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SAVANNAH DAILY HEKALD. VOL. 1-NO. 87.: The Savannah Daily Herald OIORNiNG AND EVENING) IS PUBLISHED BY .... 13. W. «fc CO., Ac U 1 Bay Street, Sevehhsh, Gbotoia. rtnU: -.r* ; v Per Copy ....il.r.r. vf;'-.'.flYe Cents. . Per Hundred.... .....»»w.y. 3 53 60. Per tear w . ,-.,«*«•.510 00. A.pyjßTißt va: Two Dollar*- pee Square of Ten- Lines for first in sertion ; Qne Dollar for each subsequent one. Ad vertisements inserted in the morning, will, If desired, appear in the evening without extra charge. 4o» PRINTING every style, neatly and promptly done. SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE) " RIGHT OF SEARCH. Among the most nice and complicated questions which will Arise After the war be tween England snd The United States, is the exercise ©f the Sight of Search as connected with the Suppression of Iffd Slave Trade. Ijt wili be recollected by our readersthat while there has always been perfect agreement be tween-the two governments as tothepoliey and humanUybfauppressiug the siave trade, there has always, existed a. difference in re lation to the mean3 proposed by England for Us suppression. She insisted on the Bight of Search; to be reciprocally exercised. This■ has always been resisted by our government. Jt Way the subject Jof A-delicate negotiation between Mr. Webster and Lord Asbburtou during Mr. Fillmore’s administration. The negotiation resulted-in a sort of compromise, the treaty or convention providing that an equal number of sloops-of-war should consti tute a species of coast guard for the suppres sion of the illegal traffic in slaves. It was reluctantly that the United States consented to this arrangement. They knew bow un popular any concession of the Bight of Search or even of Visitation must be received by the people: It was in great part the' abuse of the Right of Search that led to the war of 18'2.: It would seem almost impossi ble to entjust a discretionary authority with “an inferior officer of the British nary to enter an American ship and examine her papers, so susceptible of abuse is the exercise of any such authority. ‘ We entertain little doubt that negotiations between the two governments will be revived at the conclusion of the war. There is no part of British policy so popular in England and so persistiugly pursued as the suppres sion of the Slave Trade, so abhorrent Uit to English sentiments of humanity. The aliment by which it is now principally fed, is slavery in the island of Cuba, audit might be rea sonably concluded that a uew stimulus would be given to the traffic now that slavery grown sugar being greatly curtailed, if not .discontinued in Louisiana and Texasythe pro fits of the sugar-grower in' Cuba will be greatly increased, and the motives to en courage the traffic being strengthened, in creased vigilance will be required for its sup pression.- - - • . ~ What new arrangement will be proposed by England, by co-operative effort, for the purpose, it is impossible to say, but we can not believe that the Right of Search, however modified, will be one of the means for its suppression. The people of the United States having recently come out Qf a war which has added greatly to their mari time strength, will be extremely jealous of any concussion like. the.. Right of Search even for African slave traders, , so suscepti ble of abuse. While there is perfect agree ment as to the end to be attained there is likely to be great difference as to the tneans of effecting it. It is one of these diplomatic ' puzzles that is destined to rebuke tue saga city .pf : ,statcsmen.. ■■■■ ■ ■■■ ■»■■■—■ ■ ■■■■«■ 1.111 ■ A Pestilence and Vioilascb Committee Predicted in NkW York.—A New jFork correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette Writes: To come down a moment to this city, I am almost inclined to put two predictions on records ... . - - | First, that we shall have a pestilence this summer. - - - - - *• ;/] Second, that, we shall have a Vigilance Committee. Milder remedy than tbe latter I do not be lieve in; aud should there be such a Com mittee,'its first necessary act will be to hang Mr. Francis Ignatius Artaxerxes Boole,. City Inspector ancl Head of the Street Depart ment, to a lamp-post in front of the secesli newspaper office where he has his headquar ters. Seriously and soberly, this city cannot endure Boole much longer, without dreadful consequences. The streets have disappeared in.fiUh, and pestilence is as certain ass the laws of nature, if. they are permitted to con tihue in present condition tul warm weather. You maywalk.T did yesterday through miles upon miics of streets on the east or west side either, and for