New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-24

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d digriied or improving TO the "0rG,e every time
bomb bules over them; aud asanredy the damage 70
the magazines will b. enOrn our II the tre IRON PIX
is accurate and well 'usiainrd Several OF hs pat
teries were not fnisl ed, ard The mn who ought 10
have been working lying nnder the shade OF
trees, sl-eriug or snokiug-ong hmbed, long bearded
fellows In hsDue shirts aid slouced bats uniformess
in Ill save bright wel-kepr arms and resOute purpose
We went along slowly from battery 10 the other
visited nine altogether not including Fort Barrancas
and there three others, among which Is Fort NC
Rae. Perhaps there lie 81 gunr OF all sorts IN poll
tion for about thee miles, along lire extending loo
deg around Fort PickeDs the average distance belng
about mile. The mortar batteries are wei pI.'e'
among brushwOOd, Qnite out of view TO tie fort.
at distances varying from 2,JOo 10 @,oVo
yards, and the mortsrs are generni'y OF
calbres nearly corresponding with our Cnch PIE e..
Several Of the gun batteries put the level Of he
beach, others have command, and one is Iarlcn-
rly we'll placed, close to the VIII Lighthouse on
raised pl,teau which dominates rbo sandy sirp that
runs out to Fort MoRae. OF the latter have already
spoken. Fort BarrancGs IL an old fUrt-I heiieV, %
Slcish construction, with very m.neer trace-aPiaio
cmiainface toward H. sea- protected by dry dl'ch
and an outwok, in Which, however, there are 10 g.s'
The, = j. drawb idge III the rear OF The WORK. WIZ
ia simple parallel gam showing twelve gdpsm
sn Jdrbfte on the s.a-ace. The walls are oil hrirk'
aud the guns protected by thick meitns OF tanu-
bags. The sole advantage OF the fort IL III s poluo"'
il almost looks dOwn into the casemaies OF tl kshs o.
posi,e at it's weakest poi1 and it has fair onmaio
of the sea eutrauce but the guns weak, and 'bee
are only three pieces mouniei W I'm can 90 mucn n's
clief While was looking ROM there was ab epiei
tanning dispute goi on between two men, whom
belle 20 TO have been officers, as 10 the wo 10 pe
done and heard tie inferior intimate pretty broady
lii, conviction that lie cbiefdd ot know bis own bs
ness ia reference 10 some o Gejs wsb conveying
The amount of ammunition which saw did Lo' ap-
rear 10 me 10 he all sufficient for day ucdeiae
firing AZ many Of the shot roughly cast ana
ha deep angos from the monds IN their sides, very
destructive 10 the guns well as 10 accuracy in
Of b1sa ri,a
and in deep bruh ae tbrre Irregular caupf, wllch
10 the best of ny belief could not contain more Than
27O0 men. There are PROBABLY 3,Uo0 IN aud about
The batteries TIE Navy YaId, and the subarts, ana
there are al o. an Informed, 800 at Pensacola, bat
| doubt exoeedngl, that there as man, a. S,u'J
men, all tod, OF effective strength under The command
of Gen Bragg 1t would be a mistake 10 dc'pise these
IrreQiIs One of the Miss issii pi regiments ont III
camp was evidently COMPOSED of men who liked CAM
Isjgling az " who looked az though they would IKE
fghting. TLey had no particular dniforms-he re-
mark will often be msde-but they had pugDaclouf
pbysioeponies, and the physical means oi carrying
their incliuains into eier, and every man o them
was am informed familiar with the me of arms.
