New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-06

!o1nd that inst Nha. Ne wsuied q a tug was on
the wha:i wlen the ifat schooner wss made fast.
When she wgs made fass, TIE Cln'aodore, with tho
greatest c0Jllese, sad 70 the Colonel Of the Fort
"TheTe, sir help your3ef" The issi interesting ari
eles they fodnd was battery OF ten guns for light
artillery, quantity OF rope, ard large lot OF lead,
&c. al tlese things with the ting mede It valuable
prZe. The Commodore is smart enough and the Cum.
berland shows great many ugly teeth Her marines
and sailors, with their cut lsses aud pistols and rapid
movements, wo1ll be hard fellows 70 deal with The
schooner was the George ii. Smth, Of Brookhaven,
and they have taken ont every particle Of her largo to
find eonraband articles. When they are satisfied Jb,y
will LET the traitorOus Yankees load mp and depart
The ladies' and children Of the fort are all ordered
away. 10 room and provisions wanted for soldiers
don know whether there viii be any ighting
here, but hope shall mol disgrace Ourselyeg ii we
should be called upon. Idls far we have been highly
favored and hope Provideu'e will cOninre 10 fnlle
upon Ms; BIZ il ooks though there would certaiDy
bo a collision in Virginia.
We all feel very grateful for the interest in or vel
fare by our friends at home and hope may de2erye
we'll OF our country in ths lime Of need.
From de- RorbUg IdssJ J0gTnaL
We are PERM ted to plbli,h the folio aiog from
letter received from the Sergeant OF tue daacbmeDt
which blew 40 tie Norfolk Navy Yard. The writer
is soldier who went from Dedam to serve in one Of
the companies in the 81 regiment. He gays:
Ate, only two hours rest from our landing az the
font, we the 3D. regiment, were on board the L. 5.
Gunbo2t Pawnee, Commodore Panling, armed 70 the
teeth bound down Elizabeth river Tor the Norfolk Navy
Yard the arge. in the UniteO States. And il is lid
by the officers that we did big thug As wae, we most
all liked have paid dear for II, for the Col nnba
hailed NJ ard IL was 80 rough we did not hear aud she
manned her battery ADD prepared to fire, thinking VIC
were socessi0ists. Nineteen men fron HahHN, Co a.,
ourhumbe sergeant laid be troin OF
that blew up that NIvy-Yard Captains Roger anu
WRIGHT Of the Pavnee snpcrintendef, and were BON
taken prisoners where hey remain. ~ Norfolk
one Of the company was watching On the parpet, and
Only saved by coming of IN )ose boat that lnek hap
pened 70 furuih when the ire was all around hlm IL
was splendid ghi 10 rec the ire. III burnedtwehty-
four hours We pu, 1000 lDs. OF powder underneath
the dry dock and )oi in the water three houfo lay.
ing il. Every gun was manned coming up the rlvcr,
and they did 10, lre upon n'. cannot Tor me me OF
me- zee how this fort can be taken can give yol no
descripi;Dn no~ for fear this may fall into wrong
hands We are all United States soldiers now, hav-
ing been IN for three months and have 70 obey
Ji.od State. officers. Live hard, can tell you--brt
vi tuals tas,e good, if they a'e p)or. Sometimes
eight or ten cat cut Of one dish, and 40 grnmblng
eitacr.
Yesterday we worked dragging in guns from tie
Yard Tor the Pegulars TO mount. Oar company got IN
!our--they weigh $500 ibs. apiece AID 70 yog can
imagine what Kind OF hands b.ye got 10 yFite with.
We wear shirts outside onr pants lianncl nothing
else but acc0Utomen'a. | am black us nIE!el--ill
burnt up-but lis tough lis as warm here as any
summer day you ever saw. They have blocklded the
harbor and The Cumbe land lays out opposite here in
the channel, with all her guns manned. a steamer
Just tried 10 past, blt they fired two 81 H. $40 ~
-
We have he'd three men shot, but oE y one mortaly,
since here on giald. Wchave tIkep come prsoners.
SiRcs wrote the above, have been ap-
pointed SeryeI, NJ tee guard Of ree Ralleis, anh am
now ,ui.e distance from where comrercei 70 write
this letter. We have picets ont here one mils None
ut regulars are on the picket guard. II want men OF
good cool judgment and experience Tor such dG'y or
lncr own lives and The safety Of the fort nlgnL nc the
forfeit. / lave DO. seen Boston paper since nave
been here There are oil sorts II runOrs here, but
many arc contradictory and unreasonable. ksh com.
pauy from Massachusetts has only Two commissioned
officers besides the captains tie OF go mtosbc ranks
as common soldier. You may believe the regulars
were dad TO receive ms. There In u Secession lag
floating mile aud quarter from here We cdh see u
from the rampaItsi il over ia Hampton. They are
erecting batteries there.
Ncw-Nork werc cut up in Baltimore. Wncthcr 10
believe il or not, don't know. can hardly siru'se
why they took the Sd Regiment TO burn the Yard when
the lh had been here twelve hours and Were lesiedi
but the "a did H. AMI that is surely glory enough Tor
surely il was very risky 10 steam down miles %
narr6ws with deck oaded TO ianone she'll from The
shore would nave killed at least twenty or thiry per-
sons.
20UO0 balls any quantity OF reyolyers, and spiked
1900 a9po, nders. The I'D Penney lyania blew mp and
elk other slOJps Of war. The Ierrimac TIE Bnest
frigac in the Navy we scutled; and saw her sink
iug Tihy-two millions Of property Virginia Secs
siouts lost that night, and We l0st only Two men as
prisoners, and one shot Oh guard
There a s0mc BOYS from Old CambIidle here. and
hard ones TOO They arc volunteers l0I OF them. They
are attached TO our Regiment They are in ioT itlust
- Leave Sight as AOtsnd they are learning 10 handle
uuake.s with good deal Of pre- i,iOn. ] fired my
Mimic yeterday, 100 yards to nine inch target, aud
nm; the ball through the Edge oft We don't gc any,
hing b aecr beer here. There are plenty of nigeis.
DO miss papers. f"N.' has any Of the daily papers
saved Just pack mp few with Interesting items IN
them AID sord. We have Baltimore San, and enc
man reads TO about forty around bun.