The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1864, Page 2

. , e MAW, YORK HERALD, BHURSDAY, REGEMBI eit b ts of Gomnerce in « Morria Isisa@-by the dpmibined forces of Rear Adi wealth ant maris ome ts wourabe sixteeo minutes : rardioss of ith sole teterenee to OUR NA Y 5 this Moit ira the routs, nigh are ‘yy bat war wbicn tuey commenced, avd Dantgren Maor more, ine winutes west, > ele i aie highs are almost ate siM Comune te w xo seaingt the Ubon, baw tuereby gatos cor ‘the eutrance 4amir: ‘ommodore Craven wool sscpenieajubainiantaas = traific, (hat all Christeodom discountenances, aud ti each of them to be sealed up, and bas destroyed their uC oa harbor that Monitor vesse's could | mand of the equmdron for three y: a6 a lawiul prizo, and, putting » most Powerful maritiine nations buve combized in vata | Welth and propery. Kade raonig cessed almost entirely tm coltoned by Acting Rear Admiral George ; he sent ber to the Ui to suppress; yet the slave trade is carried on withm The craving fr commerce and luxuries at Charleston, | that yuarter, and was transferred ty and vigorously prose- | & eens took at Panama ov the 25th of October. . The Achievements of Our Navy in } tmiu woicn measure but a traction of our extended | which the rebellion bas uot extinguished, with the iu’ | cuted at Wuluilagyon. a ‘neste craft nan made its appaisaues t'58-CuniDn, blockade. The cupidity of English merchants, atded | cre sing b zeods of ronaing ube blockade at Wilmington, Ibis loGa ity possesses singular patur: jhe commerce bas been carried 08 in its usual chap. ‘by Lheir vast resources, together with tbe advantages | bave prompied rome rock iess adventarers to heir { resist ® » Wo wich the rebels added others pele nan otber than that necessary Battle and on the Blockade. Gerived from thone ‘riotigular depots of blockade runners | fortio-# 1B. @ibr's 10 clude se squadron ‘af. Admiral, | 19 the way of earthworks, with powerful xuns, $0 cover by the measures of foreign Powers in an attitude having been jost tu | the blockade ruupers, aud to open on our vi on Of rede! supplies—the ports of Halifex, Bermuda and poaree ormy pe gp FY ~ rc toey come within range, These shore batteries \as6au, ports which wili always be in sympathy with the | these attempts, the o 0 (Or @ time slmoes enlirs! cbaanels Frock epumlanet Unis country hae oduced teem to aupege te wore eande-to-qnennene the senate fmcganpinrh Ton ptm ‘mouths quarter this trade, Tue ligt trae with the rebels, who are | | Charleston and Savannah, Decides being,among the Fa atte the UME pork sauiesly, while rabel Fie tag Ta ardes uo lose aitar’ the ore : A ai doiended. poluis on ey ; Ni - making war updo our government, belongs tothat cvde | ber ded p ve lunurgont tordace reli | for'a commaud ibe chunmele, and which poue of our ships | United States {AB exaeption tn favor 0 the Mleamers + oewee eaeete enoh other. block: Mexican ports on tee Pacific b; IT6 “POWER AND VALUE. of commercial morals which prompted the smugeling of | vantages tur & Davy on which oe Ba 4, into Obit those w much reliance tu the early days of tue rebellion Jhere | With beavy broadside batteries can approack, by reason | 1 ‘ace Mail Company, made in tbe declara- a to trod gah teal Be ree Magenta tne | toy have badarmored v OF the exiceme-sbaliowtens of tho-water.cas, be riakuy | son, of blockade, gave hom ‘the bontinved use of the 7 ‘ hi ‘business o' the (hicese and Americans, uot of Eogiisa Ap reciaied by those only who are familier with the Of Acapulco ag an intermediate do) and our government, hod hi Cc men, to prevent it, . ve 8uCCOSS OVER the open war- | locality, aud pew had osverianre Sm. that Caryn d Bethel pore bee 1) other rat ae pirene, oficered. ond manned Ge Wh: . orces on. Char joroe xpeoted ia Oo Pro ov og at It Costs the jountry, Many who bave filled to make (béniselves aoquaint-d {aro of the naval forces of the Upton, lesion, dis- | Out a co bere Had pd tonne Lhe 62). xs ted iba ving protectio rt without osuse, and erty of the oompany against the acts of lawiess persons, | Commenced the piratical work 43 destroying with the facts connected with the Wilmington blockade 0 \° after i aad time withia the last two years when the oavy bis not | and insured those on board'the steamers with a feeling | merchant sbi bi and How It Pays. are ee ees enneed ine intense © to peo. recdy und auxious to perform ite part in such an | Of security from assaults of tasurgent cruisers from sea. | vi and "reins Gers cf the naval and merchant service wou have labored expedition (or pogsoasion of the eutrrncea to Capo Fear | ward. the stolen - with untirmg ‘veal and nesiduity, and watched with | the Union, faus to become either ® naval or river sleepleas vigilance through weary mouths of winter and | emporium. She has dragzed down others withoutelevat- | (0 oF Summer, avd in all weathers, stimutated by the ‘of | ing herseif, and ws 1 coming ot that point hag been made & matior of bevefiting their country and receiving its thanks, ell No formidable tudependent operations, in the capitalists, as well as by the as by every inducement to fame and pecuniiry reward, | Havel contiicis, have been made by the squadcon beca and is the stringency of the if successful, do not concur tu the opinion that the port | the year. A steady, u » that articles of commerce command fabulous 7 @hirteen Million Dollars Worth of Preperty Captured by Block- the ® necessity ta stop entirely all ingress About the middie of April Acting Rear Admiral Bett | operations of this vessel reachsd the department resa from tbat piace, euas "ene blockade from Acapulco to me pene thence to Cal- | on the 12th of August, and orders wore imtiediately seus labio vessels within OConveniont dis; dm pureutt, Hvar voaad proce te ‘ow York, me sp 1 sed cl 4 enforced, with vt foos Uroughout the whole insurrectionary region, | extensive fleet of guano v frequenting Roads io she aders at One Port. oe ea a a ee ctiach han beed: Was ib | which bee Deen fie eby. stimulating the oupidity of reckless neutrals, | shoald bave within reach an armed vessel of woe: ant Hampton Hoete Oe peta Wacsts tne * ig necessury to take possession of the eutraroes, 80 #8 to 6 OF vessels was sent to the | But while a eu fal trip pagers | profits, the block- unneces- | mine days, getting supplies, as did the Fiorida at Ber- permit our armed vessels of light bt to go inside, ‘milltery toroe intended to be | ade l:¢.not. beea violated with im Heavy losses ng atti- | mada, the authorities would permit her to receive ry DO opportunity has been omitted to impress the necessity oon ie i 2 Admiral Danigren accom bs ‘t ef allon, Sia ee those who bi je.poee e's jan ae ere legited quently of cert Ts MT ooere s of t naval and mili 40. that 8. «nied the expedition ‘son, Saw the re | the illicit trade, y-| | x The Pirates and Piratical | 72. re eer ioselready to pertorm its pert | ative arrangements Tend aesigued an adequate | of which, with their Oargoes, will scarcely ail sbort of | the Sr tne agua | suis Sf bee e low houre after nor doparuure, ake was 6s jo sech x Ded ition ; the army has not yet been | naval force, which is holding possession of all poimts-on | thirteen millions of dollars, heve been captured or de- | ron ited