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REFERENCES.—No. 1. Large
oil-casks, serving as buoys.—2. Iron boiler or bomb, 4 feet 6 inches long, 18
inches in diameter.—3. Rope 3 inches, with large pieces of cork at a distance of
every 2 feet.—4. Box on top of cask, with fusee.—5. Gutta-percha tube fitting in
to copper pipe—6. Brass tap on bomb.—7. Copper tube running through cask.—8.
Wooden platform in centre of casks, in which fusee was coiled and secured.—9.
Fusee.
INFERNAL MACHINE PICKED UP ON THE
POTOMAC BY THE U. S. STEAMER "PAWNEE."
AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
WE publish on this page an
engraving of the INFERNAL MACHINE lately discovered by the Pawnee. The
correspondent who kindly sent us the sketch writes us as follows about it :
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10,
1861.
The Pawnee, by the activity with
which she has carried on the blockade of Virginia, and by the precision with
which she has, on more than one occasion, thrown her nine-inch shell among the
rebels, has given the secessionists a strong desire to cause her destruction.
Feeling unable to subdue her by the rules of regular warfare, they resort to the
Chinese expedient of torpedoes and infernal machines. The accompanying drawing
is a correct representation of one of these instruments of destruction picked up
in the Potomac, a few hundred yards from the Pawnee, on the evening of Sunday,
7th inst.
In the casks used for floating
the iron cylinders were placed platforms on which were coiled the slow-matches
for communicating fire to the fusees. The fusees connect with the cylinders,
which are filled with powder. Had this machine drifted, as was intended, athwart
the bows of the Pawnee, and there exploded, its destructive effects would indeed
have been great. JEROME.
THE BATTLE AT HOKE'S RUN.
OUR artist with
General
Williams's brigade has sent us a sketch, from which we publish, on
page 475, an
engraving of the WISCONSIN REGIMENT DEPLOYING AS SKIRMISHERS AT THE
BATTLE OF HOKE'S RUN, on the march of
Patterson's Division from Williamsport to
Martinsburg. A correspondent of the Herald thus describes the affair:
As soon as the advance reached
the brow of the hill, opposite Williamsport, the Wisconsin regiment deployed as
skirmishers two or three companies, the Philadelphia Independent Rangers still
leading. These were supported by the Eleventh Pennsylvania. In this order of
march the advance continued slowly along the direct road to Martinsburg. They
passed Falling Waters without more than occasionally seeing a rebel trooper at a
most respectable distance. They had almost begun to despair of finding a foe.
About two miles from Falling Waters they almost stumbled upon him concealed in a
farm-house or barn, behind a stone fence, in a grain field. With this advantage
of concealment and position the latter opened. Our troops, raw and green, never
having been under fire before, did not hesitate a moment. They at once returned
the fire and the skirmish grew brisk.
The first skirmish must have
lasted a full half hour between the infantry and riflemen of both sides. Neither
party showed any disposition to give way. In the mean time McMullin's Rangers,
the whole Wisconsin, and the left wing of the Eleventh Pennsylvania, became
involved. The right wing of the Eleventh was moved forward rapidly to outflank
the rebels.
While these movements were
rapidly progressing, a section of Captain Perkins's flying battery was pushed
forward and opened upon the enemy, who by this time had brought into action two
full regiments and the right wing of a third. The round shot told beautifully
upon them, but when the shell began to burst among them, their Virginia "chivaly"
departed. They seemed to have forgotten that "the illustrious blood of the
cavaliers flowed in their veins." They didn't stand shot as well as their
forefathers stood it—Marston Moor and Naseby—and they ran with higher speed.
They brought forward a cannon and
attempted to reply to Perkins's two guns, but the order was given to our troops
and about to be executed, to charge bayonets in double-quick time to carry the
piece, when the piece was withdrawn. I do not think it fired but a few shots in
reply. The skirmish was continued over a space of two miles, when the enemy
retreated with singular facility.
CAMP-LIFE WITH GENERAL
WILLIAMS'S BRIGADE.
OUR special artist with General
Williams's brigade has sent us the sketches which we reproduce on
page 474, and
which will enable our readers to understand the published descriptions of the
movements of that gallant corps. The pictures need no letter-press description.
