The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-27

tered from all winds. It's entrance, bstv,,.
Fort Barrancas and the west end on 81 Re-
Island, is about three -fourfhs Of mile wide an
Is well defended. This harbor has tvesty-twI
lSet q water on the hsr, at low tide, u CON
pletely land. locked, and Is the best on The Gu
OF Mexico.
| rRrsAcorA CITY,
Pensacola city the county seat Of Escauhis
| county, 2i2 miles west from Tallahasse and
about 81 miles east from Mobile, IL situated ..
Pensacola Bay, ten miles from lis entrance into
the Gull ot Mexico. IL is on dry and sandy
plain, gent y rising 40 or 80 feet above The level
"i the water The 'horc at Pensacola is low
4" d sandy, ard only vessel, Of a light draught
eau reach the city. The Mobile AdreTfiser, In
an article published Last spring, spoke Of this
city as tOlluws:--
'Pci sacoll Is historic ground, and its historie
noto /. essentially military. Centuries aro.
the warlkc events OF which It, with its vicinage.
Nns scene, gave its name place In the pafo
o' ltstcry. In IT. timc II has known many
mater, and none surrendered 1t except Of ne
,c' ity few without a struggle, and none gained
" except y the power of compulson. IL IL q
dcht'ablo ground BY lie tradition, its
chronicle and It's local conditions. De-
fore tho days Of De Soto, II was not
th, undisputed possession Of the aboriginal M
iondtics; tor our mcagrc records Of the timos
AMI people show that different tribes came sn1
soiouinol ON the waters Of the bay and made IL
a iort ot common territory "A quasi neutral
grourd, whore they could spend a warm seasow
~ h,h,ry, and enjoy the cool Gulf breezss
whicl formed the waves of the Bay of "Pens.-
cula'--of "Ochus'-of "Pcnzacola" PEN
sacola NJ we Of this day iually have il In N.
ooniimcd nomenclature. In later times, the
Slan'ard, the Frcnchman. the Britisher and
Anglo American contenled for It's ownership
ard each nnd all possc' aud held ID ~ ef arp,is
(, ,'marly' AMI some by treaty right, for a time.
Ii,f" Jackson added something Of fame to hin
nnm,-thcro Briton fought with Spaniard,
Sparhrd with Frcnchman and Italian, and ItaI-
ian with lndian--aud now again II Is the Gair
bone ot contention between the rival raoos
OF Arglo-Amcricans. A. In these latter days or
lts history IL u become the chief point ofinterraf
IN the eyes Of the nation and may possibly have
the eyes of the world turned TO It as the Crimcs
oi tho New World. Let us consider this pos-
Slbiity, promising that IL Is contingent upon
the course Of governments and not upon tho
hgmors OF those concerned Ia the proceedings
Of the locale. The war between the mighty
overs, Russia, France and England, was fought
out On the narrow field of the Crinca, and now.
l,,iore n blow is struck, 1t may be considered
that, IN large measure, the complexion Of our
d differences with the United States may 10 de-
cidei hy the course pursued NJ this new Crmea.
the classic Ray Of Ochus," and before the So
ba,'orol Of Pckcns, 1--we get into difficulties
II may be through the agency Of this sams
troublesome locality, in Its proving truo to ito
tradition"
The anticiraticns of the Mobile paper ver.
not fully realized, though this "troubleaome
ocnlity' has been the scene Of some stirring
vents, and now We have TO record new hat
le, upon and around the wutcrs of that beauti-
al bay.
The opening Of the year 1861 found Pensa-
cola and its approaches prepared for defence by
means Of Fort Pickcns, on the westerly end a
Sat Ia Roea Island, Fort NJ, Rca across the chan
rel to tho westward, and Fort Burancas, On the
M in land across the channel, north from
lut Pickens. Farther mp the hay, and
g llt miles from the city, was the United
StH,cs Navy Yard covering nearly eighty aares
oi gIound, enclosol by high hrlsk wall.