Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-06
IErom the NO. pelta.l
The XrnKse Armada.

From the n. o. Delta.
Hhe YanKee Armada.
win the Yankees. never get4ifed and sick
Of trgiag to humbHg the world, and only
succeeding in h1nbugeing themselvess AZ
ter the painful Experience Of their grand de-
moustrstfons and-b1gabuo threats On the adj
vance of the grand army of the Potomac,
which came to so early and ingfoilons con-
clusion, We should imagine any sensible peo-
(plt4any bthsf people but The Chinese ahdl
Hottentots -would moderate their tone, and
begin their future enterprises with little
less selfcomplacency and Wanting. Even
'if that modsty and 1prudence, which are
invariably associated With real valor and
resolution, should not prompt such change
=sf tone, their historical reading might iRaaee.
them to restrain their overweening conf
dence within the bounds of decency and So
briefly. But. no! the effects of long years of
false and vain glorious preIensions and as
sumptions of their vast might and resources,
Dand Of depreciation of the power, valor and
resolution of the Southern people, will not
be eradicated by even such terrible lessons
Ifas thnse givenat Bull Run, Oak Hill Leg
ingtonIand .Eeesbtug.2 Some more impress
! sive experience must be brought home to
them. For tbis,T theyfar now preparing
their grand armada, which has already sail
ed, and the honor of encountering which is
SO ardently coveted by the people of ibis
city. But even this last and greatest exer-
ton of the vigor and resources of the Yam
[ kee dinasty, the characteri- tic Withdrawing
/ and exaggeration of the Chinese of the West
is exhibited in the strongest colors. Their
great armada, after all, compared with the
great armadas which have figured in history.
is great only in name ana ia the ,sensa'l
tional descriptions of penny-a-llners. Their
fleet of twenty odd vessels consists of the
old unseaworthy steamboats,, sold By thejeb7
bers and spectators, who are the CHIEF sup
porters of this war, and of few unWleldy
steamers and brigs, such as Capt. Holilns
chased out of the Mississ ppl with a few pilot
and ferry boats. Upon these vessels they
have huddled few thousand of the roughs
and sagabonds OF the Northern cities, whom
the proper ty holders and capitalists are quite
as anxious to be rid of as they are to. subJu-
gate the Southern people. 1fdeed, we be-
iieve that the shrewder portion OF the class
referred TO have little hope of accomplishing
any but the first object. Perhaps, some OF
them hope to achieve another Hatteras victo-
ry, and that would be something in their
present respondent state. They may very
probably fall upon some exposed point OF our
extended coast which is undefended, and sue
coed in effecting landing. This would give
them all that they now want--a victory
and their generals and commanders will lmi-
tate the modest department of the heroic
Stringham and Butler, and return to the
North to receive the congratul ations OF their
admiring couatrymen If, However, they
should attempt anything more serious than
this--if they have designs on this city-we
have only to extend to- them aacordial wei
come and invitation only regret will
be that ..the geand armada" falls so far short
of another grand armada, which came 10 the
Gulf MANY years ago with similar designs,
and was Hospitality entertained By our faith
ers. -
Our Yankee friends have certaily forgotten
the character and compesition of thatzarma-
da, or they would modify their extraVagant
boasts and confidence in regard to their puny
imitation. To refresh their reeollections,
and those of our own people, we give from
the history of the defense of the city in 1914
lis, a description of the expedition which
the British Ministry sent to the Gulf to cap
| ture New Orleans and Mobile. This refer
ence.1 to the great exploits of our ancestors
| in the defense Of this city, when it was a
| small and remote town, against SO powerful
| a feet and army, ought to Danish all anxiety
| from the minds of our citizens, if any, in
deed, existed, and it should certainly inspir e
| them with the heroic resolution to- prove
J themselves worthy of such an ancestry, and
the great renown of our city, if such feeling
| and determination had not already possessed
our whole people. y 94l E-5sEA ELg9cg
:! The following sketch of the grand armada
J. of the British in 1914, is taken from Walkers
jackson and New Orleans:" Z VI %
"The tropical sun shone upon brilliant
| and animated scene in the bay of Nigrel, in
| the Island of Jamaica, on Oath November,
1914. That was the day appointed for gen.
| eral review Of the troops and ships which
| Great Britain had so mysteriously assembled
| in this remote quarter of The globe. 1t was
grand display of naval and military pow
err Twelarge squadrons had been combined
| those of Cochrane and Malcolm. The bay
| was crowded with every description of sail
| ing craft, from huge three-deckers to little
pinnances. Rarely, if ever, has Great Brit
| ain collected Drawer or more powerful feet.
| It was commanded, too, by chiefs, whose val
| or had built up for England those impregna-
i BILE wooden walls which enabled her to defy
| the conqueror of Europe. An enumeration
| of this feet will confirm our estimate of its
| strength and serve to rescue from oblivion
one of the series of proofs of the great import
| ance attached to the expedition in which it
| was employed, and of the gigantic prepare
tions by which the British Ministry had near
ly justified the confident boast of Castlereigh.
| The following are the names of the ships,
the number of their guns, and their COM
| manders which rendezvoused at Nigrel bay,
/ under Sir Alexander Cochrane on the e24th
| November, 1914. STonnant, 80 guns Vice
! Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, Rear Ad-
miral Sir Edward Codrington, Capt. Kerr;
I Royal Oak, IA guns, Capt. Dashford; Bedford,
"A guns, Capt. Walker; Families, "A guns,
| Sir Thomas Hardy; Asia, "A guns, Captain
| Skeens; Dictator, Sc guns Capt. Croftan;
Diomede, SO guns Capt. Kippen; Gorgon,
| Is. 81 A guns, Capt. r. B. Bowden; Annide,
| SO guns, Sir Thomas Towbridge; Seahorse,
| 35 guns, Capt. James Alexander Gordon;
Belle Poule, 3S guns, Capt. Baker; Traave,
I 80 guns, Capt. Money; Viewer, 3S guns. Capt.
Sullivan; Aceite, So guns, Capt. Lawrence;
Hydra, SO guns, Capt. Dezey; Fox, Sc guns,
| Capt. Willcox;' Gadmus, Sc guns, Captain
Langford; Thomas, 80 guns, Capt. Hon. c. L.
| Irby; Dover, 80 guns, Capt. Rodgers; Buche
| phalus 80 gunss Capt. D'Aith; Calliope, 16
| guns. Capt. Codd; Anaconda, Is guns, Capt
! Westphall; Boxer. IA guns, Capt. Raulins;
| Manly, IA guns, Capt. Loche; Meteor, (bomb)
| guns, Roberts; Volcano, (bomb) Is guns,
/ Gardner; Pigmy, schooner, 6 guns, jackson;
! Jane, (cutter), Speedwell, schooner.
+ There were also the following transports
Norfolk, Golden Fleece, Thames, Diana,
! Woodman, Active, Cyrus, Elizabeth, Kate,
Daniel Woodruff, and George. Such was the
squadron which, by great diligence. Sir Al
eXander Cochrane had collected to desolate
| the shores of america. 1t consisted of at least
fifty sail. carrying more Than thousand guns.
The officers of the squadrons were the very
ellie OF the British navy. Associated with the
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