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THE HUDDERSFIELD CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1861. FRENCH ARMAMENTS AND FINANCES. CIVIL WAK IN AMERICA. ARRIVAL OP THE ETNA. The Liverpool, New YorV, and Philadelphia Company's Bcrew steamer Etna, Captain Kennedy, which left New York on the 1st arrived in the Mersey about noon on Wednesday, bnnging 67 cabin and 202 steerage passengers.

THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR. The NevYorh Herald oi the 1st inst. gives the following i "ti011 of affairs at tho seat of war No attack on Alexandria was made yesterday, as was anticipated. General M'Dowell was on the alert all day, but not a rebel showed himself in that direction. "It is confidently stated that General Scott intends to make a most vigorous onward movement as soon as his Elans are completed, with a view to occupy Richmond efore the 4th of July.

35.000 men will be pushed on into the interior of Virginia towards Blue Ridge 20,000, under General Patterson, will invade Virginia from Eastern Pennsylvania 20,000, under General M'Clelland, from Ohio, ill cut their way down to Winchester and Strasburg, by the turnpike road from Grafton, avoiding the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and 15,000 men, under General Butler, aided by a naval force, will make their way the James River. A strong force will be collected in Western Virginia, in addition to Colonel Sherman's corps cTarpice. for the protection of the Unionists there. Important news was received yesterday, by the Bteamer Keystone State, which reports having passed the steamers Freeborn and Anacosta, off Aquia Creek, engaging the rebel forts there with apparent effect. Aquia Creek is 55 miles from Washington, and is the terminus of the Rich-Xnond and Fredericksburg Railroad.

This intelligence is in 6 measure confirmed by the arrival of the Cataline yesterday from Fortress Monroe with despatches tor Gen Scott Her commander reported having seen the men mounting six guns at the Creek, and the Freeborn and two other Eteamers were lying off at anchor. The Cataline further reports having seen a number of men throwing up batteries Ragged Island Point. This report came from Captain Dahlgren, who states that the batteries opened fire on the Freeborn, Water Witch, and Anacosta. The vessels replied, and a brisk fire was kept up on both sides for an hour, till the ammunition ran short on board, and the vessels hauled off. Upon receipt of the despatch, two ships of war, with ClentV of Ammunition, wpto cont vj jessed in a green friexe tunic, with gold to Jh and scarlet worsted facings, and a felt wide-- -A be wiIed k8 brow informed me he nW11 fleman- We have some volunteers quite as mil 1 more Parotic, for our farmer was a Zv nfZ? md in becoming an officer in his com-St rtn had Siven an unmistakeable proof of devo-modest mtlrfDt P'oPy- Theother, a quiet, differenTS gf.nt-lookmg y0Ung man waa an offier jn lirh ttall0D' and talked with sense about a matter fom hMMn anything to do-I mean uni-fiXw 6..

remarked that in a serious action and close nghting, or in night work, it would be very difficult to pre-offieereoT eVen disa8te. owing to Pthe Smrnarl001166 the thevf ran5 and uniforms, whenever tht Urit Cm' t0 those U8ed in the "fiM" of JnLrlhw and tbafc much inconvenience will diverStofha'111 the Feat variety and 6.erM he dres8 of the immense number of com-ll tJin 016 different regiments of volunteers. The only troops near us which were attired with a regard to Or oln? 6 ere the regiment of Zouaves from New hoi Mo? of these are frenchmen and Creoles, some "aliens which the Crimea first tho and ere Present before Sebastopol and in off toaSth8 are.Ge"nans and Irish. Our friends went rfwerTrlr but' Rs a in the enchanting power of distance, I preferred to look on at such of the manoeuvres as could be seen from the deck. These Zouaves Kfc11' real article' They perhaps, trhaDd andarenot so well developed a Lth6 head' the heels' and the ankles as their prototypes.

They are dressed in the same way, except that I The jacket, the cummerbund, nZiF Th breechef and the gaiters are all copies of the are all armed with rifle musket and sword- nSf pa is at the usual rate of eleven dollars, allowances T6 T' with ratioD3 and Ph5 officers do their best to be the true th mntL nl wa8more interested, I confess, in watching fl Tarl nooft shoals of mullet and other fish, which nthDd there' like flock9 of plover, before the red fn aiin" e7nomies' darted under our boat, than Zouave drill. Once, as a large fish came gambo ling along the surface close at hand, a great gleam nwi6 Si Up the waves beneath, and a boiling whirl marxed with a crimson pool, which gradually melted off in tne tide, showed where a monster shark had taken down a partof his breakfast. That's a ground -sheark," quoth the skipper. There's quite a many of them about here." Porpoises passed by in a great hurry for Pensacola, and now and then a turtle showed his dear little head above the enviable fluid which he honoured with his presence. Far away in the long stretch of water towards Pensacola are six British merchantmen in a state of blockade that is, they have only 15 days to clear out, according to the reading of the Jaw adopted by the United States' officers.

Ine navy yara looks clean and neat in the early morning, and away on the other side oi the channel Fort Pickens teterrima causa raises its dark front from the white sand and green sward of the glacis, on which a number of black objects invite inspection through a telescope and obligingly resolve themselves into horses turned out to graze on the slope. Fort M'Rae, at the other side of the channel, as if to irritate its neighbour, flings out a flag to the breeze which is the counterpart of the "Stars and btripes that wave from the rival flagstaff, and is at this distance identical to the eye until the glass detects the sobtary star in its folds instead of the whole galaxy. On the dazzling snowy margin of sand that separates the trees and brushwood from the sea close at hand, the outline ot the batteries which stud the shore for miles is visible. l.et us go and make a close inspection. Mr.

Ellis, a lieutenant in the Louisiana regiment, who is aide-de camp to IJrigadier General Bragg, has just arrived with a message from his chief to escourt me round all the works, and wherever else I like to go without any reservation whatever. He is a handsome, well-built, slight young fellow, very composed and staid in manner, but full of sentiment for the bouth. Keturned from a tour in Europe, he is all admiration for English scenery, life, and habits. After all, nature has been more bountiful to you than to us." He is dressed in a tight undress cavalry jacket and trousers of blue flannel, with plain gold lace pipings and buttons, but reeiS are heavy brass spurs, worthy of the heaviest oi held officers. Our horses are standing in the shade of a large tree near the wharf, and mine is equipped with a saddle of ponderous brass-work, on raised pummel and cantle and housings, and emblazoned cloth and mighty stirrups of brass fit for the stoutest marshal that ever led an army of France to victory General Braxton Bragg is longer in the leg than Marshal Pelissier or Canrobert, or the writer, and as we jogged along ooer the deep hot sand my companion, in spite of my assurances that the leathers were quite comfortable, made himself and me somewhat uneasy on the score of their adjustment, and, as there was no implement at hand to make a hole, we turned into the general court-yard to effect the necessary alterations.

The cry of orderly" brought a smart soldierly-looking young man to the front, who speedily took me three holes up, and as I was going away he touched his cap and said, I beg your pardon, sir, but I often saw you in the 8tory as ho ifc brief. He had been in the 11th Hussars, and on the day of ihe 25th of October he was following, as he said, close after Lord Cardigan and Oaptain Nolan when his horse was killed under him. As he tried to make his escape the Cossacks took him prisoner, and for eleven months he was in captivity, but was ffw8 at T0dessa' Why did you leave the service WelJ, sir, I was one of the two sergeants that was permitted to leave in each regiment on the close of the war, and I came away." But here you are soldiering an Li Rir 1 rame over here to better myself, as 1 thought, and I had to enter one of their cavalry regiments, but now I am an orderly." He told me further that his name was Montague, and that he thought his father lived near Windsor, 21 miles from London and 1 was pleased to find his superior officers spoke of him in very high terms, although I could have wished those who spoke so were in our own service. I do not think that any number of words can give a good idea of a long line of detached batteries. I went through them all, and I certainly found stronger reasons thon ever tor distrusting the extraordinary statements which appear in the American journals in reference to military matters, particularly on thoir own i FORT PICKENS AND PENSACOLA.

