The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-07

sueidy q the English merchants aided By their var
N depoS Tor blOcisde runner, and Tetcl ,upplies
q the-e eppo.lte porV Of Ssssau Halifax and Bemu-
ME. Of our nj" country inauced ,6em 70 enter hi.
trade The Illicit traffic With the ietels belong, 70
smuggling Of OPIUM into China, and the rue u those
who ENGAGE In Il 10 to tradc-legAy or ILLEGALLY, II IL
cans mot OF Englishment W prevent It, Persons not
acquainted With the facts connected with he vii
In which has been conducted, But our officers sud
men who have watched sith sloepioss vigilance
through the -eary months Of siutor and summer do
not CONCUR IN The opinion thN " hiuington c.u 10
entirely closed by blockade. The Department Thee.
foro has always ursei Joint naval and military
a gss,sOa and ibe sssy Po'eion o ma en- %
take par, in the expedition But tho army has
20, yes ten soie 10 take part IN the movement.
c,ss Were The s Saes tssp e cane SoI az
QrleanA Mobile and Port TO. al, the Navy could pst-
form the ~olk alone. Bat the ehoanes. Of the water
bon '1'' WV '1''''' VI ~ '-'''''''' INV ~
: In January last, Admiral Fsrrarut reioined tho
Meste n uul squad on With svieN Of occurring the
long aosiIel possession Of the entrance 10 Mobile
but the necess cooperation OF ion Of the uert
With the m,l,tary operations on the Bo Giande and
Red River deiek sd tno combination of thus pan Until
August last hiitaIy COZ poratlon r1 then sccuieli
and on the 5'h Of Angus, Admiral fsrrasut passed.
fous AoRsn and Games siieneei thc.t suns aud
n p.eparltou or oien.iye purposes. This ieat va
ooe Of the moat hrhiani on iocg.d. Our eafuaticl
sto. pedO amounted 10 ms -tNo khed.and uao huud-
red aud seventy -oundei. Tho Tremendous bniue
tuTe AMI the capture Of the GaenA with 4 1onl Of
twenv rebel ofceu ana thr,e hundiod and MY men,
In rebel Gated lnGe the sbo.e batteric'
The nna capture OF logts Powell, uainc~ and hot-
gan, and tie destruction OF the rebel feet, gave ua
poesesson OF the entrances 10 the ci. ni- was all
That Nas commonplace, Ne tie capture OF the CITY r.
CURED the aid OF artet land ioco than could then
bc spared for the purToso.
the OF the BihNusl and Cubs and greatly iiu
pcdod the misunderstanding uaine. The monotony VI
blockhCe Lie diversified by frequent eHp,dl.ons
AL ~
coat OF Florida, which inflicted great damage On the
tn operations Of the south Atlantic Squadron eH-
tend over a coat Of ia &c hundred miles, comprising
le:so.k Of MET. and .ineiedins ChaiIcr,oh
prise has b,cn undertaken on THIS station during the
Sn eniofced whlch las sTeaiy e1hau.ied tue ietc'-
The wt,hdiewd OF u Large portlen OF The mitAJ
but for mon he Admiral Dsllgrcn has kept
our boet oil Morris Island in q Iositon where 1t ~as
insisted by hls preds that he could remain
without gioI opaIdy. Intelligence thnt the
vac stfengihonine Fort sumter aud mountin' heavy
guns the channel iaces inGu,ed AdiiIa DAhlgieu
v entertain a desigu OF STACKING that place IL sAs
adifhculi enterprise, the Gssault would dfn~ upon
the ve,ses the concentrated uro Of numerous sAo,e
batteries. A council OF war Wa theleuloI called,
AID the majority, aitar mature dcberatlon, deeided
against the PROJECT and 1t was abandoned. The Icu-
els have uiade occasional assaults " III our vessels In
Charleston haTtor BY toTpelo-Doat and IN Oa. IN
soop-oi. Far, with bui htue loe. Vi he.
line Nofth Ausntic squadron eXccls any other In
the number OF vessels and men, aud IN IMPORTANCE
il guards the COAT and the ereat Inland watoie Vt
North Carolina aud Virginia For the noie ciiciet I
diecharle OF duty the squadron divided iutO Jour
divisions, on janice River, one IA the sounds VI
North Carolina, and two of Cape fea River and adj
baoent inles each Of which placed undcr an UN-
pIIenc.d oflcer and Acting Re4I-AdEirsl Lee re-
moved his heahluauels ia Jul nom liani
EoaIs to Beaufort. Iho-e GIvlsiJus lCuOnuCl
TIC IICat sltAl terviccs IN cooperating with the
various miIitnry operations the james river. on
Roanoke river, I.eot. Gushing performed the bni-
hant feat Of destroying the rebel ram Alternate,
Last The NV nep,t%ent 5as taen ~sy. ~ rcd,
within the past yea, 10 cooperate with land force
,G me % ~ V rsS y 20 70
the tniluic Of the military authorities to come 70 t'
this subject tieet lls inflicted seliOuH damage
on the enemy. sny-hye stesulor' the nsresai'
value Of which, with their cagoee, will scarcely la,
short Of thiIteen millions OF dollars, have lcen cay
tued or dc'tro cd in enoeavorng TO enter OF ese ap'
from wilmington. over MY such i.sp.is lay Az
monitor fleet inside OF Charleston bar aud closed tina
pot " commerce.
truband trade OF that section. The lacihc squadron
has been maintained tut the West India siuadToI
has teen ed doN II 20 u couple OF vesaes. TIL
eecIetary states that three LnsIlhh butt pirstica
schoonels have discontinued their d.pIodailons ulo
our lie atates that the result OF their opera on
hus undoubtedly !. nded to drive oul commerce :
Suiltin England, were iarsey manned BY Eng.l-h
men, and the eoods plundsTed from our uerchantme
tain WInsow Is eulogzed for his splendid ,oIyccs d
sinking the Aablna-a iest which greatly ~daed !
the Ienovn OF our navy a. home and abroad
The following tabular statement exhibits tn
number OF vesseis OF every elAs that were cor
Itruct.d, OF ATv III coarse OF construction zuIe
March All, 1851
fSs..S... Description e. GaS a. r.,
lis screw steamers, especially con- -
stnlctsd Tor naval purposes 1870 lt9,2s
81 Paddie-wheel steamers especially
Constructed for naval puI IOsor- bA bl,sl
II Irou-clad vessels =. -...,...... 40 eJ,Js
l4y scIew-steamer purchased cap
tdred, &C., htted for naval pur- -
ia Psddie.wheei steamers puT.
chased cap,ured &C. t'ted Tor a.,
Sail Eon q al o. .b-