New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-06

tbev knew the town must he injured by our return hre,
repeat such an at OF aggression Oy cOmmeheeg upon
us We were no sooner withln range OF Ve'' guns,
howsyer. than they opened thec 6re. when We after
exchanging few shots with them retired, preerr"R
tia, IL should appear that we WIRE beaiep OF rather
than continue contest where ss the resnt ehn"s 20
many uno6ending cipgens must necessarily suiler'
that act means tie "condemnation OF Chrir'i'n ana
cici lied maj ..ons" pray tell me- gentlemen, what yon
wculo have doue, were you IL my place. Again' you
protest against my firing shell into the midst OF
large crowd Of uDarrned cit zens, among whou ~e'e
mauy women and cbildsp. Gentlemen, 90 YOU 'h",H
such an sct could have been deliberate or prenied,
itdedl Besides would ask, was it not the duty "i
the military commandment, who by his act N the morn
ing had 10 tied 10 the contest, to zee that sucn
were ont Of the wsyl Did he not have all day 20 pre-.
pare Il was eVren to my mind that they kuew -e
were coming, or whv was that dem0nstgatlQQ OF the
steamer General Rusk 7
In conclusion, let sdd that 20 one can regret the
inimry done 70 unonr ,noi0dusls than do.
S nro noe mpsint Of my ce's Of the 80 last; coming
from the military or civi auhor".SS u "a"e,swn'
and with due Difference your couslderait ii ahd NJ
marty NUT respectfully remark tnat it is ths trst
time that have ever heard that the women and chill.
dren named citizens Of one OF rowns we're nder
the protection of foreign consus ResPs:tfssIIlyy
Commander U. s. n, COmuSndng
THE sUsfTERs CRUIsE-LET rERs FROM THE
CAPTAIN AND CREW.
The Navy Department has received from the Gulf
the following nterce pied letters from Capt senmes Of
the pirate Sumter. and ono Of his crew. Capt.
Semuess let of captured vesselS is deficient in one
respect He says nothing about their reaching the
bands Of the rebel authorities or of the division Of the
prize money among bis crew. The truth is that WIN
the exception Of one burned at sea, every prize has
either been released by tho Spanish or Portuguese
authorities, or recap,pred by our cruisers;
iMPORTAsT LETTER FKOa TBE CAPTAIN oF THE PRi-
yATEER SUMTER
C. s. STEAMER SuATEA, PgEaTo CABsLto
vEgElUEiA, July 26, L6l. J.
Sir; Having captured schooner OF h-bt ofaf',
which with hSp cargo [ estimate To be worth some
eos 900 and beirV denied tho privilege a ravl'g her
az ths ror until she could he ahJndicatea, nave re-
solved 10 dispatch hor to New Orleans WIN PiiLe
with the hope shat she may be able 10 elude toe
y1ijance of tie bio. Sadng sqnadron, and run into
some Of the PhOal Pesse. to the Westwar, of 'p
Mississppi-as BarrstaFia, BeTwicks bay, ~e' az
great haste avail myself OF this opYertutty 10 seHI
you my irst dsI atch since leaving ISeN lran.' a
eau do no more, Tor want oi tune, Inda Ai0''tJ ''
merste events. p
Wo ran the blockade Of Pssae Pontre W inc Dro'A
lyn) on the 3Otb OF june the Brooklyn gvng Us cuase
Ga the me ming Of the 81 doubled CsE's An ONO,
tho western extremity of Cuba and on the same day
ptnred of the Isle Of Pines the american sp Golden
Rocket belonging TO pariies in Bangor, Milte. sue
as fine ship u CO., tuns, and hbetween e'O'oVV
and 900. boarded her,. ,.,.
