Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-09-13
The Hatteras Afafr--Ravaging the

The Hatteras Affafr--Ravaging the
Coast, &c.
The Cincinnati Commercial, fierce men,
Der of the War Department, at home. is not
half satisfied with the brilliant achievements
of Gen. Butler and Com Stringham of Hat
teras. 1t wants them to keep at it, and never
stop to eat, drink, or rest, night or day, until
the entire South is ravaged. What then.
Hear it talk:
What followed? Did sthe intrepid Butler''
and "the gallant Stringbam' go on with the
good work? Did they send their prisoners
home, and spread CONSERVATION along the
coast? Did they strike at any one of dozen
important points that were defenceless be-
fore themf Did they attempt to capture the
enemy's shipping in Pamlico sounds Did
they stampede the South Carolina troops
from Virginia by burning a little coal and
raising a smoke off the South Carolina coast?
Did they press their advantage and obtain
a foothold on the main land of North Caro-
lima, so as to give that warm and forcible
Union feeling of which we hear So much, an
opportunity of defining itself more distinctly
than in the mysterious correspondence of our
enterprising journals?
Gen. Butler, he was in Washington. and
serenaded, and in the hands of the most SUI
perb and viciferous of blutherskites, Gen.
Hiram Walbridge, of New York, and he
was making a speech, and receiving the glo-
riications of his sublime heroism aud Caesar
ian exploits, by the pOpulace. And the next
thing he was in Boston, with the l." hub of the
universe" revolving around him; and then he
was enjoying a magnificent reception at his
home in Lowell, where he made his appear
ance ('lo, the conquering hero comes i'')
amid the braying of brass bands, and the roar
of artillery; and he made another speech. ac-
knowledging the honor-hattering reception
never effaced from his heart-proudest
day of his lfe-and all that sort of thing.
Where he is just now, we don't know, and to
tell the truth, if he is on a speech-making
expedition, don't care. Charitable people
will excuse him by saying, he visited home
to see his family. 1t happens that his fami-
ly has been living with him all summer, at
Fortress Monroe, in a nice yellow brick
house, surrounded by pleasant trees.
And Stringham, too had a reception and
made a speech at Brooklyn. Could not any
body less than Commodore have served as
an escort for the high toned chivalry who
were made prisoners at Hatteras? We are
glad to see that Stringham is again as far
South Pas Fortress Monroe. 1t is possible
that he may reach Halteras in time to pre-
vent the Rebels from retaking the position
and mounting their ten-inch columbiad. He
and Butler might have tougher time of it
taking the place from the Rebels the second
time-a task there would be a probability OF
having placed before them-if the enemy
were enterprising even in moderation.
The panic along the Southern coast is
quieted by the assurance which the Southern
press is enabled to give, that there is no
danger, as .sBombastes Butler" and ''Old
Stringham" are 'Off on a big spree" So
there is plenty of time for the South TO get
ready for the next expedition, remove "port-
able property" into the interior, mount guns
that can answer our steamers, big ones at
''long taw," get their privateers aud prizes
into places of safety, and sink distractions in
the channels, and perhaps plant some of Maui
ry submarine batteries where they expect
our feet. The troops detained in North
Carolina, while on their way to the Potomac,
we have seen by the papers of the State,
Can move on now to the help of Beauregard
and Johnston in their operations against
Washington, for Butler and Stringham are on
big spree, and there is no danger along the
coast, for the present. We may be told pre-
partitions are making for 'anOther eXpedi-
ton on grander SCALE" or something of
that sort. Indeed Has there been no time
to prepare until the present? Have our
Commodore, and the Secretary of the Navy
and his clerks, never thought of preparing
for a coast attack until now? The truth is, if
preparations were not made preliminary to
the sailing of the Hatteras Expedition, that
would have warranted the officers in pushing
on from place to place, it ought to have been
postponed. As the case stands, we have
simply given the enemy warning that our
Navy may do them mischief, aud We are Civ
ing time at Sumter-as every where-to
make ready for us when, after Infinite tom
foOlery, We loaf into action.