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It'l hadn't promised a short sketch of Uncle Sam's
oldest fort, I wouldn't attempt the job. To cover oven a
cursory history is an undertaking beyond my time and
your space; so I'll make it brief as possible, incorporat
ing the story as
tbld by Ordnancl
bergcant Brown,
retired after a eor
v i c o of forty-two
years, a n d now
Custodian of Fort
Marion.
This frowning
old fortress, its bas
tions and curtains
and parapets cov-
-n rm mining w xonr- ered with tuo Ir08t
of ages, 8tanP8 near the head of Matanzas Bay and
within four hundred yards of where I'm writing this. It
was begun by Menendez in 15G5, coincident with his set
tlement of St. Augustine, but was not completed, how
ever, until 176G. It is built on the plan of a trapezium,
after the Vauban plan, and has four bastions, four cur
tains, twenty-six casemates, four dungeonB, terreplein,
parapet and rampart, corridor, banquet, superior slope,
scarp and couuter-scarp walla, connecting demiluue and
two half demilunes, covered way extending from counter-
scarp to the glacis, except on water front, which has a
water battery built by Uncle Sam in 1842; uiie watch
tower, three sentry towerB grenelled for riflemen, two
drawbridges crossing the moat, and one portcullis. There
arc other things too numerous to montion; butthese, I'm
suro, will give your lay readers a very comprehensive
idea of what I'm driving at.
The entrance to this thrice-named structure San Juan
do Tinas, San .Marco and Fort Marion is over a draw
bridge to the ravelin and across a bridge to the portcullis.
On crossing the portcullis you pass through the mas
sive door into the sallyport; on the right are two guard
, rooms and a dungeon. This dungeon was evidently
used for the confinement of prisoners for minor offenses.
It was in this cell that Coacoochee and Talums Hadjo
were confined. These Indians starved themselves for
several days, until very much emaciated; they were
transferred to the Courtroom with Osceola, where they
made their escape through iron 'bars eight inches apart,
running horizontally across the ventilator. Next to the
door are three niches cut in the wall by Osceola to enable
him to climb upiind sit on the ledge of the window over
the door looking into the quadrangle. The casemate to
the left of the sallyport was the commandant's quarters,
and had a small fireploce. The next casemate was for
the staff and other officers of the garrison. The next
was used for the same purpose, except when the Bishop
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DEKALB LODUK, I. O. O. T.
Iteifulur meeting of IJcKftlb Lodge No. 1!, I.O.
0. V, at DeKalb Lodge Hall at 7:00 thU eTerrmp
II. II. Polmtt, N.'G
John W.Tbompion.Seoretary.
came to Florida toviBit his Diocese, when itvsas used for his PmjT AflPVl Al M
quarters; as he came but seldom it was used for officers' i W MM H l I gk
ouarters nrincinallv. The next casemate was the Court-, 1 I rl HI I rln
room, it has n raised platform for the officers composing
tho Court. On the next door is the last one of the origi
nal Spanish locks of very largo dimensions, which was
first locked, then a large bolt with a hasp closed the first
keyholo and locked with a padlock; this door is strapped
inBideand out and bolted through the straps about five
inches apart, so arranged that if tho woodwork ahould be
burned or cut away no one could et through the bars.
The woodwork has been renewed; the lock and bars are
original; the doors were thus constructed to all of the
casema'tes. 'In the Northwest corner is the caeemato
that leads into the magazine; in this room is a niche
very peculiarly shaped. For what purpose it wus con
structed no one can tell. There is a tradition that the
first room was used for the Council. II the commandant
wished to find out what action any member of that body
took on any measures that he put before thorn, he could
conceal himself in this nicho in the magazine and .find
out what action each member of the Council had
token. There iB a small aperture from the nicho into
the Council room, but not discerniblo from that room.
The next room of historical importance is the Chapel.
In this is the niche for the patron saint, St. Augustine,
and the altar. The adjoining rooms were used ordinarily
for the dormitories, and the records of the colony, and for
condemned prisoners to hear Mass before they were exe
cuted. At that time they could not bring a condemned
prisoner into a Ciupel; the moment he had a chance to
kneel at the altar ho could claim the right of sanctubry.
