The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-01


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.s 80 xr~rt-No APprehsnsAoA Of
1870 Attaek-So Rebel Batteries
a.. W~st side BurnlAg Of BAR
uupeISeAt Conduct Of Massachu-
-r.rx rrssps-Two Thousand Soldiers I'm
~~rr4,sn - raise RepOrts-Narrow Es-
r~pe 80 Col. Dimtck-Fagttive Slaves,
So, &c. ,0s,
40 much anxiety seems TO prevail in the NORTH re-
rpccsns Fort Monroe that may b, well TO inform you
s. not the slightest apprehension has been felt at any
1--WE by Colonel Dmick that successful attack couiu 20
ssde againss u, by the State troops Of VirgnA No'
iss LANDING the comparative weakness OF Tue lana
has been materially strengthened w'nh inc iass 10"
weeks and laDors constantly going on, 70 renue
ever two thousand troops are In garrison,
and they are In the Of health and OF spirits fney
IRE well provisioned, and, excepting muk, which they
have been unable 70 obtain since COMMUNICATION was cut
all With Hampton have everything that is needed The
voutesrs from Massachusetts,, behave admirably, and
..p themselves readily to the service. There is daily
uractoe with the large paixhans, constant dr and the
a, ictest ma.nter Of discipline.
tnouires are continually made whether any batteries
have been raised by the State troops the western side
Il the fort This the side nearest the land, on which
mere are no casemates Colonel Dimick declared
bofcre the Of Virginia, that he should regard
uny attempt 70 raise batteries there as an act OF
var and without waiting for instructions from Washing
,on should demolish them forthwith. Not single ap
peuance OF aggression has yet been made however, nor
do believe that any thing Of the kind Ia In prospect
There IA no movement Of guns, mortars or ammunition
pOssbe from the interior and the little steamer which
makes daily passages from Norfolk to Hampton, is so
sloeey watched could scarcely land percussion
cap without being detected The surveillance In every
,s n hrldp
ever the creek, and all communication from without is
carefully excluded although this has been done
more for the purpose OF preventing annoyance
from fugitive slaves, than ~ a measure OF pre-
caution, or to keep out citizens Of Hampton
An Of the barracks and woodwork in the interior Of
Port Monroe have been burned. Carroll Hall, brick
building is the only ediice which has been allowed to
remain officers and soldiers alike quatered In the
casemates The trees whose beauty and shad among
chief attractions OF the interior OF the fortress have,
Of course not been cut down. The sevenyhve acres,
oauded within the vast stronghold, would be blek in
deed, without their presence upon the parade
The widest, and moet absurd rumors, prevail here,
kcmtme 10 tme with regard 70 matt ss in the fortress
smut UP s, constitutes Udolpho Of mysterious,
fearful attractions General Gwynne, commander Of vr
gna for sent flag Of truce, day or two Sin
with request TO be informed whether was true that
Number Of Virginia officers, az had been currently re-
ported, in rous other wise restrained at Fort
Munroe Calhoun He informed that no such
sAccity had been pcrpetrated Again, another deputa
Nm, waited recently, upon Colonel Dmck, from ia mp
sm With . polite demand tina. he would let them know
vhsther the Massachusetts, troops, they had heard
were nsubordinate that he had been compelled to ask
fer more regulars TO put them down and alse
whether be had just hung a from Mi
Gkeek The Colonel assured them that individual hat
been str 1ng up that he of. and that he ha
better conducted troops In his life than thos
whom he bad the honor to command from the Bay State
He added that there not a particle OF abotiousm
among them that they all entertained the utmost respec,
r rights Of the South and indsposed TO attack
a. bot that they had come away from home to defend
ne Union and because, they said, they wished 10
know whether they still had q country"
Colonel Dimjck had narrow escape last Sunday night
from being himself victim TO the close watch Of his
ssn,neis BE had been, boat TO the hghtship sta
toned between Capes Henry and Charles and upon his
return was challenged the water battery. From
ssuse he TO give the word and shot was fred
which narrowly missed him. and severely wounded, in
Me shoulder soldier standing behind him. In an in
sssIs, twenty the spot, and voIey would
have killed. every On board, but FOR the promptude
q anoher man who plunged into the water AMI succeed
% scouanng those the battery who their supposed
enemies were.
underssandes created previous 70 the entire stop
page Of between Hampton and the fort, BY
runaway negroes Not many days ago, dozen or more
escaped over the Mil Creek bridge but we're conducted
hack 10 the Hampton shore by order Of Colonel Dmick
Some of them were not recovered by their owners ou
got or into the woods. The Hamptcnians complaints
bitterly they had not been brought by the troops
Ae suardhouse me Colonel replied that he bad nehe
yeht authority 70 do more than expel them from th
precincts under his command and that there With they
must be content. One weDch managed, however, TO re
main rAree weeks in the fortress, gong about from
kShsa kitchen before the fact u her being slave
vss discovered
DO believe any story to the effect that Fort Monro
IN danger Of being taken Such reports are gotten ~
effect, by enemies Of the government All Is safe
snd theutmost confidence felt in the comm ander him
ssk hY garrison and General Scott who forges nothing
LATER NEWS FROM PENSACOLA.
Norreepond ence Of the Mobile Advertiser
PENSACOLA Aprit I'll, 1851.
Morning OF any importance from the "lnes or forth
ssaons the soldiers toll at and sand
bag Heaven them W the task that the love Of