The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-09-04


have written so much relative to his road
in the Milwaukee SENTINEL, should pay
full fare the whole way. 1t is strange
and unusual sight in this ago of trickery
aud smartness," to meet one who bold
ly and defantly fronts and pays his way
through the world.
Detroit is, like most large cities, rival
ing yours in the virtues aud vices to
which mankind in common is heir to. 1t
has three good daily newspapers 10 puri-
fy its moral and political atmosphere
the Free Press, (deln.) edited by II. N.
WALKER; the Advertiser, (rep.) JosErH
WARREN, editor; and the Eveniag I'riJ-
une, conducted by ii. BARNES. will
not institute comparison between these
gentlemen, lest may unintentionally
daub that which would desire TO paint.
Fort Wayne, where are now stationed
about eight hundred recruits, is three
miles from tho City Hall, on the right
bank Of, and overlooking, the Detroit riv-
er. There are no arms nor munitions of
war in il now, save those in the hands of
the recruits and worn out six FOUNDER
mounted on an old field carriage, which
serves to fire salutes and occasionally
startle the neighborhood. There is little
dissimilarity between it and Fashioned
fort or field redoubt, only that il possess
es ro-entering angles, and is of polygonal
form. 1t is not open in the rear, being
intended TO resist an attack on all sides.
In these military times, your readers will,
/ trust, pardon me for partly explaining
to them the component parts and torms
by which designated in work like this.
Inside the fort are the barracks, SOL
id structure of brick and iron, capable Of
affording quarters for two thousand sol
diers. The roof and chimneys only are
visible from the outside, the parapet ami
outer mound of the fort intervening. The
magazine is about fifty feet from the bar
racks, is composed of rough-hewn stone,
with wall soven feet thick, (t is said,)
the outer door being iron. Anticipating,
some day or other, an attack from the
river or Canada shore, (which is less than
a mile from it on the Southern or oppo-
site side,) the Superintendent had the
magazine out into, and raised to the level
Of the 6anquette. Plates of sheet iron
could securely mantle it against explosives
in case of war.
The component parts Of all works, or
entrenchmehts, are the parapet, which is
the mass of earth thrown up 10 cover the
troops; and the ditch, from which the
earth is taken to form the parapet.
That part of the parapet toward the en-
cmy is called the exterior slope; it re-
ceives generally, as in this work, the same
slope the earth takes when thrown up;
the top of the parapet is called the Supe-
rior slope; the part which the occupants
lean against when firing is the interior
slope. The 6anq'tette is the part on which
the mon stand 10 fire over the parapet ;
the top of the Janqaehe is called the
tread, and the inclined plane TO the rear
is named the slope Of the 5anquettc. The
crest is term given to those points where
a salient angle is formed, and the foot is
the term applied to where ro-entering
angle is formed. The BERN is the space
between the parapet and ditch, intended
prevent the earth from giving way; the
scarp is the slope of the ditch next the
parapet; the opposite side is called the
counterscarp. Outside the fort, and
fronting the river, is what seems 10 be a
curtain, from behind which the enemy
could be much annoyed It was, perhaps
intended for the firing Of hot-shot, as the
furnace is Immediately in rear of it. The
furnace, however, could be easily got
rid Of, as it is very much exposed to the
fire Of the enemy. The main and outer
works are connected by two large entran-
COS, or " sally-ports," which are guarded
by two heavy doors. The angular parts
towards the enemy are called salients,
those towards the occupants the re enter
ings. BY this hanked arrangement The
.enemy's flank is reached by the fire of the
retired parts when he is entering on the
| salients. Guns in salients are said 10 b.
ain barbette," that is, they are intended
to fire over the top of the parapet. These