New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-13
The Hntc Attach on Fort MeAiiisfer,
| Gcorain-Ths moufauk Under Fire.
s.om Oar sgee!l Correspondent

O1srcsEn RIVER, o.. JGo. -, 1853.
After the Alabama, OF too great renown. no vessel
which the Rebels have succeeded in pnttDg uron
tho " high seas hat achieved 80 great notorleiy
IA the steamer Nashville. The operations Of this
yes-el Ia the Spring and early Summer Of last year
are familiar 10 all. Fooled in her last attempt to
run the Charleston blockade, aDd closely pursued
aud nearly captured by tho Keystone State, who
chased her almost to tho confines Of NasGudom-
that universal haven Of all blockade bfeakers-she
AGAIN returned to our Southern coast.
Early in July last she fund sn unobstructed
passage into Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, and thence
M the Ogeech c interchangeable to vessels of a
large clsss-somc thirty miles above. Although
nnobs'ruc in her entrance hrre the waichful
.cls of Admiral Dupontn squadron were not long in
discovering her wbereanout. Discovered, the Ad-
niral, III turn, was not dilaiory IN closing up
the Cgeechee and all the outle's from it-and 70
securely that here the Nashville hgs been confined
IN DURANGO vile ever since. The Rebels, In turn.
we're not idle in securing 10 themselves 20 iormda
Die an ally. The iortihca;ions on the Ogeechee,
Little Ogee chee, and Vernon Rivers were inmedi'
ateiy strengthened and Augmented. Piles were
driven, tcrpedocs ard other distractions to tie
Iassag 90 of our gnnboats sunk and every pTocauion
which Rebel shrewdncss could devise, and Rebel
negro labor could execute, was taken to preserve
to the Confederacy this large part OF the little Of
naval power possessed by II. In July last the gun
| boats Paul Jones ard Cimmcrone made n reconnOi-
rance OF the works the seechee-knowu as Fort
McAlliser--aDd received the very beat indications
If the existence OF strong Notifications there. Since
then until within the Inst few weeks, no further
demons' ration ha0 been made on the fort; bat -
strict blockade has been Iahntsined that any at
tempt Oh the part OF the Nashville to run out must
| inevitably have resulted IN her capture. I'll,
steamer Dawn, with the mortar schooner &. l..
| Williams and some one Of the guDboats OF the
squadron az companions, has lam here FOR hve
IL onIhs past.
During tho month Of November, the gunbost
Wissahickon, Lieut.. Commander John l.. Davis, wss
tie ranking vessel here. few weeks ago, she, IN
connection with the Dawn aud the mortaT-schooD,r
in tow, visited Fort McA lIiser aud exchanged some
shots with her. The W!ssabckon, however, re-
ceived lO-inch shot In her hull below her water
brc and was Obliged TO retire somewhat dscomlited
] he latter part Of December the Wissai1ckon was
relieved by the guuboot Seneca. Lieut.. CommaEdef
William Gibson This officer, upop his arrival here,
instituted q series u reconnOisssuces up the various
streams which find their way to the sound through
the savaDDas hcreabout, and upon one or tbeee
made the important discovery that the Rebol craft
had left her old station ~ Is miles above the bat
teries, where she had been enfcoQced since
her first eatrance here, covered with bousbs
and ready for burning in case OF any
tempted 20 cut her ont, and was now hut short
distance above the Fort, newly painted and bearing
every indication Of being in readiness ~ avail her
self Of any OpPortuny which might be afforded OF
making her way to sea simultaneously with this
discovery the information that the much. talked
Of Ksbe iron-clad Fingal was to come out from Sa'
vaDnah, go into the Ogeecbee and force a passage
for the Nashville. As Inay DO imagined, the Ogee.
chez assumed an unwontcd Importance, and
movements were initiated Which will probably result
IN rendering this hitherto quiet section ono OF the
prominent pOinls Of the war, the Of the first
encounter between land Notifications and tho tur-
reted iron-cad Monitors
The Montauk, Commander Worden, was the yes
eel assigned by the Admiral 10 operate against Fort
McA Lister. She arrived off Os abaw Sound on the
owe ding Of tho oath, and notwi, hs,anding dense
fog, came over the bar that night, aud when the
nsls lifted tie next morning, exhibited herself. TO
the great joy of friends and equal CONSERVATION Of
the enemy. Monday was wOsty consumed III
preparations for the coming operations. These were
concluded, 10 the satisfaction Of oil concerned by
the mdole of tho afternoon, and virtually stripped
for action, the little honla, headed by the Mon!aak
steamed up tho river and dropped anchor TOR the
pisbt within long range Of the guns Of the fort.
Osssbaw Sound, Into which the Ogeechse HOWE