The national Republican., 1861-11-11
GOOD NEWS
FROM THE FLEET!
CITY OF BEAUFORT TAKEN! !
The Stars and Stripes Float
again in South Carolina.
THE ARMY PENETRATING THE INTE-
RIOR

Yesterday afternoon, the following telegram
appeared in an extra OF the Sunday Chronicle:
BALTIMORE, SUNDAY, Nov. 10, 1861
To the Secretary of War,
Washington, d. e.:
Passengers by the steamer just arrived from
Fortress Monroe state that the Richmond Ea
guirer of Friday contains dispatch from
Charleston, dated Wednesday announcing that
the Federal troops had landed at two points,
and were marching inland. The dispatch does
not say at what points the landings were
made.
The officers of the boat from Norfolk to
Fortress Monroe with the flag of truce refuse to
give any information, but the wheelsman told
a sailor that Beaufort was in possession Of the
Eederals, and the Union flag was flying from
the court house
The Chronicle also says, that, although not
contained in the dispatch information has been
receive here that the three forts at the entrance
to the harbor were completely silenced, the town
of Beaufort in possession Of our arms aud the
army advancing to take possession of the rail-
road. Thus South Carolina, The first Stae to
rebel, is the first in which the Union flag is
again unfolded--the emblem Of liberty, the
hope Of the Union.
Our own telegraphic dispatch from Balii-
more, received last night, says that the steamer
rom Old Point has arrived, but reports that
the flag of truce brought no news However,
the wheelman Of the Confederate steamer said
10 one of the hands of the Federal steamer,
that Beaufort had been taken by our forces.
An arrival from the feet is hourly expected
The ferry boat Commodore Perry arrived
yesterday morning from the great expedition
She lost sight of the feet on Friday evening
about thirty miles off Bulls Bay. The feet wa
b airing toward Port Royal. The captain knows
uo'hng about the reported loss of the Uniou
and another transport. His own boat became
80 disabled that he could proceed no further,
but ran toward the coast for safety.
The May Flower was some distance behind
the heet with signal OF distress, aud the
captain thinks she could not have reached her
; destination.
The Commodore Perry lay several hours
near Cape Fear, and finally made Hattera'
Inlet.
Since the above was prepared, it has certaiuI
been ascertained that the flag OF truce brought
not word of news from Norfok concerning
the expedition.
Another, and later dispatch, says that somt
few items have been obtained from passenger
by the Old Point steamer, which are to til.
effect, tha. the Richmond Enquirer, of Friday
contains dispatches from Charleston, dated
= Wednesday, simply announcing that the Fede
raj troops had landed at two points, aud wert
marching inland.
The officers Of the Confederate iag Of truc'
, refused to give any information.
, The remark of the wheelman, above re
ferred to, is repeated by the passengers, will
the addition that the Federal flag was fyinl
I from the Courthouse at Beaufort.
. The Twentieth Indiana regiment will returl
. to Old Point.
7 These accounts are tantalizingly meagre, bu
they seem to establish the great fact that tn
expedition has safely entered Port Royal har
!. The New York Tribune ctiticises the destins
d nation selected Tor the expedition, as on
t where there are no UIion men, and argue
s that better results might have been hoped,
n Galveston, (TexasO or the coast Of North Caro-
lima had been selected. In our opinion, tn
IS proportion of reliable Union men is greater
e South Carolina, than either in North Carolint
e or in any Of the original Confederate State
II We base that opinion upol the census, whic
81 shows greater proportion OF black mon in sou
u Carolina, than anywhere else We have mlc
n more confidence in the Unionism of the 40tss0
" men-in buckram-in North Caroua or i
II the neighborhood OF Galveston.
Beaufort county, or district, where the e,
pedition has landed had, in 1860, a populatio
Of 40,052, Of whom all but $500 were slaves
The Government instructions to Gen. She
man, amount to an offer OF protection to a
y such Of these slaves as have the means an
. disposition to get within our military line
y and the act of Congress, (passed at the extr
sessioh,) absolutely frees all such of them {
= have been voluntarily employed by the
' owners upon any military works. We shall st
y what we shall See, but J. here is bette
e cha nee for finding Unic. men anywhere tina
% IN Beaufort county, we don know i.here it /,
GEN. JAcKsON.-In a speech at New Yorl
:, last Thursday the historian Bancroft brougt
q out the following pertinent reminscencs
:, Gen Jackson:
r, If the President has any doubt under tn
4. terrible conflict into which he has bee
brought, let him have the words of one of hi
g predecessors. Alien nuhcation raised itse
d in South Carolina. Andrew jackson, in III
n watches of the night, as he sat alone finishin
- that proclamation, sent the last words of it I
n Livingston, his bosom friend and best adviser
Y He sent 1t with these words; have had I'll