Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-02-07 00:00:00, page 3

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pmtidmtion, See. t
bairman. 1
W. B.
The Ho*. Pm Hai^iltox >
Secretary of lb« Navy,
i ' ; NAVY DEPAfiTMEMT, af
' % , Janmvylitk, 1810.
®?»—I this day had (be honour «f receiving yoer
litter of tbi 10th met.
To enable the executive to carry into effect (he
provision* of the bill entitled “ A bill authorising
(be fitting oat, officering and me lining the frigates
belonging to the United States/ Ob additional num
berof midshipmen, able seamen, ordinary seamen
•r boys, need be authorised by law, the namber at
this time authorised being sufficient; bnl I respect
fully submit, upon th’e grounds exhibited, in the
accompanying paper marked (A), whether it would
be expedient to authorise four captains, (our mas
acommandant aid fourteen lieutenants, in addi
to the dumbeif at this lime authorised by law.
Thispaper A. has been prepared under the ini
prbsfiijg that the intention of the bill is singly to
Wdl ‘
repaired put io commission all the frigates that
may be deemed worthy ef repair, and that are not
•t this time in commission; and that is not in the
contemplation of the committee to lay up any of
(he smell vessels now in commission. Hence I
have therein stated not only what additional officers
Ore necessary for the frigates, but also what are ne
cessary for the smaller vessels.
In addition to the considerations which present
tkennolves upon tbs face of this paper it affords me
greafftoltefaction to have it in my power to state
to yob, (hat if authority were given, diAnguished
professional merit might be rewarded by the appoint
ment of the proposed number of commissioned of
ficers. Tboee who would, agreeably to the establish
ed rule, be appointed captains and masters com
mandant, have been in the navy front 9 10 10 years,
and have given satisfactory proof of their qualifica
tions in all. respects ; and those who Would be ap
- pointed lieutenants, have served as midshipmen for
many years, and have faithfully discharged their du
ties at a fate of pay which necessarily compelled
them to draw largely upon their own private funds
.fer (heir support.
i have the honour to be,
JVith- great respect, sir,
Your obedient servant,
PAUL HAMILTON,
• HonenraW* W. B. Giles,
Chairman nf the committee, ccc.
(A.)
Exhibit (hewing the number of captains, masters
commandant and heStenants necessary to en
•ble the executive to carry into effect the bill, en
<i titled “ A bill authorising tbe fitting out, ofiirer
' ing irid manning tbe -frigates belonging to the U.
States.
Required far
CopU.
Master Liiuts.
Cond’t.
Frigate Constitution,
5
President,
5
United States,
5
Chesapeake,
4
> Congress,
4
Constellation.
4
Mew York,
4
Essex,
4
Adams
3
.Ship John Adams,
3
Wasp,
3
Brig Hornet,
3
Argus,
3
Siren,
3
Oneida,
3
Vixisn, -
2
. Enterprise,
5
2
8’
For the six Naw Yards 6
For tbe New Orleans »U
tion, 1
12
17
13
7*
Existing laws authorise,
13
9
72
Deficient,
4
To provide fur casualties,
ie
Number recommended to
be authorised, in addi
tion to those now au
thorised,
14
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
January 15 Ik, 1810.
Si*- As illustrative of my letter of the 12tb
*n*L I L*g leave to enclose to yeu tome remarks to
wbicb pray refer.
Accept tbe assurances of my great deference and
respect.
J PAUL HAMILTON,
noaearsble Mr. Giles,
Chairman of the committee of the senate.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
W January 15 th, 1810.
