The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-11-15
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The New York World Of Thursday as.
sumed as a fact within their knowledge
that the destination OF the Great Naval
Expedition was primarily Port Royal
ltalso Herewith gave map Of that re-
gion, accompanied by other information
Of interest, II the aeet has effected a Lam
ding there. At the risk of later ew
putting it ali ont Of date, We copy the fol-
lowing from the World Of that day
Port Royal is fneen miles nortb-eos,
trom The lnuoth Of the Savannah river,
and is IN all respects the most eliciblq
point along the southern coast, for effect.
ing a hostile landing. The entrance 10
the hnrbor 10 one Of the best below Nor.
folk and The hOrbor itsclfis large enongh
10 admit of the anchorage and movements
Of the whole fleet. The city of Bennfor,
is situated on the east side orthe bprbo,
on Port Royal Island, with a popuIation
OF about one thousand. The hnrbor runs
into aud commands Beaufort county.
which constitutes the southern cxtremif,,
of South Carolina. The nonujation n,
the district in 1890 was'9S, sos, of which
only G,5OO were free.
Tho chief staples oftho distrietsre cot
ton, rice, Indian corn, and sweet potatoes.
Beaufort is one of the most populous
districts in South Carolina. The sur.
rounding country is level plain, a lii
tfo elevated above the sea; and the soil
is alluvol and sandy, we'll auapted, appa-
reutly, for puOricring troops, and for The
movements Of an attacking army. Port
Royal communicates, almost directly
by railroad, with both Charleston and Sa-
vannOh. A force moving up the river
from Bcnufort city would strike the Char
lesion and Savannah Railroad fifty miles
from Charleston on the one hand and
fifty Mills from Savannah on the other.
The acquisition Of that road will Of course
by Que of the first movements Of the CT.
peditionaTy army, giving, as il would, the
command Of both cities. and easy access
10 then, besides cutting Of tho facilities
Of transit and transport from the rebels
A glance at the accompanying MAJ
shows that the possession Of this poini
will give Gen. Sherman access to thC
most important part ofthe southern coast
aud enable him 60 attack in the rear th,
/ furtihcatlOns of Charleston and Savannah
The possession Of Beaufort, In fact, mus
result in the speedy possession OF ths
whole Of South Carolina and Georgia. y
I This point OF the coast ia situated 6iiectly
opposite the most southern sxtrtEliy j
Kentucky. A military line drawn fan
Port Royal to the Cumberland mountain,
Would cut rebellion completely ih two
aud thereby Rnnihilnte The rebellion
The intention of the War Department
/ probably is rather to m0ke thiss base 0
operations for securing the whole south
orn coast
30 long as our troops may find il uec.
essay 20 remain in the district Of Beau
fort they are sure Of fne quarters. Il i
the most fertile part Of the State, an
abounds In the neeesssries sofsubsistence
Tie probability Is that they will caphir
q considerable amount Of valuable com
modites. They will probably find fev
Thousand bales Of the finest Sea IslOn
cotton, which, at the present price Of tha
staple, would prove a mostyaluable prize
The annual value Of the crops raised 4
this district is S6,OO0,OOO, a very larg
/ proportion Of which must new be accu
muloted there. II ihs property owner
should prove persistent In their disloyalt
the gains Of the Government by eonfscs
ton must be ooEsiderahle.
p The possession Of this harbor will Of
: able the North to open new cotton no,
where the experiment may be tried as
how TAR the planters would avail then
selves Of an opportunity Of selling the
= crops.