New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-06
THE PR0.sLAvERY REBELLION.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE WATER BATrERIEs-CAsILh
- ss.J PINCKNEY.

sa.- e 49, CHARLESTON, Feb /, 1861.
9 7 hsse fuxt returned from visitor voyage oil
;s...ssA,vsr,8 one Of the water batteries spoken
e 4, soy ,ast Il lies ct the foot of Prichard
,Mars.hs dock yard, believe. As yet it
aoes, not look ike very formidable thing Its
PROPORTIONS and outlines are not fully developed.
Ysu might worship it and run no risk Of violst-
mo one Of the commandments. 1t 10 made of
sawed Southern pine timber. twelve inches
square, green, and much like pig.iron
h the water, and liable to be eaten up
by the .yntsrgubs ipltheelIdays. suppose,
however, the projectors know what they are
about. They probably Intend 70 give the thing
q coating s2of Acreshisg or other TO protect 1t
from the, enemy traits fatal to everything but
stone, metal, and Palmetto logs. 1t would be
difficult I'd describe the thing in'its present state
Nor ID II easy 10 see what it is going
so.be. It Is sonethipg less than 100 feet long,
about rs. feet wide. The bottom is fiat into
which, tha side, innbsrs are framed, which g. up
not perpendicular, but ut an outward inclina-
ton Of. STUNT 40. degrees presenting an uneven
slope on the out,ids. These side tmbers' which
are set endwsys, are, about IS feet long. On the
upper end are Framed other short timbers' which
J, present 0 the appearance OF ratters sawed
OF at the length ycf from three 70 hve
feet The idea I, get is that another set
Of timberse aye 70. be framed into these
1. short, ,raiters n re9cl ~ downward 'ne
flooring, thus fera,iag n chamber 10 be hiled IN
. sxsta- sese; r>sistiiGg material which, with the
Thickness Of the inner and outer frame, will make
Eat, IN ia
8 4sEnt D, md may be practicable. 1t has been
z IA toe course of construction about two weeks
From so 30 7S hands are employed on 1T and
!, Tia eontraceJr would put on as many more If he
ssald get. them Ship carpenters are scarce.
No ere Ne permitted 70 approach nearer than the
= street to the thing, rope having been stretched
sctoss the entrance to the yard, and guards sta
toned there Your correspondent found no diff
fcaltyrin the case, however. Tie Courier and
o Tie Mercury are permitted to make use OF this
Skeleton description Of the thing, with the usual
ssmnseut, that your correspondent Is not IN
charleston but In New-York. BY the way, one
: Of those papers this morning intimates that L
, am M Washington. Suit yourselves, gentlemen.
.; A, Numerous gang Of carpenters and other me-
ehanies are kept constantly employed st Castle
PSnckrey, improving and Strengthening that
fsrtxe,s. At best it il q shell. For some time
bot Mai. Wagner has been engaged in construct
= ing q, patent sabot at the Castle. Two expert
ments have been made with it. Its cahber is
that Of a twenty -four FOUNDER, and the first ex-
periune ut had a range Of 1900 yards, less than
BIZ, one mile and-a quarter. On the second trial,
Yesterday, ths range was increased to trlhe
upward Of two mi 90. Stln greater improvements
confidently expected; ana other guns OF the
Is same sort are to be undertaken. The object ~ to
facilitate the siege Of Foft Sumter, Nh'eh il now
pear at hand ,phe distance from Castle s'. fmek'
new 10 ForE Saa,ier il TIVE. and htezeightu
miles, o., f,is3 .rs.7tiNe5 .r
= = DTs,s demand which Col Hsyne is known b
3 have, made, in the name Of the revolutionary au-
tSortfes, for the unqualified surrender Of Fort
= samisr, gives unisersalsdsiactip here. Scarce
j, any one thinks the aeRsih win be Complied
:. vita. e The soty ltemaip;pg idea is to complete
he preparations; iorS making good the threat TO
take the fort. So we do make actual progress
I, N practical, way 4. - 100 49,
+. a T6e Mr.. Dodge who was sent away for being
. fke correspondent Of THE TRIBUNE, writes back,
! ySeryingq the! charge, and demands hearing.
- Why seBd people away on mere suspicion, If you
x ere 90 CERTAIN that the correspondent Of THE
q, TaIRUEE- ia in ,Ney,York l..,.,.
,y'u The military 'werks on Morris leland, Cum
gssins,s,r Point, and SuNissh's Island, are in an
! advanced state Of preparation, and nearly ready
for The dege Of Sumter. AT Fort MOulsIie case
mates have been erected fer the guns, made
e BY packing barrels 90 with sand, piling
tbeaa q In tiers, y filing the spaces with
sand firmly pounded in, the whole dashed with
NON aud other bands: Enclosures Ike these are
believed to be bonb proof. They do not look as
though they could withstand the balls that will be
q, srni by the heavy guns which look directly over
spon them from Fort Sumter. Palmetto logs
have been used for Ike purpose ON Morris
lsiasd and sOme of the other batteries.
i There is hitch in the recruiting business. The
xp-cOuDtry people take it in dudgeOn that city
aspiraDts have been commissioned iostead OF the
fighting men in their midst. They therefore, in
ssme localities. refuse to enlist or allow others to
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