The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-03
Inside Of Fort Pulaski.

Inside Of Fort Pulaski.
The correspondent of the New York
Times. who visited Fort Pulaski, after its
surrender says he talked with some OF
the groups Of officers and soldiers, while
the transfer of the Fort was taking place,
and found them all, except company OF
Irish and other of Germans, TO be Gcorg-
ians, and vigorously defending their con-
duct, arguing that the atrocious tyrannies
of the Northern politicians, and the cleo
ton of Lincoln as President, were ample
cause for revolt
The garrison sustained no loss Of life,
and only four wounded, one of whom is
expected to die. The surgeon OF the gar
risou was present, and ID the \ an
KEGS in the most intense and sincere, tho
not Intentionally offensive, style.
Col Olmstead is a resident Of Savannah,
aud learn from one OF our officers who
religious habits, and discourses in regard
20 the warlike one who has a motive of
principie in the contest He says that
it seems to the Southernsrs that they are
literally hunted down, while themselves
only contend for their natural rights.
As body, the officers have seen are
men of very gentlemanly manners, but
thoroughly rebellious in their feelings.
The same correspondent states some
other interesting facts obtained from his
visit, as follows:
Lieut. Jackson having offered to show
us through the works, we first visited the
/ casemate against which the fire OF our
| rified guns was directed, and where our
| brooches were finally effected. The scene
! started Us all The walls there were much
thinner than we had supposed, not over
I three or four feet, and the whole side OF
| of the easement was shot away, and the
gun Law covered by the rubbish. From
! here, by fight of winding stone steps,
we ascendad to the ramparts and Lest
Jackson pointed out to US, successfully,
| the different barbctte guns they had used,
and the points of damage from our fire
Each gun was protected by large trayerses
/ of sand and sods, which had proved a
most efficient protection to the gunners.
The ordinance was of different sizes,
! some rifed. some columbiads, some NOR
| tars; one was named JEFF Davis, one
! '.Beauregard" etc. He showed US tSyo
small but elegent rifed guns, the Brad
shaw, believe, which were received from
England by the Fingal, and which we re-
coghjzed as among the nhost effective they
had used One gun Oh the northwest was
named otter Com. Tatnall, and had been
much more effective than the Commodore
himself with his musquito fleet. as it had
silenced the battery on Long Island, in
Gen. Viele's command, which opened fire
on Thursday One shell had torn holes
the traverses, and our riied shot had in
many instances, after passing ever the
walls in front, made sad havoc In the
parapets on the other side.
Our shells, it seemed, had done abso-
lutely no effective damage even the round
shot from the columbiads had not effected
perceptibIc injury Still more strangely,
the PARROT guns had been comparatively
harmless, the work being done almost
entirely by the James projectiles, which
! came whizzing through the air, making a
! noise like the whirl of circular saw at
high speed, and which, from its peculiar
shape and openings, the men had learned
to denominate the wheel hub" This
| testimony is to US Of the greatest value :
and is unanimous on the part Of the Off
GERS and men. 1t proves that the only
really effective artillery we had against tn
fort were our five James cannon; one "a
FOUNDER. two 30 Founders and two AZ
Founders. had nearly forgotten to say
that the mortars we're OF Southern manu-
| facture, having been cast in Savannah, at
|
One of them was dismounted by a shot
from our batteries.
The examination of the walls being over,
our chapeon bid US good night, and retired
to his quarters. We then adjourned to
the rooms of Col Olmstead. not intended,
however, to remain long. But the Col.
was at leasure, and not disposed to regard
the lateness of the hour; near midnight
and as we were awaiting the return Of our
boat (which had gone for more troops) to
take us off, he insisted that we should
spend the intervening time in his room.
Col Olmstead strikes all who comes in
contact with him as man of superior
character He is apparently not over
thirty or thirty FIVE years of age, tall
and we'll shaped with high forehead
calm and reflective countenance, and mild
and gentlemanly manners. In him the
fire eater finds no type. He was dressed
in suit of light cloth, and looked every
way the soldier. Our conversation was
entirely confined to the events of the
siege, and did not take political shape
i We find that the enemy have all the time
cen well informed of our movements
that they have had spies Gas we suspected
on and near the Island good share of the
time; and they often, in the night, heard
the sound of our wagons on the beech
conveying the ordinance and stores.
They had plenty of provisions. but
ammunition for only twelve days defense
Co trary to our supposition, they had KEEP
up communication with their friends jr
Savannah; having received message
thar morning, before daylight, by two
emissaries, and a mail only few day.
since They possess great advantage ir
their knowledge of the country cut up a.
i, it il by inlets, sounds and creeks, and have
paths, which they call the "cow's track,