The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-05-18

The Pensacola correspondent OF The New
Orleans Be gives the following account oi
an attempt To spike the guns OF Font Pick
C;Ia:
Were it not that have all the rarticu-
laI- III th4s case from such Fe-pOu>:b!c u.iiI
iaiy authority - leave, no room tor doubt
! cuu.d Hot have been induced To give II
10 yourIvadrr- ss Il tact. About TWO weeks
ago a Ga ing sViIit formed tie rash deter
IuiuatIou TO spike the guns oi Folt Pick
ems. lie was Il resident oi Pensacola and
knew every such oi >au,a Rosa l-iand,
,,nIis lac vas perfectly familiar. from uu
:aerous visits, with the interior OF the ioit.
s.red with patriotism and ambition,
stranger TO such "a feeling that oil lear,
hope became father To the wish with him,
and he resolved 10 carry out his desperate
plan without consulting IA sou! or letting
ANY one into hIs confidence P!oyiCfI
with a bag containing his hammer and
nails, he took q sail BOAT and WAS soon
landed in the 1--we oak woods. Ihi, wa,
previous TO the reinforcement of P!ckens
and when Santa Rosa was entirely dcs-It
ed and unmatched During dark and
stormy night, therefore, he found 10 trou
be or difficulty in approaching the fort
Awaiting his opportunity he got Intoa bar
bette battery aud thrust one of his nails
into tho vent OF thiriy-iwo pounder.-
just rs he raised his hammer TO drive in
the spike he felt "a hand upon his shoulder
and heard the words, " ou are my prison
err!
1t was young officer that had seen him
get into the battery, and creeping up be-
hind him, caught him in the very act of
spIk!ng the gun But cur hero had not
failed TO take into consideration such n
L., IL, L
the point of his long kuite was at the
breast of the officer, and he said in a tone
not 10 be mi-understood--' You are my
prisoner, and if you utter one word, YOU
are a dead man. That the officer was ra
thcr amazed at finding he had caught a
tartar can be easily understood, nor is it
to bc wondered AT that ..e readily agreed
10 let the intruder depart in safety with a
warning not to repeat his rash attempt.
Any one would suppose that such an en-
perlence as this would satisfy the bravest
man, hat it WAS not so with oLr hero. 4
few nights alter lie again tried to get into
tie iolt wth his hammer and spikes, and
was made prisoner Carried before Lieut.
Sleminer, he boldly avowed the purpose Of
his visit, and asserted his readiness to &C.
cept the penalty. Now, however the otii-
Ger who had before detected him, generous
ly interteied in bis behalf and told the
story. Lieut.. Slemmer gave him a severe
lecture and sent him back to Pensacola,
with the information that if caught again
it would not be thought necessary to 20
through the formality of a court martial "
TIE WAY THE PENNSYLVANIA DUrCHAEy
Flenr-1he Philadelphia Lsdgr says that
when the Berks county and other interior
troops we're on Their way 10 Camp Curtin,
the officers had conference over the new S
of the taking of Fort Sumpter, and the
fact that after 36 hours caunopading. no
life was lest. One honest Dutch officer
could not understand how this coull be
done; but another officer, better posted in
modern warfare, assured him that it was
all owing to the astonishing improvements
/ in modern science, which had made the
/ art of war so perfect that forts might be
/ battered down. and cities lie bombarded
and yet not "a single individual be killed.
! The honest Dutch son of Mars listened
attentively and in uurl rise at such rs
markaLle results. Suddenly his face red
| dened and with blow of his fist upon
/ the table, which sounded like the dis.
charge OF columbiad f,e exclaimed: Den
10y tam, dey had peter not pring town oul
| Dutchmans, for dey are so tam sihupid
nit science dat dey could not go into a
fight mitOut killing so'nepodyH
IT Is related Of Mr. Lincoln that on.
day last week gentleman presented him
self with the following introduction: Mr.
Lincoln, have ut a single recommen6a
ton to your favor, sir. ] am a republican
and do rot rant an otFce Abraham
raised himself to his full height, put on
facetious look out his long arms. saying
with all emphasis "God bless you, sir
You are refreshing sight; you are goot
for sore eyes Let me give you a wore
of warning-take care lesi Barnum cate
; ys'e