miles you shall not get one breath of air with which you do not inhale inevitable pestileiiee into your-lungs. By no means wholly in the worst and poorest streets is this the case, but in many streets well built and respectably Inhabited, so that the Wonder increases that these awful horrors should cause no protest or effort. Accumu lated piles of garbage, lying for months un -touched, reach here and there half way to the second story windows, and men are al lowed by corporation ordinances to construct bins on the sidewalks for the reception and retention of this concrete rottenness. - -r- . v.v ■> y- - p - Congress diu nothing to rebuild, the Smith sonian Institute* The hole will be boarded over and wait. - : v-- SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1865. TBS UNION SOCIETY. 115 th Annual Meeting. The President’* Report, Election of Of ficers, Ac. (BOOBTBD BOETU BaTEHHAH DAILY U&ALD.] - The 115th Annual meeting of the Union Society was held at the Exchange at 11 o’clock a. m„ 25th April 1865. Present ; John M. Cooper Esq., President; Wm. Battersby Esq.) Vice President; J. T. Thomas, Secretary; and a number of other members. The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. HThe President read his report of the year's operations and conduct Os the Society’s af fairs, so far as he was enabled to report upon them, having been cut off from the Institu tion for the past four months, and in conse quence of which also,there were no Beports from the Superintendant and Teacher, nor from the Treasurer, he being abaeut. The report is as follows: Fellow-Members Under the privations, distress, and perplexity which have been my lot tor the past fottr months, and being un able to communicate with the Institution and to obtain a statement of liabilities and ex penditures, with vouchers Ac., it has been impossible to prepare lor this occasion satis factory detailed reports of the ofihirs of the Society for the yearnpw to be closed. Our little family, still In Jefferson county, near Bethany, Were generally well when last heard from, some four weeks since, and were doing well under the continued watchful care of their superintendent and matron, Mr. and Mr;. Murpay.and the instruction of their pre sent worthy and efficient teacher Dr. J. B. Randall. The improvement of the boys under Dr. R. in all the various branches taught them, particularly in penmanship, arithmetic, gram mar, reading and spelling, had, indeed, been most gratifying;- The Doctor’s services cannot be too highly estimated, and should be retained at any rea sonable cost. - The Servants werq still upon the place and farming operations were going on as usual, though under many disadvantages from want ofhorses, vehicles, implements &c., the In stitution having been within the swoop through Georgia of General Sherman’s army. I have not been able to learn the particu lars or extent of the immediate loss or damage sustained, but have been informed that It was not very considerable, and would have been much greater but for she precau tion and vigilance oil the superintendent and the protection afforded by some of.ffie army, officers. - In the absence of statements of expendi ture, liability, &c„ as stated above, and not knowing what damage or losses may have been sustained, or what may be realized from sundry assets &c., it is impossible to make any very definite statement of our present financial condition,' It will appear lrom the data in the books and vouchers before you, chifly for the first eight-months of the year, and which have been duly examined by a committee ojf the Board or Mauagera, that the receipts, tor the year which hare thus far come into my pos session from all sources, amount to $14,702,- 66, and the expenditures to $38,915,67* the difference of sl9,2l3,ll—having been sup plied from my pwn resources.- In. addition to Which, $lB5 has been recently borrowed for the Society in United States currency, and is not included in the above, besides an hmoUht .'Rot. yet paid,-due for Insur ance, &c. In the total of receipts are embraced, from ordinary sources, viz: rents, dividends, subscriptions, part pay pupils, farm pro ducts, &c., s7* 273,25; extraordinary Sour ces, viz: Corn sold iff view of a deiciine ten dency, $1286, and donations $5,559, which with balance from last year $584,31, make up the total of $14,702,56. ’ 4 7 7 These donations were received from the following friends : Messrs J. F. & M. Hamilton, (Savannah,) and S. Davis Yonge, of JJainbridge M’fg Cos , Isaac Scott, Esq., President Oc mulgee Mills Cos., A. P. Wetter, A; Wilbur, Robert Habersham, Mrs. Wm. Elliott, Miss Fannie Minis, Charles S. Hardee," Jos. B. Ripley, Rev. D. M. Gilbert, Walace