, 1861-01-07
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-.--AtttaADAY,- 54EEsARY !, 1851,
TIE UN1xzS;D STATES NAVY
Tie naval force Of the United States coE-
:sists noan1nally of ten shlpa Of the line fear
Tying BE gups1 ten sailing frigates (ca5ry>
ing 900 grnsb twenty-one sloops uf wsr
tcar1ying 42e gunsh three brigs Carrying y;
Eunsh sercn screw hisates carrying ec:>
:; ten hrss-class steam sloops {sarryirs
1eS gunsA nino second-class steam sloo1 ;
tcs1rying Is gunsh nine third -clas. stearr
''ers carrying 50 grnsA two steam tenders,
. three store Fessels, and five permanent re.
ceivlng ships Total, eighty-nine yrssc.s,
Carvings ,ae2 guns'. or thess, 'howeyc.
ehy t1fy-six {can37ins ee1 guns, were '4i1:
commission" ," or in actual service it, tl.v
= date Of the last official navy register. @Tl.,
revenue'cutteH belong tdthe Treasury al.
not to the Navy Department, and arc n. .
included in this statement. OF the fifty.s::x,.
vessels in commission. three were station,.}
at Norfolk, Boston and New York rs IT,
cei7ing ships; five were stationed On H.:
coast Of Brazil; thirteen were comprisedi;,
the Home squadron, viz: the frisate Sabine.
the ;sloeps~of-war Savannah, jamestown,
earatoga, St. Louis aud Preble, the screw:
1r1ga1e Roanoke, the steam sloop Drooklyn>
The steamers Wyanlotte, Mohawk, Crus;-
der and Water Witch, and the store ycs:.;;
:: Relief; two were in the Mediterranean,
eight were On the coast Of Afric:,
eight were in the P1cidc squadron
'slx' were in the East Indies; >. BIZ,
one, the screw tender Andcostia, YRS st,>
toned 1t Washington. Some impo1tar:
changes have been made since the publics.,.
ton Of the register-particularly in au.::
menting the service in tue East Indies mn,
the Pacific. tits presumed, however, the:
fhc Home squadron Is sufficient for tie,
purpose Of blockading such ports as sl1a!
seek to nullify the revenue laws Of the Uni
ted States. As compared with the naval
forces OF European powers it must be all
nltted that our maritime strength make;
out an Insignificant show, but thu rclia,,:,
OF the country has ever been placed On tl.c
Immense steam and merchant service
owned and registered chiefly in the por:x
OF New England, New York and Pennsyl-
Vani, which could be readily converted into
~ar vessels, and which would in few
months time put us On level with any
force We are likely to meet on the ocean.
It is quite confidently affirmed that the
4 Administration has awakened to sense
OF the awful responsibility resting upon j..
no less than that Of mourning the penal
ties Of treason, in the event Of its failure to
execute the Laws and maintain the suprenl-
acy Of the Constitution It is not easy tu
believe that active measures will be taken
IN that direction at present The disea:s.
ut the seat of government is too dcep-tlc
treason in the White House has been If
too long duration-to give promise OF
speedy recovery and reform. It quite tax.
es our cre:inlity to believe that any. vessels
OF war, however harmless, have been ur-
aereo to the port Of Charleston, where the
Collector has announced that all clearauc:s
n!ast be taken ont in the name of the State
1tepublic, monarchy, or what not Of Sout;.
Carolina It is more than probable dc,.
pite the resignation Of Secretary Floya
that the first man-of:war sent south Of M
son and Di1on'a line to enforce tic revenue
laws viii 50 under the orders Of President
Lincoln But when the time does corer
3or putting the naval forces Of the coye,u-
ment in motion, there will ships and guns
N plenty to maintain q rigid blockade Of
~ ports which defy the authority Of the
Constitution. II the home squadron is in.
sufficient, the Brazil squadron, the East In
Ola squadron, the Pacific squadron and the
African 2 squadron can be recalled By swift
aalilng steamers detailed for that purpose.
AND II all these should be insufficient, then j,
tue merchant marine must be taken !:
INTO the service Of the government. :;
but none Of these things will be neccs- ;
safy. :: The traitors Of South Carolina. !
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Tens .
nave no navy and no means of creating /;
oae| Let it be understood that every ycs-
set SAILING from one Of their ports without
. : onlteo States clearance is liable to can't
ufe and condemnation for piracy, under i.
tae mantlme laws Of the world, and the
olockade viii be edcctual, with but a single
war Steamer in the Gulf and another in
the Atlantic.