A VISIT TO BOTH CAMPS. Tuesday, May 14. -The new Orleans gentlemen who came overland irom Pensacola yesterday give Buck an account of their miseries from heat, dust, sand, and want of accommodation in the dreary waste through which thev passed for mora than 17 hours, that I sought out some other way of going there, and at last heard of a small sphoontr calk the Diana, which would gladly SrtojSto round by sea, if permitted to enter hv tha uLLr squadron. She was neither clear Sr SSlJfcwHl captain, a tall wild-haired young man! hafmoS the 'air of a mechanic than of a sailor, but he knew his business well as the result of the voyage showed. His crew coated I of three men and a negro cook.

Three gentfemen 0f Mobile who were anxious to visit Ganorai morale, join me, but before I sailed I ohSsS88 would not violaifl tho obtained a promise that they wet whh me S2fiS 88 1Z ey sirsaid 6teA WfeJtfi private SS N35 ft, emainK VJZLa in I 8ha11 do nothiDg to get Mr. fwffl K. be hiS WD act wMBcausesgit, Prltenc RT me under 'false toWH? concluded our bargain with the skipper at a toleiably fair rate, and laid in a stock of stores and provisions, tne party sailed from Mobile at five in the even- WttoL May with the flag of the Confederate states nying but, as a precautionary measure, I borrowed orn our acting consul, Mr. Magee, a British ensign, which ari truce' would win the favourable consideration ot the United States' squadron. Our craft, the somewhat uutch build ot which gave no great promise of speed, came, to our surprise and pleasure, up with the lights ot ioi Morgan at nine o'clock, and we were allowed to pass unchallenged through a swash," as a narrow channel over the bar is called, which, despite the absence ot beacons and buoys, our skipper shot through under the guidance of a sounding-pole, which gave, at various plunges, but few inches to spare.

The shore is as flat as a pancake a belt oi white sand, covered with drift logs and timber, and with a pine forest not a house or a human habitation of any sort to be seen for forty miles from Fort Morgan to the entrance of the harbour of Pensacola cheerless, miserable, full of swamps, the haunts of alligators, cranes, snakes, and pelicans with lagoons such as the Penda, swelling into the sea deep buried in pine v-vtT' uiiiy io wna creatures and to the old a ilibusters swarming with musquitoes. As the Diana rushed along within a quarter of a mile of this grim shore, great nsh flew off from the shallows, and once a shining gleam flashed along the waters and winged its way alongside the little craft a monster shark, which ploughed through the sea pari passtt for some hundred yards leeward of the craft, and distinctly visible in the wonderful phosphoresence around it, and then dashed away with a trail of light seaward, on some errand of voracity, with tremendous force and vigour. The wretched Spaniards who came to this ill-named Florida must often have cursed their stars. How rejoiced were they when the government ot the United States relieved them of their dominion 1 Once during the night somo lights were seen on shore, as if from a camp fire. The skipper proposed to load an old iron carronade and blaze away at them, and one of the party actually got out his revolver to fire, but I objected very Btrongly to these valorous proceedings, and, suggesting that they might be friends who were there, and that, friends or foes, they were sure to return our fire, succeeded in calming the martial ardour on board the Diana.

The fires were very probably made by some of the horsemen lately sent out by General Bragg to patrol the coast but the skipper said that in all his lifelong experience he had never seen a human being or a light on that shore before. I he wind was so favourable, and the Diana so fast that she would have run into the midst of the United States squadron off Fort Pickens had she pursued her course. Therefore, when she was within ten miles of the station she hove to, and lay off and on for about two hours. Before dawn the sails were filled, and off she went once more bowling along merrily, till with the first blush of day there came in sight Fort M'Rae, Fort Pickens, and the masts of the squadron, just rising above the blended horizon of low shore and sea. The former, which is on the western shore of the mainland, is in the hands of the Confederate troops.

The latter is just opposite to it, on the extremity of the sandbank called Santa Rosa Island, which for 45 miles runs in a belt parallel to the shore of Florida, at a distance varying from 14 to 4 miles. To make smooth water of it, the schooner made several tacks shorewards. In the second of these tacks the subtle entrance of Perdida Creek is pointed out, which, after several serpentine and re-entering undulations of channel, one of which is only separated from the sea for a mile or more by a thin wall of sandbank, widens to meet the discharge of a tolerably spacious inland lake. The Perdida is tho dividing line between the States of Alabama and Florida. The flagstaff of Fort M'Rae soon becomes visible, and in fainter outline beyond it that of Fort Pickens and the hulls of the fleet, in which one can make out three war steamers, a frigate, and a sloop of war, and theu the sharp-set canvas of a schooner, the police craft of this beat, bearing down upon us.

The skipper, with some uneasiness, announces the small schooner that is sailing in the wind's eye as the Oriental," and confesses to having already been challenged and warned off by her sentinel master. We promised him immunity for the past and safety for the future, and, easing off the main sheet, he lays the Diana on her course for the fleet. Fort M'Rae, one of the obsolete school of fastnesses, rounds up on our left. Beyond it, on the shore, is Barrancas, a square-faced work, half a mile further up the channel, and more immediately facing Fort Pickens. A thick wood crowns the low shore which trends away to the eastward, but amid the sand the glass can trace the outlines of batteries.

Pretty-looking detached houses line the beach some loftier edifices gather close up to the shelter ofa tall chimney which is vomitingoutcloudsof smoke and a few masts and spars checker the white fronts of the large buildings and shfiHs. whih sj: cate the position of the navy-yard of Warrington, commonly U1 oumuwb, aitoougn tne place ot that name lies several miles higher up the creek. Fort M'Rae seems to have sunk at the foundation the crowns of many of the casements are cracked, and the water face is poor looking. Fort Pickens, on the contrary, is a solid, substantial looking work, and reminds one something of Fort Paul at Sebas-topol, as seen from the sea, except that it has only one tier of casemates, and is not so high. As the Oriental approaches, the Diana throws her foresail aback, and the pretty little craft, with a full-sized United States ensign flying, and the muzzle of a brass howitzer peeping over her forecastle, ranges up luff, and, taking an easy sweep, lies to alongside us.

A boat is lowered from her, and is soon alongside, steered by an officer; her crew are armed to the teeth with pistols and cutlasses. "Ah, I think I have seen you belore. What schooner is this The Diana from Mobile." The officer steps on deck and announces himself as Mr. Brown, master in the United States' navy, charge of the boarding vessel Oriental. The crew secure their boat and step up after him.

The skipper, lookinc very sulky, hands his papers to the officer. "Now, sir, make sail and lie to under the quarter of that steamer, the guardship Powhattan." Mr. Brown was exceedingly courteous when he heard who the party were. The Mobilians, however, looked as black as thunder nor were they at all better pleased when they heard the skipper ask if he did not know there was a strict blockade of the port. The Powhattan is a paddle steamer of 2,200 tons and 10 guns, end is known to our service as the flagship of Commodore fatnall, in Chinese waters, when that gallant veteran gave us timely and kindly proof of the truth of his well-known expression, "Blood is thicker than water," Upon her spar deck there is a stout healthy-looking crew, which seems quite able to attend to her armament of 10 heavy 10 -inch Dahlgren Columbiads, and the formidable 11 inches of the same family on her forecastle.

Her commander, Captain Porter, though only a lieutenant-commanding, has seen an age of active service, both in the navy aud in the merchant steam marine service, to which he was detailed for six or seven years after the discovery of California. The party were ushered into the cabin, and Capt. Porter received them with perfect courtesy heard our names and object, and then entered into general conversation, in wluch the Mobilians, thawed by his sailorly gradually joined, as well as they could. Over and over again I must acknowledge the exceeding politeness and civility with which your correspondent has been received by the authorities on both sides in this unhappy war. Though but little beyond the age of 40, Capt.

