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

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.
By wuIr.u Hox.sp Rvs.xLI. III. D. Bsr,st a. Lev, ne
Special Correspondent OF The L'nd"s i'@es'
FORT PICKENS AND PENSACOLA.
A VISIT TO BOTH CAMPS.
avail mysel Of the departure of gentleman who
IA going " NewYork by the shortest route be can nId,
70 send you the accompanying letters Tue nsiis are
.topp~d; 70 are the Telegraph; sud IL is doubtful
whether can yet 10 New-Orlcans by water. VI what
/ saw at Fort Pickens and Pensa ola here Is IN
account written In very hurried manner, and unaer
very peculiar circumstances.
TUESDAY, May Is, 1861.
Two New-Orleans gentlemen, who cane overland
from Pensacols Yesterday, give snch an sccoun, o,
their MI ,eries from heat duet, sand, aud wapt oi
accornm od.,,ion, la the dreny waste through wbieh
they pasred for seyeDe-n bouts, that so"bu,
OUT como other WAY Of gipg there, and az last h'aId
OF a ,mall schooner called the Diana, which volid
gladly undertake 20 run round by sea, ieri"ea W
enter by the bio ksding squadron; ,..,-
She WA n. n rer lean DeitlooEing; her captain,
q t.n wildhaired young man, bad m'n t.e hr Of
nechsnic than of q .slor, but be knes his busiucss
WILL as the Ie.ult OF The VOYAGE showed. Ills crew
consisted of three men aud negro COOK. Ihree
gentlrneu Of Noble who sere Ious t. Wei, OeneIsi
Bragg camp, sgr,eI ~ JON ne, bu bti"r, s9hed
obtsi1ed 8 prvase that they would not vio to the
character Of neutral, long n. tey ~ero with me,
and an as-urance that they were nj III any Nay en-.
guged in or eDplyed sy the CSsi Nj its'. snsss s,ss
Sir I" SAID tie Mayor of Mobile TO me when told
him could not oontcDi 10 pass oil ihe eiiirn.n tn
question Mn private friend. mo sthll DO Dottin,
to get Mr. r hanged Il viii le lis osnaa
VIZ ,au,es IT, but will not ALLOW Mr.. R to ac-
company me under faLe Iretenoes Having COO
cuded our bargain with The skipper al ioe' ally fair
r,s and sa TO. 20 Noble AZ !" a.. srsnIns Of fas.
day, May Ia, with the Gag Of tbs Coufedssie alto.
h,iOsi bat, ssa RrecsS'iShsry mea'ar e'rrossa
which with hSg u truce, wonIi win tho favorable
consideration Of ibe Uui'ed ) ales squadron. Our
! craft tie somewhat Dutch bCild of which gave 10
great promise of speed, cane, 10 surprise and
| tlewure. no with TIE lights OF for Morgan q. y
O'Clock, AID we allowed 10 psss unehallenged
| through " swxsi, a. narrow channel over the bar
i. called, which desIte the ab-ecoe of tedeons and
buoys our skipper shot through under the guidance oil
q soundlngPole, which gave, at vniiou, p'nnees but
few inches ~ spare.
The ,hore Is Nc fiat ~ psncake-a belt OF white
sand, covered with din los and timber, ard wih
pine forest, not house or human haJtation u sny
aor Ia be ,een for ~ miles, from Fort Morgan 20 the
entrance Of .be harbor Of Pensacola cheoles, miser
able full Of swsmp< the hsuuts of slsutor crsles,
snakes ard ptlicabs; With hgconf, such IA Tie Ter
dids swelling ioto inland sees deep bured In pine
woods and known ouy to lt cIeatures ard ~ tho
old tIi5us st-syysrmirg with musks,oes. As the
Diana rushed along within qisrtef o nile OF tis
grim shore great hsh few on from Tho shnilows, and
once rhining gleam fsshed nloIg tie waters and
winged It's way slcugside the E.le cran-a monster
sbatI which plowed through tho -~s fo-i pdssu for
sous buddred yards leeward of The crt and d.ipcty
visible in the wonderful phosphoreseefce around IL,
aud then dashed away with trnii of ligit oea~ad, on
,one errand Of voraci;y, with trsnenJoes force and
yigor The wretched SIanisrds who came 10 hi Ill
named Florida must often have CURED their stars.
