New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-23
MAJOR r. EDWARD RAWLINGS.

MI. r. Il. Rawhngs, who was shot ON scouting
az, eljlio.f near ForIefs Monroe, was an occasional
eor,rs,,ontebt Of The COmnercaaI AdotrhseL. Ihe
fIoui letter fron him re eived only tlis Monday
Eor, iag was the Lst lie wrote as e was then about
staire on his volunteered exIed ION. The sentence
fasllng lie postscript 10 d sermon ID it.eh.
Eds. Com. Adv.
Cous,Oopdencs Of the Comm ercsl Advertiser.
On Board STEAhRR ADELAIDE,
July l8, lc6l.
AT haf.past o'clock yesterday afternoon took the
ears over tie Baltimore and Chic Railroad, reaching
RLiuoe about bal-past A. and leaving thar eli ia
steanor AID. lai e at o'eek D. m Old Poilt Com
fut The steamer Adel4iie IL commanded by Capt.
Carrron a "gentiemably uiaiiner"
Seven miles from Baltimore We past Fort MeIIenry,
Which now contains Marshal Kane and the Police Coa-
p.iehiouers Nearly surrounded by water IL becomes
euia,ula stIol gy fortified and prepared against all
Sudden attack. lt is beautifully situted.
We 1000 reach Fort Carroll. About quarter II
mile In ,irrnmie eoce Ia one OF the mOi picturesque
spo on The Potomac River. For the past twelve
years have been prOPosed for it" completion
bot OILY wo gus there, and these merely Ilieed
40 prevent any surprise or sudden attach The loca-
fio Is scuiaoly sda ted for fort and should be im-
pedisiely taken advantage Of by Ihe War Depart
Hent.
Between North Point, which is opposite, end Fort
Carroll ii hing ground, which Il tie great resort
of stoting BalimOeuns. Tie yOtiti0U y fine one,
and the We such that gaze upon t for hour
b. hour without tiring. The wooded bill, the green
fsis and the enootb waters Of the Potomac, prcehi
scene certainly be~itefiuy
Thirty miles from Baltimore we pass Annaposs
ea,elug gliuIse Of the dome Of tie Ca,il apa II.
pl.ee where Gen Butler frs, landed when the old IA
Regiment were uudeI his commanG. Tue trip dowt
me Potomac wa most pie "a ant.
nav here remai b that no hghts are yisibl. f on
Cove Point venty Nj es from Baltimore TO Old POia
Comfort Virginia, with the exception OF at al.
mouth 81 the Potomac River on the Maryland side
de Sc essioiss having extingu he'd tleln u thu
rendering Navigation exceedingly dangerous
kAWLINGS.
81 shall write another letter to-day.
Aston House., NEw-Yokx, July q, 1861.
TIE telegraph has conveyed 70 Ioe the melancholy
SptegeDee Of the death II of my sons. Il is oni,
one of the many mis- which have saiei cd Ia
this war, yet Il is tie cnicf.
Nv ron, Thomas Edward, Of the first "a
rally 10 the dsfsnse Of tie Capital. lie organized
company Of one nunored ia Baltimore the COM
encenent Of this rebellion. He offered rIeir services
10 The Preeideni-tfey were accepted While he was
absen from Baltimore the unfortunate insnITeeiOn Oc-
curred--Ls men Lett him. | driven from BaIti-
more. He wrote me, " shsll Isse another company
for Cassius NJ. Clay" lie did for Daniel K.
b. kles ID igade, ia Philadelphia. Afterward be was
sered by Colonel Young the position Of Major in the
Eentacky Cavalry. lie accet lted the position.
Perhaps may be pafdoned for saying that my poor
500, whose isss I 90 bitterly mourn, was ippalsvs