The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-03


Corduct the Colonel, who instructed the officer 70 in
form the negro that he iriang with him, and
that he then refused 70 obey the order 70 20 the
guard houssan attempt TO execute which he had before
Tesisted-ha would be az cnce shot down. The officer
Of the day approached the negro linn Of the
sequence refusing obey his order again ordered
him 70 guard house. The negro did move, and
the olcer iniormcd him he did obey before no
COUNTED three he should nro Ono, two, three, wero
slowly told OH, three seconds elapsed after word
IN ed aud the negro obcying the OIL
Ger shot HIM down, MORALLY woundng him. This saiu
tay example not ksl upon the Of the imcn
II bad an excellent erect and insubofdnaon wiz here
after rarely IN the Second South Carolina Volunteers
Colore uontgomerys siy.e OF ditcplne regarded
the only ecacious for the negro regiments, hose
peculiar empcrameuts require that punishment 70 be
eecsual should follow close tho heels Of dersc
ticn Of duty.
. Run DISTRESSING stuEks.
ln the trenches as cveryedepaTtment, the cupidty
unprncpled character cf Of the suffers have,
On Morris lsard occasoncd not lhue trouble among
tho troops Recently the suffers, regardless Of reguA
and only desrous 70 increse their III gotten stores
have sold wnssnd liquors the sodieS and occasoned
nsabordinasion among them Several have been arrested
by Lieutenant Colonel Hail. Provost Marshal General and
proofs Of their guilt not being bard 70 procure they
tho front work IN tho trenches; relieve
we're given 70 sho Of them down " they did obey
oxders Some Of them In the advance wIsldlug Tho
shovel for orty.eight hours and subsHting soldiers
fare, and mourning sodiers' liabilities 10 be blown 70
pieces BY tho euemy's shells. they worked veil, and
Of them have relieved from arrest but their
stocks OF wines and liquors been conAscAtad
they themselves ordered from tho department. Here
after but little liquor viii be sold 70 soldiers, a.
u nty -four hours in the trenches, under hot
onA hott~> s4c.
not much desired by the noble army Of suffers and
extrtcrers Fear the desire for gain
s'opay and in no class completely, under the
order Of thngs than 10 the yenccrs Of bad whskcy
execrab.e preserved milk. M M
PROMOTION.
am happy TO announce the promotion of Quartermas-
ter j. hu L. Kelly, of the Fourth New Hampshire to the
position Of fAsstant QuareTmaster Of Volunteers with
the rank Of captain He has been for several months
acting Brigade QuaTtermasfcr with the late Colonel
Putnam, ard receItiy on the STAFF Of General
vogdes, where be has performed his duties in the
most satisfactory lie has acquired the friend
ship Of all who have become acquainted with him, and
his absence from this command wi be greatly felt. We
hope 1t 10 to be sply temporary one. d .sa
IRUIMAST IBeGET, TENTH coxrxc1crr.
am glad that the above named gallant officer
out Of danger and recovering rapidly He received
wound from shell wh!lc in the trenches rev days
sInce which pecesssated smpu,aiiop. He IL doing
a. we'll as could be desired, with svsy prospscs Of an
early recovery. r.e
cxpAInr sNs JrIr ls.
give herewith partial list Of ths casusatis ef The
comsans since the assault Fort wssnsr the lssh
instant AZ the trimonthy repsrs are not n, win -
Impossible - naks he ist fuller Tor this mail.
soxK voLrxnsa nsuxms. efss
JAY 2o-LIsss. Jamss NJ Bssssr Co X, wousAas u swa
places ~ fragments Of shelf, not danssrous
Several others have bssn woundsd but The names have
not been reported. ge
sBvR~Y mxTs yxMsyIvAnA voauMMu.
July 2O-Thomas Dreabsch, Co c, wounded u hip BY
spent CANISTER shot.
July 20-Musicsan Amos Hanson, Co. X killed.
July 2s-xoses Goodwin. Co. !, killed.
srvsSsIH nrw HAxrsa.nr ssarnEr.
July 27-ceosye W. 1nonpsoo, Co. ,, killed
July a0-Edward Lewis, CO. c., killed BY shell.
vocKrB xEw HAxsrHIRE RnsMHSI.
July 26-Byron Howard, Co. II, killed.
July 26-John Muln, Co @, wounded, siShsly
yUrr yorRTB xAaAcHrsEIJs (coIoRxD) voIuNEzSa
Coloaei s Ltsle6eld, of the Third south Carolina,
has placed Temporarily 10 command Of the FIFTY
fourth Massachusetts, in Consequence the lack on
that regiment, majority having been killed.
wourded or made prisoners tbs rccent lights, where
the regiment behaved most calamity.
srAu BRGADIER GENERAL = O. srEvKxeos.
Captain William Pratt. Acting AdJutant General.
Captain wn v. Hatchingr, Acting Quartesm.ster.
Captain Robert y. Clerk, Assistant Inspector General.
Subsistence
Lieutenant Geo. ". Mallory, Aid.de-Camp.
SEVENTY sIxm rKxssyLvAxIA REGIMENT
AIRY statements In correspopdepce from here deroga
tory the character Of The seventy sxth Psansy
for courage ciscp.ins, wholly unfsundsd
There 10 not brayer better disciplined regiment
tbe Miand. my account Of their couduct
In the Gght q July II has been construed into
direct or implied charge Of oowardee or
dsnoralizat'os, wish 70 correct The inprsssOa
Time has shown that there s,ragsIer from the
seventy sixth that mornkag. Colonel straw bridge
attn quite H. write sh,s paragraph Justice 10
gallant ohcers and brave men concerning whom urjus
reports may have been spread
rnE sEENH sEw mAsvsmEE,
which badly cot up oshs night when their Gal
iant Colonel killed eacAmpcd headq
Jrss on the beach. by the potsucss of Q4termasts
Hanson. Of that regmeet, tbc correspondents been
provided csa modous tent ca nne location near
General marquee where get good breezss
and better accommodated usually falls ths lot
of army correspondents. We indebted to tho
officers OF The seventh for other courtesics.
ruscncs soREls RLAxp Taoorr.
MAJOR ,. y Pympton, formerly OF General slrong q
san and who. bclng the ocsr 10 that brigade
those who we're pos killed, wounded mnspg Alcr
nght Of tns 1stn, and consequently had command the
brigade TN new Br gadies assigned WAS subso.
qaeoty transferred General Soy mours STAFF and now
on Geuera Terys - Division inspsctos s The absence
Of Lieut.. Colonel jackson AT Hilton Head b. now coef
INSPECTOR herc.
rgRix 90 oosaArsxr
in warfare Of the Kind nov engaged 10 those
who arc esisted c,mbstants arc no,
aoue SUBJECT the dangers u the Geld Servants sur
| gerns, hospital nurses and civilians often md
| themselves ruder bot nre our wagon trans
under charge of Mr. John Neyii, of New Ycrk CHEF
wagon master, ard Mr.. Cars. his assstant, on en
Cred golog " and rssarnns from ihs ffoatxsenee
even than bcies cf soof~, because better marx A
few days borses badly wounded the pole
r wagon splia.ercd and or two teamsess narrow
~ e~cAs<d death. Ths corps ruesy one, howcvcr,
and their trans PASS repass without interrupson.
rssIxESr
Colonel Food, ~ the sixty second OHIO, has rs,arncd
from brr, absence The North AMI reciscd Win
| yoy by his regiment which list nneeD osccrs oat cf
IL ranAx