The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-04-16

prominent: -oiio"Ing are the , n.y..
IS THE BLOCKADE EggEcrr,,s
Consul Bunch,in a series of letter, ' q
EXTENDING from the 18th Of May to h. t Charleston
Der, 1868 frequently auded to the ina e' 81 Sepem
blocsade OF that port, as shown hv ehey Of n.
WHch FessGs continued to enter and earo 'aeIty with
Ccnsnl Mure, writing from New OIL { that bort
July reported that the blockade of Il N dune ana
strictly enforced ''e mississippi ,
Commander Hcbleg OF her roa;.,
tor represented under date of july N sup Glada
ade OF the southern coast was merely ~ 's The .loe
Commander Lyons, Of the Racer ', WIN.
represented that Charleston and Sayannat N July
tnally blockaded put many other inets ani eiec
tae ctast were perfectly tree from blockade NJ son
oflccl' on the I9th o. December, reported aae same
stances Of breaking the blockade AZ W! some h.
Charleston and inferred therefron ~, : Alngtoaand
either Intentionally Or from the want Of 3 e blockade
lance, was not effective. uihary Ypi
CAPT. Ross, Of the Desperate. renorts -.
visit to Galveston in December The Lnal ,gSuit Of
were visible and he was of the oninioN ships
might easily escape from Galveston or s. nat vessels
At tho other ports which he visited tbo ti louis pass
generally actively maintained '''sAade vas
Lists Of the English vessels seized far r;.I
the blockade we're furnished by Council Ay Jauq1' Of
New York, i'll October and January AVui0ad Of
BLOCKADE EFFEcTIyE-EARL RUSSELL no
u.
MILFORD; Her maesty's government have -, 1852
their consideration the state of the bloc,d" under
ports of Charleston and Wilmington, y Tue
1t appears from the reports received from b,-
tvs naval officers that athoughsa sufficient na ies
is stationed off those ports various sbins loe
fully cluded the blockade question nigbt \ success
be raised whether the blockade should ba oon
I effective. 4'Ied
1 Her maicstys government however, are of a.
/ II, Int II,
and also that a sufficient number of shins /
and remains at the entrance of port saRcont OId
to prevent access to it., or to create an eyden @
of entering or leaving it, and that these sbns II
voluntarily permit ingress egress the facttbat u
shins may have successfully passed hrouob mus
particular instances here referred to- wifi not 81 @
prevent the blockade from being an effective .l
4 ternationa law. |'
The adequacy of force to maintain A bloo..4.,
ing always, and necessarily, matter Of fact and ~.
dence and one as to which different opinors r, W.
entertained, ncuraStatc ought to exercise tba &
est caution with reference to the disregard Of =
to and notified blockade and ought not to lisrpga
except when it entertains conviction which s5a,.
by neutrals generally, having an interest in tbert
that the power of blockade is abused by State e
unable to institute or maintain it, or unwilling from
motive to do So
LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL
Ny Lord: Yesterday, in obedience to theinstrroi
conveyed to by your lordshp's dispatch of tba Ir
ult, spoke to Mr.. Seward relative 10 the obspca,
of southern harbors by vessels sunk at the prrsnc
order of the United States government rafor@i
to the conversation had held with him, On The sns
subject on the 18th Of last month, and observed
him. in your lordship's words, that the object Of wan
is peace and the purposes Of peace are mutual qoi
will and advantageous intercourse; but that tbism
ceeding will deprive war of its Legitimate Object v
stripping peace of its natural fruits
After some further conversation Mr. Seward tol5me
that might inform your ordship that all the vessels
den with stone, which had been prepared for otstru
ing the harbors have been already sunk, and that f
not likely that any others will he used for that purpose
1 have &c, Lyons
! FROM THE HON. JAMES MASON.
I The following is copy-of communication address
ed 70 lord Russell by the Hon james Mason comus.
soncrof the Confederate States on the neficieDcy
the blockade.
