Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-02
From Pensacola.

| We extract from the Warrington cores
| poudence of the Observer, dated the 18th ult
Yesterday was pay day among the soldiers
and they had n gay, ojvial, lively time of it,
| They bad, besides, an election for officers in
| the Alabama Regiment, which has been
| transferred to the Confederate States by Gen
Clemens. of Alabama. Col. Clayton was re-
elected Colonel; Williams, Lieut. Colonel;
S:eadman, Major. The boys were cheering
until very late hour for their respective
candidates..
The Wyandotte created some stir on yes
terday by her movements; she steamed up
and went out to the Sabine and St. Louis of
the bar, the latter hoisted sail soon after
wards; the Wyaldotte returned. went up to
the Navy Yard, left there coon afterWard and
proceeded to Pensacola. 1t appears that pro-
visions over at Fort p ckens are not so very
plentiful as was said to be the case. Ander-
sons fate seems to be pursuing Slemmer.
Col. Clayton, of the Alabama Regiment
formerly, now of the Confederate States,
generously donated the man who lost his arm
one hundred dollars. .a.1l.
A man was shot at the Redoubt last nj ght,
in attempting to pass the sentry without the
countersign. . He died soon afterwards. No
blame is attached to the sentry, who only
performed his duty. The deceased was a
member of the Red Eagle company.
The steamer Kate Dale, from Mobile, ar
rived here this morning with large quanti-
ty OF provisions, five hundred stand of arms
and two hundred thousand ball cartridges
from Mount Vernon Arsenal, in charge of our
gallant townsman, Lit. e l.. Sweetman.
FURTHER ITEMs.-Capt. Ben Lane Posey, of
the Red Eagles,,' arrived at balf-past
O'Clock this morning from Warrington, Fla,
having left there yesterday evening, at 3
o'clock. We gather from him the following
items !: D.. ..ss rfF
That he left there thirteen companies,
numbering in the aggregate about 1000 men,
Eleven of these companies are from Alabama,
one from Atlanta, Ga, and one from Milton.
Fla. He informs us that ten companies of
Alabama troops have gone into the service OF
the Confederate States, his company being
one of them. rf .-..,1-i!
Capt. Posey returns tomorrow, and will,
in the meantime, receive new recruits for his
company. -.u
Capt. P. has command of the "Redoubt, i"
a very pretty little fort, 1000 yardsin rear OF
-Barraneas 1t is now, he tells US, the strategic
poiut of Pensacola, and upon it depends, in
a la.ge measure, the safety of the rest of the
maitland posts. as it defends their inland ap,
proach, in case of land attack in the rear.
This company have built handsome cot
tage village in a romantic spot outside the
fort 1t is called "Ea gletown."-Nobi1 Nelcs,
| 29th inst. go
| ARRIVAL OF MIssIssIPPIANs.-The train on
yesterday brought down the following com
| panies of soldiers from north Mississippi:
| The DeSoto Irrepressibles, Capt. j. &
Chalmers, from DeSoto county, numbering
| officers included. 100 men. ie,
The DeSoto Guards. Capt. S. G. B. Crock
EFT. from DeSoto county-T9 men.
A. The Senatobie Inyincibles, Capt. A. r
\ Bowdre, from DeSo.o county-l00 men
The Horn Lake Volunteers, Capt. J. q
Foster, from DeSoto county-70 men.
L. The Pamela Guards, Capt. B. Moore, from
Pamela county, numbering with some recruits
who Joined al Memphis, upwards of 90 men
4 The Corinth Rifles, Capt. w. 81. Fitzpatrick
from Tishomingo county-T2 men.s
The companies being formed into line, un
4 der the command of Capt. Chalmers, marched
to the Planters Press yard on Congress
street, where the Southrc ms, Capt. w. B
/ Wade, and the Southern Avengers Capt. G
/ 81. Lipscomb, were already quartered. Thes
companies, both from Lowndes county, Miss
numbering respectively so and rs men, thu
making force of nearly 700 Miss:sssppians
We understand they will be organized into
Irregular regiment. -
There was something in the appearance {
these stalwart fellows marvelously suggestiy
I've can't do without the word this once) c
the boys who were mistaken for Texans b.
the Mexicans until they found out that the
were, il anything, more dangerous. Indeed
we are pretty sure the arms of one compan
were the very rifles that rained lead throug
i the slippery streets of Monterey, and quit
sure that some of the men are JEFF. Davis
: original Mississippians. Among these are CAP
Wade, who was among the first to enter th
works of Monterey at the summons of tn
impetuous McClung-" Tombigbeer VoluI
teers, follow meln and Capt. Chalmers, the
of the Marshall Guards, who fought like
gamecock both there and at Buena VISTA
Noble Adr., Mach 30.