9i*—With respect to the able teamen, ordinary
•cameo and boys, I stated to you in my letter of the
• 12th iast. that it would not he necessary for rnu
grsss to authorise any additional number to enable
tbe executive to curry into effect the provisions of
the bill now before the senate. To elucidate this
remark, I subjoin the following statement:
Existing laws authorise
5,025
There are at this time in service 2,723
.The five frigates proposed to be
equipped, would require,
Chesapeake,
272
Congress,
272
Consultation,
272
New-York,
272
200
*
4,101
^ m
wavmg'u surplus df
1,014
. , Vvt^rJr* <v3*ai, . ' —1 ■*'
These 1,014 two would be sufjirietgu to nsaa 42
^m-teats j »f they were thus eotfitoyed, there
would be 66 gaa-boau in cotftmissisn. Tbe rs
■tkiniug gun-boats, including tbs Oneida, would
require about , a,46g
From which deduct Ih* number at thiatkw
employed to take care of them in ordiaa*
V ::
*" ' Leaves
ciiti
t ha frigates and other veu
td*r« t
ordinary ueamen and te&Vitft
ber il this lime ao tbqri t«d by l
• 1 mb, SiV. -■ W 5
PAUL HAMILTON.
Congress of the United Slates,
IN SENATE—January 29.
Mr. Horsey, elected frura Delaware, ties Sir.
White, deceased, appeared and took his seat.
The bilt for the relief of Harry Caldwell and
•(hers, was read a (bird lime and passed.
« Mr. Bayard gave notice that he should to-mor
rotf ask leave to introduce a bill relative to the dis
trict court ilk the territory of Orleans.
Mr. Heed reported his motion to amend the con
stitution, amended to read as follows;
“ If any ritilcn of the United States, shall ac
cept of any title of nobility, or any other title of
distinction from any emperor, king, prinre, paten
t«tr, or foreign state, or shall hold the same by
descent, or shall intermarry with any descendant of
any emperor, king, or prince, or with any person
of the blood royal, such citizen shall thenceforth
be incapable of exercising or enjoying any of the
rights and immunities of a free citizen of the United
States or of the individual states; and shall also be
incapable of holding any office of honour, protit or
trust, under them, or either of them.”
The bill concerning a corps of volunteers was re
sumed ; but on motion of Mr. Bradley, oidered to
lie on the table till tomorrow.
January 30.
VOLUNTEER CORPS.
The Sehste resumed the consideration of the bill
lo engage in the service of the United Stales for a
certain period, a corps of volunteers.
After debate,
The further consideration of the bill was post
poned till to-morrow:
Mr. Pickering laid on the table the following »e
solutinn :
Resulted, That the President of the United
States be requested to lay before the Senate the in
formation which will exhibit those •* features in
the conduct uf foreign powers towards the United
States,” relerred to in his message of the 3d iost.
“ which impose on them the necessity of the pre
cautionary measures" recommended in that message,
providing by law for detaching one hundred thou
sand ol the militia, and for raising a force of twen
ty thousand volunteers.
AinbKHJAM. NAVIGATION BILL.
The bill from the house of Kcpresentativea, con
reroing intercourse with G. Britain and France
and their dependencies, and for other purposes; nnd
the several bills this day passed in the house of Re
presentatives were read and passed to a second read
ing.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, January 29.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Seyuert presented the memorial of the Presi
dent and Dire tors of the Bank of the U. S. pray
ing a renewal of their charter; which was read
and referred to a select committee, composed of
Messrs. Montgomery, Dana, Bassett, Seaver, Sey
i.ert, Gold, anu Taylor.
Ou motion of Mr. Seybert, the report of the se
cretary of the Treasury, dated March 2, 1809, on «
similar petition preseuted at a former sessi< n, and
the report of Mr. Hamilton, former secretary of the
I reasury, on the same subject, were ordered to he
printed for the use of the house,*
Mr. Burwell, in opposing the motion for print
ing these documents, took occasion tn say that un
der present impressions, he was opposed to the re
newal of the charter of the Bank.
On indtion of Mr. Witherspoon,
Ordered, That the petition of Alexander Scott,
of the state of N. Carolina, presented January 2,
1809, be referred to the commute of Claims.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
Mr. Rhea, (len.) offered the following resolu
tion i
Resulted, that the committee of Ways end meads
be instructed to enquire into the propriety of laying
an additions! duty on all goods, wares, and mer
chandize which shall hereatW be imported into the
United Slates from Great Britain and her depen
dencies.
