New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-24


W re Killed by The workmen. An abattie has been
made along u Q edge Of is part Of the dch-a rough
luciued felce OF stakes and bonphf of trees. res,
SIR ut ore tine when those terrible re-eamg gentle
men At he 1T side full Of threats aid coming
to take u place every dsy there were only ~ men III
this fort and Lieu@r ant Semmer threw up this ahat'
tis 10 delay his sssailans, If il were only Tor lew
nn'res, AID to give Lis men breathing Time 10 use
their small-arms."
The cseates here are all blinded and the hospital
il situate in tie bomb-proofs inside The gate was
closed ut talismanc knock IL OF ened, aud from
the external ,ilence we paGsed into scene u OF a.
uvity andfe, through tie dars gallery which served
NJ first ns framework to TIE picture The parade OF
The fort was iull of rneo and at comp o'Gd u was
obyipus hat great efforts had been made to prepare
Fort Pickens for Cespera defense. L. the parade
everAl enis of sht is called Sibl Us pattern,
like bell tents, but without tie 10 ser SIDE wall
and provided with ventlating top, which can be ee
waited or depressed at pie sure The Par ide ground
has been judiDUsly filed with deep holes, Ike l'-
ver,ed cones, in which rhtls will be comparatively
inDocuous; and, warned by Sumter, everything NJ
beeo removed which coull prove in he .east degree
combuslile Toe officer On duty led me straight
10 T. opposite angle Of the fort. As the rear
of the catentJes and hombproos s NJ tins ride VIII
Le exposed 10 pungig lire from The opposlie s'de,
a very ingenious screen has been constructed by
placing ustlees gun platforms ard parts of carriages
at angle sinst the wall, and plli them mp With
sand and earth for se,eral feet III tbi kues pass
sgs il thus left between tho base Of the wall and that
Of the through which man eau walk with eafe.
TorLing into biz pifsaee we entered "a Lofty bomb
proof winch the bedroom vi the commanding
ohcer aud passed through into the caFepmte which
serves as his headquarters. Coolel Harvey Brown
received me wrh every expr. ssiOn ol puboness ond
courtesy. He is tai, slae toloierl! looking man,
with lace indicative Of grsat resuluion aud energy,
Ms well Of saga,iy and kudiess, ard bis "a taburi
TO the Union WAS probably Of The r,asons Of Bis
removal, fr IN tie comm nd of Fort Hamilton, New
York. 10 TIE charge OF this very important tort He
las Leen long in The service, and be belonged TO tue
fret lasr OF graduates who passed at Weet Point after
lis establishment III 1918. After sbon aGd very H.
tcrestiug conversation, he proceeded 10 SOW lie Tue
works, and mounted upon the pal ape accompanied
by Capt. Berry, and went over all the deenses. ro't
ICkens has regular basiIohed race IN ontlne an
oblique aud rather narrow paslelo-rdm, win we
ob;ute aDge ia ug tee sea ut one tide ad the ahd al
the other. Tie acute angle, al which the basIoh ".
ward the enemy batteries IA situaie IA the ~eat ~t
part OF the work; bu II was built Tor sea deiete, a
have already observed, and The TIA was prolonged
10 obtain the greatest amount Of fire OH tire sea sp-
proa hes Tie crest OF the raralet Is covered with
very solid and Sellmade msrlon4 OF heavy ssndbag,
but face aud the rge Of tie ba,iioa are espred
to All enhlidiDg FIRE from Fort NJ Ra., which toe
Colonel said be iIteaded TO quad against II be got
tire.
All the guns seemed in good order the carriages
being well constructed, but they are mostly OF "at
are considered small csliterr nowadays, beng ~
pounders with some 42-loundefe ana !f-poHucir'
n,
coum maId the enemy's works on several Ioi's very
mllotey. IL struck lie that the bastlOD gins were
rather crowded But, even IN It's present siic, 'a'
defensive preparations are most oreuiaOe 10 TIE on.
cerr who have bad O. ly three weeks 10 DO TIE hi-
merse amount VI work leiore us. Tie bncN ooli -
have been removed ion ths Iardpee, and strong shd
ba trayerses Lave been constructed 10 cover be .e'
u,T. in addition 90 tie rat oles az lie In lo"s
Moe heavy Qurs hre expected, which, with The al" Ot
n few more goriafs will enable the garrison tu hold
their own against everyting but regular siege Oh
IL lai sde and long "a tic fleet oover he mar ow
neck of the island wih iis guns II Is no' H. ior
H.. Confederate TO effect lodgment. Ii Fort Nj kle
were strong and heavily auled, it cold inAit grrt
DANA on Pckens; bur il j. neither one nor tie oihef
aud the United ~ ties orers ere couiGehl that they
will speedily render it qute un'ennlls.