Porter has been long enough in the navy to have imbibed some of those prejudices which by the profane are stigmatised as fogyisms. Until the day previous he had, he told me, felt disposed to condemn rifle cannon of a small calibre as 'gimcracks," but had been rapidly converted to the Armstrong faith" by the following experiment. He was making practice with his heavy gun at a distance of some 2,600 yards. At anything like a moderate elevation the experiment was nnH mhUa Kic Ul. gUUUCIO Yt3lV essaying to harmonise cause and effect, the charge and the o.c.viuu, Ug uctLuugQi oim oi a little nnea brass plaything which Capt.

Dahlgren had S6nt on board a day or two before his departure. To his astonishment the ball, after careering until be thought it would never stop going," struck the water 1,000 yards beyond the target, and established a reputation he had never believed possible for a howitzer of 61b. calibre, carrying a 121b. bolt. He observed that the ancient walls of Fort M'Rae could not resist this new missile for half an hour.

If it comes to fighting you will hear more of the Powhattan and Captain Porter. As Captain Porter is not the senior officer of the fleet, he signalled to the flagship, and was desired to send us on board. One more prize has been made this morning a little schooner with a crew of Italians and laden with vegetables. The master, a Roman of Civita Vecchia, pretends to be in great trouble, in order to squeeze a good price out of the captain for bis tulti fruti cosi diversi." The officers assured me that all the statements made by the coasting skippers when they return to port from the squadron are lies from beginning to end. A 10-oared barge carried the party to the United States frigate Sabiue, on board of which Flag-Captain Adams hoists his pennant.

On our way we had a fair view of the Brooklyn, whose armament of 22 heavy guns is said to be tho most formidable battery in the American navy. Her anti-type, the Sabine, an old-fashioned 50-gun frigate, as rare an object upon modern seas as an old post-coach is upon modern roads, is reached at last. As one treads her decks the eyes, accustomed for so many weeks to the outlandish unifnt'tns nf hmvn hilt. iinHiefinliroH Rmitluni VlUUlvvlBj feel en pays de connaissance, when they rest upon the solid mass of 300 or 400 quid-rolling, sunburnt, and resolute- iUUftlUg UllAW W4 Lto.uj IV vriiuui U(lAr jWUO VtUiSC UiUJ imparted a family aspect which makes them almost as hard to distinguish apart as go many Chinamen. Alter ttUUlD uruwcioativu niwi aucluo, auu buo ready hospitality of his cabin, he said finally he would take on himself to permit me and the party to land at the Navy- yard and to visit the enemy quarters, reiying on my cnar- 1 A dUiort nf fironf Rrifain that, tin acwr a ueuLitu auu a ouvj --w improper advantage would be taken of the permission.

In i i. ooiA moll nwara that het war laying himself open to attack, but he acted on his own judgment and responsibility. We must, however, hoist a flag of truce, as he had been informed by General Bragg t.hut- kA A Wm the tousiaeieu tne intimation no wu iwncu uuu LI 1 y.f T.o,. iuo oiocKaae ot the port was a ueoiaianuu and that he would fire on any vessel from the fleet which atmroar.Vipd hi. Pontnin vfu Wiln 8incere regret, and if but I may not utter the SSLMp barge was waiting to take us to the PoS rh we 8ailed pleasantly away down to the sionlo nn lnfonn Captain Porter I had received permis-I enterif Allother officer was in his cabin when a HtS jtmf? of the Brooklyn-and be seemed mm Burped when be heard that Captain Adams bad given leave to all to go on shore.

What, all these editors of Southern newspapers who are with you, sir 1" I assured him they were nothing of the kind, and after a few kind words I made my adieus, and went on board the Diana with my companions. Hoisting one of our only two table cloths to the masthead as a flag of truce, we dropped slowly with the tide through the channel that runs parallel to one face of Fort Pickens. The wind favoured us but little, and the falling breeze enabled all on board to inspect deliberately the seemingly artistic preparations for the threatened attack which frowns and bristles from three miles of forts and batteries arrayed around the slight indenture opposite. Heavy sand-bag traverses protect the corners of the parapets, and seem solid enough to defy the heavy batteries ensconced in earthworks around the Lighthouse, which to an outside glance seems the most formidable point of attack, directed as it is against the weaker flank of the fort at its most vulnerable angle. A few soldiers and officers npon the rampart appeared to be inhaling the freshening breeze which arose to waft the schooner across the channel, and enabled her to coast the mainshore, so that all could take note of the necklace of bastions, earthworks, and columbiads with which General Bragg hopes to throttle his adversary.

We passed by Barrancas, the nearest point of attack (a mile and a quarter), the commander-in-chief's head-quarters, the barracks, and the hospital successively, and as the vessel approached the landing-pier of the Navy Yard, one could hear the bustle of the military and the hammers of the artificers, and descry the crimson and blue trappings of Zouaves, recalling Crimean reminiscences. A train of heavy tumbrils, drawn by three or four pairs of mules, was the first indication of a transport system in the army of the Confederate States, and the high-bred chargers mounted by the escorts of these ammunition waggons corroborated the accouuts of the wealth and breeding of its Volunteer Cavalry. The Diana now skirted the Navy Yard, the neat dwellings of which, and the profusion of oranges and fig groves in which they are embosomed, bave an aspect of tropical shade and repose, much at variance with the stern preparations before us. Our skipper let go his anchor at a respectful distance from the quay, evincing a regard for martial law that contrasted strangely with the impatience of control elsewhere manifested throughout this land, and almost inspiring the belief that no other rule can ever restore the lost bump of veneration to American crani-ology. While the master of the Diana was sculling his leaky punt ashore to convey my letters of introduction to the commander-in-chief, I had leisure to survey the long, narrow, low sand belt of the island opposite, which loses itself in the distance, and disappears in the ocean 47 miles from Fort Pickens.

It is so nearly level with the sea that I could make out the mainyards of the Sabin9 and the Brooklyn, anchored outside the island within range of the Navv Yard, which is der.lnrl i tion whenever the attack shall begin. Pursuing my reflec tions upon tne morale ot the upper and nether millstones between which the Diana is moored, I am sadly puzzled by the anomalous ethics or metaphysics of this singular war, the prepaiations for which vary so essentially it were sin to say ludicrously from all ancient and modern belligerent usages. Here we have an important fortress, threatened with siege for the last 60 days, suffering the assailants of the flag it defends to amass battery upon battery, and string the whole coast of low hills opposite with every variety of apparatus for its own devastation, without throwing a timely shell to prevent their establishment. War has been virtually declared, since letters of marque and a corresponding blockade admit of no other interpretation, aud yet but last week two Mobile steamers, laden with 50, 000 pounds worth of provisions for the beleaguering camp, were stopped by the blockading fleet, and, though not permitted to enter this harbour, were allowed to return to Mobile untouched, the commander thinking it quite punishment enough for the rebels to thus compel them to return to Mobile, and carry up the Alabama River to Montgomery this mass of eatables, which would bave to be despatched thence by rail to this place I Such practical jokes lend a tinge of innocence to the premonitories of this strife which will hardly survive the first bloodshed. The skipper re-turned irom shore nit.h an nrori u.

ful permission to haul the Diana alongside the wharf, where wuuuukju uy an aide oi tne quartermaster-general through the shady streets of this graceful little village, which covers an enclosure of 300 acres, and, Lnnn80," ing forts' cost the United States over sterling, which may have something to do with the President's determination to hold a property under so heavy an hypothecation. Irish landlords, with encumbered estates, have no such simple mode of obtaining an acquittal. The Navy Yard is, properly speaking, a settlement of exceedingly neat detached houses, with gardens in front, porticoes, pillars, verandahs, and Venetian blinds to aid the dense trees in keeping off the scorching rays of the sun, which is intensely powerful in the summer, and is now blazing so fiercely as to force one to admit the assertion that the average temperature is as high as that of Calcutta to be very probable. The little grass plots under these trees are covered with neat piles of cannon balls, mostly of small size two obsolete mortars one dated 1776 are placed in the main avenue. Tents are pitched under the trees, and the houses are all occupied by officers, who are chatting, smoking, and drinking at the open windows.

