The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-05

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wfrc a.o butt for the passage Of th'
siajn lincs, where They wcro needed.
A reconnaissance had been mode along
cur whole front on Tuesday afternoon
aud all preparations completed for gen
rsal .ssauh ou "Wednesday morning
Troops wera assigned their position tn'
"a ir pats. The smbulsncc trains wcr,
,harnessed aud ready, standing like lonJ
funeral cottoges uwaiting their msnglet
ftcigh': and just a. tho army was rrcpar
ing itself for the day Of battle. the rcpor
o, tho ~ vttu1iiun came Rnd assured u o
n quiet eu,ry in the city. Such ehnngei
lit "a load even from the sirongcst hearts
The whole cou Try between Ssyahnpi
and the sea is nj, and initrseetcd by In
Vulnerable inlrts. nearly oil Of which ar
naylrsble fr bnsts Of medium class a
lhieh water. No Que of these iuleis wat
llsit unQuarded--ihcse huge sand FORTH
cations overlook them sll. The mair
river was most strongly defended. For
J,ck,nn is q fortress in itself which II
with Fort Loe, For, Tainall, and scysra
cther rssr batteries, aud commended ly
Fort barlow, work of immense sz 4
situated on high grouhd further back from
tho river. s1bo channel was iiiled with
distractions, Vessels we're sunk il plsccs
snd at one point lhe whole river, \ mar.
row channel excepted, wal filled with
h.. w crbs, twenty or thirty feet sq1are
lfllel with psv.uE from, the city streor,
and ,unkl nesr each other 90 10 prrrent
even ,n,ali boats trom passing. There
were also numerous rsfis of log. chsinrd
tuq thcr. Besides an thls, tor2ecocs
were placed in the channel at yoriqus
nIirts. These were ABOUT the ~ ,and
shape OF a brpr ensk, wiill the rn5s
somcwbat rouadfd. Thoy were fijrd
with pow der ard arranged q be exploded
by percussion eSpa. PLACED ut short inter
vils on the ,urrac and communicating
with the charge within. .......
Yet our line steamers htvN frce com.
muuicntion with the city. We captured
three nnrpofts--amoDg the number tho
D ,Hurcg, !, commanded by Frcnchmnn,
whu profrsstd such extraordinary delight
at the enty Of the Yankees, tflirm hg
thsl he had lnng served III ~ br!s against
his will, thnt he vas allowed to rtt,in
commsnd Of his boat, aud run her repu.
larly through tho a.ob. tructions to The
mouth Of the river. Under his direction,
the channel low well known, and will
soon be cleared, f'f'Ht M
ruE CITIZENS tAr INA At oK ~ CLOTHING.
Tho evacuation Of the city was scarcely
in progress before a confused mnss Of
peuple-mcn, somcn aud children, black
Innd whit ioge'hcr---swhrmed around
variety aud clothing stofcs, aud each
indiv'tua! proceeded TO incicnre his or
her personal effects. The scene was hut
the repetition or the great btcud riot in
Richmond, except that the eulry OF our
forces soon broke up the mob, clse would
the entire stock Of the city speedily have
been distributed umorg the Pupuiaos.
cHARAcrERlsrfc PREPARATIONS ron LLAv.
INC,
To destroy life with lorpcdocs seems
to be fovorite method will, tho rebels,
aud all that they had on hand OF this
highly civil'z d instrument Of warfare
were disposed in such places as would be-
most likely t. b. Visited by our men.
They we're concealed in pilce OF forage, !,
aud placed IN the midst OF the abandoned
,torct. In macy cS's they were GOV.
grcJ up IL sweet potato heaps, and ulsO
scattered among the ammunition OF the
forts. But our men, from iho moment Of
frst cncouutering them, we're exceedingly
wu,chlul, and particularly car iul where
they put their feet, aud what articles
they disturbed. Fortunately but few
were injured.
The mngrzne at Fort Jack sou was
G closed aud locked. Our men, however,
were to cautious to iOrrc tho door. nrd
well was IL for all in the vicinity that
they did not for when passage way had
been txcavsted around the door, il was
found that wire had been attached to H.,
leadiug to a hammer 10 arranged as To
strike n percussion cnp, aud explode the
megtxne the moment the door should be
opened. @
Mines were prepared in sew raj OF the
forts, after similar manner, but they
were all discovered Ia time to prevent nc.
cident, while General Sherman COM
pelled the rebel prisoncrs To take up all
lorpedUrs whose position could be dis
covered. a.u11
w '"." ~" az ,, trmp'' uo",y
ossgaagvi W., na"' oh ~''l'vry, pu' nc
gou,u ,sN' ao'u oou''u 'nen w''houe tne
u'mou'''es wn'on 'na o'nef e'ess o' mili'
t1ry "l,leies involved. % 30 tue town was
rsnsaoheu, enu "'l men w 'ot service uY
Oo"'oder"H law were iorced To eeeom'
pany lhs army hany ma themselves so
'n'c'u,ly on 10 uo overlooked IN the
somewhat hutt'"u seofeh' ou' hnmhers
were N. ah''ru'I i. , 'he "ppor'nnuy OF hghllns
,Vr 'h''r fl"" eho'r inc Confederate
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