The New York herald., 1863-12-10
7 n e N A v Y.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
What the Department Has
Accomplished,
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s1,r DpfIfrsrsr, Dec. !, lb,s
sR-T1e naval operations q tho year have been vNied
and more Afduous, VOL ertsnsive than ever
before under Tie government bloesada oomfnorc ns
at AeIandria IN virginia, ard terminating Al Mo RIO
Grande. has been or,otvoly mAiniansd Tho ,rsbi oi
this blockade according 10 accurate table of
mont carefully prepared Al tho Cast Survey once ooy.
distance o. three thousand nvo bundred forty
nine statute miisa, With hundred ssd s.shiy nine
bArbor oIeaings ndsntAous and nsch Il ,As
presents double rLors 10 be guarded Ia addon
" tho coast bhcsAas, rAyA foros Of than ors
hundred vessels hss been smpi2ysi Ia pa,foHins the
efr eI,ing u robe suppes AMI cooperating With the
,Ls salprolaion q the fsbelloa ns distance
thus usyeuei and pa,follsi ~ tho gunboau hs
Mississippi ana ia u.b1tAflea thrse tbosssnd = bgE.
dfei ana fifteen miles, ana The soanas, bAyous rireFh
and his,s u the states upon ne htAne ahs tbs GaR
covering ertsnt q sbogi lso thousand miles have
also teen Tenetfaisd And watched ~.m unosafirs
vigianoa
Tho ho,kAds Ia booming more s-sotlya xnd e0tgpisis
Progress has been rnAas fsp<sg the rsbss No
coast, ana oifognssrbing thsr limits ne nassslsi
ana a ubs,Arsa have Aiter protrAess persistent snd
severe sfuEge. 10 Which ibs whole sucrsss asd srRs
q ,hs Bsarrsris engaged " obsreoi and prsvsni
0af succfes beon reslTrsd t salsgu And
81 the rsDeis have I,zserasi oy~n port n,
ihff bostfsnt opera pgrp,~ss n7r
nasAi % cafnm.fcAl msrns. their MART ua6s ssi
porssfings hav, bs.n chi.ay derived from fersisn al
ssu,arcrs sla fofesn captsl ~ 10 the eariy perisa q
us ~af ~ unacfapaoss s1i unVriscips1 ua1.f. ~to
~ ylliauoa 4 h~ Ana psbnc moraiity. snshs,ssa 10
Hrn schstnrs h voais tbs DilesAas ana fsfbrh Tho
rsbsa vAh sappAss we're Haooeasfs ih. ssnasi fssa-
4 TIE ysar bow m ciose have bssn W n,sm met
lsafwoaa. Ths yiglAnos q nara forcss All tLs
uriassuey .; ns bk>sses have oF~fsisa wlu great
s~ys,ify o. thfss uts have fmet IN sEar,i tEer
c0auiry and have e.1sed heavy v thoss vbo have
shas,sa ~ have bssu sfymiaihy -lth 80 fsbsnot
A. nat fsotoss t M fssoft y s1,sf ,pn to ssiags
.f ratal affai ns fl1cs ny art ana aai
by, sia sesaus ercsi rfTora q ne o-iesfs thru
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