tral American ports, | last accounts in Wilmington. Cruisers. abio to unite in a conjoint movement. Neither branch of ‘St. Job’ occupied by our army. In Marche diver. | etroyed in eadeavoribg to enter or cecape (rom Wilming. | aud it is not koown that they have failed in any respect ae rvice can expect to be successful in an attack unoa ton Over fi'ty such resulte have occurred eince Rear | to reapond to ail proper appeals of our eecne. for ‘The sudjoined statements present a génoral exhibit of position independent of the other. Were there deep Admiral Dablgreo anchored bis Movitor feet inside of | ald and encouragement, or to observe and Sorupulously | ioosavy, including vessels uuder construction on the let were . ay Wilmington, as at New Orleans, Mobile, snd | tween Charleston Savannah. A detachment of iro Chai leston bar and olused tnat port to commerce, regard the rights of, and courtesies due to, friendly | of December, 1864, with a comparative statement of tae t Royal, etiher of those operations conte bave hoon ola crossed Stono bar in July mM sasies General Foster some enc na Goals perinite @ eo eae gtr eee ee Privateor fitting out at | DAY7 m December 1863 and 1864. pape peated at that point; bus b; u oainess jn a demonstration upon the rel 8 On rh ver, which are nearly forty ports rebel statement ded number Is the Tallahassee Still Registered in | (3) vittr-en excusively uaval’ operation cannot, be re- nod Jamnos’ Inland, MRene Adsniral, Debieren coudeated: formed when ibe covsidored that, with aiey of out er's tasnd, drow to tush quatior. the aapel vesela( ef otery i npe tes Ot ie Reka ee lied to be successful. Tn these and other militar; some of them the fast in serv! jarragaos ‘rancigoo. ‘of construction, since, March Liverpool as a British Ship? Gainer: COMP BQUADRON, wy bas been alware active and ready | tioned and distributed by ‘naval oficers of Joteliigevcs | The probability of auoh & ecueme belng oarriol Into offeot | Creve ‘he course , f ‘ but which WSSTERE An object earnestly cherished by the 0 Operation to 'y army operation. | and expericnos, off those eutrances, blockade reentry was ascertained to “be vot greater thae that which had GUNKRAL BXHIDIT OF THE NAVY, INCLUDING VESSELS UNDER bad been ‘eluyed for army co operation, the posses- February pormission was gi to Rear Adiniral | watchin: their opportunity, aod availing themseives bute short time previously drawn the United States CONSTROCTION, DECUMERR, 1 sion of the Bay of Mobile, Ia avticipation that this | Dahlgren to leave his squadron in command of Commo- | dark nights, good pilois and extraordinary speed, suc: | steamer Saginaw to that locality, A(ver cruising, there- ‘i No. of Ne. of Ni. would receive early attention, Rear Admiral Farragut CG. On resumiog his duties, in May, he | ceed in getting into and out of Wilmington. fore, a short timo ta the Straits of Faca and Puget’s Description. Vessels. Guns. Tune. rejomed his squadron in January, but tho operation was | found that General Gillmore bad beon called, with the Acting K ar Admiral 8, P. Lee, who for two years has | Sound, and receiving the (riendly assurances of her Brit- | screw steamers especially construct- “= still further postponed for milltary demons! ons in | greater part of his army, to another field, leaving be- | been tu command of this squadron, discharging bis ar. | anni Majesty's authorities that every effort would be ‘ed for naval parposes. -113 1,426 100,288 ‘Texas and on Red river, hind, however, a euicieut defensive force whi duous duties with intelligence and fidelity, was relieved | made to discountenance and arrest auy proposed violation | pad aie-wh “ San Fran. . 62 524 6188 TL «815 80,506 Two Hundred and Three Vessels Built for the Navy Since the War Began. ‘Commodore Bell, who had been left in charge, actively | tained hy the navy. Tho withdrawal of go iarge by Roar Admiral Porter, who took command of the | of neutrality, the Narragansett returned to ee ear parbeacs: oo Operated with rmy in its movements for the oc- | tion of the military force necessarily put a stop to Nortn Atlantic squadrom on the 12th of Ocjober. cisco. Iron clad » cupation of certain points in Texas. serious dem: nstration agaiust Charleston, ‘MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON. WEST INDIA SQUADRON. Scre : Fen renesion ead eooavahon of Browanvie,oriegy |, The eon of he harbor, an wotiae he nue afar | Tan evan, 0a ou pave urianed citctel Pet | qlunitands ‘acie toat kamal’ Seas fe Laren | paketit tate woe, mentioned fn my last report, was foHowed by a like | of that const, depended thence/orward maluly on the iron. the wisdom @ policy wi e organiza. i a 4) Recommendation to Create the | pny at acon kreveas. and Cabello passes in all | clsda., They wero indispousable for the cootinued pos: | tloa ot & powerful and efficient. squadron on the rivers of | who had command of t at ihe date of my Inst annual | Peni Satoate, Ravapuet Grad fe Vii A of which the naval forces detailed by Commodore Bell, | session of Morris Island by eur troops, and they oould | the interior. Its usefulness has yn demonstrated om | report, arrived at Hampton Roads, in the Powhatan, on 174 921 78,768 rade o ce Admiral for and placed under command of Commander J. H. Strong, | vot hove been withdrawn without pulting tn jeopardy | many occasions and in various ways. Whether ino n- | the 3d of October, ia pursuance of orders of the depart- ‘118 “860 60,500 afforded all required assistance. the blockading fleet, which, aswell as the land force, | voyiog transports laden with soldiers or supplies des. | ment. pri fie ed Prior to the occupation of the left bank of the Rio | would huve been assailed by the armored rebel vessols, | tived for the army, or merchaudwe and produce of the The principal objects for which this squadron was ++ OTL 6,610 610.898); | Grande, the mouth. of that river nad beon made tho | The capability of the Monitors to hold positien off Morris | peop'o; in assisting in repelling attacks upon woak mill. | create: had ceased to be prominent, and the chie! duties seagate mam, 1068 A rendozvous of vessels of various vationalities engaged | Isiand had been controvered by the former intelligeot | tary posts; io reudering more safe the navigation of the | originally assigaed to it have been transferred to the COMPARATIVE STATEMENT bal ) DECEMERS, In violating, indirectly, the blockade; the demoralized | commander of the squadron, who denied its practicabili- | atreains to commerce and travel; im independent paval | Kast Gulf squadrou. There have been no depredatious No. of No. of No. @f Condition of Mexico, and the mutual rights of the two | y, and bad deemed it his duty, in June, 1863, to enter a | oxpeditions, or in co-operating in exteusive military | committed in that quarter during the pest year, The ¥e Tons. countries on the river and at its entrance, affording | protest against it, His representations, with those of the | movements, its importance has been mupifosted. ‘vessela of the squadron have, in turn, given safe cenvoy Decwatice. sl mi os 610,908 upusual facilities to the illicit traders. Commander Strong | Officers then in command of the iron-clads, that those To obtain possession of the Mississippiyand constantly | to the Califoruia steamers over the most exposed section | Total navy, mder, 1864. 