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Columbiad pointing to City of
Baltimore.
FORT McHENRY,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.—DRAWN BY A MEMBER OF
COMPANY D, 3D RIFLES, M. V.
FORT McHENRY AND MARSHAL
KANE.
ON 27th June
General Banks astonished the people of the
rebellious city of Baltimore by arresting Marshal Kane at 3 A.M., and marching
him under guard of a file of soldiers to Fort McHenry. Of his traitorous
proceedings no doubt is entertained, and every one applauds General Banks's
vigorous course. We publish on
page 445, in illustration of the event, a
portrait of MARSHAL KANE, from a recent photograph ; and on this page a view of
FORT McHENRY, lately sent us by
a member of Company D, 3d Rifles,
M. V. It is an extremely strong fort, and the
Columbiads which are now placed in position
command the city thoroughly.
Mr. Raymond, of the Times, thus
describes Fort McHenry at the present time :
Fort M'Henry is now in very good
condition to resist any assault. When the Baltimore riot occurred, as was very
fully explained soon after in a letter from the fort to the Times, it was in a
very bad condition, and could scarcely have resisted a vigorous assault. It is a
small work, of the old style, surrounded by a dry ditch, and scarcely provided
with any defenses on the landward side, from which, when it was built, an attack
was never contemplated.
But now, thanks to the energy of
Major Morris, of the regular army, who has been for some time its commandant, it
may defy attack from any quarter. Barricades have been erected to guard the
entrance. An abattis of trees, with projecting branches, has been erected around
the fort. Several platforms have been extemporized under the curtain originally
intended only to shelter infantry. Sand-bag guards have been placed over the
door and window of the magazine. Gutters have been provided to roll
hand-grenades upon the heads of an assailing force. Fresh guns have been
mounted, and I observed that all the mortars and a part of the Columbiads on the
landward side are kept loaded—in preparation for any emergency. Fort McHenry is
about two miles from the centre of the city, and it is well understood that it
could drop shells, hot or otherwise, into all the houses in the infected
district with the utmost ease. I trust the
necessity for so doing may never
arise ; but it is consoling to know that, if it does, it can be promptly met.
A correspondent of the Herald
says :
The "unconstitutional"
examination of Marshal Kane's premises, since his arrest in Baltimore, has
brought to light some curious pieces of personal property, an enumeration of
which may be of some interest to the public. Here are the articles :
Cannon, four and six pounders, 6;
assorted shot, lbs., 3000; shell, lbs., 1000; shot for steam guns, lbs., 300;
muskets, 663 ; carbines, 48; rifles, 43; double-barreled shot-guns, 3;
single-barreled shot-guns, 8 ; horse pistols, 9; small pistols, 65; bullet
moulds, 132 ; cartridge-boxes, 3; dirk-knives, 8; swords, 5; drums, 8; gum
coats, 33; powder-flasks, 64 ; canisters, 117; cartridges, 40,000 ; canisters of
shot, 7; besides a lot of screw-drivers, etc.
VIRGINIA TROOPS CROSSING THE
BLUE RIDGE AT DAYBREAK, EN ROUTE FOR MANASSAS JUNCTION.-[SEE
PAGE 443.]
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