Off the Georgia coast, and eighteen miles to the Southward of the Savannah river, in Orsabaw Sound. Into this Sound flows the Ogeechee river, a stream navigable some distance up—some thirty miles—to vessels of a larger class. On the Ogeechee river four miles above the Sound, is situated Fort McAllister. The Fort stands on the mainland, directly on the river bank, and commands the river for a mile and a half or two miles. The country for several miles along the Ogeechee, as is almost the universal case on the Southern coast, is but an extensive marsh, crossed and re-crossed by innumerable little creeks and inlets connected with the main stream. Some of the Islands formed by these creeks and inlets are large, and contain large plantations, but while there is one of these, there are hundreds of others mere marshes. To the Northward of the Big Ogeechee, and connected with many numerous creeks, are two more considerable streams, called the Little Ogeechee and Vernon rivers, on each of which are said to be strong batteries.—Richmond Examiner.
Yorkville Enquirer, Yorkville, SC