New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-08
in the neighborhood Of Hatteras, about O'Clock D
m. Saturday, when the wind shifted 70 The soutl.
west, favorable quarter for tho feet. :

in the neighborhood Of Hatteras, about O'CLOCK a
M Saturday, when the wind shifted 10 The south.
west, favorable quarter for tho feet.
| The loss Of the y-boats-eoncedins that tb.v
acre lost-will prove a serious inconvenience. Tbsv
were to be used 10 lighting the transports Of troop.
supplies horses guns, and other heavy freight, and
were loaded but moderately with wagons and forage
NO one on board either Of the fsrry-boats or coal
scuooners that entered Haerss had any Instructions
VI anew what to do where 10 90 in case Of becom.
my sred from the feet, end the ferry-bOats put
out ID The hope Of falling in with some one thatcouA
ten ,nem wnere to 60. Before ealing from the
fRosos tney had been told only to follow the feet
the Waoasn ieaoing-whieh orler appears to have
been given Principally for the sake Of making o
grand appearance, and to crafty foolish whim,
without the possibility Of oheyng it, or The extreme
hazards of attempting 10 do 90 having ever been
taken into the account
Bulls Bay, now about to assume historic interest,
il on the South Carolina coast sbolt 30 miles from
Charleston 1t is a large sheet of water intenec:ed
with numerous cbannels navigable by vessels draw.
ine from eight TO ten feet. fine hsrbor ia made
by the north eastern end Of Bulls Island, with sas
and easy entrance from yea by night day and with
sbout sixteen feet of water four feet more than
on Charleston bar. Within the bay there 10
good and safe handing, and the shore affords every
facility for encanpiug iroops and defensive works.
Aswe would never ave had a " rightto suppose thst
the expedition would lie led to the Gnlf Stream, 70
we ought to be extremely careful In drawing infer
ences concerning the expedition from lie organizs.
ton. We could never have believed that ferry and
other sn sn,oth.wster boats would have been required
10 follow FIVE hundred tun fiigste to the open sea-
The organization of the expedition equally forbidt
the idea that any very extensive military operations
are intended. The legitimate conclusion 49, that TIE
IA. 900 new troops with but'a single battery whie1
the eypedtiOn embraces are intended only 10 make
Judgment on the shore Of safe barbOr Tor q cot
ton outlet. But for what we have already seen, We
might cav with considerable posiliveness that there
ia no present intention Of operating against the Cy
of Charleston, which the country viii not be pleased
10 hear. is not unlikely, however, that after hsv'
ING made lodgment at Bulls Bay, there will be o
movement against another point Oh the South Caro-
Ina coast
F;ye O'Clock. .. I'VE have been fearful that,
besr. night tie arrival Of strsgglers from the eHpe'
dition might dssipate the favorable conclusion draws
, the fact that but one of the ships put back afef
having 20. finally out to sea. The Belvidere is the
single case. She wss somewhat injured ano SONS
scared She outlived the gale, and entered our mar
Dor in good weather, which proves that che migtl
have kept on her course.
The conviction is general that with some eIcep'
tons, which, logically, we had no reason TO douh
from the first, the expedition has landed on !hs
shores of Bale Bay. What resistance, il any, vss
, offered, we shall know in time.
It is not unlikely that the troops will Be With
drawn from Hatteras. and one or two gunbosts sit
TO guard the Inlet. This will be sorry news TO the
, dependent Union men who have taken the oath d
allegiance, and to those on the main shore, who, ty
fine promises have been deceived into the belief tha,
the war sgainst rebellion was in earnest and thss
they should be finally succored in their devotion U
the Union. If stteras is abandoned, well may they
a tbink il Ia all q sham. Wherefore have expensive
expeditions, raise the hopes of loyal men, deceive
them by false preIeoses, and then abandon hem, sne
forsaks the fne fed Just is it 10 npenins for he
a Union'