Their tents are mosiy small and bad, on the rdge
Xole pattern with ride fys 10 keep of the sun. Ia
some baltalons they observe regularity OF line, IN
Others they follow individual company caprice The
uen use green boughs sDd bowers, AS our poor fellows
dd in the old bot Gays IN Bag1 ana ma many o1 them
d beucbes aud seats before their DOORS ana e hnuy
I Of boarded floors 10 sleep up IL
TIer. is N em6alr s.ihg custom in America, scarce
Nv institia ie III any code OF god manners Wteh u
lie South at least is too common, and Tmoh hhy 20
still more general in the North; at all events 10
stnurer i /. productive OF the ANNOYANCE which Is
exrererocd by one wi j. obliged to inquire whether
the .havior Of thoe among ON he is ut ne iGe
int, Mi nn rudeI, conventional want OF bieeGlg'
For instance, my friend ana myself a. we 'Ie i'uH;s
along zee aeneman standing near hls battery OF is
t.ri-' GoOd morrow, Colonel, or Generii lis
tie case may bel save my friend" Good morrow
imali,ing military rank ACCORDING 10 me hoon pos
q titaT Tp.un pf
| a General A. d. Cl tlh'." Colonel &e., allow
me 10 introduce 10 you Mr. Jones o. j. noon. Inc
Colonel sdvan, es with eifusion, holds ont MS hend
grssps Joness hand ieicy, and says warmly, ss he
Lad int gained particular Object OF his existence
| 0 Mr. jones I IN very glad TO make youf acqnaint-
anee Sir. Have you be- pretty well slnce you have
been in this country slr T. O.. but IL Is nIos' hAey
tbat The ooncl Will ust walk away vi ien he eas's
without a, iug WORD TO or taking the least notice 81
the aforesaid Jones whcse Acquaintance he bad
;nst before expressed sueh friendly feelings, AID IN
whose u.rsour health he had taken 20 ceep IN in
t,.st and Jones, till lie Is accustomed to 1t, fe,is
atf,opled The fact il that the Introduction nedns
no,birg YOU a,e merely told each others names aud
il you like yoa may improve your acqnaHitsLee. Ire
lsdslas irg Is iemisnt Of bar berous times, when
men with the colored skiI were glad to zee each
I oshsE
The country through which we rode was rosi unin-
terss,in0 lick bruswOod and pi1e trees spfineing
| on, nj den sand here aud there Lulial and some
dirt, ;; ean--,ll fiat as ditchwater On our return
ue halted AZ the General 4ua tiers. had let note
1 f0r 4
anv objection 10 my proceeding TO Fort lickens from
HI. command in ,ae obtained permission 10 DO so,
and W, en- entered General Bragg ioOm lie was en-
gagged ia writing not merely a very courteous aud
cEpl.I eplary expression Q; LIS acquescsnce IA my
4 Wit ut letters introduction TO pei sOn ieics III
n si,iau. in the hope OF rendering my solourn more
agreeable. lie expressed a doubt whether my con-
rsdes would be permitted TO enter the fort. and talked
very freely viii 10 ref. TO hat had sen al
the batteries, but thought perceived an indication
OF tone change Of purpose with respect to the immed
ate urgency Of the attack on Fort Pickens conf sIed
with .is expressions lat night. Al length departed
with nlaby tbRuks to General Bragg Tor his Kindness
and confidence, and returned TO room full Of Cen
erals and Colonels, who made esee OF their visits
On my return 10 the schooner / observed that the
small houses on the side OF the long sandy beach
filed with men, many Of whom were IN groule round
the happy possess Ts OF newspaper, aud listened
wi the utmost interest to tie excited delivery Of the
oyaeuhr sentences. How much OF tie agony and bit
terness of this ficnay bow much OF its existence
may be due to thcte saule fpapcrs Do man can
say but have very de- ided opnisns rather very
strong belief, on the subject Tere were still more
people around the various barrooms than at
trscted even by the journalists. Two Of our COM
pauions were Oil board when got back to the quay.
The Mobile genernen had gone oil 10 Pensacola, and
had not returned to tine and uuder any circumstances
il was not probable that they woud be permitted TO
land az undoubtedly they no friends TO the gar
riron or to the cadfe Of The United States.
Our skipper opened his eyes and shook his rough
head when he was Ordered'o get uhner way Tor tort
Pckene and 10 anchor OF the jstty. Up went the flag
of truce to the more but the everwatchtul
gentry diverted for the time from bis supe'inierdencc
of the men who fishing at our pier, forbade our
departure till the corporal OF the gaard had given leave
and The ccrpOrai OF the guard wOnld not let the fair
Diana cast OF Eer warp TIL he bad consulted the
peant OF The guard, and there WA some delay ooca
stoned by he necessity for ho0iug al interview with
that flncIonary, who finally permitted the cspsin TO
proceed on h 4 way and with lair light breeze the
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