Cuba and Macbas, both OF Maine slso. Ttey were
l,dsn with sugars | sent them 20 Cieniuegos Cn0s'
On the 5th day Of July, | captured TIE brlys ben;
Duuuirg and Albeit Adams, owned IN Ne" iofs anu
binssarhusetie They were lAuen WIN sugar. L eoH'
them 10 CienfueRos. , a.,
On The next day the 9th, captured tho banks West
Wind and Lon "a Kilham, aud the bag Nhl", All
ow ned in New-York Rhode Island ano aAs,a'n,Ise'''
aud Laden with sugar. sent these nlsofo CieLfuegns
On the came day ! into Cienfer-gos myself,
reported my capture 20 the auilonies ANA sSke'
Ave 20 have them remain until they could be adJu,
dieatei The Government took tnsin 10 eharge . uun
tbs Hoae Government should give directions e0"cen-
ny them coal,d ship, aud .,iled hg IN IN the 'th
On the gth arrived al the leland OF Cuazno, WIZ
ont having fallen in with anything. "o'led "Hin
here aud sailed Oh re 24in. on .he Grllhs ., sbhs %
Brndford, which Is the vessel oy Which send TINS
I do not deem it prudent to speak OF ny future
movements lest my dispatch should ial into tne hsud'
We are All we'll and doing pretty fair business,
a,;u1 ,nsa saPtares in twenty-rix days.
honor to DC, very respectfully y0nr 9os :,.Ets
The following letter from passenger or sailor on
tho Sumter given sketch of her voyage and summary
of its resnl,si
TnE SUFFERS CRUISE DESCRIBED BT HER sESTI-
MENTAL SAILOR.
PoRro CABKLLo, Nsw-Gr.nada. July 2a, 1851.
DER ANDY: After nearly one month sailing
around the West India Issnds and the Spanish Main,
we have at length arrived at this an,ieu dihPdsted
city, AS YOU doubtless remember, The sumner went
intn eomui sion on June 5. Her rial trip took place
on the Iah and she left NewOrleans Oh the 18Th for
tbe for,s between which Forts 81. Philip and jack
son she hy Vt anchor for elsyen days, and ran the
blockade on June 80. Before tbi' evet occurred
however, should have men'l0heu tnat an unsaoess"
fu attempt was made TO the gauntlet Of the hos.
til feet: and also that party irom the sumter inded
a, the hight boure AT Pass-aPO Quite and destroyed sll
toe Government property there Az said before, tie
Sumter ran the bloc kade on june w. Abe uay wac
mos, beautiful one. 10 reminded me ve'y much eC
one ds,cy,bed ,a " Lord Tom Noddy's RidS 10 tie
Execution "a poem l read number Of years ago:
"s~.ey swssy tho morning brssi. ~ts ro's,Is 'resK'
lihe the hrtt faint blush on mslden' oheeA'"
Early on the morning Of ths 30ih-2 o'cloeh-the
steamer Empire Parish aIorgside VI the Sumter.
and delivered 200 barrels OF COAL and then dropped
down the river to recounoiier. Ia few hours she
returned and repoited the coast ,lsar. Immediately
tho Sumter trlpped her s9enop anu sVi unuer msI
and activity ON oard In about one hour we Were t
the bar OF tho Mississippi, aud very soon alter we
creased il the Brooklyn hove 10 slght and then the
chase began, which Lasted for more Ehan three nourr
"a hsautiful regatta IA ever Witnessed. IL was
neassnt sight to zee the Brooklyn crowding on can
VAS and all 10 10 purpose.
Ia ia rot surpririDg that she made sueh strenuous ex
ertipns to capture the sumter Tor 'ne Is "eaui,ui
der spas-in tact, she looked IN charming ss belle
decked for ball or bIde arrsyed for the marriage
ceremony; aud IL mu,t have been particularly Oh ~
gIeeable TO her commander to give up ths pursuit
Iyben n wsa obaeryed thn the Brooklyn had given up
the chase Capt. Semmss ordered all hands below on
SscL and offered three cheers for The Southern Cou
iodsrscy and from the quarterback 70 the forecasle
ssvo Ula1deued the heart Of any Southron. The Sum
ter them pursued her course unmoles'ed and on July
ovsrhsued vessel bearing Spanish colors and soon
af erward chased and captured the American ship
Golden Rocket. After removing. from her all her
-, IL onn Qls Iorl
treasure and her officers and crew. the torch was a
nl,ed TO her, and Ia few minutes the fire began to