3 443 OT 00T reported some. sixty vessels anchored in the Mexican | vossels could not remain off the harbor, nor wearer to | patrol that great stream from Cairo to New Orleans, is im | of their route. This convoy bas boen since, whon expe- | Total navy, Decomber, 1863. D waters of the Rio Grande, carrying on an extensive trade, | that point thao North Edisto, with other suggested | itecif a work of vast magnitude By it the rebel com- | dient, extended over the entire route, by detailing an sh chiefly in cotton, with the robels through Matamoros, | difficulties, caused the department to consider well | binations have been broken and thoir organization | armed vessel to accompany each steamer. Actual Increase for the year, which bas thus suddenly become a great commercial | Its purpose before carrying out the original order, that | severed, as it were, by an impassable gulf. ‘he Obio, PIRATIOAL CRUISERS. Totet tosses by ship mart, This traffic, which had been prosecuted with suc- | the Monitors sbould remain inside the bar and off Morris | Tenuessee and Cumberland rivers bave likewise been ‘The three English built piratical cruisers which, ander capture, &o., durit cess, in consequence of our inability, under treaty atipu- | Island, as the only effectual method of entirely closing | patrolled. Thus loyal citizens in their vicinity bave | the rebel cap barn during the last two years, roam: ° ry ge eID es! Istioos, to completely blockade the Rio Grande, was | the port, end making further demonstrations. een protected, refuge bas been afforded to those pace the seas, robbing and destroyiog our merchantmen, Actual addition to the navy 00 BIS 65,518 effectually stopped by the occupation of Brownsville, | The views of the department were sustained by other | ing (rom. anarchy and oppression, and partisan bani huaning all armed antagonists, and have found refuge Dec , 1868, to Dec., 1864 BA La which was followed by the President's proclamation of | paval officers of judgment and ability, Younger officers | have been dispersed, protection, and too often supplies aod other assist- | yxesgis CONSTRUCTED FOR THR NAVY MNCE mARO 4, 1861. February 18, 1864, relaxing, conditionally, the blockade | also made a voluntary tender of their serviaes, as well as To insure @ systematic avd vigorous execution of the | ance iu neutrat ports, have terminated their predatory Admiral Farragut, ae, a. es. Navy Derantuant, Dec. 5, 1864. Sm :—In submittinggthe annual report of the trans- ‘eotions of this department and of the navy, with those of the'teveral bureaus for the year, it aflords me pleasure to apsure you that tbe condition of affairs is eatisfactory, and that the discipline and efficiency of the service con- tinge to be faithfully maintained. After many years of peace and comparative inactivity, the officers and sailors of our navy weresuddenly called to the performance of Ter 43,000 146 13,088 ©) -aordtmary and exacting daties, Of that ‘port. some of those who bad doubted, each offering to take the | dutics devolving on the squadro. the waters traversed | Career. Their unrestrained warfare has undoubted!y had Description. No. Guneiieage. t of exhausting pl oy Mead alba But this porsession of the several ports of Texas was of | risks which tho great stake justiied; whlie the sailors, | by it bave been divided into ten naval districts, each | the effect of dimioishing American tonnage, and | gorew sloops, Ammonoosuc elass, 17 fo ¢ yours y eat short duration. Atter a few months’ occupation the | always ready for any service or to encounter any hard- | uader the command of an expertenced officer. the | Caused a’ transfer of American shipping to Foglish ‘to 19 guns, 3,213 to 8,713 tonseach. 1 121 23,63% their attachment to the Union and their fidelity to the | milisary forces were withdrawn, and the duty of guard- | sbip, tmitated and emulated their example. vessels in each district bave their appropriate fiela ot | and other fiags. Whether the maritime mations | gorew sioop Hato, 8 guos and 2,688 n.tloual flag by rigidly enforcing gigantic blockade of | ing that extensive coast wis thus again devolved ex- | The reault bas been that Rear Admiral Dablgren has | duty, they are held ready to support each other when | Of the world will be benefited 8 ultimate! sively upon the vavy. Under orders of August 18, to | kept these vessels for seventeen mouths where it was in- | occasion requires, and can be readily concentrated when by this vir nd fostering rebel bolligerents ©. eoast, by vigilantly patrolling the great national rivers | Roar Admiral Farragut, the blockade was resumed ‘on | sisted they could not remain, tothe great injury of the | an emergency demands it. may well be dou! We have been compelled to en- 8 20 Of the interior, and by succession of ocean and coast | the 9th of Septem’ and has been since maintained original gext of the rebellion work has yo irk ‘The squadron is.composed, toa great extent, of boats | counter it as one of the incidents of this eatraordinary wise expeditions—achievements which have not only The bay of Mobi goarded ot! entrance by twoim- | some avd laborious, umrem-merative, aud perhaps not | that bad been employed in oe aurzing trade, but which | and unnatural conflict, While notoriously engaged in 2 oo hened and fitted for war | plunder and in the wanton destruction of our merchant Posing fortifications, yy the federal goveru- | sufliciently appreciated, for it has been quiet and un- | have been purchased, sti added to our naval renown, but greatly promoted our | ment in ormer years, was difficult to blockade, avd was | demonstrative, without those occasional captures which, | purposes, Tboy are necessarily inferior yo maval built falling abipe, ‘these English built, and almost exclusively guns B.tional integrity and strength, o a oe piece for filets trade with, rebel nee Cie forserane of the barbor, enliveced and re- | vessels in Pagal ty ond are Ii tly Ftapes erg Coe Pactehiaecaer egy tigi Mae A a i ance i 98 Sa Wi ac a the st purpose of this department to get | w: jcors aud crews, juently more liable to disaster. But tl cost is great al career, Kearsarge class, ‘hea the change of adm{pistration took place in March, | oe ieee ne ey a rvon, as operttious om the Sie: | “‘lotelligence that the rebels were strengthening Fort | {Wiorigr to tuat of irou-clad. vessels of those of beavy | rious seas, sent in for adjudication aud oondommuation a | Scent AOkS Srartog toa ub ‘1861, the war bad already been virtually begun—tho sissippi would permit the detachment of a sufficient oo- | Sumter, building bomb {éand mounting heavy guns | structure for ocean service. The most extensive 2 ip or oargo, The less bulky und more valuab! 