Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-05-01
CONSERVATION at Savannah, Ga.

COnSlelndtlOn al Savannah, Tia.
The Richmond Dispatch has lette
from Savannah, which gives the fol
lowing account of the CONSERVATION
caused in that city by the capture y
Fort Pulaski:
The telegraph has informed you o
the surrender of Fort Pulaski, and the
consequent state of excitement you
can we'll imagine.
/ can give you but faiut idea OF
the CONSERVATION the capture produc.
cd. Since the abandonment of the
design by the enemy to bring in gun
boats from Wallis Cut, the confidence
of the citizens became more assured,
and the wisest hoped that the fort,
which thcrcupon became tho key and
safety Of Savannah, would be enabled
to detain the enemy for an indefinite
time. The blow has been sudden and
totally unlocked for, and unprovidcd
for. The enemy will not wait long
to attack the batteries about Fort
Jackson Their heavy ships have en-
tered the river above Pulaski as high
as Venus Point, only seven miles he
low, and are in plain view of the de-
fences of the city of Savannah. How
long they will be able to withstand an
attack let Pulaski be your teacher.
We will be driven from them as sure
ly as we now accept the fact Of the
loss of Pulaski.
The city has been in intense excite
ment between the bold and rapid adj
vances of the Federals and the ter
ribly unnerving taps upon the shout
der which the Brown satellites, under
Gen. H. X. Jackson, without form of
law or authority. infict. Our citizens
(thc few who remain) have been ar
rested OH the street, dragged to camp,
shown a tent, and Informed that there
their habitation should be. And this
has been done by a parcel Of beard
less boys who have been mustered in
to the State service.
Cotton has been removed, such as
remained in store here, to the railroad.
Ordnance stores and every variety Of
equipments have been thrown out and
carted to the same receptacle for Gov
ernment stores. Schooners have been
seized, and some already filled with
earth are ready to be sunk below, in
common with the bulls of Com. TAFT
nails feet, which will never more ven
turc beyond Savannah river. The
Fingal, which now lies near Fl. Jack
son, is also to be sunk, and the gun
boats-0ne Of which is nearly ready
for iaunching-will, If the enemy
sooner advances, be given to the de-
vouring flames. Women are leaving,
and property of all kinds is being sent
of, and will soon line the Central
road from Savannah to Macon, render
ing every log house palace, If rose.
wood and satin damask can do it.
The anxiety to learn the fate of the
garrison is intense and general. Every
home in Savannah can mourn the sad
loss and long parting which they have
to endure, in addition to the three
months of absence in which they have
been cut off as effectually as if in CAL
ifornia. The garrison number five
hundred men, Col. Olmstead command
ing A large amount of stores fell
with the fort-proy!::ons Cor a. teas.
three months, ammunition, shot, and
shell; of one hundred and thirty
rounds for each gun Oh the post, not
0ne-fourth had been expended.
A correspondent writing from Jones
Island near Fort Pulaski, on the 3Oth,
says that the closing up of the water
approaches to the fort and to Sayan-
nah, was accomplished only by the
hcrculean labors of our troops. No
less than 10000 trees were felled, and
carried 10y the soldiers of the 4sth
New York, distance of two miles, to
the river, and then towcd by night in
scows, five miles to Jones' Island,
where they were used for tramways
over which to wheel the heavy can
non which would otherwise have stuck
in the mud. The garrison of Fort
Pulaski numbered 362 men, among
whom were many Germans. who cx-
pressed great dissatisfaction, accord
ing to descrters. who also say that
the Unionists are beginning to talk
boldly in Savannah, and to rejoice
over Union victories.