New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-05

IN aAsu,,ia, mcfnns eatveiinf esreAih"A e'n
,i,n cg o,c bet Ncm caeh ship "nAef 'he chs'sa e
Lieut. n.nl II Ne Mssiv,rfi wss senl Co.. The rnf
t,se ~ sounding ur the ~, The oihef chcer ~eir
Lieu, Cues, IT the susqu,haUns iiea, iAleh 81 ,he
ri,w,v,h, ssd Mt Msdsgsn Maslc' vt 'hr aasies,
n. k..,s carried ~ addition 60 tho usual eassn a
Nlitc fas a ite bow suA wvtc nib manned with
ssusa seamsn The, TAN Wy the b., 81 = distance el
ss,ui ENr niles AnA mend e,epWherr ocm thirty
t. tors, thrce ts,hems of water Tho ,eesl Wa thea
iol,ied Aud signal gue h,ca to hfing thcm bach Ia
de afternoon The, sounded ar'upd tho hlsM OF Vras,,
Aserlss a,,u, csbles leug,h nom the .here They
ecvna e,c Alicm, vt water =, this distance, though
rcafer 81 che beach therr were ccca'i"aal reeh Mt
uclur che ntist obtained panoramic sAe,ch OF
he shore with tho batteries villages and ether oNlec''
Ia detail Oa approaching She m,is. the soldier" At
6,.t came cut Asmcd With malohlecks hu 81 tho heata
advanced ursrcr they retired within tho walls Inc
erts were IN II ,riy rude aud imperfect construction
and al tescthcr cnly mounted fourteen guns mono oi
which wcrc latgrr than nine roundcrs. The whole
uuuhev vt soldiers sceg was about four hundred con'
siderable portion cf whom we're armed with spears
Their cals snd shields lacAcrcd aud elttcrrd Ia
Tie sun HE polished Armor Tho carriages OF the
Guns were also lscAcrcd, The emhrasnrcs were 80
vide that Ito guns wcrc wholly unprotected, while
DE, wegr 50 stationed that the forts could be sormcd
No either side With ,er, little rish 10 thc assauliing
Marty The parapcts were Of earth aud about twelve
feet IN tAiekucss aud the barracks in the were of
weed Indeed the whole amount of the Japanese do
tsnscs appeared laughahle AFTER all the cxtrayagant
stories We had heard
Mr. MAliean approached at ono place to within
a 4. ssl. n rbvaa Ni.is mar n
were standing upon hank Of earth whom some one in
the hes, raised spy glass TO get nearer view OF
tism No s,cuer did they behold the glittering tube
pointed a, them than they scrambled down as quickly
IS possible, ard concealed themselves There were
three hcStloads Of soldiers near the shore who made
signs 20 him 70 keep OF, but he answered thom by
rontus out the wsy he intended 60 Thoreupon they
III, oil and bore down spon him rapidly that he at
first thought they intended TO into him, and ordered
lis trail their oars aud put caps on their car
tncs The beat; stopped at once and made no attempt
70 interfere with tie cutters course.
On Monday morning the same surveying party was
sssn dispatched up the Bay. followed by the Mssis-
sippi which WAS designed to protect them aud tow
them hack in the evening Lieut. Bent's boat was in
sdysnce and as lie passed the PromOntory of Urdga,
GERS in them made signs to return, but he kept steadily
on lis wsy. We watched the progress of our boats
with glasses hut at the distance Of four miles they
with tie Mississippi, passed out of sight behind the
point.
Several Government boats fully manned, were seen
from time 10 time pulling the Bay, in the direc
ton Of the surveying fleet but prominent movement
occurred until At this time the distant shores
were so lifted by the effect of mirage, that we saw
land extending entirely around the head of the Bay,
where previously none Lad been visible The eastern
shore was remarkably distinct and for the first time
We observed low, sandy promOntOry stretching out
into tie Bay FIVE or six miles TO the north of u.s. Near
tie middle Of il rose low mound on which, by the aid
Of eass we could discern number of soldiers clus-
tered around some white objects, which took to be
tert. In a short time, several hundred men were
marched down to the beach, where they formed line
5e1Iy half nile in length At least fifty banners, of
sou. coors and devices were planted along the line.
number Of Government boats similar to those which
ed visited Us were drawn up on the beach. The
re part OF tie soldiers embarked in the boats,
stich put Of, one after another aud made directly
cross the bay. We saw nothing more until o'clock
Z tie afternoon. when the Mississippi made her ap-
5esTa1ee 81 distance Of ten miles The heallaDd Of
-Isgs was crowded with soldiers, who came out to
zee her Itss-
From some Of the officers who were of the party,
learned the following particulars. In ascending the
Bay. they were constantly met by Government boats
le Cfcers in which urged them, by signs, TO return
hey lcJt On their course, however, until Mr. Bent
.1deevofed 70 proceed to the head OF deep bay on
Le wesTID coast. Here lie was met by fortyiye
JtpsLege boats. which placed themselves in front of
iiu. 70 Intercept biz progress. lie ordered his men
u Ley their and tx bsyOnets to their muskets
.u; ihsr produced no impression. IA the Missis-
tiyJi more than two miles astern, he dispatched
Ie Of tie bOs;s 70 summon her and varied his
lSc.eaiy 70 pFe'ent coming 10 collision with the
jspsuese Tie approach Of the steamer dispers
n i.eIu.
TIE bosts s'eTyHLere obtained deep soundings, with
bothm VI soh mud. The furthest point reached
als ,en g. 'ne!'e miles from our anchorage. The
loIe, veie b,l1 ND steep, with mountains In the
.aek gyourd sn1 he bsy ~ which LIEUT. Bent gave
- isae NJ Penn Esy) oGefs secure and conmo-
Ogs siclpytge IN her return. tie Nississippi came
.oui ne eentsg u he ~ finding everywhere sbon
9ns4 II YlteT
LfRAlR> ~ coHNolOrE yrrsy- RECEPTION or Tng
gsssiDEST z Ls1Tgs ~ mr. rnscg ~ nm.
j. la1 beea aIy~1ge4 Min tAe Jspasese officials that
80 fshderis lelter pOgs te delivered ~ 1hufsdsy
uo5llAg !, ~. Al tDe u~g II CDf hama, two niles
s9uft v Cnse
~ n.ofo1g nes ies,y sG1 dt'k beiefe ssDnse, but
,Doa @te,nsq cie.Je4 N k,jiisnny ~ segn tis
5.ofe cov1 " olrungis.e1 u ma see,. tat ne pm
POI Defs@s ~ tx p,pssDDlD'5 NJ t'ses Lad been
gssaug ylfel slq ele'ns1 " sefeeas ~ e,lt,s
csfsss "a AoAe, u ~ ecctsl9B IN ne ijD ai,pys