New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-02

Cities 10 read with an neres far greater than you,
who are 80 far from the field in which the new IRON
cIads are to operate, possibly feel. Reap such
harvest Of glory on Virginia battle-felds you will,
the aggressive operations to be made on the cotton
seaboard will equal if not eclipse it. The iron boats
End batteries bulls and building will have cap
tured all the chief seaboard cities Of the Rebel States
and have drawn from Virginia and the Kentucky
border large force of fighting troops. Against
sucb formidable ornaments as Sumter, Moultris,
Gaines and Morgan mount, our wooden.walled gun
! boats can do nothing; but the lew Monitors can
other steam By in dsdain, or lie AZ short range and
batter down The walls OF these forts Practically,
the Gulf cities lie 1T mercy, ana II Ia, are not
taken by md January II will be tie laulI Oh our
sip-wrights and mschiniss.
The bsIbor and defenses Of Mobile bave lately be.
come subjects Of close study in army and navy crcer
here as that will proba ly be the brst point attacked
Fort Morgan il will be recoilected, Is buit upon the
site Of old Fort Bowyer famous for the repnise Oh
an attack by the British, Sept. III, 1914 IL Is on
Mobile Point the apex OF the lona, narrow edau'
! bank which divides the Cult OF Mexico from bou
/ Seconrs Bay and NAVY Cove. II IL - work OF con-
elerable strength, having cost Government about
million and quarter for It's construction. IL m0unts
some ninety guBs--s3me iied, some the new
" banded" pieces that the Rebels have introduced,
and the balance navy 33-pou Ger carroLaaes iron,
Norfolk and heavy sea-coast g'nH. lie cb..ht q
runs close to tbs fort and Is commanded not only oy
/ the guus Of Morgan, but also entaded by those OF
Gaines, the smaller fort, on DsaQ lsaod.
No considerable Rebe, force 10 garrisoDIng either
Charleston Mobile, or Savannah, II ~ believed, Dat
much mas been done in The way OF obstructing chan
pels, and constructing defen i've works along tae
wafer approaches 10 all three cities. keeonnob,
sances were made recently 10y the Su-qnehsnna ava
The punhoa, Winona, which clearly proved tic ial-
ify of the late runors that Il bai been evacuated
Both vessels were tired upon, but without reseiVins
dGmage ., ~
Our hlrbor is Cling fast with men-of-Tar OF AL
GRADES and the Admirais feet is already very ior'
midabe. We have now IN port the Hartford mag
shipi. Book IN, poiomAc Susguehanna, NlncehneS'
pre5le; tie gunboats Cayuga, henneDeci NAM" ha'
W.stGeld; the bark Gen. box, aud lot Of mortar
schoonsrs, TRANSPORTS, and other vesses. Ire
Bfooklyn is being repaired, and will coon be ready
,or action. The PreDe Is tlrued INTO n hCauhh
hogtital. but "a the yellow fever bai entirely lei'
ma her bunks are not likely TO he very crowded.
4 Col. Wilson's much.abused I)uaves have been 90
ing garrison duty mere for long time, and ma II
r,th.r more agreeable than camping on the esnd
mann out,,de the walls OF pIckens. Col. BILLY 1t
comfortably quartered IN the louise Of e1-Sobatoi
uaiIorv, and is doing remarkably well. HIS Fegi
/ r1ent has been pretty thoroughly reformed, aDo i
now ns well dlied and subordinate az otners whlcl
have had he advantage OF kinder treatment al lnS
haIde OF Madame RumOr.