The sun., 1861-12-14

tot Onal IoWcr to meet such an emergency ~
hss now arisen in the country. The comm ~, Al
interests Of New York are pressing immcin'e
action.
It has the following extract from a letter
from one Cf the officers a, Port Pickens, dated
Nov. 70.
You can have some III Of tho amount Of Il q
We gave and received when TIL you that we
COZ suincd hty thousand pouuds of toytcr and
that three gui wero fired every minute fr two
days. Tho avalanche of shot and u II wa. tor.
fblc
Two steamers, the Tine ard Bradford. hsd
become peculiarly obnoxious to our soldiers,
who md,n'lN jt ,ir.d to destroy them. b.t
Bragg afraid of losing the N, always kopt hem
a night 80 pcnsao IL, abl 1, seat them down
when lcad,d ~ niue oclock they accordingly
cuInc s'canirE down, little dreaming OF tho
sl,u'a ion hat awaited them. The Ttno il ono
d tho" ihucstory Mississippi steamers, pr
lGr,' Ct Which Non viii tc' 10 chil,rsn's books,
90 u 'Nc Bri'tutj Is Il small luw .u. boat. We
"m',d puietly Until thcy hld both teen fastened
10 'h' wharf al lot of tgcir steam, whom
i'y wa was liy'u 90 fire, sul lrr did
i"'vN trh iw.)'a. yoJ ~ yp'n th.m rtam
is.hN Hu... uNc.t im Hr..lIy ...,clopcd
g. ,W't,' H'' 80 utnu,itt au uour; whom
.. '.i. ...I Ntt l. o., Wt t...ul tl .iu., s sill
, CO. ~ ia a. .iul tat r.,..
~" i.nD 0u. i'ui .Nro..d ir GO. 'fn AL
.H. 4. "ls 'i.lr j. o.. 10, 0. hl. 'ys hill Be-
.ug my q tCuv, NyItDd no, silh IA e. i.I at
night ttC Nl3 tovtl ,1.
Ito llrEAIu tocm, 20 h, di,apDo'u',l AZ tlo
Indications da p,ac Cul tc mrn' Of he Iron
ml.r liGyir; been engaged for mon,h, in an
utcriivo at empt to pl4cc tho tvo a.ons at
WI, Il il dsgust,latiIg II ,lcss efforts. 1t pro
phefi,- laul, among the nations Of Europr,
"nd, al"aye seeing "crisis " ahead, it declares
in, lvcut Eorlind, Fmrc'. Italy, Spiin and
Eu''i,, and claims that the who'll world is soon
to be ngagcd in active warfare. LIS St. Louis
,Mc) correspondent sp,aks Of Con. Hallcck'
movements IA follows
General Hnllcck has lately given proof that
lc is thoroughly in earnest. Without display
or oetcnta,iop-N'thout hungarian brigade
Or mock philanthropy on inc negro question
n" iS All the tina iudusirOusly eng god in
lorvaoiing preparations 70 make good his brief
speech several nights ago in front OF the Plant.
crs' llOuac, that he intends driving every hos.
tile ilig out OF Missouri. His business hours
are admirably arranged. There H. u time
allotted to all classes Of business timc for mil
itary rcI ors a tiuc Tor Ciulens ~ bring inlOr-
nation, time TO hear complaints, and a time
TO consider Ill applications Not tn, least inn
portant Of General lIalleck i acts Is an order to
admit any person having pressing business or
important information concerning the enemy
TO his presence at any hour, day or night.
Everything about his Office works like a
cham. There il TO waiting hours In ante
rooms, subject to the capriceS of private Sec
rctary in short, General llallcCk has tho
united affection Of the army and the people
already.
The JouHSAI OT COMMTRCK IN common with
the other journals, regards the news from Eng
Land a. decidedly satisfactory. 1t considers ii
significant that tie indigr alton of tho Liver
pool people first made itself heard in the cotton
s1Icsr0om, and declares that no trouble nood be
apprehendcd outside of such a locality,