The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-08-28

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/ full uniform Of gray, accompanied by another
officer similarly uniformed. Behind them came
u two Scrgeants, then two Corporas, and a squad
4 of rriyatcs all marching by two's, and un-
Y armed.
Midway between our battery and the fort
Y were the Chimucys Of house which The rebels
\ had burned down when preparing for the de-
\ Tense. There the rebels halted and waved
\ their flag The Aid handed his flag to me,with
. an order 10 90 out 10 them with it. lie fol-
I lowed close behind, with the Lieutenant of our
\ battery aud an Aid Of Gen. Parke's
When we reached the rebels our officers
4 bowed claboratcly, and the greeting was re-
4 turned with similar formality.
q am Capt Guion, said the bearer of the
rebel flag, and / come from Col. Moses J.
/ White with request for suspension of hos
tilties."
" For what purpose is this asked, sir2" said
the Aid.
d" To confer in regard to the surrender of the
fort and IFS garrison, sir" responded Capt,
Guion.
1T will be necessary to refer the matter to
Gen. Parkewh is in command, sir" responded
our leader" l will send for him Mt once"
. viii go for him myself" said Gen. Parke's
Aid. Il know where he is, and can have him
here in n few minutes
While lie was gone our officers and the rebels
exchanged n few commonplace sentences in
stifiy- polite tones.
The Aid soon returned with Gen. Parke and
some other officers. Capt. Guon repeated his
message TO him. and Gen. Parke agreed TO the
armistice, but said that he would have 10 con
suit with Gen. burnside and the commander of
the fleet outside rs 10 the surrender. An inter
| view was finally arranged for the next morning
| between Col. White and Gems. Burnside and
! Parke and the Commodore of the fleet Every
4 body again bowed formally aud returned TO
4 his places.
With us it was ali iubiIation and excite
meut We gathered in groups and discussed
l the matter until our prudent officers, who
4 would take no chances on the rebels changing
4 their minds during the night. set MS TO work
! getting up "A supply of ammunition for another
i days bomhardmcpt. and putting the guns IN
I the best shape for such contingency. Then,
I thoroughly wuaricd we washed of the CRIME
V Of powder and sand, ate a hearty supper and
rolled up in our blankets for sound sleep
Y the first really quiet night we had known for
7 more Than month. The silence that followed
4 the intense turmoil seemed almost unearthly.
I and ] found % harder to acCusiom myself 10 II
I than to The awful laundering.
We stood o. our guns 20 daybTeak, ready to
I begin % the rebels would have 1t so. but no
shot came from them and full daylight showed
4 parties of them collected outside the fort,
Watching us curiogsly. Officers passed aud ro-
passed hat nothing significant occurred until
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garrison march out of the ssllyV0rt stack arms
u tae 0rru ground aud stand at parade rest.
Bg request rf our officers we rcfrHincd from
cheering. The rchei filE still iloatrd dnfautly
from thr tali lgasfaH. Tho 9Th Il. l.. which
was ou duty in The rfe-n.ts, formed iu line,
and were presented by Gen hGrustc with
their C.'Cr- which had only arrived from
Providence tbc night before. They uuiurled
these Or the bright sunlight Gems Burnside
and Iarsc placed themselves no the head Uf
tie battalion and tuo liHe % march WAS takcn
up Tor the iort. The rebel garrison marched
Nark inside. leaving their arms stacked, and
tHc 9Th y. ]. mounted guard on the walls
HE people 90 Beaufort and Morchead City
were gathered on the housc-tops ard the docks,
vessel, % various kinds feckcd the tranquil
surface or the harbGr. and ia the ocean outside
rode our feet with their flags dying and their
crews nj quarters.
ALIol Whites 0rler squad Of rebel soldiers
l0osgucd the haiiiards and tbc rebel flag came
autter.ug down. Four Rhode Island boys stood
ready with the star SpauElcd banner. which
they sent up with q will aHl as IL reached tho
top Il streamgd out proudly in the bright April
sunshine. Then wc checTcd until the very
-kies re-echoed, the guns Of the feet thnndrrcd
out q National salute, and the steam whistles
% The Transports SEQ mp wild sefeechiHe.
A iittle later the ith i. }. came marching mp
The beach. with their splendid band ~ { he head
playing patriotic airs as they never were played
before, and ti3ia was the signal FOR renewed
cheering Everybody seemed 70 feel that he
could not get enough OF cheering and the
slightest thing was enough 70 start tie hurrah
ing afresh. Inside the fort everybody was
shaking hands and cougratuating, and tears OF
JOY stood ia many eyes.
We looked around curiou5ly Tor the effects Of
our firing. Evidences of It's deadly accuracy
were plentiful in ali directions Seventeen Of
the u guns bearing upon rs had been dis
mounted, some Of their carriages had been
wrecked, some Of The guns themselves lad been
crushed by our SHELLS. The giacis looked like
q pIoved field The walls were pitted aud
Scared, and parts Ol them knocked into heaps
VI brick aud mortar Holes five aud six fcot
deep had been dug by The exploding shells. 1t
a.c not seem possible that auy Of the defenders
could have escaped injury, yet only eight men
bad begH killed. s0.ae Of these were torn into
fragments. The prisoners seemed glad that
they had gotten Oh 10 we'll. and felt that they
had reason foT the feeling. The Parrot rifles
had bored their way through untii their bolts
ucrc striking close to the magazine, which con-
tglHed 21.Go1 pounds Of powder. II they had
exploded this there would uOt have been man
lctt alige ~ tell ,iln tale
by ttic terms Ui the surrender the garrison
was 70 lie released Immediately on parole
not 10 serve until properly exchanged,
aud the prisoners were safleTcd in tho center
oi the fsrl bus.ly engaged in packing up their
personal property 4 little later they were all
taken across tho Sound to Beaufort. which was
Tic home Of two Df the companies. The rest
belonged near Wilmington.
This glorious victory finishes the work we
were sent 10 North Carolina t0 do. IL MCtlul-
iaus spiendid army of lie Potomac is CORE
apau@iHgiy rs successful AS sc have been, Rich
aout wall soon be ia our hands. the wicked re-
hellioH crushed, the war over, aud ! viii be at
home. ] nope that before you receive this you
VIII arf the news of the iual triumph OF the
80uGg Napoleon forces over the rebel army IN
fIsUisi hlu aud The capture Of the arch traitor
JcG Davis, Hlih all bis criminal accompiices
Goo rIsHt that il may Dc %.
Your aAgctlSnaic son, TEAcY.
To W. coutiHuedJ
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