Mr. Rhea observed* that id presenting this reso
lution, his intention was, that the ramrnitter of
ways and means might take the subjwt of it under
consideration, amt report folly and extensively ofi it.
He said he contemplated the casein different points
•>f view, viz. the rommitiee may report additional
dut ies to so great an extent on certain articles, not
very necessary to the United States, as would tit
effect, operate as a prohibition of them—that, an
articles necessary, the committee might report an
additional duty small in proportion to their neces
sity—aod that the encouragement consequently
might he given to the manufacturers of this nation.
He said he noticed these things at this time, not
fur any purpose other than that a full report might
be made on the subject. Ha did not design to nsk
a reference of the resolution at this time, but was
willing it should he on the table; and at a day not
far distant, he would call it up together with arm
ther resolution af a similar nature, Which be inten
ded immediately to offer far tba consideration of the
house.
Mr. Eppes ssid that the subject embraced by the
resolution bad been already tukea up by the com
mittee af waya and means, and a Utter bad been ad
dressed to the Secretary of the treasury to know
what extent the present duties could bd augmented
without injury to the revenue af the United States.
This subject having been mentioned in tba annual
report of the secretaiy of the treasury, the passage
of jjpe resolution would imply a censure of the com
nume of waya and means for not having hereto
fore reported on it. — “T ;
Mr. Bacnn remarked, that fa much of the gea
t.smatgMj'rt a. relsted l. manu&etaraa wL1£
dally ORhe the secretary of the traasary, ta«|pa.
it was referred at thajasg smsmw with I diilnTit
to repoHtbwrtmaUteift^i-as^v.
Ue rewdatiowwwawtdmnMalla oft tbs mM?
JSjt: “-IP***' **•
of ih»m
hM&tmr, etc.
rohrerniog cmmtmrcul
The quetMon rfiilT
'lAOWem'
cunsrderaWim beiag
•* steitftMbitipusa."
:1 Mr, Bibb spoke in fa*
of tin bill mar am
how ; .M jtftpm
Mr. Wbeetonoypoaed tin bill in aSpeech of afir
an hour. >,:tv , •■.4,^
Mr. Qainry opposed Ibe bill is > speech of mat*
ly the some length.
Mr. Tailmadge(pokeagainst the bill lor half as
boor.
IMr. W. Alston spoke a tew minutes is reply to
Mr. Wleutos.
Mr, Dana spoke half a» hoar against the bill.
Mr. Livermore spoke a few minbtes in favour of
the bill.
Mr. Sheffey spoke in reply to objections which
had been made to the bill.
Mr. Gardinirr spoke a few minutes.
And then, about sun down, the question oji the
passage o£ the bill was derided as follows :
YEAS—Messrs. L. J. Alston. \V. Alston, Baron,
Bassrtt, Bibb, Boyd, J. Brown, R. Brown, Bnrwell,
Butler, C*lhoun( Cobb, Coebrati, Cox, Crist, Cults,
Dawson, Eppes, Findley, Fisk, Gannett, Gardenier,
Gardner, Garland, |Gho]son, fleister, Heims, Hol
land, Howard, Johnson, Jones, Kenan, Kennedy,
Key, Lyon, Lyle,Macon, Marion, M'Bryde,Nl Ket,
M'Knn, Montgomery, N. R. Moore, T. Morrow.
Nelson, Newton, Pearson, P. B. Porter, Rea, (P.)
Kbea, (I.) Richards, Roane, Sage, Seaver, Shaw,
Shelley, SmeR, Smilie, G. Smith, J. Smith, S.
