The American Navy
From tho Lutidcu Xiiaeg. In Junuary, ifeGl, t'.e Ami-riutna hu i 41 v4WU'i all rutes íi C'i;:!ir:ifriuh. TÜro hNs now 2ft6 mei. ui wi.r turryinK U Ftdural ñu%, o (hul Uiw iiavy hun Leeh iuuiii!-i.J f.ildio le than t, yeHro. 'Itii-, h.wever, th.' ÜMlolitig i Wumieliul ulRift vu tl,tl {;:.rt of the üHtiun, is hot u rv c:c.nuidtmuy it'Mi.t, wtied thu e{i-cutnttaiMM are revfcwcti Üti lhj wi;a ÍoíwUíoM v7c uoi W súnd a Uitiusund cruiner lo Soft cv-.;: ;i m bgrlr tiifw 'l'he fuï in, as WB hava Lf.re tuKvu occ.u.-idr) to reinal !;, Itiat tlio wern diVreo nil (;f thtiir clcl luclics liy nhurp piX'sr-u:ö cf' ilihtuut riccffci;y. Iiit-tvad t.f _-c9!centruliiig their isiiergiex umi tiit.ii1 i'xjitftrtitiitu (ti (;fie ur Uvn r(in;ströus Bput;iirin of' Unir r.'i-pfctiv'a Css. 8, Üiey ii'ts-jd ut oi.pe ulo ,-v fithn:v e'vcrv lloutirg vnuul ihut ci.ld bu f'iund. Kiver tunmert, frirv-liciats, mal! packo's, irerchantiiifn uncí vuufter wóru uil Uiiight uji lmtilv uriñe}, amj mi to at-:i Iho (.lunriaiit. 'V'tm rrsnft, ií e ,r.-e, wás ui ur-Uinhui,' !ticrea8 i.f ti.o náuoiui] muiiñc, ñutí, mh h linpjieimd, mi cffit-Ufiit mio, tuo. Tht'FtfUcr.ili wru fii:hiiiig nwaint un erwuiny ho hul no návy ;it uJí" and, ■ i-nqir r.tly. uny tl-ut " was s;u.J uniMigjM fir'.Jlhe piirpose. A rwWy f ftCtiVü f-quailiuii n.iiflit havy tinidt short woik of tlicsu riKikeshiftc, bilt iha CnrjfuJériiteH liacl ;;:. f qiiaH j ii nf iiiv kiniJ, ii'nd m tt;o utiMri'pnrlzed fi._-s.-t út' thé Sforttieraers Niu-ceuded in keujiiig llie Ben, and bloetading the ht-ljiless portsol tho heh)less Soutb. Alihoüt' however, thu Fudür;! üctccJ th ihig judicions dooision u;:on the sptir of tho iixitneht, they lont no limu in putting somtj bettw Wvrk Ín trim. Thav uoeptefi vt-ry promptly the con J.siuns ot Europenn (iovKinmtfitii reupeuting irrtn üuspd vesiol-i, au. i ordwed a jood na-y shU's !!i '.hu Ds :uude!. At tho pièsent inoiiKiit they Mavo belwutw twentv fiv md tiiirty of 'hese vewseia .■lutimllv hfliHt, md mi tesM ■ h:i n inirtyneven lui ldiiijr. Vel even bere tor must nol deluih'ttu selreswilh lieiilea tfiai iron cl ml sieamer f Federal nart, Int r pr'senl unyihinii vurh tv ís lt itt ,ir mw ttirlud r, aur (nvri uguaiíron at Lubon. The s i:na ur-x-ncy i'i tliu ddiiiiini), iind the hftir:ii cUillltui' V i;i the oo:itcii .-luttid ervii-e, liMve liecn ut tt'ui-fc wrv a!;;" .tu i e Heet !lio t flirioi'cy of th Mhips tumed out. We kno# iy xpoiienee wtiat in requiiud tor .ucli ci'iisu uctiniis ;i tlu'se ; Biid whun we heitr tliat t-veii improved md powerlul modela are laiindred in u tew rrvinihe, and fo $80,000 a- eet-, v.e cuü lorn; a VtíV gdod idea of thcir ti:er;d o nulity. ' yilh these quallfiottinni, linwovei, the new Federal uavy may tertaitiiv ba rasfttrdeii as it remuikable cieatinn.- TtlHt vry goverimiünl wi.ich, a few monlha (go, had but i'-rty men.uf-u-r ;iHo;tt, hus iiow a liliic-kadirig squadron of fjüy-ony vencéis in the fuUlh Alianlic and Hflothor of foriy thru in the Xorlh Atlantic. It hun a third sqnad: ron of fit'ty weven ship.-i in the We?t Gidf, and u timrth if tworvty-orw phips in thu E ist Giilf. Be.-Mus thene, ihoro is ii flo illa in ;ho Potomiio nuniheriiig twunty ftMir vesstls ( nntl anolher iq hu JltKniiXippi, coinp: iiinjj tat-niynine. Upori the whole. the ne v Federal i:avy h:H beun d"si'tu;d wlth si peenliar nn i exuep foimfate hu o! j-ct th -il it is hardly safu ti draw imy ci.fral 1bí smiis fiom pnoh m exiimph, 'l ha Nuriherners w.nri-d a ti 1 , iof to enL-olllltlT the tíi-tfls l.f ill ('llflIlV, l)U' to t;-kt; o th.; ns ant and k ei u S iMi"rtl nf in nnoonto-ted hbü. 'i'"e.v rq'iired ü 1 1 r í 1 .- 1 1 .- i'r iht; n;iviiii n of limad iivpri", and ft rlli to -ii-npi ra' e with au aimy in the field. Thene íotiiitM M of thei' mtii ion they iü: t only diii cerned, hut ueep!ed M hout an limil' iiel :iv, and the te-ult rertuinly does thern credit, as ithas, iiid-3d, te t hem service Aleasured, however, ')y Euroliean ftandards, fhfir qaidrrtí' i:an hardly he resfardefl as eff-i-ti e, ihi1j e are to presume that other rm'tM havo' expended lipun thöir navien :i laro iir.onnt of superHnoiw pain.- We ccuhl do in a twlv m'titli vut rJy iriiUt Ilie An;cn:(i(is have (hint, but fiée (híict a) much. By prc-s BU evel y species ot erafl in'o thu m ri ice, ninl set nor every l)iii)din; cd t" woik ithoilt stint or acruliny, we conld noirn inultiply by a cnn.-idefalile tiifiirrf 'he nuiTiber of onr nhips in (oininif-ipn, lint their qualitv wouid not letnain snch as il is at prq-ent. B A frienil i our.n ns tttivelinjj a ];■' or twn sjnoe fj the vioini y oí B"S!nn While c'iossintf u liilgCjhe wmm st pptd liy Hiine ynung men, mie nf wIkhii ikMi eti-ccl hini is follow :- '' S;iy, tni-ter, gut imv vliisky vv,th ve?" 'No sir,"' poiitdy rt8p"nded rur Irie ifl. "' Doii'c oever drink iny whisky?" "No i-ir." " W-u 1-1, that is too büd. I shoukl liko iriility well to get .-omo good whisky, but we can't tret none here. Teil ye Híhut 'tin, sir, its d;ingerous sltiflf that. they hnve heraabculs. We ure bmuid to drink it inyhov, luit we dra1 iots t nee which shull diink ñist. Th-1 one that draws it guoH in :inj drini, and nits t;wn - We ill vvait tm hout-, n''(i Í hö iiin't dead then we all drink; ü' ho iri, we try another i'lype.
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