Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-21
Running the Bloekade-The Hercsdita At
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In abiding some days ago, to the facility with which
carg0cs Of merchandise into Charleston har
Dor while munitions OF war we're not so fortunate, We
cited e instance Of the Princess Royal which as our
readers are aware contained in addition TO invaluable
IauutOn four complete Of powerful machinery for
glnbO4,s. Sucs tia, article was written quite a mum
Der %, vessels have arrived al OF them containing ar
eles uuet uesG'd ttc Coniederacy but loue Of them
lz-eu, lar as have Leea informed with ordnance
snd ordnance stores. This morning, LoRsyer the iele
graph brings e., uup.,ln, intelligence that the Geor
giana hir,ay E'1tsg gaze. ou tod,J, haas beeu run
ashore ridrt oy ,te shots OF The enemy and deserted
By her crew. Taera Is uniformity ia these LOSSES Of
var material which May eventually give use to painful
suspicious.
Zoe loss Of tie Geo-elaa aud the Princess ROYAL re
calls Commodore grahaus exploits vi. IL, Charles
gunboats for v,gh lie lad,s said their Diamonds
and briggs to mind tlt saa.r OF the Mes,s I,ra-tlat
questionable ship, tie movements and fate Of which
have been as mysterious those OF the Fying Dutch
man. II was ana1J-cei with d tremendous dolri.h Of
trappsrs, that tie mcto State AMI th, Chicora had
played havo, with thi ,ues daat o7-nrd the block
sde beyond AL doubt aud paved tie way 10 the free
dom OF the seas gr ais unhappy sou'edef5cv Formal
PEocamaGons we're made 10 the nations Of tue world
iorcigl oon,uls were liberal wi.l their slidavts Nc
Benjamin stood on his head and everybody Joined tie
hul.a0a!loo, netting doubuUg some Ecry brilliant ard
Important thing had surely been done.
Particulars OF tie eremy iOss could NOT be given as
We lSat F90z nr'y tfr, aud ,, t-- r.,
oct 70 sea iu doob.e-qugE ;ins-takug the Princess
Royal With them There sisur. enough for tht.. AZ
re learned some time Alter BIT about Que Thing ther.
e0ad be- niitake--tb. M-rcej.ta was sunk CON. 10,
Ba'y jones locker beyond a doubt. An agreed To that
This vas empha,icay denied by the Yankees, and in
such A explicit MANNER that the sansuue Couiederates
were taken ablcS, aud remained until some week or
ten days ago, When careful analysis oC late Northern
news established the fact which every oae suspected all
along that the YANKEES had lied a. usual and that the
Aereedta certainly Sas sunk, As al first stated
Bu; somehow the cunning Yankees have MANAGED N
h'h mp the hegcedits from her briny bed and she il
in the Navy Tarl at PHILADELPHIA UNDERGOING 70.
pairs. The E~7"',er newspaper Of that cit, gives
minute account of the damage sustained describe.
aedy the size and position Of the hole made by the
RAM aad traces the Of the IOOpound shell that
Weus through the steam chest cut man in txo seaded
ssveral o.heS TO DEATH and exploded just as it reached
the opposite side Of the ship making = hole nearly as
large AZ that made by the ram. We are reluctantly
forced 20 the conclusion thai the Mercedta wH soon
re-aPpear OF Charleston u4rbor, and that the affair,
over "hieh SO much noise was made was, in point OF
fact hogshearing transaction, in which the hue ami
cry exceeded the wool by an unusually large per
csntage
IiWoud be unamable, perhaps to say that all was !
nosdone that might have been done BY the Charleston
nboats These boats said by co npetent authority
% be peers Of the MerrHac though On smaller scale
and with feeble engines. In the bands Of Buchanan
and the Eeutenants who fought so vel with him in
Hampton Roads, there is no tsllag What might have
been done with them, nay, what might nov h done.