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The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], The "Times" and our Commissioners. (search)
s of the Yankees have thus far had bad luck. Providence has been against them upon the sea as upon the land.--Tried by the standard which settles all questions among commercial people, Jonathan must come to the conclusion that naval expeditions "don't pay." The first grand enterprise of the sort, under Bombastes Furioso Butler, was the capture of Hatteras; but nothing came of the possession of that sandbank, and the sea has now risen up and driven off the captors. It is no discredit to Cape Hatteras that it encumbered to General Butler. Even that region of eternal storms was no match for such a windbag. But Neptune has risen up and vindicated the honor of his boundaries, ejecting the Yankees is the most unceremonious manner, and sprinkling salt enough on the shore to purify it from the defilement of their occupation. As General Butler has conquered Hatteras, he is now trying his hand at New Orleans and Mobile; but in that tropical region they are accustomed to more powerful wind