New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-27
VHE PRO-SLAvrGRY REBELLION
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
y,ou.som Special Correspondent.


Nave ceased, but all are on the aienS, GUY re-
sar is sharpened to fine point ine N me-,
sreparations are going on Win ei'", rop 49,
to-dnv a company of laborers arrived IRON, 'no
;,tar;or To work in the forts, ana 'no P'"n''i'
..,;nns 70 give to the cause of treason the "ork
~ ,ha;r ..bands.n as many Of them, at least, as
ts.v can spare Fort Sumter Is entirely sur
ronnded by hostile batteries. The following
description of one OF these:
Cummings Point Battery (Fert Stevens) is GOV,
sa On the outside with railroad iron, and Is regarded
almost strong as sumter Hsen Inr Se,sa on Il
rortars bearing the latter fort are mounted Oh ~
and three 64-pounders bearing IN the same %
Fort Sumters largest guns are pointed Worr;s
battery. The distance of this fort wniGh Is Oh
Isand1 from Fort Sumter is about bVeelEhhs Vi o;
Fort Morris one-haE mile further OIL has aho seNeai
heavy guns mounted. Several 2fpounders are noan s
od on Fort johnson with three OF the largest Eneu
ortars mounted in IT. the oener pe anBar and other
sombustibles Outside of Fort Mouire, on SULLIVAN
Jslapd are two mortar batteIies-seven Oeng mouVco
IN one and four in the OTHER Inc s5GuS ~ o
with which these two forts are strengthened, nave
been bound together by iron bars. The famous noa-
ing battery about 80 feet high and contains an upper
and lower deck. The breastwork In front, bnllt Oh
Palmetto log forms an angle of about W with the
horizon and will be covered with Iailroad iron -Four
cannon 64-pounders, will be placed upon each deck,
infantry It will probably be brought close under the
heseeed fortress but do not think it will be ready so
soon rs people believe here"
The Floating Battery continues to be an oo-
iect of great interest the visitors carry away
ships as valuable meu,h'os of the occasion IL
resembles fiat wooden ferry-boat as much as
anything.
The shipments of cotton continue to be con-
adorable, although, yesterday and to-day there
4. lea. on account of a dearth OF lighters by
which it can be got on board.
The rumors concerning the indispostion OF
Major Anderson have been 30 greatly exaggerated
that in some of the newspapers OF the interior
his death has been announced. But the brave
Commander is still among the living, and in e1-
salient health at present All are anxious for the
coming of Jefferson Davis, who is to make, they
say, an inspection of the Carolina forces, and
who is looked for at the head of the army of the
Confederated States of America" which will
Of course, include the army of South Carolina
If he decides to attack Fort Sumter, and does
90 put himself at the head of the army, this WILL
sf course. be regarded as q declaration OF war
People begin to suggest Columbia instead oil
Montgomery as the Capital of the new Confed-
orscy. The latter city has, meanwhile, profted
largely by its good fortune, and will not quietly
submit to be deprived of the source of what
prosperity and glory it has .
President Davis has appointed Captain Robert
Joselyn-the popular "Bob JOselyn" of poetcal
and Mexican fame--as his private Secretary. He
n the author of the Young Widow Girl
with the Calico Dress" and other Mississippi State
Lyrics he obtained his breyet of Captain in the
battlefield Of Mexico is defeated candidate for
the United States Congress, is known as the
Prince of Good Fellows" among the jolly men,
and as "a gallant old bachelor" among the fan
aamsels of Mississippi; he is a particular favor
Ne of Mrs. Governor Picksns. - .-N"-~ l. Id
h;a addresses in thrilling poetcai enusonS as 'n'
time when this lady was still unmarried, an'
wa. ma Lucy HocOmbe, the fascinating anc
reiSning belle of Holly Springs, Miss. Such ap
,,ointmepts make the new Government popular in
the fighting and the fast-fashionable circles, and
Joselyn is termed the Poet Laureate of the
new Administration, who, like the Warrior
bands of old, will record in choice verse the ex-
ploits of his siege. Yulee, the seeded Jew Sen
atOr from Florida, has taken up his permanent
abode in Fernsndina which place lie connected
with Charleston by steamer, so that this distin-
guished ornament Of Floridan Judaism will find
himself in close proximity to the theater of war.
A telegraph reaches this city to-day, announcing
that Lincoln had arrived this morning ineognitO
ut Washington. The fact that he is to occupy
the same house in which the South Carolina
Commissioners lived, creates much amusement.