The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-05

rLc.c intern l,,orotHy o:th1t Cove rum at.
T. ,h' lid 80 Mar!
Tho staten c.t ,' NJ spw ,i.p that ho bur.
t,u Of hc ar 20 over and the intimations bell
out tina, to nor battles are to 'aka pltc eN-
c,r, On DO. def i've. nr, somewhat borsc On.
o., the cu,,rtt Of events We are advancing
ul.,u tine I,,l- un III siics, nid yet Hor always
ou the drf,u,i,c. We land upon tn SEA cost
where th,r furccs are urprcpircd TO receive rs,
cntIo, cl ourselves, and then it Lccomcs ihctu
ard prize If Rpbrld, m TO cNpd "tho Yankee
Iuyndcis,' even ifit cots them their last drops
Of llo.d. But although they fnmc aud frt a
soyd del, the cspul-ion is not tried, nor are
the r,.t d-ops ct boot forthcoming, to say
ro,hlrg It til last
1lrupof uii,,.h oypeditiOLs al ny the cost
| paralysos them they would ra'hcr try TO KEEP
| oll new ivs.i,ns than route ont the older com.
| ,fs, AID, in d zen POINTS mena."l, they
| 'c,l i,,,.i ti'od to wait aud see whore they can
| .tiko. htlure dcc, I'M, tu strike al all. AMI ii
| IL iut' in this u.p.i,c ihat they ou lat to, rnl
proial J., will, Zoe k n. They will he watched
| ard hala.scd ON the Potomac will be- advanced
| ,,on down tho Mississippi the mouth Of IN,
| river l. allcaly guarded, and expedition. will
| proceed inland iron thence q sufficient force Of
govern mort troop, vii land from Fort Pckc"s;
F,rnm dina, Fla, Fort Pulaski in Georgia, and
other points will DO leld by our troops and in
every Gaze, lchiId ltrong cntrcnchmcnt1, aud
with the aid Of our heavy guns We can defy AL
the strength that any state in Dixie can brni
/ a.sin.t us. The si,,ns Of The time, for the
vin,cr awiNiBn are encouraging.
| Honor, Municipal and Otherwise, 10 G IN
moiorc Wuhcs.
.sl The Joint Committee appointed 10y ,hc Com
" | mon Council, from the Boards Of Aldermen an
/. Councilm,p, to tender the congratulr'ory re''
10 lu,ions adopted Wy those bodies to CommoloI
wilkes, waited upon him Yesterday at he Br
wort House, and Ald. Dayton, in behalf OF Il
To- I Mayoraim icvcc nj the Governors room al
o'clock to-day. The Commodore with cxpre
a. sions Of thanks, received The re, olution. snI a
K. ccptcd the invitation. Our citizens general
!. Hrc invited 10 attend the reception.
= | Tho usual monthly meeting of tho Histc rica
Society on Tuesday evening was attended b,
| Commod"rc Wilkes, and, on motion of Mr.
Bradi.h he vas unanimously made an honor,. .
member the members enforcing their co,p,li.
mentmy vote with the most enthusiastic np-
plause. Tho rrcsidnn; then welcomed Comrno-
dorc Wilkc-, and promised lin that the 5 ,rlcty
would reserve for him one Of the farcst ia .es
In the bright aunbls Of American history
Amid great cheering Commodore wilkes. in n
few words, thanked The members of The society
for the evidence they had given of their esteem
andconidercr. lie said he must confess th,t
he could see noihini; in what ! q had done wor-
thy Of the bright page in history which il wa,
insisted should be Reserved for him. daughter
and applausc) He had merely done his duty.
which it had been his pleasure, as well As hi,
pride to perform. lie closed, pledgiug his best
efforts In hc future as in the past in the cause
Of the country.