The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-04
THE ATLANTIC BLccKADIMo FLEET,


UNITED STATES GUNBOAr PESOBsCOr,
On WILMINGTON, ". O., July 90, 1862. (
The Nsa0s Of the Army Operations ths FLe.-71s S.ou
Coach administration of Goasborougn--Ris Wonderful
Plan % Catch The NGshvis-A Brisk AGaiy uih Con
trGband Fessei, DEC.
Your issue Of tho 11th most welcome messenger
for It brought good tidngs comparison TO those IS,
obtained from the Tribune aud some or tho woaldbs
ehropcers Of eyentsor instance the Post and Phadel
phia onehorse papers From the last we inferred thai
noble ito Mac had suffered defeat. So bitter an
Inference could not swallow, though hearts were bo
ginning to choke when your editorial came and like the
good Samaritan, offered speedy relief. Diversity o.
opinion then ran high; for the officers and crew Of
gunboat, haling from q section highly puritanicaI
viii differ In regard TO the as won ~
Tho qualities Of sambo Sufce IL 70 say American hoarts
made light While walking tho deck observed
brother shpmate scanning the pages OF paper !
asked him tho In pure Celtic style received
following reply-'Is 1t the nows you wan1 Why, thia
is Fiden paper. Sure, there is never nny nows IN
thsm. When wants news I wants the NKw YoRe
HERALD That's the paper.o Good taste, i thought
and left him to read your correspondence
letter from James river That Of itself refresh
ing and instiled new hope. TO know that Colds
borough was removed, or that Commodore WIlksn
wa to take charge Of the naval forces in that district
was truly decided Improvement We could not give
them cheers though many Of folt liko II. you
the rest knew what his admin sraon had cost tho gov
ernnent and how little he had accomplished you woald
feel indignant. Wc performing q pari
Of his many wss detaments. People in possession OF
sound mind would laugh to enter old stage
horse against Flora Temple in . H absurd
thing should tho probabilities that not much
money would change hands: the Flora would be backed
10 any amount. We arc here "a vessel Of eight knot
speedy u catch the Nashville or some OF those sky bao
OF az least twelve knots that 60 IN and out or this
port which IS the only the robes have In tho North
Goldsboroughs district One instance Cured the
other day which though rot quite successful still afforded
the rebels great rcjcngs and rlief While the two slow
coac.es, Cambridge and Stars and Stripes block
aiding morning At day dawn, q Fail was made
under the land standing in FOR the fort To
prevent her doing .ha FIRST object but few leaps
OF the greyhound proved thai nothing but shot and sho
could prevent IT, SO the iron messengers few from both
sides Still the vessel stood on and gained tho Of
the FORT whom she grounded, and remains iron
mopt TO English neutrality. Why are hero and for
what parposc IS hard 20 say, especially this Glars
Of vessel much needed UP Jlmes aud York rycrs
not tho Mississippi Since we have been hero tho rebss
have strengthened their forts very much, while two
months ago four ginboata, with one thousand men,
could have taken and Carr soEcd them. and u will
require four times The force TO accomplish the
object. Winter viii be here. Think OF whom Q
Mid northeastcr visits ON tg arrival here shall
be leaving the blockade, az have often dono this
eunmer Of rolling. 20 III adapted 10 road
stead blockade the gunboats that 10 put them In
any ohcf place than river or smooth water s absurd
The eleven inch gun cannot be cast loose II the wind
blows nj all hope Won may chronicle little
In the heart OF Sccees1 and that your journal
hn6 its way down 20 this corner OF the world.