Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-06-21

corporals and seventy-two prlvates, inde-
pendent of the main guard for the fort
and water battery, and mount with KNAPP
sacks packed, canteens and haversacks on,
undress uniform. -Four guards are put
outside of the moat to allow no one to coz
gregate or look with glasses or make
signs or signals, four sentinels on top OF
the ramparts and parapets, four in front
of the casemates, four about fifty feet out
around the casemates to allow no one to
come near, two and an officer Of the guard
in the first part Of the casemate and two
in the back part with jeff. The same
with Clay. When relief time comes, the
officer of the day relieves the guard in
side the casemates, and keeps the keys
At first the officer Of the guard stayed in
tn c whole twenty four hours without re-
lief, but now four are detailed and reliev-
ed every six hours. The guards are not
allowed to talk 70 JEFF. A casemate to
the right and one to the left and one be-
tween the prisoners is occupied by the
guards when they arc off of post The
rooms are nice and have shade trees in
front of them. No one but Gen. Miles.
Gen. Ord and General Haileek has per-
mission to enter the fort now without
pass from Gen. Miles, who has charge of
the prisoners, and whose duty it is to see
that he is. properly guarded, not even
Major General can pass without pass.
We stepped Howard, Svhoiieli and
others. Persons inside the garrison can
pass III and out, and JEFF and Claws
families arc not allowed to enter. .Iefrs
baggage was one hand trunk, which was
taken care of by the assistant Adiutant
Generai for examination. One of the
men who helped to bring of the trunk,
heard Mrs. Davis say she ''did ut want to
90 south, she had no place 20 20 and moth
Ing 10 on live and would starve. She want
ed TO 90 North She had four children
two girls and two boys One of the boys
is called JEFF. Old jeff is little uneasy
now. The sentry walking on the floor dis
turbs him. He sail to the officer of the
guard Your men at Andersonvillc got bad
treatment. believe they could not eat
the corn bread. 1t did not agIee with
them, give them Diarhoea, &c. !" as if he
only found it out Il short time ago and
was surprised to hear it. lie said it in
such an innocent way. Comment on this
L leave with you about how they were
treated. see some of the boys have
buttons they cut Of of his coat while
asleep.
We have FIVE fifteen inch smooth bore
guns mounted on the ramparts, each of
which throws a round pail Of four hun
dred and thirty to four hundred an thir-
ty-hve pounds as to density of metal.
Ihe LincoIn gun is one. They are now
mounting class of thirteen inch guns.
eleven or twelve OF them The Union
gun is still mounted on the beach outside
of the tort 1t is thirteen inch rife
There are about one hundred aud sixty
guns, mounted on the terraplein or ram
parts, besides about eighteen mortars.-
The water battery consists Of f0rtyiwo
forty two Founders which is outside the
fort, There are being shipped to this
place lot Of old guns from Richmond
and some odd looking ones among them.
Travel between Richmond and the North
Is brisk, every boat is loaded with ladies
and gentlemen going to see friends and
curiosities. They carry to the North all
sorts OF momentocs. The trip from Bal
more here is made in one night, from
here in the day time, thus affording an
opportunity to see the sights along the
river. The fare from Baltimore to Rich
mcnd is 81 or $3.50 10 here abou.
$3.50. The boats are of the first class
and two or three lines running through.
As my letter is already long I will
close
S. l.. McALISTER.