From Stockton's Regiment

IJall's HiLli, Va , ) Dec. llth, 1861. $ DliAR BliOTIlEIt : On Friday morning. Dec. 6tli, furnislied with i pass signed by the Orderly Sergeant ; by Lieut. Swan acting Captain of Company A; by Col. Stockton, Colonel of the Regiment; and by the Adjutant of Gni. Uutterfiuld, I started for the city of Washington. The pass was in the foilowing worda : " Sergeant Jared Pond has permission lo be absoi.t from camp froni 6 o'clock A. M. to G o'elook this P. Al., for the purpoaa of visiting Washington, to purchasc necessary clothing and transaet other business. II is tent is in good order, hisapparol and aceoutrements clean, and hy bas not been in arrest during the lMOIltll." This pnss (dated and signcd of course) was to takc me aciois the Potomac, and into tlie city of Washington; and when there all of -'Unele Sain's" offieers wore to respect t and let me go up and down the streets ut my leisure. I left camp at 7 o'clock, A. M., and took a short cut aeross the country for Georgetown, striking the Potoinac at the Acqueduct, on whicb I crossed into Georgetown. - There is a scntinel stationed at each end of the Acqueduct, whose business it is to examine passes and let no one pass without one. Ilcre, for the first time, mino was examincd, found all &ght, and I was perwitted to pasa out of Virginia into the Di trio-t of Columbia. Reaching Georgetown, t took an om' nibus and soon found uiyself riding down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capítol building. On being set down I made my way for this building. Having but a linie time to stay, and Congress not bting h seesion, I saw but little. I went through the rotunda and into the gnllery of the Senate Hall. in both of which wc;re to be sceu plenty of soldiers and but few civilian. The vaults under tqe Capítol is now used for a bakery. and there hundreds of teams may be daily 8een loading bread, to be taken to the soldiers on this and the other side of the Potoniac. After a few momonts spent looking around, I made my way once more to the Avenue, but I had not procecded far before I met a squad of soldiers, the officer of which commandcd me to " halt,'' and I " halted." when hè demanded if I had a " 2"ss ?" I pulled it out and passed it to him ; and after examining it he passed it baak, with the remark "all riglit," and I passed on to 9th Street, up which I went to the place of business of Goodridge. I found him well. After a short time spent here, in company with hiin I viiited the Patent Office. Time would not permit but a hasty glanee j thro'igh one room, when we went to the Post. Office, where we parted. A part of this building they havo nppropnated to ' supplies for the army ; and here you may sce the mail carrier going ofiF with letters ter the soldiers, and teams loading with supplies. From here L made my way again to Pennsylvania Avenue. While standing on the corner of the Avenue and 4 ! Street, the Hou. Mr. Gkakokr came along Ho invited me to bis rootn, which is aituated on 4J Street, a few ; doors from the Avenue. After spending a few iiiomeiits there I made my way to the Avenue, took a Hack and started for home, via. Georgetown. On reaching Georgetown the Ilnek wíir stopped by a i squad of soldiera and my pass was I mandi'd, fout.d all righf, and l was ', n ittcd to pass. On reaching the . duet, again mv pass was demanded, and again on lbo Virginia side, where they also search soldiers to cec if they have any liquor about thoin. I now made tracks for ElallVj Ilill, which I reached at 7 o'clock, P. M. Washington is soinething of a City, but it is too far from Ann Arbor to ever amount to a great su ui On Sunday, this whole regiment was detailed to do picket guard duty. At 8 I o'cloek, Ai M., wo took up our line of marot) for our linos. The day was picas ' ant It was warm as sumtucr. The sun ghonc beautifully, it was just the day for a luarch, a day that made one feel good. Company A went on guard at camp ou Saturday morning, oame off on Sunday morning, and after twenty-four hours duty, immcdiatelv formed under the com mand of Lieut. Swan, who, by the way, is jnst the man to go out on such an exp diton with, and took thcir position on tho riglit of tho regiment, ready for a 1 seven milc march, orer a rongh country, forty eiglit liours duty, and a fight ïf nece.sary. Tlic regiment w.b ur.der the coimnaud of Major Welob. On our wsy we passud by the camp of the Michigan Fourth.and I.saw and liad a ïhort conversa (ion with (Lipt. Bandolpb. lic had juut returned from Aun Arbor, and I was glad tó hear so directly from home. At 10.J o'elock, A. M., we