100 PIocADILLY, Feb II, 1862.
! have the honor to transmit to your Iorlshipher
with (by permission) returns of vessels entered and
cleared at the blockaded ports ofthe ConedcrateSes
of America at the respective dates to which they're
fer. Your lordship will observe that the returns from
he ports Of Charleston and Savannah are only upt0
the 3lst of October last; from New Orleans Mobile
Pensacola and Lavaea, to the dates given in August
and from Wilmington till 10th September Youol
ship will further observe, that in the list from New
Orleans a large number were inland by the MiSiSr.
Ei and therefore involved no question Of blockade
Wishing to lee perfectly frank it NAV be proper to re-
mark also that others from some OF the posts mavhme
been quasi inland, that is to say through the ears
aud sounds along the coast / state as an example
from New Orleans to Mobile where the roucfor small
vessels may may not have been through the inland
sounds But in regard to the latter do not see Why
In # 4
fully as by access to the port from the open These
estarieS sounds accessible BY uleis from The
sea, and if not guarded, the ports to which they lead
may be reached successfully by sea-gOng vessels
light draught through those channels bradfec sea
route. That the United States government so eOndd
erde is proved by the fact that the inland commune
a cation between New Orleans and Mobile Charleston
and Savannah, and perhaps other places, selaimeio
be blockaded by the naval forces Of that government
The transcripts herewith were furnished meb ymygoT
erRmcnt to be communicated to your Ordsbip Though
purportpg to be copies Of original returns they were
copies made at proper departments at Richmond from
those returns and are therefore authentic. Task per-
: mission also to include herewith printed list OF the
vessels entered and cleared at the ports in Cu6a from
and to the blockaded ports Of the Confederate States
These for the most part are enumerated in September
t and all for the months of November and December
are, Of course not included in the transports RON u
: government This paper sent to me from Hayaha's
taken from official documents there by gentlenaha
intelligence and integrity, well known to me anu S0
thy Of entire reliance. The marginal notes Of e0uSS'
are unofficial The fact assumed Of the arrival q us
vessels at their ports of destination was matter nv
torety from the almost daily intercourse between La
vana and those ports. have no otelal rslaIIs Dy'
nv government for the moths of November, I7'su.
Der and January andis to be accounted Tor ID Wy .g'l
that until very recently it could not be known ',p
might reach London. But as your lordshIP sS-3,
] less aware brooches Of the blockade aomosE j Dg1
all of these ports byvessels OF large as "yli = oo
tonnage both inward and outward bound, nave D..1
during the last three months, and yet are, eos9@
reported. have &c, j. NJ; a-'s pr.,n
COMMENTS OF THE ENGLISH PREss.-LoTa AI "a.
made up his mind to take at all hazards me WV
case favorable to the interests Of the north ana
tn those of England 1t was essential that ID uy.-
of usages and common sense, he should st. au' G
dcnce against TIE validity Of blockade ue'. 1ro
the escape of various ships; for he hau I Fr
his hands which showed that hundreds q no,lqt
over and over again broken the blockade WIN P..,
in,nnnit,. md # any number Of such escapes W..
prove its invaliditv, the northern ease vas to,r
One would think that it were stretch o. Vouls
RECOGNISE blockade where the number OIL es0'ig
equal to that of capture; that where TWO FVsSl-
for one seized no power whatever Woaiu Int uba
efficiency for the operations OF the squauLu-, are Dol
as we believe to be near the case, the e't on
to the evasions in so high ratio as 'n"S " I s, a
to tell US that the blockade IS eHecto =
f ridiculous, and to talk of Syarlons shFs ma
it is somewhat more than disin9ehaoT' ,,5IisBcdB.
laid before our government coneluslrey e,,,p re
the blockade did not ufl-did notap2oa ass 5 b be
mcnt-of the condition declared moi ena sfi,Si1ptl
treaty of Paris-he presence Of force 'Pnr,abe
to prevent access to the enemys coast. at FRA f,nes
treaty works adversely to the wishes o. @ am pr
500 thnt hnmnNrl imdirnant theN MAY ny ~ ..tengl