The New York herald., 1865-01-01
Buffers Last Failure.
THE REBEs.S THINK HE WAS THE JONAH OF PORTER's
EXPEDITION AND OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THROWN

THE REBDs.s THINK HE WAS THE JONAH OF PORTER q
EXPEDITION AND OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THROWN
OVERHEARD.
fFrom the Richmond Examiner Dec 2sl
If Butler were anything else than the beast he Is he
'his government for the crime Of III luck. But In the
eyes Of his countrymen even his bad fonne is redeemed
captured town, where the ppor women and ciergyinen
are loft at his mercy his cnence as bully thief and
the worst disqualidcaon il to be man q honor but
him high command arduons enterprises in
espedon aesn s ae ~ m sse. ae sh s y,
failure to Richmond by tho Petersburg Railroad
or afterwards to lay siege TO Petersburg itself Yankee
newspapers cannot now pretend that the vast Butler
Porter Armada sent to Wlrnn, sn did not 20 TO tre
that place, but only by way ~ reconnaissance. That
would be TOO aburd after the amazing vaunts and mystic
rioiia forcsadowngs Of crushing blow 10 be struck
which accompanied the departure OF the expedition.
All the newspapers flled with graphic descriptions
of the vast feet Of ships OF ransp0rtshow the
great lronsdca Dnd Wabash and Colorado were there:
how the fleet sailed five divisions and how the ocean
was covered far aud wide with countless and wooden
monsters bearing the hopes Of the nation and destined
70 swoop down " tempest Of vengeance and desuc-
ZION upon some doomed city OF coast, which, they
never concealed, WAS Wilmington II Porter had Uyou,,
Batter orerboo'd perhaps storm would have blown that
nect Out 70 sea, &nd umbed and junDled together
horses stores guns and sick andsmen for days and
nights Of peril and terror derage the notereas well
Is The physique and the morale OF the invncble armada
The truth is that Buffers part OF the forces namely the
lana troops destined 70 march upon Wilmington being
Li unused TO navigation must have become 80 disgust
ing and ab0mnable that IL s wonder Porter was not
tempted 10 pitch the whole OF them rs well as their
COMMANDER, overheard into the na,lscated sea How
many OF The fleet may have been actually lost how
many OF the men drowned we are Az vet uninformed:
but probably those losses did contribute SO much 70
derange the enterprise that unuttrabs confusion and
dslocaon caused by several days rough weather In the
accurate and perfect appointments Of an armament on
whose achievements the whole Yankee nation hung with
10 Intense an interest.
81 u befe that when three four brgades were at
length landed on the spit Of sand Fort Fisher they
were but half alive felt the land rocking under them Ike
tossing deck saw the fort reeling before their eyes Ike
Monitor in gale Of wind, and after two three feeble
attempts made by the invDcble armada they glad
10 avail themselves VI the rst calm weather aud return
from whence they came, ssdder and wiser Yet II
may well lie presumed that nut this stroke Of III
fortune viii diminish the ooradenve OF the faithful YAM
KEGS In their bcloyei Beast In fact they know he
n,~r o~sn oJaa ~ s'srg a,sg msrpa', That not
are forever on te very point ~ marching irumphanty
into all our cities, especially Richmond-when, OF
course martial law, provost marrais, osths OF aleci-
and bali and chain win have 10 come into
plsy-they desire 10 have him haud that he may
enter upon his duties once. He was probably
regarded only the nominal general OF the troops sent
against Wilmington for all purposes Of siege and storm
but the moment the town surrendered tcf which there
was no. sort ~ doubt on The Yankee in ben we're bs
operations 10 begin For at1oiingo baD and chain 10
e rsife ankle e delicdfe Soaiher TIRE none
IKE Butler; none but he jcalri " spperinsend
the markets. so iudicously dag 10 light The plato aad
jewels which cunning hcusehc'ders hide under aoors
nation thinks by his arfo casuisry 10 battle Tho acumen
Of Butler, and 70 save for himself some loop
hole OF crevice where a, mental recreation or
beaa by the This major general viii lay bare the
most secret thoughts of his anu hold him up
In all the dreadful dcformlty Of socesh.u Then he not
only goes 10 work the forhcatoDs street crossings
but his wife also forieiss her spoons and table linen
These are the qualities which Aayo endeared Benjsln
Butler 70 the nmost soul Of tho Yankee nation Thcy
love to read the long reports furnished by stenoghers
OF hs mastery copfutaon OF Confederate preachers and
biblical sermons on the crimuaty Of resistance against
the one God and the Abraham. They are charmed
BY his system OF setting guards the houses OF
their late masters, with instructions 10 make the mis-
tress cook for them and polish their military boots
Above all they delight in his methods of stripping Con-
federHe families bare and sending them forth out Of his
bncs destitute than any other military commsndant
of captured town has ever done before.
There 10 another reason sii FOR which his country
men remain fond and faithful 70 this ilstarcd major
general Il In that he s outlaved by felon thief
and murderer and that his foul namo II banned aud
blasted by one unanimous execraon wherever the story
Of our struggle s told among mensnd this because he
has served them they would be served because he liz
especially aud pre- eminenuy Yankee and type OF bis
race man whom they would all initiate f they could,
and whom nj least they can admire and reward There
fore they have resolved 70 uphold him against all
kind; 70 thrust him down our tbroats agent Of
exchange; 10 place upon necks lafter arc
queredj the hoof Of Butler and the hoof Of other
such creature would be the most poignant and iutocr
able OF al humilisons, therefore, he h held In hand
and vested with the special mos Of giving aw 10 city
AFTER city but above all 10 Richmondafter Is taken
Buffers oounlrymen, too, feel tina. he has been
treated with some injustice lately II is long since he
man 70 hector The trenches 10 front OF Lee pacs
fos him II u true that the Nsrbern newspapers we're
hsey electrified, ,ss they call ~ by an anaouncement
nepopulsted,n whole Population Deporsed,n with
other such striking captions In large letters and thsu
sands of readers prepared themselves 20 goat the
usual scenes Of his well known administration. But the
town Darbytown; It's population consisted OF
three ancient women wooden.legged invalid and an
ashrnac patient together with tvo cats. This WAS no
game for such sportsmanno theatre for the exercise
OF talents like hs For ,bs reason he vas sent 70 take
change OF Wilmington and people eagerly opening
their newspapers In the North country expecting 70 read
tha, he Is even now inaagursng his rule IN ths. city
The fact Ia that the return Of that feet bootless homo
and weatherbeaten back, r. q grievous disappont-
rnsnt and q costly and damaging failure. Yankee
armsdas will probably give Cape Hattere wide
berth iii after the next equinox
The Murder OF the Rooss Family-Tcn
New He egtments.