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

FBGM PENSACOLA.
From letters in The uoJie Advertiser as late a.
April 80, from Pensacola, we quote:
In Fridays letter mentioned the circumstance II
a man having passed the night previously to santa
Rosa in violation of the orders of Gen. Bragg Ha
registered at the hotel as Kirby. On the evening e
his departure, a young man named Thurman from
Tennessee lost $780, and suspected Kirby OF takIng
lie went TO Gen. Bragg, laid his grievances before
Lion aud requested permission 20 search the lsan1 iOr
bin; lie was told 10 return TO town, get writ pro.
cure an officer to execute it, and report at headquar.
tiers on Saturday morning. L asked Thurman he
privilege OF accompanying him-grsnted. Next inofns
ing Mr. LeBaTOn fixed mp with - passes and honoed
me as dspaicI bearer to Gen. Bragg. We had rainy
tine ana reached headquarters wet TO the blde Gem
Rracg read the writ wrote explanatory note a. he
bottom to the commanding officer at Fort Pckens, ~
also note to Commodore Inraham, and instructed Us
by no means TO be drawn into conversation preqIl-
cal TO orr cause but objected TO no extravaeant ss|
such for instance the secession Of Virginia, MIy1
land the destruction Of Washington &C., being eon-
municated, Com. ineraham soon had us ID q lor'
cared boat accompanied by Capt. Plerson OF the Con-
federate Navy. 4 twenty minutes pull, with awbfe
Tag at the boats bow, brought us TO the beach 40
Lent Jones of the 81 United States Infantry, officer
of tLe day sllued US With Good morning, gentle.
men :" Capt Pearson informed him we were mere
by permission OF Gen. Bragg and wished leave TO make
known oar mission to an olficer Of the garIlon. lie
asled {" What oAiSerl" Thurman replied, " Lieut..
Slemner" In few minutes, this notorious character,
in old clothes AID at half rum reached boat grim
ming TO his eyebrows, no doubt expecting leues
from bis wife, as lie had been informed his old friend
Capt Pearson was aboard. lie and the Captain met
like old friends and, after little conversation, The
latter informed him Of the nature Of the visit. IhE"
man then handed the wit above mentioned. Slen:
Iner and Jones both read it, when the former replied
scornfuy " I'm no police officer; / know nothing
Of this man; I'm not the commander OF Fort PcAeps;
and handed back the writ, remarking that no person
or property the Island would be restored TO cnens
Of aareGea that had better hold last
as possible TO what we had Oh the other side-poinnS
to Gen. B.agg's lines and Pensacola. de was ihea
asked if he would deliver the paper to Col. Brown.
He replied, t" No" and doubted very much W. etbsr
Col Brown would receive or entertain any such coa'
munication, but would 70 and report its tenor.
While absent we had quite conversation Win
Lieut. Jones. lie was asked il they ever goI any
news, and replied, "Oh, yes; they mad intelligence
from the States every day, nearly" Capt. Pearson
then told him Of the secession OF Virginia, etc, 10
which he remarked, Virginia it was true, had seee'
ded by act Of her politicians, but the people had 70
vote on the question on the 23d of May" told him
we had later news than he, and that Virginia had
gone out Internationally. Pearson told him there
were several officers in the feet who had said theJ
would resign when their States, Virginia and Mary.
land went out; and lie believed If they knew tbd
fact, wo1ld resign forthwith Il now forget theft
names. The Lieutenant said he saw those gentlemeo
every day. and they had never 30
and that if they wished to co. the road was open to
them at all times.
When asked If he wished to fight he laughed and re-
piled: " wouldn't object TO the politicians arranging
affairs anioably but with it makes very little dl.
ference" Upon this, observed "Yon are pre,iy
well fixed up there for killing folks" "We are thai
" How many big guns have your " Lots OF EN-
" Have Won any doctors " PLENTY" 81 merely
asked for information in you should want any ~
two or three weeks Gen. Bragg would no doubt lens
you someW He was somew hat piqued az TINS on, &c
marked, They had all the doctors they needed, -
well as surgeons. Lieutenant, have you more l1s9
two of those large guns bearing on the Navy iau
No response 'fSanta Rosa Is notorious for rA,ues
snakes and moccasins; have You come across any
None" {" You haven't been very far from the Ions
them mo" This island s "a mighty 1S eifSs he
warm months ~ "Doh't know about that" "ioaSa
got many sandbag on those walls-dd you Drihs ~
bags with you" No response. Capt. pearsGn as nnnS
fthey were r)wded, that they moved those i'cn
carriages outside. No response. ! then sna,
tenant you seem to have good many soldiers ana .
sailors on the Island'" " Yes got as many @ "S
want"
The conversation was now broken of by the return
of Semmer aud f99sihng 'el'T %Ss ~ sarmer nod
waiting for the Adiutant to perform sna' a"y' -
formed us that Col. Brown would neitner viss Gs ne
entertain commission ana ieit wnnou' pSn =.
ba strong brave Zouave and meet him on the Gay On
bsttIel We thanked Lieut.. Jones for his afteniops
and showed of. Things turned out just as Gen. pngS
predicted-we'd get neither man, money, Aor sasa
ton. They eyaded the question whether sfanses
had been on the island, within day or two--,a' -
good as said If there had been process could sss
him Off am strongly of the belief now ihai NV sayS
was spy, and not money-thef "old a a,s,. sss.
he intends to have the laws Of the United Sta'eseA
Cuted, but this case was dead failure'
1t seems that the spy correspondent did not wv
much valuable information. His sheer OF Lieut. S'ens
mer for being anxious to hear from his wife 10 cn"s
terstic of the woman-wbpping chivary. There pos
an abandoned rufian in Northern o'a'e f''0"
would not blush at such heartess act. -.
The next day there was storm, when TINS pI.e,.S
Hood hound Of correspondent speaking Of the un'ss
States Acct, cries out "would to Heaven to'morro"
ann NAV dnd them stranded on Santa Rosas beach,
Two men deserted from Fort Pickens on the 10y
and Joined Braggs forces They cay that inc m.
work dav and night on the fort, and In CONSTRUCTS
batteries on different points Of the island Vhs" w