, 1861-04-10
Affairs at Pensacola,
Especial Correspondence. Of then. @, Del!a.1


=: WARRINGTON NAVY YARD Fla, April 2.
:. The United States steam sloop of war Brook
1Yn arrived at the anchorage off the harbor on
Sunday evening, the S1st nit, after and ab-
eence Of ten days.
Tne Lonisiana Zouavee, who arrived here
from your city by way Of Mobile, are the OBJ
served OF al observers; their picturesque ap-
see them on all occasions. The officers re-
celVe every attention from their military
brethren. I learn that these are the vanguard
only, that q battalion is expected to follow
very soon; the present company numbers
over one hundred men.
The works first commenced are In highly
finished state, and new batteries have been
commenced within the past three days.
should think Lieut.. slemmer would begin to
consider the erection Of SO many in such close
proximity to each other as hardly tending to
strengthen his tenure Of office as monarch of
the island Of Santa Rosa There are thirteen
companies ut present here from Alabama,
numbering On an average, about ninety men
each, two. companies from Georgia one
numbering one hundred and ten men, and the
Zouaves, representing Louisiana. Florida can
hardly be said to be represented here, as there
Is not 8 company from that State in the field.
The men and women of Alabama seem to be
imbned with the true spirit Of bravery; they
they have fully twelve hundred men here,
representing all classes in the State Doctors,
editors e1, Congressman, State Senators, law
! yeE5, planters, merchants, and mechanics, oc-
cupy the ranks, many Of them being 1uu
privates. Working at the erection OF sand.
batteries, e1-Congressman Pugh can shovel
sand aud make excavations like son Of Erin
hurryipg task job On Louisiana Plantation.
| Senator Bullorh, despite his bulky condition
works With vii, and several professional men
| of undoubted talent work as laooFionsly as a
New York hod carrier; This is the secret Of
| the South's power. With such q noble and
| chlvalrous spirit perVading all elafses, the
devil or Abe Lincoln can not crush them.
Althoueh preparations Gn an extensive scale
and Of . warlike character are now being car
rfed cut here, yet no one anticipates that
will have war. The moral force of these pre-.
parations must tell go powerfully upon the
powers at Washington, as to compel them to
| the fact that it is absolutely necessary that
| Fort Pickens be vacated.
While our population were fleeing from the
| apparently near approach of war, whole faIni
lies having deserted their houses and sought
| refuge in sharties In the woods, over: twenty
| ladies' from Albany came down here with thei,
children and servants to join their husbands
who were soldering away down in this part
! Of Florida, which they all say naturally and
| geographically belongs to Alabama. They are
/ about light. The actions of these gallant Ia.
| dies In joining their husbands at the theatre
| of war needs NO comments. It speaks il
thunder tones Of their spirit and p -triotisn.
Neither is this spirit confined to the married
ladies. 4 young gentleman from that State
Informed me on yesterday, that q young man
who did not buckle on his armor and proceed
to the var could not geta wife in the State
as the young ladies pronounced such one .
coward.
In the navy yard they have been casting ter
and eightcinch balls for the past three weeks
ass tlfe you they are species Of ball nowia,
d;gestible, and q New Engl nder would tint
| NJ similarity between them md his fayurite
and sav0ry Goldfish balls.
| They received also by the steamer Kate Dale
| from the Mount Vernon Arsenal, 8 large quau
tity Of shell; here there is a very large supply
Of all sorts Of shell, but suppose if there i
my need Of their being used it will be in thi
i vicinity.