Smith, Southard, Stanford, Stanley, Swoops, Tay
lor, Tracy, Turner, Van Horn, WUitehill, Winn,
Witherspoon—73.
j\aYo ivlt*ssrs. Aodenon,Bard,Blaisdtl!, Brec
kenridge.J. C. Charn.erhm, W. Chamberlin, Ch«ru
pion, Chittenden, Clay, Cloptnn, Ciawfnrd, Dana,
Davenport, Desha, Ely, I'.mott, Golrisbornugh,
Gold, Hale, Haven, Hubbard, Hutty, K. Jackson,
Jenkins, Kuiekerbarker, Lewis, Livermore, Living*
ston, Mi I not. Moseley, Mumf.ird, Newbold, Pick*
man, Pitkin, Potter, Quincy, Ross, Sammons, Si-y*
bert, Sled men, Steptienson, Storges, Taggart, Tail
ntalge, rbompson, Troup, Upbam, Van D\ ke, Van
Kansselear, Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson.— 52.
[Absent on tins vote sixteen members, vi*.
Messrs. Campbell, Cook, Denning, Franklin,Good
win. Gray, J. G. Jackson, Love, Matthews, Millar,
Nirholsun, J. Porter, Randolph, Root, Sawyer,
Weakley, of whom Messrs. Cook, Denning, and
Randolph l>*ve not appeared in their seats during
■the present session, and Mr, Franklin andGoodwiu
are absent on leate.J
Tuesday, January 30.
A communication was received from the secreta
ry at war, en. losing si report on the subject of tbe
returns of the two detachments of Militia.
The bill for extending tbe right of sutirage to the
county of Madison in tbe Mississippi Territory,
and to author^ the appointment of an additional
judge for the said Territory ; the bill for‘discharg
ing W’m. Hawkins from his imprisonment j the bill
for the relief of Jared Stattuckj and the bill Irom
tbe senate to extend certain privileges therein
mentioned to Joseph Joshua Dyster, were several
ly ,e*d a third time and passed.
APPROPRIATION bill.
' motion oi Mr. Eppes, the house resolved it
sell into a committee of the whole, Mr. Cults in
the chair, on the bill making appropriations for
tbe support eftlieguvernment during theyear 1S10.
A motion was made to strike out the clause mak
ing the additional allowance of 15 per centum on the
salaries of the rl.-rks of the public cffices. Mr.
Baron, lallmadge, Montgomery and Root sup
ported the motion, and Messrs. Eppes, Johnson,
Lyon, Smilie, Quincy, Rhea, Mdmfort, Sbttfey.aud
Taylor opposed it—Negatived 52 lo 41.
There is in the bill a provision “ for repaying the
Bank of the United Stales a sum advanced to the
i,Hle collector of New Orleans, to enable him tupay
drawbacks." This blank was lilLd with the sum
of 100,000 dollars.
Mewrs. Wainty, Lyoh, Gnldsborotigh, Emrttt
him! Key objected to the appropriation in the bill of
0000 dollars for a minister to Madrid, as we had
no minister there, alui making such an appropria
lion would be a sanction of this hdusetb sarh a mis
sion to pi oceed forthwith} to whiub they ab|*ct
ed- Kv» i* il were proper nose to send a minister
Madjsd, there was tie occasion lor an appropria
tion for that object because the president hud *1
already a power to send ^minister to any nation, it
he thought proper to exercise it,
Messrs. Kpprs, Baron, koot, Rb«a, (Ten.)
M'Kim, W. Alston, and Montgomery replied that
ibis was included iu the estimate from the treasury
department* and wtts ho dodbt intended to meet the
appointment of a. minister te Spain, whenever the
government should be settled, whether a Joseph or
rerdmaad Swayed the sceptre, whether the king
*•* selected from the' Napolsnn hr Bourbdn dynas
ty- ' Whenever the government of Spain was set
tled, we might to have a minister there,
Thg appropriation was refused to ha inserted—
52 to 35.
After tilling various blanks, the committee rose
nl 4 o’clock, reported progress, and asked leave te
sitagaio.
Gazette Marine Memoranda,
ARRIVED.
