From Stockton's Regiment

IIau's llii.i., Va., üct. 22, 1861. ; Dhau Bbotiied :- As you wil! percuive we are still at I Hal I's Hill; hut we have had our I kaapsaeks paeked every day si nee my last. On Frfday, Oct. ]8th, nt 10 iwiilnck, A. M , io wcre order, d to "fwll n," whjub ue uid in "doublé qu'u-k" time, and after standing (bus nnhilu won; orderoJ by Bngadier(Jonernl Poiior to battallion drill u-nt.il fiirther orders. While on this drill I counted híx Infatitry Regimenté similariv enpriigedj wíth knapsaeks on and roady for a tr.hr-h. Bcsidcs these, j thpre was a Re;i;neiit of Cavalrv, and a Bat ter J ('f Arti-llory consiating of six pieces ready monnted, and waiting rnarching orders, ft was a benrjliful seene to seo so many men marshaled in battle array. marebing and counterma- ching. This was kopt np until iioon, when one after anolher the rrgimetita ' broko ranks " and disappeared to thiir various encampinents. ïhe stonn had blown over and tbe usual quietixie was restored in the camp. In the afternoon the non-commissioned otfioers oi this brigade were put through the art of battuílion drill, anderthë direction andsuperintondenco of General Butterfield. On Saturday ill was qniet, and four rogimonts wcre reviewed and drilled by Gun. Porter, commander of this ' división. The place selected for such ix drill is situated about three quartors of a mile f rom our eneatnprnent, in a largo fiu'd whieh at 5ometime has been cnltivated, but at present has a beautiful erop of wee-ls and bushes. The soil is compk'tely worn ouf, and probably would not produce any other erop so hixnriously. From this dril! gronnd yoi: havo a view oí a large extent of country. You can seo the high 'bluffs on tho othcr side ot the Potomac, dotted nith the tents of the soldiers. In the far ofï distance looms up tho -towcr on the Ga pi tol at Washington. Ia another direotion can be seen the steeples of the public buildings of Alexandria , wbile on every hill, in whatcver direction you turn your eyes, may bo seen the tents of Unele Sains soldiers. The whule country lies liku a panorama befó re you. There is but ono thing tb at blights the prospect. On the opposite side of the road Btandb, Off did stand, achnrch, beantifuüy buried in Daturé'a grove. No property here i too sacred lor the dostföy&r'a hand, qnd this, too, has feit tbe otTüct.s of war. It was once enolosed by a fence, but nothing b;it a few posts are lefc to mark the spot wheré it was. Tho Church itaelf has fared little bettcr. The windows nnd doors are gone ; the pulpit is torn down ; the pews torn up; the pi as tering knocked off; and tlie siding has alo disappoarud. In l;ief, nothing but the frame remains, and most likely thut will soon disappear. A few roda from the church U :i lonely grave, enclo.sed by a rough slat fence. Fastened to the feoce?4s a board, lipon which is inscribed the followingi: -'lluro lies the remain.s of Harriet Osborn. Btrangëra piense do net i ij ure tliis enclosurv." Although hnndreds of n anr.es :ire inscribed opon t'ie cnclosure, as yet none have dared to profano it by the removal of a single slat. On Saturday r.fternoon thisbrigade - fbur regimonts-repaired to their diill gronnd, and aííer drilling awhile under General Bulterfitíla they formcd into line cf tat'.lc, blank cartridges were furnished the men, and then coinmonccd the fiiing by regiment, by oompanies, and by files; and the boys en tere d heiirtily into the fun. On Sunday morning the men were called up at tho hour ot four o'ulock, and ngain got ready for an ad va nee movcment, but the day passed and still wa are hero. "While I have been vviiting this our diill gronnd has been taken possession ol by the Liocoln Cavalry. As far as oevya is concorned about the movements of the anny, I know nothing. J. P. Hall'3 Hrr-n, Va., ) Ocl. 27th, 18C1, f Diíar Uuotiikk: - Once again I write to you írotn tho same oíd place. Nothing of importaneo has happened horcabouts sinue rny last, although wc havo heard oi the defeat of Gen. Stone's comtnand, some thirty rnües abovo hcro. At the same tirne ihat wo heard of this defoat, also come the rumor that Gen. M'Clellan was taken prisoner, whicb caused a proíound sensation of grief in our encampment. The weather hero at present is very cold. On Friduy morning, the 25th inst., the ground was covered vvilh a very heavy frost, the secoud one we havo had, and the only ono that has amODoted toanything. We are having very cold and cutiing winds, ihey piorce us tlirough and tbrough, make is think of Michigan wiuds, and warn us Ihat winter is approaching, ai.d that tenta are not the waimest place in the world to sleep in. For a nuiriber of rnornings we have drilled vvith our overcoats on, and then went at "doublé quick" occaêionally, to keep warm. One night last week a gun was heard to go off at one of tho postsof the sentineis. Ollicors rushed out to see what was up. 