New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-06

mixtures; but as al those heretofore made have been
liquid or gaseous In their FORM The CANCER OF using
them has been very great N.Y. Short mas reduced ms
compound 10 solid body, inexposiye and not liable to
spontaneous combustion. lie PACKS it III IN tubes
three inches in length and thFeeoufis Of M inch in d.
ameier These are lined, inside ana out with pitch
The solid compound Is tightly packed into them fuse
be ING inserted end They are then covered with
brown paper and deposited In wooden boxes OF 20 eac
ready for II would seem that they might De mace
available for the purpose as haAdgrenades are
used for Mr. Short might with adyant0ge cause thein
to be packed in shcetron boxes instead o. wooden ones
Indeed they very liable TO aggiaF%te aahgsloGs
fires when kept near other articles OF ordnance that
would be well to SCI patent ireprooi soienaAeis az
work 10 devise light ard portable packlng'eases ioi
them. intended specially TO preserve them Tor te az
least from contact with fires accidentally kindled
ON Monday. the csth. the Rebels began building
battery upon the ruins Of For. Sumter Their purpose
has been frustrated BY Gen. Gilmore, who has turned
his guns the ruhbshheap, keeping up Just enough
The Sradrs encroachnent of tic Atlantic upon this
coast has lately been insnnoed remg khniy ny success
siyc high tides Although the tents fronting the beach
have been several times moved back some feet. the
rerugession Of the camp continues and the sea claims
daily some portion Of the sandy I %hsds we now
thrown up small ntgonchments against the ocean bus
every tide admonshes them II tie uncertainty OF their
tenure. reader Of Charles Kingsley may here be re-
minded Of the beautiful ballad in Alton Locke" en-
titled by It's author The Sands o Dee"
The Western tde eier up ss'p' op along the sa.a
Asfara.eye could zee.
The b'indinsrss down me down and bidthe land
And never home caH-she
They Ioyed Ley in 'sIo' =. s1si1 F, s,aw , ''
To sleep beside the sea;
But SIN the boalnsn heaT Der ca'i tie cattle home
Across tn stEds y Dee
Old shpmasers hercabou tell Of dry land (or sands
rs having existed forty years ago IN tie place whcre
Low Is the mid.channG Of Charleston HaTbor No
chart OF this long remain perfectly accurate
srcc the sO that the sen thus takes from some places
Ia n ~
But as the army is not Intended permanently 10 occupy
Morris Island the sea ineroaehmen's DO no seriously
annoy us; nor distressed by aIti, lpatioas OF
time hereafter when Old Ocean shall have licked ont or
inswemped the very site Of Rcbeons hotbed so thal
future travellers shall be in doubt rs to where precisely
this small. tuoaleBt Troy once stood.
We are on the qui rrs nightly ior attacks upon MOT
ris and Folly Isonds The swift reprslls That might
follow these are by many officers supposed TO naKe tne
Rebels cautious in ycniuTing on them. Already the
battery at Sccessionvie has been taught lesson Of
fnrbearance toward our camp; since for every sheu II
threw widely toward position ol WORKS another Was
neatly pumped into is midst py tte suADoa aon
dore McDonough moored IN an inlet that our INES iuy
Yesterday there was grand review Of all the troops
on Folly leland. Your correspondent preferred attend
ine the expc rreus with Greek ire already detailed
! 10 witnessing the Parade As The General Orders
No a. previously referred 10. forbid the mention oil
oorps breades regiments commanders, SC. tie de-
serp,ion Of II must have been at once dlcult to write
and tedious TO read when written
This morning the schooner Niacrya, Capt. John ).
tFaren from New York. with suffers stores ust her
lanchor In gale and i now leaving Charesioh HafOor
tfutiing out 20 sea .or resent safety.
i Major Usher United States Paymas'er Tor tbs De
apartment las stated The following facts relative 20 the
t.th Massachusetts Volunteers This l. coored resi'
ueut The nct Of Congress allows only SO per month
60 the enlisted their psy. OF TINS 81 per month
may be drawn As clothing. Thus they tre by Law en-
titled 10 e. per month less pay than white volunteers
and the l2 per for clothing allow 10 the latter
II not nrdcd 10 the colored men, Claiming that theiI
duties are a. arduous and that their necessary con
~ n.
the Aih Massachusetts, refuse 10 accept the pay due u
them Msjor Usher has advised them 10 take II, ever
under project and haS offered them iae amour, e..
and by Col Littlehcd. their aminble and generous
Brigad.er They steadily refuse, and a" al the actor
Of tie ner' Congress IN relation 70 the matter ~
money except go instnlmcnt of bounty Inc oineeff
If "a. sab Massachusetts, receive TIC same pa! as o1A'
,eiycd. The families Of many Of The men mus o,
greatly In need Of money. The hrmness OF ne ooored
aon Ma sustaining then position - rema kaoe, AID i
Inconsistent with many traits q! Character t"t nav,
! been asciibed Ia their race.
srpr The Rebels began on the 18th inst TO iorty
Long Island. contiguous 20 sglisans Island about T.
nom Charleston by this means they nope to eoInah
/ The North Channel" Every movement Of the Rebels
on rny of the islands cont gous 20 Morris Island ana
Cha..eston Harbor is observed and noted. They have
ihrowa up no end Of DUNN, batteries on WHICH lot
even Quaker guns are mounted.
| Not far from Fort Moultre. very large magazine
has been erected in front OF an old house The house
has the hospital nag nllhe s''hi' ia"e" !eho" -
and the traitors have had the mcannes- 20 Request
Admiral Dahlrcn TO respect their hospta 80 placed
Accusing the Yankee yandals Of all baroarous enor
nifty possible In war. these po!iroon ohevaieIs OF
spurious arstocracy avail themselves Of tie humane
| feeling known 10 characterize Union COMMANDERS
which they are willing to take advantage VI! but
incapable 81 emulating
| Ia British merchant with an unholy itching In bis
palms for the egtimate profits Of bookade'running,
could the wrecks OF English steamers. lining and
dottng the north channel II Charleston Harbor he
might need less salyt 10 aay the tickling There are
enough a. represent In value tie honest gains Of large
commercial city for years. But there none too
many. o. d.