A number of men iu semi-military dresses of various sorts and side-arms are lounging about the quays and the lawns before the houses. Into one of these I am escorted, and find myself at a very pleasant mess, of whom the greater number are officers of the Zouave Corps, from New Orleans one a Dane, has served at Idstetit, Kiel, Fredenchstadt, another foreigner has seen service in South America, another has fought in halt the insurrectionary wars in Europe. The wine is abundant, the fare good, the laughter and talk are loud. Mr. Davis has been down all day from Montgomery, accompanied by Mrs.

Davis, Mr. Malony, and Mr. Wigfall, and they all think his presence means immediate action. The only shin here is tha eVicII nftU ij i on the stocks, but the works of the Navy Yard are useful in casting shot, shell, and preparing munitions of war. An aide-de-camp irom General Bragg entered as we were sitting at table, and invited me to attend him to the general's quarters.

The road, as I found, was very long and very disagreeable, owing to the depth of the sand into which the foot sank at every step up to the ankle. Passing along the front of an extended row of the clean, airy, pretty villas kuo xaiu, we passeo. tne gate on exhibiting 7 faa ttuu oy tne sea oeach, one side of which is lined with houses a few yards from the surf. These houses are all occupied by troops, or are used as bar-rooms or magazines. At intervals a lew guns have been placed along the beach covered by sand-bags, parapets, and traverses.

As we toiled along in the sand the aide hailed a cart, rjressed it, intn tho enrvin i journey less painfully. Suddenly a tall, straight-backed wiiu a star on tne epaulette strap, a smart kepi, and trowsers with gold stripe, and large brass spurs, rode past on a high-stepping powerful charger, followed by an orderly. There's General Bragg," said his aide. The General turned round, reined up, and I was presented as I sat in my state chariot. The commander of the Confederated States' army at Pensacola is about 42 years of age, of a spare and powerful frame, his face is dark, and marked with deep lines, his mouth large, and squarely set in determined jaws, and his eyes, sagacious, penetrating, and not by any means unkindly, look out at you from beetle brows which run straight across and spring into a 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 a few years ago. His manner is quick and frank, and his smile is very pleasing and agreeable. The general would not hear of my continuing my journey to his quarters in a cart, and his orderly brought up an ambulance, drawn by a smart pair of mules, in which I completed it satisfactorily. The end of the journey through the sandy plain was at hand, for in an enclosure ofa high wall there stood a well-shaded mansion, amid trees of live oak and sycamore, with sentries at the gate and horses held by orderlies under the portico. General Bragg received me at the top of the steps which lead to the verandah, and, after a few earnest and complimentary words, conducted me to his office, where he spoke of the contest in which he was to play so important a part in terms of unaffected earnestness.

Why else had he left his estates After the Mexican war he had retired from tha JfnitaA Ktotoa' A i i ww uuv nueu uis State was menaced he was obliged to defend her. He was cntCfRnJ i. i---. i oaviaucu mo nui iu UJtauiV UOtUlUg DUt SUDJUgatlOn. All ne wanted was peace.

Slavery was an institution for which he Was not reRlinnsihlA Vint, hia nrnnn-tir tooc r.nvo-n4J no juqiouichi iu him by law, and it consisted of slaves. Why did the enemy take off slnvna from Tnrt.nnr.ic tn am fni thany a Di .1. .9 v. vu.au cw Because whites could not do their work. It was quite impossible to deny his earnestness, sincerity, and zeal as he spoke, and one could only wonder at the difference made by the "standpoint" from which the question is reviewed.

flann.nl 11 1 i "gg uuaujr, ueiure we suppeo, tooa 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 he had much greater difficulty to Contend with than fipnnral Ttr.anror-o-- ni i i the inside of Pickens is well-known to him, as he was sta- wuucu Luore iue very nrst tour ot duty which he had after he left West Point. It was late at night when I returned on one of the General's horses towards the Navy Yard. The orderly who accompanied me was, he said, a Missis- sirtni nlanter hnt. he ha A loft hie ma .1.

care of the negroes, had turned up all his cotton land and it. 1 1 iT- iojjiouku nuu corn, auu uau come on to tne wars. On PO nnln mora fDn nnA nrAo nnl 3 I vuuuuugsu, auu a nc uuiy icquilCU WJ show my pass as I was getting on board the schooner. ir. a i iv j.

ion, urouonu uu was goou euougn to say ne would send down one of his aides-de-camp and horses early in the morning to give me a look at the works. Mobile, May 16. Our little schooner lay quietly at the wharf all night, but no one was allowed to come on board without a pass, for these wild-looking sentries are excellent men of business, and look after the practical part of soldiering with all the keenness which their direct personal interest imparts to their notions of duty. The enemy is to them the incarnation of all evil, and they hunt his spies uu oui Tama ory uiuca as a terrier cnases a rat witn intense traditional ann rana inuisltn rnu night is not broken by many challenges or the "All's well" jui, mere waruKe sigmncance enough in tne sound of the shot which working parties are rolling over the wooden jetty with a dull, ponderous thumping on board the flats that are to carry them off for the food and nourri-ture of the batteries. With the early morning, hew ever, came the usual sign of martial existence.

I started up from among my cockroaches, knocked my head against the fine pine beams over my hammock, and then, considerably obfuscated by the result, proceeded to investigate all the grounds that presented themselves to me as worthy of consideration in reference to the theory which had suddenly forced itself upon my mind that I was in the Crimea. For close at hand, through the sleepy organs of the only sense which was fully awake, came the well-known reeeillee of the Zouaves, and then French clangours, rolls, ruffles and calls ran along the Hue, and the Volunteers got up, or did not, as seemed best to them. An ebony and aged Ganymede, however, appeared with coffee, and told me the Cap'n wants ask weder you take some bitters. Sar indeed, "the Captain" did compound some amazimr nrci paration for the judges and colonels present on deck and halnB that, mot he annrnnl tkam oil r-r-- -mwm. ui, uuu ww recommending it for its fortifying qualities in making a Redan auu iamouuu wv swuiku, uaiut) lu UUO time tint mnoh Persia annarnt.ua tn oTito tho simple-minded, but a great deal of substantial matter, in the shape of fried onions, ham, eggs, biscuit, with accompaniments of iced water, Bordeaux, and coffee.

Our guests were two a broad, farmer'like gentleman, weighing jetty to the entrance of the fort is in the universal deep sand of this part of the world the distance from the landing place to the gateway is not much more than 200 yards and the approach to the portal is quite unprotected. There is a high ramp and glacis on the land side, but the faco and part of the curtain in which the gate is situate are open, as it was not considered likely that it would ever be attacked by Americana. The sharp angle of the bastion on this face is so weak that men are now engaged in throwing up an extempore glacis to cover the base of the wall and the casemates from fire. The ditch is very broad, and the scarp and counterscarp are rivetted with brickwork. The curvette has been cleared out, and in doing so, as a proof ot the agreeable character of the locality, I may observe upwards of 60 rattlesnakes were killed by the workmen.

An abattis has been made along the edge of this part of the ditch a rough inclined fence of stakes and boughs of trees. "Yes, sir; at one time when those terrible fire-eating gentlemen at the other side were full of threats, and coming to take the place every day, there were only 70 men in this fort, and Lieut. Slemmor t.hiero nn thic ohoffio fo loln hio ooonilonto if it- Were only for a few minutes, and to give his men breathing time to use their small arms." The casements here are all blinded, and the hospital is situate in the bombproof inside. The gate was closed at a talismanic knock it was opened, and from tho external silence we passed into a scene full of activity and life, through the dark gallery which seemed at first as a framework to the picture. The parade of the fort was full of men and at a coup oVoeil it was obvious that great efforts had been made to prepare Fort Pickens for a desperate defence.

In the parade were several tents of what is called Sibley's pattern, like our bell tents, but without the lower side wall, and provided with a ventilating top, which can be elevated or depressed at pleasure. The parade ground has been judiciously filled with deep holes, like inverted cones, in which shells will be comparatively inocuous and warned by Sumter, everything has been removed which could prove in the least degree combustible. Tne officer on duty led me straight across to the opposite angle of the fort. As the rear of the casemates and bomb-proofs along this side will be exposed to a plunging fire from the opposite side, a very ingenious screen has been constructed by placing useless gun platforms and parts of carriages at an angle against the wall, and piling them up with sand and earth for several feet in thickness. A passage is thus left between the base of the wall and that of the screen through which a man can walk with ease.

