, 1862-06-11
INSIDE OF FORT PILLOW.

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tri5une.1
FORT Pu1ow, Tenn June s, 1862.
" 10 trionp1e'' Strategical Inactivity has |
triumphed! The persevering system Of an
chorage has conquered! Fort PILLOW is ours,
after having ceased to be any one elEc's. |
The gunboats, true to their nautical charac-
ter, hAye acted strictly upon the principal Of
salvage, only selling that which has been
abandoned.
The contest was not very spirited, its true,
but it las been nobIy prolonged. The fort
was carried yesterday with fearful loss Of time
ahd-nothing more.
For six dreary weeks has has our fleet lay
"Wrapt in eternal silence, far from enemies
the gallant Commodore reposi1g like Spel-
GERS Dymph,
"Twixt sleep and wake sitter she weary was
With bathing in the Acidalan brooke
The domestic swallow has built her nest
and Matched her young zpon the bomb-proof
pilot-house; the indolent crawfsh laid his
eggs and bored his holes in our quiet hull,
Willie the tilnid turtle could oft be seen sun
uipg himself upon the iron side Of our inyin-
citle Armada, and thus have We 6oz1y hs21 our
position. DoEt Ike the picture: Not very
war1ikc-but SO pleasant.
Never since the brave British marines, un-
der Admiral Duadas, wllllrd away u summer
sucking oranges at Malta, to the great anuse-
mcnt Of the Russians and the serious derange-
ment OF their own bowels, has the world Wit
messed so fine spectacle Of maritime strategy
and diarrhea.
At len2th-ior there must be an end to all
things, even to the peace and guietness OF ouF
fptilia-the Commodore, having maturcd his
1,!aps, received his reintorce1utnts and pro-
tected his gunboats for the dread rams, an
pounced his readiness to Cooperate with the
land torces, which he did by J'RoeIag them
| into = deserted tort, hayirg been previously
| signa'ed that no enemy was near. Spirit Of
| Decatur, but it was rich sight.
| The Jew Appe}a would hardly believe it,
t but Fort PilloW-redoubteble Fort Pillow
the masterpiece Of the subtle Epi=cop1l war
| rior Was taken by Col Fitch OF the 18TH Indl-
anna volunteers, in little open Illinois River
steamer, the " Hattie Gi}nlo1e,'' supported in
the distance By eight iron-clad gunboats and
sixteen mortar boats. The first flag that
hoated over the rlnlparts Of tbs formidable
stronghold was the bar.room banner Of tue
spirited device, No Cr&dit-Don't ask it,"
| am disposed to believe nobody will.
The only exciting contest on this mcn1ora-
BILE occasion was between the Hattie and
| Talorou6 dugout, to see which should first
land under the frowning battlements Of dis
mounted Columbiads. It WAS beautiful
scene, and was dou"t!ess F" taken by our
special artist on the st +"
Your correspondent, lnding he could not
be the first man in the ert, Concluded to &C.
company the flag ship an 'ethe last--
'Nunc Get biben1 sa-'
As Horace says-Let'6 dri. Il.
Seriously, the Inneccssar prudence OF on,
"Fabiau policy Il believe .Aat is the pretty
paraphIase BY which such things are softenel
DOWN. has proved enormously expensive and
infinitely hnmiliating; =.
| ought aud might have been there month ago
] The land force, consisting Of small brigade
| OF two regiments mastering scarcely LOO
effective men, rnder Col G. n. Fitch, of tht
46th Indiana volunteers, frettlng under thi;
uDaccountable delay, was necessarily on tht
alert, and so far as in them lay, gave the enc
mJ no peace
The colonel commanding, By personal Oh
Eervation, numerous dashiug reconnoisancos
t and laborious scouts, had Obtained complete
Knowledge Of the fort and its surroundings
| Every sl.ute, creek, ls1aud, ra1lnc aud marsh
) was accurately mapped out-the position Q
ths: batteries, and the eoudlrion Of tue garrison
: thoroughly kupHu-ana the feasibility Of clr
| turing tho entire force BY land attack, pro
gided the gunboats would only engage tue at
ttntion Of the water battcrles-ali of Whic
| was duly laid before the fiag officer, and d.
} after aa5 WIGS lie urged to PROCEED, but eac
, ! conference ended in a eulogy upon Fabia
and the penetrability Of iron, and TIC gunner
sa1 thcru do mn in the sun, and pttirntiJ tishe
t for cat. Nov that the .ort is ours, the correc
: ness Of the colonels plan is patent 10 every
: oEc. In addition to which, VIC learn irut
: prisoners just brought in, that the sirEisoo
L has never been reliable, aud always very sInal
= The fort is undoubtedly very forfuidaol
{ work, displaying enormous labnr and gre:
: skill but it presents tic veEy picture Of dlsst
c luton now, filled with nothing but burr
4 stores, exploded cannon, and fragments I