The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-05

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the wish here. Our barge was waiting to
take US to the Orient in which we sailed
pleasantly away down to the Powhatan to
inform Captain Porter had received per-
mission to 60 on shore. Another officer
was in the cabin when I entered Captain
Poore of the Brooklyn-and he seemed
little surprised when be heard that Captain
Adams had given leave to all to 60 on shore.
"What, all these editors of Southern news
papers who are with you, Sir2" assured
him they were nothing of the kind, and after
a few kind words I made my adieu, and
went on board the Diana with my compan-
ions.
GENERAL BRAGG.
Hosting table cloth, as flag of truce,
the Diana ran into the landing pier at the
navy yard. Mr.. Russell was immediately
conducted to General Bragg:
The commander of the Confederate States
Army at Pensacola, is about AZ years of
age, of spare and powerful frame his face
is dark, and marked with deep lines, his
mouth large, and squarely set in determined
jaws, and bis eyes, sagacious, penetrating,
and not by any means unkindly, look out at
you from beetle brows which run straight
across and spring into thick tuft of black
hair, which is thickest over the nose, where
naturally it usually leaves an intervening
space. His hair is dark, and he wears such
regulation whiskers as were the delight of
our generals few years ago. His manner
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pleasing and agreeable. X
He spoke of the contest in which be was to
play so important part in terms of unaf,
tected earnestness. Why else had he left
his estates? After the Mexican war he
had retired from the United States Artil-
lery; but when his State was menaced he
was obliged to defend her. He was salts.
fed the North meant nothing but subjuga.
ton. All be wanted was peace. Slavery
was an institution for which be was not re-
sponsible; but his property was guaranteed
to him by law, and it consisted of slaves.
Why did the enemy take off slaves from
Tortugas to work for them at Pickens?
Because whites could not do their work.
1t was quite impossible to deny his earnest-
ness, sincerity, and zeal, as he spoke, and
one could only wonder at the difference
made by the "stand point" from which the
question is reviewed. General Bragg final
ly, before we supped, took down his plans
and showed me the position of every gun
in his works and all his batteries. He
showed the greatest clearness of unreserved
openness in his communications, and was
anxious to point out that be had mach
greater difficulties to contend with than
General Beauregard had at Charleston.
The inside of Pickens is we'll known to him,
as he was stationed there the very first tour
of duty which he had after he left West
Point.
AT BREAKFAST.
An ebony and aged Ganymode, however,
appeared with coffee, and told me, the
Cap'n wants to ask weder you take some
bitters, sar;" and, indeed, +" the Captain"
did compound some amazing preparation
for the Judges and Colonies present on deck
and below that met the approval of them
all, and was recommending it for its fortify-
ing qualities in making Redan and
Malakhof of the stomach. Breakfast came
in due time-not much Persic apparatus to
excite the hate of the simple minded, but a
great deal of substantial matter, in the shape
OF fried onions, ham, eggs, biscuit, with &C.
compartments OF iced water, Bordeaux,
and coffee. Our guests were two-a broad
farmer-like gentleman, weighing some l6
stone, dressed in green frieze tunic, with
gold lace and red and scarlet worsted ia,
cings, and felt wide.awake, who, as he
wiped his manly brow, informed me was
rifeman." We have some volunteers
quite as corpulent, and not more patriotic,
tor our farmer was a man of many bales,
and in becoming an officer in his company
of braves, had given an unmistakable proof
of devotion to bis distant home and proper
ty. The other, quiet, modest, intelligent
looking young man, was an officer in diff
ferent battalion, and talked with sense about
a matter with which sense has seldom any.
thing to dol mean Uniform. He remark
ed that in serious action and close fight
ing, or in night work, it would be very diff
ticult to prevent serious mistakes, and even
disasters, owing to the officers of the Con-
federate States troops wearing the same
distiDguishable marks of rank and similar
uniforms, whenever they can get them, to
those used in the regular service of the U.
States, and that much inconvenience will in.
evitably result from the great variety and
wonderful diversity of the dresses of the
immense number of companies forming the
different regiments of volunteers. The only
troops near US which were attired with a
regard to military exactness were the regi-
ment OF Zouaves from New Orleans. Most
OF these are Frenchmen or Creoles some
have belonged to the battaliOrs which the
Crimea first made famous, and were present
before Sevastopol and in Italy, the rest are
Germans and Irish. Our friends went eff
to see them drill, but, as believer in the
enchanting power of distance, L preferred to
look on at such of the maneuvers as could be
seen from the deck. These Zouaves look
exceedingly like the real article. They are,
perhaps, little leaner and taller, and are
not so we'll developed at the back of the
head, the heels, and the ankles as their pro-
totypes. They are dressed in the same way,
except that saw no turban on the fez cap.
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