The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-16
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The destination Of tio E,rc,t Naval TX
petition, ia announced TO lie, just what We
assumed several days since, Port Royal
Entrance. In our issue Of the 9Th in
slant We gave n map of Savannah and its vi
entity including Port Royal entrance" and a
map Of section Of the coast showing tho rola-
tive positions Of Charleston and savannah to
that port. hi, POINT has undoubtedly been
selected with ref, tcucc first 10 its amyl, ard
convenient h'rbor, AMI secondly To tn fact that
from j, our forces may easily hc march Il 10 the
attack. ON the landward side, of either OF tho'c
two important rebel citics-- Charleston being
about thirty-iive miles northward, and Swan
nih about ioriy-ivc miles southwark. Refer
ring our readers to the maps and explanations
already publ he'd We give them this morning
n map Of Charleston and it, vicinity, showing
the forts and httterics erected "a defend il from
an ATTACK 10y water, which we sincerely trust
viii soon again lie in possession Of the United
States government. We also sulgon - dcscrip-
ton Of the great commercial city Of the South
east, Of general interest in reference to y..:.
and Present stirring ovepLA,~~
~~TmNRfi SroN,
: I,s->f''pcioi oils Of South CIrolun, situated in
the district Of that name, !, the principal port
on the southern Atlm,i, cost, aud RAM, in ro-
pulation as the twelfth city in tho Union. II
is in lat. ~ : 4G 80 ", anl in long. > 81 ,
Wet, from Washington. lis population in
Guiding the city suburbs, is about c., 600. ltis
a. 4. IL a.,
site Of the city is six mile, inland from the
coast, on the point of land formed by the contu-
cnce of the Cooper and Ashley rivers. 1t has an
| excellent harbOr two miles in width, extending
| South Of East, bctN cen six AMI seven niles to
! the ocean. Thc Cooper river is Loo yards
| wide on Sic the city, and the Ashley >, lOU
| ,lids. 6 h being from 30 10 10 feet in depth
| II dcl,nccs arc thirteen in number, (inrlulul
| IN, erected siucc the breaking out Of tn To-
Castle Ifuaku.y. nearest the city, on Shutc s
| Folly l-lHnd a brick fortress, about one nile TO
| the ,uuthWcst, and in about the point Of coniu-
| oncc OF the Cooper and Ashley rivers. The
walls ol ills fortress ave 20 feet high and SIN
| feet wide. II has an armament 0l 70 pieHeo al
| rldl nee, "a AMI 32-pOundcls, six cOluln ads
| .yi i,w mortars.
R.uil,s eastward, across the Cooper river,
| 600 I.n- Island, is u battery of three pieces one
g. luu'' lfNltV LOT llt lIb0t W dlllHE W llN
| ndU ,'Ou Of FuIt Sumt,I and one mile farther
o.. ,hy w,stwarl across Horse Creek, i,an lth'r,
vi - 6raCt 'r and erected ior the same object.
In 20 rect line west across the hIrhOr on
ruir.ula If the mainland and about one milo
ii,m Mount Pleasant, is also battery.
Tho famous floating battery now lies SIX AMI
% l.,l' mile. s. H. from the city, Az two miles
iio,n foit Mouiric, at the mouth OF a bayou
which ltts inland, AMI is called 1.-THE cove Ii
q, ulaGr Ui PalHetto logs, covered with four
.hi,hu,ssos Of railroad iron, Of the L p ttcn,
nj /, CAPABLE OF uakipga most Formidable DO
fence, It. armament consists Oi four guns oil
NCIN l., ~ DtIiOrr.
lot Moul rir, (wl,osc early hitory is Ia
mi,i1r to every srhoolnoy) is Oh SulliVms ! -
lm1, az It's southeastern cNtrculty, AMI, with
Fut sumter, GO. uu1uds the immediate apprOl n
70 thp larbor. Til fort, il will be rccollccLah,
Is thr ono which ii lJor CHOW Ganoral AMI
.on vu,aicl to occupy Fort Sumter, the latter
heinz the stronger position. Monlir' b lars
soul - from tic city, about scvcn mlcs, an
sn,arly opposite Cummings Point, (lOrt SUM
ter being lrtwcen) The dct,,nccs consist ol
an outer and inner bri,k wall, the space helMe n
thrm being r'l,l i'm with earth, forming u
brcu-tworlS siN'ocn feet in thickness. AZ TIE
time when Fort Sumter Was attacked, Fort
Moullrie received the principal portion Of NJ =
ior And ruus iron compliment, being the
mo- formidable work oppori To hun. l's ar
nnucut, then, was eleven heavy guns AMI sew
,sl u,rtlrs, though douhtlrs, 1t has been since
ready increased md the fort Itself strengthen
cd To resist ait.,A.
On ,hc sltremr castcrly end Of Sullivan l.
land. a siuad-lus battery has been erected
which forms thc first point of defence against
| ho- Nc N,-- " entering the harhor 10 occupy
| MS island, anil to silence the guns Of This bat
| CRY. "a Wyil ~ those Of th' fort, wuul nccha
sai,k be- IN, inst duty Of AN invading fleet, ~
| llr persons engaged in manning the battery
| / M..t1tri uu1 gIFIu.fI Ia.
| "a is defence. This eastern battery bears di
rec ~ on tho Atlantic ocean.
| on Norris Island there arc three hlttsrjrs
one on Cummings Point, the cN,rcne end bear
| ing on the harhor, and two fronting the o'1!n-
| respectively situated seven, eight, AMI elgh
and half miles southeast from H. ciIy., IN
| battery ON Cummings Point Is the celebrated
| iron battery of three heavy Columbia T., cover
i ed over with yellow pine logs crossed with ml
| Of I iron; il rs bomb and shn.-prOOl The COY
| ring lints from the top oil large yellow pan
| supporting stakes, or posts, towards the har'n
| hone, and is pierced for three guns ,hn POI. I
| having iron coverings, which aru 10 placed a
q .iosc with the rcco.l of the p,ny 49, aud WIZ
d. gus arc run ont they completely ny Ih
apcrturus. This battery j, four and three
| u a ter miles SIS. f. from the Ell y.
lou johnson, 80 called, Is hnt a hu. 'c sau l-hl
battery, on the cNtrrme point OF lana when pu'
| out from Jamcs's island into the harhOr, the si
of Old Fort johnson built by the L. :. Govern
mt. 1t is four miles from the city, in
,outh-rastchy direction. 1t contains thrc
pieces Of heavy luau,c and four mort lrS..
Fort Sumter tcNermemorlblel is directly ]
he mouth of the harbor at about the poin
whore the currents OF the two rivers tCooI
rr and Ashley empty into the Atlantic, an
vhcro the ocean waters may he said TO com
mence. Its distance from Charleston is 81
miles. This work is erected on ma
land, which alone cost the L, s. Goyernmel
sjO0,O0O. The fort is of octagon shape, Il
A | walls Of solid brick GO feet high, and from
/ II feet thick, which are pierced for TIRES tie
e ofguns, on its NORTH west, and east exteri.
: 81 'es. The entire armament OF Sumter, as d
y signed by Government, is lao guns two u!
Of which are under bomb proof casemates u
e third, or upper one, being open, or In militar
parlance IN bdrbette. When Gen. Anderson
bravely defended the national flag and OF
/ country's honor from this work, he had but
o guns mounted, and many Of those he was vi
y able 10 work, owing TO . lack Of men. ~
lower tier Of POTta "a Intended far H-P0und'