Cum-, ming, Geo. M. Heidt, B. G. Tilden,- Geo. S. Webb and R. Morgan. It is due to these worthy and most liberal minded gentlemen to state that of the total of donations, $2094 were realized from 698 yards of osnaburgs donated by Messrs. Ham ilton—sl7so, from 60 bunches of yarn do nated by S. Davis Tonge, Esq;, apd SISOO from 500 yards donated by Isaac Scott, Esq. I have also the pleasure to inform you that since the interruption of Communication with the Institution the sum of $30,000 has been placed in the hands of ex-President Thomas Purse for the benefit of the Society, and that the immediate wants of the Insti tution have been supplied by him. To what extent indebtedness may have been paid, or if any at all, or whether any balance may remain in his bands, lam unable to say. I am persuaded, however, that when the ac counts of the year can be fully closed up there will be but a trifling arrearage, if not a balance in hand. Donations of various articles, including provisions, have been received from Mr. f. F. Cann, A: Wilbur, Dr. A. Wilcox, D, and E. B. Lathrop, Miss Fannie Minis, and Mr. W. S. Bogart. - _ Also various favors, gratuities and liberal reduction in prices from Messrs. DeWitt & Morgan Bell & Christian, L-D.Laßoch? Capt. J. G—Garnett, the Southern Express Company. Cbiet Eng. J, H. Warner, Messrs. Worth & Cos., of Wilmington, \V. H. Bul loch, Judge W.S. Chisolm, C. A. L. Lamar, Jno. A. Staley, W. E. Jackson, Agt. Augus ta Factory. and J. Rhodes Brown, Agt. Eagle Manufacturing Company, Columbus Acknowledgements are also due for free passage and transportation to the Central and Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Companies, aud to the proprietors of tbe Republican and News, tor free papers and advertising up to | the time of their suspension of business. Also to His Excellency, Gov. Joseph E. Brown, in enabliug the Society to obtain woolens for winter clothing ibr the boys at their cost pricoto the State, and which would otherwise have been entirely beyond its means. The long, heart-sickening list of members of the sobiety who have passed from life dar ing the year-coaid 'not at this time be cor rectly estimated, but I will endeavor to pro cure it at an early day apd hand it in to the Board to be placed upon record, as usual, with our anniversary minutes. - The followinjr-uiamed persons have been admitted: J. C, McNulty, J. H- Newman, Jaciato Carrawj Samuel Ballou Torlay, Wat kyn Perry Owens, W. P. Yonge, "Rev. S. Gerstman, Dr. J. B. Randall; also, to Life membership, E/. Knapp, Isaac Scott, Esq., Macon, apd C. A. Nutting, Esq., Butts county, Ga. Owing chiefly to the troubles of the times, no new admission* of boys to the institution have been made, and two of those reported last year, viz:, George S. and James A. Wil son, have been given up to their mother. Measure# should be immediately taken for providing for the removal of the institution to its old, historical and hallowed hoinej, Be thesda: ' M! Iv'■ ' - ■ J - The Society having fbr'so lorrsr a time, by its private mean? and the gratuitous labors of its officers, tnaintainedrtma public charity, Icannot permit myself tor amoment td doubt that it needs but the effort to be majdeto start at once tkeconstructioo qf the maim or central portioapf the new building proposed to be erected silme years ago, and that our authorities, Stale and city,- will respond fa vorably, promptly, and cheerfully to an ap plication for such means as may be necessary to carry out your. - purposes. Notwith standing the large drafts that may at present. be made upon the public treasury, and which, at first thought, may appear an objection, no other time for commencing the work can be more appropriate, in my opin ion, than now, when so many of our "people are in almost a starving condition, simply for want of employment. An appropriation of ten thousand dollars by the city, lor thO Society’s benefit, to be called for by the-Board ofManagers as needed, would warrant some immediate action i>eing taken. * ' • - - j The will be needed fox* new building, for repairs, expense of removal, general renovation apd restoration, and in view of failure of ordinary resources the present year, cannot be-less than SBO,OOO. . If taken in hand vigorously and promptly, the re-occupason -of the old,; consecrated grounds may he effected in time tor next sea son’® crop. ", -;Pn - •; ■;> - v This labor -or expense cannot be shrunk, from or avoidel If it bo dateimjnad that this noble charity li ftjjpblie necessity, and must kaye.aneffidtelß and creditable existence— wliicffcaßnot fo If upon Its old] foot ing in the simply fepairedfeor potffiid up teaiporaijf'buildings