, 1861-02-28

other they have an outward inclination Of fftl
degrees, and are twenty-five feet long. On tht
upper and Of these are framed short timbcrs d
aa opposite inclination ofaoout thirty degrees
which present the appearance Of ratters, bu1
only extend ont about ten feel, and are intend
ed as protection for the men at the guns
The sides are timhers bolted together nftel
the manner Of o man-ofWar, md covered
with four-fnch plank, and ! outside o.
that are to be bolted bars of railroad iron, laid
two deep, while on the inside is double
thickness Of palmetto logs, and on the inside
thus making solid wall Of from five to sis
feet in thickness on the attacking side, while
on the other side and ends It will not be any
stronger than is necessary to resist the effect
Of the conclusion in the firing Of the guns
It will be partly filed with water, which, it i
which fall into it; consequently, there Is 8
larye opening left IN the deck. 1t will mount
four guns. which are now lying side Of 1t,
three 32.pounders and one HponndeF. They
will be mounted all on one side, 1t being the
only one that is, protected, the other sids and
ends having only railing around them In
regard TO ,its efficacy, opinions differ, but
thet Of "Slaughter Pen," nnd each company
man it.
From the materials Of which it is built, il
must be extremely combustible, and heated
shot viii be very Liable to set it on fire. Again,
it Fill have to be moored and kept In exact
position, for If it swings around, or its moor
ings are cut as they might be BY. chain shot, it
would be completely at the mercy Of the fort,
Which might easily sweep the exposed decks
By grape OF canister ahot.
FROM PENSACOLA.
Fort BAHAScAs, Feb. u. 1861.
arrived from Washington and demanded a
passport aud conveyance to Fort Pickens- He
vas at once sent over By Col. Lomay, hut the
character Of his dispatches is not vet known,
Some two hours after his arrival signal fac
was raised upon the fort and q heavy gun fired.
At Intervals through the day the gun was fred,
but for what purpose we could not learn. The
next morning tie masts Of the Wyandotrc
came in sight, and Immediately after another
gun vas fred from the fort, the 'sstars and
stripes" put at .haEmast> ana although dav-
light, rocket sent up. The Wyandotte came
secretly into the hatbor, and, under flag OF
truce, run up to the Navy Yard, and little h,
ter t: to the for, where she is no~ lying: Moth.
ing new appears this morning, except the
smoke Of several fires upon Fcrt Pickens, and
two extra derricks aud sling carts, for the pur-
pose OF mounting heavy guns. They seem to
Keep busy over thers, and mount two or three
guns day. NoW they have more than double
the number than when VIC came, and in addi.
tlor. two heavy Cocorn mortars.-Colun16us
(Gd.) Times.
4 sPEck OF WAR
We have learned that news had been re-
ceived BY persons at Montgomery, Alabama,
TINT commander Of United States vessel
of-war, now in the harbor of Pensacola, had
made demand On Col. Lomay, the officer in
command Of the State troopa, that he must
cease his work on the fortitcations. Col Lo-
max is not the man to obey the orders Of an
officer Of the Federal Government: therefore.
We would not be surprised to fear yeTy soo,,
that fighting had commenced at Pensacola.
we need more troops ut that point, and it be-
hooves the President Of the Provisional Coy
ernment to look into it and see that this mat
ter is promptly attended to.-iAanta GAY In
te|tige1tce1, Fs6. s.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN HUNG.
Correspondence of the n E. Tribune.]
ABREyuLE, Ala, Feb. 13, 1sg1
The following slip appeared in the Eutaula
{4ta.) Express:
ASusP1c1oUs IsD1y1puA1.-The worthy cap
tain OF the Home Guards arrested man on
last IGesday, upon complaint mada by one or
Two OF Onr citizens. Tie charge Was the use
Of improper language in regard to the acts
and position OF the Southerh people at this
time, Some Of the expressions nsed by this
AsEuAS 1@Ahco WERE LQaL BOD lOotnGS Is =
tf11toT, and that the Seceesionists hre thieves
and robbers, and that he fully indorsed every
thing contained in the Knoxville HAi4 in re-
gard to coercion, etc. After the examination,
which brought out the foregoing facts, the
committee of five members of the Home
Guards, appointed to investigate the matter,
announced as their decision that as the indi-
yidual under arrest was only guilty of using
improper language, they would set lin, ut lib
erty, with request to settle his business and
leave as soon as possible. An application of
tar aud feathers wouldn't ba at all amiss in
such cases. The mans name Is II. a. Smith.
