Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25

The contest with the rebel states, says
The New York 7kibtae, must be, to some
extent, a maritime war. Il is interesting,
thefefpre4 70 know from Trustworthy datA
the strength Of the colnbatants In this de-
PERTINENT No hetter sources Of ascertain
ing this can h8ve0Rsulted than the annual
reports Of thu Treasury They give the
amount Of the sarDlled, licensed, and regis.
tered tunnage of each State, and also the |
number Of vessels built by, each daring the
current year. Fibm the statistics in are
cent report, II appears, that the whole en-
rolled, licensed md registered tunnage of
the thirty four States was four million nine
hundted ffty-eiS Sht thousand three hundred
and tfirty.five TINS. OF this amount the
offee States furnished four million one hum
idred and ffty tlousahd nine hundred and
seventy tuhs thd the slave States eight
hundred SeVeh thousand three hundred and
I sixty five tuns. Il viii be remembered that
in this latter aFsount is-included the tin-
mage Of the ports Of Baltimores New Or.
lean, CharlestFp, Savannah, Mobile and
/ Norfolk, the mot hourishinR maritime de-
pdts In the SoptA Theseven cotton States
/ South Caroline, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, bpasiana and TexasE-which led
off IN this rebellion, furnished only three
hundred forty four thousand six hundred
Ifwe dedbei rom the tunnage Of the fif-.
teen slave Siatss, that of Delaware, Mary
land and Miseor ri, neither Of which is likely
1 to.be employed. Ia the. service Of the rebels,
1t leaves q total for the other twelve slave
States of only four hundred and ninety
Thousand and tlfty three tuns. 1t is against
the shipping 81 these States that the mari,
time reseurceg Of the loyal ports Of this
Union will be atrayed. Adding the tunnAge
of Delaware, Maryland and Missouri to that
| Of the free SFtes the total sum is four mill
! ions, four huIdred and sixty, eight thousand,
two hundred and ninety.two tun, or nearly
ten times that Of the rebels, even Including
North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky in
this category. ,5 r.tsgr ~
Other compositions viii show the great
disparity in ths resources of the respectives
belligerents. For example,; Boston has as .
much tunnsge as all the twelve rebel States.
| New Bedford has one-third as much; Buffalo
! one fourth 50 much. The little fishing town
| of Bath, in Maine, of which the Palmettocs
| probably never heard, has nearly one half
as much. The three ports Of Portland, Wis
casset and Bath combined, furnish more,
tunnsge than all the rebels, while Maine, as
i tuDnage Of the city of New York is double
that Of the fifteen Southern States, is four
times larger than thst-ot the seven Cotton
| States, and full three times as great as that
of the twelve States that may finally range
themselves on the side of treason and res
/ bellion.
The. disparity is quitess striking when we
learn the amount Of ship-building carried on
in the several States. The number Of enrolled,
licensed and registered vessels ,builtr-With
THEFT aggregate tunnage, in the wear 1850. In
all the States, was one thousand four hun
dred and thirty four, and. their tunnspe
amounted to three hundred and seventy
1 eight thousand eighthundred and four tuns.
OF these, two hundred and sixty-two, meas
uring forty two thousand nine hundred and
seventy four tuns, were built in the fifteen
slave States; while cne thousand one hun
dred and seventy two, measuring three hum
dred and thirty three thousand eight hum
dred and thirty tuns, were built in the free
States The twelve rebel States 1--WE exclude
Delaware, Maryland and Missouri, for the
reasons already stately built one hundred
and eighteen vessels of all sizes, mostly
small Craft measuring eighteen thousand
two hundred and sixty-fve tuns. The seven
tsCotidn States built one bark, twenty
4 schcoAers, and twe,Ss Sloops and boats,
? measuring three Thousand and seventy. three
tuns. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi, which are clamoring to issue
letters of marque TO sweep the seas Of
Northern commerce, made oat to build, in
the aggregate, during the twelve months
under review, twelve little water. craft,
whose combined tunnage swelled to the
alarming figure of eight hundred and twenty
tuns, or about the measurement of one
medium sized bark.
i In regard to the important matter of sea,
men, the preponderanee in favor of the loyal
States is still greater than ia the item OF
ships and tunpHge. A large majority Of the
officers and men who sail the comparatively
few vessels owned below the Potomac are
from the free North. The upper lakes fur
nish five times as many seamen as all the
South. New England does even more than
this. The shipping sometimes lying in a
single slip in the city Of New York could
turn out sailors enough TO man every vessel
belonging to the Cotton States, while those
occasionally seen riding in the East River
could sail all the craft owned in the twelve
disloyal States, with enough left to capture
all the priyateers which the JEFF. Davis oil
gsrchy could fit out in twelvemonth.
Such are the marine resources of the belli.
gerants. With this preponderanee on the
side of the Union, and with nearly three
times as many males between the ages OF
eighteen and forty-fye for land service as
the rebellious States, and with fifty times as
much money and credit to furnish the sin
ews Of the contest no one can well doubt 70
which side victory will ultimately incline.
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