9,8 35,416 6,780 23,400 Ls Be! Bhew oleae, 8 al e forte, and ersevals,and custom houses, and mints, and | operating military force for the expedition. But repeated | on the channel faces, led Rear Admiral Dahlgren early in | tions of the otrsimgad os during the yoar portions of their roberies were taken on the cor- leanne ‘and 1,367 to 1,638 each, 6 m 650 navy yards, and national property ‘witbin the rebel States | °-°Perative movements ha: the summer to entertain the thought of attacking that | been in connection with the military expedition on the | sal Screw sloops, jpoe class, 10 to 13 hind Beek Gelauiteetineat were commenced and tl fortifoation and attempting the passage with bis iron- | Rea river, whioh, with the attending incidents, form an ‘and 1,240 tons eaob. = se selaediw! Fesistance. The retiring admia- | gions elsewhere In the meantime the rebels, availing | clads, It was a question of great responsibility, for the | interesting page in the annals of the war. The failure of . datration mavilejied us inability'to assert the national | thenwelves of this delay and of the advant assault, if made, would draw upon the vessels the con- | this conjoint expedition to accomplish the important re- oe nee authority, and’ iis disinclination to vindicate the national centrated fire of many powerful batteries; he therefore | sults desired an are sttrivatanle oat called a counoll 6f bis ofticers in command, and efter a | to . causde fi trd}; and to a 3} Supremacy, and ‘closed its tory, and that of: the Thirty- full discussion, a large majority deemed jor the } want of succes’ of the t the mili. | devastations, returnod westward and to. the | sixth Congress, without any Preparatory measures for Sree meaner unadvisable, It was consequently aban | tary arm of the service. bed ies _ navy pat Sane mbbef py vere corniegery roy a deealie gh nn ye the tremendous even sbaki \cétned the ition was chiefly ome of oo-operatt ‘commanicated to Capiaja Winslow, Kearsarge, then the Uaten to and eaion nemiege Several creditable incursions fave boon made at vari: | with the army. “it possessed, howe¥er, within itself the | at Flushing, who at once proceeded off tbe harbor, sad at us nem threapentg our existence ss ous points within the Hmits of this command, resui elements of success under ordivary clfoumstences; and | twenty minutes past ton A. M.,Bunday,June19, theAlade- ; ‘Bation, a in the discom@ture of the rebels. Detalis had not natural obstaclés intervened its bistory might | ma was discovered ig erg reg By is 88. In atx weeks after I bad eotered upon the administra. tans of the etter sy bave been not less brilliant than the record of Ironclad steamer and. the English yacbs ¥ tlonerabte Occasional sssaultg b: ments of this sq 2 Alabama was bg ager | ry mam. depariment, & blockade, éxteading over more Charleston ‘by torpedo boats, ‘On the 7th of March Rear Admiral Porter had assem: | poout three miles from the entrance of the barber, ~ Ghan three thousand five bundred miles of our ceast, was success, by sinkin, 5 Died at the mouth of Red river a formidabie fleet of iron- acne any abadtion 96 fp es Het fase ee wae Ordesed; and for thie stupendous work, pronounced to but fortunately with little loss of olad vessels and of light draught wooden boats for co- | 6 to draw toe Alabama of shore, so that if she oo tem be fenprectionbie Dy the ~ D operation with she army, and was there joined by & por. | could pot flee in for c Kearsarge sto2d to 7 “the “Bighent foreign cathoriee, we The tlon of Major General Sperman’s force in transports, un. | seaward until she distance of about bad a feeble navy, reduced to the lowest peace establish. ed in the North Atlantic squadron exceeds that of der command of General A. J. Smith. seven miles [rom the shore. at Sig, mainsinn pant O98) ava. 96,008 other, and the 12th of | came quick about and approached the Alabama, at meat. composed largely of sailing vessels, most of which ag a mae dd tbe river on were Giementiod or 4! — addition to March Yofurm a junction with Major General Bauks at | Ofty-scven minutes past ten the Alabama commenced the tepersed abroad. Of tke iimited mercial tn! lexandria, In thelr progress gome of the vessels totlon witn ber bitbonrd. brendalds at caw themsand Te 1,90 Dember of seamen gutheriite by iaw, only about two bes devolved the duty of guard! ranched off into the Atchafalaya, while the por. | yards ‘At eléven the fire was returned by oar. i - of the tinued u; river. riven in | Batge, and the vessels came fairly luto aotion at about bundred were ‘cvaiiabio a wal stations tion con! ip Red river rebels were driven a our pat eed and sp extensive jon with the armies whic! tardfrom Simmsport and Fort De Russy, the latter fail. { nie hundred yt Pty m recetving 25 fp5, “Many of the officers became demoralized threatening Rich , ing again into our possession, with ita'gang and mun}. | Captain Wicslow says it was soos apperent that Semmes ft ‘descrtes, tn this enteodied condition, without men, Io ons of war and afew Some of the flestest | did not seek. ‘and fears were entertained that ia arr f " charge ‘YVeuseis Wore despatched to Alexandria with the hope of 1 some would make fer the ashore. To ‘or ships, or ordnance, ar resources piaced at its deposal, this squadron, aod that outting off the rebels in their retreat, but without suc keep full the department was called upon to establish and enforee Wilmington, Acting Rear Admiral Lee, by direction of | cess, That place was occupied by our forces, ad about, and rake; the department, established four divisions of the equad- | tne Ist of April both and Bayy commenced to broadside s @ ee the most extepaive blockade tha: was ever undertaken to the rom, move up the river towards . & part only or Of steam be effectually maintained by any nation, Mpc Carsting, sod Be maval Cinee oocht eCeet eee the river than ad lats U bobies wecesereesesees BS 1S 9,908 wi Alexandria, an was wi ity they reached beaded turret vessels , Kalamazoo class, ‘TOU SHEMe every Waved weed, “U6 Teed oor officer. and Acting Rear Admiral Lee removed his head: | that polot, But the assistance of the gunboats was | shore, disabled and at the mercy of the Kesrsarge, A 4 gune.and 3,200 tona@aoh....... 6 16 12,008 foreign squadrons, to increase our force by building new quarters in July from Hamptov Roads to ort. so essential to wuccess that some risks had to be taken, | few woll bt down her flag, a white | Doubleturret class, vessels, and by procuring for naval purposes from the some fous to May last the rebele had | and extraordinary exertions were made to pass the | one was displayed, and thedire of the Kearsarge was -4& 6 6968 merchant service every steamer which could be made a — oe ae quiet seg nore f ae, fora cou, | vessels over the falls 90 as to give the required 0o-epera. reaoryst. In oa two soineten, the Alabama sgxin fighttng veusel,jto enlarge at once the capacityjof the navy pF ste sede npn = seen ‘rebel ., > | oa “= wer hola aw rk aon - 1 4 ime yards, to put in requisition the foundries and workshops pal for active operations in another quarter. On the 5th | pied without opposition. There were at this time indica- | of the Kearsarge being again reserved, boate were low- 4 is 3,008 of the country for supplies of ordnauce and steam ma. of May Major General Butler moved his army from New- | tions of the ususl rise of the season in the river, and | ered and an officer in one of them cime at ten oe to t the number of 4 Fort Morgan. The total casualties, not including those of t's News, under convoy of a naval force which bad | everything promised success. Twenty-three heavy guns | mibutes past twelve o'clock, the Alaba- 