The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-21


buryport Ipswich, Gloucester Salem, Welheet, Mas
sachusetts and others, have been surveyed. New
shoals have been discovered and sounded out in the
vicinity of Nantucket. The dangerous shoals along
the seacoast of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia,
Hatteras shoals and FryiDg-Pan shoals, have been
made known to the navigator in excellent prelim-
mary charts. The survey OF the Chesapeake bay
is now nearly completed, and that of the rivers
flowing into it has been commenced. Some of the
most important harbors on the Southern coast, as
Hatteras inlet, Ocracoke inlet, Beaufort harbor,
Cape Fear entrance Roman Shoals, Charleston har-
bOr, North Edisto river, Tybee entrance and the
Savannah river, have been surveyed, and the charts
are, or soon will be published. The survey of
Georgetown harbor, in South Carolina, and Of the
entrance of st. John river, Florida, have been
commenced. The trianguatiQn and reconnaissance
Of the vcinities of Cape Fear entrance Georgetown
harbor, Cape Roman, Charleston, North Edisto Sa-
yannah, and entrance to the ST. John are gradually
and steadily advancing. In few years an unbr0ken
series with points well determined by astronomical
and other observations will cover the coast from the
Ponobscot river in Maine to the st. Marysin Florida.
The progress of the survey on the Florida reef and
the shores Of the Peninsula is entirely satisfactory in
view Of the limited appropriations, compared with
the vast extent and variety of the whole work.
The entire reef and western shore has been exam
ined in preliminary way, and nearly one.haf OF
the survey Of the reef has been made. The i'm
portant harbor Of Cedar Keys the western shore,
made Of about one-haf Of the distance between
ST. Marks and Mobile bay, and an examination OF
st. Marks river. The tranguaton and topogm-
ply now extend from Mobile bay to Lake Pom
chartrain, and nearly all the photography has
been completed, and an examination made of the
delta Of the Mississippi Galveston bay has been
surveyed excepting small portion OF the hydro
graphy, and the trianguation now extends to the
vicinity Of Matagorda bay, Preliminary charts
have been published of Galveston and Mobile bays,
of the Mississippi delta St. Marks Cedar Keys, Key
West, Cape Canaveral, Mosquito inlet, and ST. An
drew's shoals and these will soon be followed by
others. On the western coast in consequence of the
extraordinary difficulties in securing hands and
means owing to the discoveries Of gold the survey
did not fairly get under way till about three years
since. A very good preliminary reconnaissance
has been made Of the whole coast, from San Diego
to the Straits of San Juan de Fuca and OF nearly
every important harbor, embracing San Diego,
San Simeon Santa Barbara, San Pedro, Point Con-
cepcon, ihe harbor of Coxo, San Louis Obispo,
Point Pinos, and the harbor Of Monterey, Santa
Cruz, Catalina Island, including both anchorages,
Cuyler's harbor, Prisoners harbor, San Clemente,
Mare Island Straits, Trinidad, and Humboldt Bays,
aud entrance Of the Columbia river. Charts OF nll
these harboIs have been furnished and distributed,
excepting the harl0r OF Santa Barbara, which l. now
in the hands OF tho engrayer. Charts OF the coast,
from Monterey TO .hc mouth of the Columbia river,
published two year, since ard that from san Diego