The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-23
NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

VIA BALTIMORE, August ~ 1901.
There Is nothing Of interest proper to communicate
from this point to-day.
General Wool held grand revcw and inspection this
morning He took into his hands every musket belong
ing to the garrison
OUR FORTRESS MONROE CORRESPONDENCE
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, August 90 1851.
Nothing Startling Yes-ProTecx Of a F'ga-Ariuas Of
the Dutch F,Igaas iceland from HolIand-She Gets
aground on Cape Heauy-No Damoge-Recetion By the
Fes-.She Goes 10 Annapos-Lia Of 0Gcers-Ar,ipaI
Of tie Harriet Lane from the Southern Goast-TAe Block
ade inefficient Sorunndh and CharfestonNoice to Dis
charged Soldiers from Col. Allms First Regiment NeO
York Volunteers, &C., &c.
Nothing startling yet TO communicate from this de-
parment though 1t Is easy TO be that there is no
inactivity in the various branches Of the service. The
wheels OF the machinery smoothly that II Is some
what difficult to realize how much labor Is being done
When tho ronforcements expected 1t will but
short time TO complete tho preparations for advanced
movement, and everything needed for success will DO
found with tho column. Even IL General Wool is
not heavily reinforced he expects, there will be
enough mon here to keep tho enemy busy in all
di octions about the fort We shall b, forever iN
W oilcer is at the hclm and If no is poprly sup
p rt,d all will be well in Eastern Virginia.
Tho exre aton operate The Southern coast has in
part, succeeded in getting away. Tho nof war; to-
gehor with large number Of schooners, will leave in
day two the terrible state Of the weather for tho past
week having prevented the fleet getting way
before.
Last night the Dutch steam frgate Iceland carr ng
forty four guns into the Roads anchored below
the Cumberland. She sailed from Vlessingen, Holland
on the 23d Of July last and arrived or tho Capes yestcr
day. and unfo tunatey got aground Cape Henry and
remained there for nearly thrco hours when pilot
nm in oR dam,
aud brought her TO her anchorage in the Roads, This
morning she saiutcd Commodore Strnghams flag
with eight guns, after which tho Cumberland fired
salute OF thirteen guns From the Water battery Of tho
fnrt belched forth national salute Of twenty guns
Finally ID, Minnesota up the Holland flag to the main
and salutcd It with eight guns. Tho Iceland
sails to morrow for Annapolis, whore she will remain for
a week or two.
The obIee. of her visit has not TRANSFERRED The follow
nag is list of tho officers of the ships
Captain, fabn; First Officer Hotzaphel First class,
Parkcrbanm, Brill second, Stern Surgeon, Meyer; AS
minstratoa stissel Engineer, Soil MdshiIanen Messrs
Evans Iaoge, Stokhagen, Gimpel, Wagner, A. Brugen,
Frank dc Brauer, Iuzndcr, Hauer Methucan, ConeA,,
Won Mcneil and others. have full list, but both rs
mo most ccnfoundedy to docpher the Dutch herog yphcs
furnished by Of the officers, and must send it well
as may. The iceland is a splendid specimen of naval
architecture and lid do credit any nation. She is
similar in model to, and nearly large as the Minnesota
The Harriet Lane came in from her cruise TO Savannah
this morning, with all on board well The sea was
heavy on hr passage to and from tho bockading fleet
that 1t was impossible to try her battery OF rncd guns
She visited the ports Of Charleston and Savannah and
found at the former port the gate Roanoke Commodore
Pendcrgrast, and the gnnboat Seminole Tho Roanoke
anchored about twelve miles from the bar, and the
Seminole lay within eight miles, but from the Roanoke II
required good glass to the Charleston light The
blockade Is most inefficient at this port and unless the
Roanoke cruises the bar she might well go into
ordinary, for she is Of no value there Commodore Pom
dcrgrast for Of his prefers TO remain mac
tive instead of rendering the blockade efectaa as 1t
might be- by doing his duty Half Of the time both the
cruisers out Of sight OF land and it just at S
SlSnrn thAE arITr
posed to be LONG blockadng duty They were sixteen
miles from Tybee and nearly out Of sight Of land There
s nothing IN the world to prevent, with a little sharp
work, any vessel that chooses from running in
blockade is farce. The Harriet Iare brought
from the st. Lawrence Midshipman Cotton and
seaman witnesses in the Of the Of the pri
vatser Petrol, sunk by the st. Lawrence weeks
since.
From the trials which Captain Farmer has been able to
have OF his rSed 1t Is evident that the battery
does not fulfil the expectations Of the government The
gurs are old 80 made for tho service in 1885,
and lately re The guns too light for the weight OF
the shot, and the consequence is the gun rccoils very
bores Of the same cabro and the battery not At all
liked by the officers Of the ship However future trials
may change their opinions The Harriet Lane will remain
here now for time
Colonel Allen of the First regiment requests to state
that he is DESTROYS that all the heretofore discharged
from service ih his command to this date who have
left here without properly certified papers will apply by
attorney or otherwise to him giving full name residence
cause OF discharge &c when he Will ut forward to
them the proper documents which will entitle them 10
full pay up to time Of discharge and land warrants &C.
The colonel has now eighteen full discharges In his
hands but for of their addresses he unable to for
ward them to the parties interested. If other papers
would notice this 1t will confer great favor