He is travelling agent for Scoyil d Mead OF
New Orleans, druggists. He will bear watch
ing. Pass him around.
Mead, Of Nav Orleans, hut i New Hampshire
man by birth. Mr. Smith arrived in this place
on Saturday last. The Eufaula Express was
produced. He was identified, and did not DENY
his opinions. He was then taken some half q
mile from town, and there and thcu ds's0. 7t,!.fy
As4ng. Now an = SeceEsionist mJse!f; bat /
utterly ohjectto any euch proceedings but +
am afraid to say s, il 1Lis placc. Mr. Smiths
horse and buggy are still here. He also had
s35G dollars in money, which is now in the
hands Of the Vigilance Committee. What they
will do with it remains to be seen. Some Of
them have suggested that it should be spent
for arms.
ANOTHER ENGLISHNAN 3{AITREATED.
The tarriug and feathering the English cap
tain, for allowing his co1ored steyedore to sit
ut the table with him, was not the only in
stance in which British subject has been
treated ike Northerner in Savannah. We
find the following in the Toronto Ma5e:
The following il IN extract from letter re-
cssved yesterday from Mr. ". Morrow, Of this
city:.
.1About seven weeks sincc, while in savan-
T,aft 1rl1
bringing me basket Of fruit as q present,
Seeing newspaper lying on the table, be ask
ed to have it, SO gave it to him. He had not
heen long away, when his master tornd him
reading Beeehers sermons- On being asked
from Nhom he got the paper, he refused to
tell, when be was sent to the calaboosc and
whipped till he gave the information. His
master Immediately. came and spoke 10 lhe
captain, wishing him to give me up to the cit
liens, but they arranged 1t for me 10 leave the
next morning BY the steamer for New York.
The matter soon spread, and next morning,
before the steamer sailed, Two men came On
board wishing to see me. asked them to
come and zee the captain, and theT offered to
let me 60 By paying $50, which vas glad to
do, as there were loud threats of hanging, SC.
So had to lcaye my vessel pay $50, and feel
thankful that am free In New Tork.h
The perpetrators Of this outrage on British
subject ought to b called to an ACCOUNT for
taae Llau1IACE. HE lFusk tu2I Lne Attention OF
her Majesty's Minister at Washington will be
directed to the matter, and that ample apollo
gy and reparation will be demanded, either
from the Federal Government ST the art,,ori-
ties Of Georgia-
Ez-aov' WRIGHT 9E 9EoE: TSD1AsA, ON coER
Ex-Gov. Wright Of Indiana, now the Ameri-
can Minister at Berlin, in letter to friend in
New York city, says:
III have not the heart to say ANYTHING about
my country. Still I hold my opinions. We
cannot have peateahle separation. AL this
talk OF two C,nfederacles is nonsense, We
cannot be two people cannot be three people,
cannot be four people; We are one people or
We are nothing. would sooner fight q citi-
zen Of my country, guilty Of treason, than TO
fight any enemy IN the world.
You may do many things, say many things,
but God is my judge, there is one thing you
shall not do; destroy the temple erected oy
our fathers This is the only hope left for hu-
manity everywhere. hold any man guilty Of
treason who shall attempt in any way to de-
peaes until va put dowz al traitors,
A NAVY FOR THE SOUTH.
The Charleston Mercury has long article
on the organization Of the Navy Of the Con-
federate States. The navy of tho North, it
the North. It's ineficiency, more than Mr..
Buchanan's good will towards South Carolina,
has, the .Nsreury thinks, secured that State
such perfect immunity since its secession.
Then having hastily sketched the various st
tempts which have been made to increase the
naval force, md declared nearly al the vessels
which hsTe recently been constructed misera-
BILE failures, the AFrury congra.u1ates the
Southern States that they "are rid Of d pre-
cious lot Of old lumber, that decorates with
high bows and sterns, and blistered s;1es TIE
of.battle sbips. las tesn sent 10 eea within fha