The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-16
City Intelligence.

ing the island from the eastern side you land OPP
posite a building which is used guard room,
for the Commanders Office On the left is the Com
mnudcrs residence. neat red brick house with taste
fully laid cut garden the right Of the guard house
the eastern part of the Island there four build
ings Of similar appearance Of which is the residence
Of Col Talcott Of the Ordnance Department The
naming three buildings used tor ordnance stores
aud two blacksmith shops The grounds which these
buildings stand decorated with ornamental heaps
of cannon balls and shells, and number Of guns
varying in cabre from four TO twenty four pouuiers
smong them we may mention the following seq
coast mortars; % fory-two FOUNDERS (old); . fifty
FOUNDER Columbiads As thirty-t FOUNDERS, old 10
twenty four Founders, new; 10 twentyour FOUNDERS,
old; one hundred FOUNDER Columbiad> ten inch Co
lumbiads about ninety guns captured the
Mexicsns in the late war-among them the following
nine FOUNDER. bearing the inscription. FL Yyracundo
volati fulmna and seventeen inch stone mortar which
were taken at Perote; D eight inch howitzers and
twenty four FOUNDER at Chapultepec eighteen
pounders captured respectively at san Antonio, On
trcras. Churubusco and Vera Cruz. These guns were
manufactured by J. t. Hall, of Dartm 1uth In gland
appears by an inscription them to that effect
There also nine FOUNDERS captured at kesaca de
Ia Palma aud Aiaau two Of them dated As far back
]633. There two brass guns which used by
Major Ringod at palo Alta and at Resaca Dc Ia Palma
and Gontcrcy by Capt kdgely aud al BuenL Vista BY
Capt Bragg
Having 50 far led the reader over the island we viii
conduct him through Fort Columbus This SPLEEN.
did fort is situated very nearly in the Of the
island and is about five hundred and ten feet square
IL contains four buildngstwo stories high with portco
supported by stone pillars The eastern and western
bglldngs used for the officers quarters the
remaining portions for the soldiers Of whom thcr. are
three companies Of the ith artillery. $50 to each
company stationed the island The officers pre-
duty the Island, are-Colone Gardin r. com
mander; Major Williams. I'd in command; Csstsius
81 Getty and Dekussey, and Leutenants Brown, Booth
+ Culverstme. Hudson. and Windcr. The fort il In
mort perfect state Of preservation aud Is defended 10y
$50 guns. The entrance gate is solid strucsure the
arch formed Of brown and ted by thu
United States On either side of thu gate there
ale two 4pounders; on the right angle fourteen -
pounderc and the left. eight 81 Founders anl
- pcunders On the north side Of the fort there
Fix 81 FOUNDERS aud on the south eight - pounder;
the western side the centre Is mounted with eight 50
FOUNDERS; the southwestern angle with eleven 80 poua-
ders aud four paxhan guns and the north
gle with thirteen 80 FOUNDERS and one ParShan The
powder magazine Is situated the northern Of the
fort On the northwe portion Of the island Il
Castle William. need in 1857 completed Ia 1911
IL is solid building. and mounted with tsrHty.sX
s2pouud,rs tw.nty.six 81 poundcrs aud eighteen III
FOUNDERS. ON the southeastern part Of tn. island
H is the south battery, mounted with i've - poua-
ders After viewing the flrts, We next visited thu
X church for the of the soldier. (Rry. Or Nc.
Il Nickry chailain,) the south side of the isinl
and small building. Of no particular school Of
architecture. There j. burying ground attached
In which the mains a many brave Laid Among
the monuments Of interest may n;iou ccd
to the memory ~ the late Col Alexander Cumming 81
IN. United states army who was born in lreliu june
18th 1855 and died in New York January 3l lsi2 and
another to the memory Of Lie shskcfri second
regiment u artillery who died in the city Of Mexico
18th October 1877 Of wound received in the battle
Mono del key which erected by hi brother officers
Near the burying ground there u portion Of ground
which appropriated 10 the Of the soldiers the
raising Of vegetables for their Each company has
it. pls. Near the church. the left Is ts resi-
dcnce Il the surgeon the Doctor De Camp all
odth ilsnd - ~. If :, ~. .,' 90. W ~ -
ar. soma small hon.es ~ III ~ I -
Having noticed .v,rytbir ~ ,at.r cann,c,.i xi,h 10
isl,na ~ ,,,,,s, ~, mi, :, ,nn,,;. 80 ,s 80, :.
t,ptien shown 10 ~ ~ Major Wulia1,s sn5 ~. M, 10
s,rv,ant TAYLOR mi orInanca ssr,,,,nt m hin.o, S
DrsrBucrNr fRE. About two O'Clock. yesterday
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IN hang w "a ne - fapldy ~ ~ s2reai among
vp. =, Hrs',s. 80" i,y = pa..s.y as5.royed- the
$1,000 ~ vhicb "a Dad ~ ,.ai n ~ ,.s