The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-04-26
to their destiny, but did not seem to anticipate

to their destiny, but did not seem to anticipate
| ill-usage
| Every thing was done very quietly. The rebels
| were all directed 10 return inside the fort. and
! await further orders. II was noticeable that our
! men INDUCED in TO t4uut, nor br4gualucip.
/ Though irrcpressihly juLilant when the surrcn-
| der Of the fort was decided upon, and when they
! embarked ON the huat--thuugh sin. ing cod
John Brown" and tho star Npanglr1 Banner
on the passagc- tic pressure ot their mis-
guided, vnnqui>hod, but gallant cpuntrvmcu
awakened sentiments ot ,hvalruus generosity
sud turbcarance.
The scene on entering the fort was one that
1cN,irs description. The l,ht was ample O.
slNUv the outlines ut the structure with the gums
ana tru-Vyrscs uu the walls. the homh-ptIHis.
(whi IA were timlrrs standing ou emit, rll around,
nearly vertical IN position, the top. leaning
against tho wallis forming wuolcu dr.il,, IN
side the lNtk one. aud the dit,h.s ,ut iu tlt
src,, the dlr from which had been thrown up
against the tsnsber,. On ever, side thr wall.
were SCARED H. bonn shells aud Iiilcl shot, aud
the ground torn up in au directions. Mlsso, 81
fallen masonry uad spliBerel tubcrs lay thick
" StIcwn around
We first visited he cascmatc against which
the tire at our riiltd gin- was directed, and
whore our breaches we've finally effected. The
scene startled ~ all. The Nills thcrc were
much thinner Than We hal ,ucpo,cd--no oyer
three or four Ect-uud tho WhAe side Of the
ca,cmtir was shot away. aud the gun lay
covered ~, the rubbish. The priuan,c was IT
different siHrs-sumc riil.d, some rulumhipds
sotnc murtirs one WHs named " Jsh Davis,
one % bpaucgan, Ac. We saw two small
but clc-m' rihci gum.-t IN, bradshaw, hc-
h'N'--wlich were received ttsm England 10y
the lmsd, and which W. recognized a. among
the most elective They had used
our shells, it t~mcl, had donc absolute
y no effective damage even tie round shot
from the columhads had not effected pcrc ptihlc
INJURY. SUI more -irauslN, the Itrrutt
guns hnd hcru comparatively harmless, the
work being done almost entirely by the james
wojvctilc., which ,ouc whiting through the
air, making noise like the Whir of a circular
saw at L,;h -prcl aud which, from, it- pc
culiar ,hnp aul openings, the men had learned
To- dcuuWinitc the " wheel hub THE only
really effective artillery We had against the tort
we're uur IuWu-' guns one 2i-rruulcr two
i2-puuulHs aud two a. Founders
Fort Pulaski stands ON the .itruf Font Grconc
which was washed awuy in lSpi by violent
storm, nul nearly every one IN il persisted Ma
Iur lithcO,k, ct the Engineers BEGAN nuui her
hut Tire work was badly done and was pulled
down. In ls72, Lieut.. Mansfield laid the iuun-
dItiun Of the present work. The construction
Nns dill 'ult, pant 1T the foundation heinz mud
through which piles were driven aud over the
iil', double i,r,llage vt timhcr was laid. I'm
order 10 Ell ,r thrditohcs IT water, u -tcam-punp
was kept IN operation night aud day tor two ~
three year. congress nri;",ting one year to
make the necessary appropriation, the bitches
NIuHl, Htl .,rru uuly cleared again NJ "a Gust vi
stoOnh. The fort is complete work, hrVu-
gonal IN shape, built who'll, Of brick, with ouc
tier 1T gun, iu vlscmd'o. AMI QUO ~ bub.Y, on
each oi the four c,hnu. fronts. The wall. are
seven t,"t thi,h At the bottom and li,cnt the ton
and nru surrounded 10, wet dl,h twenty feet
wide. The gur-c lurAiu. up tlc river h. covered
10y an carthWuIk d,u.-hur. The whole tort