The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

Miscellaneous.
now TO ASCERTAIN WHERE GRANT rs MINING.
A friend furnishes us the following plan by
which the underground operations of Ulysses can
he at any time ascerained. He says - ~
"Driye an iron gun-rod into the grouua rear
where it is supposed mine is being made till it
is firm in the ground Take 1t between the teeth
and close the lips tight around the rod; then
close both ears with the torehngers and listen.
You can hear great distance under ground in
this way"
THE DEFENsBs OF MOBILE.
Fort Morgan, distant thirty miles below the
city, commands the main channel from the Gulf
TO Mobile bay. II is situated on Mobile Poiut,
towards Pensacola, and on the mainland. Cap
tain Richard l.. Page, G. S. Navy-temporarily
BTigadier-General in our army-is In command.
He is an admirable officer, The fort is bomb.
proof, Casemated with stone, and well supplied
with food, heavy artillery, and munitions Of war.
The Charlottesville Chronicle, which has q very
interesting article on the subject, states that It
was planned by the celebraed Engineer Barnard,
Aid'de. Camp TO Napoleon, and after the restora-
tion Secretary Of War
Fort Powell which was blown up by MS, was
constructed by Lieutenant William Lewellyn
Powell, Of Alexandria, who died while in con-
maDd ofthe post. The distractions between the
point which the Yankee fleet have already
reached, are regarded by many as impossible, for
reasons not prudent TO publish.
We shall hope tor the best until other news
reaches us. In the meanwhile, we await its receipt
W
feel that it's final defense will the boodiest and
most heroic OF the war The treachery or imbe-
cility of Anderson will make Spartaus of every
one OF its defenders, from Dabney Maury to the
humblest drummer boy.
now GENERAL HOOD ADDS TO HIS ARMY.
Not content with ordering to the front all the
able bodied men detailed in the Commissary,
Qugrtermaster, Ordnance, and other Departments
OF Atlanta, General Hood and Staff visited all
the hospitals in search OF what the soldiers termed
"Iats, ana the result of his strict inspection was
q return of fifteen hundred men to the army of
the West.
AN INQUEST.
As we anticipated, the Yankees are holding a
grand inquest, in the form of Court of Inquiry,
! Of which MSjQr-General Hancock is President,
over the collapsed mine, by which Petersburg
was TO have been taken. This court is 20 deter.
mine who shall be the sacrlfciai victim. Mean.
time, It would seem that the illustrous Grant was
not the protector of this mining device, but one
| Colonel Peasants, whose idea II was. Grant was
| only the sponsor
| fleasss.iirs was ciyil and mining engineer he
! lore the war, ind commanded a regiment COM
| posed, In the main, of coal miners from Pepnsyl
| vanaa-that is men specially trained for the sue
| cessful execution of such work, and thu
| feature OF the failure most discouTaging II
he non.combaant North, and not withou
| influence on their hired foreign-bom soldiery
We predict that Burnside win prove TO b'
| the delinquent. He Is condemned in ad
vance, evidently. The finger of the press point
with sure indication at him. He has been TO
| a long time as fond of chattering IN public as
risky mogpie, and in this way laid bare 20 tn
popular gaze the actual shailOwness and spuriou
character Of his brain. He will in a short spae
Of time take his place on the shelf with McClel
Ian, the two Porters, Buell., Stone, Shields, ant
OtheTs-the one whose removal from command
however will do us the most good.