The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1861-04-16


the ton ST.
or the entrance Of seil
torceilf s,ats oslr
MAS tIs asanilal.itieeS
i 81 90
sessiof 81 tic of
Y eaantity bad been sent to batteries erected
todsfsntl the 70 the Of George
town mud Which, less tlisu 10000
near this cit sslot more than snficiell.
10 kept; three hou;a ION the
dsy when the. t'ts approached
ssithiinso our baT: Shot and shell the supply
WAS in the same meas proporti ecPt ct
ponder shot which lad been eftsats Fort
siealtrie slien tic fort was seyacnatcd$ blythe
troops Of the United States. Added othis,
the guns which hadsbecnspiked, and the gun
arri:lsess Garnt, at Fort Aloulrie, had not been
Iaced not q battery had been erected which
bore on Fort Sumter and the approaches to
tIe harbor were only defended by the liRinjal.7
&, ed grns at Fort M0u!tne aid three 24-pounl-
er guns, mounted ea 6ar5stte, o;la hastily co-
z: strlcted and imperfect earth workzon Morris
Island ~. S. s.
Since the tins mentio ioncd, the supply ofcan-
non powder has been Increased to 24o,45o
lbs, With 10000 lbs: oi.muskct. and $500.
lbs. ofrife powder. Besides this tahl5gse guam
tity:of ordnance stores, Shells balls friction
"a ubes,s spcrcnssi caps lead, cartridge paper,
bags, artillery infantry andritie equip,
ments, have been spurchaSed, !, and they aresnow
on baud or in theIc course Of construction and
8 manufacture, through the intleiatig Iabors
Of the Beara. of Grdnance. Durilg tic same
period three ssinoh D lilgrcel guns a;isl seven
G-ineh nlortary. have been chase, together
with SIS: hundred aud fifty Enfield rifles, and
live handrcd Colts :nas reyolsVrS.
The corps eff gipeeFss hare sboe,,, 1ikcwisr
nnfenittipgly employed in the construction Of
7 works for the reduction Of Fort SiHnter, and
the defence of tlese ertrsuccs to tile barbor-
At Fort Moultrie, ousSnivan's Island, the in.
jjured guns have beenreplaced, arda amount
thirty eight in number Of various cali
;brcs have been protected by well constructed
mertpns the magazine has been made bomb
pIoos Z and other works have; been erccie&for
lie security Of tie garrison. To the east of
Fort Moaltric, on the same island, the entrance
to Naflit' channel has been defended bya bat,
{ tory cf ono s inch howitzer, two 32-pounders
aud two 9 -popnders. Between that battery
and Fort Atonitrie there is a mixed battery Of
1brerS se sie nortars ard two 8 Founders
( est Of Fort onltIie,, at about two bundled
yards rom the fort, battery of two
lo.;neh nloitars has been erected; andsan en-
flade bsttery of two 50 aud two 24-pounders
Z has been erected at point of Sulfiyan's island
nearest TO Fort Sumter. Besides these on
sulliyags Island, there are two l2-pounder
guns and N full field battery Of artillery at
Breach inlet, at the extreme eastern point of
the aiap1.
On Morris island, at Cumming Point, a
battery Of four Dortars has been crccted.-
Near this battery oftbree s.ineh coIulnbiads.
covered with heavy tilnbers and railroad iron.
Atthe terlnination.o Of the parallel, or covered
way, there IS a mortar battery of two lnortars.
{ 4Tlieseidl bear on Fort Sumter. The channel
is dsfeaded BY a battcry designated as battery
ofst@o s-inch howitzers; & by battery F, Of
! two s-inch bowiizets and two 42:pounders ;hy
battcfy E, Of ore inch coluinbiad D, Of twos5