The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-02


commission SUCH
The EFFECT IN WASHINGTON.
Visit OF General Butler on the President
and Cabinet-Sercnade and Speech Of
General Butler, &C., &c.
WASHINGTON, Sept l, 1861.
Gen. Butler, accompanied by Commander Ste!lwagcn,
of the Navy, and Capt Hagerty, Of the Generals stat,
have visited the President and received by the full
Cabinet and were congratulated upon the glorious
cess attending the expedition to Hatteras Inlet.
The General and Commander afterwards visited General
Scott the Secretary of the Navy and General Mcclellan
It must be matter of great satisfaction to General
Butler that this expedition, planned by him and laid be-
fore the military and naval powers here two months
since has resulted successfully. There little doubt
that If it had boen carried when first suggested by
General Butler that should not have suffered the Bull
run disaster General Mcclellan is specially delighted
with the news The occupation Of the rebel forts at Hat
teras Inlet will call away from before Washington large
force Of rcbe and necessarily change their whole pro-
gramme They will discover that they will have
pay attention affairs nearer their homes instead Of
attempting to take Washington.
SPEECH OF GENERAL BUTLER.
Tonight the guests Of Wizards Hotel and other admi
rers Of good thing engaged the splendid band belonging
TO the Third regular infantry Of the United States Army
and formed under the marshalship Of Colonel
7. S. Draper, of New York city, and Captain
Wilson. Of the House of Binngcr Co., of this
city, and proceeded to tho quarters Of Major
General Benjamin Butler, Pennsylvania avenue, to
pay their respects to him and to thank him for the brill
liant victory recently achieved by the army under his
command, and by the navy under command Of Commo-
dore Stringham. large crowd Of people, men and
men, assembled to and hear the gallant Massachusetts,
nyio forhi
before no reached the balcony, and greeted him with
continuous and enthusiastic cheers the band playing
AHail to the Chief" General Walbridge, by request,
presented General Butler TO the audience brief and
patriotic speech, which warmly received The band
then struck up the "Star Spanged Banner"
after which General Butler stepped forward and
returned his thanks In most eloquent and patriotic TERMS
and spoke as follows
Fellow CsnzxSs-I am by far too much complmented
by this expression Of your kind regards, and take 1t to
be compliment to the cause which we all love, and for
which any Of are ready at this hour TO lay down our
lives 1t can be no mere personal congratuation,
no moro regard for whom accident made
q particpator in event which hope will have
effect the future Of countrys history but II
il the result OF the love you feel to the Union cherish
ana the Constitution defend. (Cheers). Were 1t any
degree personal would not belong to me- would be-
long TO the gallant navy under the command of Com
modorc Strngham, whose hands were mainly sue
cessfu in achieving the result which you snem so much to
welcome. On, II was glorious to see that arm Or the
Union stretched out against its rebelous children.
Would that you could have stood did, on the deck OF
one Of the smaller vessels and seen the Wabash the
Minnesota, and the Cumberland go into action,
and then, looking afar Off on the deep blue
sea and observe the sussuehanna, which,
have her share in what resulted in glorious victory
chsers and as the cannon roared OUT after another
icngthea mans life long years to hear. 1cheers)
1t came cut that on the first days cannonadc tho
forts which seemed from the distance in the ceud of
smoke to DO but one was senced and the rag Of
sion came down. We had supposed there had been
surrender, and measures were taken to ascertain
that fact. The Monticello stood in, with the
Harriet Lane, for the purpose of making it
certain, when treaeherously the larger port opened
upon the navy striking the vessel in eight places The
threatening aspect of the weather made necessary for
US to draw leaving upon the land under the command
for tho land Of his adoption he would fight for the old
fatherland Of GerYany-eavng ! say, three hundred
and fifteen Of the United States troops upon the rebel
shore with seven hundred and of the enemy en-.
tronched within five hundred yards Of them there TO
bivouac under cloudy sky, without tents without pro-
Visions without any the appliances necessary for
safety comfort strong hands and brave hearts
(Cheers( and my friends u was an anxious night for
those who had to remain board in the efforts
get into the ong against the reacherous galcs Hat
teras in order to make themselves safe for the
contest In the morning the fleet into action, and
at the moment Of the landing Of the remainder Of the
troops white flag appeared upon the ramparts Of the
eiSe the rs premnaries Of the surrender Of one who
was once looked upon to the navy which
ne had attempted TO disgrace, and to which he was
right when here publicly speak his name that may
be forever remembered not as disgrace the navy,
but as monument OF its triumph--Commodore Barron
(cheers)ae.ef the United States navy. He surrendered
his sword drawn against the Union Commodore String
ham, flag officer Of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron
With him surrendered seven hundred and fifteen men,
his associates, and they the flagship Mime.
sofa en- their way to Fort Lafayette, in New York bav-
ing surrendered Internationally prisoners of
war. With them were taken thirty pieces
of and one thousand stand Of arms, camp equ
page such as the rebels had and it scany enough
at that (Laughter) Provisions reasonably sufficient,
munitions of enough to have made stouter defence
if the position had been them all snablc. We re-
took brig loaded with that which they wished should
reign over us-cotton. CHEERS and laughter.)
eE sb, ha 0Sn taken
where they had been placed by the government warn
the mariner Of the danger and schooner loaded with
pine wood. IAughter.) Such were the results Of the
ga the na SIv 81 bo n well as might
tIus. but the Beginning ssa seF assn Of
triumphs for that navy which has rendered the
among the brightest lights OF our countrys history
(Chccrs) 1t would not be ,unbecoming in me- trust
now and here, as an humble volunteer officer Uni
td States army that the aspersions upon the navy
have been to my knowledge in great degree unjust
memberng in what condition the secessonsts are with
out navy and how long it takes to organize one and
that navy substantially dsorganized at the
time this rebellion broke out. When you ask why
have not organized the navy sooner answer by say
ing why Southern States some Dor.
ton of the navy other than by stealing steamers from
those who know how TO build themi Gaughter They
from the government in any OF its departments only
wonder that such progress has been made organizing
a navy It is . progress that has equal in tho
history Of the world. Here make our beginning We
have had Upon occasion panic over
took troops, but do not hesitate say that until
some shall show me troops who have never been
overtaken by panic shall not believe that the fact
evident Of want of courage, and hereafter with
troops, backed by the navy and our faithful old
ally Of tho North, Jack Frost, (laughtcr) who
shall and clear away the malaria Of the South we
shall march southwark, as said here not many weeks
MO- from this place. and there shall be no foot
steps backward until this rebellion is crushed out
of this Union and every at the South shall have
that which the Declaration Of Independence saws.
and which the secessionists quote, "The right
to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (Ceers
And now, my friends. do not know now may more