New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
"a bright "A when his Monitor saved inc poho' Va wv
country nearly quarter of a century ago.
TWO BRAVE MEN FACE Mob.
tn fIIo,~;n, Ia related as an incident OF the cap

The following Is related as an incident OF inc cap
ture of New.Orleans: ,,,
IL looked az II law and order could never DC eS'so
lin New-orleans) What steamers had been lett uh-
1 ,vors living at the levee with crowds OF maniacs
rushno over their decks the men smashing IN inc roo
tierces the women scrapng up what could De ga'nere
VIVA, could not be carried of thrown Into the river
- The damned Yankees shant have IT. tney ciic"
There was no way Of testfyng their rage 10 omnS
an or win two officers sitting in the stern sheets Inc
officers landed, faced tho crowd anu ncts ~
"a If they had a thousand men at thelt oachs: oauav
IL want the Mayor sara o M M ' crn wd woke
"show me where se ssnce that had fallen upon it.
again they roared and shouted Down witnos ~"
a S crowded around the officers whs walked
fearlessly on In few mo'nehts tno ~, ,V aoron
NAV What might DC their fate but Bailey ana fer h'
walked cooly In defiance OF the ra'p mn ho,vno
termined courage won respect even from tuat ho""e
mob. a,,.,, ~ -o,o looAed with grape
rd canisier and as Bailey and Perkins were smut ~ ny
te men stool at their guns ready for the nrt
sign from the tops that harm haa come W 'ho o"'
open c9 no harm came those tive brave pep II
must seem that there Is always Va an AMI r men SHOW
little shark ~ chivalry. especially Whefs nen s
muck: 50 II in this case; tue Two Of
the Mayors house and were shown ,' seniesn to DO
sure but ruled by tne mob which mas awa! 6 IN
i 5oier n the Mayor to demand the surrender OF
Naw orleans and that the state flag be hauled down
from the public buildings and tbat ony 'no oH''
ayon have the power in your hands" replied me
~ man in New Orleans who wold haul down that nag
without bsng assassinated on inc spot. ,o, THAR
Tho officers having performed their soo -, ,her
leave The crowd had received some inslmatpn Oh t'
demand and on the appearance o, 'po a1t rrsns
possible louder than before, blt balle{ anu ioi"'
waved them aside and strodo back TO tho leyee
SINKING OF THE HATrERAS.
Tho following is from the chapter on The Cap
trre Of Galveston; Destruction of the Westfeld ;
Sinking of the Iiatteras by the Alabama
In January 1863 another disaster befell Farragnts
aeot "A soon as he heard the capture of Galveston
he sent Captain Bell with the Brooklyn and SIX gunooatS
IN retake the pace They had not all arrived on the
mn M January 1863 in the evening OF that day
n sail which afterward proved to be the I. . AIaoaa
appeared olns aud Captain Leu sent ane istos
m uursuit of her approaching the stranger captain
Blake OF Iatteras hailed her ana ssAvu ro si t
name TGo TSP Commander then said that he would
send a boat aud one was imnedia,ry lowered , az ne
trauger opened his broadsde the liatteras from
distance OF only Do yards win tefrDlo eHoG h f
win snrit AMI both vessels steamed ahead. leaving the
boat behind The action was short one; anu enusu
dsastrousy the Federal vessel rs her gt ho~l's
we're no match for armament oil the Alabama 'slN
rifles In broasIe and one pivot gum ana Tue lau,eh
soon went 10 the bottom. Her crew was p'eAeu up u!
| the enemy aud the latter steamed away. .,
Thv appearance OF the Alabama ON me coast ereaien
much No doubt she came with the intention
OF capturing the small blockans force on tho souhe,
coast where no very large vessels were inantalnc IS
soon as flashes OF the guns were seen rom ns
lyn sue got under way aua steamed III mat direction nu.
