...ative to the "situation" at Galveston. The Island of Galveston is a strip of land from three to ten miles from the main land, thirty miles in length, and from one to three miles wide. The city of Galveston is situated on the eastern end of this Island, and extends to within a mile and a half of the extreme eastern point of the Island.--Around this point is the channel to the harbor, which lies north of...