The New York herald., 1863-09-10

compelled 20 fall back q the ridge which tie twenty
fourth Massachusetts, calamity from them nve days
Afterwards This ridge = distant only two hundred yards
from Wagner. Here strongly iDircnchcd, our
sappcrs through marsh and quIcssand through oredoes
lilipg the ground and shower Of shrsne hns tho arr
gradually getting onwaf'i ~ theif perlouA ia,i'
pra4cti ma KSc0rGrsFED.
p4tNeeu James leland md Morris island ae aBd
almost mpas.ablc swamp in,sryenes. rs substancs =
tho deepest slickcs, mre out u which grows species
~ rang Wild pras. whose roots covered by the att
stpsnant, shiny miasmac water Of the marsh. Here was
point nch Gen aaregard with mole thlh two ycars
in which 10 foriry the city, had neglected 70 occapy and
hold aud Of this neglect General Gimora determined -
take advantage. Accordingly, toward the end o. iuy
Colonel lowell was directed 20 insxe eafei'a canu
nossance or the locality with the view, X possbie o
hTding csrtn enough 70 build battery -. lhe recon
noissance made Tho marsh was nseers.inod % be
wonderfaIs. .oft and siushy aralr a rab ,aist crawl
syor II. but human be ri desoendcd the the
arrncs, sar,Sou and slender iron rod SUNK n iis
w~sht to the depth or t.cnty fect Broad acres hs
,ss we're found nowhere any substantial fonnds
ton discovered ihon ,~cniy fec, 20 ~" rfa.c
u.nEsIoS sEurfp
Nevertheless Chsreslon wse n be shsi,sd, snd
4 battery was 20 be built. W any ordinary
method the work would sink ot n Fisb, - fasi
a. il could be put ~. A pile driver, set A.
work under the very eyes u the hostile artlo
r,sss would hazard the moral ccrtany of being blown
pieces by the snsmys shells screw piles might meet
tho difficulty. but there 10 the department
How vas the battery 10 be built How nature 70 be
outwiuedt
Il was dooe but how must tell a detail. ny
solving the question 10 how much the swamp would
carry 10 the foot, tho feasibility of undertaking
proved Colonel ssrrels report was made upon the ID
n August. Tie submitted a plan by which the ditncg
ties nj shi be overcome he wanted ten thousand days
work a. his dsposs getting which he prom 70 have
the battery ready Tne plan approved two days
aftarwsrd the erection OF the work was ootnnepcsd
HrrKay.
DO nol why should thus minutey spsak a thls
Marsh Battery unless because from tho heavy rife gun
with which u u armed, the nrst shot was nred Into
Charleston since this begsn; and because
Inare than any other q our works II has INTRO
duesd ~ ths ho, heAaed Inhabitants ., the
lnstI. city Of rebellion something or The
horross which they themselves prscpa,es on the eoun
try There Il poetic Justice 10 visiting them with burst
ng bosos and scattering Gre while the primo n bras
sris wfse wfesed Fort ssmler from Union l~rds sin
governs them. You oil sxcuse me ~ linges = Ht,ls
logger over ~ sccrrnt or this Asvtda uowrsm n Geo
nrass~gsrd's syss.
No "tlmbersd Land" of Morris Island il consued Il
sma 20, On tl1 bank ync~n,s creek a. n. stream
IN ch al, AZ. ~ oon tbs mArsh . called aere 49, ~o
soit,ary psBet,o.s scrubbv gn.rsd snd aasi caner.
ssr.tpfssng ,hs .ntsrv woodsd ueshh ~ t.s sr,a,y
past Thus ,Ls DetssrAy cg- tor the facs.3 wsrs n
"a l4ai 90 nsatss ihau 10 sorests loAy DrI a,
= uns mics ayav. Here IT, we@~ w@re slsa ~.
n "a beyr ~, sls.<. ss.4 ~ s.aDsss -us4@ 49,