The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-29
rFrom Noah, N. Y Sunday Times and Msussger1
JuF Naval Power

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tanned the general effectiveness Of their navy, i
seeme singular they should have taken no partica-
lar pains 20 augment il althoagh remarkably atten-
| tive.to armaments and dock-yaFds- there never
people to increase the navy 70 interests Of com
! what was necessary 70 project n 3D. W hat have
meree IN various parts Of ne 70 Engiano
/ the GAG ships Of aahleyed % mistress q me
| heavy national debt, the title Of
ssa. and nev-rfailing desire for war and glory.
/ But we have a substitute worth more, and IN iact
more potent than all the navy Of Esngianal ana
that is our private armed marine In the event q
war, more than 500 swift-saIltng PriysteerS VII
| seour the O. can in every direction Every large
steamship and every packet Of 1000 TONS VIII have
| an armament There win be no navy IN the world
| equal to it but as such an armament can only
grow Of the contingency Of war, there Is no ne
cessitv to expend dollar in anticipation Of such
an issue,
We are probably the most remarkable people on
earth for promptnrss and preparation for war alter
Il exists valuable corps OF 200 1000 men, armed
equipped, and disciplined, can be ready Tor the heo
IN thirty days after war is declared and il may
be said Of ships OF war. We will state one tact
illustrative OF this position DuIing the war with,
England and while stationed on the Barbary coast
we were surprised one day, while exploring the
ruins Of Carthage, to see a sharp clipper built
schooner under full sal, with the Amer can nag
floating to brisk breeze, doubling Cape Bon and
making direct FOR the bay. We rode down 70 the
fortress Of Goletta, ordered launch to be made
just as she had cast anchor.
"WheFe are you from, sir "
From Boston," replied The Captain, smart
dashing- looking young fellow
" In what passage "
Twenty ihree days, sir"
We began to have our misgivings- Twenty
three days from Boston We suspected she had
been fitted cut at Marsee Is cruise in the Medi-
terraneaa It was the Abeleno Capt. Wyer, Of
six guns and seventy-hVe men-a magnificent lii
tie craft We went down into the trunk cabin.
" Now, sir" said the Captain " I'll convince you
that we are from Boston, and Will show you Boston
notions Of every kind, from pumpkins and smoked
behring's down 10 wooden nutmegs. be soon
flied the table with all the good cheer and solid
comforts with which the Bostonians know well
how to furnish ship, And here, said he, IS
the Boston Centinel, Major RusselIs paper. All
doubts were now at an end and while we had
been partaking of fare to which we had long been
accustomed-homely fare, but more welcome on
that accountable Captain said
=" II You are surprised at short passage 50 far
up the Mediterranean what will you say when 1
tel you it is jus. sixty days since the keel Of this
vessel was laid in Boston; yet here we are! We (
could scarcely credit It.
Nay, that's not all, sir, continued CapiaIn
Wyer On my way here, of Cagliari, captured
two large British ships filed with yaluabl car
goes and ordered them for this port They Vlll be
here tomorrow morning
1What! in a neutral port in which the British
exercise unlimited influence They VIII never
permit US to sell the cargOes.
q" Well, sir, we can only try
Sure enough, next morning eariys the ancient
| city of Tpnis, honored oncs by the presence OF
Scipio Alricanus, Hannibal and other distinguished
| personages known to history was thrown INTO the
greatest eommotion on seeing large and deeply
laden ships entering the port the stars and stripes
floating the union jack 1t startled the British
Consul and all the corps dipopiattQ1ts, and we soon
-saw the whole bevy on horseback making for the
| palace
smell sulphur said The Captain HThere's
q storm brewing, and we.shall have it soon"
In an hour message arrived BY a RIameluke
that we were wanted at the palace. After making
our toilette, Sid AInbr0sio, our chancellor and
Mustapha, the dragoman were soon mounted ana
OF we paced at moderate rate for Bardo The
Consular corps were all present when we entered
the saita. The Bey3 reclining usual on his large
crimson cushions was busilV engaged combine his
long black beard with tortoise shell comb studded
with bfillians, and looking unusually grave
" What does all this mean, Consu-tao British
prizes entering our port. and Tor what purpose ?"
70 sell them, your highness :"
| w hat! against our treaty with ENGLAND 5
the treaty" - =
The British Consul most excellent nan, un-
rolled the parchment, to which seal Of wax was
| appended nearly as large as one of our western
cheeses, and commenced reading as follows.
" L further stipulated and agreed upon tha, no Euo
pean poser At var with Engand snail Dc permitted 10 q
out puyaees Or other armed vessels cruise agaiHst he
sSmmsroe oi Great Britain on, or bnng prizes iaio lie
|
"Wel, sir said the Bey, what have Won 10
| say TO that Is it not full and conclusive
| Entirely so; but 1t does not apply to US We
are not an European power"
" That sir b" said the British Consul Is n mere
evasion Of the spirit Of this section of our treav Il
was intended to apply and does apply, to all Chris
! tan powers"
Very probably sir but we are not a Christian
| power The whole court looked amazed The
| Bey raised himself up from his cushions took n
| hearty pinch Of snuff from splendid diamond boz
| and gave anxious and inq uiring look.
How will you make that appear sir u saidthe
| British Consul.
Very easily, sir" We then,read the following
section from our treaty with Trpoi.
" As the United States IL no manner Christian Gov
eemeni and ehteains hostility towards any daRomips
ton, It hereby Understood that disturbance shall aIi
between The two powers on any religious question y
It was useless to argue the point further. We
did not in any shape come within the purvieyv Of
| that treaty, permission given to land The
| goods and the ships and cargoes, CONSISTING Of
every variety OF merchandise, sold in single
! day. The Consul sent for a British hlockadnp
| squadron from Malta but the privateer slipped o1f
Of the bay, up the Archipelago DESTROYED nearly
i two millions Of British property, was chased ropnd
the Mediterranean 7by two ships Of the line ana
two frigaes, escaped through the Gut Of Gibraltar
| and arrived home safely.
! The commerce Of any power would, by this pri-
vate marine, b. utterly destroyed in a war with The
United States and all the navy Of Great Britain
could not blockade ports to prevent priyatsers
from escaping. We. should find them on the At
antic, the Pacific, in the Indian oceans the Baltic
where