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nywhere but at a regular ship-yard. There has been no new arrival among the fleet. There have been buryings at Pickens, and from the manner of the funeral doings it is thought that two officers were laid to rest. [Second Dispatch.] To-day a little sail boat showed herself off the point of Santa Rosa Island, near Fort Pickens, and her impudence in coming under our guns being considered offensive, our boys were ordered to turn loose on her. She was fired on twice from Fort McRae, once from Captain Aderhold's battery and twice from Captain Clark's battery, and it was curious to see the celerity with which her navigators made a landing, abandoned their boat, and scuttled through the sand out of danger. Old Brown bore it with apparent humility, and fired no shot in response. It is supposed that he is "nursing his wrath to keep it warm," while he waits for the arrival of the grand armada fleet, when he will proceed to make a meal of us. The voices of the ca