The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-07-18


placid KIND that could not be made anxi,
GUS or uneasy he weis shed CAREFUL, his
danger aud bis resources with quiet, i'm
perlubable confidence. form d bls plau
for repe'!'ng The impending double attack
o! the enemy by Sea and by lsud and
never so much rs imag,ued that he could
DO driven from, his post.
On the tenth ol June, while the Cont
mental Congress WAS firished the debate
on Independence, the Bristol, whose
guns had been Previousy taken on, came
over the bar. attended by thirty Oh forty
vessels, aud anchored at about three
miles from Fort Sullivan In har.cslUu.
from which this movement WAS distinctly
visible, all WAS action on the wharv-s
"are.ouses Of great value we're thrown
down TO give room for the fire o. cannon
and muske,ry from the lines along Eas.
Bay inirenchments surrounded the
town the barricades, raised in the prin
cipsl streets, were continued TO the water;
aud arrow. headed embankinents were
projected upon the laudng places. Ne
gros from the country took part in the
laoor ; the hoe and the spade we're also
IN every cil'zens handS-for all persons,
without distinction, 'labored with alacri
ty'-some for the sake Of example. some
as the best way Of being useful. Ne ,her
the noon day sun, nor the rain, which iii
that CLINE drops from the clouds in gushes,
interrupted their toll
On the eleventh the two regiments from
North Carolina arrived. That same day
Lee, being told that bridge Of retreat
from Sul!ivan's Island to HaddreII's Point
WAS impossible, and not being per,nlt, ed
by Rutiedge to direct the total evacuation
Of the Island. ordered MouIlrie im,nedl
a,ely to send tour hundred Of his men
over IL the continent ; in his postscript II.
added L: "Make up the detachment to
hive hundred" On the thirteenth he
writes "fou will de,ach another hun
dred Of men" to strengthen the corps on
:he other side OF the creek. But the spir
il Of South Carolina had sympathy With
Mouitrie. and mechanics and negro labor
ers were sent down TO complete his tort
but. hard IA they toied, it was rot near
iy finished before the action. On the
twelfth the wind blew so violently that
Two slips which lay outside Of The bar
were Obliged. for safety, TO stand out TO
sea, aud this assisted To delay the attack
On the fifteenth Lee stationed Arm
strong At lladdrel's Point aud Arm.
strong, IS the superior officer, ever mani
fesisdf Tor MouItre n hsarty friendship.
On that same day, Sir Peter Parker gave
to the captains Of Lis squadron his ar
r"ngemenl for the attack Of the batteries
on Sullivan's Island, aud on the sixteenth
not know what to do. The drla,ory con
duct Of the British betrayed uncertainty
and u division Of councils and the Caro-
hhIaus made such use of the consequent
decay, that hy the seventeenth they we're
III an exceedingly good state of preparn
ton Mt every out post. aud also IN town.
But Clinton Intended only 10 &C upy and
garrnon SuIlIvan's Island. For that end
consulting with CornwaIIis, lie contern
plated the landing Of all bis men on
Long Island, a naked sand, where moth
ing grew except few bushes that har.
bored myrisds Of mosquitoes. and where
the troops suffered intensely from tn.
burning sun, The want OF good water,
and the baG quality and insufficient sup
pIy OF provisions. A inal Of the ford was
made Clinton himself waded in Up TO
his neck; so did Others { his officers,
aud on the day on which be succeeded
in getting ail his men on shore, he sn
nouuced through Vaughan to Sir Peter
Parker, that no ford was TO he found |;
that there remaired depth Of seven fee,
Of water at low tide and that therefore
the troops could not take the share they
expected in the Intended attack. HIS six
full regiments, and companies enough
from others TO make up one more-a
body Of more than three thousand men,
thoroughly provided with arms, artillery,
and ammunition hsd left the transports
for naked sard bark !bat was To them
prison. Yet compelled to propose
something. Clinton fixed on the twenty
third for the JOINT attack.
On the nigh, after the day appointed
for tue attack, Muhlsnberg's regiment ar
rived. On receiving Lees orders, it in
stantly set off from Virginia and mSr:h
ed to Charleston. without tents. continu
ally exposed to the weather. 1t was com
posed chiefly Of Muhlenberg's old Ger
man parishioners, aud Of the Virginia
regiments, and was the most complete,
the best armed, best clothed, ana bes'
equipped for immediate service. The
Americans we're now very strong.
The confidence Of Sir Peter Parker in
an easy victory was uusbaken. To make
all sure, he exercised body Of marines
and seamen in the art OF entering forts
ibrough MISUNDERSTANDING first to
silence Moultrie's battery, then TO land
bis trained detachment, and, by their aid,
enter the fort His presumption was jus.
tilted by the judgment OF Lee. That gen
sral, pofiing down to the Island, took
houltrio apide, and said; DO you think
you can maintain this post" Moultris
answered; "Ye, ! think ] GAN" Bot
Lee had no isith in q spirited defence,
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