Turning into this passage we entered a lofty bombproof, which was the bed-room of the commanding oflBcer, and passed through into the casemate which serves as his headquarters. Colonel Harvey Brown received me with every expression of politeness and courtesy. He is a tall, spare, soldierly-looking man, with a face indicative of great resolution and energy, as well as of sagacity and kindness, and his attachment to t.lm TIninn n.nk.Mn of the reasons of his removal from the command of rort namuton, JNew York, to the charge of this very important fort. He has been long in the service, and he belonged to the first class of graduates who passed at West Point after its establishment in 1818. After a short and very interesting conversation, he proceeded to show me the works, and we mounted upon the parapet, accompanied by Capt.

Berry, and went over all the defences. Fort Pickens has a rather bastioned trace, in outline an oblique and rather narrow parallelogram, with the obtuse angles facing the sea at one side and the land at the other. The acute angle, at which the bastion towards the enemy's batteries is situate, is the weakest part of the work but it was built for sea defence, as I have already observed, and the trace was prolonged to obtain the greatest amount of fire on the sea approaches. The crest of the parapet is covered with very solid and well-made merlons of heavy but one face, and the gorge of tho bastion, are exposedTto an everlasting fire from Fort M'Rae, which the Colonel said he intended to guard against if he got time. All the guns seemed in good order, the carriages being well constructed, but they are mostly of what are considered small calibre now-a-days, being 32-pounders, with some 42-pounders and 24-pounders.

There are, however, four heavy Columbiads, which command the enemy's works on several ooints very completely. It struck me that the bastion guns were rather crowded. But, oven in its present state, the defensive preparations are most creditable to the officers, who have had only three weeks to do the immense amount of work before us. The brick copings havo been removed from the parapets, and strong sand-bag traversers have been constructed to cover the guuners, in addition to the "rat holes" at the bastions. More heavy guns are expected, which, with the aid of a few more mortars, will enable the garrison to hold their own against everything but a regular siege on the land side, and so long as the fleet covers the narrow neck of the island with its e.uns it is not possible for the Confederates to effect a lodgment.

If Fort M'Rae were strong aud heavily armed, it could inflict great damage on Pickens but it is neither one nor the other, and the United States' officers are confident that they will speedily render it quite untenable. The bouches a feu of the fort may be put down at 40, including the available pieces in the casemates, which sweep the ditch and the faces of the curtains. Ihe walls are of the hardest brick, of nine feet thickness in many places, and the crest of the parapets on which the merlons and traverses rest are of turf. From the walls there is a splendid view of tho whole position, and I found my companions were perfectly well acquainted with the strength and locus of the greater part of the enemy's works. Of course, I held my peace, but I was amused at their accuracy.

''There are the quarters of our friend, General Bragg. There is one of their best batteries just beside the lighthouse." The tall chimney of the Warrington Navy-yard was smoking away lustily. The coloael called my attention to it. "Do you see that, sir? They are casting shot there. The sole reason for their forbearance' is that navy-yard.

They know full well that if they open a gun upon us we will lay that yard and all the work in ruras Captain Vodges subsequently expressed some uneasiness on a point as to which I could have relieved his mind very effectually. He had seen something which led him to apprehend that the Confederates had a strong ea-trenched camp in rear of their works. Thereupon I waa enabled to perceive that in Captain Vodges' mind there was a strong intention to land, and carry the enemy's position. Why, otherwise, did you care about an entrenched camp, most excellent engineer But now I may tell you that there is no entrenched camp at all, and that your vigilant eye, sir, merely detected certain very absurd little furrows which the Confederates have in some places thrown up in the soft sand in front of their camps, which would cover a man up to the knee or stomach, and are quite useless as a breastwork. If they thought a landing probable, it is unpardonable in them to neglect such a protection.

These furrows are quite straight, and even if they are deepened the assailants have merely to march round them, as they extend for some only 40 or 50 yards, and have no flanks. The officers of the garrison are aware the enemy have mortar batteries, but they think the inside of the fort will be easily hit, and they said nothing to show that they were acquainted with the position of the mortars. From the parapet we descended by a staircase into the casemates. Tho confederates are greatly deceived in their expectation that the United States soldiers will be much exposed to sun or heat in Pickens. More airy, well ventilated quarters cannot be imagined, and there is quite light enough to enable the men to read in most of them.

The plague of flies will infest both armies, and is the curse of every camp in summer. As to mosquitoes, the Confederates will probably suffer, if not more, at least as much as the states troops. The effect of other tormentors, such as yellow fever and dysentery, will be in all probability impartially felt on both sides but unless the position of the fort is peculiarly unhealthy, the men, who are under no control in respect to their libations, will probably suffer more than those who are restrained by discipline and restricted to a regular allowance. Water can always be had by digging, and it is fit for use if drunk immediately. Vegetables and fresh provisions are not, of course, so easily had as on shore, but there is a scarcity of them in both camps, and the supplies from the storeships are very good and certain.

The bread baked by the garrison is excellent, as I had an opportunity of ascertaining. Our walk through the casemates was very interesting. They were crowded with men, most of whom were reading. They were quiet, orderly-looking soldiers a mixture of old aud young scarcely equal in stature to their opponents, but more to be depended upon I should think in a long struggle. Everything seemed well arranged.

Those men who were in beds had mosonito rurtaina rlraom fir, A reading or sleeping at their ease. In the casemates used as an hosnit.al t.hora worn nrilir enmo mon mi whole garrison, and I was much struck by the absence of 1 II auj mui omen ana oy tne cieanuness and neatness ot all the arrangements. The colonel spoke to each of the men kindly, and they appeared glad to see him. The dispensary was as neat as care and elbow grease could make it, and next door to it, in strange juxtaposition, was the laboratory tug uiauuiacoory oi iuse3 and deauiy implements, la ormallv rrnnA 1., service. I am inclined to think it will be some time before it is wanted.

Assuredly, it the enemy attack a ort Pickens, they will meet with a resistance which will probably end in the entire destruction of the Navy-yard, and of the greater part of their works. At last the time came for me to leave. The Colonel and Capt. Berry came down to the beach with me. Outside we found Captain Vodges kindly keeping my friends in conversation and in liquid supplies in the shade of the bakehouse shed and after a little more pleasant conversation, we were afloat once more.

Probably no living man was ever permitted to visit the camps of two enemies within sight of each other before this under similar circumstances, for I was neither spy nor herald, and I owe my best thanks to those who trusted me on both sides so freely and so honourably. A gentleman who preceded me did not fare quite so well, tie landed on the island and went up to the Fort, where he represented hiroRolf ro ho tho a a journal, iiut his account of himself was not deemed satis- n0 was sent on to the fleet. Presently there came over a flag of truce from Gen. Bragg, with a warrant signed by a Justice of the Peace, for the correspondent on a charge of felony; but the writ did not run in Fort Pickens. The otneers regarded the lnessaiw aa a oiuo- 1 2 spy, and the correspondent is still in durance vile or in Luajr ue, on ooara tne squadron.

All sails filled, the Diana stood up towards the Navy-vard once more in tho pla.ro of tho sot.tir.r tinels along the battery and beach glared at us with sur- pwao aa mo suuuouer, wim ner nag ox truce still flying, ran past them. W. H. Russell, Special Correspondent of the Times. A Bhitish Consul among Brigands.

A letter from Genoa, of the 3rd, in the Gazette de France, says The English consul at Palermo has been placed under ransom by some brigands. Mr. Rose had left the city with his family, and when he arrived at Parazzi his carriage was stormed. He was made nrisonor on.l nno gold ounces demanded. Mr.

Rose disputed the sum. and got it reduced to 5200, which be pledged his word as an Englishman to senc to his captors. The latter imposed upon him the condition of not um'no o.i nuiu uu tut) 8UO- ject, which he agreed to. His watch was taken from him, fiuLuiaeu. mat snouid be returned when the money was paid.

