The New York herald., 1864-04-05

Sesner duchy aud the kingden proper % such basis
IsIs By ths aid of dipionacy."
language In which the JsuynsI = 81. PssDsys has a.
tempted % deny the existence Of that alliance which ve
Ssncs were any needed o. the truth Of our
rhe London Times regrets that Easter has arrived with
ou. any serious aemp: 70 debate the DaDsh Question
the conference exploded, and looks forward 70 oon
tnuanes Of the war until some nsser time comes for
the eontsndiag parties win deen necessary 70 regard
- arbitration.
March, states sha. the has lssn accepted BY
Austria and Prussia, without any settled basis OF nege
asSon beng laid down, and without an srmnsce being
Il s ccially notified from Berlin that the blockade Of
swineRunde announced BY Denmark, has not yet been
carried out
The Town and Fsrtress eR FrsdeRicia.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN
Tredericia (Jutand March 16) correspondsacs Of The
yr.a,o. "a. ,oundsS IN N. bv
enc Of the Danish kings, Frederick ILL., believe, able
and ambitious prince who was swayed BY Constannian
sssons, and fancied could build the srait the
entrance Of the Little Helt great city which might rival
The glores OF the Bosphorus and the Golden Aon and
supersedipg Roeskds and Elsnsur. or oven the more
AOdern Copenhagen, a. seat Of government Tho spot
not unap.y chosen nasmuch q she new town rose
= mainland aepeadsaoiss, inc very point
winter Notwithstanding The thousand and one reasons
future capital seens 70 have fallen On q ungratsui SOIL
20 that Frederieia, like Washington CaPisruhe, the
svenc. u ns Of %onarcSs 70 ashe9
Aer subjects round any given spoas evidence that
crG Dsrn ane nos maze Inc aesoaon Of sne place
relieved, at the present moment, by the thou.
sands Of soldiers struggling through IL silent thorough
made 10 order FrederciA recinear and
sanguhr Hardly two-thirds Of the built over,
msansr on account Of the magnificent breadth Of tho III
paved streets Much OF the space is taken by feldA
Souses have gone out or town and the remaining ones
pinng for air and longing to follow have fallen into
would say that the whole town was built OF snow that
s tenements on the sunny patches are melted away,
ana those 10 the shade nave dwindled down TO mere
muddy heaps to vanish altogether with the rest before
the breath Of the first thaw wind.
A "AAIDEN" ciTy-NsvER TAKEN By THE GER
MANS.
melancholy failure as a city, Fredericia preserves
mpor tance q fortress Here and at Dybbo
prevailing hostile forces IN ls49 and hence they issued
forth triumphant. With all s shabby aud squald ap
Hearance. Fredericia still enjoys the boast OF maiden
city. The tide Of invasion broke against Its bastons
the time Of the first Scnleswg Holsten struggle may
be beaten back again now when once more chcswg and
Hostein are 10 hostile hands, and plurdcr and devasta
sion run riot over the plain OF defenceless Jutland
THE FORTRESS, FoRriFIcATIoNs AND BATTERIES.
have already given some account OF the position OF
was founded at time when town and fortress were
used as one and the same word, and the prince tho
she foundation q mighty stronghold The town is all
out at equilaeral triangle with two Of its sides
arch, row Of bastions presenting an uninterrupted
'front.' armed with, IL s said, no less than two hundred
The length OF each Of the three sides about
tho same the distance the strait TO Strib
four thousand feet, little more than two thirds Of
an Engish mile. On the extreme point. where
she two sides meet AZ an angle, lies what is called
the kaste and Is merely the rough sketch Of citadel
Arsenals and barracks are built there, and there
strong battery close TO the water edge commanding
strait for the rest the citadel merely shspeiess
Of unfinished earthworks, only the western SIDE
little above the 20 called Ostrebro, Eastern pier
good battery pieces sweep
thc grounds along the coast. At different intervals.
you proceed from the citadel towards the bastions crown
ing the city from the northeast TO southwest advantage
taken VI al bends and turnings IN she shore 70 bar the
are o. sar,h With mosss and
with soiuity which ! never saw equalled, and
the cannon mounted on The embrasures are Of what
only ten years ago the heaviest and most efficient de-
scripton So far as the rrst cursory view enabled me
make OUT all the conrivances OF defence have been
concentrated this side OF tho fortress because
II naturally more Vulnerable, and it had very nearly
proved garrison which defended place in
l8l9 the line OF bastious batteries, trenches
dches palisades calculated TO hold the ground Inch
by inch the entrance and within the town up to the
very point the citadel ~hs Danes have this
year conducted intrenched camp along the coast
outside the this eastern sde stretching far
the ede western wood and fanked on the land side
MILITARY LINES AND LAND DEgENCEs
In ls4s the Germans crept along shore from Trede,
upon 3nd occupied Danish ezrceer.pds
or drilling ground, built there their trenches and
drew thor parallels and while bringing the town TO the
greatest straits tnrned also their batteries upon the
Sound aud greatly nerlefed with
the Il to guard against the repetition OF
such operations the Danes posted themselves Egy
along outside the their Old parade ground
relying upon their renched camp both for wardng OF
zoo close an attack upon their ine also for
securing the free navigation Of the sound. On the
northwestern and western sides Fredericia lately relied
for her safety frat 90 the marsny ground which OK
limos firm he m neigh rbrs,t af
the Kodng gate 70 the towns Of Erritso aud Stoustru
shen upon deep line OF ravines intersected by small
aud large swamps, which, from the neighborhood
OF udso all the neck Of the peninsula
little inlet OF RzndsEord, Little strand branch
OF the broad bay OF vslienord.
This outer iue was lost on Tuesday last, wnen the
Austrans stealing In through the less diligently guarded
dslc OF Havrebalegaard aud making general onset
shs whole extent Of the isthmus with overwhelming
forces drove the Danes all the way 70 their inrenched
Ersso and stoustrup ON the west On that
~ have said, their artillery fired few shells from
sIssps nSs1' % and M from % ssndda INTO saiS sa,susd
with their the Austrsns with few Prusssns,
ono 10 hs lion back oa The POSITION nsy
had occupied and only their patrols are TO be seen
then about The GROUNDS Of soustrup and Lrittso
On THE SIDE however, Fredericia as have said has
little 70 from the cnemys attacks. The lands be
tween named villages and the city gate all
no great Importance but which, being damned up
mouth causes nubdation (ororomeiso) defending
like great whole line OF the western basions
TO the north OF this flooded ground the country lies
and HAT, easy field for the practice of the
of the whole line; and where danger might agau arise
ayaust the city the northeast the Danes have,
said provided BY their outwcrk Of the intreuched camp
Notwithstanding ewampy nature Of tue grounds
the west and northwest of the mau baston line the
Germans In lS49, prohtng by the drought OF the
advanced s,ousrup aud s,alcrup reared baitere:
aud constructed parallels 90 within short half mile
nearly all round the place. Fredercia about that
time greatest danger, and then was that the Danes
gathering courage from despair ventured that glor
ous sally which only baled the beseaers in theii
attempts against the town. but inflicted upon them thai
memorable defest OF the 9th Of July which had great
an influence the final issue OF the war.
STRENGTH OF TIE oUTwoRKs.
Although the season Is now calculated 10 give the Ut
most importance the natural deences Of food anc
swamp and although the artillery tho bastons Is OF
far more formidable cslbre than that which lined then
IN 1s4y the Danes show great unwingness 10 ALLOW
their foe chance OF approaching their stronghold
ihof fnr.u audaa