New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-17
RAJ. MratE's rssrnucrroys HEeAnDtse THE n1oenGDr
The New York News of the 10th inst. contains
tie following iute stir lnttrr frorn Fort pinl-na

The New York News Of the 10th inst contains
the following interesting letter from Fort Pckens:
Fort PIcKENs, June %, 1sGI.,-A British steam
frigate haa arrived here from Havana and ia now
swinging from pair of anchors in the berth occu-
pied by the Sabine. The officer in command Of
the former vessel makes no secret of his mission.
II is, he says, TO see that the rights OF English
commerce are protected, and that the blockade
must be such az will prevent " the entrance or de-
partnre OF any craft to or from any harbor Of the
South, coaster, ocean trader or lender.n THIS will
be strange intelligence to the majority Of readers.
The treaty Of Paris has not laid down any rules by
winch We may know what is or what is not an Ell
teciiVe blockade. Admiral Milne makes up for the
deficiency. Here is his definition, as furnished to
one Of his subordinate commanders "a.
l. No port is biockaded efficiently, if any vessel
can enter or depart from it, unknown to Or in spite
OF the guardian menof-war.
~. An efficient block8de necesstates the COM
plete cutting Off OF all maritime ingress egress,
except in regard to harbor islands having no outlet
to the sea- save under the guns Of the feet
3. The escape of the third vessel from the block.
aiding squadron, sEignalzes the inValidity of the
blockade.
Twenty-four hours ago our raenforcements were
comfortably camped on Rosas. You probably
know more about them than do. "Billy Wilson'S
Regmentn got inside the lights on the oath, and is
now on Rosas Island. AS / write there is q bat
TALON drill geog on, and it looks queer enough to
one who has been thirty years regular. What
the new comers lack in elegance, however, they
make up IN muscle. Their advent here was grand
affair." and was as noisy as you can imagine. Cheers
do not describe the extraordinary roars with which
every one of our vessels, and subsequently our
selves, were greeted. | sincerely doubt whether
SO many tigers" were ever before heard in Flor
ida Is 1t any wonder, then, that the regiment
should be the lions of the hour? The debarkation
was something whose like never hope to look
upon again.
The latest news from shore is dated last even
ing. obtained it easily. 1tamounts to this: The
secesslonsts have completed their four new bat.
terles, and have them well fitted with guns. This
makes about eighteen they have in all, including
McRae and Barrancas. Wherever columbiads came
from, several have been mounted on Barrancas
instead of the common guns heretofore located
there. ! receive from several sources assurance
that the Scessonss really need the neeessaries of
life, and have narrated accounts to that effect
before. But do think they are characterization
this reason: that the Alabama Railroad is open,
and surely, if there are any provisions in the So
called Confederate States troops would not be per-
mitted to starve in Florida.
Besides, to tell the truth, our own food is not SO
good that we can afford to despise salt pork and
bad biscuit. The singular outlet Mt the upper end
of the bay, through which the SecessiOnists are
said to receive great many little things has been
reConnotefed with partial success. HencetOrward
the visits of that ndefatigabe little steamer to the
Confederate camp will be few and far between.
There now about 5000 or GC0O soldiers attached
OF everything calculated to burn that could be re-
moved. A company of Atlanta mechanics gar
| rson the premises, and go outside occasionally to
assist in ..sapping and mining" on the road to
McRae which is better fortified than many sup
pose. understand that the artillerists who come
from Louisiana are rling several Of the guns
mounted near the old Navy Yard water tanks.
There are now plainly visible to the praoticed
looker-on, fourteen 32-pound pieces bordering the
wharves at The Navy Yard. They are well sit
uated, and could seriously annoy landing party in
| open boats. The battery at the south end OF War
rington is said to be admirably constructed and
manned by good gunners. 1t is in this neighbor.
| hood that Lieut.. Siemmer's old quarters at Barran
cas-, the Fort Barrancas (Which | see nearly all the
New York journals coufounding with Barrancas)
and Barrancas Redoubt are located. To the EN-
pire State of the South,' as some of our friends @
calling Alabama, the protection of this position
| is confi1ed They say that they can keep theil
| nosts forever.