The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-25
From Noah's N. Y. Sunday Times and Messenger
 0ur Naval Power,

The London Times says that. considering the vigaence ~Ith wbich the Americans have maintain ed tie general effectiveness OG their navy, secus singular they should have taken particular pains to augment i', although remarkably attentive to arnameuis aud dock yards. There never has been, at any period, desire the part Ot people To increase the navy 10 what necessary to protect the interests o commerce in various parts ot the world What have the 6l6 ships ot achieved for England1 4 heavy national debt, the tile ''mls tre-s of the seas, and neveriaIlsag desire for and glory. Bat we have substitute worth mofe. and tact potent than all the navy oi England, and that is our private armed marine. In the event of war. than 5U0 swifi-ssi'ag Privateers will SCOUT the ocean m every duectioh. Every large steamship, and every packet of lOO0 tons. wl have an armament. fheie will be no navy m The world equal to II; but as such an armament caa only grow out Of the contingency ot war there s no necessity 10 expend dollar ln anticipation of sueh an issue.
 We probably ihe most remarkable people on earth of pfomptDess and preparation iot war ailef II exists. A valuable eoips oi 200, 900 mea, arned equipped and disciplined ean be ready tor the ieh
 in ihriy days after war IS declared, and SO II may be said ot ships oi war. We wili state one fac, illustrative ot thIs position. During the wal with England and while stationed on the Barbafy coast, We were surprised day, while exploring he ruins ot Carthage, to see sharp clipper built schoo aer under uil aail with the American flag floating 10 brisk bseele. do1biiRg Cape Bon a0d making dnec. tor ihe bay. We teas do.n to the fortress oi GoIetts, ordered A lAusch to be made ready, and found ourselves alongside the schooner just she had cast anchor.
 "Whete you from. sir f''
 From Boston," repIied the Captain, . smart dashlog looking young isiIo~.
 ." in what pAssagel"
 Twenty three days, siT."
 We began to have our mIsgivings. Twenty three days from Bostonl We suspected she had been
 fitted oui at Mareilles 10 cruise n the MediterIa- nean. It was the Abelsno, Capt. WyeT, Of SIX guns and seventy i've mea--s magnificent little crat. We went down into the trunk esb,D.
 Now. M.' sa,d the Captain, I'll eonyiBee you that we are i,om BostoD, aud will show you Boston notions of every kind. from pumpkins and smoked heTrings down to wooden nutmegs." lie soon filled the table with all the good cheer aDd solid comforts with which the Bos,onlans know sa well how to furnish shIp. .4 And here" said he [" Is the Boston ceniInsl. Msjos Rasssl's paper All doubts were now al an eud; and while We had been partakIng ol fzrs 10 which we had long beeG ccustoIDed-hcmeIy fare, bat welcome oI that aceoant--the Captain sad:
 " Ii you are surprised at short passage so fsi up the Mediterranean, what will you say wben tell you "a jusi sixty days since the keel of th vessel was lad ln Bos;oa; yet here we aie :" N, could scsTceiy credit II.
 " Nay. that's not ali. sir" continued Captair Wyer. "On my way hese, of Cagisari. 1 capture. two lsrge British shps filled wiih valuable cstgoe. l and ordered them tor this poa, They will bs her 1 io- morrow morsing"
 '' What m seu,rai port, ia which the Brltisl exercise unlimited influence They will neve ! permit us to sell the cargoes''
 i Wsh, ST. we eau only try''
 l Sure eneush. next morning early, the aneien i city ot Taais, hcaesed once by inc presence | Seipo AfsieaIa., hsnnibai and other dis,iDg Persossges known lO history. was thsowa inte tn greatest eornmo,Ioa see,sg two large and deepi laden ships catering the pOu, he stars sBd s,rpe
 floating over the unon jack. IL startled the Br,t,s Coasal and at the corps aPiomaisqas. and ws soc
 saw the whole esvy % bessshaex making los lh palace