8 6) «66878 ny, towarmen a Seamean and tosup | the Tecumsed, were fifty two kliled and one hundred and 0 assembled for the purpose, up James river, and | bad captured from the rebels. since the ontry into | ma, which be said was in a a1 i" at 2 ply the defisiency of offloers by selecting experienced | seventy wounded. made the following night a successful landing at Bermuda | that river. Springfold landing was designated as twonty-tour minutes past twelve o'clock sha went down 9 m1 (7,608 and able shipmasters aad others {rom the commercial A(ver the capture of one of the rebel gunboats by the | Hundred asd City Point. The movement was quietly | point for the next junction of the co-operating forces, The launch and second cutter of the Kearsarge. the marine, were among the important and responsi bie duties tacomet, aad the retreat of two others under the guns | performed, and the landing was promplyeffected. The | \¢ was reached at the appointed time, throe da’ {ter | only boats mot disabled, were sont to receive the officers 2 % 19,990 whieh were precipitated upon the department at that | of Fort Morgan, the iron clad ram Tennessee, bearing the | absence of a military or naval force on the James river | leaving Kcore, by six gunboats and twenty heavy trans- | and crew of the sinking vessel,and Captain Winslow exolting and joteresting period. flag of ebel Admiral Buchanan, maintained the con | had been improved by rebels to plant in its bed for- | ports. Here they learned that the army under General | requested she Deerbound, which came alongside, to assist 2 4 08s The measures promptly and energetically adopted | test. For a while the action was fierce and sangutoary. | midable loes, by which two of the light draught | Banks had met a reverse, avd was falling back to Plea. | in tbe sescue. Two pilot boats were also engaged in pick- caused an immense navy to spring into existence, not to | The wooden ships defiantly encountered the Tenuessee, | boats were destroyed. sant Hill, some distance below. Kead Admiral Porter | Ing up the crew. Six officers and sixty four men were 3 3 16 carry on a maritime war, for the rebels bad no vavy to | although ber armor was impervious to their guns, while From tho landing of the Army of tl was therefore compelled to turn back, with the full | brought on board the Koarsarge, At ten minutes past | Casomated vesscis, Tuscumbia and stimulate our saliors to glorious deeds, nor commerce to | our irou clads grapplea fiercely with their formidable | naval roge, competent to meot the a knowledge that Ip retracing his steps ould be inter- | three o’clock the Kearsarge let go her anchor in seven Chiilicothe, Saad 3 guns roward their activity; but men, and ships, and ordnance, | antagonist, The Manhattan, with one of her fifteeuwinch ) rams of Whe insurgents, bad they m: demonstra- | rupted at every agsailable point. The rebols, flushed | fathoms water. WOW sic tocveedAsatec Mbceced’ @ 8 10.8 and supplies were speedily collected for the onerous oaval | shot broke through the armor of the Tennessee, | tion, has been maintained on the upper waters of the | with their success againet the army, availed themseives The Alabama is reported to have discharged three cutie alk taiea aoe duties needful to sustain our national unity and preserve | and a Monitor shot also disabled the steering | James. On various occasions sharp but brief engage- | o: every opportunity which offered for harassing the | bundred and seventy or more shot and shell in this en- 62 189. 13,908 our national rie LS Besides instituting the extensive blockade of the cbast, maval expeditions were organized at the earliest pomsible period to assert and restore the national gear, and thus rendered her helpless. At ten | ments have occurred between our vessels and the reb@ | gunboats and transports. gagement, but inflicted no serious damage on the Kear- fence of Richmond, Their cavalry and artillery, taking advantage of the | sarge. Thirteen or fourteen took eflect in about the Total........ a zee ream notes ee sieeiion winding stream, moved rapidly from point to point, ay and sixteen or seventeen about the masts and jure | rebel fleet which bad been 6 cours p al atta Miable Occasion. But the gunboats | rigging. oking on every avaliable occa: im time to time |. fio Kearsarge Gred one hundred ana seventy three | ®2¢ description of vessols that have been co o'clock sbe surrendered. Twenty officers aud hundred and seventy men were captured in and ninety officers and men in the Selma. The c The foregoing tabular statement exhibits the number Pathority nt importary pointe withio the iosurrectioaary | o thece two vessels, ad the retreat of the two remain- | for two years, but the military commanders, out of | successfully fought thelr way, and Porion, “Tbe first of theee expeditions was orgscized and | log revel guoboste ander the guus of Fort Morgan, ter. | abandant precaution, ordered obstructions to be placed | repeliea thelr assatlanis with terrible slauahter. Projectiles, of which one alone killed and wounded | OF Put in the course of coustruetion, for the savy sailed from Hampton Koads in August, under the com. | miuated the glorious battle of the 6th of August. channel by sinking vesteis for the protection of | On «ne idth of April Rear Admirel Porter got back to | eighteon of the crew of tho Alabama, and digabled one of | the institution of active moasures for the suppresssion of ‘ollowing day one of the iron clads stelled Fort transport fleet that was in attendanoe upon the | Grand Ecoro, whe ith such eect that Colonel Andersons the com y, aud which it was apprehended might be disturbed | jot at that point et mand of Rear Admire! Stringham, and resulted in the ¢ found the vessels which he bad capture of Hatteras, und was the first reconquest of s Stropg josition which was effected on our coast. This was followed @ weeks later by the victory of Rear Admiral Dapont at Port Royal, whieb secured a commo- ious barbor for the sbips of the South Atlantic squadron. Tbe achicvemengs on the lower Mississippi, wh ear Admiral Farr dashed open the gates of the passage to New Or'eans, and resiored to Upton the commer- Biel metropolis of the South, were accomplished the fol- ber guns. tne rebellion. So ve been allt by oe. the bar. Theriver, | Three persons were wounded on the Kearsage. Tho | ‘tract; others by the government, in the several navy mander, sen: a communication to Rear Admiral Farragut | and perbaps endangered in the narrow waters were a.de- | instead of riging as customary at this season, had (allen | Dumber of: killed wounded on the Alabama is yards. If we add tothe number those constructed ea- Offering to surropder. Geveral Granger, commanding the | monstration to be made by alt or apy portion of the rébel | during his absence. The army was preparing to move | known, Seventeen of the wounded, two of them i der similar circumstances, and within the same period, Un ted States military forces, was cent for, and the terms | navy. Tue security of the transports was jestly deemed | pack upon Alexandria; the wator having go receded there | dying condition, were brought om board the Kearsarge, | {hat Rive been lost by sbiowreck, Ia battle, &o., vis:— of capitulation were