New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-04-08
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w .RssStsToN NAVY ] ARE, FLA, April 2.
afr Hl;toi Your correspondent arrived here
not exactly this side up with care, for the sea voy-
age from Mobile hither had served to somewhat
upset hothnerves and body and until to-day he has
been getting impressions of the seat of war from
between the blankets. Everything and every one
bear a martial aspect; and the streets, of what
in time Of peace must be q fearfully dull and
decidedly sandy little country place, are enlivened
bvthe crowd of soldiers hanging about the doors
of bsr-rooms while officers continually pass to and
fro some with the inquisitive look of newly
arrived strangers on this curious scene, while
occasionally an aid-de- camp on duty with clatter-
ing sabre by his side will hastily galop through
the throng Fort Pickens. at the first blush, by no
means looks the formidable place that it has been
| described; but when one carefully examines the
various approaches 1t has rather the ehect OF coo
| ing any very ardent desire to make one OF the
narty to obtain possession. The fort selfis by no
means high one, having but one tier Of guns
| besides those mounted on the harbette. On the
and side there is a rise in the ground which
reaches to the very top Of the WALL and there it is
1 that the uninitiated fancy that it would be the
easiest thing in the world to successfully storm the
place: but fancy their astenishment when, having
| reached, under a heavy fire, the top, to find a
moat intervening with width Of 40 feet. and suf-
| ficiertly deep to float q man.nf-war. 1t would
i rather Inconvenience even I0N Zou to throw
himself across. And appropos Of louayes; the
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arrived there on Sunday, and fine soldery body
Of men they are. They are quartered at the
Marine Barracks, where, through the untirlng
Il exertions of their officers, the srictest dscphne
4 ia observed while the men exhibit aacriiy and
goodwill both in drilling and fatigue duty mat IS
i highly commendable, and has been much en- ADMIRED
4 by the many officers collected here. Inc iorces
II here number about 1900 men, While at MoDile ana
Fort Morgan there are 1000 troops awaiting orders
II TO march hither at moments notice. Forts
4 Barancas and McRae and the redonbt are fast
4 approaching completion, and, together with the
Il sand batteries that have been erected along the
/ shore frown most grimly down upon Plckens, and
4 show their rows of iron teeth in most decidedly
1 unamable manner. Some OF the troops here pre-
i sent somewhat curious appearance in their
II eccentric uniforms, but their great feature is their
hats Like Mr. Cox. in the farce, they wear all
sorts of hats, hats with brims, hats without brims
hats with tall crowns and hats with short crowns,
and so on dd in1initst1s through every possible
variety of covering for the head. The amiable
1 eondescension that they exhibit towards their
officers, whom they consider just as good as they
{the privates) are, if they only behave themselves
| is really refreshing.
Captain Bergman Of the Wyandotte died last
evening on board of his vessel of brain fever. He
had been i'll buta day or so and his decease seems
to have been universally deplored by all in this
Il place all of whom knew and admired and respect
4 ed him. He was a Virginian and true Southerner
at heart only awaiting the action of that somewhat
tardy State to resign iron from the service o. me ne
bury him on shore, which was promptly granted
by Gen. Bragg who also issued q general orderfor
Il the officers under him to attend the funeral. This
4 melancholy ceremony took place this afternoon,
/ when he was followed to the grave by the officers
II of the United States vessels here. the crew and
4 marines Of the Wyandotte, Gen. Bragg, Gem. In
4 graham and all the officers in command of com.
\ panies here as well as many citizens. The vessels
/ Of war here, at present. are the Sabine, the St.
Louis, the Brooklyn, which returned from her trip
/ to Havana the night before last and the Wyan-
| dotte which keeps up the communication between
the fort and the feet, sailing in and out under flag
| of truce.
There has been the most intense excitement here
| within the last few hours by the rumor that an at
| tempt has been made to introduce supplies into
1 Fort Sumter, and that two steam frigates were to
! be sent to the mouth For ourselves, we are en-
phatically skeptical on the subject of telegrams,
| and have at last reached that point that deem
| it prinId fdcie evidence if rumor be transmitted
through the medium of the electric wires that it is
| false Our increduty, however, is by no means
shared in by the troops and from the manner in
| which men look tn their arms and discuss the
various supposed feasible plans for entering Pick
ems the atmosphere here looks somewhat cloudy
and things wear a some what ominous aspect f,r
| Lieut. Semmer and his men. The mail facilities
here any thing in the world but facilities, it ap
| pearng to be ralimpossibility to get anything
/ from here to New Orleans uice Uersa, except
| twice month when the line of steamers, plying
4 between Apaachienla and the Crescent City, touch
4 here. Matters will probably be pushed forward
| here now, and all expect to see the flag of the
A Confederated States flying within fortnight over
4 the fort where the stars and strips wave.
| YOUR G0RREsP 0S DENT.