New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-22


HEADQUARTERS GIN. BUTLER July l5-ll p m
/ checrfuly commend and consign this letter
70 solid nonpareil In on obscure corner Of inside
page for do not expect to invest with any particular
degree of interest narrative Of personal experiences
in making the transit from city TO camp Yet snch
narrative propose to write. The intention presup
poses a vast use Of the monolettered pronoun which
must be pardoned along with the culpability Of the
original pnrposc. The journey was nom Washington
TO City Point the Potomac, Chesapeake Bay ard
the James. /, was not in the last noteworthy. IL
was not In the least exceptional. 1t was not in the
least eventual Bat whose would come 20 the army
must encounter the same experiences and is on this
account that tell the tale.
Gen. ingalls, hos detailed four steamboats, for the
route One lcrves Ctr Point each day at 10 a. NJ and
reaches Washington the DeKt day at the same hour
From Washington the hour II ?. and the erriya
az the other terminus "a hours ateF-dn instance D!
tie way, where the de:osHsus terns requires more time
than tie getting back again.
On the TIN IN q week before WINS one Of 800 who
participated In free fight on board the Chario,'e
Vanderbilt for - state rooIns, and was one oi ~ WHO
did not lose their tempr ltvss remarkable That the
20 who retained their temper were Identical with tic
20 who obtained state rooms Now, dislike scene
almost much the nervous individual in The
Woman In White" and particularly dislike to part
with my temper. Accordingly day before yesterday
was at the foot ~ Sixth vreet hour before the boat
started with hasersach. pair OF saddle bags and
the intention OF securing sioeToor- The boat wa
AS approach, On officer On the gangwsy looks at
without seeing me-iooks ~ tboagh looking at
thou bat extends his hand Ike IN Gutonnton. ana
says word. Pass" lie does not thereby tender
permission TO 20 on board but demands my Authority
10 do 30. hand him Sesame By order OF Lieut.
Gen Grant" The retcent officer rods nod. and the
paatomimc is over. i now geek the Captain. re-
spectfuy inquire II ] obtain s;ateroom. hy
gracious how thst man did open On me. Poor man.
-. tr.s to1 Sfa aarl "A Al
telling NOT agreeable pity him. Or be sui
fers terribly from his monomania-lis ateroom phobia
AZ started ~ go on deck heard another passenger
make the same inquiry had made, and stopped
moment In pity for the hord agony which II cost that
Captain 10 convey the single idea Of want OF state
| rooms.
and nonSiesoyp pts Ofoers on their way to the 'front.'
soldiers tie way 10 tie front agents OF the SANITARY
Commission on the way to the nont, agents Of the
OTIS aud suffers on the way ~ the 'front.' Two or three
old Ipan whose sons have bcca wounded. and now in
hospital the way to the front One LADY, win pale
and moarnfu face (once saw her weepDg) on her way
" Tie front ml.agent, stretched VI iuii lengtl On
O heap u leatlern bags Oh tie wsy 10 The mont AND
Thea half doEoa insorv,abss who may be bngadier'
generals suffers clerks. On thc way 70 the front
Down below are dozen borses brave war sceds rest
lees paving mny be shutting the battle from sfar on
the veg 70 Mo front. And there are long ranges OF
LogsAAsds filed With cabbage and barrels filled with
sbiOnA keets tlTpits &c. tbe WAY 10 The front
On the yay b. tie front and the boat swings into Tire
stream, ard the CAPTAIN soOsdlg ~ somebody On
shore. The usO<ioy eonPsny dsperse themselves ever
tho bss. On lcok thsse are GfJ n o. smoking
tweoty I've II readaDg twelve Of ~ have scared
resting Itsces fsr fos Of equal altt,de with oar
Leads six " rspt in she pfvss Of "Otr Mutual
FYioud in the August Harper and zoe Of us, on out
ting another hsf Is Indignant thaf We must walt
month for another taste a it. (N0to-Bad grammar
Diokons's, pse u ~ aiQaL")
We pass Alexandria, eight miles down pass numerous
rowning forts (esrthwoSts) on either side, pass Fort
Washlngton ar elaborate st0ns brtifcation ten miles
below Alex sndria bgnt years and years agoi pass
Moan. Vernon. two miles stil lower down. We meet
numerous crah coming up. and pass numerous ones
In Government employ The banks Of the yellow Poto
rnnc are green tie waters edge with dense fringe
OF trees md WIGS. Our rapid motion makes Tor us
grntcsu breeze; smoke Petersburg tobacco. Zephyr
Puff the label calls IT, and time drits pleasantly away
and The Potomac vdens and detect In the cir rcnni
oesces Of thu sea II wss blcFing but few hours
before and the sun goes down In lurid blaze while
crimson glory unushgrrt the clouds in the sky, and
now the moon Is directly overhead. and stars midy
at first but now bravely aud brightly shine out-and
scppcr Is ANNOUNCED and my dreams harshy tsoken.
Down into dimy lighted hold we urge our way oy
tering at every turn filth and into,erate odors The
table 10 not inviting. . 49,
ON again on deck inhaling air stir with oxygen and
sca-ssts and then cxhnng IT with che addition OF the
elements Of Zephyr Puff" -Four delicious hours.
with moonlight SO bright that road over old letters
and gaze az certain photographs and later when the
moon has gone starlight that reveals OIL the conste'a
tous that learned TO when studied mythology
ard mathematical astronomy. and ~ midnight aud
the scene IL as weird as where
I" In xanadu did Kubls Ksha
stately pleasure dome decree,
Where Alpb the sacred river ran
Through osverns messureless TO nan
Down In . sunless sss"