The national Republican., 1861-11-07
FORTRESS MONROE.

FORTRESS MONROE.
A correspondent of the Baltimore American
gives the following interesting items Of news
from Fortress Monroe and vicinity
Scenes within and without the Fort.
Although the great neetis not here, the whole
waters surrounding the fort are filled with yes.
sells, some landing supplies and ordnance
stores, while others are taking on beard can
non for New York and Boston harbors. New
buildings arc being erected for the storage Of
quartermasters' stores, and barracks for the
horses, while n large number Of small riv r
steamers and tug. boats are moving about In the
| harbGr, communicating with the feet and the
various camps, and towing vessels.
| The interior of the fortress Is also an at.
tractive scene. Several regiments are en-
camped on the green, In addition to the regu.
lars Of the fortress, and the whole day Is spent
| in drilling and in evolutions with the guns.
About noon, some sixty shell and round shot
| were fred from the heavy columbiads on tho
| sea side of the fortress, and 1t was beautiful
| sight to witness the course OF the proJecuies
| AS they skinned and bounded over the wide
expanse OF water.
NewportNewspoint
Your correspondent left the fortress on Mon.
day morning on n visit to Newport News, and
| had an opportunity in company with Surgeon
| Tyler, of General WoOrs staff, to make cir.
| cult Of the entrenohments, which are Of the
covering not less than twenty acres, is strongly
| eutrenched, with not less than twenty heavy
oolumbiads mounted, and ready for immediate
service. On the land side the whole extent of
the enoampment is strongly fortified, and heavy
| batteries command the mouth of the James
| river. Throughout the encannpments the me q
are preparing for winter, and are building com.
| Portable little board houses. with glass windows,
| shingled roC Is, and in some cases were observ
ed neat curtains at the windows, looped up
| with all the taste Of the upholsterer.
| The Rebel Encampment.
From NewpOrt.Newspoint a ane view Is OBJ.
tanned of the batteries and enoampments on
Sewall's Point and Craney Island, at the mouth
ofths harbor Of Norfolk. The Confederate flag
could be seen flying over them Ia various direc.
tions, and at Sewa's Point, with the aid of
glass, the men could be seen working In the in.
| trenchmenis.
| The frigates Congress and Caledonia are ly-
ing off the mouth Of James river. and directly
/ opposite Sewall's Point, which, with the frown-
ing embellishments at Newport, combine to
| seal up most effectualy all communication by
hills across James river the rebel snoampmens
| are also visible, but there is believed now to
be no intention to attack the encampment at
| Newport.
i The wanton destruction of the beautiful vii.
i lage of Hampton by order of General Magruder
is said to have been u drunken froc on his
part, and is strongly condemned rs an unnc.
cessary act Of vandalism.
Mot0 Contrabands.
Four different gangs of contrabands were
picked up in boats to-day by the feet, most Of
them able bodied men making their way from
Secessia. They numbered, in all, about sixty,
and joined the two thousand already collected
at Fortress Monroe, with every demonstration
of joy and gladness. Those 1T the fortress are
} all hard at work, and have been comfortably
4 clothed by the Government. They are allowed
IS per month for the men, and 81 for the
women, and are well fed, but are charged for
/, their clothing.
Tho party who arrived to day report a.gon
eral withdrawal of troops from all points con.
tiguous 10 the fortress. Where they have he en-
sent, the negroes could not say, but they repre-.
; sent great suffering and sickness from the cold
; we ther and the poor supply of clothing, food
and tents. They gave as their reason for running
away, that their masters had deserted thom.
t and that they could not obtain food except by
fnraging. whilst they were harshiy treated by
, the soldiers.
One lot OF thirty four came down the Kappa.
, hammock in boats, and the balance were prin.
cipally from the neighborhood of Sewall's Point
down for the fleet. They were sent by Com.
modore Godsborsugh to General Wool, who
passed them over 10 the quartermaster for on
rollment, clothing ard employment.
Short Of Paper
The Norfolk Day Book of Monday Is printed
. on brown wrapping paper. 1t is the only paper
published in Norfolk, and says, Ms bad MS the
paper IL, 1t has not enough Of it to print more
than one fourth of its edition. on. 1t has hopes,
however, OF being able to get supply of white
, paper in few weeks.
The following items appeared in the Day
, Book, of Monday:
Rumored Resignation Of Beauregard.
i A rumOr existed In Norfolk, on Sunday, that
Gen. Beaursgard had resigned, but does not
credit it. A dispatch from Richmond also says
that similar rumor exists there, and for sew
eral days the question has been asked on the
street. but the reporter Is unable to say whe ther
there is any truth in it or not, but gives 1t as
a current rumor Of the day.
T General WISE
General Wise is still confined to his room, but
he is convalescent, and receives large mum,
Der of visitors. Thu Wise legion will be with
: drawn from Western Virginia, and another force
sent to replace it, but its future destination is
unknown. Breckinridge wants TO take II with
8 it's fighting commander to Kentucky, but Wise
thinks the enemy have serious designs on
North Carolina, and prefers to go there. Who're
t ever he goes the enemy will meet a "Ceur de
Lion"
A Severe Storm.
Avery severe storm Of wind and rain accom-.
panied with thunder and lightning, began on
Friday night last and continued until Saturday
at noon. The wind blew most terrhcally
sweeping down trees, fences, &C., In its course,
and II they werc within reach of 1t, must have
had most serious effect on the fleet which
lately sailed from Old Point. We learn that
, the various camps rear the city suffered very
, | severely. The flies were torn off and scattered
:. and at one time 1t was thought every tent would
be blown down.
Putting Dead Yankees to New Use.
We have recently seen some candles which
we were told had been made from tallow and
fat fried from lead Yankees who had been
slain in several of the battles which have taken
place between them and the S'utherners. We
don't know whether our informant was joking
or not, but certai it is, the candles look near
enough, and stink bad enough, to have ema-
mated from such source.
GENERAL HUNTER, who succeeds Genera
Fremont, is about sixty years of age and grad