New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-08

one of those celebrated Dahlgren guns, we can g..
her oil ten times minute, and every lime she tires
i32 polnds. We also have lot of Sharps rife vi,
MS beside our own muskets We are learning 10 VOL
this big gln i sit writing this letter in the main 90.
loon, with my men asleep around me- have o., =
watch around the shin, and my orders are to nail
thing that passes and if they don't give me sati.fsI
tory answer, am 20 fire into them Being ser0rane
OF the guard the ship il left my charge II i novs
2ocock ana ali The officers have turned in SO there il
40 ecp for me. Il is blowing gale and there /. =
heavy sea running. We have MARCHED from Annanol,s
to Annapolis junction, and had two hard biscuits IN
EAT and carried our own baggage. The people of
WASHINGTON gave us hearty welcome, President lin.
cola a1d Nm. II. Seward were at our quarter, last
Tuesday, TO rs, they shook hands with ne an Ts
Is now time for me 70 relieve my guard 1 viii let
yOu know more in the morning
.Bqy 3.-It il now O'Clock in the morning and
nothing has happened 10 III yet. There has becn a
hustle asbore all night, but we have not been roulIed
vet. We compelled Two schOoners TO heaye.o L,r
hight; one was the Lilly Dale, bound for LiyeroI
ard the others name forget; she was bound for New
York As soon as / have bad breakfast l am going "a
turn in and sleep till o'clock tonigbt that Is il wa
are not attacked before then. Our Tegimelt do,f
know where are, nor Will they till they see u ac
at the NavyYard. The climate here is very dine emf
from ours in the middle Of the day il il very warm
and the nights and mornings quite cold so ha. va
have 70 wear our overcoats. | made bigger ifoya
OF the lst Of May than good many in New-York <
moved from Washington to james River, about 200
miller.
Ii IL now about O'Clock, ard have not gore 70
bed inst rs / arose from bre ikiast we saw q a-ge
cIipper-bark coming out Of James River and trying 10
get away from US, but it was no 60. Our Captain
Hailed her two or three times, but she paid steu,
ton to it mill she saw us arranging guns upon her
Size proved TO le the Anna L. Grant, from Richmond,
loaded with 1our, for South America. That hardly
looked kelythat the South should send -four to South
America, when she has not got enough for her own
Gse. SO we sent our MILDLY aboard her to take charge
Of her. We are sailing in company will her to the
flagship.
The Monticello has relieved us from the mouth q
james River, and we are going to the flagship for
orders We are along,ide the flagship. Onr ofieers
have gone aboard IF her, and Captain gave odrs
for us to 40 alongside small schooner, loaded with
coal lore that they seized and get supply Of coal,
and then come back for him. expect we are %
another cruise. / am now goiOg to bed.
Meg ii was called abont O'Clock TO suppsn
After supper The men al turned in except the es AIM
and mysef; we sat up all night. About oClo,k IN
the morning | called the 10 man the guns, We
were about 70 ras another not Secession place. called
the White House Point, but they did not modest us-
A little further up tie river we passed the tomb of
Washington We are now stopped at Fort Washing
ton 20 take an officer aboard for Washington. We sre
under way again, and very near Alexandrla: Tho
men are oil the guns again, but don't think hey
will trouble us. L must close my letter.
remain you're,
GEORGE ID. NOLCOTT, Company d, 7st Eegt