Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-05-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

'hu puMeilul Iuiseu IN inc lniuAt OF tue nlOOmhE
md the beautiful. This island comprises about
Eighty acres Of ground, most of which lies four :
eet beneath the water level. The embnnkmenls |
lround II are from six to eight feet high Docks 4
cad up from the river Oh the east and west and
loOd-gates are planted ut their heads, 50 that !
The entire furface Of the island outside the citn
lei can be covered by the bay whenever the
pxigencies of the garrison require complete iso.
lation in the citadel. When the fort shnll have
been completed, (many years to Gomez the en-
bankments which encirole the island will cunst-
tute winter batteries and will be provided with
one hundred guns additional to those employed
for the defence of the citadel The bulldogs
without the fortress are NIL constructed of frame,
so that they can be fired at any moment. A moat
twenty feet in width and eight feet deep encom-
pnsses the solid masonry of Fort Delaware II
is crossed by single stone bridge, on the west,
comprised of three arches, and opening upon the
huge sally.port or way-under the great
arch OF which visitors find entrance aud exit.
A gang why plank on the east flank leads into a
small sally-port with double walls, opening upou |
the second tier or story.
Fort Delaware mounts three tiers of guns, II |
is pentagonal in shape, anl includes within its
walls nearly four ncrcs of ground. The exterior |
walls of the fort are made of granite blocks four
feet thick. Solid brick walls are built within
these twelve feet thick, and archwsys construct
ed within the solid walls reach ut least thirty
feet additional thickness. Inside tho walls aud
archways arc the barracks of the officers and tile
men, capable VI quarteMng when completed Mt
least two thousand men. They are now useless,
because unfinished, md present only II hollow
array of brick walls, which can be battered to
fragments by IN enenly's cannon.
The quarters of Captain Gibson, who sleeps
within the fort, consist of petty room in frame
shed, mounting single BERTH and altogether
squalid and nnsocmly. A few thousand dollars
would complete the interior arrangements Of this
fort, provide ample and humane accommodations
for the garrison, and make this almost impreg-
nable fortress IN excellent defence for the city
of Philadelphia.
The archways, before referred to, arc used for
the mounting of guns, for magazines, Is The
fort is now prOVisiOned with two months sup
plies for one hundred and fifty men, by the fore
sight of Col bradford and Commissary James s.
Watson of the municipal service. The guns of
Fort Delaware, more than one hundred in nnmbcr
include nineteen Golumbads. five of which are
ten-nch guns, weighing 5000 pounds each (l2s
pound shot capable of reaching any craft within
three miles; fourteen eight inch columbad4,
weighing 1000 pounds each. The weight of the
balls for the latter is nearly one hundred pounds
each. In addition to these, there is a lnrgA
quantity of ordinary guns, howitzers, &c. A
squad of the Arlillersts are daily employed ia
hosting cannong to their places on the plrapet,
in the citadel will la tixed In the;, ros,,an,ia
nlnces nn1 thr recrpita will cn,n,nonco ,n,,o.
practice with their cannoa and the columbiads,
We have no hesitation in saying that ut the pro-
n', raa All a., oh - u, ~, ~ ie.ls'
naooossb NV ' a,iia o 'nu puawere ois
that ro,tress hoar, mo- ,,', iri ,J "'ia "
~ erb,os,ros nf tts raft
} ~, l.,,,; go -, . s"'Ns''.,e" 80 ~, 4
anrIes ~ tlo far, ,lo I,"a,5a,ls r"'a a. 'ui
ths line of v,iIs sn NC Ia eo,,,, ~ III ~,
has,ion Morris onv scalin, ,a,', 49,, Wy
,nnrr,e ~ ossaii Guus a'S nneauy
te Deoware nm athtin f,e ,, ,s'1 , u
tho channel WIFI tho tnrsiIIo 80 ~ - =
ress bearing unon them. If tbe ice so,ll ,,
casafnllv be7orl sncl a ,rortint a., i1i aV'
ba invalid Ia 6va ,,;,,nlaa tii ,,-,,,1I - - i
under ,otar fon rat jaa,, Is go ~ 'i'
hie exigencv .honld he avoai , III li
of tba fort nassea ,i,i -, go "'''''
nevt n bo sooIad sLo,iS taiI ~ u nm, ~
tbe bgh narannt Of ,he c;,adoI H., Wy 49,, =,
Of tba bnations oro roa1,, IN snso, - W
nto destrnct;on sholi ,lo ."e ass''..lii,'
ona circnmstonce cntnm H. ~ - Ky .Ir.ult
can he goo,iad ~ H. ,ia,L 10 ~, 70
G az No ,n, H., i;oi I,,i Nj ~. st'
ass1,i, S - ti So"lu ue Su'
both Nv Iersoy and noiesn, ny utiGels o.
