New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-26

its exis once 40 por' dates back above half dozen
years Yet is has fnuished upace, and is, they say,
The larsest populated town in Florida Inhabited
pri" cpa.ly by Bahamans or their descendants its
srDitronicsl streets are yet altogether Yankee ~
ar mcclure and origin; but for the pzzas surround
Ing Ils bouscs, aid tho strange foliage, the town
might have been bodi transplanted from New
England. But the before-msD Toned eocoaDut trees
with tei fuit clustering by the dczep beneath the
feshe-y f0age the pls tame the lines, the lemons,
ttc bananas, a'e altogether suggestive Of the West
| Ind 3. The whole Island lies basking or blinking
tie sunlight Ike If the turtle Indigenous to It,
asleep npoo It's blue waters.
! TIE yellow fever made its appearance here aboni
III, middle OF July--whciher imported from Havana
or iudlstnons 10 tie climate and season, ! do not
venture 10 decide, incniDg, however. to the latter
supposii0n. Ii is not Of violent type, abont eigbt
cases ont Of ten icing durable. Tie numbers of
deaths are yhriously stated-in no case averaging
more than a dozen. Unhappily, the fever Is III Fort
Cyior gnd expected 10 run through she gaIrisoh'
By 10 y. n We started for the Tortugas, ard early
.ext morning woge MP to find ourselves at anchor In
th. green water OF the Gulf Of Mexico. near an I'm
meme tort Standing on coral reel IN the midst Of
! ;he ,ea Adjacent was IA long streak OK sand,i ar
Il "kiy"-and a vessel at quarantine, being Ike u,
from Key West Here, utter VISIT from Gen.
Terry L. the fort that gentleman with character.
ic good.nature allowed u TO 90 ashore undsr GER
min re-, liei n--the main one being that should
nor converse with anybody. Accordingly we bad a
look ~ the inter Tor Of for Jefferson. IL Was worm
/ see'n2. :,
APPROACHING it in boat, over the beautifully
trasi aren't water which looks only many feet III
dcpth A. i, ID iaihcns aud is LOttomed with groves
Of hie coral It's symmetry at first deceves you as
TO Its proportions. Ii covers an area of Is scrrs
Surrounded by posse or moat excavaied TO some
III, ~, ceptb below the coral-roei foundations, lis
ouIdsry forms u strong sea-wal resisting The hg-
Cr, 81 us OF The ev.rertless ocean, On entering hy
u sally -,"rl, the visitor begins 10 comprehend It's
plan and mal,ilIluGe.
Il isaregula, he1ggon, with two short sides oPpo-
,ic 10 esch other and four long ones all Of equal
length entirely re Sular, though not perhaps quite
e. ri. lateral. h Gc are tOwers, one al tHch
la ton Two tiers Of cscuates, aud iopino-t Ter
OF guns gu bartote. Ga the long curtain are ~ IN
brasure-, wi h L. or 10 ON tic small onee and FIX
heavy guns cc.end the top OF each barton i ne
full com lemens Of guns may be estimated at about
40. The tort ID unfinished, lacklUg al least t"o
yeas of ompletIon.
Within We fouud q tall block Of houses, their
laioird blinds carefully closed To exclude the lgnt
ana heat, suudry cocoahuI trees, and tall ilent
house. eTCc cd long HniccedcDt 10 the lori. tl' 10
designer To suprr.ede it, Use 10y placing two hgh1r
on Tue extreme bas IONS which Will trianguliie
wi b he bcacoa the Loagortead Shoal or islet)
walk tho I9niparts revealed huge ehldrons,
loose hricke, otaves, mortar aud all the orderly
/ hitter OF builling on MI extensive scnlo.
/ he fort is at urc..nt garnzoned by four COM
pa,,ier OF tho Goth Newly ork, uncer l. eut.-Coi.
,Inellk it contains aiso leS worknio0 employed by
the ku llucer Department. Aproi % OF thht tile,
mus here menliVn that none vi The mu!incots Oh The
Volunteer Ensin' er Regiment Col. Srrfel 81 sre or
have for some time, teen ut tho Iorugasi ia gen
orally supposed. Their pre'ens lcc4h.y is Key
We.i. lie health OF The garrison of Fort Jeiierron
i. excellent. opposed 20 She always welcome tea
! breegee II could no be- oiherwise.
