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tance to over 400 men, who, under Col. Chase, demanded the surrender of the party. The secession feeling was so strong as to silence the Union sentiment. One man who the day before uttered Union sentiments was stabbed. Shortly before the surrender the secessionists were by no means dominant in Pensacola, but Col. Chase, at a public meeting, at which secession resolutions were passed, influenced the public mind and drew them generally into the movement. When, under the order of Lt. Renshaw, the American flag, was lowered, it suddenly fell to the dust, when a loud shout went up from the excited multitude, led by an officer attached to the U. S. steamer Wyandotte, which had been ordered to Philadelphia. Lt. Saunders, bearer of dispatches to Capt. Armstrong, had them demanded of him at his quarters, by the secessionists, but he refused to comply. He was then informed that they would be taken from him. He told them that would be an act of war against the United States. H