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Show ' HtTAtiatt 'rltfueoju.' ' A dispatch; dated jiiobile,' May 8th, .sayit. x s ' The transports Dick-Kcya Snd. Itcnry LewlsJeft Jicrfl'tcsterdayladeilwith pri visions for. Pcnsacdla. .On arriving off Pcjisacola bar, af, 5 p.m., they wero stop ped hytheJ'owliattaif, boarded from that vessel, and their papers ahd cargo ex-amlncd. ex-amlncd. Commodore Porter granted-per-rnlsslori for, the .vecla-o "proceed to Pen-sacola,,rcmarkfiig.that Pen-sacola,,rcmarkfiig.that he thought -Gcii. Bragg might use the boats for cotiveying troops to 'Santo ROM Island,' and that they would Jbe. badly whipped after they got them there. While jthe transports Keys -niid-LcwIs were rounding to.and getting unde,r wayj the Brooklyn came up aud ordered them to follow her to the Sabjhc. "Hirou'sh some misunderstanding, the' Keys" had got under way for tho bar, -when the ;Ppwhattu and Brooklyn both fired ncross her bow. She, immediately . round-l round-l lo, Wjieu.n boat's crew or armed men wcre pni aboard of her. The vessels were impelled to lay to under the gurist)f-the Sabirio till mornidg; when Lieut, Brown endorsed ou their, papers a warning tiot to attempt 411 entiniicc. into .the. Jiarbor or they w;ould bu sci'ft North.as prisoucrs of 'war,nlid fi'clr boot's so!d as prizes. The vessels then started' for home, nnd: were followed by tlia ,Piwhattan until they passd the Pcrdldo river. They ar-rjftd.safely ar-rjftd.safely last eveniug. |