New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-28
PROM PORT PICKENs.
From Our Own Corre.ponseut

tge at tie expense Of the small and half-starved gar
riscn Of Fort Sumter. To obtain morale they must
gain a victory. So, with absolutely more guns thah
Anderson had men, and in spite OF his previous assu
that his provisions nearly exhausted aIio
that he would therefore be compelled TO evacuae 'he
ros; within sc hours, these gallant and cnivarOus
Souherners could await or permit peaceaoie ana
honorable exit. The glory of 'heii'Hg ont the Small
band Of defenders TO them greater than its sup
posed danger. They must needs attempt 10 turn An
derson's evacuation. which had already become
me asure of IMPERATIVE necessity into notifying de-
feat on bis part End glorious achievement theirs.
suppose Of course they call it vaetory7 Are they
anxious for any more of the same sort
The details Of the boubardment Of Fort Sumter and
Of the defense made by tie brave garrison,
ceived al tbis post three days since aud were
hailed by al-Oiicers, men, and camp followen-wiih
the greatest enthusiasm Evidently these soldiers do
think Anderson sustained much of defeat. II the
rebels arc anxious to lose any of their worthless
lives they have an excellent opportunity here at
PckeDs. They open the ball quick they please.
They will find partners on this eide.
For the past few days the enemy have not seemed 30
eager for the fray. Heretofore according TO all ac-
couns, they bave always been just the Of TAX
ing this fort by assault They have been held back by
main force. suppose it took half of the Conied-
crate army TO hold the other half back; 30 determined
were they 10 wipe out Uncle Sans troops from the
sacred soil Of Florida and from the face of the earth
They unconscious of danger and reckless Of con-
sequences. 1t too bad 10 restrain them, when
they were "spiling' for a fight. They were quite
frantic in their desires to gnOp right over this for1-
cation Ike rough-shod mules, and rampe US all IN the
dust.
Still they are not unwilling to avoid boodshed'-
10 thas end they have practced upon the fidelity OF
Of Ihe soldiers within the garrson-hsye offered
tempting bribes in the shape of large Of money
and commissions IN their army, as reward for
putting them in possession Of the fort The result was
not very encouraging They probably succeeded in
debauchng only three men, two Of whom have since
deserted Their scheme consisted in disabling certain
important guns commanding the approaches TO the FORT
by having the charges Withdrawn or Otherwise tam
pered with, and then taking possession By assault;
which if successful, would have been heraded TO the
word and forever commemorated rs brilliant and
brave exploit not a word, Of course, being uttered
about the treacbery attending the procedure. This
elegant arrangement fortunately frustrated by the
vigilance Of Lieut.. Slemmer
Failing get possesioh by stealth, they resorted
again to buster and made threatening demonstrations
Their high sense of honor could longer tolerate the
presence of hostile force-not another minute. Fort
Pickens must fall the heavens must pass away as
scroll Their preliminary arrangements were con-
Quoted on a large scale, and conducted we'll Day
after day extraordinary activity prevailed in their
camps. Batteries have sprung up on the opposite
shore thicker than eveI-promising heavy converg-
ing fire upon this beeaguered fortress, 10 which that
al urnp dsynted Srrnfer tvould be conn
parson. Ofen and often within the past few weeks
they have been Amos, quite ready. Even the times
for opening fire have been determined upon beforehand
But somehow they didn't open. The last day fixed
upon concerning which we have had any integence),
was the 4th of May. But the 4th Of May il passed,
and no attack has been made. Can it be that after
fixing upon that day they learned the truth previously
concealed in regard their Losses at Fort Sumter and
that tLey have commenced counting the cos. of bonn
harding Fort Pickens They beginning to talk
again about naintainingthe status-all which ncans
tina, the United States shall fire shot until they
have completely hemmed in with batteries and
men, and thereby rendered an attack on Pckens o cer-
tain and sure thing.
The naval feet il still in posiiion the sea side Of
the island Bat why, in Heavens name, does rot the
order for blockade come forward The enemy has
possesson Of the inside harbor and keeps ships
ont of it, The United States transports Atlantic, Hi
pois. and Philadelphia have been compelled TO land
their freight in small boats from two TO four miles
down the beach, whence they carried to the fort
bv soldiers through shifting sand and under hot sum-
On the other hand supply ships for the other side Iass
under our own guns and land their freight at The very
feet Of the enemy If this il the status that is 10 be
kept up, the United States may well give up The
contest. The SecessioIiss wage war on such
terms forever. / hear daily complaints from all
eources-offcers, seamen and sodierp-bee9use the
Government does not close up the port and throw the
enemy back upon bis resources If the Secession
iss choose 70 regard an scu.l blockade the begin
ming of hoses Though strikes me hostilites have
already begun esewherel, and make that the pretext
for opening fire upon the fort this would be bet
ter than 10 allow them to 20 perfectng their ar
ranaernents for the final struggle, phng up battery
after battery, concentrating troops (which are more
easy proysioned by sea than by land and gradually
encircng our position with 50 many men and 80 much
armament as render the struggle when does come,
one Of fearful odds against the garrison. Accepting the
opinions of the army officers here it quite certain
that the eneny cannot reduce he fort things now
stand Whether they will be able to do so four weeks
hence depends upon such action iDactioD, as tie
Administration may take.
Our own interior and exterior defenses are going
forward rapidly, and every day witnesses some new
addition and Improvement. You have already been
furnished with most Of the deias. An attentive
observer inspecting the rampars and armamens, need
not ask questions concerning the designs Of the
mapdinQ officer, or his plan Of operations. Things
sneak for themselves While oil the exposed fronts
have been more or less protected from the enemy fire,
IL il easy 10 see that especial pains have been taken 20
screen the four l0.inch oOumbads in each bagon.