The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-04-11

HOW THE DIFFlCULTY WAS ONERCOME-
FULL DESCRIPTION OF TWELVE BATE
RIES.
Especial Correspondence Of the New York Times.
CHARLESTON, G. S., March 25, 1861.
Your correspondent has been unwilling
to acknowledge that he could be defeated
by the South Carolinians in his efforts to
see the most important of all the fortifca-
tions in the harbor viz: those on Morris
Island. He has tried every expclicnt,
had been promised over and over again
that he should certainly sec them, but in
variably the promise has been revoked
when the appointed time came1 After
the avalanche of crinoline that [ alluded
to in recent letter, Gen. Beauregmd is
sued the most positive orders that no civ
ilians, under any circumstances, should
be permitted to visit either Fort Johnson,
A[oultrie or Morris Notwithstanding
this imperial cdict, the thing has at last
been done, and 1 have TO thank that bhn-
die of charming contradictions, woman
for the modue operanci. 1 was coming out
of Quartermastcr-Gcncral Hatch's office,
On Meeting street, last Saturday after
noon, when met IL very lovely creature
in tears. She had been to Gen. Bcaure-
CARDS headquarters, in Secession Hall,
but he, she said, was no gentleman, and
wasn't an American thus to refuse lady
who had not seen her husband for eight
weeks She had also been to see Gov.
Piclens' headquarters, but could not sec
him. I returned with her TO Mr.. Hatch,
and plead hard, but the Quartcrmaster,
although made of fnc-toned materials,
dared not disobcy the orders Of his supe-
lior in rank. / determined on coup,
and told the lady that if she would come
down to Southern ieAayf at 10 a. m. pre-
ciscly, Sunday morning, that would
have at her disposal safe boat with four
trusty oarsmcn, and we would see if VIC
could not run the gauntlet successfully.
l. am thus minute, because leading mer-
chant here told me only fortnight since
that if she heard Of ney going or attempting
to 90 to ony Of the forts he should notify the
Government that I acas spy" Yet an ex-
traordinary piece of good luck has ena-
blcd me to sec the whole network Of i'm
menscly strong Qualifications, covering
the whole of Camp Gregg, as Morris Is
land, six miles long, is called.
Punctual to the moment, the lady ar
rived, and we sailed down the beautiful
bay with the thermometer at rs deg.
When off Sumter, we stopped to observe
the effect of that accidental on-pur-
pose shot from the columbiad at Ste
vcns' Battery. I observed that q place
full two feet square had been knocked
away, and that a very deep intentation
had been made, which is now partially
filled up. On the samc side there arc two
long rows Of holes on two sides of the
pentagon. facing respectively Forts Nor
ris and James. These also answer as
ventilators; but owing to the imminent
danger of an attack at any moment, the
lower range had been scaled up with
lead, aud the upper one partially so.
thus protecting themselves on this side
but adding to the dangers of a long
siege by shutting out free current OF
pure air. Instead Of sailing direct for
the first battery at Cummings Point,
which threw the shell into Sumter, we
turned our course for Morris Island Creek,
and made for Col. Gregg's private wharf,
about one mile up from the bay. AS We
nearcd the landing, the sentry, a rough
up-country soldier, who, like many of his
companions, has not seen womans face
for over a month, stared my beautiful
companion completely out of counte-
nance. and evidently was so completely
nonplusscd that we might have passed
without any "permlt." gave my card,
and requested him to send at once to Col
Gregg and inform him that the rcpresen-
tativc of the Now York Times had taken
the liberty of visiting the island, and
trusted that he would be permitted to see
the different batteries, and also to escort
a lady who wished to see Lieut.. -, of
the Richland Rifles In fifteen minutes
Col. Gregg himself came riding down,
eyed me pretty sharply, evidently Won
dcred at the tcmerity of the especial" ;"
but, nevertheless, invited me to land, and
also my companion. While she was cs-
corted to her husbands quarters, 1 was
cornfu1ly shown ol1 thc batteries on the