The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-15
FROM PENSACOLA

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Crescent from Warrington Navy Yard Pensacola
Bay. His letter is dated April ID
everything and every one bear martial aspcct
ana the streets of what in time of peace must be
leariuly dull and decidedly sandy little country
place, are enlivened by the crowd of soldiers hang,
ing about the doors Of bar rooms, while officers
eon.lnuay pass to and fro, some with the nquisi-
i've look OF newly arrived strangers on this curious
scene, while occasionly an aid-de-camp on dptv.
with gathering sabre by his side, will hastily GAL
lop through the throng. Fort Pickens at the first
nlusn, py no means looks the formidable place that
1t has been described; but when one carefully a~.
amines the various approaches, it has rather the
enect OF cooling any very ardent desire to AXE
OF the party to obtain possession.
Inc tort Itself is by no means a high one. HAVING
put one tier OF guns besides those mounted ON the
barbette. On the side there is rise in the rornS
Whlch reaches to the very top of the wall and
there 1t is that the unntiated fancy that II would
De the easiest thing in the world to successfully
storm the place; but fancy their astonisbmant
when, having reached, under a heavy fire. the ton
10 ma moat intervening, with width of 40 feet
and sufficiently deep to float a man-ofwar II
would rather inconvenience even Zom Zou m
t thn1 Gr himself across And appropos of Zouaves,
Inc hrst company OF that regiment from New Or
leans arrived there on Sunday and fine soldieriv
oody OF men they are. They are uuarterad at tb q
Marine Barracks, where, through the untiring ex.
ertions OF their officers, the strictest discipline is
observed, while the men exhibit an alacritv and
goodwill both in drilling and fatigue dntv that i
highly commendable, and has been much admired
by the many officers collected here
Inc forces mere number about 300 men, while
at mobile and Fort Morgan there are 2 OnO troonc
awaiting orders to march hither at moment;s no
tlce. Forts Barrancas and McRee and the radonb.
are last approaching completion and together 1;tb
the SAND batteries that have been erected alone the
snore, iroWn most grimly down on Pickens and
snow their rows of iron teeth in a most decidedIV
unamlable manner. Some of the troops here nre-
sent somewhat curious appearance in their or
centric uniforms, but their great feature is their
lals. Like Mr.. Cox, in the farce, they wear all
sorts OF hats-hats with brims hats without hrims
hats with tall crowns and hats with short crnuns
and so on al minimum through every possible Ha
riety OF covering for the head. The amiabIe CON
descension that they exhibit towards their officers
whom they consider just as good as thew 1.-THE nri
Vates are, II they only behave themselves is really
refreshing, ' 40 ie'iiy
There has been the most intense Excitement haro
within the last few hours by the rumor that an at
G Ie mas peen made to introduce supplies into
fort sumter, and that two steam-frigates were IN
De sent to the mouth. For ourselves, we are en-,
phatically skeptical on the subject of dispatches.
and have at last reached that point that we dean
Prtmo fae'e evidence if rumor be transmitted
throuSh the medium of the electric wires that IL ia
false. Our increduiity, however, is by no means
shared IN by the troops and from the manner in
which men look to their arms and discuss the
various supposed feasible plans for entering Picken
the atmosphere here looks somewhat cloudy and
thlngs wear somewhat ominous ASPECT for j;aut
Slemmer and his men. The mail facilities here ra
anything in the world but facilities it appearing tn
DO moral impossblity to get ANYTHING from here
10 New orleans or rice versa, except twice amonth
when the line Of steamers, plying between AnaIa
chicola and the Crescent CITY, touch here Mattor.
Will probably be pushed forward here now, and ali
expect to see the flag of the Confederate States
nylng within fortnight over the fort where the
Stars and Stripes now wave.
A CURIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF CRIME
MURDER D!vuLGED AFTER THE LAPSE OF Two YEARS
nF nhnrk NJ.
resident at West Troy in New York IN The ~,
OF May ", 1859, which, in spite Of a rewar5 ns
81 ZOO offered by the Governor, and every effort 70
discover his murderers, has continued to be a mvs
terry seems to be solved at last by the arrest yester
day of jeff. W. Bennett, who is suspected of boinn
the guilty person. The circumstances which led
to the arrest were the following Some months
SINCE TWO men were arrested in Taunton Mass
lor passing counterfeit money. They were indicted,
ana snort time previous to their trial one of
them, who gave his name as Henry w wilkinson
sent for and obtained an interview with Sberiff
Rabbit. During that interview he revealed to
nun .ne headquarters OF gang of counterfeiters
and informed the sheriff that he knew woman
who saw murder committed near Albany for
which handsome reward had been offered for the
arrest and conviction of the murderer. The name
OF the female he gave was Lucy Wilkinson. who.
at the time Of the murder resided in tbe fam;I, 81
one of the men engaged in it. The sheriff fonnd
Lucy In Boston and brought her to Troy where
she revealed all she knew about the murder.
one stated 10 the sheriff that about the lst of
June, 1853, she resided in the family of jeff w.
Bennett, in West Troy, and that she saw the ner-
sons who killed Robert Morrison and then threw
his body into the canal. 1t was about IL O'clock at
night when the deed was committed, while she was
sitting at her window and locking down unon The
street. The act, she alleges, was committed bv
Bennett and man who is not yet arrested She
says that as Morrison came along the stranger
rushed upon him, knocked him down. and that
Bennett put an end to him by striking him deadly
blow with a bar of iron. They then took from him
bis pocketbook, when they dragged him 10 and
threw him into the canal.
The supposed object of the murder was to obtain
possession of $4,000 which Morrison was to have
received that day for the sale of some railroad
iron. He had, however, but $50 in his pocket at
the time.
The disclosure of Lucy Wilkinson led to the ar
rest, as stated. Bennett is the keeper of saloon
in West Troy, and was arrested in his place of bu-
siness. While there he must have told his wife
that he was arrested for the murder of Robert
Morrison, for the officer heard her exclaim, "For
Gods sake, has the matter come back to Won
again? ?" The party finally got into the carriage
and reached Albany about midnight, when Bennett
was locked up.
1t should be stated that Benefits friends say
that friendly relations existed between Morrison
and Bennett, the latter having on two three 90.
casions, become bondsman for the former, and that