Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-28

" 0oJ Wv pig IlluS WC4C az OIL k0hCu III
hand by the people of Charleston, and
carried" out into the harbor. This time
It was 10 see the defences of the harbor,
ard particularly the historic points of
Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumpter, Castle
Pinckney, Wagner's Island, Charleston
Bar, and. perhaps, one or two other places
of less note in the last conflict. We were
taken on board the ste, e,mship, Charleston,
of the New York and Charleston line, a
fine. large sidewheel steamship of 14O0 10
1000 tons burden. The Charleston was q
Government vessel during the war, she
being g'one of the merchant vessels bought
by old Gideon Wells for the purpose of
chasing (they scarcely ever caught one)
the Confederate blockade runners. Her
name at that time was T. E. Cling, and
she had the name of beng very fast. She
was fast; though. like some horses, she
was always just fast enough to lose the
race. She never caught up with priva
teer in her life. Aud we steamed out to
the bar in this historical craft to look ut
the historical points.
Fort 6ump.er IS now mass of ruins.
with lighthouse at one of the angles.
Originally it had three tiers Of easements,
from which the guns looked out on the
bay and over the city. Two or three biz
cannon lie idly on the top of the RUNS,
and half dozen U. S. soldiers are quar-.
tered there to look after the Government
property. The lighthouse keeper has
now become the ranking officer on tha,
once grim citadel in the sea, and the
lighting of his lamps to guide the ship
ping into harbor is the most exciting
event that occurs from day to day.
thought of the old picture of peace, where
a bird has built her mes: and reared hel
young in the mouth Of cannon, when
looked at The lighthouse keeper, solitarily
percbed on the grim escarpment of For
Sumpter.
Fort Moultrie is situated off to the lef,
of Sumpter as you 60 down the bay. anG
has more of the appearance of war about
|it. There are one or two companies o1
soldiers quar,ered there, and the morning
drill and evening dress parade are gone
through with with military punctilious.
ness. It is connected with the land, anc
Iis by no means difficult to reach in tha
wsy, though to a heavy -draught vesse
like ours it is impossible to come near III,
walls.
Castle Pinekney is small fortification
built we'll in the hsrbor, that has some
thing Of military appearance about it
1t Was not used much during the war, be
ing protected by the outer fortiications
II had history, however, earlier in tn
Republic, having been one Of the coas
Notifications during the revolutionar.
war, and also a formidable defense L
Charleston in the war of 1912
Fort Wagner was tit can scarcely b.
said to have an existence now situate.
on the low neck of land that runs out t.
The north and cas- from the very moutl
of the harbor a continuation of it
winging still further to the north ant
covered by the water, fort,is the bar b.
yond that roll the waves of the broad At
lantic. The battery is a piece of face
wall, which is but a continuation of tn
docks, looking out on the water, with
promenade On top extending about half
mile on it's two sides. 1t belongs to tn
General Government, aud. being thu
barred to commerce presents fine vie,
to the occu. .'aDts of the "toney'' house
that line the street back of il.