signed by the respective parties on | of vital importance to the army, and required to be | wag little hope of getting the vesse's out, and destruction | Une hundred and fifteen officers and mon of tho Ala- eee Housatonte and Adirondack, and the trom- board of tie Hartfor placed beyond any coutingency. Hence this obstruction | apparently awaivcd the best portion of the squadron. "8 crow reached the shores of England und France, | clade Monitor, Weehawken, Keokuk, Indianola and Te- From this ime onward movements were in proare of the river, {0 addition to the protection afforded by our | But, in the worde of the Admiral, ‘Providence provided battery of the Kearsarge consisted of seven guns, | Compt! WY aggregate wi 210 vessels, 1,676 gues, tor capturing Fort, Morgan, and ou the 22d of Aug icon-clads aud other naval vessels, was doudtiess a wise | a man for the occasion.” Lieutenant Colynol Joseph | viz:—Iwo eleven tach, one 30 pounder rifle, and four and 256,756 tous, day dawn, a bombardment was opened (rom the militury precaution, although it restricted the move: | Hailey, Acting En; ineer of the Nineteenth army corps, am | 52-pounders. That of the Alabama consisted of Picket boats and smal! craft built for especial purposes, lowing spring. Those three important expeditions, com. | batteries, the Monitors and ships inside, and the vesse of the navy. intelll t and cMicient officer, devised a plan for the con s—one heavy 63-pounder, of 9.000 pou are not embraced io this statement. rile, ip each case, & feet than bad ever beeu | outside the bay. At six A.M. of the 23d awhite flag | 1 fn thé sounds of North Carolina have eae sesien of Ghene eeroes the — at the falls; (00-pounder rifle, and six hoavy 32 pounde ited ‘out on this continent, and two them | was displayed by the rebels, and at two o'clock P. M. the | beon Interesting and important. It bad been a cherished | tnug by artificial means to supply that which nature with- | eDgagement the Alabama fought seven gua onais, were planned, or- | fort was uncouditionally surrendered to the navy and | idea of the rebel leaders to repossess themselves of tho | hold—a sufliciont depth of water for the passage of the | Kéarsarge five. 4 tu the tirst year of | army of the United States. A naval shore battery did | sounds, and to regain the principal places on them, which | yogsols, Extraordinary as was the project, and recelved | This has been the only fair and open sea fight which the war, in addition to on immense blockade, which was | good service ov this occasion. | bad béon wrested from rebel authority early iv with incredulity, the mind that concoived it was enabled ‘al men baye been anle to secure, as yot, during ‘at thesame time so vigilantly acd rigorously euforced | — Fort Powell bad veen already attacked on the vight of | by the united ellorts of the army and navy. Prepal lo carry it into success(u! execution. Men were set to that the rebels even then felt and complained of its ex- Dausting severity. Other harbors aod places have (rom time to time been teized avd occupled, the Inst being the Bay of Movile sud the fortifientions at its entrance, ofected b; #.me distinguished officer wh» had throwa cpen the Lower Mississippi to nvioterrupted navigation the 5th and biown up, the guns falling into our bands were loug in progress for tho construction of armored | work, woodcutters collected, quarries opened, and, in, and | vessels, and others of light draught, on the Roanoke and | pome’ weeks, the undertaking was accomplished. fave us Possession of) Ni re, with intent to descend and drive out from ere built, the vesseln passed safely over the fal as near equal, perhaps, a8 could have been arranged. | which, leed, they were intend These vessels had 4 closed the port to all ingress or ogress of| ands our fleet of slightly built wooden boats, re e delight of the assembled army aod navy who had | Mest of the crow of the Alabama wer lishmen, and } been built to meet the cooditions of their day; some of de runners, This was all that was contemplated. | cure cb one B. shel Rang oa Lyemed held by mutually participated in the work, and on the 16th of | the gunuers pares ie age ie picked men of ner | them, iene for instance, had been 1 | oor drmmsennd fees! rebel power io that q dmiral Porter had the satisfaction of announc. | Maiesty’s gunvery ship, the Excellent, more ti twent; ; je more e“iectual, and without a sufficiest co-ope- | These schemes, though partially successful at tl May Rear A he sat s' iy yoars. When econsiructed the r than that of cruisers on foreign stations as flag ships, few two years before Nor bi tbe prowess aod skiil of ing that the fleet was relieved from danger. There is Some latent remains of pride which belong to the pro | principal object in view wi wy in this wobappy contest, invoiving the integrity | rating land force, which could not then be spared to take | mencement, soon closed in disaster. Fadl ‘aval bistory no other instance of such peril | fession, and which animated hie earlier and more honor- | aud they were equal, if Hy) cota gt on 3 Volon abd Our parional supremacy, been felt upos | and hold tbe places Curther demonstration was not ad- | Helays in, the completion of ihe armored vesscls | bra aimeulty ao successfully and sxiifully eurmouated, | able life while sailing under the American flag uodoubt- | pols of other aval l'owors. ‘attacka on Our ininnd waters, at Fort Henry, | visable. ordered by the department, and especially intended for ‘Congress very appropriately acknowledged the merito- | ediy bad an influence in inducing the piratecommander to | when accessible to oayal attacks, or te To obstruct naval operations, the bay bad been strewn | service in shallow waters, which were inaccessible to | rious services of Lieutenant Colonel Bailey on this occa | meet a naval antagonist. geo ongnag, Lapebeos robbery | troops in landing, they can still render service, Time ud as late as the 14th of:September | the M mitor vessels already builg, jeoparded our posses- u bave been still ber ‘ized by bis | and plunder of unarmed veseels, in the vain hope that it | was required to repair an ‘cond! t wrote the department that be was | sion of thesounde.. There wasMiso she want of an ade. pd , cocsifhtr WIPE pow Ty, ght, If wucossetal, restore to hie, some portion of | such of Wess vessste na ware dimmeutioa eee "aed sites fate military force io that quarter. Tateresting details of tbie and minor expeditions on the | tne respect be bad forfeited, and at the same time re. | which were recalled from wervioe abroad. The Jal appendix to this report. to feel, oven when applauded by those (oreiga ‘tisans | the emergency that devolved upon it begin ‘The limite of the Fastern Gulf squadron bave been ex- Tiver and attacked the wooden gunboats lying Rear-Adestral Porter, baviog ava tee nessty: two years | who hated the country he had deserted. But ee same 4 ‘tment ones "ts ning, teuded so as to embrace within its cruising grounds the | off that town. On the 20th the defencos were carried, the | og arduous and exhausting duty tn this command, | “ishovor marked bis conduct oa this occasion as during | marine, and purchased every avaliable merchant steemser waters of the Babamas and the vicinity of Cuba. garrison became prisoners, and the rebels obtained pos- | received loave to roturn east in the summer,and was | bis whole ignoble career. Before jeaving Cherbourg he | that could advantageously converted into a naval ves: Oo the 7th of Augast Acting Reat Admiral Bailey, | session of the upper sound. 