New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-03
FROM TENNESSEE.
EFFECT OF THE PORT ROYAL NEWS
10Y AMONG THE LOYAL
BRIDGE BURN / N G .

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Uapeluial! Our day Is come at last Inc sun OF
a., TIoon IL rising and warming the loyal hearts Of
.ronnessee with the rays Of victory. Words cannot
aenist the ioyousuess aud eXuberdrce Of the feeling
.,eited by the glad tdings of tnr last "a hours, IN
,b, small Union circle IN which am in the haoit Of
moving. What bright, smiling faces; what warm
wosds og mutual congratuatIJn; what ardent eH-
rressons of confidence in tbe ultimate triumph OF
the righteous casse! Truly, it was an almost
bewderine transit from darHness to light from the
depth of dependency TO the hight Of hopefuness.
There vas iir the news Of the successful entrance
If The great Dagal expedition into Port Royal HaI
Dor, ana then 81 the bombardment and ultimate cap
tuie OF the Rebel stroDgbolds Walker and Beanre-
gard. The Stars and Stripes once more raised on
South Carolina soil--why, could not help shouting
with exulta,on when read the news at breakfast
on the morning of ;he day before yesterday And
Jay cheer found ~ enthusiastic echo from the nIs Of
those aroSnd me- Then came the fret accounts Of
the battle of Belmont, claiming Confederate VIC
tory TO be won, but admitting the destruction oil
Rebel camp, the loss Of some artillery, and many
hundred killed, wounded, and missing, which was
enough 10 convince that there was defeat az the
bottom OF tie alleged victory Last and best OF all,
were the various reports OF the destruction of num-
bes Of bridges and The telegraph lines by the brave
East Tennessee UniOuists, Onthe East Tennessee ana
Georgia and Eas, Tennessee and Virginia Railroads.
and the rising in arms of the loyal mounIaineers
against the Rebel usurpcrs and oppessoIs. Glorious
plorio1s news, indeed Almost too good TO be be-
heved. and yet undoubtedly correct, from bearing
the stamp OF Rebel authority.
But 10 a more sober view Of the reception and
effect Of the great intelligence in this community
Tie departure Of the great naval expedition from
Hampton Roads had been announced, as stated
IN a former letter, by telegraph. From the mo-
ment of its departure, every other matter Of In
terest seemed TO be forgotten in this city. The
newspapers carped necessarily about the Yankee
feet The Legislators in the Capitol, the merchants
in their stores the oafers the street and
in the bar-ro ms, dilated necessarily upon the same
all-absorbing topic. The newspaper offices were
constantly oyerTun with eager inquirers FOR the
--latest intelligence. The papers attempted to make
light of it; but their readers showed better sense
and gTaver countenances, and serious speculations
were the rule. The probable destination of the
tieei was continually dseu. ed. The dispatches ana
letters from Richmond all pointed to Port Royal and
on that l'cality the general belief settled. On
Wednesday 9th, a dispatch was published announe
inc the arrival of the " Yankee armada os Savan-
nal. On The following day, positive advices oil rs
appearance Off Pot Royal were received. In The
eonrse of the afternoon OF The same day, intelligence
came of the entrance of the mcn-of-war into the har
bor-the commencement Of the engagement, IN which
one Union vessel was claimed to have been burned
aud another disabled. This report tlated he Rebels
considerably, and he humiliation of the whole
Yankee feet was confidently relied on. Int the
news Of Saturday morning dispeilcd ibis delusion,
The papers acknowledged the capture OF Fons
Walker and BeauregId, with heavy Confederate
loss" They vainly uied to ease the Rebel digestion
Of this disaster by brief rhodOmonsdes about the
South Cagolidan ability to prepare grave for every
one of the invaders The public knew better II felt
insinotivey tina. severe blow had been successfully
administered to the South The gist OF the gloomy
street comments overheard revealed this plainly.
Truly, ii the news caused much uneasness, il not
tenor, throughout the South a. at Nashville, the
consequent demor.lzston alone viii be worth as
much to the cause Of the Union as the Port ROYAL
victory itself.
simultaneously with the dispatches relative to the
Port Royal affair a telegram aso published on
Saturday morning announcing, in brief and ambigu-
ons terms, that bloody battle had been fought on
the preceding day opposite Columbus, and that q the
Federas were driven back, with heavy loss On our
side No particulars whatever being given it rather
sdded 10 the rebel anxiety produced by the news
from South Carolina. Daring the afternoon a still
lnorc exciting, untraceable rumor said from
passengers on a train from Chattanooga, Of IN out
break in East Tennessee. destruction Of railroads,
capture o. trains &C.. got into circulation. Late in
oh u ha
- c., indicating the destruction Of tive bridges on
Chckamengn Creek, On the Western and Atlantic
Railroad in the NORTHWESTERN corner Of Georgis
from SATURDAY evening unul Monday morning 10
1ufther intel gence reached The public al large, al
though war asserted on Sunday that Gov. Harris
and Gen. Foster bad received Information Of gen
sial uprising in last Tennessee All that was po*-
tively known was The failure Of the Eastern through
mails and interruption Of direct Geographic eomrau-
nicaiion to Richmond To be KEEP. on The rick nearly
forty hours with evidently the most eventual tidsgs
IN the wind extremely tp ing 10 Qe. aud more
TO 70 the rebel pan Of !he community. The news
from East Tennessee fairly seemed 20 uybaance
them. Some great calamity Was evidently expected
in that part oithe State.
Thio Monday mornings papers At last enabled
me 10 understand the condition o. matters. They
had accounts Of the Belmon. battle roPrweu;iug Il
ais having resulted ia brill art triumph % the Con
1ederste arms, ont coniessing nevertheless to heavy
losses IN killed, wounded and 1iss.ng, wsich satis
he'd me as to lie real character Of tlc Triumph. Bl'
whatever glacdeniug effect the alleged Belmont we.
tony might have bad upon thor readcrs, WIS fully
Paraiyzedby leir Intelligence Of a general telee apl-
emitting and biidge-buuing, along tie nivassre and
lIOScn Rivers stu.. rho,, a..
= ipcendiaIy Tory dasards of Ia, Tennessee
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