New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-23
EFFECTUAL BLOCKADE.

The Herald with the details OF an embarhaton
of New Hampshiro regiment somewhere near
Plum Island, was entirely without foundation,
such expeditions TO the Southern coast viii, new
ertheless, be dispatched in due season, as one OF
the most effectual methods Of quelling the rebel.
lion. Nor is there any improperly in the insur-
reciionsts being fully informed that such attacks
are TO be made in their rear. 1t would be
good thing if, at this moment, an extra could be
put into the hands Of every man 10 Beauregards
army, informing him that gunboats are build.
ing, and troops are concentrating in North
ern ports, which, so soon /" they can
DO got ready, viii be of for different
points along the coast to threaten "a armed oc.
cupation or the destruction Of their towns as
either shall seem the most desirable or most
easy TO do. There is no doubt that large pro-
portion Of the fighting men of the Southern At
lantic States are now in Virginia. and could they
know that formidable force is about 10 be pre-.
ciptated upon the homes Of some Of them, az it
will DO ere long, they would have little stomach
to wait upon the policy Of either Mcclellan or
Beauregard for fight on the Potomac, but would
haiten southwark to the defense OF their own
fireside,. Nor would they be deferred by any
uncertainty as to where the threatened blow was
to fall; but on the contrary their ignorance on
that point would make the alarm and anxiety all
the more general as men from oil sections Of
the country would feel that the nersee hung
over all alike.
Let the rebel. be attacked then along the sea.
A. I.T.,.
Carolina inaugurated this rebellion, and it would
only be retributivs justice if the first serious
blow should fall upon Charleston, where the
first act Of treason was committed. She has
INDUCED in dreams of commercial prosperity and
importance, if she could compass the scheme shS
has 90 long cherished Of oyerthrowing the Coz.
eminent and running the North so that out Of
that wreck might come her glory. II matters not
that the dream was as idle and unsubstantal as
was ever born Of the widest delirium; she has
acted upon il as reality, aud has done and is
doing all she can to fulfill the supposed prelimi-
nary conditions. South Carolina aud Charles.
ton deserve punishment that shall be
terror to eyil-doers, and in inhlcting such retri.
button warning will be given to instruction
every where that its days numbered, that it
is to be hemmed in past all succOr, by sea as
well AZ BIZ land. 1t is no difficult matter to
do this. Charleston is accessible by sea for large
ships by only a single chaunel-the Main Ship
Channel-and that 80 narrow aud shallow that it
can be used only under tho most favorable cir.
cumstances. To sink in it two or three huks
laden with stone would render it impossible for
cotton.carrying vessels, and make On end Of that
town as port of entry, at least for the present
if not forever Hulks sunk in this channel would
be, with the wash of the tide, soon imbedded in
sand. and their removal would be very difficult
if not impossible. If the same thing were done
in SaIliraus Island Channel, which is still mar
rover and more shallow, the harbor Of Charles
ton would be completely closed except for very
small vessels. and if shut up for year or two,
even in times Of peace, it would never recover,
but its trade seek an easier and shier outlet.
But however this might be, to close Charleston
in this way would be a most caectuel blockade
and would lock up ono Of the principal depots Of
cotton on the Atlantic coast. The frat step would
be taken toward putting insurmouniable material
obstacles in the way Of breaking that blockade
by forogn ships, on which tho South has relied 80
much FOR continuation OF lor commerce; and
without that commerce the day cannot be far
distant when the rebellion must come 10 an end
from mere restitution.
AT Savannah it is even ensier 70 cut of all
egress and ingress seward than at Charleston
a. that port has but single channel. Two or
three good-sized hGlks ready for sinking would
be tho most elective squadron to send to the coast
of Georgia, md their appearance of Tybee Light
would make, perhaps, revolution in the politics
Of the state. Savannah has never been iorgetful
Of the fact that Charleston is her most danger
Gus rival; and. though she might not object to
seeing that barber closed, she would take 1t as a
notice that her turn was TO follow, and possibly
DO ready TO come 10 terms, TO avert such ca
lamity, But If she is mad enough to disregard
such warning, and permit, for the sake OF the
rebellion the destruction of her only channel to
tho sea, with the certainty that other aud smaller
ports Will grow into Importance, at her expense,
when peace shall DO restored, tho prompt action
OF the Government would, nevertheless, insplrit
the North while it would discourage the South,
as foretaste Of what they may expect at other
points. Il her people persist In supporting tho