Year: 1863




The late operations Of the pirate Tacony On cur
coast, and the hasty action sf the Navy Depart.
ment In fitting out a feet of cruiser have Dc.
monstrated the necessity Of having a numl,er o.
fast gunboais stationed In each Of the principal
harbors on the Northern seaeoa.t ready ~
send to ses at hours notice. n sesta-
strange that such has not been TIC cn@e hereto.
to prepare for any other raids the rebels mar
design 10 make upon our ports. The Portland
affair gives us . precedent which should mo-
soon be forgotten.


The time has come when . specis nect
should be organized for the purpose u pre-
venting any disasters 10 our cities and town.
by dash OF the enemy These vessels should
be fast, well armed. ard provisioned for sixty
days cruise with coal bunkers filled, and ready
to get up steam and leave port In an hour after
receiving intelligence Of n demand for their
services and there Is no reason why soch .
squadron should not be prepared Immediately.
England has her channel feet, France has hers
and, In addition to these powerful aurllisriex.
they both have system Of coast guards. which
can at any time be rendered serviceabie.


Something should be done Immediately 10
secure our great commercial pork from the
ravages Of the rebels, and the sooner II II done
the better it will be for us. II Ia true the STATE
authorities are moving In the matter; but their
efforts must necessarily be slow and not fully
equal to an emergency which may come upon
us before they have completed their work. II
has been long matter Of surprise among naval
officers that squadron has not been organised
for the seacoast defences Of the North and
none Of them can assign any reason why II was
not done long ago, except from the fact that the
head of the Navy Department does not under
stand his business, or that being in Washington,
protected by large army and sufficient naval
force, he feels perfectly secure.


Steps should be Immediately taken to or
ganize such squadron, so that we may be
secured against sudden dash of the enemy into
our ports. If the navy cannot furnish the ships,
the department should give our merchants an
opportunity to protect themselves by allowing
them to organize notilla which will protect
our harbors. and at the same time aid in ridding
our coast of these daring privateers.


END or THE MORGAN RAID-CAPrURE. OF THE
REBEL FoRor.-We publish this morning de-
spatch from General Shackelford to General
BurnsIas announcing the capture Of the remain
der Of Morgan's band, to the number of two
thousand It Is dated from Geigers creek, on
the Ohio river, which, though not on the maps,
is we take it, somewhere between Pomeroy
and Gallipolis, in the neighborhood of the ford
ing places where the rebels were endeavoring
to cross. When brought to stand show Of
resistance was made; but after short parley
surrender was resolved upon. This was UNDER
stood ON both sides to include Morgan himself;
but while the arrangement was being perfect
ed the guerilla chief contrived to slip away with
few followers. Our forces are, however, in
hot pursuit after him, and but little doubt is
entertained of his ultimate capture


Thus ends an expedition which caused good
deal Of dsquietude to the people of Ohio and
Indiana, but which, thanks to their energy
and promptness, has been brought to disastrous
close. The rapidty with which In the former
State forty thousand and in the latter thirty thou





is exceedingly creditable to both. The results of
the adventure will, we think, put an end to all
further attempts of similar kind, as it will
convince these marauders that nothing which
they may succeed in carrying away with them
will compensate for the risks they run. They
are very different affairs from the raids of
Stoneman and Grierson, because, the enemy's
lines once broken through, our cavalry have
nothing to fear from a population deprived of
its male protectors and composed almost en-
tirely Of women and children. In our Western
States the enemy have to encounter a dense
male population just as hardy and daring as
themselves, and the taste which they have just
had Of their quality will effectually discourage
them from repeating such hazardous enterprise.


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