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

over to take when be first wakens Of morning In the
least At the breakfast table, OF which Horace who
four weeks ago was the valet or Col Tobb 57th va "a
the ministcrng angel cut In ebony be is the black
wizard forever lowering around the rooted ana nre
sc0fched vessels Of out door cuisine 10 WOOD hre on
the ground two kettles. two frying one tea POT
and one coffee pot) making weird scene soheinihg
ike that Of the witches cauldron in Macbeth though
the dishes he concocts while almost as mysterious ana
composed Of nearly many strange greasnts US hs
that hebroth, are exceedingly palataae anu 'lHa V'ta
is not supposed to have been especially svLet me
breakfast table the dull eoholke SOUNDS wLch ,en o.,
dealt, shells falling over fsre into Petersburg 10 not
provoke q remark.
thing abont II this morning. Horace did you wash
Yourself In the Appomattox yesterday " Yes san.
ehey day die ebeI SO long Ten you Ssso n es d
shirt as well rs yourself to night horace. LAY ,so
sore snty-scobs Nj. -" Says Horace, passing inc
tons Of one to three. MI -" Is one Of IAt 1t@ts
srecias and one OF my messmates. AMY sc31s II
Horacc's contraction Of "antiscorbs. tho soldiers
contraction OF aniscor bu'icf, appheG 70 sncc;a
heon must be crushed if takes al the veee"bies IN
I'VE iniiaed the brother of bis brother tie
other nrtisD emulates his example. TIE IRiDtkE
,pecial dextrtusly separates the imlder vegetanie
mo hon ms snS no one at the table scorns both
In fact il is remarkable how beefsteaks have ceased
10 char1n and what fancy there is for vegetables
Ibie(tleRlUu
tho tnkiug of Richmond 10 the novels which are nng
re.d by one or more Of the from Grants
10 the programme for the day. which each has marked
out for himself e OF Harper and no OF TIE times con
tribute the wit and he of TIE Tribune adds dash oi
cyni,1sm for the breakfast bour IL too eary Tor his
habits and he IN bad hmor. while tie stehocer al
my night is our "AutchIat Of the breakfast table.
And oil the time those guns have been booming away
ns matter Of course attracting attention suggest
ing no remark You think MS heartiess uieeng extra
stoical Not &c. The very men who IRE guns DO 30 III
kind Of enoonless routine, and OIL the other mon
sands have become accustomed TO the noise they
make that they regard il not Only the shsrIshootfr
on the line of the trenches Is al alive 10 his work Tor
with him il IL life and death With him II is constantly
the fierce ioy Of battle which comes 10 others only on
battle DAYS and those are not battle days.
There r. only the friction Of armies In close contact
moi the awful shock and crush OF armies impeiled upon
each other The outer particles suffer from the
atrton the main body scarcely yibrntes; but soon
pehaps IL shall be shaken 70 the core with the quake
Of conffct, for who tnoweth what day may bring
forth
Having written the ebove, I swung 9 rubbor-coet
over my shoulders and stepped ont BUMP pound boom
why there was heavy cannonading in the distance.
and learned the noise Of II had been booming loudly
in the humid air for hours Yet bad not noticed II
more than used to the practioe.thrummngs or piano
In the room beneath my college dormitory. Telegram
10 these Headquarters says IL is the 5th aud oh
Corps front and is doing nc HARM however IL may
,e nth the enemy. c A. r.