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Il ~ Monday, March 18th, 1871.
An opportunity offer to once morv 1st yor
knoT how things LOOK down this Eny during
:thsse troublesome times. =.
sAeout ten days ago Maj. Gen. Bragg {who Id
I'm command at this place. aaw fit to stop all
Communication between Us and the shore, and
Capt O'Hara Of Fort McRae sent us word
that If the Wyandotte did not keep little
Adams, wishing to avoid collision with these
1oolA, keepa-h himself and us on board chip.
Our supplies have been cut off from Mobile,
and the New Orleans steamer IN passing: IN:
and ont Of the harbor, avoids our boarding
boat; 90 you see We are hard up 1or ne"s OF
Capt Adams addressed aletterto Mr.. Welles,
Secretary Of the Navy, last Tuesday, and init
told him that starvation stared Us in the face,
aud unless We heard from. him or received re-
lief In ten days from date, he would use his
own ID discreti9n ABOUT leaving M the place: We
money, but of what use is that to us now
Three days ago wetrahsfarred from the Brook
1yn TO this ship 50 troops, and sent her to Key
West and Havana for supplies.
We expect her back N q few days. In the
meantime they may attack Fort Pickens, and
we have got to wade through about 8, ,000 bayo-
nets to reinforce the Fort, with masked bat
teties playing on LIS from all quarters. in con-
junction with MGR Rea and Btrancas. Is it not
pleasant picture to look upon? You must
Know there is an armestice IN existence be-
tween Bragg and Adams. Bragg will not at
tack Pickens unless ne attempt to reinforce
4: We see troops going in nearly every day
from New orleane, Mobile and other places,
and can see them at work erecting sand bag
batteries, DC, and here We are cooped up like
2 lot Of chickens, waiting for the AdministFac
Us shamefnily At Wsshinetoa. III They gocoea DO not
answer our communications. They do not
send us anything to eat, and yet expect ship
like ours, which has been out over her time,
with broken down and worn out crew, and
an old tub like the St. Louis, to do all their
fighting in Southern waters, while vessels not
yet three months in commission are rolling
in clover off New York Battery. Eyerybody
in our ship is disheartened, and no wonder.
You do not know one-tenth part Of what We
have suffered lately. They say the darkest
hour Of the night is just before the break of
time. -
three nights ago we heard the booming of
cannon, and saw lights passing and repaseing
on shore. We bear to quarters, called ssal
hands and boats," mustered our companies,
and we're all ready to 60 over the side, when
the little Wyandotte came steaning out to let
us know it was Q false alarm. If live hun
dred years shall never forget the feelings
had when was loading my revolvers. We
were all busy with our own thoughts, I can
assure you, and for about ten minutes hardly
anything was heard eave the tick, tick, Of
Colt, OF the dull 1sad Of q rifle ra1nrod. We
did ali our little valuables up, and directed
them each with letter to our friends athome,
in case anything disagreeable might happen to
q while attempting to reach the Fort.
We have On board now nearly 600 men, with
grub enough to last about ten or twelve days
longer. We have about thirty days water On
board. We bought most of that here before
communication was stopped, at rate Of six
cents per gallon All our fish lines are In
requisition every day, but sometimes the fish
even secede. We heard q rumor lately that
Fort Sumter was evacuated, aud that Pickens
was soon to follow, but don't believe it. We
will hear all the news when the Brooklyn
comes back, and until that time have got to
remain IN this miserable state Of suspense.