Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-11-15
laTe NORTHERN INTELLIGENCE.
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THE CASE Z BAN -DOl NE.
To- tie Editor Of the Shipping and
Mercantile Gazette:
S,s. We shall be glad Of yonr opinion on
the following case, viz: The bark Bcyns sailed
in March last for Savannah, and was boarded
on the 18th Of May about seventy miles north
of Savannah by an officer Of the United States
frigate Niagara, who asked for the ships pa
pers, and endorsed thereon, that the whole Of
the Southern Coast of tho United States were
then blockaded, and told the master that he
would not be allowed to enter any port south
OF Delaware breakwater. ga this, the muster
proceeded or to New. York, and loaded q cargo
Of gram, &c, Tor Liverpool, her whole freight
amounting 10 about 81, l50, whereas if she
had been Above TO 20 on 10 Savannah, she
would have made . freight. ut the current rates
OF cotton, Of nea,iy $4,000, en!aIling upon US,
as We can prove, q iuSs ut more than t6, 900.
1t is now well known IL our Government that
Savannah vas not blockntied till the 2slh Of
May. Under these circumstances, a:e we en-
titled to compensation from tho United States
Government, and. if so, how shoula we pro.
coed to make good our claim' We may stale
that ships were allowed to 50 10 Savannah
without let or hindrance till the 2Sth of May,
aud the American GOVERNMENT allowed all
ships till the 18th Of June TO clear ont again.
Yours, truly,
OwHEEs Of THE EorSE.
Oct. Is, 1861.
\ SHARP COMMENT
leroa the london shipping Ga3ette.I
The disposition evince1 by the Federal Gov
ernment TO cohtiScate the property Of ~neutrals
since the conmencenent Of this var, is 20
strang.l. at variance with the p''l!ty pro.
mulgated by American statesmen ever since
the foundation OF the Republic, that it can only
be referred 10 the feeling OF irritation which
prevails at Washington IN consequence Of the
countenarce which The C0nfcierat"S have IT,
ceived from TIE. leading ,nsriiinie States OF
Europe. The greatest a!"uctt"S uf the rights
of n%eutrals, " neither ~ politicians or IS ~jur,sts,
have been found in America. The l%Ss mari
time war in which America was engaged was
in support of tina. ducirine. 10 the most re-
cent correspondents which the Governments
of Mr.. P.,.ce and Mr. Buchanan had with our
own o'.,i lat of France, the principle OF re,
spcct fog the private property OF non combat.
ans On the high seas in var tune, was IN.
sisted upon as necessary 10 the wants Of Inc
age, and Indispensable to thc progress OF
civilization. Ali this sppcars to he io'sot;eu
BY the Cabinet Of Washington, the moment 1t
seems convenient to inforce u different doc
trine. 1t will not terd to raise the character
of the Federal Government in the estimation
CT foreign powers, or bring in aid Of the North
the moral support for which they have hidden
so vehemently. While they point Is vessels
FROM our colonies attempting to run an ineth-
cient blockade, they forget that their Fedora
| cruisers are constantly S~iplating the laws OF
neutrality upon the ocean, and that The enlist
ment of foreigners, British subjects aEGrgS!
| the number, in the Federal forces, constitutes
u breach Of the neutrality laws oi a most IA
grant character. though it is convenient just
now to overlook it. Eagltnd can atf'rd to
treat this Inconsistent behavior with ind!atr'
ence, but it will not render her the less de!eT
mined to take aclinD il the Opportunity fairly
presents Itself.
Correspondence oi the New Tork Times, NOV: :!
LONDON, Saturday, Get. -, ls6l.
The steamer Bermu3a, with = cargo ct arms
and ammunition, has run the blockade: ant
reached Savannah in safety, - VIC a!e !alo
FROM America, and the Se:@SS:unieta hero are
exultan.. They say that this will, in the li!s!
place, show the European Governments how
weak the blockade is. and encourage them Il
break it and they say, besides, that th=ra was
| powder and cl3thirg csough al board OF her
TO place their army on 81 ctcc::re footing. lii
short, | see no reason 10 doubt what | have
heard stated, that this success - =. S"ol to
them as ten thousand lives. l. IS itl;o!y IA
cost US at least that. With ii! cur hec', il
seems strange that we could not catch this rcs'
sci, for | ~recolinct that ms early ss The Gath Gi
August, | mentioned The r:!nor here that such
a vessel had sailed, and that our authorities
here knew Of it. IT could have been 40 "t:.e'
than this same vessel, and oi course TIE Nary
Department must have had sill a il!tr k:rrTT.
ledge than that, and YET ;he Bermuda secms 10
have gone straight iii, without trouble. To
say the least, it Is annoying, and what are tie
consequences, Ne have hardly heard this
news Than " c sec it announced in all the pa
pers ti.at z steiner, called the Fingal, freight
ed with an en1,mous quantity Of munitions
of war Of every sort, has lett the Clyde nomi.
nally for hiad.!ra and the West coast Of .Alri'
~, but Of course really for America. | men.
toned in my letter a fortnight, since :hat there
YVES a stony in Liverpool that such q vessel
vas getting ready, and now hc'e sac IS
These Things trouble u l~pyalists here eXces-
sively, for every cartridge Gu beard Of this
vessel may be tho l;:c Of some Of Our llisadS
pr relations; every pound u! powder represents
| a terrible loss TO uur side; every rec Of Cloth
| ing represents 50 much longer continuance Of
this war. Nor daeS ore such steamer, or two
such, end ti;e matter. The short stay | made
in Liverpool aud Glasgow, convinced he tia;
things were worse OF for US than | had sap.
pesed. Tie Sccessionists there are exceedingly
strong, and what is worse, they are IN 10 want
F ,,,oo usof,1 Cana fir,,I orn that iI,ai-
principal source o! supply vas the funds which,
the Southern Banks had transferred 10 England
on the breaking out Of tie war, bu: | u;,GeI
estimated the SUM. Besides This, there are
large pirate resources which: arc hard To "s,i-
mate ut all, as they are deposited IN ma'i2 dat
ferent places, and are Liable to fluctuations, par
ticulariY in l!ie matter Of c0t.oH, which has near
IL doubled lr price, and to lis S"Giherr owfe.s,
of course, II there arc any. hrlns" . r"n-
tipually increasing wealth. do 81! believe
that there is IN, icnT 81 En- over estimate "acn
| say that i.eIe :u;.St b2 ~ least htit:i' "ll!lis"'t
dollars Of S ,nlh:rn prGprit: hrrs ~ Ensisro.
This accounts for The 'ac' 'iat tiley have ocen
able 10 buy the monopoly 81 the manufacture
of arms in the English liza; ket; that they have
freigEted tgO steamers with cutgoes, wh'cfi. IN
the case Of the FInyai is stated al S"Hn,Guu,
and il, that Of the hrmnia could hardly have
been less that thay haze bought TIC steamers
themselves, as it, seems to BE SUPPOSED thcy
have, and that, II ru,rinr IL to he believed, they
are preparing TO continue ih,s process As soon as
they hear Of the fate of the laS5 venture. In
deed, they must do sn, for their purchases oil
arms and munitions of war in England are
enormous, and amounts, i'll Birmingham rione,
if The new. papers are to be b%tIIcT,'l, 10
500, U0n a north. 1t stands to reason that all
these arms and accuutT,ments m''st I'VE S:rt en-