Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-09-02
FORT HaItefaA

There seems TO be dispOiipn on the part OF "a
pers and people 70 underste the Disaster Hattsra
Les u initiate the Nutmeg Chinese BY an means Toe
Sort has bsen takec many hundred have surrender
81, valuable OFF era have become prisoner. large
sNOunr Of pOsder has been captured. TIE mo-. mpor
tSnt part OF our coast for Pr'aeeug purposes q ia the
hands Of the enemy and she gallant North State is nov
liable TO invasion and rapnt it Is small matter
II vii take 1000 men 70 regain the the Sort but that's
nothing. What do we want with the Rortr Il was
built for fun evidently else i! would have been perfect.
ly manned and supplied with abundant ammunition
Had Ss been In sArnes' some notice would have been
taken Of the sArnng given by NOF,hsrn papers But
ths ffuth "A ddns hold H.iterAs The sole OF
Is; IN srsctng that contemplate forthcSton to IT.
foSd PeAyuas Butler chance retrieve his misfortune
Bethel UcCas-tiOuAbly. there have beeu De-
termination somewhere. bat uOs Ia high qusr,ers-IO
s,e the Yankees opportunity lover Southern pfd,
ani sbAts Southern eonceiL We have been erOWng
altogether TOO oady OF llts 1t vas ie,t-but not BY
The gOveFnuent,hAi tbs vas not good for Us. Hence
shot and shsl permitted 20 lie at Ns~bera and
liOrosmsa we're ssrsaaoasiy ks9S back Until the Foss
captured.
A correspondent OF The Petersburg Express has put
himself the unnecessary trouble OF sEoEsrAIias Coi
walter GViaa ifon ali blame IN this matter The tast
L. nobody blame. Al admi. that the GOyesaor o.
North Carolina ia iAnOcent Il would be the height Of
ioy and 10 aay meanbes Of tue Cabinet
If negligence N the premises We Who live 81 the scsS
u Government know two sell the superbuuau energy,
The slsepsSs vigilance aud the rsenlOus prOmp,iude o.
every Department to entertain ter moment the shado"
OF shsds Of suspicion Of any shcrcOmiug GA the part
OF any oss nearly remotely connected with tie Ad'
Immigration. Blame" TIE word is singuAay out OF
pses In this or any other connection. Since the occur
renee Of the Grst railroad accident there has been uo
use for the word Il o5ght 20 be dropped from The
Eiglsh lngasge. During ;he Last twenty years thou
,nds Of mishaps Of them OF the grayest eharae
ter have occurred aad vet it remains 10 be proven t6-
Any human being Was to blame for them. lntividua5
IN private life may .by be 70 blame for this or tia,
but persons holding of6ce-neverl As for emaen. cL-
ciAs living hundreds Of miles from the Of ds @
ter how can they be TO blame for it, The idea is ab
ssrj.
P.cayuns Batter can nov leave as many men as he
s,,es in the fort of North CaroaA o, course, We will
.blD them Have'rt the greatest abundance Of r"'
armed uahtias Taere i, no occasion for alarm "Ao-
so5y a hurt" Nothing "a in danger. Let every true
rot eontaus 10 repOse the NOS. unbOunded
a the rasrs OF TIE COnfseracy, and all all be veil syea
though Newbsra Washington and Charleston should be
sacked sense Of perfect security feel ng OF entire
,rrespoasiaiy Any result from this uH6ouadsd co. "
dsuee. If the people think they ara secure AID tie
Pousrs that be feel they Irresponsible, shat more
could .ny man desire Lea perfect our go5ernnea'
10 al 10 parts by blind and lo7i1g r''AuSs. Ls a.
asg,,f, our victories and updTsAtc our es.ear. i
he opy .sy 10 get along By all means, e, u 20 u
,.,ab. Dooblag the an is at Fort Ea.teraS