Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-03

day Afternoons Edition.
Eaelhnd PropariaE for War~.-uoW she
Woaid atIaek tho Uuitcd states.
Tks LoadOn Times publishes detailed
Ulalsmont Of what had been done hy the
Admiralty since ths occurrence Of the Trent
AFFAIR, It say6:
Five weeks ago Admiral Milne had in
North Anerica squadron Of in0sof- battle
ships consisting Of ten frst-olass Aigstes,
and seventeen powerfully armed eorVsttes
and aloops, an steamers, aud mounting in
al light handred and fifty guns; but in the
short space Of eve weeks the Admiralty
have increased OF made preparations for
Increasing Admiral Mines force by adding
two line of-battle ships, twenty three Of the
largest, fastest and heavy armed screw
frigstea, snd eight powerful OorIettes,
mounting among them one hundred guns.
Soms Of these vessels have slready sailed |
snd are already on the station; others are 1
On their way out and some only await their |
sailing orders 70 start ct g moments no
tice- OF the squadron OF frigatesi each
vessel has been carefully chosen for its |
great sailing speed, high steam power, and |
heavy armament and never yet has such
deot Of picked cruisers been sent against /
any enemy. By the beginning Of February /
Admiral Milne viii have at his disposal |
Hixty-fve ssil, namely, seven line Of battle /
NuLp11 tulfty-tufl6 Irigetesf ana LWe0Ay-uNo i
oorvettes and Bloops. With such force Q /
total and most efsctiVe blockade Of ell the |
federal ports eonld be established in q sin /
gle week. A single vessel ct each port /
CLOSES Boston and Portland, and two off /
Cape May would be ample for the Delaware /
River and the trade Of PHILADELPHIA Ad- /
mirAl Milne has already made very COM
plete arrangements In the event Of war /
The federal cruisers of the Southern Coast
would be instantly looked after. With the |
Warrior at Sandy Hook, nothing could en-
Ger New York.
No efsetual resistance could be made to |
9 aeombined attack Of our four iron fFigates
IN case the British government wished to
dictate their oWn terms Of peace, By laying /
che Rset brosdsids or 10 the streets Of New /
York and Hoboken. This could be done /
-l= without the smallest risk to the iron ships. |
On the Canadian lakes we do not possess /
the ssme advantage as on the Atlantis, but I
3 we can send gun boats ready made as
quickly as the Northerners can build them,
snd rather quicker. 4
Within 9 week after the breakinglup Of I
Ehs ice In the rivers and canals, whole
hsst Of gun boats, With the most powerful
Of the screw oeFVettes sent out to Admirat
Milne, will carry the protection Of the Eng
Hsh fsg from Montreal to Detroit
zEeLAND TO LAT WASTE OUR WEsTERE
CTTIRs.
The London Tiaes Of the 7tb thinks that
in oass Of war with the United States
Canada would be attacked By sea instead
ofland, and maintains that the policy Of
Engand would be to carry on a naval war
fare on the great lakes, devastating the
towns on their shores
am the event of renewal of such hOstil-
tiles IS were terminated by the treaty of
(hent there would be renewal, Of course,
Of operations on these inland seas, for the
command Of the water which separates up
Der Canads from the federal territories would
Be equivalent to q command OF the field.
Il becomes a question, therefore, Of great in
tsrest to ascertain how this superiority is like
" to be determined, and we publish state
msut of the various conditions by which the
result will be governed It viii be seen that
the matter divides itself into two periods OF
which the 6rst would be the most critical for
England. Up to the month Of April next the
Lakes may be regarded as inaccessible from
the sss, and, therefore, whatever force is used /
must be created on the spot. The Ameticans
could build and launch their gHnboats snd |
zheir RATS, and can we.
INot much could be done probably, on
either side, as all the vessels must be extern |
DoriEed from materials actually a: hand. On |
both shores there are railways leading up % |
The waters edge, but tie Americans have the |
advantage in population and resources at the ]
critical Doints and Sackettls Haroor, their
arsenal on Lake Ontario, is an establishment 4
for which We have no match Still, timber
Is plentiful guns, munitions snd steam ma
,hi1ery could be transported by railway; and
20 widely has the country been Civilized
since the last war that some Of the most i'm
Dortant towns of the federal states, such as
fGIvatkie and Chicago, have risen on thssh3res1
Of these once Tsgote tvaterS, and a'e cozStqust1
o. szpossd to the attacks of our s5uadrOas. IT,
risks are therefore divided and the oppo.-
mites Of inAieting mischief are divided -, ~
Il may, perhaps, be admitted that = sng
next thres months the Amsrics.1 0elns
more numerous and powerful tbs. t1e iI Jana Jana
Sians, might succeed in plseinron su9 III tnSse -
inland seas larger hOtilla aau ootlu -
launched in the same time tne eOionisssI iI
but il must be remember Ia ~. eL.s =, t'tus ne
l1 49, ~ :. - ;S1ys;ssusly constructed and
-, -, 10y 1iS 1afice for the eHectusl
"~,.o.ios - 81 ~ meBGced points against
- 80, however, as the St. Lawrence is |
- ~Sain there will be sn end Of our diff
s2Itv We can then pour into the lakes
- Z. fe1t Of eunbqats and other craft es /
Iii 80 ns complete and immediate com
ned of thee waters. Directly the naviga. /
-. Z cls4r, We can send up vessel after res /
~ viti0ut any restrictions, except such as /
-. opposed by the size Of the canals The
1decicans have ne such resource. They /
could have no access to the lakes from the
sss, and It Is impossible that they can con.
Gtruct vessels of any considerable power in
the interval that would elapss before the ice |
broke up. With opening Of spring the lakes
would be ours, and if the mastery Of these /
waters Is indeed the mastery Of ali we may
expect the result with perfect satisfaction. /
O6the whole, therefore, the conclusion seems
clear thas in three months the Geld will be all /
Cur oEn, and that in the meantime the /
Americans, if iudiciOusly encountered, would |
not be able 70 do rs much HARM
s Another IHfamous sWindIe.
4RXY WAGONS WITH POPLAR HUBs.-The |
- 1eGsnonTils Railroad Company have, dur
thn nat nrn rnnnahn Ar.-n-.nrta.a lhnnu.