1p consequence of army re | gybsequently detached in order to take command of the | deposited the chronometers and other trophies of his | se! and used be to enforce . whose boaith was suffering from the debilitatiog influence | verses, vigorous mengures were immediately taken by | North Atlantic equadron. Captain A. M, Pennock, senior | robberies on shore, When beaten and compelled to sur- ‘The want of @ clase of small, heavily armed propeller Of the citmate, turved over the command of the squadroa, | this department t@ prevent further disaster. Captaio | omicer on the station, was leftin chargo. On the lst of | render, he threw overboard the sword that was no longer | vessels was felt, and the Immediately pre ry dertand, the Teanesses aud owner. rivers of the south | still excared in :emoving them. One bundred, i q a uarter pani py the reepect re % west, the navy has been ‘active im reestablishing the | ported, bad beeu placed in the bay by the rebels. On the 17th of April the rebels besieged Plymoutb, and | w, Ari Black and Yazoo be eve some of the devasement be has nevor ceased | men-of-war had become useless national authority. A fieet of mere thas one huodred : EAST GULF SQUADRON. lor the rebel ram Albemarle descended the ae ‘kangas, rivers, will be found for ‘parposes. ‘vessels bas.been put afloat on those waters, and most of them are now patrolling those rivers io the pational Tne been the policy of this department, rigidly ad ‘ered to under al! circomstances, and from wich it bas nos allowed iwell to be diveried, never to permit tho eMotency of the blockade to be impaired during these | by permission of the department, to Captain Theodore P. | Melancthon Smith, ao officer of much naval experience, vem! Acting Rear-Admiral 8 P, Lee aseu his own, and abusing the generous confidence of his brave | ceeded,on its own mT bout Gotestic troubles. Hence no targe squadrons have been | Greene, the officer next in rank, and came north, Cap- | was sent to the sounds with vessels of heavier armament, br roe A Misstosippt squadron, and entered be antagonist be stole away in the English tender, whose propriation Or authorization by ene Qe vaicetl toy 00 foreign etations § Cretsers upd men ofwer | tain Greens continued in command until the 12th of Ucto- | and instructed t take command, attack the armored charge of his dutics. owner proved himself, by bis conduct, a fit companion | the construction of twenty-three whioh the ow Fa ohne ak gens to Le eapennen omg w . c. he was relieved by Acting Roar Admiral C. K. Pon -* —— and use ail —s to destroy ber. On POTOMAC FLOTILGA. for the dishonored and beaten corsair. el Ae, Unadilla, Pinola and Wissabickon may be’ See as the to merican interests, end caprire or joy the few hod mg . 6 Sth tbe ram came oat Roanoke river, and “4 Having surrecdered, he cannot relieve bimi is Bom vessels were Netwfibatanding the sanitary precautions adopted tor | Captain Smith engaged her with bia gunboats. ‘The ac- | _ The limite of the Potomac flotilia embrace also the 4 Ee od predatory rovers which from time to time bave veutared obligations as a prisoner of war until he shall be - | manned within four Abroad to depredate ow our commerce, e bealth of this aquadron, manyvof the vessels jalied to | tion continued (rom forty minutes past four to | Waters of b onbg Cepennreg and at present and during iarteceehel “ig He, and each of his surviving offesrs tract, and Participated fathe stack e THR YLOCKA RE ape the io’ection of the yellow fever, so much and so | balfpast past seven P. M., whem darkness jntor. | ‘Be year have been ander the command of commander | and crew, ther received upon the Kearsarge or the parton the Lower Missiles! The blockade of a const |iue of three thousand Are hun- | jhetly dreaded, apd had to seek a northern climate during | vened, and the Albemarle retreated up the | Foxball A, Parker, Upon the flotilla has devolved the | Hegrnound, are, and will bo, held to be prisonore of war | and in capturiog New Oriana These gunboats 4r@4 and forty vine miles in length, greater ip extent 3 summer. ‘Phe system of promptiy ordering vessels | river.’ “Shot fell from ber armor apparently with. | daty of arresting the contraband trade attempted to be | and amenable to the laws which govern civilized com- } to maintain a good reputation, and their ua ee i os ‘a healthier locgliiy the moment they became infected | out effect, and the e to run her dewn wore unsuc. | C#rried on across the Potomac from Virginia with the | munities. A preaatory rover may set the laws 01 nations, | cbinery gives satisfaction. Wol eet ak co tocrcunee vecaes nhcocosee te bees oe eenete f toe ai Hy lower counties of Maryland, and oxtending from Alexan. they are fee 18 BD Undertaking without precedent m bis- | has been in itseffecte salutary; the ravages of the disouse | cessful. ‘Her consort, a small army steamer which had : | as woll as those of hisown country, at defiance, r coast, a larger deser needed De lat war with Croat Britain, when that | have thereby been checked, and the ship's complement | brew captured and converted into a naval vessel, was re. | dria te the Chesspeake Bay, including t Going ne bo mest abide the oonsequeacess Sista servion tad ‘our voveale of the clay ot tbe Ossipene Power had buvdred paral vessels in commission, | soon reetored to the usual standard of health. captured has also Pee een? to patrol an The Fioride originally sailed from England under the | mounting each two guos of eleven | were not « Port of the United Stotes wae thoroughiy Ituough the aquadron was temporarily reduced by | Un but ono subsequent oconeion did the Albemarle | havuock, The small craft, which Dame of Oreto, aud under that name she was, on reach: | There were also four vessels of slightly lees oe. clobed. ‘The mort Feriour attempts of the great maritime | these withdrawals, no ee) ious imterruption took place io | make her appoarance, and then she quickiy rotired on | Of this traffic, ad ae to it, ai ing Nassaa, brought before the court through the efforts | structed, carrying the seme armament, of which Powers ootipisted in endeavors to foterdict trade at | the disporition of the biockade, which has continued to | being fired at. As.thore was no Known cause to prevent | ated to elude detection, Those engaged of the American Consul who was satisfied that she was | Kearsarge is the type. The Shenandoah ‘ia the ty, ed 8 (ew of HB privelpal Ports of a belligerent. immediately | he eflective. Less frequent captures, and other indica. | her making another demonstration, a competent naval | & orupulows principled, 80 that | in che rebel interent and intended nga rebel craver. The | six vessels, mounting each three eleveb-inch rats, after closing the porte of the States in revention, and giv: | Gone, demonstrate that the traffic sod communication | force was always in readinos# to meet ber. But the jn. | OD 0 station are grohler vi id More voceasing | noxtral authorities decided in favor of the vessel, which | all of which sustaie. « 2 feputation. The jog that #0) (he charaéter of A block +s, the eorta of this un ‘the Fforide coast has pretty much ceased | activity of awaiting her movements was irksome and | Watchfulness required than da the part of the officers and | wig to Les Gopartment wede Clrected towards securing Roveral bar. The monotony of blockade life as, io repeated in. | paralyzing, ina uy destruction by other means became ‘gen of bb flotiia It isecarcely possib!e to wholly pro. Trove Caps where eee rovnives tu beara, tus-armnatent od the" coverst sclggmee pees Tt yg — bore at comparatively equidistant poiois, as boees of | mences, been, brdket by boat expeditions and armed in. | an object. aor Sia th js apocies of illicit trae and blockade running. | seqy out ior her from Koglaud, ran {nto Mobile, changed | 1a addition {rom two to six gone of lems calibre, All ef operations for the several eqaadrove, where our noval | dureions for the destruction of salt manufectories, which | Lieuteuant W. B. Cushing, a youne officer who had on | With ao long a line of se ualcatee to be patrolie SB | nor name to Florida, and has since, fleeing from all naval | these Vessels aro worew steamers, suitable for een orate. Yomels could receive their supplies aed mainfatg them. | abound on she Morida shore, many of which.are the pub- | previous ocoamoms gained the Admiration of the dopnrt. | Port on found by thé cofitrabandiats, | ve:geis, carried on’ predatory .war on-American com. | ing; but for the rballow sounds and bays, the rivers an@ pelos at their stations aod on thelrertising grownd, with. | \ic property of the insurgenté, These expeditions, | ment by bis daring and adventurous borois: who ai Ich, and wiio aro aided by aympa- rol wand out returning to Northern porte forfepairs end refiments. | although apparent y unimportant when compared with | elected to destroy the Albemarle by & torpedo, pre neriy thizing associates on either inte, to elude detection and oben pssipon Komp ron vet tov-eafeaiaations? ore” cere keine: War ‘wate, Won ftisad to" bate To Wave dowe this would not only! have efduagered the | the yreat navel achievememt® which have given resown | arranged in @ light pickot boat, to de placed at his dis. | capture. Numbors havo, however, been captured during | Jw February last, availing herself of a dark night, | nod for them competitiqn was invited, Te teret OMleteney, Ht in come Instances tight ved an | th our sviore mm neighboring waters, Dave nevertheless posal. ‘The torpedo i® tbe invention of Chief Fogincer | the yoar while In transit, others bave boen ferreted out | ghd escaped from Brost, eluding the Kearsargo, which | frequently restricted ola 4s dion! pbandonment 0! the biockade. To this ig'Neted serious injury upon’ the rebels, by exbaustiog | W. W. Wood, and poerdeses extraordinary power, jt | abd thelr boats hav’ been destroyed, was off that port In Jane ebo visited tho neutral | impossible, and the vecossjtion of the jt Oot War os Comet éxpeditions whietf have Tesdled In Cur | their reemurer jeveloped the zeal and energy | was arranged'and applied to tue pleket bond at the aug. |. Atall time and on all oconsions the flotilla hae given | port of et. Georges, Bermuda, and rethsined there |* principle of a Nebting vorsel with a dou bigtand rad: rat ei Gestion and uoder the direction of Roar-Admiral F, #1. | ite active aud will cod. Twelve padaiewheet steamers com £ Co-operation to the military move. q 0008 - monte, While tl nine days, receiving all the com! and supplies loinity of Fred: | sary for a loug piratical cruise, Leaving St. Georges on ‘hie principle were CT ey eer vicos"of the the a74h of tt A month, she remained Stal but a4 t, eome i rds and olhers by contract, he a here F weaver Rappabannock were | gjcht, for three or four days, by Te dts Irehocstne eeneoaenan sii They | opened com | aprdached the island, On the 10th of July she captured | amovnting to twenty Of theae double. bowed paddie- oat, while wheol Ma 5 ig ‘all of Wows: contra e. ‘ "tae eck, SEG ta ree sree, takeing posseewion of of elo 0) pat a Wile | of o #8 80d seamen, A Dumber Of Buch expeditions ington sen, Oupe Fear river is more | have born organized during the year and conducted to a Mouit to vieckede than any port of the east OF the | apcorss(ni tes th tele lone of United States, The two maid entrances are ue special ' wpart, “and these two are sul divided «i ortsers ) wifleh affords ay entranes |* In ‘oaptari Gregory and bis able aseistants, Lieutenant Cushing and without retax- | wos dirocted tw have the moans for carrying out the Famount service of | views of the department propared, and when there were “ by completed it was quickly and brilliantly executed. With | eficlent and oe detect omit, Panne. by the reves for |:fgutieen Urtve officers and men, who volunteered fr ine muntoation | with Re military” foros, cleared ‘pedoos “from the river; ks; convoyad transports OF destroying One of ovr Dlockuding steamers Frise, be, on the dight large pumbers 1 ‘vlee, ght of October 27, ascended the Grave the rebele from’ ite b aud nutherous Wottted {of "Apalachicola, The orgupization consisted of some yavoke to Plymouth omst. go that x blockade | "bhiadtod rebel oficers Informavioncr the | though & by n miivary force ou shore, as weil af | With troops and auprlion golnk to the army. and return. . Memoomety | semsploucs im Mobile. Sraught We oot ur ddr the DsebeRity OF received, and a joint nd sunk her. Only bimeelf and one of hig | 9x with the moundod and élsk from the baitle eld. The Tis Kasam, are. tne. of by rs CU UrROY 4 but cw, By toe lend itehed against ti tt death or capture. yoskols which are employéd in this service are of tight igh bole plese pre Nt of building uray pairs pera crea trend | ne meee acre od doc ep eter brn | uh eC a LN nace ee re al .. 1 COMm)n, D * elt nev if ammunition, fin, wen Btoamer will Gelect Rar own tine, thut eecdring every jo of a 3 promptly erat oe wieeett of tbe, : esekea San Frewclovo ia September last, aa, country are exposed to more th Nearing lied « ; iments. Detail this atfnir, ae woiles of . Jay = owe hams toyed * ere . <i Mean oh os corine al 4 earn. aan eae . of Lieutenant Cusb lags achievement. RUT) tho | 3 m4 , on i ippend| rm ‘al foros At his commend be pressed on to b ily or We tape cor Ls DROS. ty Gove tie ‘rebele from tele rite pits aed baieriee, and Fedoes, 02 tems, dering, nee ba st of Uctober took possession of the piace, cap by others in vessels of Proportions a ia ine “4 teed bt and fay ig SOUTH ATLANTIC sav, mee der b| rade the South Atlantic equad- Soced, witov tbe. elanmers dion test WAG {ew | ante aoopt hres! Numfred tas Te extent, And ovo. Wlets aod rowed, on low privomers, thirty-two cannon, small arms | Greater oem jerabie "a Vootwory of iy prem. OTF FIDAPRON, Aimee Overy vosse! Sy in violating (he block. Witt the Jinn its @ ub ‘command are two of the chiel | aoy in the noundy of “wom Union ou ‘Tnere hes been oe aaa eee ip the str ot [ag 4 d $40 hae been constructed Ia Hoagland wilt great sulle. | seaports of the tusurgente—Chapleston From July, 1868, when tbe rebela worg driven trom’ this squadron durlog she past year, The new oe ene,