Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-24

portion of which is within its walls, consists
Of
Guns.
Forty-two FOUNDER iron gnns ..................63
Thirty two FOUNDER iron guns......."........."iI
Thirty four pouuder iron guns s................49
Sixteen FOUNDER iron guns.
Twelve FOUNDER iron guns. ..."..ls
Brass field pieces........
Brass flank howitzers.
Heavy eight inch howitzers... IL
Thirteen.inch m0ftar...... Il
Heavy ten inch morarS.........
Light eight.nch mortars.
Sixteen-iuch stone mortars. .-.....4
Coehorn mortars.
Total armament ..........2lU
The fire from this work completely GOV.
vers the navy yard, and in case the latter
is held by the Federal authorities, it would
not hold out long against Fort Pickens.-
The bar on the exterior of the Bay is three
miles distant, and beyond that there are
no facilities for hostile feet to lie in safe.
ty All the forts in Pensacola Bay are ere
this garlisoned by Alabama troops, who
we're invited there by the Governor of Flori.
da.
FORT M'RAE.
This forti6catiou is situated on Foster
Bank, and guards the West side of the
mouth of Pensacola Bay. 1t is a bastion.
ed fort, built of brick masonry, with walls
twelve feet in thickness. 1t is embrasured
for two tiers of guns, under bombproof case
mates, and has one tier en- bar6ette. Its
armament consists of $50 guns and in time
of war requires garrison of $50 men. The
work cost the Government about $780,.
900. It's guns radiate at every point of
the horizon. 1t is very effective work.
The full armament Of the fort is not com.
plete, but a sufficient number of guns are
IN battery to make very good defence in
conjunction with Fort Pickeus Below
this fort is water battery, which mounts
some eight or ten guns. The interior Of
Fort McRae is provided with the necessary
shot furnaces, Offices and soldiers quarters,
magazines, &c.
FORT BARRANCAS
is on the North of Pensacola Bay, and d.
rectly fronting the entrance to its mouth.
The work is erected ou the site of an old
Spanish fort. The fort is Fashioned work
built of heavy masonry, and mounts AZ
guns, and in the time of war requires gar
risou of $50 men The armament ofthe work
is fully mounted, and its magazines are In
good order In me rear of the fort is a
redoubt, which is auxiliary to Fort Barran
cas-. Some extensive repairs have recently
been completed on this redoubt, and the
Aanking howitzers of scarp and counter
scarp can be mounted with very little labor
THE NORTH CAROLINA FORTS.
Fort Macon protects Beaufort, N. G..
and is situated on bluff on Bogues bank
one and three. .fourths mile from the city
1t commands the entrance to Beaufort har
Dor, having full sweep of fire on the mai1
channel The opposite entrance to the
harbor is Shackleford bank, one and hal
miles across. The fortifcation is of hexa
gonal form, has two tiers of guns, one il
casemated bombproof and the other en- bar
bette. Its armament consists of twenty thir
ty-two. Founders, thirty two twenty.tou
Founders, two eighteen-pouuders, two l:
Founders, three field pieces for hanking de
fence, twelve flank howitzers, eight eight
inch howitzers (heavy,) eight eight-iucl
howitzers Oight,) one thirteen-inch mortar
three ten.inch mortars, two Coehorn NOR
tars Total, eighty seven guns. The wa
garrison of the fort is three hundred men.
T This fort, however, is sadly in need o
repairs; the masonry requires pointing il
many places neatly all the irou work, sucl
as doors and window fastenings, are rustet
away. One of the wooden bridges acros
the ditch is decayed, as also the shiDglet
entire slope of the covert way. The sho
furnace is useless, the store rooms need rem
ovation, and the roadway requires to hav'
it's embankment repaired, and new bridg
to be built across the canal. The wharf
having lis piers undermined by the sea cur
rent and its wooden superstructure muc|
decayed, requires to be rebuilt. The forti
) fcation cost the Federal Government hal
a million dollars.
Fort Caswell is first class fortifcation
ola hexagonal form, built of massive North
ern granite masonry, having two tiers o
guns under bombproof casemates, and ont
tier of guns en- JarJette. 1t is situated a
the entrance of Cape Fear River, two mile
from Smithvile. Its armament consists o
II 32-pounders, % 24-pounders, 18
Founders, l2-pounders, three field piece
for Aanking defences, 6 flank howitzers,
eight,inch howitzers, (heavy,) 2 ten incl
mortars and 2 Coehorn mortars-in all g.
guns. The work is surrounded by ditch
es and advanced works, and is in eve
~ particular first class work. 1t cost th'
Federal Government s57l,000. Its wa
garrison consists of 400 men. The work i
generally in very good condition. A chang
is required in its armament, so that NOR
guns may be mounted upon the gorge o
the main work of the covered way. a
these portions now bear directly upon th'
channel, which has shifted from the Eas
to the West shore. New platforms for tbes
guns will require to be constructed. Th
battery johnson, mouting ten guns, situa
ted at Smithville, with magazine, is aux
ilary to Fort Caswell.
}, ANOTHER FORT CAPTURED. .-THE PAL
METTo FLAG WAVING OVER CONNECT
CUT FORTRESS !-TREAsoN IN CONNECT
CUT Our citizens were surprised yester
day morning, by discovering an immens