Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-05-08

he did not doubt but that an exchange of wound ed prisoners would be agreed to, but that our army had been so well supplied with ambulan- ces and assistants during the recent hghf, that nearly all our wounded had been recovered by ourselves. Those that they had taken, he sad, had principally been sent to St. Louis, Paducah or Cincinnati, to be better cared for Lieut.. Harris then took his leave.
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 Siege of Fort Pulaski-Details of the Bombardment-A Yankee Account-In-
 oidents.
 The cores pondent of the New ork Herald, writing from Port Royal, South Carolina, on the llth instant, gives long account Of the slege of Fort Pulaski from which we extract the fol lowing.
 On the morning of the 10th instant the pre- parations for the bombardneiit of the fort were completed under the direction of Brigadier~ General Gilmore, and flag of truce was then sent to Col Olmstead, the rebel commander, with demand for unconditional surrender.
 Col Olmstead replied to this message in a courteous note, intimating that he was placed there |" to defend, not to surrender the fort
 On the receipt of this note, at 7:52 a. m. ot the 10th, General Gilmore immediately opened fire upon the fort from the batteries on Iybee Island. After Q few rounds had been fired from all our batteries, which had been rapidly brought into action chance shot carried away the hil- lizards of the flagstaff in the fort and the rebel flag fell. At this moment our fire sIackened, our officers thinking that the white flag might make its appearance instead of the Confederate bunting: but there was no surrender yet. The flag was replaced, floating from a temporary flag staff erected on the parapet
 Our batteries on Tybee island then recon
 I.l. z = 4l ol,. ,,I. .i1.l .I +ha bombardment continued without cessation du- ring the remainder of the day. Toward night, Gen. Gilmore ordered sackening of the fire, having become convinced, from the effects of his Parrott guns of the practicability of breach> ing the walls. Arrangements were immediately made for planting more guns in the batteries on Goat island, the point nearest the fort, the dis tance being but sixteen hundred and eighty five yards. From sunset to midnight there was no firing; after midnight an occasional shot was fired until daylight appeared.
 On the morning of.the lth, two small breach es were visible in the southeast face of the fort, and by noon, under the heavy and well-direct~ ed freof the Goat island batteries, these breach es assumed wonderful proportions. | At ?: lS F. m. on the llth, after sus- tained and terrible fire from our batteries (du- ring the continuance of which over one thou sand shells fell within the fort and seven breach> es were made in the walls), a white flag was displayed from Pulaski. Gen. Gilmore sent a boat to the fort and received the unconditional surrender of the garrison.
 Col Olmstead declared that it was impossi- ble to hold out any longer, as our rifle shots were fast working their way into t~eir maga> zines, and number of his guns had been disa- bled. He was therefore compelled to comply with Gen. Gilmore'5 demand. Accordingly, on the same night, the 7h Connecticut regiment, Col Terry, was thrown into the fort, and the munitions of war, provisions, etc., were turned over to the credit of the union. The union loss was one killed and three slightly wounded The rebels had five wounded. Amputation was nee essary in all the cases, and was performed m- mediately.
 INCIDENTS OF THE SIEGE.
 The bombardment was most effective from the batteries on Goat island. These were mounted with ParrOtt and James guns and on the second day their rapid and heavy fire made two large breaches in the fort. One of them, says our informant, was twelve or fifteen feet wide, and |" large enough to drive double team through" the other was eight or ten feet in width, and the debylS from the fort filled the moat with bricks and mortar, so that after the surrender our men had no difficulty in walking across the moat on the piles of rubbish
 It was supposed that the union forces had succeeded in cutting off all communication be- tween the fort and the city of Savannah, but the rebel officers say that they received a mail reg uIarly every other day. On the morning of the qrrender two men came down with 8 canoe hough the swamp, and brought letters and heNpapers to the fort.
 FoA Pulaski is modern-built fort, with case mates ad every necessary protectOn and the guns mo@ted en 6arbette were protected by traverses ol and bags. This will account for the fact that h,pe of the rebels were killed, and | put le" "ouhoet It was only when the large DreacheS were ma@ and the shells were burst ing m close proximity to the magazine, that the rebels thought 1t Wa time to surrender.
 One of the officers of tht Mcclellan says that our batteries on Tybee islah1 were erected in the rear of the woods and Sense cbanarral. and were completely finished be:,re the woods were cleared away. They at once oeened on the 1 fort, and their extent and size were a snrnrise to the rebels.
 When our men entered the fort they nade search for the rebel flag, but could find no traQe of it. It had been destroyed before the white erag was raised The magazine of the fort was abundantly supplied with ammunition, and the force had food enough to enable them to stand a siege of twenty days.
 THE PRISONERS.
 Three hundred and eighty-fve prisoners were taken in the fort. Of these the Mcclellan brought one hundred and six under the charge of twenty five soldiers. There were no officers among the prisoners, and they were landed at Governors island and sent to Fort William at nine o'clock this morning The remaining prisoners were put on board the steamer Ben Deford and arrived at Hilton head at the same time with the Mcclellan. It was uncertain whether the Ben Deford would sail for the North, but if she does not, the Cahawba will bring the prisoners.
 The prisoners were much better clothed than the rebels are generally. They say that they had abundance of food, and were supplied with everything they needed. A large number of the prisoners are Irshmen. Two of them were recognized by the chief engineer of the McCle Ian as coal-passers once in his employ. These Irishmen were at the South in want of work, and enlisted because they could get no other employment. They were not at all affected by the surrender, and were not Respondent on ace count of the defeat.
 On the passage to this port the prisoners Were