Brig Victory, Lew;*, 4 days from Falmouth*
(Mass.) Ballast, Moses Myers h Son. ■
Srh’r George, Batson, 10 days from Boston.
Scb’r Plough bey, Hall, 5 days from Charles
Williamson's Packft will sail f
Alexandria in • few days. Fur passage apply
heard, or to - lo*'
RICHARD DRUMMOND.
* - *r,« «**•-*• **;.• '' r
IXXJI OR M.
>, • text*#
ttemenof*l|orfnlkt that he juteuda •‘•fmrtlir
in both btf itches of hi* profession). •
He fit* ortifichl teeth fW>mohe to.n eoli*
Mrith such nicety n* to answer the usefcl porpos
nature, and of so neat an aupesrsace tfcatity
potsible to discern them from mil one*. *
Hie meHiodnf cleaning the teeth is a|fe«
■W every possible elegance to the finest nafewi
Riving the Mast pain, or incurrin* tfca diifiiM
ry to the enamel.
Dr.#. removes snd prevents the dteasr ftfi
Dr. K. from his long practice and expert*
England, France and Spain, flatter* himself
at
To-Morrow (Thursday,) the 8th U§L'
m XII o'Chsck, will lie Snldat my OfloibrCash.
12 chests fresh Hvson TEA, '***
6 do. Imperial m lie, .
1 pipe Gin, X hogshead Molasses.
10 quarter cask* Slimy Wise,
s hogsheads Leaf Sugar,
7 puncheons Antigua 4tm», -s-ranra
Wm. B. Lamb, V. M.
February 7. \ -
On Monday the Lvth iiirtant, '%t
o'Chirk, at Xo. 15, M^ket-Sneare, w,l| be
.SeraonauVr*
A OWkLUNti^KH^SE aiid 10^
ofl Catharme-strejet, with all the outrHoiMkS^'
Pavements, at present occupied by Wf. PWcT
A DWEl»LIKG*HOUSK and U*^,
ihe,impr“JeieJi,b0’'*- ^»«-«««, Withe#
A STORE & DWELLING-!
with all the improvements iR Lnt ,
square, occupied by Mrs. Hr»gg afcd Joh
| and John B.
‘ 56S Acrtk air ,
with a good Dwelling House and Qat-ffraises, nee*
Portsmouth, called Paradise, and Ten Jttely JJ*.
rc.u a W
groes.
Terms of Sale, 3> d, end 9 months credit for m.
TIT " —i ei "i
proved endorsed nates,
to bear interest front Uw fey
of sale.
* Wns. B. Lamb, V. M.
February r. ids ^
On Friday the 9th instant at «
"•Clock on Wto«*. wWiiS CMU»
Schaoirtr Ann Ballard, captain L*Jtgde
Cadis—Contittmg ttf
100 quarter casks Sherry*Win«
100 do, <b». Malaga it," *
40 half pipe* Catalonia Port,1 ! "J
84 barrel* kuitrfnt,
180 boxes bloom do. ,
40 hones Oranges, 40 do. Ia
80 jars Olivos, S hales Cotl|
3 BagaChertuts, lew
Terms—atj sums Under 200 <
bgrn Notes | liter that sum anti i
days, and above that asm M
Mfith approved endorsers. •
Penoock,
Valuable Lots for Sale at
On FRIDAY the l^M^I, U!
before the Rsthaage (Mfe*
Six I ots of LAN)
A dearrflnt Se&to,
Nd lands. Two Lota<* ttnteBtisM
3. A Lot CroinbtaJhite k 1
WissSEsi
nao^srjsSMt
known at not to Med «bj deaertaftk*
Terms—Nates at’B, IS, aed ”l§i
rtnAnWil -J-- -* ■ — •- •— — ——Jdt a_...^ 7’’r~i i
jiryvea cnoorstn wilt 91 rCQViflQ in
Plan*of dm whale wlthltte adfou