mcraonn, TLa ,,oIs ~ ~, - ~ d, ~ "'y
whom ,bcrc hoe heo,, s,,s,,;,io. ~ VI
aott,, ~, ~ vi 'V, heli
lions e ssea,, alIoaino ",'1 ~, Wv ny
8 and odarad a. 60, Ci, ~
1E0 soiiiors IN ocarI e. D. Nv ~ ,'eIs ~
I awnrn ~ 'S'e"' W =" "'en anu 'he pet
! Ear, no,o,.,,.o Il, i. .,-..-...
mart Of Eor, srr,a ,n many ruspuots ,e counter
In fact olmost i,,orl ;n,aati
six years have been rsonirad f. h,n hmeuiy
nro:ont s,",a - oo.,.,i',n W I'Ins " us
years OF additional labor would scarcely make il
equal 10 all engineering reqwremehts.-Ifees.
a NOVEL AND FoRMipAplE BArTERY.-ThC
rnilSmIelphia LEDGER publishes the tollowing
ernment has bronat on, in os ,nt
resources If onr countrv and thc inva, ' inS
genius of onr citizens 10 construct arms ~, !
batteries which ore intended IN lo ,rcat AGO.,
tion 10 ia reheis vbo ,onaco VI NJ e'.,'.
permanencv of the Fcderol Government MA
determination 10 reconstynct tho briio"s On ,,',
Philadelpba. wilmington and Baltimore Rail.
rood destroyad hv a moi from pal,i,nnro na,
led to the construction If rnilroaJ Lo,,nr,, Iy
Tho Eo'inroi Gosonnr,ant LEFTY ny
If baldwin To in tbs cit, Cnn nr nv Yang ~,
platform BAGGAGE cnrs bns benn fyr1 viii LINK
md fan If 1hic shoct.;r,n thn s;'io WI
nor. balcs and loon hnios III, ,r,,si.,, t'
tnbie hoe Noon arran,,o av ,rhi1, a,1 'u,n'
non ia IN he nlnceJ ma corr;n,,o far H., 'o a,'
10 60 cons,rudtoJ thot !, oa rs ei VI. wv
ons,o AMI fror, ~, a " w" t w ",," ~ NY
,he s;Je nv AMI az Il az, w. t.0 nUrVs y
mr. shall for tho con,,a, Woo 'f ; ~ SUP
al fron, iacomo,irn in;,d $3.50 ~, ~ io" punch
loads This cor is ~ pV ho , ",' ~ useu az
ocon,ot;ao orS d' r;, Ga ps P,acen IN rom OF
with Niinn;o r; 'H " on,, sa n'u ms.He armed
.I, IL 'eu sut'Vh ~ "ork inc can
az aatsnat.n W ~" i"0ro tVrrlu'e Instruments
VI uesruo'lon'
WASHINGTON UNION No, i. pAuourrns II,
TEMPERANCE. n stated mretin,, a. WHIT.
ton Union No. l. Daughters of Tem ne,o,,nn Ivy
Anil % 1891 ,ba r,II.,r;. ~ r .,liNs' "Su