Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 8. Page: 35
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NORTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
Instructions from Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, to Lieutenant-Commander Babcock,
U. 8. Navy, regarding the schooner Typhoon.
U. S. FLAGSHIP MINNESOTA,
Off Newport News, October 12, 1862.
SIR: I received to-night yours of the 11th instant reporting that the
Chesapeake leaks badly. If this vessel is in distress, let her go up to
Norfolk to stop her leak.
I return the papers of the schooner Typhoon (received to-night with
your report of the 11th instant); hand them to the master of that ves-
sel. Tell him that he can not have intercourse with the blockaded port
of Norfolk without a permit from the Navy Department, to which the
owners of the steamboat William Selden should apply if they wish to
wreck their steamer, which it is alleged was seized by the rebels and
which it is known was burned when Norfolk was evacuated. In the
meantime you will not detain the schooner or allow her to go into
Norfolk.
I infer from your report that you have no knowledge but from the
verbal statement of the master of the Typhoon as to his object. As
soon as the tugs are repaired, I will send you one that you may com-
municate promptly with me; in the meantime send an officer with your
report, in case of detention, by the first boat to Fortress Monroe, whence
he can come here in our morning or evening mail boat and be returned
promptly to you. I desire you to afford the Army every facility con-
sistent with your instructions, promoting as far as you can the
convenience of that branch of the public service.
Respectfully, yours,
S. P. LEE,
Actg. Rear-Admiral, Comdg. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Lieutenant-Commander C. A. BABCOCK,
Commanding U. S. S. Morse, Norfolk, Va.
Order of the Secretary of the Navy to Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, for the release of
the schooner Conrad Fox.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, October 13, 1862.
Sm : I have received your No. 77, dated the 11th instant, enclosing
copy of correspondence between General Dix and yourself, and asking
instructions in regard to the schooner Conrad Fox.
The permit for the Conrad Fox was unauthorized, and she should not
land or receive cargo. But as she acted under supposed authority, and
intended no violation of the blockade, she should, in justice, be
released.
The rule which General Dix applies to Norfolk, denying that it is a
blockaded port, would exempt any port and the whole coast, with the
exception of Wilmington and Charleston, from blockade, for all are
held by military occupation.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.
Acting Rear-Admiral S. P. LEE,
Comdg. N. Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Old Point Comfort.35
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