Smyrna times., 1861-11-21
The Skies Frightening.

The news from every quarter gives some i6e1
.fihs vast power which the Government have
E.r msnths been accommodating We are now
berinning TO see .he difference between abun
d.ut means-eonsciousnes of a just cause
ka.iness method-habts of order and subordi-
asiioa and 4 mechanical training, on one side.
and a wild frenzy, unsupported by single
aaality. save desperation, on the other. The
6rs, successes are usually on the side of the
latter, as a mob may be able to bura down a
stir, while the next day no trace Of its organi.
s..ion can be found. We have waited till every
whsa the blows we strike are irresistible. be-
cause they cannot be opposed by equal prepara.
lions aud resources. We are rewarded COR our
ystienee and sacrifices by the unmists bile
proofs that we can see the beginning of the
sad
The intelligence that Capt. Wilkes, in the
San JacintO, boarded British mail steamer
sf Bermuds, and took Iherefrom the rebel com.
aissioners, Messrs. Slidell and Mo son, has pro
Asesd profound sensation in the public mind.
Thsr capture is the event OF the day it was
% tsn strike " scarcely looked tor, and the con.
sssuencss cannot fail TO BE of great importance
90 the future good Of the country.
Another exciting, though not perhaps the
asst important intelligence, is the success of
the Great Expedition. This was to be expect
cd. II is undoubtedly master of the finest es-
tsafy % the Southern coast south of the Cirs-
spsske, add position of unequaled value as a
bsse Of operations. The first bolt from the
tssl has fallen where it should fal-upOn South
Csfolna. Il threatens alike Charleston and
Sa'tnnah, and cutting off communication be.
twssa them, will give employment 10 force
tsies as great as that of which the Exrsdition
ID sonPOsed-bOih Of these cities now being at
ear mercy, unless the army of the Potomac is
recalled for their defence. The prestige lost
hI IAs rebel and gained by the Union cause is
ssheIent TO turn the whole scale in our favor.
Bss this Expedition is to be repeated till every
Iap'riaat point Oh the Southern coast is in our
Possession. The i'm possibility of defence will
really prevent any determined resistance from
bslsg made.
Oa the North the intelligence is equally
ehssring. Missouri is practically cleaned of
ns rebels. Price, with his horde Of bandits
has sought refuge in the wiIds OF Arkansas
The movement of Nelson in Kentucky looks as
u D" desIga was 10 succOr East Tennessee, and
imnsdsiely on ais approach the Union senti
neat 10 that part ofihe country begins 10 arouse
hsslf. and the first movement is to crioole the
rebels means Of communication by DESTROYING
the railroad bridges in East Tennessee. The
snsges destroyed are also in the rear Of Zoli.
esher ssd Buckner, operating in Kentucky
iher destruction not only endange-s them,
est u will be very embarrassing to the armv in
Virginia, the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
ssnneeting with the Central and Eastern Vir
gaia Railroad at Lynchburg. ZlEicoffer. IN.
supported, will not only have to fall back upon
Ca@berland Gap, but very probably still furth.
sr South. and perhaps to Central Tennessee.
iAs cooperative movement upon the Southern
e0ss'' aud ihe success in Kentucky, will give
tie Union men of East Tennessee renewed
ssursge and zeal.
fsT tho hrst time 10 the war we are now
presenting superior forces at every point of
sss'set. We are just beginning to display
strength against which The rebels can oppose
s0'hing Of the kind, every movement having a
ssmnon object. The roar of the cannon at
besufort is far more terrible 10 the camp at
Asnassas than an attack. with all our forces.
10 honi. We turn its flank by force that is
ssa within 500 miles Of il. We have rassed
h'ssgh the most trying ofaII periods-that of
s'sPss'ion, during which, IRON apparent mac.
"sn we bad to subject ourselves to all the i'm
Po'si'Ons Of weakness sod incompelency. Be-
essse The rebels could ere building and rush
torwsFd IN blind rsnge in their work of des,suc.
p'a' restrained by no respect for law, or the
smges that characterize Christian society, for.
sgnsrs pronounced it success We are now
s'spFO'ing Shis great lie, and showing thai in
tsHigenes aud Freedom are more than a match
's' ignorance and Slavery.
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