In the wall near the spring of the arch is a part of the old
timbers that ciossed the room to support the platform for
the choir; on the right are tho old timbers where the con
fessional was fastened to the wall a round circular place
for the Priest aud for the person to confens; next is'a por
tion of tho two fouotB for holy water. Vhoian give the
history of this Chapel? We know that eome of the bright
est, best and most patiiotic Spanish Clergy bine cele-,
brated Mass within its walls. During the attacks and
sieges of this fortress, when they have been driven from
their Monastery, Church and Chapel, they gathered within
these walls to minister, assist and console their flock.
Can we estimate the value of the.lunor of this noble band
of brothers during the long Bieges, when the weeping
mothers, wives, sisters and daughters were expecting
every moment to have some one of the loed ones brought
to them dead or wounded? They were not safe at the
altar from the flying shot and bursting shell. Nor when
celebrating Mass or giving the last sad rites to the dead
were they secure from danger.
Tho next room of historical importance is the pennan
carrah. There were six crosses fastened to the wall on
the right hand Bide of this room, and a large cross at the
back with two largo shrines, and two emnller shrines to
tho richt and left of the large cross. This was used for
Washington's
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an inexpensive, dainty and Frenchy effect, as is
shown at this time. Washington's Birthday will
remind you that housecleaning time is near, so we
beg to announce- to our patrons and prospective
ones that we handle
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Of all kinds. Floor Oil 35c per gallon. Big 4 amd
Mica Axle Grease 6c per box. Respectfully,
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the punishment of prisoners; they were chained under
these crosses for punishmeut; tho chains were attached
to a bolt in the wall, it wus fastened under tho arms with
cross chains over the shoulders, holding the pri'oners in
an upright position so thep could neither tit norjie down.
There nie two parallel lines at the spring of the arch with
large half circles above and small circles below. At the
entrance to this dungeon is a large circle with small
circles centering on it; this entrance hits been cut out at
some time and then made narrower again; a small part geons.
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Street.
Uont'a Silk Sal ft opens tomorrow,
Tho World's Sunday-school Convention has
boon called to meet at Washington in 1910.
Lent 40 daja of it begini tomorrow. In
anticipation the social ieason has coma to an
end; do weddings, theater pirtiei and the
ainal slump in busioeie.
Tomorrow the State National Bank and
Mitchell, Finch & Co.'a Dank will begin paying
out $170,000 to Mason county farmers on To
bacco Warehouse receipts.
News reaches here this morniog from
Bwing that William Throckmorton, formerly
of this city, was called ti his door at Fairview
last night and shot by an aisassin. Ho was
married in this city last Thursday to Ules
Elizabeth Schroggs, ane had just returned home
from a bridal trip to Cincinnati. Blood bounds
from this city were sent out this morning to
trail the would-be murderer.
The County Democratic Convention to select
delegates to attend the District Convention to
be held in Brooksville tomorrow morning met
at the Courthouse yesterday afternooi at the
appointed hour. The meeting was called to
order by Gordon Sulser, County Chairman,
with U. Brown, Socretary, and on motion the
temporary organization was made permanent.
The proceedings were short and to the point.
After calling reports from Precinct Chairmen,
and all baring responded, lion. J. N. Kehoe
offered a set of rcaolutions.which were promptly
adopted, and on motion the Convention ad
journed. All Democrats prosent were ap
pointed delegates and instructed to vote as a
unit for C. D. Newell for Circuit Judge, and
whllo there were no instructions for Common
wealth's Attorney, it Is tacitly understood the
delegation will be for HeaBessey.
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of this wall has been broken away. The door was com
posed of three tiers of iron bars on bro.id iron plates; two
tiers vertical and one tier horizontal intersecting every
two inches. v
ThiB dungeon was evidently used foi geperal prisoners,
The room is thirty feet long on the West side, sixteen
feet on the East side, seventeen on the South and twenty
on the North, makiug part of a triangle. The entrance
to the next room is through an aperture six feet high and
two feet four inches wide. This room is five feet wide at
the Eaat end and seven at the West, and twenty feet long,
fifteen feet high to the center of the arch. The next
room it entered through an aperture thirty inches in
height by three feet wide; this room is twenty feet in
length, thirteen in width and seven feet high. These
two roomB have been the wonder of thousands of people
since they were first discovered in 1S35. rfome ery
curious legends have been related about them. Some
historians claim that one was the magazine, others say
that it was tho place for the disposal of rubbish for the
garrison.
