Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-19
The Port Royal F:xpedItivu-Thc News ri
the North,

The Fort Eeuyai ExpeiItivti-Thc News ri
the North,
We publish to day extracts from ~ nunhrI
OF Northern papers, Ct recent iatc.
No ufhc;al intelligence has been received 10y
them Of tbs Port Eoyal ESprdition. Such
ncwa rs i!,ey have received, has been through!
their disabled vessels, the statements Of A-srrt.
ers, and the Sonthcrn Journals. Such az il Is,
i has thrown tho North into All ccstacy Of
ioy: they ARC 80 l~funE;ni for erar small faVors,
and 90 glad that they ran take somft4ing -
! Stories. zoo, ar. told Ct an attack IN Charleston,
and Of lhr dcstTuc.i5n of thO bridges on tho
| Charleston and Savannah rHiirond The \. I.
"Tribunc" tells ls that no people re:nlniely
bclieve them nil, and %r'joice accordingly; ard
1.-THE Washington "S.sr" says that the GeStruc
tinn Of these bridges was of "immeosr impo",
,ance TO tho success ii tho expedition" ard
that 'lha Cvnleds viii pc terribly bothered
by il. The Herald and the "Tirnss, how
ever, are mare chary in giving thor faith 10
these reports. They seom TO think that tie
CTGat Meet u li,Ci NE 'iNI Ii--iH =" 'i'''
for 50 long, ani whic;. wa - strike the very
vitals" Of Occasion, has uc'aircl sufficient
clorc IN ii:a capture Of PR: Riyal Island.
Uncertainty still hangs over the fate OF mary
Vessels q: TIE expedition, and apprehension .
arc eSpru,sei "t lh@ loss al several in addition
10 those wi.oac fate is known. Tie ny.
Herald SAYS t!!at probably somo twenty YES.
sells have persisted Or hccn disabled.
The effect upoa ua OF The capture Of Pert
RuTal is hS4it upon 9Th greet eXaltation.--
The N. Y. Herald" tells is readers that
Davis and Beauregarl and +. number Of rebel
troops from tie himy Of the Potomac" have
been reported az moving in that direction. Gen
eral Consideration prevails" IL is by such
stories as these, that The Northern penpIe are
fed with the absurd ~!clasion Of final SUCCESS
4 Savannah paper thinks that The i~n"alcrs,
in capturing Port Royal, are in tho position Of
the man who drew the elephant So far, the
fact has justified the idea. While their ships
are congregated there, vessels are running The
blockade in safety, nal bringing us valuable
supplies. But let them tell their own story o!
what ii.4r expGct To 10 via Beaufort We
quote from the New York Herald" l. is a
glowing picture that Bennett draws IL please
his dupns-~aii # il, &c trust, ami believe, 81
prove az unsGE*'anta! a. la,c absurd e~Xinctl
tsun Of tiHd,ng Uu:nn men" in Son.i Carroll
m Eui hear him:
The rl.no that tn. disctnbar!sed forces
were ua,ching on Charleston, CT that t!'ry
have ns yet moved beyond the limits If Port
Royal, is highly improbable. It, was no part
uf the programme, and it would BE- lJiiy 10
make IN advauc. either upun Charleston Or
Savannah with 40 small 4 force. The troops
landed At Beaufort will fortify their position,
and having obtained rainf0rcemsuts, will make
it q starting point against the heart nf Inc re.
bellion at another day. Beaufort will become
a cotton port, situated Us it Is IN the midst 81
Lie Sea lsIund cotton district. and the Eniun
men OF the South will BIZ glad TO send ship
mcnts there when they are liberated from the
thraldom oil the insucgent chief.
Nor is this the only naval expedition against
the rebel States. There are NO or thrce others
now being fitted out, which will he equally
successful, and in the course Of six weeks or
tso months, ono hundred Thousand men will
occupy Gil Tho important points On the coast;
not perhaps, to make an advance into the in
terror lust now, but as the safe basis for Iu.uie
operations, and as outlets for the produce Of
the Southcln l~oyalis,s and the interchange of
Northern commodities. With Fortress Monroe,
Hatteras, Beaufort, Pensacola, Key West, and
the other pisces to he seized and occupied, in
possession of the Federal army and navy, the
rebels will be surrounded by a Gordon Of mill.
tary posts which will not Gully completely cut
off their external communication, but threaten
so many vital points at the same time, that
their Grand Army will be broken up into f7ag-
manss and rendered powerless without a blow;
and then the time will have come for l forward
movement upon Richmond and the other CAPT.
tails Of the rebellious States.
Thus, with the arrangements just made by
the government to permit Northern merchants