New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-01
OIseo,aforts Of the Camp.
Flou Our speci. Correspondent.
HEADQUARTERS Army o. TIE POTOMAC }
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BLfDIE vi, Z
Thursday Night. July n, lsSi)
The boys are in a dyspeptle mood tonight,
and are INDUCING in unusual fusiade on the peset
lines. The artillery, also. Is not idle, and as short
intervals bright flashes CLEAN for an instant In The
darkness. shot or she'll goes whistling or Kissing
toward the enemys lines. and q moment after comes
the OF great gun, It's report slowly reVcrbeIatins
through the old pine forests and finally dying saueny
away INTO silence Bat the enemy has an appreciaiive
sense OF our attentions and never lets slip Oppor-
tuuitr OF acknowledging them IN becoming manner.
Every battery of ours has special antagonist Just
across The. valley. and every fash ron our guns i-
imHc< hiey acknowledged BY another on the other
~ ,t novice y 'he practice OF war on s,aIiny our
info play poriurbed imagination. and picture to himself
desperate charges, hand to-hsnd C nhcis nassed col
umit shattered torn and bleeding from the effects OF
hey storm Of grape and caunisier but lew nocturna
visit 10 the font would materially modify hf ideas with
regard to soch nosy but comparatively unimpoTtant dem
onsirations Irue. some poor fellows get hit by sharp
shooter the fragment " shell, but, protected Oy
lie pts and earthwOrks hut fow usually nJur, d.
A. write the oannonade Is loayy and the picket
firing continuous; but bG0es ana drums are sounding
tatto0s along the hne the nightly fou IL being cuod
and everything goes on with system and regularity
one would scarcely expect 10 observe under the crcnm
stances. Strange, this faculty oi adapaDliiy which
habit gives 10 man 10 every condition oi DIS existence
An old soldier and The veteran is supposed 10 be a
model one MVayt exhibits Itnchall Tor personal
comfort Once into camp. be commences the oonsiruc
ton Of Qulrterf aud, Bringing into rcfu-itiOn such
natural materials DC present Their selves ia located
# not pleasantly At least comfortably. Pine bows, AZ
runged with different degrees ol taste!blness, INTO
bowers and ,oous adofn the headquarters Of general
officers and cannot but contribute grady 20 the com.
font Of their occupants Visiting the hcAGq quarters OI
Brig Cen. Crawford Of the 9Th Army Corps. a few
lays since could not but remark the real artistic and
.ierly taste display Ell in their construction wind
ing passage through an arb0r neatly tlntchcd with
c,ersrcen- leads The Generals tent in the center Of
A conmO1Ou5 bower, ikeRlse tlatChed. ana having
openings 20 regular intervals Tor the ce ADHESION OF ar
Underneath thick Welding carpet Of green completes
ID, adorpments. which taken together. 10 make Up
quarters confident IN asserhg for rural elegance
aud beauty unequaled within the limits % the Army
OF the Potomac.
since the sAirmsh and capture by the ID Corps Of the
four pieces o. artillery az Deep Bottom on ednCsday
last nothing especially noteworthy has trsnspired IN
that vicinity. Sheridan Is probHDy far his way,
and vii, b. heard from. Those cunycrsant with
the details OF tho movement inaugurated By HnncOcks
corn, are confident that viii attend gallant
raiders and that The country vii hail the results with
entire satisfaction. There are infaliille indications
that the great struggle IN front OF Petersburg, for
which the public have been looking with such intense
ANXIETY will not be long delayed Let the people then,
avail; tue issue with hopeful confidence.
FRIDAY MoESNG. Jsy .9.-"They haze done took
your horses. gcutlemoni al gone but one somebody
stoe EN-, ] rcokonF was The uh"eleome announce
nent made 70 detachment Of the reportorial corps
early dis morning by juvenile Nirgnun. Every one
rprang out Of bed Ia ascertain the truth ~ the state
meat each with faint hope that his might be The re-
the property OF YOUR humble servant; the others are
gone stolen by Of the thieves who uniorunate y
are TO be- found IN every regiment and brigade. The
sufferers In TN, instance FOR similar cases nre not I'M
frequent, are specials Of THE IRBusR, Uorld and
Philadelphia Inquirer who guided by the hoofprints
ondeayOring "a follow the thieves 70 their camp
But they viii not be found except by accident,
for good care will b. taken 90 conceal then
until pursuit has censed when they viii
make thcir appearance unrocognNed by their former
0Wners from the fact that every one VIII be trans
formed into beast bearing but few traces Of hs former
sef and those 40 dimly perccptble as 10 challenge
Identification. Names viii be closely sbayen and inRe
NOUS decOciions IN tho compouuding Of which probes
sona horse steaers re az ta, used to make the AM
nal indeed horse OF another color" There - bare
possibility that they may DO found but if reeoy-
cred, the guilty party by some srowd defense VIII es
the punishment due his crime Tho excuse OF an
amateur horse thief who on beng Indignantly intefr0'
gated by the owner OF the animal ten minutes atei ms
20 how no came into its possession"I see the horse
tied 10 tire. by the roadside and aboard somebody
would steal tin"-docs not do justice TO the proics
sona, who usuay escapes detection. Fec.