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he enemy should ever get possession of it he will find in ashes and ruin everything that might have rendered him any services. The Yankee force at Pickens and on the Island has been greatly reduced, so much so that the few remaining are reminding for fear that our men may make a dash upon them. A few nights ago there was an awful panic among them, and the utmost consternation pervaded every heart at the report that the "rebels" were about to make an attack. Gen. Jones, who succeeds Gen. Bragg, is spoken of as a fine officer. Gov. Shorter has recently spent some days here, looking after the defences, and I am told that he expressed himself highly pleased with them. Volunteers are pouring in from the country, and the coast will be as well defended as circumstances will permit. An officer just from Mississippi represents that gallant state as being all on fire with indignation at the doings of the enemy, and says that "there are not ten men but will resist to the last." *