H. bon .Ss tcu of The fort may be put down a. ~
INCLUDING tire available irces in tue casemat"s, Which
.weep the ditch and the faces Of tie curialu- Ihe
wills ave OF The hardest brick, d nre feet i k'r- IA
MANY Places, ami the Greet II The parhleis on WIZ
n me Ions aud rect are OF tGri From De
will. tlece is ~ eDod view OF the whole loeiiion,
ard found NY comIar ions were ref'otly wei a :
onaiued with the strength end locus of tue ga a,or
bart Of the enemy sworks OF course held NY pe'ce,
hut WEE ainur,d at tieir accuracy. There arc T. q
quarters vi our friend, General ltisgg.' lLeie "a
ono Of their best balen-s just 1cside toe hghthoso
The tall chimney OF tie Warrington Navy -yaid was
smolug away luiiily. The Colonel Gale! my Htten-
tiou 10 it. DO yOu zee that, SH Ihey are cAsii
shot there The sole for their 'forenriI,e .s
L at navy-ymd. They know iuil well tiat II they
q u We VII lIiLt lhid hlt W
work in rum" Captain Nogdes subsequely
exrreffed some uneasiIess ON point as 10 wlieu
| could have Iesyed lis mind very eHectunlly
III. had r,en something which led Lin 20 apprc
herd ttat the ConfedtIaies bad a strong In
tr.uched camp in rear Of their works. Ih,leulOu
| was enabled 10 perceive that la Captain NOcees
mind there WAS "A strong intention 10 land aud carry
the enemy position. Why, othcrwlss did You care
abou. an intreDehed camp mcst exc, llent engineer
But now nisy tell you that thers is no n,renchec
But now may tell you that there is no inirenched
camp at all and thai your ieani eye Sir merely de-
tected certain very absurd little burrows which the
Cohfedeaes have in sces thrown up in the soft
sand in from, Of their canps which would man
no 10 the kuee or stomach, and quite usl less
breaswork Ii they thought landing probable il ID
objectionable in them TO neglect such protection.
These iuIows quite straight, aud even IL they are
deepened the ASSISTANTS have merely to march round
them as trey .xcrd for obIy 40 or 10 yards and
have no haIks The officers OF the garrison aware
the enemy have mortar batteries, but Ley think the in-
side of the fort will not 10 easily hi' ana they said
nothing 10 show that they were acquainted with the
posiion Of the morars.
From the pars pet We descended by a staircase into
tic casenates. The ConiedeTtes are greatly ceved
in their expectation that the United States troops vii
be mucb exroscd to tie or Leai IN Pickeps More
sry wellventated quarters cannot be imagined, and
there is quite sht enough To enobe tho 10 read
in mo.t VI them. Tie plsge Of fos Will infet both
aries and il tho curse OF every camp IA summer. As
10 mtsketoes tue COnfedeIates will probably suffer-
il BOT m0e leas, much the States troops. The
effect of other enters, such yellow iover and
dyseteTy win BE- in all probability felt both sides
but unlers the position Of the fort is peculiarly nu-
heahy tie men, who under no control in respect
to their ibaops, will probably suer than hose
who are restrained by CiscI line aud restricted 10
regular allowance. Water eau always b. had by Dig
ging, and il fit 10 if drunk Immediately. Vegeia-
bles and fresh provisions are moi Of coure ealily
ha a. ou shore but there is scarcity Of ibem in both
camps, and the supplies IRON the soIesbips are very
good and certain. The bread brked by the garrison 10
excellent, had opportunity OF asceaaiaing for
carried oil two iosycs from the bekehcuse on board
schooner.
Our walk through the easements was very interest