The magazine was in tho Northwest bastion. This is
shown on a copy of the plan from the Spanish Govern
ment to the War Department. "These two rooms were
built to cover a secret entrance to tho castle, and were evi
dently built lor that purpose after several attempts had
been made to build a gallery from this inner room to some
point outside the castle. It was found to bo impractica
ble. They had to sink a shaft nearly twenty feet to cou
ncct with a gallery under tho moat. Thoy found they
could not drive tho piling' for the foundation of tho gal
lery in the limited spaco they had to work in or keep. tho
water from penetrating into the shaft and gallery. The
work was abandoned. No one outsido the officials and
tho troops of the garrison knew that tho attempt was
made to build a secret passageway from this inner room
to the outside of tho fort. After abandoning tho work
tho entrance to the first secret room was walled up. It
was evidently closed with a solid iron door gn theoutside,
and walled up solid on tho inside. Tuero was a small
concealed entrance from tho terreplein, into this room; it
was-by this giving away while they were moving one of
the heavy cannon across Ibis man-hole that these
rooms were discovered in 1835, fourteen years after the
Fort hud been transferred to tho United States. In this
room wore cross timbers and racks for the punishment
of prisoners in extreme cases. There were two iron doori
closing the entrance to the next room that opened in and
out and could be opened only from the side where they
wcro closed. It is in this room, tradition says, that two
remaining are the two places in the wall where the cages
wore fastened. If they were confined there, what was it
for? Who were they? Whit crime had they committed
if any? m i
It is probable that the crime committed was that ot
being in the way of some person of rank and power. If
they had committed a crime against the laws of the land
they could have been brought to trial and disposed of
withoutthetroubleof immuring them in these secretdun-
I am told by those who have been through all tho noted
dungeons in the Old World that there are none to equal
these two rooms. Ouce confined within its gloomy walli
death was certain within a few hours, without the least
possible chance of escape. It was a strong rod to hold
over people to threaten them with the acquaintance o'f
these rooms, knowing that if they were sentenced by
the Court, or inquisition, to be confined within their
gloomy walls they would never more be heard of in this
world. None but the officials knew what became ol
them. What a terror to evil-doers to threaten them with
the acquaintance of these terrible dungeons!
The laet room of historical importance is the room to
the right under the arch, which was used for tho hospi
tal. There is a niche in this room on the left hand side
as you go in, where, tradition saye, there was found
eighteen thousand dollars concealed. At the end, is a
very peculiar niche, which is supposed to have been UBed
for the de.ul until they were sent to their last resting
place.
In the moat facing the Matanzas, to the right and left
on the inner sides of tho bastions, are a large number of
bullet holes, which were made in the execution of pris
oners. No ouc that has not visited this old fortress can con
ceive what it is. One should sit within its casemates
and listen to the screech of those peculiar birds that nett
and hatch their young within its walls the monkey
faced owl, one of the quaintest birds on this continent
and view the peculiar shadows cast on i's gray and aged
walls, or from its lofty watch-tower see the moon rising
out of tho broad Atlantic, casting a flood of light ,-like
burnished silver over tho water. This is one of tb.ejtow
places on this continent that takes ub back to tho foaicl
ages. On this broad terreplein is one of the finest'
promenades in the United States. Who can eay that
this is not one of the most historical points in all 'our
broad land?
Of course the old Fort is now dismantled, andia
maintained by Uncle 6am simply as ono.of his most prc
cious souvenirs. When garrisoned, its armanent com
prised one hundred guns and a thousand men. .Its
frowning battlements and sepulchral vaults will Btawl
long after we and those ot our day shall be number
with the misty past of which it ib a mute memorial, r 01
the legends connected with its dark chambers and prifoa
vaults, tho chains, tho rack and wheel, the ekcletoii
walled in its secret recesses, thero's much to say; bus:
'twere better to say it within its grim Iwalls, whero the
eye and tho imagination go hand in band inweaving .
web of mystery and awo over its .sad associations to tho
dolcmn sound' of grating bolts and cUnlcing,cuaiB8.
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