Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-04
NORTHERN NEWS AND LIES.
Terrible RetributiOn for the south Caro-.
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From the Cincinnati Tines, Nov %.


The New York Post of Monday evening. in ar
article headed I" The Beginning of the End, y thus
ably discusses the operations Of the present
! expedition, and of others now in contemplation:
This grand expedition, whose success at Beau.
fort seems to be confirmed by our dispatches to-
day from rebel sources, originated exclusively in
the Navy Department, to which the credit of the
enterprise-Of the enormous difficulties overcome
and the incaleuable advantage likely to be achIev,
eds due. Gen. Sherman who conducts the mill
tary advance, was scarcely apprised of the nature
Of his duties until the hour of his embarkaton
Both he and the other army officers engaged how
ever, have coOperated with the designs OF Mr.
Weles with cheerful good viii and energy Gen.
Burnside and Others who are charged with similar
expeditions, lent q similar assistance, and what
ever good is accomplished by the combined exer.
ttOns of the army and navy will be the common
glory Of the whole service On this, as on other
points, the Administration is harmonious and means
to labor with all the zeal and force it can command
for the speediest suppression of the revolt.
1--WE have spoken Of other expeditions, and we
may add, without betraying any confidence, that
the sally against Hatteras WRs but the first of Sc
ries of naval Onslaughts upon the Southern coasts
This Beaufort armada was the second, and others
are to follow as rapidly as the circumstances re-
quire. Some of the dspatch0 speak Of the proba-
bility of our forcesI making their way inland to
Charleston. But we doubt whether this will be at
tempted at present The principal object Of the
movement has been to acquire secure naval sta
ton at the South, where our fleets might rendezvous
and where the army could entrench itself to possess
grand base of ultimate operations Beaufort
ORce impregnaby in our possession, it would not
be difficult to threaten both Charleston and Sayan
nah, so as TO force them to keep large armies
their defense. In the meanwhile their harbors viii
be effeetusly closed. An expedition is now pre-
pared, if it has not alreadys sailed which win seal
these cities beyond all peradventHre to the entrance
or exit Of every future Theodore or Nashville.
In addition to the above we are permitted to I
state that 0tils of thiety vessels is now in this
port, armed, manned and ready to sail for the Cuff
Of Mexico, where it will perform such services as
It's own acts will in due time disclose The ves /
sells are peculiarly fitted by size draught Of water
and armament for harrsssing the coasts of Louisi-
ana and Alabama. Commodore Holins, who was
so inflated by his little accidental success at the
Pass, may have better opportunity vet
for displaying his skill. Nor viii this enterprise
exhaust the lzbors Of the Navy Department which
means to infict one blow after another until the
rebels shall learn the full power Of the Govern.
ment they have derided and provoked.
Nor will the Government hesitate in the pdlicy /
to be pursued in these Southern Campaigns IL /
sends its troops forward to restore the URion, TO
maintain the integrity OF the nation and to re>es-
tabish its authority; whatever stands in the way of
those great ends will be Frustrated; the Yig6r and
Of the rebels have made the war of
necessity an offensive one new; and the strong and
weak places Of the irsurgent. power will be as
sailed by the heaviest blows. without regard to
other consequences than the speedy termination Of
he contest We have already played long enough
with revolt, the easnestness and extent of which
We scarcely conceived st the outset, but whose de-
ermined relentless character we now fully under
stand"
The New York World makes the following an,
louncement, which may be regarded as semi
,ffcial:
mo General has yet been invested with so large
powers as he who is st the head of
he army just landed upon her shores and neither
lie nor they are in temper to palter or temporize
With her BLACKLIST treason. Nothing but speedy
md unconditional submission will save South Car
lima from loss of property and sacrifice of life {
efore which all the calamities in this war, thus
ar, will sink into insign1fcance."