Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-07-16
FROM OUR NAVY.

III " 81. ..itt- June - l-Hi
Amid all the shifting scenes Of activity
amous the bc.iisercut,, our little vessel
sill rcmaIus passive Spectator C0n,ra-
~ to my expectations, when eft l.-s:,-
burg, four months a.o, have not yet ia |
the delightful privilege of bong sh at
TO cay that il Is al unpleasant ref -ciion,
is more tLan | would dare d. with the
hope Of maintaining my reputation for
vcracily. Honorable ns 1t may b., "to
Iic for ones county, yJut humble cor
e>pouicut congratulates himself that he
does not yet occupy that "n.cLe Of fImc. -
The blockade Of the pgst of Key We-,
against any Vf ;hc encmys vessels, Is cur
-pcc;a! work, the cjmman lcr Of The Cru
,atcr being specially lifted Ter thi. delicate
and importln, duty. Trade go.s ou as
usual, ,excep, to the rvtciliyu- ports. There
has never been a, much activity IL thi,
harbor, a. during the past six weeks. Ncu
Of war, aud transport steamers, are cOutIn-
ualIy arriving aud leaving. Large amounts
Of Army aud Navy stores have b-eu
brought here, among which there have
been abou; 5000 tons of Pennsylvania
An,Lrlci;e coal! 1t Is either stored or
forwarded TO the blockaiing steamer, Of
the Gulf, as required This is the u. y
port We can usc in the entire south except
Tortugas, where Fort Jefferson is situated.
Key West, as "basc Of operation" will
doubtless play very important part iu
TIL. war. Situated as i, is on such com
maudiug position Oh the hand Of the q ult
stream, 1 cIu not help c0Ogratulating 2
our country on its almost frOvidental
escape from the grasp Of the rebels. You
may remember We were here last January,
aud part Of February, securing i, FROM their
bloody hands.
Affairs in tho city 60 along very pros.
perou,ly under the mild reign Of the com
mlpding oficer Of For, Taylor, MAJ 9r
Freuch Of Baltimore. Once full Of ratel>,
1t Is now in good order under the sway Of
the St.r, anl Stripes. THIS week, h0wev-
CT, Methodist preacher was arrested, aud
marched to the Fort, to appear for TIE
crime Of melting rebellion from the pull
pit. suppose he VIII leave at some ear
Iy day. burning pine kuOts Inserted in
the fish of the Union men Of the South,
i, his suggestion As & mild way O.; eouver-
ting them from their heresy,
The steam frigatc Mississippi arrived
here short time ago for coal On lcaviu.
port, By some bad management on the
par. of her pilot, she Was Iuu on a coral
reef, abJu. six miles from hey West,
She was got off with but Sigh, injury
The Crusader spent twenty four hours as
ss.iDg her iu her distress. Putting her
self under our fostering care, We ,owed the
famous old craft back to Key West. A
few days fixed her up all righ. again, aud
she is now | suppose of the mouth Of her
namesake, looking out for any abuse of
the waters of ,ha. noble stream BY the IL
rates Of JEFF. Davis.
We have lately had several trips over to
Havana, bearing important despaches
The yellow fever is now raging there with
particular viruiencc Tor ih;, season Of the
year Strnuso 10 say, the city, no, the
shipping, Is the victim. There is none
Of the fever in hey West yet. There have
been three cases Of the small pox zone IA
tai coming from the blockading feet. Ev-
cryboiy Is vaeeiuattd, So We have 10 fur
tLer fear Of it.
Our latest news from Pensacola (23l .
list reports all quiet. Our side is ready
for the row; but the other side thiuk it
wont pay. Somebody might get hurt.
Our prize yacht WanIc.er left fox an
expedition up the coast, this morning
: be is armed aud commanded by one Of
,ur LicutcuaDts
The steamer Suwance, seized by us some
inc aga, leaves for New York soon.
1t gives me much pleasure TO know that
mother band of patriots lately left Lew
sburg to h,h, for our nationality. hope
here are many of our young men who can
i've better reason than oic, for their back
rar5ucss III this emergency. Our coun-
ry needs her young men in the field
lore energy must be cxcr;ed in our cause
we wish II r, assured oj success. Iu
rcatiay the South, We must adopt bar
com phrase az our underwriting motto
lie, Us hguyr (lick-her) regardless of ex-
euse." &.
We learn from Maj Campbell, that Col
hris,ian VI Siraub died at Washington .
ity, about two weeks ago, aud was buried
: few friends at that city. None Of
Is family or relatives were present. lie ,
# bis home III Tamaqua IN February last, ,
ID bis family, We learn, knew uothlo: OF :