Mr. Rose was then set at liberty. He determined to nav tho 5fin nM 2 m' auu UUI wj loose any complaint; but the coachman and children talked of 1n Zr, 00011118 lne eare of the authorities they interfered to prevent the money being paid. Mr. wntn SSS1 Pri'ate individual, he mult keep his "7ut 88 consul, he must refer the matter to liondon, from whence applications would be addressed to the government of King Victor Emmanuel, who is responsible for what takes place on Italian ground.

Mr. stoggi, the ninjeter of finance, will bave to reimburse the The Paris correspondent of the famei says The debate on the Budget was resumed on Thursday, in the Chamber of Deputies, and was rendered more than ordinarily piquant by statements made by M. Ollivier and M. Picard, some of which were admitted, and the rest not denied, by the organs of the government namely, that there were more soldiers, sailors, and ships of war, under arms and in commission, than were enumerated and Dro- ouU.t f. il T- a.

A I "isu wr ine uugeo. Accuruiogto ine army estimates me land lorces were to consist ot men, independently of the army of reserve whereas there are actually under arms 467,000 soldiers and 12,000 additional norses. According to the navy estimates, the number of ships in commis1" and reserve were to be 281, with 31,025 seamen tin marines but the navy is actually stronger by Ui war ana iz.wu seamen. Again, the total of 5" in'ates, as given in the Budget, is 19,959,513 but to that M. Ollivier says must be added I KVStfSS pm and ships, which he -uiuu wouiu raise the estimates to upwards ot twenty-four millions and three-quarters sterling, independently of the various sums which figure in the civil service estimates, but are to be applied to military and naval purposes.

M. Magne denied, on behalf of the government, that the balance was false, and admitted that there were 67,000 more men under arms than were enumerated. He excused the silence observed on the ground that the budget was to provide the permanent expenditure of a normal effective. The addition of this force was an accident and temporary, to face exterior wants that were known and approved. Ou Friday M.

Gobin thought the Chamber and the country would desire to learn the true situation oi the finances. The expenditure was not in proportion to the financial resources. The Budget of 1861 as voted exhibited the expenditure at 73,604,874, to which must be added supplementary votes 1,698,655, including 431,407 for the army of reserve. Without criticising the establishment of the army of leserve, it is a considerable expense, created by a simple decree with respect to which the Chamber was not previously consulted. Tho Chamber is said to have admitted it but bow could the members do otherwise when they had before thoir eyes the decree authorising its creation The army effective in the budget was 392,400 men and 83,180 horses.

There are at the present time 467,000 men under arms. The cost of the extra soldiers is at the lowest estimate 3,880,000 which must be added to the supplementary credits. So also must be added the cost, about 1,320,000, of the additional ships of war and seamen, making a total of 5,920,000, to be added to the original budget. Then come 40,000, for the new opera-house, 160,000 for tho purchase of Meutone and ftoquebrune, and 192,000 for the purchase ot the Campana collection at Rome, besides various small items. The expenditure under these heads will be therefore 79,960,000.

There are, moreover, extraordinary public works to cost 1,800,000, and railways constructed by the State making the total expenditure for the current year 83,160,000. The resources from receipts to meet this expenditure, are according to the budget, 69,450,542, including the produce from new taxes on spirits and tobacco. 960.000 and 1,320,000 respectively. There is, consequently, a deficit of 13.680,000, which can only be met by loans. For this purpose 5,500,480 are borrowed from the Sinking Fund, 5,000,000 are borrowed from the Floating Debt, and 1,800,000 are taken from the Army Dotation Fund, which is another loan that will be met bv tha issue of stock.

After this come the terminable annuities. The interest on the Consolidated Debt was 6,920,000 in 1847, it is now 12,800,000, and as next year a portion of tho Floating Debt will have to bo funded, the interest will bo 13,200.000. The country ought to know this trick. M. Magne declined to deal with estimates of the year's expenditure, but desired to confine himself to those expenses tor which supplementary credits had been opened in that case there would be a surplus of 800,000.

yji. vjouiu reiusea to admit it.) Uetore the last day of August next year it is impossible to say what will be the state of this year's accouuts. The estimates showed a surplus of 1,400,000 whether it would be realised or not no one could say. The Great Eastern and Troops for Canada. The Great Eastern is taken and will be ready to leave Liverpool in about ten days.

iu uruops woo win emoanc in ner consist ot the 4th field battery ot the Royal Artillery, including seven officers, 220 men, 20 women, 25 children, and 110 horses; the 30th Regiment of Foot, the 4th battalion of the 60th Regiment, a party of the 17th Regiment, and part of the 100th Regiment. Part of the 17th Regiment and the Canadian Rifles will also bedesnatched in hnr to Onehon Tho mni. ship Golden Fleece is also to be despatched with troops ior vjauaua. one win leave Liverpool to-morrow tor Dublin, and embark 900 men and 30 officers of the 47th Regi- Dewsbory and the Intern ATTftw it. 1862.

An influential body of gentlemen interested in the Dewsbury trade, met on Monday evening, and in conjunction with the Council of tha DAwahii Commerce, considered the expediency of making arrangements for obtaining space in the forthcoming International Exhibition. Mr. E. Day, presided. Mr.

G. S. Blakoly moved that the interests of the manufacturers in the Dewsbury district be represented at the International Exhibition of 1862. Mr. G.

Kellv seconded t.h which was carried unanimously. Acommitte was appointed' tut power io aaa to tneir number, lor the purpose of lakinfir the nroliminarv nrranrromonta 'I'ho lJInminn gentlemen, all of whom are intending to exhibit, were chosen to serve on the committee Messrs. Day (vice-president of the chamber), T. Thackrah, R. Greenwood, G.

S. Blakely, G. Kelly, T. Crawshaw, and H. J.

Taylor. A guarantee fund was promised. SSaoollen, OTotton, (Corn auU JtlatRets. Halifax Woollen Market, Saturday, June 8. Our market to-day has been very tame, and although long wool is again lower, spinners cannot be induced to buy except for the supply of their immediate wants.

There is less demand for noils and brakes than there-has been for some week's back, and prices are not quite so firm as they were. In yarn and pieces the foreign trade is exceedingly quiet, but there is rather more doine amoncr th home houses. especially in eoburgs and Orleans. Market, Monday, June 10. The market is almost stagnant.

No wool has changed hands, and prices are still downward in tendency. The other departments are equally flat, no one seeming disposed to operate. Leeds Woollen Market, Tuesday, June 11. The merchants put in a more numerous appearance at the coloured hall this morning, and a better disposition to do business was manifested. The principal enquiry is for fancy cloths, but plain broads are also in better demand than has lately been the case.

Rates are pretty firm, easier prices being the exception and not the rule. The clothiers are still acting with considerable caution, but nevertheless stocks creep up a little both in first and second hands. In the warehouses, a little more business is doing, uub io 13 priucipauy ine snipping nouses, ior export purposes. In the flax and yarn trades there is no alteration, yarns being still in moderate request. For continental purposes the enquiry is quicker than it was a fortnight ago.

English Wool Market. London, Monday, June 10. Since our last report there has been an improved enquiry ior snort wools, at lull quotations but long wools have ruled heavy holders, however, refuse to accept lower rates. The transactions for export to the continent have been much restricted. 1 he supply on oner is increasing.

Manchester Cotton Market, Tuesday, June 11. The cloth market at large is markedly duller than it was on Friday and iu nearly all descriptions the tendency of prices is still against producers. How much less would be accepted by manufacturers to-day than would have been taken on Friday is not fairly tested. Some who sold 40-inch shirtings, at 8s. 7.d., are in vain offering the same cloth at 8s.

6d. In yarns," there is next to nothing doing for Italy and the Levant. Mule and water, from 4's to 14's and also extra-hard twist, are consequently very stagnant, with a further unfavourable bent in prices. The German and Dutch houses are cautiously holding back. For India and Chiua there are no transactions.

