The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-09
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row tho famparts. The defenders, driven from Ma,.
woud bc ab resort the lIeries beneath /, $50
pault whcl sro twp loop holes n32 % ap an ssr
hs4e ab0yo or purposes q ventilation. Ia the On
etntr sac staircase lea ilg down to F,ace Of tsta
dsrkJess and - the loot unwary step might plunge yca
40 4 well tho water of which bolts mp from unf.dmy
spricgs AMI OF by drains into the dios
aud Il thence conducted awsy tccm the work FecsS
your way around these pitfalls and meeting II yons srs
ca tle t-on doors C magazine two land theve
oaers the galleries before ysited) you SEQ st last
ei'nmsr q eht, and follow ng s direction, Ead your
serves q the gallery * tho c0unorscap which SURROUNDS
tue enc fftE of the place. Beneath this vadls fsr
stoTes and ammunition, which We did not visit. Tins
would to The anal stand o. the garrison II driven frsa
sae oeo* q sne place. aud .hen iarther ress'ssoe
proved uavag they would not be compelled 20 aur-sndAr
o. be tmo'her like rats in their holes, butesvny sisW
mscnss g che trains communicating With their msga-
.tes cc'd retreat through suoierTaneaa passages 70
portion q what have described was tee result e
Subsequent visit vnder the gucarce of the capan; e.
before tns nrs inspection was complete the Ped Eagng
hAc returned from their Inspection ana joining Csptas
Pesey and tho oheers Of the Iouayes preceded g
his quarters Ihe kcd fag'es furnished rith a
agreeable SURPRISE for confess lave entcr
tared high opinion Of the soldiers which the popula
tou Ct cities furnishes 70 the recruiting service, lndesl
Captain P0seg found a; frs. that he had yerY ndH
material but /. does take long for soldiers
become dissatisfied with the service whom they ard TIA
both their couu arder ana their comrades are ashssl
OF them; ard {" wheo the opportunity was offered r
til seEyes from the service OF the state .
that or the nfeceracy these n 1utas ss declined the
"1er ard wtre comfortably got rid o Their places have
sLce teen partly hed b. better and the captain
now ss,ly proud Of his company A. usual IN Americas
then AID one of them baker, who Is stationed ~
tie NAVY lasd, where his military duties have bees
coDnuted sc that OF supplying the command Sth breaa
Another Of the specials is Jeumy Campbell who has pat
in oreer Old neglected garden in the OF the reoubt
aod goryng 10 the visions OF the salads sbbages pess
and potatoes with which his horticultural sSE WI
suppy the post We rauuot do justice the captaipx
ccoL lot naying ica ned his name but excecat dn
Of his providing resolved fu lstce at the hogi. e
some seven or eight guests including the Zoueye ccsrs
and the feast vas ooncud with the usual accompaaf
nens q anecdote and song, ending with the aarselse,
and that was performed with rafting ecoompaEi meut
by the pet OF the Red Eagles long enfcn dc n rae,
with seven rattles and button from itch to mis- fax
no measures about FIVE feet and half The ra;es
are understood TO be enfblemstc OF the Confederate
states but there is somc dispute whether the buttoa
stsnis for Arkansas or Virginia.
After dinner the Whole party took Fort Brrauca On
whose ten.s pitched IN the ditch. In its general out
line Il does not der greatly from thu redoubt thonA
larger scale hayug no fauking fire except fro tho
epaaemepts OF tho counerscarp IN tn, the flos
fronting e the water being open and pierced for mus
ketry while the guLs twenty-five or thirty IN oil, are
mo1ned on the rauparts The entrance is through the
glacs, ard over drawbridge in tho in front "
communcation Under ground with the old Spanish tort
merely semicircuiar battery of ten o. twelve guns
Barrancasor more fully Fort San Carlos dc Barraacas
occupies the most commanding position Of all the wos
and directly the line Of approach of vessels entering
the bay, but its defensive capabilities are not great.
Az walked the parade ground the Alabama regiment,
consisting q ten strong companies was out for evening
parade After eceing them dismissed We returned -
Warrington and there, in the company of the Iouaysy
forgot the time until after the gates were closed This,
however gave us no concern, as our friends had the
counscrsgn, but when at length OF them acccnpa-
ued s to the gate TO pass In appeared he had only
counsersgn being OF three, and nevertheless the
zouages to relieve guard in the Navy Yard In tho
course Of the night plain that, in the aDguage
Of Tenuyson tsome had bundered,r but it
hardly tie zouaves, for there paro and counter
sign SIGN manual of the Generals aid dc cams
After troting back aud forward for about half hour
the eegeaat Of the guard let us in and were s0oa in
the arms Of Morpheus and the Kate Dale.
How visited the lighthouse battery next morning.
how il manned by the Clayton Guard how II Is built o(
oat sacks ed with sand how the oats growing out
Dypr ncu
bads, how they would knock tho spnters out OF Fort
s nov we .as hadn s time 70 visit Fort % hcese ssw
joined the squadron during the night how took tho
small channel, how rountod Mobile Point at six
O'Clock and got 10 the city at ninethe printers say IL
1t would be prerosterous for to attempt telling.
The Warrington correspondent Of the Pensacola Ossuo
the Alabama regiment has been transferred To tho
Confederate States by General Clemens; Colonel Clayton
has been elected Colonel Williams Lieutenant Colonel
Steadman, Major. man shot at the redoubt tha
night Of the 9th, In attempting pass the seatry with
out the couDtersgn He died afterwards. - Ne
duty The doceasd was a momber Of the cred Eagles
Captain u. L. Posey The steamer Kate Dale arrived at
Warrington the 2sth from Mobile, with large ouaAt
ties OF provisions i've hundred stands OF and two
hundred thousand ball cartridges from Mt Vernon Ar
seDal.
Tho Jacksonville tat) Rpu,lican ,ays:-Cap,ain Ora
rers OF sixty saworth mcn who left thiK
county last saturday, were nearly cnehalf married men
not more than ten dozen have any interest negre
property and the three eutcnans Orderly Sergeant
arc all grandfathers. Each Of them can take OF .
grey squirrels head every pop, in the tops OF forest
Tho Montgomery Adcerisr, of the slst ult. says:--
We understand that vc hundred troops for Florida wiz
arrive at Columbus, Georgia, about the eth. The qusts
from Georgia, consisting OF about DC0, viii rendezvous
at Macon, and tents and equipments BE-
furnished them, will march direct TO Pensacola Two
regiments from Mississippi, in al about 100 men,
nov on thor way to that point They 20 By the way
Mobile, aud thence the country from I,akcly The
Louisiana regiment, consisting Of over 600 men,
prepared to move, and will leave in short taae-
There I,gCO at tho spot which the f'philo
sophie Greeley calls another sebsopol, and where he
saya the 'rebcIon IL TO be crushed out and when the
endorsements on The way and preparing to
reach there, tho whole Eumber viii amount 10 about
6000 or brave ana gallant spirits determined
70 sacrifice their lives necessary Tor the honor and in
dare fqprp oft th9ir