The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-03
wasAinsson CITY.

r A@tFuetise 70 those not familiar with
me Rations described. and which are ex.
pec5d 10 be,ome 50 soon tae tbeatre q
sAIag and bloody deeds.
fsam present appearances. saws the
efeat the chances are that the Big fsht
~ the AboHtionists and the south.
ern eiots viii take place At. or near.
NssA+n : City. As there may be some
q oatFeader who have never visited the
fedeA Capital, We propose 70 give some
aesoar Of its position and surroundings.
Washington is situated on the North
SIDE 2 the Potomac. about $50 mile.
from Z mouth. A small creek separates
washington from georgetown. but As
ooth e'AS are closely built up 10 the line,
they arerirtuslly one. Directly opposite
Georeean across the Potomac. are the
Ariineia Heights. Arlington was the
resiaenesof the late George WASHINGTON
ParkeCgis. who died a few years aso.
leaving Y property 10 his so~n-in-law. Col.
hooeft Z Lee, % the Second Cavalry.
a heisEs Of Arlington are. We suppose.
about onehundred feet above the usual
water maR Of the Potomac. It Is eeIe-
oratsa lofa big spring Of cool and de
hoious HasT- and is much resorted to in
the snmMe time by picnic parties from
Washingto and Georgetown.
The aistnee from Arlington aeross 10
Georgetowns. we should say. about one
mile. From Arlington to tie White
House Il Is no miles or more. and TO the
Capital ebou three miles. Batteries on
Arlington heshts might easily command
the Presidents House and shell ola Abe
out, scarcely slowing him time to put on
that famous Sotch cap and long military
CLOAK eEewih he first sheaked into his
Capitol.
But u foees can, if necessary. ap-
preach nearer B Washington than Airing
ton. There is an island in the Potomac.
called Mason's Island. opposite George
town, ana l~ylngnearest the Virginia side.
connecting ithihe main land by a bridge.
We can easily YET on that island and
throw up battles. Georgetown is di-
rectly opposite, hot much more than a
quarter Of a mildistant. An -aoueduct.
bringing the Chapeake and Ohio canal
across from G~eoetown to the Virginia
side, serves as abridee, On which our
troops could crosif they wished to make
an assault.
Guns Of the aaviest caIbre can be
easily gotten to Ellington Heights. and.
without much trdble, to Mason's Island
also. Two or TIM railroads. connecting
with Richmond atother points, run into
Alexandra, whic is six miles below
Washington, on Z Virginia side. From
Alexandria, guns I'd munitions can be
carried by the easapeake and Ohio
canal directly up Mason's Island.
The Capitol is nceo easily command
ed. That is a milewer down the river
than the Presiden House, and oppo-
site the Capitol the .er is i mile wide.
Then the Capitol iaore than a mile
from the river. II had batteries on
the Virginia shore, oosite the Capitol.
we might reach thai nding. but we will
very likely have conersble trouble in
planting Our batteriesere. But we can
plant batteries on Ellington Heights
without being in rar Of the enemy's
guns, unless the Aboonists cross the
river and give us a haro hand fight.
Washington is deftd against any
hostile approach, by Wi The river, b,
a fertilization about ivy miles below.
called Fort Westinghouse fort Is on
the Maryland side, at aud in the river,
and commands the appahes both above
and below. Its resularlrison Is four
hundred men. and it mos eighty-eight
guns. The Marylanderssht to storm
and take this Tort without delay. Then
Old Abe couldn't get anAre troops to
Washington atall.
Besides this, there IS arsenal at
Greenleaf Point, the lornd of Wash
incton CITY, where the Arn Branch
empties into the Potomac.tis is an ex-
S1oga, Vera Cruz, ptc., are 1. It viii
be curious if these guns, we seized
from a foreign enemy, sd now 10
turned upon US by the AboGsts. We
almost believe that they worefuse to
. fire.
The report yesterday was the Vir-
| ginians are concentrating iIge mum
f bers, and establishing amilieamp at
Acquia Creek. The telegraAys that
Acquia is tweny-foar miles I Wash
ington. This shows how gredar the
. telegraph is. 1t j. sixty ! from
Washington, instead of twelur. It
Is a terminus of a railroad Rich
mono, seventy miles oil. Th4inians
can establish batteries there. com
mand the channel Of the riydaving
done THAT, they wiz then, aaaving
! enough soldiers to man theories.
march across thirty miles to trange
hand Alexandria road, which Wilhelm
down within a mile Of Arlingtophts.
The Baltimore,and Ohio raiIIcon-
meeting Baltimore and W~a-bingtving
refused to transport Abolition the
idea now g to land them at Armand {
march across. But the NarylaIare 3
concentrating along the road toute e.
their passage. 1.-THE Virginians AN
stop troops from going up the hc, :
Old Abe's supplies Of soldiers wilut I
of. II those he now has inh- 1
ingtop do not fight better than It'd
in Baltimore, where they run hhs "
before crowd armed only with bls &
and paving stones, Beauregard viii q
easy jobOt it in drying Old All @ Or
had better don thatcap and cloak d
and run while times are good" T. =,
quest Of Beauregard. that the s +.
and childrrn be removed from Wa 20
ton, looks like business" 70