Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-21
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A Richmond correspondent Of the
L9sdOn Index, gives a list Of 1873 vessels
which have been engaged in running the
blockade at Wilmington aud Charleston
since January lst, 1853, to April 18th,
1864, with The number Of trips made and
the number captured The following is a
summary of the list given:
Fifty vessels captured; ; A vessels lost
or burnt now running in Cape Fear;
returned to England II worn out; 81
running OF expected in; 80 captured or
lost before reaching the cOnfederacy; 10
captured or lest before making one round
tip; I6 captured or lost before making
second round trip 3 captured or lost be-
fore making third TOund trip; IL captured
or lost before making fourth round trip.
Out of II vessels owned in whole or in
part by government, II have been captnr-
ed or lost l is worn out l gone to Eng
land for repairs still running. Out Of
II6 private vessels, 81 have been eaptur-
ed or lost; are out OF the trade; q
still running.
The same correspondent also gives tn
following statement Of exports OF cotton
rom Wilmington from January /, 1861, TO
April /: On Government account: War
Department, 1867 bales; Navy Depart
ment, 2, 463 bales War Department con-
tracts, 2,67O baIes~6,43O-
On private account Il, 1893 bales. Total
export, 2O,S2s bales. Value, $50 to bale
Government, f32l.5OO; private, f71O,9OO.
Total, e. 'o4l 400. TFfg
The writer then proceeds to argue from
these statements as follows:
The first glance at this statement, with
| its long column CT captures and losses,
will Impress the foreign reader forcibly
with the apparent efficiency or the Yankee
blockade. Where steamer after steamer
comes TO grief-Where Leopard, and
Mirage, and Eagle, and RaccOOn, are all
successfully run down by the Yankee or
/ fall prey 10 their Vigilance-where Ruby
and Pearl and Diamond are seized by
them as the couqueror. seizes the
1 jewels OF an IGGiAR mOnarch-Where
| Venus petishes Oh tne strand from which
/ she IS tabled 10 have risen, and Vests Is
/ 10 be mOurned like the lost PIejad-it
| would seem, indeed, that confederate
! commerce was virtually closed up, and all
! communication with the outer world, on
1 the part of the COnfedsTates, cut OF in fact
| as IN theory. Bat u careful examination
| of the tables Will cOnclasiTely establish
4 the exact converse OF this hypothesis.
| While many steamers are bedched, sunk,
/ Cv c5psGIed upon their first tTip, many
others, and the large majOTitity make
sereral trips before they 60 by the board,
and Others run in anu out with such
frequency and ease that when at last they
sink or burl, or are taken by the bloCS
adeTs, II is upon the principle that ihs
pitcher that goes often BO the well mus
| some day or other be broken. 1t viii be
observed that, during fifteen and a hal
mcuths, O1f Of Tee hundred and ninety at
tempted ti7pS, Hour hundred and 1siaety sigh
lcers sEcceSsfUl-in other words, as nearly
as possible, of every six vessels INA
dared the blockade, five went tef0n2S
or that only One-siXth OF the COafed0y ~
marlLe has been disturbed, speasF
cargoes and not Of bOstOEas, NoS - NJ
be, IN Earl RnsselIs opinion, = s+iicia-
blockade which lets i've vassaIs
through and apprehends o. daafrovs =
sixth, but it hardly cur .,es nm IN +
requisiuOns Of iRternS' ionaI law Y
this blockade must b. rss0ected It
maintained, you kDr NV Nv the 0rsste
people on earth az inst 4 nsndfuI OF re
els, since the . move fables were ma
out, seven st1 amers, the Lucy, You
Republic Mars, Minnie, Greyhour
hs.ehl Rp.d Atlanta, have arrived
Wilmington, and one, the ROthsay Cast
ltSs run Into Charleston through the ir
y clad fleet off the harbor Of that city,