Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-14
8 COwIes 3 Co., PubIIshers.


The Welonel4 lA AsAAAN ~ ~
Tie correspondent Of the ohisagO Tri.
buSS writes thus Of the appearance sad
dsfenSss Of IslaRd No. Ten after lie sur
render: 5o
With the situation Of island No. Ten ell
Of your readers are by this time we'll 90
quainted. Il comprises about seven hun
dred acres Of most fertile soil About two
thirds Of it is very heavily timbered with
cotton woods, elms, and naples, some Of
the trees being Of immense siEe The head
Of the island, which makes 3 very blunt
angle around which the current rushes
with terrific rapidity, has bean cleared for
distance Of Eve OF six hundred feet back
from the river. About the centre Of the
Island e farm Of two hundred and afty
cores, devoted mostly to corn. A large
peach and apple orchard stretches from the
centre 70 the foot Of the Island, St present
In fall blossom, and forming q beautiful
contrast with the emeral tintg Of tree and
heritage. There Is but one house upon the
island q neat white cottage, with few
negro huts grouped about. The entire
banks Of the island, excepting directly 81
The point, are high snd bold, and only
soalsbls BY earthern stairs, which have
been cut in two or three places. They are
rapidly Washing away and the trees fall.
ing over into the river. Although upon
the island but few hours, Witnessed no
less than ten heavy land slides. At the
present rate, in q short time the entire
island, like many Of its numerical prede-
osssOrs, must entirely disappear, and the
locality Of this all.impoTtsnt siege In real
ity live only in history.
FHR BATTERIEs.
The batteries upon the island are four in
number, and all located upon the right
bank. They are ell built Of sand bags,
piled up closely and heavily, with earth
slopes and vide, deep bitches. Upon the
left shore 9 plat Of ground had been laid
out for thFee-gun battery, but apparently
abandoned ss imprseticRble. The first
battery Is located upon the head, about
Fifty feet in the rear Of the bank. Il
mounts six guns ct present, four thirty
tWos, and two sixty-fours, and q splendid
twenty four pocnd rife. Il originally
seven guns, but on the 18th ult,
one Of them, thirty-tWo pound rifle, car
rying 9 one hundred and tWenty-eikht
pound ooniosl shell, and named Lady Polk,
exploded The huge fragments are still
lying about the battery, and the shattered
carriage stiIl retains its original position.
1t is the exact mate Of the Lady Polk which
exploded ct Oolenbus, and after the fate
Of its nsmesske its title Of Lady Belmont
was changed 70 its present one. It Is
curious eOincidenes that it should have met
8 similsf fsss
The second battery is only a few rods
beleFeths fret, constructed IN q similar
crescent in shape and mounts
three 82-pounders and 24-pound riffs Two
thirty-tWos which have never been mount.
a, lie ct the entrance. The thigd battery
d located at the center Of th6 hight bank,
snd mounts I've guns, fWo tWenty-fouT
pound rife, two thirty-tWosi and one sixty.
four. A twenty pound rife in this
battery burst during the firing upon the
CaFondelet the night she ran the blockade. !
Only one man was injured by the explO- !
sion, according to the rebel accounts. The |
same night q tree was blown down and fell |
into this battery, killing 3 lieutenant and |
sergeant The fourth battery is fully |
quarter Of 9 mile below the last mentioned,
4AA 10 II HAN NllaaA AAN4nL4 NAAaA = Ia 70 I
mentioned. Two "a pound rifles are in |
position, and another Of the same ehsraO-
ter not yet mounted. The battery in real
ity was never used or even finished. The
loose character Of the earth works, the sand
bags streWn about, the bsrreWs, spades and !
picks lying around, and the fresh tracks in
the mud, indicate that The rebels were D.
work upon it yesterday.
Attached to all the batteries ere CAGE
mates, consisting merely Of heles dug into !
the ground, rooted with fence rails and
heavy earthWork, into which ct every fash 1
from our m0rtars the rebels could rush and
conceal themselves from eur shells. The |
bank also is burroWed with holes Of sim
liar character, 10 afford protection for their
piekets who were stationed up5n the nsr-
row margin Of shore at the imminent ribk
Of being buried under the superintendent
mass Of earth 70 Fering above them. There
were but two or three magazines upon the
island containing few zinc tanks Of uhs
usually fne powder in linen cartridges,
and small store Of conical shells, thirty
tWo and sixty-four pound solid shot, grape
and canister, in all, perhaps thirty rounds
70 each gun, which accounts for the spph-
rent disinelination Of the island rebels 10
fire upon us. The floating battery mount
ing nine nine-inoh Dshlgreens formerly
laid under the guns Of the third battery,
bat sfler the severe punishment it EeoeiFi
ed week since, it was set adrift and sub.
sequently sunk by our gunboBts below
Out Of the whole number OF guns only three
we're spiked and these but partially.