Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-06-28
Fcrt Piciens mud Pensacoia--A yi.,,
Both Camps.

Fcrt Pickens mud Pen-aceia--A yi-,,
Both Camps.
We extract a few paragraphs from ale,t..
of Mr.. Russell to the London Tunes. writ,
from Mobile on the 10th of May.
He thus describes Gen Bragg, the rels
commander at Pensacola, and the WORK
under his command
The commander OF the Confederate Stlt..
army at Pensacola Is about fortv>two wear.
Of age, Of spare and powerful frame nj. f..
is dark. and marked with deep lines. B..
mouth large, and squarely ser in determin,l
laws, and his eyes. slgaciOus, penetratiD.
and not by any means unkind,y, look on, +.
YOU from beetle brOws which run strairi.
across and spring into thick tult Of blac.
hair. which Is thIckest over the nose. WIN.
naturally it usually leaves an intcryeuj-
space. His hair is dark, and be wears .1|
regulation whiskers as were the delight
our generals q few year ago His mann
is quick and frank. and bis mile Is f
pleasing and agreeable.
General Brags received me at the t.r
inc -t-fo Wbtih 4ttl 20 tliH NtAttii.+r-tir
after a few earnest and complimentary
conducted me to his Office, where he sras...
the contest in which he was about to r.lr
important part in terms of unaffected
estness. He was satisfied the North u.-.
nothing but sutiuCation. All he wsrt
Wa peace. Slavery was an institution
which he was not responsible but hi. ~
rcr;v was guaranteed To him by Law, .aI
CONSISTED of slaves.
Ir was quite impossible to deny Dis CAN
e,,ncss. sincerity, and zsal rs hs spoke, l-
ono could only wonder nc the difference rr.
bv ID. "stand point from which tho 4...
tion Is reviewed. Gen. Bragg finally. -
we supued took down bis plans and showed
the position Of every gun in his VOL. arg
his 5ltterics lie showed the create. .s.-
mes and lurl cr,cd Optnuess In hIscunu
cations, and was anxious TO point ulctas.r.
| had much greater difficulties % cou-u -.
than General Beaureglrd bad ut Cal..s--
! The inside Of Tickeu= 3 vcIl known t,-
as DE was stationed there the very tt ..
of duty which he had after 3. ..- E..
/ Point. Il was late as ui -ht when ! ra--rr.f
on one Of the General ..r. .rH
navy yard.
d. not think that any number e..
can give 4 good idea Of long Ha- .. l.-
ed I.t-ari,s | went through -beu .
certainly found stronger reasons
.or distrusJirr the cEtTlJrlIu1~v STATE.
which appear ia the American i1---ls
reference To military matters, par-ir.
their own side of the question. lc-.-l-
G. f--
are mostly Ot small clli5re, and thu gun
/ carriages are old and unsound, or new a.
rudely made. There are only five "hs-gr
guns in al the works bat the mortar H-,t.-
les. three in number, of which one is u-
finished, Will prove very damaging, al-l.lg-
they viii only contain nine or ten IL --1I.
Tie batteries are all sandbag and earthwor.
with the exception Of Fort Barrlncls To-
are made after all sorts of ways, and are
very different degrees Of efficiency. In l-
the magazines viii come % speedy d's---
ton in others they are well made.
The embrasures are usually made at
ta-s. covered with raw hide To save &,
cotton bags from the effect of the fire oil. ths-
own guns was amused TO observe TIA
most of thess works had galleries in the rear
generally in connexiOn with the mlEaz-
passages. which the constructors called ''r-.
holes, - AMI which are intended as shelter
the men ut the guns, IN case of shells failing
inside the battery. They may prove o. bar
"a very different result, and are certainly e
50 desirable in a military point Ut view
[ good trayerses.
s rush to the "rat hole viii not De ya-e
dizulteI OF improving u the morale every
tune bomb hlrtlcs over them and assured
/ the dIma-c % the magazines will be- en--
m5u. If the fire from Plcken- Is accurate l-l
well sustained We went along slowly h1
one battery to the other. visited DID. b.
together, not Including Fort Elrunc--. o..
there are three others, am n- which - r
NcB4c.
Perhaps there may bs Sd guns oi al
iu POSITION. i.r about . miles al17- Dr.
extending 49, degrees round Fort Pca-
the average distance being about one t-l
d milo. The mortar batteries ar- vel r--
among 1rusbwo0j, quite out OF view b.
fort Ut distances varying !, 800 TO > 500 ~.r
and Il. m1r,drs arc generally of clll-r>
responding nearly with our tcu-in-L II
Several of the eun-5dtterIeS are Tl- lo g.
/ level ol I'll, beach others have ulrs
maud, and one is particularly well rl4-
close % the White Lighthouse gn d r---
plateau which dominates the sandy s-r.. CO.
runs out Cd Fort VI Rae
Fort Barrancas Is an old Fort Jciey,
+ Spanish c5us-rucuon-a plain cur.ll-.-
toward the sen protected by q dry d.-'h o..
an out work, IN which, however. tA-I- --
I'D guns The work. which Is a simple I.'-
allclocrim, shows l. guns mounted
tH,.te on the sen face. The walls -
BRICK, and the guns are protected by bf
merlJus u sand bags. The >llc alvin-45
the fort Is IN its position 10 almost l9.a-
down into tie clSemItes Of PIckeuS OPP
&C It's weakest point. and il has q fair ,
mand of the sea entrance, iut The guns
.reqt, and there are 0gIg the. pieces NOM
,riiei an 30 much m.sr5ief
The amount of ammunition which ! s.F
did D7- appear to me to be at ali su-i,-
for oae days moderate firing, and many
the shot were roughly east, and mad 1-
1sn--s from the moulds in the sides. very
stTuctive t. the guns as well Is - acc1rs,-
In the rear ~ these batteries among Oh
pine woods and ia deep brush, are tbr-
regular camps, which, 70 the te ut pT
liet. C0dll u0, contain more than . 101 d.
There are, probably, 9 coo in and about
batteries, che navy gard, and the su5ul
and there are. also. am inform d, 500 g.
Pensacola 4. but l doubt exceedingly tbs.
there are as many Us :, 600 men. all tod.
effective strength under the command
Gen Bra-e. Il would b, J mistake O. BE-
spise these irrcgulars.
Mr.. Russell, On applying fJr p-rm's- ID
% visit Fort PicEen-. was tod by Col Brow
that he would gladly permit NE to
over the fort, but that he could not a.'
any one else, under any circumstance VII.
ever. 10 visit it, Ny friends were therst
constrained to remain outside but one
them picked up friend on ,he beach, an
got mp an impromptu ride along the islam
The way from the jetty to the entrance
the fort - the universal deep sand OF ta.-
part of tie world the distance from Oh
landing pllce to the gateway Is no- n.-.
than two hundred yards. There is a h.-
ramp and slacis on the land side. il, Cue
face and part Of the curtain IN which
gate is situated are open, as it was not ..a-
sidered likely that it would ever be attatAe-
by Americans The sharp angle Of the ta'--
ton on tins side ~ 50 weak that men are
now engaged in throwing M an eztempr.
ol,.f- o., eyer tI,a hasa Of tho tvaH and tI."