'ihey found tbat the alarm bad been occasioncd by tho oarelesepees of the man, who not only arouscd tho camp, but camo very near losing his hand. On benig reli&ved from his })ost he had dropped the butt of his gun on the ground, placed his hand over the muzzle, stooped down, picked up his knapsack i'inl lot it drop, and as itxent down it struck the hammer and caused it to go off. The buüet went through his fingerei, vvoundmg him slightly. Our time is mostly opent in bat talion and brigado drill. The brigade drill is superin'endcd by Gen. Butterfield. On Friday we had ii gfiy old time, marching iitul counter-marcl.ing, inlKng down (lat and gotting up again, and it was Fcmefhing of a Mght to seo four regimonta of irw.ii fulling flat to ground at the sound of n bugle, and jumping up at tho sound of tho same. Somo of ihe boya Buggested that iliis was done so that ;he euemy could have a bettor e'ianee at the mounted offioers. In ono of my letters, in spoaking of the boys from Ann Arbor and vicinitv, itsays Wm. Tierny; there is no suoh persoD here, it should be Wm. For', a belter boy and ú fi er soldier cannot be louni in tho armv. On S turday, the 26tb, a groat display "f soldiers was made here. Over j ten thousand were reviewed by GenM'ClellaD. The day was justthe day for the ocnasion. Tho cold winds of the last few days luid ceased to blow ; the wcather was warm ; clouds veiled the sun from sight. In fact, a bettor day coulcl not have been iound in tho whole year. At 10 o'clock in the forenoon, thrce brigades were dravvü np in line of battle, waiting for Gen. M'Cleb lan to make his appeeranco. His rival on tho ground was announced by the booming of CarlÜse's Battery of Artillery. He and hse stafl rode in front of cach brigade in turn, in front of the artillery, and in front of a regiment of cavalry ; then in turn eaeh brigade marched by bira, in "comir.on time," and once again at "doublé quick;" then was drawn up in line of battle, and went through all tho mnnoouvera ot a battle. We fired by batlalions, by regiments, by companies and by files. We advaneod regimenté towarde the enemy, by ono regiment firing and then opening so that another could advance through it further towards the enemy. We retreated, finng as we did so, and relieving ench other. Everylhing went ofl finely. It was a spirited sight to see ten thousand men drawn up in battlo array, going through the manoeuvers of a batlle, adrancing, retreating, Aids riding in hot haste with commands from their Generáis to the different cornmanding' oiïicers ; the roll of the drum to nolify the officers to command to cease firing; the sonnding of the bn gle at whiuh the hole ten thousand lel! liiit upon the ground as one man; again at the sound they ariso to renew tho conflict ; the smoke from the firing rolling in m tases over the field. I say it is a spleDdJd sight, and ono thut I arn unable to portray. There were a great :i:any visitora here, bolh ladies and gentlemen. The day passed pleasantly away, and we returned to camp at 3 o'clck, P. M. We are vcry busily employed at present, as you wijl see by the following : Company drill from 7 to 8.30, A. M.; Battaliou drill from 10 to 11.30, A. M.; Brigade drill from 2 to 4, P M.; Dress Parade at 5 P. M.j and beaides this there are sundry other duties to be attended to in the course of the day: so you will see that there is bat littlo chance for any of us to getiuto mischief. To-day seems more like Suriday thau any that I have passed since I left homeI have just come from church. Tho camp has been unusually quiet. We sent off a picket guard this morning wbicb will be on duty till Tuesday. The slow muffled beating1 of a drum is now heard. The regiment next to us is carrying the remains of ono of its soldiers to his last rosting place. Last Sundaythe saine obsequies were paid to ou e in this regiment. The weather has changed since yestcrday, and we are again having it cold and blustoring. You need not look for another letter from me as long as we stay iu this camp.