New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-14

revolving willie wormcn with cbisels gave them thss
leauitu breech and muzze finish which We are accus-
toned TO zee upon these gnDs, wit out thinking now
nicely II If dc, yet what strength Of msc' iney u re-
qphes hlen were Chi cling nis ing si'ells of All
torts m this shOV aud every wy one med he saw
solret'ing wirlike 10 the eourse Of con trnc'ioi.
W. fJund he piiro fll Of iuerrtt and otIeed that
the capacity cf tie esiabsnent was such tht it b.s
ltr-e amount of munitions Of war laid NJ against ths
day of wrath,
TIE PgIVATEER SUMTER HEARD FROM.
Capt. Boreham of tbe brig Sea Foam, arrived cn
Tne3day informs us that tic pryateer Sumter arrived
oil Cuaeoa tie night ofJuly II, and fred gun for
the tort, Ju the people Of the fort, not knowing her
national flag, wonlj not allow ber 10 IN until the
Governor had IeeD consulted. The Sumter then sent
officer with an armed crew ashore 20 talk with that
ohiciI TO coming into port. to coal up and nsGt
which the Governor allowed against tie protest. Of tho
United States Consul.
Sle hay 40 Curacao for eight days. and during tho
time tie crew bad their liberty ashore and as Cipt
u. says "rased the devil generally" Tue capaiu Of
tie Sumter SAID he was very cory he lad not ar
rived three days sooner, he wan;ei ice badly, Of
which article Capt Il. had cargo, and had only ar
rived the day previous. Capt. b. was detained four
days waiting the departure OF the Sumler, which took
place on the 2ith. He priyatoers or suspicious
vessels on the Passage hone.
Capt Borebsm rays that the Sumter went 70 sea,
heading eastward, the noon Of the 2ftb. The gen
eial feeling among the merchants at the port
against admtag the privateer. There Duteh
mai-o-war IN the harbor and the officers refused to
associate with the Sumter officers sud went ashore
without their uniforms while the Sumter was ia tho
harbor.
Tie proprietor Of the principal hotel in tie place is
an American, and hoisted the stars and stripes when
the Sumter came into the hsrbor. The priyateer
officers refused to enter his hotel unless be lowered
tho sgi but he declined, and kept flying the whole
week, aud 10 spite Of bis doing co. the privnteesmen
paronizcd the bouse to some extent during their stay
Simms, of the Sumter entered Bis vessel as ga man
of-war duly commissioned by Lis Government" The
Government, he said, not yet recognized" but
would be presently
There hundred and fifty men on the Sum
ter. The vessel took provisops board at Cara-
cOa Of the officers stating that they ad taken
enough Out Of of the last prizes ~ keep tue
for some weeks. The vessel was armed with four
tbirtytwos ard two eiz,y-fonrs. Those officers who
had been in the U. s. Navy wore tLeir old uniforms
with the L. S. Navy button.
On the morning Of tie Sumter's departure one Of
her men deserted The Dutch Governor lent the and
of police force TO discover the man, but without
cess. Capt. Simms left word that il the was
caught to :" hold on to him" till he came there again,
from which it may be surmsed that the Sumter Intends
to make Cuacoa place Of resort aud il may be snS
geS,ed that On and oil the mouth of the h.rbor would
be GOOD cruising ground for United States