidable
works Of the enemy that we fully realized what
had gone through. Il was only when heard
from deserterB and prisoners what numbers
opposed 10 that actually comprehended
what an utter mpossbility we had undertaken, and Il
was then too that for one felt how deep debt
Of gratitude TO Almighty God for having carried many
Of unscathed through such deadly conflict against
such tremendous odds. After hasty glance formed
column and steadily advanced skirmishers carefully
feeling the way TIL arrived at their deserted camping
ground and found nothing but old newspapers and
the usual debris Incidental TO such places They had
verify and indeed gone and after marching distance
further and capturing few stragglers, met another
body Of our own troops who had gone round by
another road and found no foe have not learned yet
how matters the other two fronts, but hear
that Foster ID driving them also. From here they
have "skedaddled," thank Cod What Is the next move
cannot say. We leave the trenches and camp to-
morrow, and there il rumor that going North
Carolina Or the Rappahannock Time wiz tell. Our
regiment ID all tho rage here We have got new name,
"Pecks pets, and we enjoy most excellent, and must
say deserved, reputation. This b not vanity am not
speaking Of myself, but OF the regiment, Of which,
but IN humble member, and proud Of having been %
from its FIRST organization.