We may observe, however,
that the members of the COUNCIL
OF WAR which is illustrated were Generals Williams, Cadwallader, Reim, Nagle,
Wynkoop, and Colonels Thomas and Longnecker. It was at this council that the
plan of the movement was determined. McMULLIN'S RANGERS crossed the river at
2.30 A.M., and attacked the enemy's picket, which gave way at once. The
head-quarters of General Cadwallader were a RATHER PICTURESQUE LOG-HOUSE.
WILSON'S ZOUAVES AT FORT
PICKENS.
WE publish on
page 469, from a
sketch by an officer of the garrison, a picture of the DITCH AND RAMPART AT FORT
PICKENS, with some of Wilson's Zouaves strolling about. A letter from the Fort,
of recent date, thus describes the state of affairs there :
There are now in
Fort Pickens
some 1500 regular United States troops, which, together with our regiment, will
make about 2400. These will be increased by the arrival from New York of
additional volunteers, swelling our army to between 5000 and 6000 men. Our
regiment will not take quarters in the fort but will camp outside, and engage
themselves in the erection of batteries, which, when completed, will pay
especial attention to the Pensacola Navy-yard. When the troops I have just
alluded to have arrived, and sufficient execution been done by the batteries to
the Navy-yard, the fleet will open on it in one direction while the troops will
attack it in another by escalade, and attempt to carry it at the point of the
bayonet. General Bragg is now in Pensacola at the head of 7000 or 8000 men.
Fortunately the walls of the Navy-yard are of no great height or thickness, and
those who understand these matters give it as their opinion that there will be
but two or three volleys, a general rush, a close hand to hand combat, in which
the bayonet, sabre, and but-end of the musket will be the most conspicuous
weapons, and in a short time the affair will be settled. Should it come to this
it will be both desperate and bloody. We have been selected to lead the van. The
remainder of the volunteers will follow next, and then the regulars. The boys
seem to enjoy it mightily. That this regiment possesses the raw material for
fighting there can exist no question, but they will be more effective after they
shall have had more discipline.
THE LOUISIANA ZOUAVE PRISONERS.
WE publish on this page a group
of the LOUISIANA ZOUAVE PRISONERS, now in the hands of our troops at Fortress
Monroe. Two of them, who claimed to be deserters, gave the following account of
themselves to the correspondent of the Herald:
The elder of the two, Franz
Minute, is thirty years of age, and was born in Bavaria. He arrived in this
country about a year since, landing at New Orleans, where he has since lived,
working his way as a shoemaker. He was taken off by force on the evening of the
16th of last April, while returning home, having visited some friends. His
brother, on hearing of his impressment, offered $200 for his release, but to no
purpose, and he left the city of New Orleans on the 18th, forced into the army
of the rebels. The other, John Atzrodt, is twenty-four years of age, and was
born in the province of Saxony; has lived in this country but two years, and
speaks a little English. He landed in
New Orleans, and thence went to Quincy,
Illinois, where he gained his livelihood as a journeyman printer in the office
of the Illinois Courier. A short time before the Presidential election he went
to St. Louis, and was employed on the St. Louis Democrat. In December he started
for New Orleans, and until his impressment, on the 18th of April, he worked on
the Louisiana Deutches Zeitung. They are both intelligent men.
The First Louisiana Zouaves (of
which they were members) number four hundred men. They have a coarse Zouave
uniform, and carry the old style of musket. In lieu of food, which they had not
tasted for twenty-four hours, they were supplied with twenty rounds of ball
cartridges.
After these two men left New
Orleans on the 18th of April last, they went by boat to Hall's Landing (eleven
miles from Mobile), and thence started for Pensacola on foot, a distance of
sixty miles, which they accomplished in three days. Their regiment is composed
of more than one-half Germans and poor Frenchmen. From thence they went to
Montgomery, where they staid but two days, when they proceeded to a place called
West Point, then to Atlanta, and finally reached Augusta, in Georgia. While in
Augusta a poor soldier was villainously sacrificed by a wretch named M'Neil, who
held the position of second lieutenant. The company had halted, when he started
a few rods to buy some tobacco, and, without any warning, was shot dead on the
spot. No excuse was given for this wanton cruelty. They then proceeded on their
way to Richmond. Soon after leaving Augusta they lost one man, who was
accidentally shot in the right foot. He
died from the want of proper
surgical attendance. They arrived in Richmond about the 2d of June, and remained
there, at Camp Benjamin, near Howard's Grove, until the 10th inst., when they
left in a steamboat, and were landed about eleven miles from Yorktown, which
they reached by a forced march the same evening.
