Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-19

that party of forty-two of the enemy's cav
airy from Kinston had gone toward Newport
barracks, on the Newbern and Beaufort rail-
road, with the intention of driving in our pick
cts at that point. Our cavalry dashed on in
pursuit of the enemy, and suddenly came
upon their bivouac near church in the
woods. Charging upon the bivouac, they
captured seventeen prisoners-one lieuten-
ant-thirty-five horses (killing two), and took
the arms and equipments of the entire party,
excepting five, who were thrown out as a
picket, and thus escaped. This was q SPLEEN
did little dash, which adds to the renown al
ready earned by this cavalry regiment Not
man of our party was injured.
Quite number of men have been dis
charged.lately from the 18th, for disability,
and others will follow-the policy now being
to discharge all who are unfit for duty, with
no immediate prospect of recovery in this eli
I mate, so that the companies of the regiment
may be filled to the maximum with drafted
men. If any of the young men of Worcester
county have any preference in regard to the
regiment they join, or wish to join lucky
regiment, that has nere9 been defeated in a
single engagement with the enemy and has
its flag well covered with the names of battles
in which it has been engaged, such young
men would do well to volunteer, and connect
wait, get drafted, and then go into such regi-
ments as others may select for them. The
enlisted men of the regiment are now receive
ing furloughs for twenty days, at the rate Of
three per company. The furloughs are
granted to selected men for good conduct in
the field, and it is to be hoped their welcome
home for a brief term will be such as they
deserve.
The 5lst regiment has returned from Beau
fort, and now occupies barracks on the other
side of the Trent river. There is nothing par
ticnlarly new here, excepting more than the
usual quantity of red tape. There is an
abundance of it. l understand, but wont
vouch for the truth of the story, (for it is only
a camp rumor) that one of our generals re-
jected paper the other day, because house
fly-of which we have an innumerable num-
Der just now-settled on the paper and left a
''period" in the wrong place-where there
should have been only blank. 1t was a ter
rible breach of military discipline, and cred
tape" couldn't submit.
A number of the enlisted men of the 18th,
and presume of other regiments, have re-
ceived notice that they are commissioned as
ieutenants in the first North Carolina African
brigade, under Gen. Wilde. In the 25th,
those thus notified, so far as 1 learn, sergeant
Dove of Co. c, sergeant Mirick OF Co. d, cor
poral Jaalan Gates ofCo. A, and private Bar
Der of Co. ID. The reception of this list of
appointments was the first notification that
such brigade was to be raised in this de-
partment. 1t is understood that this brigade
will be lcorking and not fighting corps.
Gov. Stanly has gone to California. 1t was
mistake when he left thatgolden shore. Since
he left Newbern the secessionists have been
ordered out of the place.
Chaplain James has been appointed by
| Gen. Foster to the charge of contrabands in
TINS department, position very acceptably
nlIed by the late Chaplain ItIeaiIs. 1ueIe ...o
some ten thousand contrabands in this depart
ment, and the labor in looking after their va
rious needs must be immense, and chaplain
James is expected to do this in addition to his
duties as regimental chaplain. attended SER
vice yesterday at the Episcopal church, where
Rev. Mr.. Rouse of Leicester connected az
chaplain with Foster General Hospital, Off
ciates very acceptably. The large church was
filed with soldiers, and a major of one of the
regiments assisted in reading the service, while
choir of soldiers, assisted by the music of an
organ of excellent tone and power, played by
Massachusetts soldier, filled the church with
such excellent music as is not often heard out
of Massachusetts,. V1DErrE.