The New York herald., 1863-10-30

mon occurrence On cur SIDE, "the boys, as We fau.
iarly s,yle them consider il matter Of amusement to
keep up peep Gre Of this charscter for sevc
raj hours somsfimes we lose heavily IN mules. In con-
sequence Of the suddsnncss with which the rebels open
our trains from convenient thcke' In these fights
is seldom that any OF men are killed or seriously
wounded There is one point the river where tho
rebels did succeed in annoyirg US considerably.
CURIOUS ACCIDENT.
Wounded for the of common sense, Is a verdict
well applicable TO The Of the accident propose
tell you about Yesterday morning an enlisted man and
negro undertook 70 cook pot of beans principle
dangerous than economical After searching around
white found stone and the negro shell. A
FIRE was built and the pot put 10 the usual manner,
resting On the stone and she'll Both persons down
IRON, " the fire to keep and ge, dry The end
soon told Ihe FIRE burned brightly, the shell heated,
burst unfortunately upset the pot OF beans and seri
ously wounded the enlisted man aud "Amor,can citizen
OF African DESCENT When tho o; the accident
became known many persons expressed regret at tho
loss Of SO many nutritious beans and such good pot
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From present Indications this Is n sectional pecularty
At least is found every where In this neighbo hood
both regards the living and appearance OF the natives
Perhaps the best place behold the poverty Of these
people s at Captain L. Y siuats the headquarters Of
men, even chlldreu-appIy for subsistence. In IN.
stances they get it." hard tack and bacon The bacon
is certainly the finest The hard tack is much
better than that furnished 70 the troops in the Eastern
army Five days rstious Of hard bread bacon
furnished every day TO large numbers OF the people, free
Of cost whom they provided with order showing
them to be in almost half starving ccndtn. Such
the kindpess and generosity Of Uncle Sam. rfs -
AAiN smRE
is daily visitaDt. We have thunder showers Of the
most terrific character ssreaks OF lightning dart in and
out among the trees, roofing up me- tearing others
asunder, and making It decidedly dangerous for tho
romantic notion Of rambe in the woods. This morning
fine appearing tree closely stripped Of OF its
outward covering in plain sight OF the breakfast table
Instead of being surprised the gentlemen Of the staff
quietly proceeded with their meal while the General
remarked another struck close by whore
were seated Rather severe % aud went ON with his
toast and coffee. f
HUNTERS IRAPpERs.
Officers must have amusement. In tho abeence Of
civilization and It's benign influences we havo actually
become "barbarous," at lcaet this would be tho
exclamation Of Fop and sister they to behold
doIngs In this latitude. We have turned hunters
ana uappers-go out night and day for this purpose
when there is nothing else to do. Our Is
ble--very; but stln not unfrequently strike trail
and home loaded with deicacies or-nothng IL Is
remarkable what life lead dow here. Just like the
Indians, sleep in wgwams, blankets, 60 out
tie path, have our hunting grounds and other
peculiaritics that will bear comparison.
NATURAL. SENTRY BOXES.
Many Of tho large trees where located have
burned out, that their trunks Furnish excellent
sentry boxes weather for the picket or head
quarters guard
MAJOR GENERAL POPE.
few days ago took prisorer Captain Kennedy, In
spccor General the staff Is the rebel Wheeler In
the OF conversation mention made Of General
Pope. "Ohr said Captain n, laughing, he
tim proceeded ~ heard General Bragg day laugh at
General lopc for heading his ORDERS Headquarters in
the saddle when he ought to have known his hind.
quarters thero"
BrsnwuAcTFRs
When tho rebel General Wheeler made his raid on the
Nashv e and hattanooga Railroad line two OF his
fred by four bushw whackers--these, not misak
mg them for Yankees, but knowing them to be rebel
soldiers. The bushw hackers object was puuder. On
being hunted up and secured they tried that
night, aud hung at daylight Lext morning. am told
by a rebel officer that, In lueLce OF the injury
these bushwhackers the property OF private cit
2ens General Wheeler all civilians found nth
arms In their hands and who arc believed to be bush
whackers. He has notified them that II they want to
fight for tho South every facility will bc afforded them
10 enter tho rebel service.
BNDcsroRI, Ala, Oct ~, 1893.