The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-01-10


rthere be ony intent on ,hs mart NJ r,r.
iand to wage war with us, the insu., viii
;soniy bea mere prctcncc and an cndeavor
Will be made 20 break the blockade. and
bersnc that course Of co,ruuest. This
may sppearvery plausible 10 them st the
. present condition Of our country.to league
2 with the sccossicnists and overthrow our
: Government and fastcn u,on Our oneo
proud and happy people tho CALLING yoke
ioi tyranny. Should th;y attempt any
such project, they will End that our pres.
ent difficulties have not only strengthen.
cd our navy. bat svc cflcciuully dis'-
plined The Northern hordes and ibsy'rcd
them with . fire Of enthusiasm nd pa
triotiam, ms fierce ms ever glowc5 in the
days of'76. If thercis my sdch thing
a. an absolutely independent nation IN
tho world, ! believe II is TO be found upon
the soil of Columbia.
Oar people have over been rctdy for
any emergency, remarkably Ont rprising.
intrepid, and singuiarly quick in discern
I ing unexpected chances Of advantage
They were found TO be such when the
dark clouds wcrc hanging over rs in the
reign of King George the Third; they
were found to he 80 filty years ego, when
we rave her n second exhibition Of pow
or, which, to-day, ought to be preccdehts
enough to satisfy her that Jonathan Is
now, as he has been. vastly her superior
ana whiiv Nc nave domain over tho
Southcrn coas, by naval force that the
world has never known before, they will
find that IL is now the most dangerous
time to open hostlities with cur govern
mcnt.
In 1912 they vauntcd the pride Of their
naval powcr-twcnty four regular Line
ol-buttlc Ships, ninety-pun treble deck
crs, while VIC had not a single one. With
these, supported 10y ether mcn.oI-wuri
, they made d,sceft upon US, believing
> ,hat they could cut to pieces cur then in
4 efficient naval force with such o power
I hut II was found to prove quite a different
, and contrary csult. Our little sloop'
!
tbe embodiment of Ycnbee invention
4 bounced upon these muster vessels, an'
4 instead of being Gu, to pieces, cut then
4 to pieces. We have only TO refer to 'h'
I history Of that war, where we are toll
| that thus went down the celebrated Mac
,doa ian, A roddia, Reindeer, and thei
mates, and likewise it will be again.
, Whateyer deficiency there may nov
be in our navy, it will be supplied by som
= well-timcd feature Of ingenuity equal t
d the occasion; aud any advantage ,hr
0 their naval force may now have, our mas
: ter ingenuity will put in shape its NOR
/ than equal.
B. Our present Colonel, s. S. Carroll
! Col. DePuy's successor, reported himscl
= about one month ago, and took comman
I. Of the regiment. think he is one OF th'
, finest Culoncls In the volunteer service
II strictly military. It is roally plcnsur
|. to soldier under such an officer. llo ha
- adopted tho regulations, us the only gu'd
Il to insure proper military discipline, an
liz is certainly much better than when an
n distinction is made between volunteer al
> regular service. And. such an officer
:, - .-.s.r,- uI
robust men, ought to entitle us to nan
s. second TO none. Our regiment now r,
:. ports 900 men. The inmates of the ho
pital, 9---causc of complaints, colds. O,
st men are hale and hearty, having becou
Ia occlimsted TO these Virginia mountain
10 and worn down to peri ct soldier lif
m Go. A reports so men, all in good henli
: excepting one or two cases of colds. a
,r are enjoying New Year to-day--drIl su
is pended and no duty except regiments
~ and picket guard. To-day We lcastcd O
n. good ronst turkey served up as we'll
10 could BE- by our old friend and soldie
George w. Beard, late of Tiflin city, o
- Yours, &c.,
>. oGLE.