! Gen. Terry hsi ecied the troops aud tort with "A
migu-ne,s ana couscicniiousness rendered dopbly
I
/ monounciug everything satisfactory. Leaving our
unlucsy five ri -ouers lonr OF whom, by the why,
escaped ut ~. Au- Justine, out Wac speedily rs'hp-
turedl, aud Icoeis Ing On board thirty oil The IN
w-Hamprhile Tor transmission 10 Bcaniori-ihcy
had been lett behind ia sex men, but were now
comparatively convaesocnt-we qnistcd the f"rtd
gas after three days delay, Involving some turtle
luutng, coral Ia eng and grand oaase s'ier t'e
L. - s,enuboAi Fulton, In which The Delaware be-
Layed uobly catching no with her CON etitor "a cv
cry disadvantage, Md aiording us the treat OF re-
cent New-YoIk ne~spaicrs. What ths' amounts
to, YOU Iluoi DC oat oi tue wofG for two weeks 10
appreciate.
ing the barbor lively with vessels sOue fidng vol
unlsry quarantine, others awaiting disengas ed
" arr, 30 WAS our cs.e for twenty -odr bOun. les
terday We began taking Ia coal to-day IL devoted TO
ammunition and battery, 10 he cOLNt yed 10 HIhon
lie d. Tomorrow, as stated, We Start Tor Fort
Royal.
of alarm among tho inhabitants, woo volunteer the
most contradictory statements re- Harding IL The
medical men As.ert thai it ~ not virulcnt. with
day or two hope TO be ro-eessed VI acclrntc da.a
on tie subject; until tLen, give runor rs rnlnor.
! There are only three cOmpanies Of the 9Uth New
York garri-oning Fort lay lor. Roget to add th.,
Gen. I.rry neah does not admit oi his personally
| iuspeciiug them. Twelve months OF hard work IN
the SouteIn DE yartnent has told upon hin, though
| am snre he would not wish 10 DO anywhere but
L. ! D. ~ A
mort effectively, IN his Iresent command. wish
We bad "a tLOusald oiicers Ike hIm, as qoiet aS
hard working seli-IespeoIive. a- good soldcrs ~
TIE IOosOl r.l.pc If the word. l rhouid ieel ali
the saICr oil the trampe on Of thls inierphi rebel
, hon, now more than ever porientous
J We do not 70 ashore too much the beat debilltst.
! INK everybody, and tie attractions Of Key West
/ being but limited. In fact, We oil deslro coDlness
rather tsn anything slre, with TIE solitary excep.
ii IA of our purser, who aieciionstely dsp' sed
toward tie ial ~ a. nc iS corpuiet "h,h !. shy
ing ID deal. lie sighs ely Tor the beau
iiss of IT. Augustine, and is credibly reported Ia
have invested in the purchase OF shoes for their
cap Ch benefit.
viii oloeo with al item, and story Of a tempest
in j teapot. len: To-day, IN Il vessel rccently
captured off Mobile while attempting 10 run the
biockaGe for That grand rendezvous OF coniraband
tradng, Nassau, New. Providence. was discovered
snugly concealed under the cotton forming her cargo
three I2-pJunders, and considerable quantity VI
grepe-fhh. The presumption is that they were in
tended for tie fitting out OF some Z. 5. pryateer,
! lying Jvrda somewhere in the Gulf.
Nov for the hlhpdtlan tempest. Not very long
ago ther4 existed IN Key West oDe-ass newspaper
Of dec,A~dIy oeeesh principles known ar ne hey
! NJ the GuU. hoved by an editorial Hudsciously
commencing with the words, " That flag must como
down. III allurion 10 the national banner over Fort
Taylor, Gen. French Immediately ~ lelched the
nuisance. To It succeeded The Ncw Era, under the
management Of the Quartermaster Of the ooh New
York paper loyal enough, but not particularly IN
teresting or grammatical. It, Last i-sue contained
sbal tie people here designate IAN Abolition edi-