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FoRTRSW hoERoE, Va,
SATuRpAg, April 10.
wrote you this morning that We were
going to see Gen. Wool, and then going to
Ship Point We did the 6rst and thereby
lost the second. Being introduced By good
friend, Of the Philadelphia Iuquirer--to
whom, BY the way We are Indebted for
many substantial fsvcrs Of this sort-ws
found Gen. Wool In his Office, surrounded
with papers and files Of documents, maps,
surveys, Sc. The veteran soldier, who COM
Pleted bis tiftsih gear Of service on the 18th
Instant was dressed in undre5s coat with
Mslor Generals shoulder straps and had sn
air ofbusiness and system which one could
not expect in 90 old man, were Il not that
half century Of military life and discipline
have made order and dispatch q second ma.
turo with him. His portrait which Is "a
miliar 70 eli, makes It unnecessary to describe
him here. He is old, but vigorous, firm,
but genial. We had delightful visit with
him. BE inquired for OlevelAnders whom
be knew, and related early incidents concern.
ing them and himself. But little was said
during our stay about the war, but as we
we're about leaving, be told US to come back
and sic down moment while he showed us
the starting pOint Of the rebellion. he then
traced It back to the time Of the inquiry in
the Cabinet in 1918, into the conduct Of the
Seminole War BY Gen. Jackson, and the
quarrel which arose from that inquiry be-
tween the General and Calhoun. The few
details which be threw into the outline
sketch which he gave, were very interesting
te Us, who heard them from s man who was
contemporary Of the actors and who per-
sonally knew most Of them.
When We took our leave, the General &C.
eonpanied Us to the steps overlooking bis
well arranged garden. Said he, 81 am glad
to have had this visit I did not feel ike
hard work this morning, and this has been
relaxation after which can work harder and
easier"
In consequence of our lengthy stay at Gen.
WooPa headquarters, we reached the wharf
Just in time to zee the Nelly Baker" There
are many Of oar readers who, with me, will
remember delightful trips from Boston to
Eahant In this same Nelly Baker, in days
gone by, steam away from the dock for the
camps near Yorktown. So we must wait
until tomorrow noon.
Yesterday afternoon We strolled out 70 the
camp of the - regiment, arriving Just
in time for dress parade. That over, We
were invited into Colonel Hsrlan's tent, the
Colonel insisting upon our staying to sup
per. Our host was curiosity. Going to
India in early life Is supercargc for 3 relA.
tive, his mind became FLIED with visionary
Arabian Nights schemes for restoring to the
throne of India one Of the banished Princes
He laid great plans, which were entered into
by the aforesaid Prince, and soon found
himself ct the head Of q think thirty thOu-
sand troops. They were rebels in revolt
against the established authority, and wert
dispersed and defeated. Harlan wished to
get back to a port frcm which he could
either sail for home or live in peace there.
BE disguised himself as 'holy msn," hung
s rosary around his neck, and so tTaversed
the mountains. he blessed those who gave
him food and shelter, and muttered intima-
tons of the displeasurs of Allah against
those who refused It For an hour be gave
rs incidents 'fby food and field, /" and a more
attractive hour scarcely ever spent
he showed Us his aabre, true Damascus
blade, which is a. keen as q razor, as elastic
as a watch spring, and which viii cut
through bone or iron as easily as the de-
scending axe viii sever the limb Of 8 tree.
If we did not leave his tent until o'clock,
It was chargesble alike 70 the entertainment
which be set forth and the "reminiscences
which he gave us.
Do you remember having seen, in your
boyish or girlish days some body, perhaps
that of man who had fallen from house
or ladder, perhaps one that had Just been
dragged from the neighhOring pend or river,
carried home by hour strong men, on a shut
ter And If 90, do you remember the inde-
Unable, horrible dread and fear which came
over you as you saw this, and the awe with
which you gazed upon the lifeless body and
listened to the low words Of those who car
ried It or receivedit2 Itwas feeling never
TO be forgotten, and something Of the Same
old feeling came over me when FIRST saw
the stretchers upon which the wounded and
dead Of the army are carried. But one
soon becomes accustomed to this, and so the
wounded who arrive here daily by boat from
Ship Point receive q passing glance an In
quiry, brief but not unkind, as to the nature
Of the wound and the occasion of it, and
that is all from the crowd that ellis the streets
and Offices. How many Of these wounded
have been received do not know, and
would net tell you If I did.
We were interested this evening in the
firing of heavy shells from the Rip RaPs to-
words and over sewall's BOint The shells
must have been thrown four miles. No reply
was ELECTED.
We have not Jet seen the Merrimao. It is
said that another Of similar build and char.
acter is ready for launching at Richmond.
Itis not improbable.
We are under strict military rule here. No
one can leave the door Of the hotel or walk
the streets after O. slock without the cOun-
4srsien. At the came bour all liohts must