did discover anything untN tue next uluIhns' Nh'I
the masts Of the Hatteas seen above the water
| with her pennant gnyy Tying. , -, 80,
This action oilers q g0Dd moral: never sehu po. on
mans Grand" Had Commodore Bell sent iva gun,
hoas Instead Of one the No 200 or Alabama would
probably have fallen into our hands ana hef WIN oacoi
| would have ended then and there
CRITICISM OF THE NAVY
Admiral Porter frankly notes the weak condition
OF the Navy at the outbreak of the Rebellion, ana N
long dissertation as frankly states what should
have been the policy of the Government. The iol-
lowing extracts are taken from the sum OF hrs con-
illusions:
At the outbreak OF the great rebellion orr Navy was
not In condition to render that assistance which the
occasion demanded the larger portion OF It was en-
pored on foreign stations aud the Government had not
AT ia disposal class Of vessels that could enter Southern
/ ports and act Extensively.
| Had "A proper naval force existed nt tho time the
Southern people first proposed TO throw on their ~
leeiance 10 III, Union there would have been less I'M
cnlf I'm suprcs.nc the effort. Of Secessi0uiss for
every Southern coad have been taken possession
FEDERAL officer. and n the South obtain supplies from
Europe they would have been Obliged to land them on
two monitors ike the Mionionomah an tho Monad
mock have cutcred Charest1n haf1or when sumter
OF works for the eomeardmrn. OF mat d1' ana
been the with all the ports on the northern coast.
Tie first policy ~ our Government should bae ues 20
the Administration would gladly have donc 80 bHt loF
their iual iliiy 10 carr, out snch dr-lshs ~ :,
commence Most OF our vessels OF war were ~ am
rate large and dew TOO mnch water 20 cue, ere
| sloa Southern hart Ors. and majority OF then "err
sailing fgacs ana sloops OF war not al All sue' 10 TIC
therefore the NayJ department, had TO resort to ~ 8
| tam of blockade which called for by oil European
Safons with which the sOnh la held commercial reli
tons The southern people once recognized - beger-
ents II % close their pnrLs anu inc system
corIs of tho wprli reaching ~ il dd along the
sweep OF Atlantic aud Cult coasts from the Che'
so eiicentiy was the blockade maintained and 50
greatly 1t improved that foreign states ncn VINO ~
the beginning OF the war an h"t nee 70 ptonono
the blockade VI nearly tfco th0usanl Ihlles o. coz,
moral iinpossibny Twelve mounts a'.o ~ ~,
forced 10 admit max tle IlpOls OF me oivVa
AIDE comprehensive anu conclusive thai no OJrc
ri. true they would point to the number o, blockade
runners that eluded the vigilance of our vessels, put
| they fairly startled with tho number OF ia'l
steamers which were constantly falling into our hanis.
ana which the Government often bought and equipped
for employment In capturing blockade runners Those
| latter were built In large numbers In England with
profit the shipyards OF that country put gehor
! improved crBs"rs under oOmmani OF some energetic
naval officers and their loss was 50 greatly let by tue
Southern people !na 1h 1sy,D mere al u'' very ""'"
What te los, 10 te Conrdcricy was and how severely
Injured they In their FROM abroad by the
activity aud energy OF the Navy, VIII appear from tue
were brought III, OF which number 2lO were ias'
There were also 355 vessels burned, sunk driven on
shore or otherwise deslroyed-a total Of l,50i The
value OF these vessels and Their cargO"s Dlng to
low estimate was equal 10 thirty millions OF dollars.
millions OF dollars
Without-the supplies which the Confcderatss obtained
abrond they could not have maintained their POSI-
ton six months. for they were very destitute. rs
INK weapons OF war or Tor furnishing cions
matehai necessary acincs. Hence, II might be well
said that without The close blockade which was kept M
by the Navy thu might have been carried or In
definitely while the battles would have been lar more
bitter and bloody than they The naval battles
that fought wercmOrc exciting To the public than
that close dreary block sde hut doubt very much Il
they were OF any value TO the Union cause.
With capture OF the last Of the encys from
which they had been drawing all their supplies, the Re
bellion virtually ended.
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