Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-21
BALTIMORE VESSELS WITH RICHMOND CARGOFs
SEIZED BY The ENElY.

The steam-tug Live Yankee arrived at The Phladslnhs
Navy yard on Saturday morning FROM Hampton R9sd,
having u three scboof ers lcaied Win tobacco IN
casks and boxes The names Of the vessels are tie Em
" Am, Mary Wilt, and Delaware Farmer al o,rol IN
Baltimore These vessels startei from Richmond 70 20
70 Baltimore. Finding il impossible pass the b0 klcs
they quietly surrendered to 81 rret Lane aud orders
coming from the Minnesota, the flghp q the Qtat.
ron to have them taken to Philadelphia, they kea
| in tow By the Live Yankee The Philadelphia B4s'a
Of Saturday say: Just outside Cape Henry the Mary
Will. broke loose. As the Yankee turlsd rouHj
recover her be Emily Ann got such uici that he man.
mast which as Is evident was quite ro'ten, went by he
board. To tie vessel AMI cargo The foiomAst 'Gi
now cut away. AZ it came down it gave the bulsnks
hard slap.
At hal past eight o'clock this morning the Emily An
was ring ut the South wharf OF III. Navy Yard eikGg
badly that Captain Lardner had ordered her ufoatl
without reference TO red tape Two Constant.
| iy az the pumps
The Yankee had been anchored about hundred yards
from the dock and az nine o'clock hsued into me
place vacated yesterday by the Union, Of the biockag
| 1ee'. The other schooHers remain, d Et anchor.
Lieutenant Bryant, U. S. navy, who had the prize ia
charge stat that the ship North Cuolns, 10 bani
on Havre aod another slip, the AngO, Or Argc bad
b,e1 seized and sent to New York. We % not klos
| what will be done vii the ss,ls or crews.
There are a. many as twenty Gail OF yesfel' De-
| tanned by the 1ee; among these are five otNco
schooners, which will probably fellow those sent hee
IL is expected that many more vessels will stemoi 10
pass out Of the Roads before the blockade ia appreciated
GuspowDER FOR THE neutrality-suspicious. has befl
frequently expressed lest the supply Of powder he
South might prove Inadequate 10 the demands Of pro
trac;ed The apprehension, we think, groGnt,
for pendent OF whatever supply Of the MANUFACTURED
article or Of the material may be hand iha
elementary substances O. which gunpowder made e'n
be extracted in oxhsustless amounts om CEn sol
and forests 1t is well known by older 81 zens hs
in early tines the settl made their powder from
materials easily Obtained The numerous caves IN his
region abound in nit EARTH and in many OF b'm
ntre has been made in large quantities II crude su
plate cannot be obtained in sufficient qpsni'y 10 our
cities, the su,phwss OF copper and iron in Ei.i Ten
| ncssee can furnish an Unlimited supply. Our Who's
lin ood and 9th furnish the best cbsfoos
| In this connection will state that an enterprise ha
already been set foot, having in view the podueoa
| OF gunpowder material Messrs G. W. Rice, John j.
| Andsrsos, and John D. Dor have lessed the Gee
brated Santa cave in Jackson county Alabams, and Ns
makipg extensive preparations for the production o.
ni're large scale Il is also the inten'on Of ihf
gentlemen TO extend their op ratons TO Include e mar
ufic.ure OF powder This enterprise We regard a ''F
| cous patriotic, and doubt no. will prove bga! ir
munerative
The powder mil near Nashville ia in vigorous o. -
tion and expect 10 hear Of msny similar e-sD'F
ments sprnging up magcaly throughout the s'I'D "
that, instead OF experiencing want OF TINS h''''!
element OF warfare, will in fact have enough AI'
spare-Chdttdnoogd Adgertiser..