New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-26
To MnrfuerS.
THE Discovery AND SouN

TIE Discovery SOUNDING out channel leading into
the end Of St. Georges Sound, Florida, made ky
Lieut. Commanding J. X. Duer, u s. N, Assistant In tto
The fact sst.bli.hed that excellent channel .1.1
oSb 0T ' s9a to the S 0SDd 1s @ G n.1s S,0: with the
twenty two feet Of water twenty wentyore feet sow
highly probable .ba, deeper may yet found
the eastern end Of the island.
By thi. channel vessels may be carried from good
the eastenmost point and shos Of Deg Island with not lees than
twenty twenty-five feet twenty twentyons low
watsr5 just stated The general depth
more .
seventeen feet never exceeding three ktbom. :. Be-
3 s e. :G .s sas.I S
Beyond this would not be safe TO 60 without plot
compass. and south~s.. Cape II. n o. a"dios si
aho@. wser the course hence norh until the
shoals a the east point of Asor HsboI From here h.u u
can readily be discerned By cooed wssr OF brssisn
Between Southwest Cape and the reef the channel now 70:
& a'1 ses '''
enter st. 0eoIse Sound By this new pass Hshthe1.s On
De. I.I.nd beacon should be p:esd each ponsmns-
THT RrsuLr. 9r 4 RrsUavEY Of M.fss. Channel made Ia
March, ls5s sy Lieu. Commanding T. b. Haser U g. n.
from eamDsd.on Of NV .ounaD,, with ,bo.s made be-
Lieut. Cemmandna M,f e51 change. Of
for the oornmerce Of Chsreston
Js % M ss sf ss, :es oast .s,s s. ne ws:
survey shows that the channel has deepened and hss the d
between the twelve feet now only seven hundred
wser the sbesl spit Of the buthsad has msssh.y
deepened aud the play Of the current that locality
Msn Channel h.s eighteen inches water st present.
than had June 1857 and the Of the channel
in width and depth has decidedly improved-"
Discovery BY Lieut.. Commanding J. K Du.r U N, Asast-
ant Coast sueJ Of severs 'hoa: near the pssees Of s
s. :pS s. the
81 The shoa Of Cape St. Georges lighthouse teonnony
s1isSdins south souh BY direction the light.
house. with channels Of various depths running betven thsa
he
is about miles Iou land. This quite vide md 10
sousdDgs In from four fathoms 10 seventeen feet me ~
ter tens the least water found On the outer edge Of tos
Others with but eight feet In both nstances Ss
shoals suddenly and breaks unless the very zoo
CAPE 81 George There the deepsns three ssshc"s
ard taxing the channel cosstwse vessels may ssSs
The following directions viii CARY vessels through 4:
Bound 10 the eastwud-From the bar At the Wess rss
T. by compss') until the lighthouse Cspe S 0eoss
BY W. then haul and when in five fsahoms the ssaA
mel has been cleared. =. A..
Bound to the wes.wsrd-when sb:u fsur miles from e
w and steer east until It besrs by w n w. sos
fnd four and half Continue this courss 49,
to ApsschcoA When crossing the shoal the Iced soo1o
ispt CONSTANTLY going % the set OF the ca1sn' s"'
uncertain - 49,. .
Thi. channel night be easily buoyed out Two As' s'ss'
70 Very mdchsnnel just inside the bar Of ths
Pass there lump having only nine feet Of wses
low oeeur 'e s ost oa ss E s.is -
there 10 deeper water between them and the lump
The following bear.ngs show ts positon: ~,
LiRhthouse en- Cape s. George besrng T. BY "Sy 10
"Wssiernmost point Of St Georges Island bearing !"
Ous.ds the West Breaker. Es. Pcs. :pd ss ~
three and half e four and hsli fsthoms "a -
Dog Island lighthouse b. are from q b. " . Vas'b
ess, end II st. Georges Is."d BY W. w. .,
"A. D BirHE, sngs cs''s ss''T9