Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-09

aca;ost the cause il is produced 20 suPPoIl.
!. ;s matter ofIegre,, however, i y eyer
has hrrn aseerta.ned thar gun sboa,s have.
bren able TO remove ship OF war from
her nosi,ion. that we have GOT bsen Put IN
posse ssien Of that Information. ! he sol-
iowipgrems.ks are taken ifo" the com
m.n;est,on of captain Iiogyy ~" The
eaieaey of gun boats 10 the defencs OF
eoast., nor;s and harbors, mus. be obvious
40 every person capable Of reaection----
swhen il is considered with what celerl'y
they can generally charge their Posl,'o 20
/ and mode Of attack, exceeding u W,oep
TO as macy Different direc'Iors as tne'
7nrnber consisss Of, or concentrating nearly
70 oue line of direction. Such indeed is
believed TO be the great utilny OF gun boats
tcr defence, thar notwithstanding the 81
!. psuuc power Of The british navy; 10 lis
,presep, state. judiclous writer IN the
British naval ehreaicIe, after advising
plan for raising fes Of 80 or 200 gun
boa.s 10 assist 10 repeisiog the lhreaseoed
invasion Of that county. says, gun
boa, aas this Advantage over battery 90
shore, that il can be removed al pleasure
from place TO place, as occasion nay re.
xau;re, ard aiew such vessels carrying hsa.
yv gyms would make pfodigious havoc
moog the enemy's hst bo'somcd boats
crowded with soldiers Surely We DO
no. exrect the British will con,e TO invade
Jus ia IA, bo,,omed,boa,s. If they should
do so, we NAV array thus misessole machi.
merry against them, and SHAH probably De
victorious. III IS the misfortune ot al! The
advocates Of gun boats thas they are ohus.
ed to deal in general assertion, and can
produce no clear aod unequlvocal instance
of their ussiulness Instances OF az oP,
pos;se kind are numerous, one OF which is
particularly recollec,ed at this moment.
Soon AFTER the commencement OF the war
preceding the present, between France <
England, French aotilla OF so Of those
bas,s attacked the little Island OF d. al.
I cou, called IS DO, 10 the channel." and
were blown TO atoms. Sill We are requir-
ed 20 have tash-a degree Of faith greater
than would remove mounsains In this
species Of naval armament Our gun boat
projectors imiiae celebrated eyr-maker
of Cous,su,ino pie. He was SO ingenious
a. 10 be able 70 counserfei', almost to per
feofion, SO far as appearance would 60,
the. human eye. The Grand .Visler, or
one OF The great muftis of the court, hsv.
ing had the misfortune 10 lose az eye, sp
to supply It's pace. He~was accordingly
furnished with one, which was well placed
III his head exactly resembling The one
which he had loss. Hecauld moi however
see with il, and &hen he complained Of
this Defect he was Informed that it was
no. to be expccyed that be could discern
objects with che new eye at once, but
tia, 10 time i. woul9 b: az useful 20 him as
the old one. So ii is with .ua Boats
They have never baen IF naterisi service
90 cry nation; bu, We are told TO buiid
ard believe in them, aod hey WI one day
protecs US aga ass 81! .h- wa.id.
The mex g'-a; argument il f.vcr q his
es a6IishmenS. IS, shat il is an ecospntl ell
~cne.
:. Let us examine its economy
Lis said in Greas Hri all that it is as
expensive to maintain one man n tie saw
as four 10 the army. Each glf DO. nuss
be commanded by a comm; ssoa !. G ~t !;
aud il is unders GOD fhst thirty mre {-asns
say iortyl will be required T e:ef s,.
II we es i,na'e.he while expecte Ct x Ia
tanning an s.eicer a 1000 dollars. ('hsre
expencr viii be 500 6, Icas aad 80 olsn
al SEQ dollars esch-pay, e!c;h'ag, provi.
sions and rs.lscelaniss includet:,
The amount for 2 81 gun boats for
one year will be, s 4,ll2,ooo
But if we deduct 10 men, which is
S 5000, from each boat, t,2a5,ooo