Spinners cannot do anything worth mentioning with home buyers, who are making fewer offers than before, and who find that they can buy rather lower. Mark-Lane, Monday, June 10. The supply of wheat from Essex and Kent was small, and general quality very inferior. Quotations were Is. to 2s.

per quarter lower. On all good foreign wheat the prices of this day week were realised, but on some low and out-of-condition, a decline of Is. was submitted to. The attendance was good, and tone of trade better. Beans and peas and oats 6d.

to Is. lower. Barley sold slowly at about late rates. Town-made flour unaltered American 6d. to Is.

per barrel cheape. Leeds Cattle Market, Wednesday, June 12. The number of cattle, 480 sheep, 3.400. A good attendance of buyers. All sold at the following: Beef, 7d.

to 7d. per lb. mutton, 7L to per lb. A large show of pigs, which met a good demand. Pork from 6d.

to 6d. per lb. Wakefield Cattle Market, Wednesday, June 12. The market to day was supplied with 790 head of fat cattle, which were rather smaller in size but good in quality. Of sheep and lambs there were over 5,000.

The demand was brisk, and sellers commanded better prices, beef making 7s. 9d. to 8s. 6d. per stone of 14 mutton, 7d.

to 7 lamb, 8.Jd. to 9d. per lb. There was about an average number of lean cattle, and a better enquiry. There was a very great number of pigs, there being about 1,600 fat ones made rather less money.

Leeds Provision Market, Tuesday, June 11. Stone butter, 13s. 6d. per stone wholesale retail, Is. Id.

per long roll, Is. retail, Is. 8d. for 24 short roll, retail, Is. Id.

per 16 eggs 6s. 2d. per 120 wholesale retail, 18 for bacon, 8s. 6d. to hams, 10s.

per stone. Leeds Potato Market, Tuesday, June 11. Potatoes, Is. to Is. 2d.

wholesale retail, Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. for 21 onions, 2s.

lOd. to 3a. apples, Is. 6d. per 16 lbs.

33nnfitupts, Set. From the Gazette. Tiuv1m, 11 1 BANKRUPTS. Allen Wood, Lindley, near Huddersfield, woollen cloth manufacturer. Peter Powell, Tonbridge, Kent, ironmonger.

Joseph Platnaner, London Wall, dealer in prints. William James Hearn. Dover, draper. Martin Saint Leger, B.ignigge Wells Road, victualler. James Wood, the elder, Birmingham, bmlder.

Chaa. Collier, Swindon, Wiltshire, cabinet maker. Edwin Crott, Exeter, victuallar. 3. Jones, Wrexham, draper.

-Joseph Gomeraall and Joseph Berrj, Heckmondwike, carpet Heath, Chesterfield, builder. William Gunnell and John Brown, Landport, Hants, biscuit manufacturers. PARTNEHSHIPS and Packard, Halifax, bobbin manufacturers. E. and J.

Ban. tow, BradfordrpVovision dealers -Greaves and Sons, Leeds, file and S. Hey, Bradford, wool-staplers. Robinson and Lynass, Liverpool, brewers. Dawson and Bass, Manchester, grocers.

(From the Gazette, Friday, June 7.) PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Mellor, Hoyle, and Rochdale, cotton spinners as far as regards W. M. Mellor. Posselt and Keno, Manchester and Bradford.

Walker and Bulmer, Headingly dyers. Pickles, Pollard-and Burnley, cotton manufacturers as far aa regards G. Read. Perry and Lister, Bilston, timber merchant Taylor and Manchester, waste dealers, They were expected to arrive off the Creek last night, at twelve o'clock, and the fire will be re-opened on the batteries this morning. "The 69th, 8tb, and 12th New York Regiments are likely to have a brush with the rebels to-day, and it is Xtot at all improbable that an attack will be made on Alexandria.

The regiments referred to had advanced six miles back from Washington behind the Heights of Arlington, and were under orders to push on for Fairfax Court House this morning to drive out a body of 1,400 rebels who are in possession there. An advance of 4,000 rebels from the direction of Dumfries was expected in Alexandria last night and the federal troops were preparing to receive them. Great activity is preserved at Fortress Monroe. Troops and ammunition are constantly arriving, the garrison now amounting- to 13.000 mm and lar.ro hnrlioc Z.c into the interior, it was thought, with the intention of ww uy a circuitous route, up to Thursday evening no less than 450 slaves, including women and children, had fled into General Butler's camp, and they report that a general uprising of the slave population was expected. "From Manassas Junction we leare that the earthworks erected there by the rebels command both roads to Richmond and Harper's Ferry for about four miles, but it was rumoured that the secessionists had ceased the work yesterday.

There are said to be 12,000 men there. "The retreat of the rebel troops from Williamsport towards Martinsburg, is confirmed by the statement of a gentleman just arrived irom there. It appears likely that General Johnston is calling in all his outposts to Harper's Ferry. The trouble is not all over in Baltimore. The mob made a hostile demonstration upon the guard of the 12th and 13th regiments (from what state not reported), while protecting the baggage, which had been thrown off the track by the rioters.

Cheers were given for Jeff Davis, and three shots were fired at the troops. It is thus evident that the rowdy spirit of Baltimore is not yet subdued. "From St. Louis we learn that the Unionists in Missouri are determined to crush out secession by lorce. It is also Stated that General Harney has been removed from the command of that department, and General Lyon appointed in his place.

"Major General Banks will be appointed to a new military department on the Atlantic; and General Fremont will be appointed to a department in the West, if he accepts the commission offered to him." A Washington correspondent of the New York Times Bays "I am enabled to send you a sketch of the work which will be assigned Major General Fremont, on his acceptance of the position tendered him. He will be placed in command of the western division of the army, which is to move down the Mississippi river. The force will go down in a flotilla of gunboats. Part of it will land, forming an attacking party in the rear of the fort or fortification, while the gunboat will engage the same in front. His instructions will be as discretionary as to details, but positive as to the re-possessing and occupying of all territory now held by secession forces, all rebel cities, and places of defence, and all appearances of offence that may present themselves in his onward march.

That this will be an important branch in the grand movement contemplated by the government is apparent, and it is also evident that to successfully carry out such a comprehensive design will require all that executive ability and military genius Which Fremont is popularly supposed to possess." MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. It was reported that great confusion existed in the'Con-federate camp at Harper's Ferry. Desertions were frequent sickuess was very prevalent, and the remnant were fast becoming disgusted with their situation. Ex-Governor Pratt, of Maryland, had been arrested at Annapolis, by order of the government. It was also rumoured that ex-Governor Lowe had been arrested.

A telegram from Louisville, Kentucky, of the 31st Bays Immense quantities of freight for the south are going to Nashville by railroad. It is rumoured that the transportation of goods south will be stopped on Monday next. The exodus of southerners northward is unprecedented. It is partly attributed to the stoppage of the Mississippi River. It is rumoured also that if the Nashville road be stopped, the Tennesseeans will advance into Kentucky and take possession of the road.

The Union men of Kentucky are determined to permit of no aggressions from any quarter. The Memphis Bulletin, announces the arrival of General Beauregard there on the 29tb, to take command of the western division of the rebel army." The New York Times of the 1st inst. says There" is no truth in the statement that the government will call out 100,000 more men. The readers of the Times know that there are now 250,000 men in the pay of the government, and under arms. The government originally called for 75,000, and then for 40,000.

In reality, it has accepted three times the number originally called for. It has no necessity for more troops, having already in the field five or six to every one that is in the ranks of the rebels." The following is a list of the prizes already taken by the privateer vessels fitted out at New Orleans By the armed steamship Calhoun, the ship Milan, from Liverpool, with 1,500 sacks salt; vessel worth 20,000 dollars. By the armed steamer V. H. Ivy, ship Marathon, from Marseilles, in ballast valued at 35,000 dollars.

By the armed steamer Music, the splendid new ship Marshall, from Havre, in ballast, valued at 50,000 dollars: ship John H. Jarvis, from Liverpool, in ballast, valued at 20,000 dollars. The firef case of violence in New York having a fatal result, growing out of the present war excitement and the Southern rebellion, occurred on the 31st ult. Henry Merrit and John Swain being engaged in a discussion in the house No. 199, Prince-street, the latter gave expression to violent secession sentiments, and was instantly shot dead by Merrit.

