Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-11-28

tlien SINKS away IN ragIds G0rhp
Steps hundreds Of feet below. Oh
every side therefore this ruin. in il,
days OF strength, must have been i'm
pregnahe.
The surface of the ground wi,hl
the walls is now rolling aud uneven,
and covered with vc.dant crop o
graSs.-Thc walls arc broken. rug
ged and crumbing. The vaults be
meath are. however, in Il state ui higl
preservation. and still bear evidcnre,
in their smoky roofs nl The war. 1t
some places the balllerncnls has,
fallen awav for ~many leet. Tim,
has laid his on hand uppn the glin
old slruclure-ium has marked it!
hoary walls for lis own-and oveJ
| the whole fortress there is an air O
desoIalion and decay. B9t IL is ~
tie decay over Swhich we NIGH
mourn. No foreign foe bas ever dis
naniled F wal nAR r.
in its pride, desoialeI ilssIs i've, bu
dcsoIated because there never more
can be need for il in safIabpv land
The only emergency ID winch For
Putnam could now be oi service
would in case Of civil WAT, when the
city OF New York might be IN the
hands OF one party, and *ihe upper
country and valley ct the aMnhawl,
in the hands oftheir antagonists. May
God ever avert that dFsyi
The command Of ibe passes of the
Hudson was moi. however, Lie only
benefit which might lhavebe dcri.
we'd by our forclathers inihe revolu.
lion from this Important post. i
formed point on which they might
retreat in case of disaster a nucleus
around which the defeated army
might once more he ga hered Small
er than fortified camp. it YET an,
swered every purpose q 1hc.Gfort
Putnam was indeed only The centre
of the post. twas the keep Of the
fortress. Half way down the hill Il
paIlisade fence encircled the whole,
and even the plain below was pro
tecied blythe guns Of the battery
above. The whole surrounding coun-
try, contained between the Hudson IN
front, and the chain Of hills in the
rea", would thus be protected from
the enemy. and might havebcen, In u
reverse of Gortuue, the sah nrion o'
the army. The fortified car#p at UIm
IN the campaign of-Auslellllz. had
nearly checked the careerSt Napo.
leon and the line Of fortress along The
frontiers Of F7;anre d stvtlsbeen the
9ulwarl ols sthRl lali. ls ihelfra,,
u..,st,fll in war @ ! .ansAllyf
'li5 POINT id case n adS'eai.
The sun had almost touched the
summit of the green old hills. and the
shadows lay long and sombre upon
the waves beneath, when we turned
our steps once more toward the pla
beneath, and bid farewell to Fort
Putnam. As we pursued our lislIes>
walks along. the day gradually de.
cliued. The evening gun was heard
in the valley beneath, and the roll of
the drum rose family from afar. On
The distant crest of the Highlands
across the Hudson, sunlight fingered
like aparling smile OF summer; while
,oIllary eagle wheeled in airy circles
around the brow of old Gro nest. AT
that instant n horn foalcd up the ri
yer, echoing distinctly among the hills
around. We paused again in rulc
delight. But al length the sT'NCS u
evening warned Us Ia quicken orl
pace, aud in n few minutes VIC stood
again upon the PLAIN. We tnrncd 10
take a last look AT the fort. Dim aud
white it lay. on the western horizon.
crowning the hill behind us bat even
as we booked it becamc shapeleS,
mass of shad NV, and soon faded Ell
lirely from sight.