The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-21
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AND THE euLy FoRrs-THB A kkKF 0asERyA
TsRY-As INcIDHxT.
SAVANNAH. March ia. 1863.
One Of the nsost enjoyable episbAes of q
rambling life Is 8 visit TO Savannah. And nm
Ill one has SCENTS magnificent works ihteri.
srly and on the water COURSES, no idea can be
conceived of their admirable cEaracietin an
that relates to perfect engineering, stupeRdofls
size, strength and adaptbility to the purpose
fer which they have been constructed, The
ablest minds In the confederacy have been
engaged upon them the patriotic plantsrs Of
the State have furnished the hands necessary
t. their censtrnction, and there they starid TO-
day proud monument of the will of people
deter mined to held their beloved city to- the
uttsrmsst extremity n
The difficulty Of defending Savannah sea
ward, owing to its peculiar locatioi, u lot
A. great ~ that encountered at Charleston
Hence the same smsuRt Of labor was not re-
quirsi to add to its impreguability; but in
the rear, in whateverldirectipn the visitot ma y
turn, there looms up in beautiful propositions
hiunphs ofthe art Of the Engineer no where
sxssllsd On the Continent The amount or la
Dor thus bestowed has been immense bst the
Tssllt-a second Gibraltar. II is q sad sight.
however, to sec the grand old mdss-hung oaks,
which were won't I'd adorn the suburbs and
shade it's broad avenues ana pIanratIunss riUw
despoiled Of their fair proportions and lying a
sacrifce npon the ruthless altar of war. The
growth of century has thus been swalIoweI
lpsin the wreck Of day.
/ have had the pleasure of looking into Port
Royal and Fort Pulaski At the former place
nothing OF note save the Yankee Observatory
was visible, but on the latter are to be dis
tinctly seen the mon walking on the parRpets
the cannon covered with tarpauins, and various
other objects; while around the Fort are oh
ssrvable the constantly changing feet Of Yam
kse vessels. coming and going on their rsspec
tive erranls. Among them. .oneIow and then
may perceive an iron-clad, but on the present
occasion my occulars were not thus grasitied
From the position occupied, could Also dis
tinctly see the tents Of the ehemyi on Whining
ton Island. tat least as they Beemkd) but they
probably belong to picket station, and can
not be rega ded as an Indication Of the pres.
ence of the AboIitonists in any strength
On Saturday night. a singular disappearance
took place by which we lost guard boat five
men, and an excellent young officer, named
Francis B. Beville, a masters mate In the Con-
federate navy. 1t seems that at eleven o'clock
the boat proceeded as usual towards the pick
ct station, but when, three hours later q sci
cond guard boat went down To relieve the
first nothing was 10 be seen of young Beville
br his crew. Nor did any evidence exist OF
their fate. The supposition is either that the
little command was captured, or that the
crew, availing themselves of tho rtHnity,
deserted to the enemy. first oyefP lowering and
perhaps killing Bevile The latter WAS the
adopted son of the lamented Col. BArtov, and
fought gallantly in the first battle nf MapasI
sas, where he was badly wounded The worst
fears are entertained as to his fate. III
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