A despatch from Chicago, dated the night of the 31st reports that Senator Douglas was gradually sinking, and his physicians entertained no hope of his recovery. Prince Alfred arrived at St. John's, New Brunswick, on the night of the 29th ultimo. He was received by the Governor and suite and civic authorities. There was a large torchlight procession by the fire companies in uniform.

On the 30th the Prince drove about the city and outskirts. He was to leave on the 31st for Frederickton, and it was supposed he would proceed to Quebec by the River St. John and the Lakes to the River du Loup. MURDER IN NEW YORK. The New York Herald, of the 1st says "Early last evening a most lamentable affair occurred in Eighth Ward, a man named John Swain being instantly killed lor using strong secession language.

The affray took place in the lager beer saloon in the basement No. 199, Princess-Street, kept by a German, named John H. Immens. The circumstance attending the case, as far as we were enabled to ascertain, seems that Swain, who keeps a bakery in the same building, on the first floor, had frequently held quite lengthy arguments io the above saloon upon "the present Btate of affaire, and generally expressed himself favourable to the course pursued by the South. Among others with whom he had conversed was a young man, named Henry Merritt, a sign painter, and member of Warren Hose Company, No.

83. Between four and five o'clock yesterday afternoon, Swain came into the saloon where he found young Merritt and a man named Charles Salmons, also the bar tenter, Edward C. Immens a son of the proprietor of the place. Merritt, who is reported to be a strong Union man, became terribly excited over the conversation, so much so that he for some time paced up and down the wuld have knocked Swain down for what he Bua had he not been prevented by others present. Swain anaiiy also became quite worked up over what Merritt afr'Lmafued if he was a Southerner he what he hbe Sag under his foot but slaves' tto 2 ad the freedom Car" SrJS any tory that he saw fit, and wonld hold them there in sn te of thf Si to have expressed hffi ft? 18 r6p the course pursued by 5 iSSJSSFS laDuag.e of permitting the Southern Sffto T.

1Dn anaform a government to suiemXT Th Um0n, used last evening by Swain, and which St about the unfortunate affray, waTttaJ alleged note Southerner and would not rfdS "ho was hauling down the stars and strira in Qln 08e, BSI in claimed to be their rights, was aT-d 1 lfrT hat only to be classed wit! such arbitrary" 2 Swain, it is said after usino th ,1 i 88 Abe walked toward, the SSltiSZ SSJ Sfiffi uprtaire into store but before he had got to the sC? Iferntt, who was highly enraged at what 1 Swam had ffi' a huge horse pistol, and tired at Swain; as hSfagSj and turned round towards the bar, the ball entering the left breast, near the heart, killing him almost instantlv Bwain, as he fell to the floor cried, my God, and sooii expired. Merritt immediately flod, and succeeded in get-Mag away before the police arrived. The report of the however, brought to the place a large crowd of SB Sergeant Wade, of the Eighth precinct, with jj were soon on band, and immediate steps doin Merritt This, however, they failed in theitatiabout naif-past six o'clock Merritt walked into Bd BavVhi' oorner of Wooster and Prince streets, 8Te watolf up to the cuitody oi Captain Holmes." ot hundreds of guns, there are only ten. They are mostly ot small cabbi and the gun-carriages are old and unsound, or new and rudely made. There are only five "heavy guns in all the works, but the mortar batteries, three in number, of which one is unfinished, will prove very damaging, although they will only contain nine or ten mortars.

The batteries are all sandbag and earthworks, with the exception of Fort Barrancas. They are made after all sorts of ways, and are of very different degrees of efficiency. In some the magazines will come to speedy destruction, in others they are well made. Some are of the finest white sand, and will blind the gunners, or be blown away with shells others are cramped and hardly traversed others, again, are very spacious and well constructed. The embrasures are usually made of sandbags, covered with raw hide to save the cotton bags from the effect of the fire of their own guns.

I was amused to observe that most of these works had galleries in the rear, generally in connection with the magazine passages, which the constructors called rat-holes," and which are intended as shelter to the men at the guns, in case of shells falling inside the battery. They may prove to have a very different result, and are certainly not so desirable in a military point of view as good traverses. We went along slowly from one battery to the other. I visited nine altogether, not including Fort Barrancas, and there are three others, among which is Fort M'Rae. Perhaps there may be 50 guns of sorts in position for about three miles, along a line extending 135 deg.

round Fort Pickens, the average distance being about 1 l-3rd mile. The mortar batteries are well placed among brushwood quite out of view of the fort, at distauces varying from 2,500 to 2,800 yards, and the mortars are generally of calibres corresponding nearly with our 10-inch pieces. Several of the gun batteries are put on the level of the beach others have more command, and one is particularly well placed, close to the White Lighthouse on a raised plateau which denominates the sandy strip that runs out to Fort M'Rae. Of the latter I have already spoken. While I was looking round there was an entertaining dispute going on between two men, whom I believe to have been officers, as to the work to be done, and I heard the inferior intimate pretty broadly his conviction that his chief did not know his own business in reference to some orders he was conveying.

The amount of ammunition which I saw did not appear to me to be at all sufficient for one day's moderate firing, and many of the shot were roughly cast, and had deep flanges from the moulds in their sides, very destructive to the guns as well as to accuracy. In the rear of these batteries, among the pine woods and in deep brush, are three irregular camps, which, to the best of my belief, could not contain more than 2,700 men. There are probably 3,000 in and about the batteries, the Navy Yard, and the suburbs, and there are also, I am informed, 1,500 at Pensacola, but I doubt exceedingly that there areas many as 8,000 men, all told, of effective strength under the command of Gen. Bragg. It would be a mistake to despise these Irregulars.

One of the Mississippi regiments out in camp was evidently composed of men who liked campaigning, and who looked as though they would like fighting. They had no particular uniforms the remark will often be made but they had pugnacious physiognomies, and the physical means of carrying their inclinations into effect, and every man of them was, I am informed, familiar with the use of arms. Their tents are mostly small and light, on the ridge pole pattern, with side flys to keep off the sun. In some battalions they observe regularity of line, in others they follow individual or company caprice. The men use green boughs and bowers, as our poor fellows did in the old hot days of Bulgaria, and many of them had benches and seats before their doors, and the luxury of boarded floors to sleep upon.

The country through which we rode was most uninteresting, thick brushwood and pine trees springing out of deep sand, here and there a nullah and some dirty stream all flat as ditchwater. On our return we halted at tho Generals quarters. I had left a note for him, in which I enquired whether he would have any objection to my proceeding to Fort Pickens from his command, in case I obtained permission to do so, and when I entered General Bragg's room be was engaged in writing not merely a very courteous and complimentary expression of his acquiesence in my visit, but letters of introduction to personal friends in Louisiana, in the hope of rendering my sojourn more agreeable. He expressed a doubt whether my comrades would be permitted to enter the fort, and talked very freely with me in reference to what I had seen at the batteries, but I thought I perceived an indication of some change of purpose with respect to the immediate urgency of the attack on Fort Pickens compared with his expressions last night. At length I departed with many thanks to General Bragg for his kindness and confidence, and returned to a room full of generals and colonels, who made a levee of their visits.

FORT PICKENS. Our skipper opened his eyes and shook his rough head a little when he was ordered to get under way for Fort Pickens, and to anchor off the jetty. We anchored a cable's length from the jetty, where were standing to receive us Mr. Brown, our friend of yesterday, Capt. Vogdes, and Uapt.

Berry, commanding a United States battery inside the fort. The soldiers of the guard were United States regular troops of the Artillery, wore blue uniforms with brass buttons and remarkably ugly slouched felt hats, with an ornament in the shape of two crossed cannon. Capt. Vogdes informed me that Colonel Moore had sent off a reply to my letter to the fleet, stating that he would gladly permit me to go over the fort, but that he could not allow anyone else under any circumstances whatever to visit it. My friends were therefor conitnuned to stay outside, The way from the.