Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-04-17

''',', 4ne p's :,hor ,,,.,,., ,-.. ....,. !.
the nigh, of the 57th, but with similar results,
On the 18th, our troops and boats all reached
enemy. bu, he womIl not rive ~f b,ttI@ lay We Yer em Y
harkel On the transports and gunboats and re-
.i .r,, Inc troops, funSGas' ammunition and
and fifty good mules. are all safe. and approach
mS iouns's Point as write
rebels at least ao0a isIcs IF y~s cotton Eo @ ooo y, %
cls Of corn, and the gins and houses of the plan
''0s G T9oie ;'1 c~ne. m n'd c.s,re'Td g, our prog
Of tho country We found ample to sui,i-t the ar
NY at NicksburS for some length Of time aud by
.o r,r y.
rut orr,,,>e rorr> At cu,rI,.ro>
Cb,rl,-r.p Ilarl.,r i. ap inlet ,b.r, r,,
milo. IA, a,..rar.. width and ..,t,p5i,,. ,l.,,
five mile, inland Tho shin channel a., I'm,
entrance +. about oo, milo in width AL.n.-
tho .apt,,I line ,r tl,. NIL, ar, c,rt. S,r,,s.
7n3 rirl.v. vliI, tb. o,b.- fort. and batter
i.s are .l,p.. .itber shan. T,r, u.nl,,;, =.
on the northern sb,re and Guards tl. on.
trance Il, tho bsrI.~ F,-, Sumter =. ,r,,r,
one and q half miles rr,m tl,.. ,ptr,,n,. cr tbc
bsrl.,r and F,rt Rirl,v d.,.,rI. tina, di.,,D,.
castle pin,Lns, j. mn m island n,,r tb, oor,b
crp sbore and mar e., ,L, ..,,,. and ,I,.,., al,
tlc b,,J fiji, t,,I..r ri.. .l..,.. 3, ,-irl
l., ..,, h.. tI,,i, sr,,,,c,,. ,, ,l.. mo-, c.,
,,;l,1l. r. ia, r,,..l c.r,;e.,-..
In reference ?, ,l,,. sr,o,n.ot tt.r. i.
,nucb ,,,raic,ip- testimony and va. -,vo
WIN, ,rre,r. ~ bc mo.lipr, .,,,.,pep,
,h..,,..b ,,,., ,,.lir..i T.. .b;,I E, ,, .,,,r
,..,i.a,,. r.,t.r ,,,,,, o,l,s-,-;..
1ti.o-t;,.,,.d ,I,,,. ,b..u, ,br., h,,,,5r.5.u5
,,.ycntv-fyc s,,lne of various calihrc arc in
,r
f'''''" To "'''''l 'naii'su'" i'i''''''
this number ah'ut one hundred are -ull1-ci
f. d. -; IT,, ~,,,,..r 6G, IN F..rt N,nl.
tu"- twenty-five m castle linekn'r. clSht ln
Fort Eirl..-. l,ur iu Font johnson. aud the
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'i'0
batteries that line the harh'r. Port
S... =; l.rI, ,u,n mn ,r,;f.
ci'i island, and HAS it' walls "i
hri.t from ci-bt Z, twelve feet in thirk
NJ.
n''>- ''' -'''i'i' 7''"''''' ''
Island l. farther up the Iarhpr than sumter
nd ,,.,,,, ,,,,. .,,,t half milo distant c..,
'''''
IT. Besides tn" forts and batteries there are
r,vo iroii-clad .-uulsiat- or ram, and -cycial
,.t;, III l.c....I:... d..
'"-''''' "'''" mag ''' d" '''
harltr. There arr supposed Q" l"'ah'Gt tWcll-
,,-r,.. I..,,,.,,,J rl,.l tr..,.- i,.,,,l about
charleston ami as many m"" "'" ''n br
summoned IN ease of cmcr.cncv
IN c,,..:l.i: -tt.r.
'"' '"'''7 i''1' '''" '''
Is taken from the Richmond EHgrr'r
t"it sumter N'' 'h'V' UeIs 't -'i'' 'u'' uH-
Her tNe cIl ''.' I''''u' liiA''' ID. a.
q" 'hc a,''n" i-' ~ 'llc 'N'en, '' .I.' "oIAs
ana lhe s'renz'h OF ''' AT .'.'''i'''l'' '"' N''
o'''7'l "-,'' W ln. ,",iil'., 'I't
Snppoael TO '' ''' ,'n''i''' -. Tue u'l' ' Wv
ch,'ts 'i any nA,a' 'Ni.'nce men ,'., I'D use ITS
'v,u1','h ny '+u'" ',,l.Ih IN -''' "'s
oi hT ho' s1'' i'''n TOT N'"iu!'' 7S'unS n''
T." the N"'1cn rn' oi inc caF'Cl"u' nu.ihE>
aNot,'f i'f 'r''''' iu''',,' ny "u',h in',,7'h
an' h', sifr'''''' N''' l'',''iI i''5,,' ''' ''''
F'' i'bt i' ''' '''.'''' 1''''" .' 't'
20 arm" '' -".' l., .'f"L'. S,l
''' -' ii.
i,,ih' 'h' De- '''''i'' -''i'-' i'' '-'i.'~
oIcis 'c 'iN ui''l SD 'lii''-n''S '
en'y
J. n' lliA'i'i itIi''.h '' ''' ''f ',t 'i9'rI
=suihe'-t from Fort sumter. about SIX mic
seis win come under the frc Of tho batteries on
Johns Island. nelr and parallel to which the
I,iil' % II ,', , N i,l, -, .n.l .ii nr,rrl n rnn
nin- fer n,ore than mile directly toward Fort.
II turns 20 The wet. aud passes beneath the fer
tif,qtior= directly un1cr their Guns. and th-n
ben5. ., tba southwest IN which direction II 7-
nro,,b~. F.rt Johnson for inward Of two mile.
IIrb;ls 81, ,Ar,;-lt II l. under the fro of Castle
Pinrlrcr n i. 10. until the ener,l, -,Is7res or
---e. ,IJ tis. ,,orl. and oiFers ,rbicb NH en-
,oyooc sbc-asclre. gf fbe prorer fine that Ert1U
\, oBJe ~ comm Cooner oag : blev 4;rert.
and ,Joo, CborIe-fon of fbe acrcJ of The -lof
-,9 -beU m bi- iron cIqGs.
Whatever uncertainty prevails a. 10 the sbl-
=, If f,rti6,., ti.ns to resist tho impctus Of the
crmii,lIo rroie-tIe, hurled Hv the Federal
runboats there can be no doubt that the iuvul-
nerabiftv Of the turrctcd monsters will be tested
on this occasion b. a scverer ordeal than any 90
which they have been heretofore subjected. and
Admiral Iuport viii find different entertain
ment in running the gauntlet Of Forts Sumter and
Noultrie and Johnson and Pincknev. from that
f,,ruisbe-l nv the miserable abortion. misuamcd
batteries Al Port Eoval. 50 pregnant Of disgrace
and Disaster 10 south Carolina
Ag,inst the Harbor defence. Admiral
dupont "llii5s an h''l 0'a' i'''' w i'''
sclS OF this feet correspondent of the
~. J...-y ii. g., II;l,..,, I.,J
under date ot Nrril lrt, says
u D. m appearance an nsiSnih.an' ncci-- inhc
vessels IN al--puny, almost ridiculous When
compared with the stately ships ot the last hif
ccntufy-Tlth such symmetllcal architecture as
that Of the Wabash Oid sailor VINO nave s"unS
mon