New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-23

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on A hn,e in tbe in-ide OF sad s,or,, sI.o fCat-
te,re Grsrc| for ~k neo TO stand ueon; tui 1io
ths, aid of wod vac secured 40 ~ e. pre.
v.It lie 'slfg In he sueet, sad tina, ina, nfs
be. eacritc- We ae OF the opiaioa th1 the coo.
tractors OF thu boil ing 10 Wian .rset sad the sr-
rlo,ee. ds.erye oui uLqu iE censlre for toe cir
..p.s, ,he, have oxtibled in having used proper
n. an. to ro'sct Paseer'-oy from injr'y."
The SANDY HOOK FOEriFIcArfoss Lieut.. j S..
Clair Moron, q s. A, one of the ofkcors a.rxed.
with Col DE Russy, 10 coostruc. be new f,rd:sioa.
at srdy Hook and repair taose are.dy in oar narb,r
bas furnished the fnowirg Particulars as to these
lsbois:
Ire forti6cainns VIII ioh about being comm ,ncei
Al S,,oy Hook n. j., ale intended to subserye tso
important up0-.s. 10 the tsst place, tue fro from
the work viii swsep the entire anchorage e. rue
wee. of the Hook. IL may be considered the primary
dufy of the fort t. prevent aa euemys deet tfv.n
,akr possession OF this outer harbor and bl
eeecually the poIt OF NeSfoIk. and also frou. uslg
it a. sort Of rsno' zvous hon which cyu,t.nt
sallifs might he mac against our cosstiug trade.
Secondl, the channel watch all vessels Of aay size
sno al war vese, Is, LIT enter the H.rbor OF NeS
loik, passes close unoef the guns OF the f,rt. 40
eueuys 10 iadron which should keep a. far fom tue
latter AZ po.sbe mt It b. within range Of its
b,avy guns for three mies-that Ia, within and
half ibtes at which distance the fire Of eight aud
I. q inch Coluuibdds is de .dy.
An erenys rquadron night possibly, some dark
light run the gauntet Of this fire, aud penetrate 70
th. Naiioss; but here thsir course would 20 stopped
by a boom stretched across ana by the Cross hre of
Forts Hamilton, Richmond, Lafayette and batteries
Hudson aud Morton. II unlikt tna', cri 1pled oy
tie contest they could hnd opportunity - escaoe
the wsy they came ana NUT expect 10 be made pu'-
oLers On tris account this fort must be seocsi be-
f.Ie naval attack b. made on the inner defeases
Of New York ana It'll, even 10 that case, the
yes:els must be too much shattered to hope
for success in the engagement with the we'll
placed forts above. 10 fact, New-fork will sooa
see Itself more secsre, protected from the
darGtrs Of war than even S.vastopol or Cronst.lI.
The Sandy Hook fortross will De Tue tsf Jnei sys-
tenn, with sail. nts. IL will be circle 900 gar Ia
diane eter Two fronts sill be strengthened by dent
lunes and the three which bear oa the snip
cbarnel will be cssemated, ald turaishet With tue
lately invented wrought iron embrasutes. Tne pro-
loppsion Of the important lines Of This work, sl but
one, have the advantage of leading to he waef at
sloIt distance, 80 thot the man reiance OF b''
sieRer namely ficochet and enhade fire will not oe
svsiaoe The fortis well planned, ana finely adapted
to the se locality and purposes. From It's very gfett
size it will r.quiIe many years 20 compete H. Al
present the cite Is being surveyed, and wna1 ana
Temporary buiioipgs for work nens lodgng-, store,
b. nee sc are going up. The ap pToprlati N voted
by the last Coz gess tor the Commence neat OF tho
fort is 80. The estimated cost is ST.,
C6 900. TIE LEGALITY of S,Ldy ok is only tOleraoy
sdspted In our opmon to he purposes Of nsrbJr de-
f.lse. The only drawback lie the possibility that the
poiLt OF the IL ,ok nay bs washed away oy some SC
Ii If toes and But ihie Is sdowo to be agq-
Is III probable fon the fact that since l65O toe HOOK
~ the poIthwa ard from he deposits OF the iide' aod
cunerts Of this locali has exended i9 fia ieakth
ab, ut eleven hanafed yeIos aud thi, ia steady aod
VI interrupted Besides, should uny wear aud
I. sr OF tie bes,h manifest ITSELF there ara mesus OF
arifcially gusrdng ugaitst this action of the ses
ahlch have been successfully applied st other locilI-
ties on our coast.
TBE Loss OF THE CENTRAL AMERtcA-Two PAS
SINGERS NOT HiThEnTo NAALD-We have seen
letter fen, u reliable correspondent at AsolaTiu.
dsteo Oc;oper 5, sta'itG hat K. jerome, enginser
on ,h- Panama Ralrcad ant G orge G,uey, bi1ck
su,ith in the eUplpy Ct the ealnsnip Company we're
am,pg the passengers from the lsthmus "ho wsie
on uosro the lost st- smsblp Central America. Their
h.d fpa AT 18th n