The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-23
The Loss or tho Port OF Wilmington OF
Small mcmcnt--ft was Always Great
Evil 20 the Rebels.


correspondent, "M," explains how the loss of VII
rnngton will not provo uEmxed evil but that, not
withsiandng shut out from the markets OF the
world and ored to rely OF rescrces that the
prices paid for all our supplies great that they
were consuming the great staple and contrbing solely
to the fortunes of the shoddyes or England and the
United states Tho government can ftill command AZ
mach Of the products &c the outside world may alb
soIuely require the great leak by private blockade
running viii be permanently closed 4 only Galveston IS
shut rp by the government and cotton per
rIted TO 20 out OF that port We nust await with
patience the cotton famine wh h IL beginning I've fclt
earnest 10 Europe and do all 10 power 10 propte
and ad ance that famine.
VI England can do without tho American staplc we
must learn TO DO without her supplies This can do
" the government WILL make the cSe,ions that
sary collect the supplies that the country and
transport them from points OF plenty 10 places CT scarcity
The future viii demand much OF adm nstratryp
skl and judgment than affairs have ceivcd IN hs
past We must have more activity and more system,
and labor Tie country has ample provisions, "
they are ony collected and brought 70 where they are
wanted.
TO EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER
There n nnver any loss but some small gain acyrucs
there This old provcrb viii prove true 10 the
Of Wilmington. The closing Of thai por by the en- my,
though unfortunate, ~ not so disastrous as ID sp.
pear Hardly any OF the bio sade rulEins vcss rs that
arrived there brought In full carsoessomc Of them only
half csrgoesi others not oneiourtb OF their capa ny,
and there are instances where no cargo what
ever has been brought TO the c0llcdcra y.
bapging aud iron tee for cotton ON The other hand, al
hcs ships out fun cargoes Of cotton rver 10 deck
loads The chief obi Ct Of the parties engaged the
NJ arising om dsposog OF the leading siapl 10 yank
and British .mill Ovneig AID In this manupr the re-
81 the confederaey have been wasting away
would be better 10 part with specie once us gold
only "worth its weight N gold while cotton - worth
than Its quoIabie value for II gives employment "a
operatives and furnishes clothing 70 tie out World
There has been casnn 10 bargain away any cotton
for supplies II is qnile easy &c borrow money upon
cotton, Whan IN warehouse al Liverpool, 20 y u
and little financial skill thus DISPLAY ell would hav'
obvaid the necessity FIR making coutrsc's ard wor,c
hsv civ these States s's times N snoh u supple,
10 exchange for the same quantity of cotton, without
furn sug that staple TO the mll ners u Lancashire
and New England
witch have been sold Europe during cue s$t year
fiui pence u eight reuc tie Goiar with ~
SIZE " that has been exported thitheY aud a. ~
North would have been sulet NJ "a have Iaid for ~
Tue supplies that have entered he conlpd ncy Nlth.f
that time 20 4 w found, upon WasinE an eccu
rae calculation that the ntton That has ctGled TIL
blockade hes been, Ia reality. unWttugy syen away