New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-15
THE TOWN OF EDENTON TAKEN.
CEN. GClDSBORguGH'S OFFICIAL REPORT.
THE FIELD or OPERATIONS.

ROANOKE ISLAND.
T'is is about fly miles ~ Ptmtco Sound. twelve
ME. .cng, three miles wide. and said 10 be fortified
the Rebels Oh The southern. eastern, and western
.'orcs The most feasible approach TO tie i'aod If
h. C,oalan Sound, which is about one mile wide,
y,b tyvo channels and uire feet Of water IN each.
or tie le.h OF Janu4rv. when the Rebels learned Ct
the ,-ival Of Gen. Burnside a. Hauors Inlet, they
commenced the construction Of q battery about midi
way OF he Island in addition 10 the battery Of siy
crlr. On he lower end Of tie leland. The forces
were O, that tine largely increased in anticipation
ofan Immediate attack.
Roanoke Island is position which is valuable to
o., commanding as II does the CuTituck Sound,
which opens into the Albcmarle. Curiiuoa ia about
GAy miles long ten miles wide, and is Davigable for
vessels drawing ten feet Of water Owing 10 the
Gatual breakwatcr which protects large portion
oi ,he coasts Of Norh Carolina and Virginia the
water is as pl.eid as lake, aud easily nayieaed.
Albemalle Sound cs I'd, in q westerly direction
a'ont sixty miles; Il is from four to ifteen miles in
vIdi aid though ia mauy parts quite 81 a, is sui-
GENTLY deep TO admit OF tie Passage of vessels Of
teo feet Of water.
Tte P4squotark River, which has It's rise in the
DISMAL swamp GoNs into this sound. canal,
cali the Dismal Swamp Canal connects tlis river
with Dtummond Lake in Dismal Swamp. This lake
j. about thirty miles ia lergh and from ten to twelve
laes in breadth. Wien ful, tie surface o. Tie lake
is % feet above tide water
Tie jericho Canal connects this lake With Suffolk,
witch Is situated on the Nausemond River and on
tie Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad. II is s.
mile, south-east OF Richmond and 20 miles from
Hampton Roads.
Naosemond River enters Hampton Roads, and is
nsygsble for vessels Of ten feet Of water from Suf-
I'LL.
WELDON. \. C.,
= 80 niles from the mouth Of Roanoke River,
vsloh in consequence Of the obstruction Of q fan,
is the limit to steamboat navigation.
Weldon Is q point Of considerable strategic I'M
yortance. Four railroads meet there, viz; The
Wilmington and Weldon, the Seabosrd and Roanoke,
Ito 1saston and Raleigo, and the Petersburg load.
The fr, Of tie roads l62 ailes IN length, and Tuns
south-easterly 10 Wilmington, inier-ec,ing Gods
borough, Gu the Neuse River. The second Is 40
iies long. and runs to Portsmouth, Va. Tie third If
s. miles long, and runs nortb-westefy to the capital Of
Xorh Carolina. The fourth ii otherwise known as
tie Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac, Rich
~, .bis route Richmond il ls6 miles from Weldon
Petersburg, Va, is l6i miles distant.
Weldon seems peculiarly situated for an attack
L il easy of access, and when gained can be az for
fidAbly nirenchcd % is Manassas. II il not far
from Richmond, and furthermore, the seizure Of tbs
POINT would seriously incommode the Rebels al
Richmond and Manassas.
NEWBERN, n. G.
EeWberne is on tie Neuse Riyer-pronounced -
e spelled Nu.s-wh.ch next to the Cape Fear, istbe
aIgest navgsble ttreau in North Carolina. II il
assabe for steamboats, from its mouth, which Is at
the lower part Of Paulico Sound, 10 Waynesborough,
h. C., distance Of more than 100 mles GoldsbOr-
osgb, near Wsynesborough, on tie river, il point
II which the railroads from Wilmington, on TIE
Cape Fear, and from Newben, Oh tie Neu1e River,
converge.
WASHINGTON, n. G.
Washington is in Beaufort County, On the left
bank Of the Tar River, at tie head Of amco River.
Tie latter is nzvigable 10 Washington for boats draw
~ eight feet Of water Tar RIVER, which il a con-
tnuation Of Pamlco River, is nayigable for boais
with less than eight feet Of water 10 Tarboro.