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The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
ed the various points of the horizon. The afternoon was beautifully clear, and the view very distinct. The moat is now almost choked up with mud and growth of weeds, but it is rapidly digging out under the strikes of 100 stalwart negroes, giving another illustration of "African muscle directed by Caucasian brain." The channel makes quite a sweep, and vessels passing in or out are exposed for a long time to the fire of the fort. The New York steamers bound out, passed in full view; the "Mount Vernon" gracefully lowering the U. S. flag when abreast of the fort, as if in compliment to the occupants, who, having taken down its standard, have as yet substituted no State flag. The "Alabama," it was believed, would salute the fort as she passed, but she failed to do so. The Reinforcement of Fort McHenry. The Baltimore American of yesterday gives the following account of the arrival of troops, already mentioned, to reinforce Fort McHenry: The following are the names of the com