Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-08
The Interior of Fort sumter.
An Elglishman writes home the following &c
punt OF a recent visit % Fort sumter:

An Elglishman writes home the following &c
count Of a recent visit 10 Fort Sumter:
Charleston will hereafter rank in history -
one OF the finest military cities IN the world and
will furr Ish Lesson OF defense heretofore un-
known. On the morning OF my arrival went
promenading AZ leisure over that portion of the
town which was the scene Of the late fire. but the
bursting of hundred pound shell in the market
soon serted 70 hasten ny pace The BOYS are
always on the lookout for these uuceremonious
visitors which they sel for old iron When Sir
Christopher Wren designed ST Mehael's Church
he little :hought il would play SO conspicuous a
part ia tie war. The steepe j. one hundred and
seventy slx aud half feet high. and from it
hight car be seen the country far and wide, in
Guiding gll the Yankee operations on Morris Is
land, even 10 the reading OF the buttons on the
officers Uniforms | waited upon Gen Beaure
gard the iOther day. and vas received with the
greatest courtesy, and procured his order 10 pass
anywhere within the Notifications
Being anxious to see the great monument Of
sieges. Fort Sumter, ! made preparation for a
night VISIT We went in boats. the night being
too brgh: FOR steamers, and carried one thousand
bags OF sand with ~. each weighing ~Ome fifty
pounds When within twelve hundred yards OF
Sumter. the Yankees opened FIRE on the fort, and
sure enoUgh thought were discovered and
expected every moment our boat would be the
mark for she next shot Everything was still a.
death be- ween the intervals of firing Every
man OF uss seemed 10 hold his breath and all
ewes werd bent upon the Yankee batteries, which
could Just be seen above the surface OF the water
Our oagsmen were OF course rowing with all
possible SPEED. felt as | never felt before-if
not in ibid avs OF death, at least face to face
with the enemy placed ms hand on my neck
AMI 5uttOued my coat close u the collar deter
mining. i our boat sank aud my head kept It's
place | would swim TO the fort A. quick a.
lightning ghe officer in command cried Fort
Land add in few minutes were within the
tort, and phce there. You are sale
- was introduced % Captain Mitchell, COM
maading in the absence Of Major Elliott, and
found has enc Young gentlemanly fellow; aud
81 zeal, !rsvery, sound judgment and artillery
mae ice l3e is considered not 70 be surpassed
The Captain, accompanied 10y the chief engineer,
took me through the tort admired the vari-
Gus chambers ana rabbit runs and was ptrtcu-
lafly struck with the order and regularity of the
place The soldiers berths wereneat and clean.
the walls :whitewashed. and the whole well ven
tiiated, ani the arrangements are so complete
that all the men can be concentrated on any
given point ia a moment The fori i well sup
piled with provisions piles upon piles OF them in
case OF accident: distractions on every hand,
ant instr. ment- that will distribute any amount
o. grape ali canister when required
The Captain inferno me THAI he WAS quite
ready Tor Fhatever mi4ht happen; the fort, lac
said, was sarriSouel Dy men from South Carroll
NJ. and a Drawer SET al fellows never stood to
their guns. While We were king on the ram
parts, ! asked the not unreasonable ques ton
Are the Yankees good sh0tsi' and WIS informed
they unquestionahly sefe. bat nobody need get
hit unless lie liked Some few DAYS ago young
fellow, 'larkng' with the Yankees. exposei him
sell unnecessarily. when a tall came and took
his head elem off Another uuluckv fellow
negrO-wop'd sleep on the parade ground, and
10 m Ike all secure he got under cover of an
iron ci~tern, but she'll came aud killed him "