at Bethesda. It would be better for us to suspend its operations at once,, or keep it where it now is notwith standing all of Ha attendant inconveniences arising froth distance, &c.,; and. with the further expenditure that will be necessary there. - - -i ' From losses and derangements occasioned by the war, I am compelled now to give my . chief tifiie and attention to obtaining the weans for my own support. But m resuining, my former position in the -rtnks-of private membership, I shall continue to feel the most lively interest in' the Society’s welfare* and will give to my stfecessot any aid that may be desired to the utme3t «i my ability, is the work to be accomplished. During the fiery trial through which the Society has now a third time passed, I have shrunk from no saci'ifices. that Were njocea-- aary in order to sustalu it, and in yielding up my Stewardship, in a crippled condition! my self, on tbe eve of peace, I have the proud gratification of knowing that notwistafiding its present, comparatively trifling embatjrass ment, the Society is stronger by ffcr than when I assumed the important.trust. For the courtesies and confidence, fallow meoibeis, which you have extended tjo me during the past seven years of official capa city, three of them as your Vice- President, I retnrn you, my very grateful acknowledge ments. John M. Cooper, ‘ " . ;' PfeSident Union Sociqty. Mr. A. S. Hartridge-.moved that the! Re port of the President be accepted, adapted and placed on the mxautes. Motion carried. A committee was appointed to repoit the names of officers to an adjourned meeting at 5 o’clock p.m. ’ . " | The Society met at 5 o’clock, p! m., pursuant to adjournment, the President lathe Chair. ; A. S. Hartridge Esq., Chairman of the Committee, reported the following Darned gentlemen" for officers, who were upani mously elected, viz s John M. Cooper Esq!,, President. William Battersby Esq., Vice President John T. Tfidmas, Secretary. Daniel G. Olcott, Treasurer. William S. Bogart, > , Edw. J. Purse.jj f bteWa ™s, Mr. Cooper declined a; re-election,' hut at tbeiiTgent request'd’ the Society, Consented to retain the office for a short time. No further business being before the' Society, on motion of Octavus Cohen Esq., the meeting adjourned. ' ' “ ' "1 | The President' appointed thft following Board of Managers : H. Brigham.J.'li Vil lalouga, H. A. Richmond;' Win. Hunter, I. D. La Roche, Joseph Lippman, A.,. WUbur, < Andrew taw, A. 8. Hartridge. mfa.. * J. T. Thomas, Scprfetaty. :jj A man at New Vork"has hadin pay $875 for slapping another man in the face with a pair of boots, which bad been fettoved from seat » a ferry boat, and plqced upon NORTHERN NEWS < FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM PAPERS oF THE 19TH, SOTH AID 21ST. - OLPTCRE or lALISBCRT, H. C. Details of the very successful expedition of Gen. Stonsman from East Tennessee into North Carolina have been received by Gen. Thomas. Gen. Stonemon’s command left Knoxville on the 10th of March, and striking the East Tennessee road, destroyed thirty - three bridges and tore up twenty-five miles of railroad track: Taking a considerable number of prisoners, and destroying stores tn his progress, he reached Grant's Greek, withic ten miles of Salisbury, N. C., off the 12th Inst; where he encountered the xebj line for the defence of the town. General Stopeman's official report says: - j As soon as a proper disposition could be made, I ordered a general charge upon the entire line, and the result was the capture of the whole fourteen pieces of artillery, 364 prisoners, including 55 officers. Ail the artiuety and 1.164 prisoner* are now with us. Tue remainder of tue force was efiased through and several miles beyond tbe towu, but scattered and escaped into tue woods. We remained at Salisbury two days, during which time we destroyed 15 miles of track and the bridges towards Charlotte, and then moved to this point. From here we shall move to the southside of the Catawba river, and be in position to operate toward Char lotte and Columbia, or upon the flank of an army moving south. The following is a partial list of the public property captured north of Salisburyfand des troyed by us: Four large cotton factories and 7,000 bales of cotton ; four large magazines, containing 10,000 stand of small, arms and accutrements 1,000,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition, end 7,000 pounds of powder, 35,000 bushels of corn, 50,040 bushels of wheat, 1 do,ooo pounds of cured bacon,-100,000 suits of gray uniforms and clothing, 250,000 army blainkets 20,000 pound* oi harness-leather, 10,000 pounds of saltpetre, alAo a Very large amount of sugar, salt, rice and