The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-28
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IHE NAVAL ARM An ss---rAe most imposing
naval armament ever Witnessed from oar
shores was certainly t',atswl,ieh made ten
porary reu'ieaxons the osi,er day in Hampton
Roads, ansi sailed Out to =ea with tsse north
western gale that blew 40 briskly Oh Thur,
day last. The saetaca1le armada se,,s eus by
Spain against England numbered one hundred
and thir,y vessels This of the Yankees scarcely
fails short of tina. in tie number of yesseis,and
considerably exceeds ii 10 tonnage and IN weight
OF artillery Notwithstanding, however, the
number OF vessels il embraced, aud the re-
ported thirty thousand men on board, with a
regiment of cavalry, we cannot see any reason
for serious apprehension from its expected
performances on our Southern seahoard. o.
al. arn&ments and expeditions fitted out on a
GRAND scale, naval ones are those mos, liable
" accident, disaster, and failure. They arethe
ones which most frequently come 10 glie:. In
addition 10 having to encounter al, the mis-
hsps and calamitlcs 10 which hand armies are
liable, they have also those of the winds aud
foods 10 brave. Single sai ,ls, or very small
fleets generally do well bat naval expedi-
tions OF q large scale generally turn out stu
pendous failures. They are also much nloIe
expensive than land expeditions, aud ten i"te:
mere unmanageabe. Ii an expedition oil ten
thousand balloons were eeat forth FROM the
District OF Columbia against The South, loaded
viii men guns, aud munitions, lae deE.on-
s,rs.;ion woaia be soareeiy lesa alarming TO
the south than this one OF "a hundred ships
zen: oat to encounter the storms OF the Caio.
lina coast; and ii is not probable that Tie
enemy would DC less boastful in advance of
the terrible" achievements for which It WAS
destined.
Ii the expedition 20 to New Orleans 1t 7sill
have to encounter thirty thousand men en-.
s,oEced behind formidable entertainments and
batteries ana enrported by innumerable river
craft. ii it 20 10 Mobile, there TOO thirty or
forty thousand men stand eager 10 welcome
them with bloody hands to hospitab!e graves,
in country strongly fortified by nature, and
AMPLY defended by works OF art. 4 descent
upnn the Florida coast worla be q desrcu;
u2ou everglades, swampe. ali.itoTs, and rale
brakes They may readily capture Il territory
as s3arsely inhabited as that il but rs they
would be able 10 reach little OF It's wealth and
20 impose their temporary authority upon bur
few of its people, such Il conquest wout3
poorly compensate 30 costly an expedition J.
wonld be tho mountain bringing forth the
mouse gain. Georgia is strongly guarded BY
the troops provided hv is energetic Governor,
who Is ready and able to concentrate thirty
thousand men at any poinc at less than three
days notice. South Carolina Is not only pro.
tec;ei by thai wholesome dread which she
has inspired in the bosom OF every Yankee
but by tie thorough preparation wbcl
che has made 10 receive al excur,
eioEists from Yankee land It will re-
CURE many more than thirty thoussn,
uen 10 take Charleston, Or 10 hold any
other Of the few points the coast Of thu
State, 81 which that number may succeed il
disseminating. From the peculiar character
and conformation Of the North Carolina coast
il may no: be practicable 10 prevent a deacon
npon some portion If it; but there is no poin
of the country fifty miles from the shore where
Ut leas, thirty thousand troops cannot b.
brought 20 bear against an invading force On
various forts along tie seab0ari of that STATE
are in "a good stale of efficiency; ant
viii certainly tie able to hold tn,
enemy in check sufficiently long TO Civ,
general notice Of his whereabouts Indeed
when we consider the preparations made il
Geor -ia ana South Carolina 10 receive tie ex
petition, ana the force we have ut Norfolk
North Carolina Is the district IL which. Al the
shortest notice, we can collect the stroa4eS
force for resistance; and It will &c Il subi-et
of congratulation If the expedition should max,
its descent upon that Safe, which, besides the
advantage of its central position, has probnDy
more troops 6 liz own than any Of those
threatened by the expedition.
Upon survey of the whole field, therefore
we are not inclined to ap,rehend any "teIIi
bic - results from this boas ed navajo expedition
Of the Nogth. Ii is likely to test how valnera
bic the South is from the sea; and we thin
the failure which must sooner OF la.er over
take it, is likely TO add more to our reputation
for inyiucibiliry than it eau detract from il
and thus prove more serviccab!e 20 AZ thai
hurtful. AZ England escaped inury from thi
Spanish Armada, so We think the pr0bAbiiile,
al altogether on the aide OF The south es
Gaping this threatened expedition without many
brokeE bones.