Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-15
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IfrOnl the Richmond Dispatch, February ny
Until within day or two post, The cu,,-
!Hre Of Roanoke Island 6y Burisi,ls rus co,,.
siderei a tOfcyoae e0aelusisii. AsAeet Of
nearly a hundred sail and an army of.fiFtern
OF twenty thousand men, with guns and
lcqHlPments in prOtusiou, were esteemed
equal to the capture Of any exposed niece
oil wafer boundland like The islhna inldues-
tIoh. bln Tue brave resistance Offered for
mearly Two days4.iy our troops, aud the
| hopeful terms ia (which they smoke of tI,c;r
prospects, led our people 10 believe tI,ni
Tue island might ue held. II has, however.
been lost, and we are compelled 10 rcsi0it
ourselves to tito coneIusi0n which a aflh.s,r
two of hOpc=-+wr.conTcss not stloi,t, In, ,,,,,.
own casc--hal unsettled.
burnside has lNuled, after a hard iir,t
ON seAbonrd island, not as ntlyant,,5ea
ously situated, Tor cnconim,ssetl iLv /, !
rich surroundings of country as Beauiort
li!s object Is suppressed lay some TO be Nor.
iolki but II VIC are 10 believe the recent
outglFingso ot Northcrn Journals, tiis lead /.
Jug purpose Is to mako Il demonstration
against tho Weldon aINl Wilmington Rail.
t2a1, - WITH ~ q view TO cutting our great lne
OF Southern communication. TIM i6iVa
see,ts, Jor nc Jre5eRt, 10 be he sOee;,t Xxx
| ol hsstnsHiy M eceiY YRdrfer. Ills tnbyc.
mG1ts in ',MCsIcTn Kentucky and Tennessee
seems 20 hNE3 That siugls nbject for the
I pres ent1T View aud &c has been. reneate4l,
declared hy NOtthefn iottnals tint lIdF6.
stde $ primary purpose is a demonstration
i.uponi our railroad 1T remains To lie seen
whether such he his real design, and viii,
what success lie will prosecute il. The
experiences Of Shermun in Il similar UNDER
taxing may possibly beihis own.
An-assault upon Norfolk is the only oG.
lect next after This rnilron1 enterprise,
commensurate inimportdnUe with the mag
! 9'tnde OF tue expedition. In such an un-
usrtAklng sue cncmys vessels could be of
little direct use. The water approaches 10
tulNe tulNe clIy from North CAtOlinn are too mar.
row, torturous and easily obslructkti 10 nd.
uils '9e use ol vessels; and IL. the enemy
etlemPis land attack the chances in our
!1Sor OF EePeIllng him arc two or three
70 one. Ibe reduction of Norfolk would
DC the work OF months, and only be ef.
| tsSteu oy-0 large ttfcrease of BuFnside'B
loreesi aH increase which the tYuukee ex-
cneqaer IS notNbl toaatFord tf0rRn opera.
uon stretcning through a Protructed Pc
ROD. Voting atsdu eda squet their treasury,
ana mot's'ny can keep ME tVGs on foot but
faPtg operations tuld7 d7dceiairs sueeets. Net
We Nc. 90 not see wherein the Burnside expe-
all0n promises these results more unaiis-
taka6ly than Shermanis did, which landed
IN Noyember, nearly three months ago.
Measured by its cost to the enemy, not
even tue captures of Norfolk, Il itCoIldEbe
effected, y would cbmp6nsateI him forsbis-
o1t'9J's, and this az last is the true stand-
ara 3y which his successes should be esti-
mated Tie South need not expect, and
cannot nationally expect, that these huge
| expeditions Htted out atimmense expense,
shoplait te, effect any. nclieRement Eff
teen OF twenty Thousand men landed any
where upon our sEaboard must succeed IN
getting possession. L Eould be idle to ex-
| pecss otnerWlse, aud m6ecile to- be dis
o.uraged5 y. the fHct. The true consider
at.on is' ''netller such successes repay their,
Measured by this standard. the aebievs.