, 1861-04-09

From the Warrin1ltt ton pso1nde IL lie
Pensacola 0bsts.sr, of. the 18th, no hare ths
suhjoined extracts: a.:.;t'=s% "a! : -. 49,.
The Wynndotte created aom6 st1r / pn i; ;yesster: cit
day BY her moVements she steamed up and
went ont to the Sabine aid 81 Louis OF ,tha
bar, the latter hoisted sail soon afterwald The
Wyandotte returned, went nip to the Navy
Yard, left there soon atterWard and proceeded
to Pensacola; r appears that profisioits oYef
YVES said to be the case, AndeiaonS fate seems
to be pursuing g1emmer. -.
!, Col Clayton of. the Alabama regiment. for. f,l
meE1y, now Of the. Confederate tststes, gener-
oasly donatsd the man who lost p bis am, one
a man was shot. at the RedGaubt last .nieht,
in attempting to pass the sentry without the
countersign. he died soon, aHerward. No:
blame is attached 70 The. sentry, as heonly'
performed his duty. The ~deoeased was 4
member: Of the Red Eagle Company. ,...,
The steamer Kate Dale Rom Mobile, arrived
here this morning Tith large qussatity Of pro
visions, five hundred stand Of arms, and
2o0, 600 ball cartridges from Mount Vernon
Arsenal, IN charge Of our gallant toWnsman,
Lieut. 3. L. Sweetmau- -.
The Mobile advertiser Of the 18th, gives the
following:- 7,t:~zs'
Capt Ben Lane Posey Of the q Red Eaeles,''
arrived At 611 o'clock this morning nom War
rtngton, Fla, having LEFT there yesterday eve
ming ut o'clock We gather from him the
following items: :
That he left there thirteen companies, num-
beriag IN the aggregate about 1000 men Elev-
en- OF these companie es are from Alabama. one
from Atlanta, Ga, and one from Milton, Fla.
He informs us that ten companies Of Alabaima
troops have gone into the service Of tha Cor
tederate States, his company being ohe of
them. 49,,
Capt. Posey returns tomorrow, and viii, in
the meantime, receive new recruits for his
Capt. r. has command: :of: the It Redoubt,nta
yery pretty little fort, 1000 yards in the rear OF
Barrancas- It is nov, he tells us, the etrategie
point OF Pensacola, and upon it depends, ia
Large measure, the safety Of al the rest OF The
mainland posts, as it defends their inland ap-
A letter appears in 7he Montgomery Mall Of
aturday last from q correspondent just re-
turned from Pensacola. We make the follow !
Ing extracts: ::
The most stirring incidentof. the psst few
days Vas the capture, On the night Of the 26th
lnsf;' Of the schooner Garry By Capt. Steedman,
Of the Wilcox True Blues Tho schooner, tax. !
ing advantage of the shadows Of night, was
trying, against ord ers, to convey coal and sup
plies c1andest1nely to the ship Wyaudotte. for
the use Of the United States feet.; The officer
10 command getting wind Of her missIou, Of
dereo IapL. 6teedman to proceed with detail
OF men from his company, and, If possible, in
tereept her The gallant young captain, pro-
curing an open boat, made chase: and, alter
some difficulty in finding her, succeeded in
capturing her almost under the very bows of
the Wyandotte, and proudly bore her back ~
the first pTzss OF the new Confederacy.
Another noted "Institution7 connected
with the military arrangements below, Is
very dimfnutive steamer used for patroliug
the hay, to prevent supplies reaching the
enemy. Some of the boys hare dubbed herthe
F" Wild Cat" and manned with q detachment
Of volunteers, it is interesting to watch her as
blrd-llke she scuds o'er the dark blue waters,
now stopping and dallying- about the Wyan-
dotte, as # coaxing her for fight, now eccen
trlc. breaking away and running close to the
walls of Fort Pickene, seeming to say to her,
" Take pop II you want to, II" and then, ap-
parently embo1dened with her success, dash
ing out beyond Pickens, and with q sort Of
dare devil effrontery, making the circuit ofthe
deet, and may be overhauling some suspected |
craft, under guns, a single broadside of which
would blow her to atoms. She is the terror Of
the few bad men on that part of the coast
whose cup1dity or treachery leads them to
carry On an illicit traffic with our enemies,
Al tho germ Of the Navy of the.neW Republic
"long may he wave ~ Il