Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-23
The Fan OF Fort pnln.k,

Especial Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispach.l
SAVANNAH, Saturday, April II, 1861.
The telegraph has informed you of the
surrender of Fort Pulaski, and the conse-
quent state Of excitement you can well im
agine. The evening of Friday passed in
suspense, but no fear was felt that the
gallantry of the garrison had caused the
silence of the enemys guns, whicE had not
been heard since p. NJ. yesterday. l
cannot devote much time to the lombard
ment, as little is known about it here
mere heresHy rumors from one who left the
for: Immediately previous to the surrender
without word from Col. Olmstead, COM
manding the post, and no information OF
the conditions of capitulatien, There is
no question that the fire to which the fort
was subjected was intensely severe. The
wild report of steel-pointed shot is the mer-
est nonsense, and Parrot guns that pierced
n solid wall (well constructed and firm, of
near G feet in thickness) at one shot, is n
Munchansenism too glaring to impose upon
any one.
I can giUe you 6utd faint idea ofMs con-
steFndtiOR tie capture produced. Since the
abandonment of the design by the enemy
to bring in gunboats from Wallis Cut, the
confidence of the citizens became more as
sured, aud :he wisest hoped that the fort,
of Savannah, would be enabled to detafn
the enemy for an indefinite time The
LiOC has been sudden and totally unlocked
for, and equally mnprOUidsd for. The enemy
will not wait long to attack the batteries
about Fort Jackson. Their heduy ships have
entered the riUer GbOue Pulaski, as high as
Venus Point, only seven miles below, and
are in plain pie,r Of the defences of the CTty
Of SaDGnHGh. How long they will be able
to withstand an attack. let Pulaski be your
teacher. We tUW BE driVen from them as
surely as Sce nOt0 accept the fact IF the loss Of
Fort Pulaski.
The city has been in intense excitement
between the bold and rapid advances of
the Federals, and the terribly unnerying
taps upon the shoulder which the Brown
satellites, under Gen. II. II. Jackson, with
out'fOrm of law or authority, intlict. our
citizens (the fe1o 'chO remain) hare been ar
rested on the street, dragged TO camp, shOrn a
tent, and Informed there that their ha6itation
should be. And this has been done by a
parcel of beardless boys, who have been
mustered into the State service.
Cotton has been removed, such as re-
mNined in store here, to the railroad.
Ordinance stores and every variety of
equipment has 6een thrown out and carted
to tho same receptacle for Government
STORES. ocnoOnerS nave been seized, and
some already filed with earth are ready to
be sunk below, in common ,Oih tie hMlis of
Commodore TdtnaH's feet, 1VEich 1ciU nepe.
uentuTe beyond SaUqnnah river. The Fingal.
which now lies near Fort jackson, is also
to be sunk, and the gunboats-one of which
is nearly ready for launching-will, it the
enemy sooner advances, be given to the de-
Vouring flames.
Women are leaving, and property of all
kinds is being sent of, and will soon line
the Central road from Savannah to Macon.
rendering every log home a palace, If rose.
! wood and satin damask can do it.
The anxiety to learn the tate of the gar
rison is intense and general Every home
in Savannah can mourn the sad loss and
long parting which they have to endure,
in addition to the three months of absence
10 which they have been cut off as effectu-
ally as if in California. The garrison
numbers five hundred men, Col. Olmstead
commanding. A large amount of stores
fell with the fort-provisions for at least
three months, ammunition, shot and she'll
of 80 rounds for each gun on the post, not
one-fourth had been expended. Our great
Napoleon is still asleep"