other stores; and medical supplies, valued by the rebel medi cal directors at SIOO,OOO in gold. In. addition to the arsensals at Salisbury, tbe military was being fitted up, and was filled with ma chinery sentjfrom Raleigh and Richmond, all of which Was destroyed. | The depots along the route traversed by our various parties have furnished us with abundance. The number Qf horses and tnules captured and taken along the road I have no means of estimating. I can aay, however, mwe are much better mounted thou When we left Knoxville. ; i. i*. SHEBMAU—CAPTCaB OF BALKIUH— OOV. VANCE A FRISONSB. On leaving Goldsboro, Sherman struck out for Johnston's army, but Johnston rapidly retreated as though desirous of avoiding a battle. Sherman met with very little resis-, tauce on his march northward, capturing Raleigh' on the 13th with but little fighting. The supplies for Sherman’s armjr are! cen tered at -Roanoke Island. Gov. Vance was captured by Sherman’s cavalry betjween Hillsboro and Raleigh. It is said that hp had .been deputed by Johnston to surrendi r the State to German, hut was afterwards with drawn. Another story was that Jeff £>avis had joined Johnston' at Hillsboro and was still with him. ARREST OF THE WOULD-BE .MURDERER OF BEC’T SEWARD—ARREST OF THE SURRATT FAMILY. Col. Wells, Provost Marshal General, from information obtained in the course of his in vestigations into the recent assassinations, concluded to arrest the whole family of a Mrs: Sttlrrfttt, Who resides in Washington. He accordingly made a descent with a suf ficient force of officers upon the house of- Mrs. Surratt, and soon found in the conduct of the inmates enough to justify all his, sus picions. * The whole family of Mrs. Surratt, including her daughter Kate and two young ladies whom she called her nieces, were im mediately arrested.- * Just a® the ladies were ready to prejeeed, Officer Devoe having brought up a carriage, a loud rapp was beard at the door. 1 Mr. Morgan stepped into the ball, followed by Major Smith and Officer Mermerskirch, who were each armed with a pistol. Morgan opened the door, a man stepped in anti ibe door wa3 at oue locked. by who handed tbe key to Meitner krek. The man seemed rather surprised, aud said, “I guess I’ve made a mistake.’ V\ hen asked what he wanted, he said he was looking for Mri Sur ratt. He wes assured that, he had made no mistake, end told to sit-down in the parlor. Tbe women being now ready to depart, they were at once putjn tho carriage with Officer Devoe, who conducted them to the office of the Provost Marshal, whence they were subsequently seat to the Old Capitol Prison;' The man who thus had entered the ffouse bore evidence at once of having assumed a partial disguise. He bad. a heavymickaxe pn his shoulder, wore a cap made from the Bottom part of the ieg of a pair of drawers, which fined closely to his head, and hung down behind, gray coat and vest, black or dark colored pants, a light pair of boots. Both bpotS and pants were covered j with mud up to his knees. When he sat doffm he was asked by Moigan: “Who are you?” What do you want here, at this time of night ?” He pulled out of hie pocket aicopy oftbe oath of allegiance, and saidti-’fStop-, I will show you who I aim” remarking that be got it in Baltimore last June. -On .exami nation it proved to he an oath of allegiance administered to Louis Paine,, of Fauquier sVitUteM & PRICE. 5 CENTS Morgan as to bis business at the house at that time of night with a pickaxe on his shoulder. He said he had come to dig a gutter for Mrs. Surratt, and wanted to know what time be should begin in the morning. He also stated that he was- but 21 years old, that he had no money, that he obtained his living by working as a laborer with that pickaxe, to which he seemed to cling with peculiar tenacity. He stated he could neithec read nor write, that be had been obliged to work on bis Father's farm iff Fauquier county thf a living for tbe last four years, aud could not go to school j that he was down on tha rebels and much more of the same kind of stuff, which only convinced the officers that they were in the presence of a party con nected With the murderous asseult on Mr. Seward. The colored servant who admitted the mur derer to Mr. Seward's on Friday night, was now sent for. The room was darkened when he came in, the gas was turned on, when the boy was told to pick out the man. Aa soon as iiia eye a fell on the prisoner, ne threw up liis hands' and exclaimed, ‘There he is ; I know blur; I don’t want to see him no more.’ The oqly impression produced upon the man by tliia development was ffn apparent ner vousness. but otherwise he seemed to master ilia, reelings completely. •" • Without further couversation, at about 4 O’clock a. m. be was heavily ironed and seat off to a safe spot, where he can never escape from his captor and where public violence cannot reach him. While Mr. Morgan was inferroga'ing Paine at the house, Major Smith and officer Samp sop were instituting a aearch of the dwelling, which was continued by Smith, Morgan and Mermevskirch after the departure of officer Sampson with prisoner. Much evidence was found showing it to have been a regular treason, brewing nest. Letters were found containingrexpressions of diabolical bate to wards the President, and la Miss Kate Surrat s portfolio Major Smith found an envelope addressed to J. Wilkes Booth-, National Ho tel. A card about half as large again as a playing card was lound, which was certrinly emblematical of the hate which Secessionists have fostered toward the President. On tha top was this line: “ Thus will it ever be with, tyrants." Their shields, in the colors of red, and tho original thirteen States. This was surmounted with the small rebel flags, be tween whigh was State coat of an&v of Vir ginia, with 4he motto, “A’ic Semper Tyraatis Beneath this, is large red letters, “Virginia, the Mighty,’’ and at the bottom of the", card, in circle shape, another copy of .Virginia’s coat of arms and motto, f ~ Lateh—lo p. m.—The evidence] against Paine Is now conclusive beyond a doubt He was this afternoon confronted by Major Seward, Miss Fanny Seward, the nurse who was ao severely wounded, and another color ed servant who saw him, and they all promptly recognized him as the assassin.— His -clothing has been taken off aud is un dergoing. examination. It will be remem bered that the villain left a slouch hat behind at Mr. Seward’s on Friday night, which ex* plains the precise cap he woje. ;; SETTLEMENT OF THE 8T ONE WALL DIFFICULTT. A Lisbon telegram confirms the settlement of the difficulty with the Portuguese govern ment, on account of firing on the .American ‘Steamers Niagara and Sacramento.. The Governor of Fort Belen has been dismissed, and the United States flag saluted with twenty-one guns. important explanation ttr re. GA up TO POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Head Qrs. Dist. of Savannah, \ Savannaht, Ga., April 24th, 1834. > Mb. A. L. Harris, Special Agent P. O. Department, „r .' ' 1 Savannah, Ga.:—l have tfie honor to acknowledge the receipt of your coffimumicailon of this date wherein you inquire: “Ist! Must every member of a family, mi nors or ladies, take the oath before they .can receive mail matter? 2nd. Must each member of a family or firm call personally for bis *t>r her mail, or yuIL the presentation of a certificate of sub scription to the oath be sufficient ?” Li reply, the General Commanding directs me to say, that each and every metpber of a .family, wbo-has attained the age of eighteen, will be required to subscribe to the Amnesty Oath of Allegiance before -they can be en titled to-any of the privileges ot the United States Mail. -:;; A Tbe second paragraph is explicit, but ex ceptions may be made where sickness or ad vanced age incapacitates the person from leaving . bis or her residence, or ffrhere per sons are members of the same firm Or family; in that case he or she will furnish the party to whom it is desired to hate the mail de livered, with a written order accompanied by tbejreoulred certificate. Tho last paragraph of the order is appli cable to head* of families, as to others, and 'Will be enforced, . Civilians arriving front the North, or other points, are also expected to conform to the order, as above referred to. I am, Sir, very respectfully, * Your obedient servant, Oliver Matthews, Asst. AdjL General A. survey of Fort Sumter hat been com pleted by a corps of engineers who declart it still to be a strong work. The sand work* inside, and the ruins of brick and mortar outside -the waits protect the casemates though -persnas wffo were iu the fort state that some nights our guns killed as many as twenty-five rebels at work within tffe walla Coffins are still left, ready for use. Loop holes were so constructed'as to command the inside of the fort from bunks inside the case mate*. These bunks are of rough boards, and inconvenient ; the fleas are verynumer ous and extremely industrious. Two cats are tkeir only uorapany ar “a permanent gar rison.” At low water great piles qf broken shetiis and immense solid shot are seen out side the base of the walls. The entrance to the fort is through a gorge four feet square and some twenty feet long, bein? the origi nal aperture for a gun. In some of the closets, hand grenades, rocket® and cartridges remain, aa* if they might be needed at abort