New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-06
THE ATTACK Upon NEW ORLEANS.
From Tn. London Tin e. Of rApr,Rls.

From The London Tin 60 Of Apr'tl8.
The Americans in the North the tiptoe oi
expectation for news Of the fall Of New-0rleans.
This is the next thrust Of the swordhsh into the
whale The Upionists are so elated with their recen;
accefses that they impatient Of any pause in the
oourse of victo ory. They chsfe under TIE delay in
clearing the Mississppi and at being checked a. 2
point 500 miles above ts MOUTH but they assure Their
"ignOrant foreign critics that th Lave already, ~
all probg Olity gained posse scion Of NewOrleans.
The force 81 the mouth Of the Mississippi strong
enough to stnke terror wherever ther- Is human life
20 be exiinguished and properly TO be plundered.
The American papers boast tha IL ls tue most for
uidabe naval force sent on hostile erIand III mod
eTn tinos. In an age which remembers The fleet
that spread itself the Black Sea- the Vaunt IL
sufficiently bombasiiC, but still il is tremendous
force when directed against an enemy winch has
no navy and Can keep up no dockyalds, and which
depends upon smuggled supplies ior its powder and
its guns
IL comprises terrible mortar feet Of the heaviest
ordnance which be bought or made IN the North,
and more than 200 vessels, incloding the largest
steam frigates in the Federal Navy. "JEe world"
we are told, "wii be ssioaished al The force the
Federal Government has sent against this rebelOus
city, ard 1t will take the American people by
surprise when they learn its extent and importance.
The Northern copquerOrs do not Over-estimate the
importance Of the conquest for the tidlng OF which
they are so impatient.
The game Of brag on both sides is PLAYED with
equal enterprise. Events Will soon tell us on winch
Gde the power Of execution ies. Times are much
altered since an English Admiral and an English
General quarreled and bungled on the same spot,
and lured on by The most transparent tleks to
disgraeefU! defeat.
Near half century has sufficiently improved the
art Of war 10 make US certain that Gen. Mansfield
Sorrel [Lovelll will not have opportunity Of
saving New-Orlesns by the simple tactics of Gen.
Jackson but if there be any truth in the loud cries
OF defiance Of the Southern press, the conquest Of
tbis city Is not absolutely certain as the Northern
ers think.
II nay be attacked either from the sea or from the
fiy If the Unionsts think il better to force their
gunboats and steam figaes up the river, their sue
cess must depend upon their being able TO run the
gauntlet Of the forts and batteries Once past these
there deep water up to the city quays and many
miles above. Arrived at these, Nex-Orleans il
their ovn.
but, they are strong enough by land there is an
Inlet OF ise sea which reaches within six miles Of the
city, end rom this they may debak their land army
ano ATTACK the city by land Tie 81, coo men in CAR
f,son ought 70 be able to give good account Of
these invaders, " that garrison exists in any other
columns than those Of the newspapers
Ii Is suggested that the attack is TO be made In
concert, by Gen. Boller, overland, debarkipg from
she Lake or rather Gulf Of Pontchartrnjp and Inv
Capts. Porter and farrsgut up the river. II there
be any real fight In these belgeren.s tha il an i'm
pending event worth our interest.