Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-01-05

reached in places
The work on the south side is nearly
finished. The counterscarp is substantially
built of ank, and spread with turf. The
glacis is also finished. 1t is composed Of
sand, and covered with layers OF loan and
turf, all of which is kept firmly in place
by the addition of sections of plank nailed
to uprights sunk in the sand, and crossing
each other at right angles, making squares
of about ten feet each. The purpose of
the glacis, which is an inclined plane, is to
expose an attacking party to the fire Of the
guns, which are so placed as to sweep it
from the crest of the couuterscrap to the
edge of the beach. On the north side, all
the wooden gun cases have been placed
close together on the ramparts, apparently
for the purpose of securing it against an
cscalade, but possibly as screen for a
battery of heavy guns. A good many
men ars engaged in clearing the ramparts
of turf and earth, for the purpose of put
ting down very ugly looking arrange
ment, which consists of strips of plank
four inches wide, one inch and half thick
and six or eight feet long, sharrened at
the point, and nailed down, so As to pro-
ject about three feet horizontally from the
top of the walls.
A noticeable fact in the bastonettcs. to
which We have before aided, is the haste
in which one Of them has been built. The
one completed is formed of solid masonry.
In constructing the other, however
a framework of plank has been sub
stituted. Against the iasidc of this wood
en- outwork loose bricks have been placed.
Both bastione tes are armed with "a small
carronade and howitzer pointed lat rally
so as 10 command the whole intervening
moat by cross fire.
CASTLE PINCKNEY is located on the
southern extremity of narrow slip OF
marsh land, which extends in northerly
direction to Hog I.land Channel TO the
harbor side the so-callcd caste presents a
circular front. 1t has never been consid.
cred of much consequence as fortress
although its proximity to the city would
give it Importance, if properly armed and
gsrrisoncd, From hasty observation We
find that there are about ID guns mounted
on the parapct; the majori of them arc
eighteen and twenty four Founders. Some
"ColumbiadS' are, however, within the
walls. There are also supplies of powder
shot, and shell. At pl esent there is nc
garrison at the post; the only residents
are one or two watchmcn, who have charge
of the harbor light. Some thirty or forty
day lsborers are employed repairing the
cisterns and putting the place generally in
order.
This concludes sNTa 5ar sketch of the pres
ent aspect of affairs at the three forts
which were meant to be, and which should
always remain, at once the pride aud The
safeguard Of our city.
Fort Moultrc is about three and hal.
miles from the city Of Charleston. 1t is
however, within easy cannon range ot
Mount Pleasant, and might be attacked
from the village of Moultrievile
TRUE, EVERY WoRD.-The Newark
J0arnaI is about the first one of the Nor
thcrn papers that we see has really grasp,
cd the events of the great crisis. Speak
ing of the secession of South Carolina and
the attitude of the other States, it says:
"For this work, We in the North, who
have ever boldly supported our Southern
brethren against Abolitionism, should
cordially thank the South, whose prompt
and independent action has averted a
worse calamity than disunion, i. {. Aboli.
toni sm For one, we have no tears to
shed because the South have determine d
to save themselves from disgrace aud
obstruction As We have hated and loGth.
ed the whining hypocritcs who have taunt
ed South Carolina with cowarGice and
Virginia with mental debility and general
pauperism, so we sympathizc most hearti
ly with the brave spirits of the South
who in noble defence of their own liber
tics, will at the same time enable the
true friends of the Union in the North to
put down AbOlitonism and bury it SC
deep shat its corrupt carcass may never
again be thrust into the faces of honest
men. So mote it be-"
Miss Emma Hardinge is lecturng in
Cincinnati on the "great social evil" and
advocates the establishment of large hor,
ticultural farm, on which reclaimed wo,
men should be employcd. She wants $50 =,