Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-28
WHAT IS SAID IN THE NORTH OF TIE CoNFED.
yRATE NAVAL VICTORY OFF NEW ORLEANS.

The Northern papers have the full Southern account
of the recent naval exploit Of New Orleans The New
York Herald thus comment sdltorially on the news
Ths X chmond EI imner, OF the l4th Inst, which has
hssn received Under Gag of truce contains despatch
of naval combat between the rebel vessel on New Ut
Lanai under command Of Captain Rollins on friday last
and the United States blocksdios tauadroo. 10 shh
aptaln Holns claims that he had dispersed nd drove
ashore the vessels OF the aud SUNK the
war Preble with his iron-olad vessel This Intelligence
from New orlsaus by way Of Norfolk, II true Is by no
mears of an agreeable paiurs. Il Is the rebel Command
ers account o lie performances, and must Do taken
with considerable allowance Of salt
Now IL must strange to the reader Lrsi thar 10
such victory no rebel killed or woundedi and sec
ondy that the lnsurgent Commodore Was 30 suec
fl he could no, capture the Union feet st once dis
,bed a. I, vas but the contrary found IL necessary
10 retreat for relnforcsents his statement be true
| he vill probably Cad he has eommRd slsnder In
coming up for renforcemenis instead Of rlshng the
Uork himself for by the time his renforcemen's got
down the Mississippi the Federal ships will have been
burned by their comm er, and their armament aud
ammunition destroyed while the beers ana crews have
e;csped 10 the Gulf with the aid Of their boats. The
squadron consisted Of the Vncennes, twenty
guns and PEBBLE .s teen gums sailing vessels aud the
steamers Richmond, twenty guns, Water Witch and
Massachusetts,. or the steamers the Richmond Is an
important vessel though very sow the other two ere Of
small account.
That there wss fight and that some disaster has
happened, ~ prODaOiy True pu UNI tue rePofs CUNTS
from the Union side must regard the account In the
Richmond pspe3 ss great ezeygersior, lt Is evident
that the New Orleans sbels bad learned al ABOUT the
expeditions which are being tcd out at the Eorth and
this stroke was anticipate them BY striking blow
and winning email victory, which, when duly eIsg-
Veratsd might keep Up the spirits OF the people who they
are se.dlng from day to day. Holllns calls i "a com.
pela success" Row. sLal vac sre@sed On The part Of
The iron sean and the rest Of the )da 1t was "a.
poupced that they would destroy the Brooklyn and raise
the blockade and keep the port OPEN too the steamer
with Der iroa bosgh running down every Federal shif
of.gar that would venture TO await Ter cpset rI-
Il does not sppear whether was BY ht guns or Ills
iron plough thar Captain Rollins sunk the FEEBLE As
for the Brooklyn SEe yes Dot there bu: the Richmond
which replaced her, 70 not said 10 ps desto7ed shs
probably draws too much water 70 acc End 70 the fas
and /, likely TO be still at the mouth waiting for the iron
steamer TO Dome COZ Ao.ina however, deemed Il pru
dent 20 return 10 Kew finesns nscsd Of taking that
course Nor does appear that even the capture oil Inc
fort Is complete success" Such wanting up0s ths
insufficient means 10 the hands OF the rebel commander
1, of piece with the gssconsds OF defending Mobile
against the Yankees by two boats thirty feet long.
This attack on the squadron In the Mississippi togeh-
or with ths recent attack on the Iadana Regiment IN
Plico Sound ere the Jas: desperate efforts Of the rebel
eaders They knog tsa. powerful Speaitons sre com
ing 10 capture their ports and they anticipate the blow
and capital In advance out a. perhaps what
viii turn out 70 be very small affair. Rot whether 10
was 40 decided success was represented or not
matter OF small Importance to the nal Issue for defeat
Is the ultimate destiny Of everything that n'ss With
rebel 6ig.