The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-04-29

mail regularly every other day. On the morn
ing Of the surrender, two men came dowr
; with canoe through the swamp AMI brough
letters and newspapers to the fort.
Fort Pulaski is modern. built fort, will
classmates and every necessary protection anC
the guns mounted en- 6ar5eAe were protected
BY traverses of Said bags. This will account
! for the fact that none Of the rebels were kill
cd aud hut few wounded. 1t was only wher
the large breaches were made and the shells
were bursting 10 close proximity to the maga
zine that the rebes thought it was time tc
surrender.
Three hundred and eighty five prisoners
were taken 10 the fort.
Tho prisoners were much better clothed
than the rebels are generally. They say tha,
they had an abundance Of food, and wero sup
piled with everything they needed. A large
number Of the prisoners arc Irishmen. These
lrisbDen were at the South. in want OF work
and enlisted because hey could get no othe,
employment They we're not at all affected
by the surrender, and were not despondont on
account Of the defeat.
CONSERVATION IN SAVANNAH.
The Savannah (Ga.) correspondent Of the
Richmond Dispatch, under date Of April l2ih
says:
The telegraph has informed you of the sur
render of Fort Pulaski, and the consequent
state Of excitement you can well imagine. -
The evening of Friday passed in suspense, but
no fear was felt that the gallantry Of the gar.
rison had caused the silence of the enemy's
guns, which had not been heard since p.
NJ. yesterday. / cannot devote much time to
the bombardment, as little is known about il
here-mere bearsay rumors from one who left
the fort Immediately previous to the surrender
without word from Colonel Olmstead
commanding the post, and no information of
the conditions of capitulation. There is no
question that the fire to which the fort was
subjected was intensely severe. The wild re.
port about steel pointed shot is the merest
nonsense, and Parrott guns that pierced sol
id wall (well constructed and firm, Of near six.
teen feet in thickness,) at one shot, is a Munc-
hausenism too glarng to impose upon any one'
1 eau give you but faint ;laa or tho
sternation the capture produced. Since the
aband onment of the design hy the enemy to
bring in gunboats from Wallis Cut, the conf
desce Of the citizens became more assured,
and the wses hoped that the fort, which
,hercupon became the key and safety Of Sa
vannah, would be able TO detain the enemy
for an ind' finite time. The blow has been
sudden and totally unlocked for. and equally
unprovided for, The enemy will not wait
long to attack the batteries about Fort Jack.
son. Their heavy ships have entered the riv
er above Pulaski, as high as Venus Point, on.
ly seven miles below, and are in plain view OF
the city Of Savannah. How long they vii!
your teacher. We shall te driven from them
as surely as We now accept the fact Of the
loss Of Fort Pulaski.
The city has been in intense excitement be.
tween the bold and rapid advances of the
Fe,'erals and the terrible uunerving taps up.
on the shoulder which the Brown Satellites,
under General II. r. Jackson, without form Of
law or authority, inflct. Our citizens (the
few who remain) have beer arrested on the
street, dragged to camp, shown tent, and in
formed that there their habitatiops should be
And this has been done by parcel Of beard.
less boys, who have been mustered into the
State service. Cotton has been removed, such
as remained in storo here, to the railroad
Ordnance stores ar d every variety Of equip.
ment has been thrown out and carted to the
same receptacle for Government stores
Schooners have been seizad, and some al.
ready filled with earth are ready TO be sunk
below, 10 common with the hulls Of Commo-
dore Tatual's fleet, which will never more
venture beyond Savannah river. The Fingal,
which now lies near Fort Jackson, is also to
be sunk, and the gunboats, one Of which is
nearly ready for launching, will, il the enemy
sooner advances, bo given to the devouring
flames.
Women are leaving, and property Of all
kinds is being sent of, and will soon line the
Central road from Savannah to Macon, rem.
dering every log house palace, if rosewood
and satin damask can do it.
The anxiety to learn the fate Of the garrs
on is intense and general. Every home in
Savannah can mourn the sad loss and long
parting which they have 20 endure, in add.
ton TO the three months Of absence in which
they have been cut off as effectually as if in
California. The garrison number five hun
dred men, Colonel Olmsiead commanding. -
A large amount Of stores fell with the fort
provisions for at least three months, ammuni-
ton, shot and shell; Of one hundred and tbir.
ty rounds for each gun on the post. not one.
fourth had been expended. Our great Napo
leon is still asleep.