Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-11-01


entitle him to a high aud honorable position
among those great, learned and upright ma
gistrates whose names adorn our judicial
unnals.'
The Great Naval Expedition.
The veil Of secrecy having been removed by
the Government in reference to the great OK
petition about to sail from Hampton Roads,
with view of invading some point Of the
South, the New York papers of Monday pub /
fish lengthy accounts Of it, Our space to-day
will not admit of publishing any Of them
entire, The commander Of the land forces is
General Thomas W. Sherman. Tie troops
are to be divided into three brigadcs, under
the respective commands of Brigadier Gene
rails f. l.. Viele, Isaac /. Stevens, and II. G.
Wright. The naval commander Of the expe-
dition is Commodore s. f. Dupont with the
steam frigate Wabash as his flag ship. The
fleet vii consist of the Sabine so guns Capt
Ringgold, now blJckading Charleston; the
Susquehanna, (l5 guns, Capt. Lardncr; the
Flag, Commander Ro1rcrs; the Savannah,
ga Commander Mis.room, off Savannah
'he as LavreHe 60 GNt Puryiane aG
ST. simon the Dale, unandel
Of Fcrnandina; the Nand5.ia, ,z0,J COM
mander lIaggerty, recently Off Bales Bay, s.
G., but just returned to Hampton Roads; the
Governor, Captain G. l.. Litchfeld, with Mai.
Reynolds Battalion Of Marines; the steam
gunboats Seminole, Mohican, Florida, Poca-
hontas, james Adger, Augusta, Alabama,
Unadilla, Ottawa, Seneca, Pawnec, Pcmbina,
Isaac Smith, R. B. Forbes, Curlew and Pen
gum. The entire armament Of the feet is re-
ported to be not less than 400 guns. In ad
dition to this immense force, there are some
thirty-iiye steam and six sailing transports,
which are all armed As to the destination
of the fleet, we are still left in die dark,
The following extracts from the accounts,
taken in connection with Secretary Cameron's
order, which will also be found below, must
convince those who profess still to doubt that
this is war for the negro against the white
man of the South The Post says:
"A great number Of army transportation
wagons are provided, over and above those
which belong to each regiment, and which
y
equipage 0: every description is also provi-
dcd, and great number Of extra arms and
infantry equipments. This looks as though
the government expected to arm the inhabi-
tans among whom the troops viii be landed.
Ii is indeed limited in q letter we have received
from u naval officer accompanying the expc-
dition, that quantities Of bright Iouayc cloth
ing have been taken along, with the intention
ofiorming the negroes Of the coast into ZOuayc
regiments.
Those who know the love Of the negro for
bright c0lors will see Ihat this is an excellent
/ thought The negro troops who are 50 much
used in the British West Indies, aud tho have
been found to be most admirable soldiers are
mostly uniformed. in the brilliant coOrs Of the
Iouayc, and they take great pride IN the dress.
Those Of our Northern men who fear that u
slave instruction will break out wherever our
troops land, cannot fail to see that 10 take
these negroes into the army Of occupation,
and drill, train and command them as sol
dicrs, is the best way-pchaps the only way
to put an insurrectiOn out Of the question
A correspondent Of the New York Times.
in his account Of the great expedition, says
1.-TWO transports, the Oriental and Matan-
Ear, carry 900 cOntraband negroes, received
40 Ornoar Fortress Monroe, aud sis Transports
the Locust Point, the Potomac, the Golden
Eagle, the Ocean Express, the Iero's Coffin
and the Great Republic carry stores The
negroes are principally for digging intrench-
mehts and will for the FIRST time, constitute
AN important arm Of oncntc in the hands OF %
national army; IT. The Example Of using that
arm has been 80 frequently ret us by our OPP
pOnents, they will not be surprised 10 learn
that We have Mt last chosen 10 avail ourselves
Of the example, and, 40 the same time 70 sig
niicaut suggestion viii be afforded them Of
the furtiye use that could be made Of the wea-
pom during the war.
A thousand Of these conlraband articles
scattered IN the Southern interior, from thc
pint 4 aPpui afforded by tIe proposed move
mcnt would DO more damage TO our enemies
than hundred thousand cannon balls. We
have too long abslaincd from awaiting our
selves Of the means placed so obviously within
our grasp; perhaps The very natural apprche-
tensions that the present hrandisLiug Of IL
will awaken in our Southern brothten,"
may incite in them an appreciation Of our
previous iorbcarance as well as "A wholesome
dread Of our future determination.
The following order was sent out with the
commanders Of the forces accompanying the
expedition:
var department, October IA, 1861.
Sir 10 conducting military operations
within States declared By tho proclamation Of
the President to he IN a state Of instruction, I
you viii govern yourself 50 far as persons held .
TO service under the laws Of such States are
concerned, by the,principles Of the letters adj
dressed by me 10 Major General Butler on The
Both OF Nay ANA ihe 3ih OF August, copies OF
which nre acfe .ih furnished 10 you. Az spe- .
cial directions aH ntd to special cifcuul-
Stances cannot bl gwen, much must botre-
lorred 10 your own dig reiion, as Commanding