Shreveport daily news., 1861-08-09
The following pithy remarks we
find in the New Orleans Picayune:
Tho Blockade Question.

fetal communication OH the subject Of
the blockade has been made to the
British Legation at Washington, by
Admiral Milne, commanding the
large British fleet, numbering many
vessels of war in the Gulf Of Mexi-
co. BY what means the purport of
this document has found its way to
the public eye, it is perhaps needless
to inquire the fact that it should
have been suffered to see the light
gives it, however, in the opinion of the
News, the aspect of an indirect warn
ing addressed by the British Govern
ment to that Of the United States.-
When the contents Of confidential
State papers are revealed by those
who hold them in custody, there is
seldom lacking an abundant reason of
public policy for the revelation. By
suffering Admiral Mines views,
communicated to his official superiors,
TO be spread before the world, the
News suggests that the authors Of the
publicity are in fact addressing
semi-ofticial notice to the President
and Cabinet at Washington.
The action of any Government
upon subject involving deeply the
interests OF commercial people, like
a blockade. must necessarily be pre-
dicated upon the information it re-
ceived from its agents who are upon
the spot. The Prime Minister of
Great Britain has virtually declared
in Parliament that his Government
would respect an efficient blockade.
This was the same thing as though
he had said that it would not respect
an ineficien: one. Now, what gives
Admiral Milne report its great inter
est is the fact that it distinctly takes
the ground that the blockade is in
efficient. The British commander,
whose opinion is backed by the OBJ
servations and reports of the COM
manders of his thirry-tive vessels of
i. war, tells the Government at Wash
inston, with emphasis, that its at
tempt to close the seeded ports has
? been characterized by a "complete
| absence of uniformity, order and reg
ularity.' In short, that it is not
| such an act Of war as the British ma
: ton considers itself bound to res
pect.
The Admiral proceeds {says the
News; we have not seen the text o.
: the letter y to enumerate number o
: breaches of the blockade, which hav.
: come under his notice. Though Pen
: sacola was declared closed on th'
5 10th Of May, "vessels freely obtain
II ed admission as late as the 3Oth.-
5. A bark warned off from Pensacol;
ran into Mobile. Twenty or thirt,
1t small vessels ran into other neighbor
d ing ports, and he finds "numerou
IS cases of ships, barks and briggs esca
e ping the cruisers in every direc
Is ton. AS for Charleston, ga com
e piete fiotilla Of small ocean trader
y and coasters continued to pass int
the city and out again, regardless o
n or insensible to, the presence oi, Wa
,u ships est. Marks" in Eiarid:
9 an important port, is not at all c,
off from maritime trade Steamer
"a keep up communication TO and trol
le Savannah, and lac adds that his cal
ne, tains report four other ports entirel
,e open, on the very day he writes.
:. Since this report Of the Admir-
''' was made, there seems to be no re
sou for supposing that Mr.. Lincoln
blockade has become any more stri
gent. The News, in this connectio
ed alludes to the alleged egress Of II
prirateer Sumter from New Orlean
as and her rumored return thither late
It's with contraband cargo Of arms
V. the Bremen bark from Havana--n
o. to speak Of the jeff. Davis, the S
l.. vannah and other privateers whit
have reached the high seas-as ser