Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-21
FORT FIsHER.

The London journals publish elaborate
accounts of the capture of Fort Fisher.
The same steamer that took out the news
of General Terry's victory conveyed the
report of General Buffers speech at Low
ella coincidence upon which the Daily
NsDs comments. It is added, however,
that the explanations of General Butler are
interesting as giving some knowledge Of
the difficulties Of the exploit. The Ne,Os
says:
On the whole, though it is difficult to
anticipate all that moy follow from this
success, the difficulty is rather from the
number O f consequences than from the
doubt Of the importance of any of them.
In its results it is blow as staggering to
the Confederate rule as that which deliV-
cred Savannah to its new masters.
The Times ssys: 5
The energy with which this enterprise
has been prosecuted is creditable to the
military administration st Washington.
Thus, after long and laborious e1ertions
and sn expense equal to that incurred in
msny European wars, the Federals mAy
be said to have almost succeeded in shut
ting in their enemies from communication
with the European world. The South has
gradually lost port after port, and though
cRrgOes will continue to be landed in
obscure places along those hundreds Of
miles Of coast, yet the blockade viii be ss
effective as it is in the nature of such an
operation to be. It will be seen then no "
far the South is capable of doing witho ut
that with which England has hitherto fur
nished it. E
- BLOcKADE-RUEEIEG.
In this connection the following statistics
of blocksde-running are interesting:
ain 1862, 1858 and 1884 no fewer than
III sWift steamers were built on the Clyde
for the purpose of running the blockade o.
the Confedsgate ports. OF the whole III
steamers, 20 have been either captured OF
destroyed, leaving st the close of 1854 2e
still running, while II were on their way
out. The number running at the close Of
1864 was larger than at any previous pc,
riod in the annals of the blockade. The
average number Of trips made by block.
ads runner does not, however, exceed FIVE
so that enormous profits must be realized
pei voyage to-make this peculiar brsncE
Of adventure at all re nunerstiYe. Most oi
the blockade-runneTs captured by the fed
erals become blockade watchers, In which
capacity they prove very servioesble. Il
may be added that, notWithstaDd ding the
large number of blocksde-runners captured
or destroyed, more new steamers were
built on the Clyde il 1854, to supply theil
places, than IN either 1868 or 1862, showing
that spectators. are not st all dishesrten.
ed" 5r L--I ID zIalE-
TIE EMAEoEPATIoN socHTK's ADDRESS X
--rsr -r-L AlR. LINCOLN.
The American Minister in London hsl
addressed the following letter TO the Chair
man Of the Emancipation Society:
HLEeATIoN OF THE UNITED STATES
LONDON, January 2s.-Sir: 1 am directed
by the President to express through you tC
the Executive Committee of the Emanci.
patton Society Of London the assurance o.
his profound qualification in receiving az
expression of their friendly sentiments to
wards him and his country. At the same
time am advised to explain that he does
not feel himself at liberty to assume the
result of his reelection, to which they par.
ticulsrly refer as a fact, in advance Of the
constitutional process by which it is Gus.
tomarily ascertsined and declared to the
country in the Congress of the United
States. -'
II have the honor to be, sir, your ODE.
dent servant, G. +. ADAMS. s
civilian Evans Esq, President of tht
Emancipation Society of London"