reaohed our destination, and Compatiy A took up ita headquartera in uu old log house, siiuated on the pikc a few milos from Fall's Ciiurch, from which position we had a splendid view of tbe surrounding country. From theso quarters our relief was stationed and dcployed. The guard8 are tationed along the liue by twos, and the posta are but a short distunce apart. They have small sheds built uf rails standing uprigbt against the limbs of trees, or built of bushes, which protect them from the storm, and from whieh they can sce from station to station, aud towards the enemy's line It is their business to let no one pass tliein into the enemy's country, and to let no oiie approach ncar them from the enera,) '4 country. If tliey see any one skulkiug around, their oraers are to shoot them The firt night out a few guns were fired from our pickets, at imag'niary objeets, I presume, as some of tbe tiniid ones imagine that every object thcy see is a rebel. The night passed away wi'hout ny serious alarm, although signal lights weri scen in plenty of places in the enemy's country. On Monday afternoou e reccived iuformation that the pickets of the divisiou South of us had bt:en driven in, and that a number of rrginieuts had been sent out for their support. Mon day night pjiused quietly, and nothing happenud more scrious iban the shootiiig of a hog by one of the mm of our regiment. At 11 o'clock, Tuesday morning, we were relieved. and starled for home, whieh we reached late iu the afternoou, in good spirits. This morning the regiment was cnlled ín from drill by a dispatch irom Gen. Butterfield Our eantoeusare fiüed with water, and our haversacks with provisions, and we are expecting marehing orders overy minute, What is up I oan not say, but probably the pickets have again been driven in. The weather, which Had been for the last week as warm ai.d fine as a Michigan suminer, has changed ; aud to-dav the wind blows a perfect gale, accompanied occasioiiully with ;ain ; and it s growing cold. J. P. (O'"Col. Inxes' rejïiment ofFilsileers lefe M irahull on Tuesday last 'or Kentucky. Michigan is paying Ken tucky ihe debí si e h:is nwod sime the gflllant spiits of that State carne so nobly to tha resonó in the war of 1812. CF" Fort Waynebelow Detroit, i now garrieóned Jy 100 regular cavalry, of Com; unies 13 und F, 'J hird Regiment, onder the enrmnand (if Caiit. GiBns. It i.s uiKferstood tbat the Fort is to be put on a war fboting, gnns móúoted, mBguioes fiiled, walls treijgihened, etc. L'fL" On the Hecond day of the nefioq of Congress Mr. Holmas, oí Indiana, iniroduced a resolución reaih'nning the declaration f the Crittenden resol utiúQ of the extra leosion that tha war was to be prosecuted to sustain the Government and put down the rebelüon, and for no other purpose, not evon to destroy fclavery. We give the spirit and not the words. Tnis resolution naa tubled by a decisivo vote, but we are happy to see that Hun. B. F. Graxger, of this district voted NO on the motion to tab'e. Messrs. J3kaman nnd Tkowbridge vo'.ed aye, urid Mr. Kellogo was absent Xt'ST MtSire Wade, Chandler, and Johnson, of Tenneueee, have been appointed by the President of the Senato a comir.ittee to invest'gate the genera! conduct of the war, nnd especially, we snppose, the disaterint Buü fiun and Ball's Blufl. An n.propriute committee, two thirds oí it baving aided in the retreat at Buil Run. 111 I L3T The EleVentn regiment Michigan Infantry- Col. May jeft White Pigeon on Tuesday of last weuk for Kentuckv, and now fornn a part of Gen. Boell's división. It 11 probably get a taste of active service soon. yfmim ui OFS" Capt. Gordon Granger, ot the legul.ir cavalry service, has been appointed Colonul of the Socond Micliiigan Cavalry, snd has assuinecl the command. He is reputed rno of the best cacalry offiecrs in the flerrice. (3F Congress het yet done little or noihing but discus the plavety que9 tiori. It evidently thinks the constitution an ' old l'ogy" instrument, and that tho n-.uion and white mtn have no rights that it is bonnd to recpect. After tho holidays we hope work will begin. L3T"The Secretary of War asks an apropriation of 8710.000 for putting our cnast defenses in order from the lakes to San Franciico. C3P The fortifications around Washington are forty in number, extend thirtyfive miles, and mount 300 guns. 11 - 11 Z3 W H' Johnson, a privato in one of the New York regiment?, convictod on a charge of attempting to desert to the enemy, was shot on Friday la-t, ncar Fairfax Scniinary, by order of Gen, McClellan. It ït tho first military execution which lias taken place.