They were at first mistaken by
Colonel Hawkins's Zouaves, they thinking they belonged to their own corps. The
uniform is that of the French Zouaves—very full pants, tied about the ankle, and
made of very coarse and heavy material.
THE FOURTH AT FORTRESS
MONROE.
WE devote
page 470 to
illustrations of the GLORIOUS
FOURTH AT FORTRESS MONROE, from sketches by our
special artist with
General Butler's command. A correspondent of the Times
describes the celebration as follows :
Virginia never before saw such a
celebration of the nation's natal day as that which the " Red-legged Devils" had
yesterday. On the Fourth, the Fifth Regiment was doing duty as a picket-guard,
watching the approaches to the camp, while their comrades within were making
merry. Their own celebration was, therefore, deferred to the fifth. In the
afternoon the New York Brigade, which is again under the command of Acting
Brigadier-General Duryee, General Pierce having been assigned to the command of
the Massachusetts troops, was reviewed by General Butler and staff. It was
nightfall when the regiment returned to its quarters, and immediately after the
men were dismissed the illumination of the company streets began. In each of
these there are rows of transplanted trees, brought from an adjacent thicket.
Among the branches candles were placed, and in various parts of the camp huge
fires were kindled, around which the "Red Devils" danced and sung like so many
imps in Hades. Meantime, in front of the color-line all manner of fire-works
were blazing and whirling, and ascending and bursting, and in the red, white,
and blue light the Zouaves, in picturesque costumes and postures, were studies
for a painter. It was a scene to remember, and tell one's grandchildren of when
we take them on our knees, next century, and fight the battles of the present
o'er again. Tattoo was postponed for one hour that the men might more fully
enjoy it.
A correspondent of the Herald
writes :
A grand concert had been
projected by the Twentieth Regiment for the evening; but unexpected orders to
parade in the fortress before General Butler, in the morning, disconcerted the
general plan, and it was thought by the Colonel that no entertainment would be
offered in the evening. But Captain Myers, of Company A, was not satisfied with
this, and they determined to take hold of it alone. They gathered a large
quantity of evergreens, and planted them on
Broadway, the main street in camp,
so thickly that it resembled in the dusk of evening a small forest. In the
absence of candles or other lights they placed oyster and clam shells in all
parts of the trees, and with oil and wick they speedily improvised brilliant
lights, that shed a flood of light upon the grounds. At eight o'clock the bugle
gave the signal for the commencement of the concert, and speedily the benches
about the musicians' stand were occupied by the officers and wives and invited
guests, while the soldiers standing ranged themselves in front. The scene was
most beautiful and picturesque. Hundreds of tiny lights gleamed among the dark
branches of the evergreens, and partially lit up the forms of the soldiers in
their gray uniforms as they were gracefully grouped about. The best of decorum
was preserved at all times. The Germania Band, Herr Steigler leader, favored the
assemblage with fine selections from operas and the German composers, most
creditably and excellently executed. At intervals a glee club, made up of
members from the singing bands of New York, sang some choice glees, under the
leadership of Lieutenant Bennecker, of Company F, and Sergeant Prieth played
several pieces in excellent style upon an accordeon. A large quantity of lager
bier was rationally discussed by the company, and at ten o'clock the concert was
closed by the sound of the drummer's tattoo. The affair was a grand success, and
every one expressed his delight with the music. An equally pleasant concert was
given the previous night by Captain Brackling, of Company B, the only company
from Newark, and the affair passed off most agreeably. The Germans certainly
know how to enjoy themselves under all circumstances, and their mode of
enjoyment gives pleasure and a relief from the monotony of camp life to others
who do not know how to discover the bright side of the picture. The health of
Colonel Weber's regiment is most excellent.
LOUISIANA ZOUAVE PRISONERS IN THE
GUARD-HOUSE AT FORTRESS MONROE.—[SKETCHED BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.]
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