, 1861-04-22

:: 6Incs' the dFtailA Il our natai preparations
have reached the southern jouru2ls, they are
realizing some what Of the actual strength Of
the United States government. The Mobile
Advertiser copies list Of the veasels sent out,
and ssys that Il will put pretty easctual qui-
etus upon Southern com merce. + This IL the
exact truth. A paragraph In a Boston paper
tells u that quite 1nm3er of vessels had been
leading at Boston for Southern ports, but that
IN consequence. OF the troubles they would pro-
badly not sail At,New Orleans no tales of
cotton ara made; because no foreign, vessels
ofar: In order to let The readsr $50 that this
naval power II something Of i ponderous fact,
Ee copy ihs Mobile Adue1tiser's summary:
Tho futea which the Qnl:sd atasea hss In its
,poWef to tiatalCd 10 CIR c,asts this We+k isfpme
wnat formidable, a. z statement elsewhere pub
!ished shows; u consists Q, twensy-one Veasele~
At sea, ready for Bea, of1cered and manned
some OF them already at sea on the yoyasa 10 our
waters, or now In those waters. They carry TOUR
hundrst and fourteen guns Thirteen Of them are
the p4oEt powerful ships in Lincoln's navy. Their
nnmher il sufficient that three cal be stationed of
Gharle:ton; two Of Savannah; two of Pensaeola
threeoH Mobu es -four OF NAN. .QtlHans ;.and there
would : till be let seven to ptowl at large along
The coast and cut up til toas:lng trade. In add.
ton TO these Lineola's goEeranaent has chartered
number oi fine steamers Of the merchant marine
into service. may charter many more, and has Or
dared home most Of the navy on duty In different
parts ofthe world. This dest can be rendekvoused
a44 hRt4eV IHu4u4e ~ kuAt H4Qst co11F3-
1:ept pot, t6E, Key Forts Of F1orida- Obi that
We published detsl1ed statement Of this
1eee some time ago. It takes four thousand
sailors and marines to man It. - The fleet be-
fore Charleston alone comprises eleten vessels,
most Of them large aud poae1fn1:~ Ii adai-
tiou to theea there are now fitting out the
Perry, Savannah. Wabash and Roanoke, at
Newf ToGk; the Missisaippl, Yincsnnea; Mime
sofa and :Golarado, at B0stoa; the st. Law
renee, jamestown and WaterTItch, at PDila-
delphla the Merrimac, Plymouth and Ger
mante#n, at Norfolk. In commission this
fleet Eul show an aggregate OF threa hundred
and seventy-elght guns and four thousand
eight hundred Hnd thirty sailors and marine9.
At Pensacola there are the corvettes Brooklyn
and St Louie, lid the ftlgate Sabine.
.4sia: :of conrse to be tliaTs3 that the orent
omK or our tasy viii now Sc i ncealra:ed 1t
home for the blockade Of the Southern ports. !
This Is rendered Indispensable By the danger !,
Of our commerce suffering fnom priyatesrs,
which is now openly threatened BY the South !
EFT Journals. A blockade IL also necessary In
order to guard against. the Introduction Of
foreign goods free of;duty into the southern
ports, and thence. sent. up to the interior Of
the country. We must exhibit upon the seas
ths Same imposing SPECTACLE Of formldahle
power a. we are about to do on land. With
An army OF one hundred Thousand man, which
ls already assured, We need quite as much
grest naval force cG the COAT. The sggres-
alye spirit which has been growing SO insolent
borders ard prevented from doing mischief