How reioiced they when The Government OF the
United Siitcs reli1ved them iiom their doniaion
Once during the mint sone lights we're seen on shore
| as if from csup lire. The skipper Proposed to Lad
an old iron CD, and blze swsy III tbep aud
of the party actually got oat bis rev ver 10 fire, but
obie,ted very strongly 70 theoe vsoious proceedngs
|
who were there, and that, fr>srds OF foes, they
wero sure 20 return our fro succeeded in calm
| ins the marital srdor oD board the Diana. The
fires yero very probably msde by some Of the hOse.
men lately cen. oa, by Gen. Bayg 70 patrol the coast
but the skipper said that IN all his lifelong axIeoce
be had never seen human creature Or light en shat
| shore before. The wind wss 10 favorable, and tie
Diana 80 fst that che would have run into the midst
| of the United States squadron of Fort Pickens bad
! abe purssNd ber oourte. Therefore, when abe was
within about ~ miles Of The station sh. hove TO- and
Law OF and fos shout two hours. Before dawn the
sails were fed and of she went once moro, bowling
along merrily till with the first blush Of day there
cane in sight Fort MRae Fort Pirkens snd the masts
Of the squadron, just rsng above tb1 blended honron
Of low shore aud sea 1se iormer, which - on the
westep shore Of the manlaDd IL In tie hsas Of tie
Confederate xooiS The latter Is Just opposite 70 it,
on the extremity Of the sandbask called Santa Rosa
Lland which IS milea runs ia belt parallel 70 the
ehore of Florida. NJ distance varying from ID to
miles To mako smooth water Of IL, the schOonor
made ssyera shore ward In the second Of these
tsc ks the subtle entrance OF Perdda Cieek Ia pointed
out which. sitter several BeIpentine and rcIlteing
undula ious vi channel OF Which b only separated
from the sea for nile by thin wall II sand
bank. wileps 10 meet th. dtscharge Of tolerably
speeio,s inland lake. The Perida j. the dividing line
between the Stsios II Alabama and klJIids.
Tho Nag-,af Of Fort M'Rse became visible,
sr,d jn fsinter outline beyond II that Of Fort PSkens
aud tins hals of the foet IN which one can Elake olt
three war steamers, f1gste and sioop-o wsr, aud
then tie shar-set canvas vi schooner the police
craft Of this beat bearing down upon Us. The skip.
per, with some upeasiDess, announces the small
schooner thet Is sailing ia the winds eye 40 the
" "Orio,dal." And cOnfesees 10 having slrvady been
challenged and warned of by her seIiinel mas,er.
We promised liu immunity for the past and safety for
the future and sasing oil The main sheet, he lays e
Diana Oh her c0uTee tor the bcet.
Fort McRae Que of tie obsolete school Of Businesses,
rounds up ict. Beyond it, OF Tie shore Is Bar
i7acas ~ e.isoed work hll mile further np the
chsr.nel and more Immediately faeipg Fort Piokens.
thick wcod crowns tho low shore Which trends away
~ the eastward but amid hs sand the glirs tlaCe
the oI ine OF the batteries. PIetiylooing detached
houc line tho bcach sosne lofiior edit gather close
VI g. the ,tel;er OF tall shimDey which n vomiting
ou loads of sroke AID few masis and spars checker
the willie fronts Of the large buildings and sheds
which, with big slear, indicate he poaion of the
nayy-yard 0f Warrington, commonly called that OF
PensacOa although tue OF that name hes several
mies higher mp The creek. Fort McRas seems 10 have
sunk aC the foundations; the crowns OF many ot the
cassa ates nre .rAeked aed the ~steriee roor hook
ipy for Pleksps, " ,ls contrary, lea seld, SUI