Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-07
To the President.

atitution of the country.
| Simon CAMERON,
Secretary Of War.
tn the President.
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Report Of tho Secretary of the NAVY.
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military expeditious to operate against various
points Of the southern coast, rendering efficient
naval co operation With the position and move
ments Of such expeditions when landed, and in
cluding also all needful naval aid to the army
10 cutting of Dterc0mmunication with the reb.
els and in its operations on the Mississippi and
it's tributaries; and
3. The active pursuit of the piratical cruis.
eIs wnlcn mlgos escape tne VigLsnce Of tns
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says means we're AZ f;rst insdeouate. Pnrebases
vere accordinolv made and chartera hastily ex
scnted for the exicencv. and ordsru nerem1tori.
Iv issned N forth with enuir and nrensre for ser
vics the nphuc vesseIs that vera dismantIed
and IN ordinarv at the severaI Yards. The force
TINS hsstiIC Satbsred wss 1laced along onr
coast. ertendino from the eaaternmos. line of
Virginia m Cana FIoyida- and was under the
command of Flag Officer Silsa n. Stringham
The ether. or Cnlf souadron. operatine from
Cans Florida westWard TO the Rio Graude. was
Commanded nv Flae Officer William Mervine.
Tbus the blockade was made as effectual as
nossible. but our princiual naval vessels. owing
TO great drauQhl of water, wore not adapted to
the blockade Service on our shallow coast, es
pecially the ports of North Carolina.
THE POTOMAC rLorLLA.
The defense of the Potomac was one of the
nost embarrassing features of the war, as the
aotiIla OF the Potomac REQUIRED the actual co.
operation Of the army force in order to keen
that river open. For several months, however,
the navy effected the object, until late in Ooto-
Der, when the rebels succeeded in erecting bat
teries that rendered the navigation dangerous.
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Tha drtv of enfo,o;n. ,ho h,octsds sloro
the coast has been yery difficult: the pressing
necessities of the insurgents ccmrelied them TO
increase their exertious 10 supply their wants,
as ne increased our bIoekadiue force. A diyis.
ion of souadrons became necessary, and Can.
tain Goldsboroueb' on the Minnesota, raised
his Aar Sentember o3d. ns commander Of the
eouadfon to guard the coast of Virginia and
North Carolina Cant. Dupont, on the Wa
bash. October 29th, was assigned command of
the SQUADRON on the South Atlantic coast, ex.
tending from the line between the Csrolinas TO
Cane Florida. The Gulf squadron in Septem
Der was put in command Of Capt. McKean.-I
The months of the Missisainpi have been an
guarded that the commerce. of New Orleans
has heen auccassfnIIv interdicted Ono hund.
red ana 6ftv three vessels have been cantured
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The blockadiDg OF harb0rs by sinking yes.
sells laden with stone was first adopted on the
North Carolina coast, in the inlets to Aibemarle
and Pamico Sounds, and other interior waters,
where vessels purchased at Baltimore, and la
den with stone, were sunk. Another feet Of
larger vessels, similarly laden, have been sent
to be sunk in the harbors of Charleston and Sa.
vannah.
SEIZURE OF SOUTHERN PORTS
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It was intended that the success at Ha!teras
should have been followed In September by
more formidable expedition, and the seizure OF
a more important position further south. Ow-
ing 70 various causes, Independent OF the Navy |
Department or the condition OF the navy, this
movement mover was unavoidably postponed until the
<ssh oi october, when heet OF forty-eigbt
san, including transports. larger squadron
iJan Ts essr pelOse assembled under our nag, left
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