New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-21

aeted. aDd =, ore morning the whole number were
IN POSITION directly on tho bank Of the Savannah.
Notbifq iut great energy and skill could have
accomrl'.te ed this work in 20 shor. lime. AFTER
crossing tic marsb on foot the day bdCre, was ~
crcdulous when Gen. Viee told he that every 'hilg
would he over before morning At that iiEc vel.
ic of tie corduroy road bad been inishtd. All me
uus were on the island, but none Of them had been
moved more than quarter Of q nlls--a hith Of tne
whole dbiance. The tail grass bid them from
inquisive glasses On the other eide of The ryer, a'd
;or additional security, they covered via pios
Of le same, and 70 completely masked that on look
liug back when lalf way across, was impossible to
discover them. Platforms and magazine at the
battery were concealed in the 81 nc way; but when
The guns were once mounted, aud the troops had
begun TO throw up tie parape., tier work could 10
longer be covered. Two days before n R-lel
steamer had passed down the river within fifty yaIdo
OF the bank. The men stepped back into the grass,
and were wholly invisible.
Tie gum oats under Commander John !. deere,
having been unsuccessful in tie effort TO &c, through
Mud River into tEo Savannah, tried Wright River,
with 10 better fortune, aud have finally aband,n ned
the attempt. Want Of water is tie reason given for
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The help Of ihe Spring tides, just commencing, The
yeese's should nos have been able TO get in. There
is a general Impression know not how well
founded that tie entrance, though difficult, is NOT
impossible. In passing Cunningham Point, i, Il
necessary 20 Keep wei down tue liyer to avoid an
uncomfortable thoa and N doing tlis The fleet must
face under the Ire OF Font Pulaski The chGunc.
being narrow, II one vessel grouhds, 10 other can
ass her. and the wlo.e fleet might therefore, lie
Ge aned az dangerous point But il Is understood
that PulasI las only one Gun able to reach ttis
point which is ri least lwo miles distant, aun ac-
curate shooting at a range Of two miles requires
rather better ur,llcrsts than Pulaski las gwen any
evidence Of pos.essn.. With every opportunity 10
get ranges on Tybce, aud tie most ample letirs for
practice, tie only damage done By the occ.si. rai
81 o's from tie for; las been the accidental killing
Of single soldier; hn eApoii f)r when, # the s;o.y
Of desorier might be croi'od, the Major command
ine, Olmsteud has been made Coionel-a soldiere
.uuor, no doubt.
Nevertheless, il IL TO lc presumed t-ere are fuii-
Glen, reasons for the failure oil Comusu Ter Rodgers.
/ lie he's the T.. u'aton OF - capable, and rooiate
officer, no. likely to give up tis rupHe without
determined Effort. Without help fom naval force
the boce 80 ire river en- badly bo very stringent
or efeclual. There j. luf -w.li sprce ~ or,n
wsteroclos. IS .,h l1e T. ,cs mu.,., q ave 90
pass under iie Ollie battery. They are ,n range 10
s trle for greater distance, bat partially protected
o. intervening i.'ands, over which cur ne must'lc
u.ier ut,cr'4ir. H. Ire llush between CAT
D.,4tl,c. o. r,Ltoats ~ WILMINGTON N-uo"a,
land IaucIf relmrrs go tic Savannah, The aim
10TH, emiefs va. found CD ic much more Inaccurate
u.nu o,,. tte water. Beside which !. must alNfyf
b. to.sb.e for TOW -boa 20 90 down at ui,lt bu4
lcep pu'.,k f1alhcd ua.e,. means ape taken 20 ir-
tcrcc,t them. Teo s'eame ,ml'et the ia'olfc
sect rcay, one # which wss DO. and TUNED ba.A.
tie otber succeeding 10 getting by. 4 De- evident
has he fo.t is 10, likely o. De starved out .1r tlme
tine to come. Wfon the reoounlssance inio-,c VIA
mad, on the 9Th q Jamlr}, pni..h bad bu. eight
Ga,s' slpply If Wafor 1. fcema more than probable
tbst II the movement, by way of Wilmington Mar
row. bad been serious Effort to get through, the
feet Nigh, have poured into the Savannah With
out scuous dat Guilty. Certainly the liles across
lie channel could have been readily ZEN ay,d. The
Keb,ls faSetir,c ulh rumLerle-t ciicn. Iheytaea
once IN the Savannah, there was ouly Fort JacAs9u
e.v.on them and tie city. Itat iorihcaion mounts
eleven barberio quns Since then two other bate
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the lower end Of Iiudson's bland, another nearly
orposie jackson, aud all three concentrating ana
cros.,rg ,hc.r Ere. / know it to be the opinion OF
some Of lie best informed and most sAlIiui military
officers tast the most serious attempt should have
/ Ieen made GA th.- tide instead Of through Nalls
+ Cnt. Pai.rsit would not be doing Gen. sherman
injustice b. attribute tie same opinion to him, or
le,cn - say that b. desired and urged an earlier
movement. II seems 10 be true, 1T least, that hs
vel! teyi,ed plan nae Only n part succeeded. That
should not lower the credit due 70 the plan iiseD
10 the energetic efforts made 10 carry II through. The
whole lard force employed bar bee under command
/ Of Gen Nlcle II is no fault Of his, nor Of Gen.
! Gilmore, who las successfully directed diiucait
niece OF military engineering, than fon Pulaski ia
no, absolute ely cat Oh At present, tie navigation %
she Savannah does no, 10 De- particularly secure
/ l.r eiluor irue uen or traitors.
TIE troors sent to North Edis,o were landed with
out opposiiion ri Eisto bland aud now in pos-
ressi9n Of a district not without importance IN sew
eF. lcsrocia. / rom n point accessible by The gan
bona. troofs can mar.h sold ground to within
sglt Of Charleston; but tho Rebel end Of tho road
can hardly Dr. conidefedat lfeHnt public highway.
With a sufficient iofce il might have been made 70
long before ths. II permanent re.niorcemen's were
10 be forever denied suppofe ten. Mcclellan hAd
lent Gen. Sherman ten or twenty thousand men,
/ They uiqbt have done their work ard gone beck to
rer,me q cir p7otraCed picnic The peaceful banks
the Potomac. long before the oampaign commences
/ in Virginia.
Al Waisnw the force now on shore ~ encamied
on ground not much les confined than the transports
a i4rI