...d by Caucasian brain." The channel makes quite a sweep, and vessels passing in or out are exposed for a long time to the fire of the fort. The New York steamers bound out, passed in full view; the " Mount Vernon " gracefully lowering the U. S. flag when abreast of the fort, as if in compliment to the occupants, who, having taken down its standard, have as yet substituted no State flag. The "Alabama," it was...