Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-18
F-on the Mot. Ily,rssa- arI Z .gsisr
SHIP ISLAND ETC

Tha. the enemy -rsis a.. o. soon will lave, n
heavy force o! thrS 9ri'rN i'uI.uu msn ai Ship J.
itnd, may ne ac'rp.e. T:ai th, numerous
army Is rot PI' lr's lH garrison shjD H'ani
which are -gqrl' io seou' na.uusl a, ac 10.
unfairly abandoned 90 mes tFhc,gp,ad 81 another art
The coRgU I. l--. = AL 49,. --t.-l--.
Island merely mex g., base of operations on the
main land To VIA, end viii tLtsl Operations be con-
dlc,sdy Allowing The tuCMy ~ credit for stupidity,
Ne cannot believe tha. be will attempt au attack ou New
Orleans well defended aud naturally almos, im:r,c.
uable OF appto.ch with less force than hundre thou.
saud men or upaais with mari-e prplrstious in pre-
pOrOa-la eutgrlrzs which he could not organize ior
.c,iOn at Sap Island in may months.
Then, we may c1u-llde, the enemy must design op,.
rl,isns OF a smaller cahorr, OF New Oens az in.
deed We have almost positive information. Many per.
believe tha: the pifug soul OF General Butler ~il
be content with no less obi OF ambition hau the con-
qlcs. OF this very " Ui Mobile aud the ancient
trln-"Pca7une BL,ler's coming, conf Q PicIyune
Buffers coming to toNn"--i. revived in the imagi-
us: ion OF some Of the "weikcr sCrt" But can
Piclyuue o. like the French King that marched
up the hill AID then marched down acai1 raise "forty
'housNnd' mea % come TO Mobile? Every who has
auy military knowledge ary information the to-
geography Of the coultry between Mobile acd the coast
lucas the idea Of the Massachusetts, corn stalk Gene
raj attempting the peroi while army holds the
road, bIcked by the serq purpose OF cilz ,Hs to
conquer OF die def'Ccs OF their homes.
may be suppos That Whca Bu:lsr's spies advised
him OF the p.r.s OF attempting march from tho coast
% Noble he will give il up il he ever entertained il,
aud will uo think OF ouday gerng the usre Of his Hat
lurss by undertaking the natural OBJ
:ac'es Of bake, bris bayou and ,rh which will
py bis troops TO advance almost in sirgl , exposed
at every and utter d advantage 20 the attacks Of nu.
and brave enemies. Ii he had hundred thou
,aud men /: wOu be impossible tor him 10 use them 10
better advantage than he could ten thousand
H. could TO; brigg them ino action in the narrow
plssag by which he advance aud which our troops
hodaud his ia tue bard ld tray. ~ which he must
take i he alyauce5 on Mobile
We have a great idea Of P.ciyures shrewdncss, he
being Of the sharp Agya)wer stock and caunot dou.
bu. iba. he will prefer to win laurels dog-cheap
rather tsan peril those which already twinc the lls-
trOus brows of this hero o, the cotton sring town OF
Lowell We doubt much Il he has any idea Of running
risks ia pursuit .: the Ick Olmtern fame Of capturing
Mobi'. Tuego Is easier game 20 h' hands, which, in-
deed vii Cut large figure III the bueJi1s back 10
the glorious city o. "B1stng" We fancy tia the limit
Of hs ambition is 90 6gnr, the Capo' of the "Iehel
cities" OF PAsCigouli Biloxi, Mississippi City Shields.
borough, Pass Cur-.an-cls OF the very State VI hat
''srch-tebl" Je avis These achievements viii Yield
him q larger harv,s OF hure's Of mliu'v glory than
any Lncoa General has yet reaped aud siId him cap.
ital for triumphant progress through the tcslatc
North far exceeding tue ion which greeted him on
h5 return isOm Huoris.
The goll- of ambition are IN sight of him from his
stronghold at Ship Island, and he il dJub picurug
% himself bOw day after day he will send eli Dispatch
stdmer after dpich Imrr Cach beSrilg the bull
len OF a captured city, fallen before the invacble arms
OF Bl,lcr oil MSsiachusatts Perhaps he mag be dsap.
pointed cgca in ihi4 lie may ind more MIssis,ippaus
along the coast than he manage. BIT it en-.
lirey probable thai he will try the easier game Of a.
taCkilg them in prtretc TO ceriin defeat In attacking
Mobile He will rely upln biz fleet light drsught gun
boat', already sail d from Por' Royal, iE is understood
TO enable him to cover his Andile5 by bombArdment Of
the seul l3msns.
Though seems improbable tina, the attack Of Mobile
will be attempted yet it is meDaced BY Tho fac; OF the
ptesenc, Of enemy aud il is every m4ns duty TO be
ready for service when called powerful hostile
force Is very near SHIP Island is sixty niles from No
bile, the GROW Gi1s; Esi Pscag2ula s twenty-five
NIL from the Idand; Grants PIss forty,iyc miles
BIoIi bu' eleven twelve miles, and other settlements
Gu the CO.'S. not much rber From lhs nature OF the
country, any expedition aGans; Aotlc mes land at OF
east al East PiscagOnl aud therefore must encounter
all the msnperaoo dliul6es OF approach to Noble tC
which We have above referred.