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FROM THE SQUADRON IN THE GuLF-We are in
depted TO the Philadelphia Chronicle for the follow
ing letter, from an officer on board the steam frigate
Princeton, dated


80, PtssAcoLi Sept 8 1s45.


The United States ship Princeton Comno oiore Freder.
lex fnsie rs now under way, steaming, bound for We
"a Cruz She has Lieut. Biddle board as bearer of
dispatches This ship has been chosen in
oil her ability to do business with despatch The sailing
vessels have m.de, lately very long passages-the
winds In the gulf having been very light during the
summer The Princeton arrived here from Philadephra
with coal bunkers full and ready give battle to
an enemy at moments notice. She was in complete


h LOT active and efficient service. How different the
steamer Mississippi That vessel expended in getting
" s port from Boston, two hundred and sixty tons OF
e anu cannot be got ready at least te DAYS
& n IA consequence of the difficulty of obtaining coal
her ae ensacola navy yard and the distance snip of
~ i iie VI water has TO anchor from shore The fol-
Lowing ships of our gulf squadron are in IRIS barbor
EIag ,ga,e mississippi ifigate Potomac soops of war
rha cr y. NARY and Saratoga, and the brig Somers-
are in MI VI sll the ships enjoy good health and they
auarters ,nr o. nsn.ing order We exercise at general
arc anaa an hour every other day, and freque1tIy we


ie practising with heavy guns al ,aryat onr
,h ana PROVISIONS are kept full and all the vessels of
le SQUADRON are ready to sail at moments notice =