The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-20


Near Pensacola, Fla, Nov II. 1861.
The welcome fare of your valuable paper
occasionally greets my vision, and from
which CLEAN much Of interest; and although
your columns appear to he constantly full
yet Few items from this out OF the way
plaee may not be without general interest to
your many readers
Though at the present time quiet. there is
no telling how soon detachment from Lin
coins armada may feel in Il mood to test the
strength OF some of our batteries, and send
us bomb by way of salute, on which occa-
sion they may rest assured we shall not turn
on shem the cold shoulder. Ca
since our attack on Wilson'S camp, the
morning of the 9th October, the entire force
On TIE island have been very industrious.
biIiy's pets - have had a new and complete
ut-oht, ma1y wooden bnildings have been
erected, and they have quite town there
Ihey nave put all their '' bar be tie - guns in
,riln' mounted mum ber Of extra ones on tn e
tort' tsome of which are bearing up the
is'and so as to rake any force that should at
Tempt TO storm the Fort in that directioa.) and
s5oi Brown; with his late sinfefeemehs. NO
douot considers his position i'm pregnabie.
They have kept but one shin off The island
since the nrst of last month until Saturday
last, when daylight showed up six large YES.
seis on the fort, aud it was supposed that our
ailotinent OF the "armadi' had arrived but
the following night three of them d,saD
peared. They are trying 10 be as mysterious
as possible in their movements
Events are thekenine, anu The next f-w
weeks may decide the blockade auestiou l.y-
the-bye the English papers have made posi-.
tive assertions that some OF our ports WO. Id
be open in October. November is uuon .s
and no such result has been attained, IL ye
we heen waiting for Z. gland to make 60 ID
that assertion Enough has beea said Ac-
tion should now be the watch word
1he news from Columbus Is encouraging; +;
that from Savannah is exciting.
Last night, III IL o clock the 7th Alabama
regiment, Col Wood, received marching cr-
ders, and this morning they are ON their way
TO Chattanooga, for the purpose of looking
after the Union men, who are committing
depfe0atOns, such as bridge burning, &c, in
East tennessee. The 10th Mississippi is also
ordered from here, but l cannot give their
destination. To iiil the vacancy IN ade by the
departure Of these troops some 2Io0 to . 200
MIS- issippl Uoops-2art of which arrived
yesterday evening, the rem ainder TO arrive
to-diy-are located near Warrington These
comprise the 9th and Sth Mississippi resi-
ments.
This portion OF the army IN der Gen. Rrarr
is in good trim, and we'll disciplined for VOL
unteers, and MS q general thing are well sat
ished, or would be put for their continued
1nacuon. Some dissa tisfaction however is
manifest at the reading Of a general order''
recently, by which volunteers are brought
up to strict army regulations, as to the nu NJ
per OF servants allowed to each comrany.-
Ii the order" had been enforced at the start
not word of complaint would have Iol.
lowed. The matter has caused much discus
sion, and must record the remark OF one
ultH, ds IL is LOO SOJI TO be lost. He said
The very thing we are fighting for is the
privilege OF doing what we please with our
nIgsers, and if We are denied that right here
al nome, We are deprived of one strong in
ducement to fight
must give You a little anecdote of Gen,
Bragg. Before the commencement of hostil-
ities last spring, ON the occasion OF 4 visit to
rort fickens by Gen. b., MAYOR Vogdes did
the honors, by showing the General ABOUT
the fort, and on board The flag ship, then in
the mar Dor Among other Things of interest
MsJor ' introduced the General to IA verv
Hue and we'll stocked s!iquor case at tn.
same time relnarking, "W hen you take me
prisoner, Gen. Bragg, suppose you will AL
10" me the possession of my liquor case -
Gen Bragg replied, ''Cer t;iinly, sir" Well,
you are aware that Major Y. was taken pris-
oner oy our troops on their recent visit to the
isiand. On the occasion of the Major being
presented TO Gen. Is. as Il prisoner of war
tn6 General PECULIARLY remarked to him tn at
ne could now send for his liquor case" -
was q good Joke and seemed 10 be enioyed
as much by The Major by any oue Of The
party
II anything worthy ofnole transpires here,
you may hear further from XEsIA.