Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-14

lfgAs r1tsi CT Of ftk FL knls ~ @Ic:
| ouisits 10 PR serye our sespor. sovnssen q!
! 1orflseration arl srfnrcr eHeesuallj the
i laws in our own ports, He offered shitrra:
son as sn answer TO the gsn.ieman iroh 81
ii fnfr. Gardner 1who had d. mspdf swhy
he adhessd.o the parilcpl!sslr. no ,. he
bill. q.
! !. As 60 the origin, Of i gun bosts he culd
not snesk viii much cor6stncs bur twas
wei Known they had been used BY 9 1he
nations ia Eufops. The Ftenchs SFaish,
Da,ch, Italian. add the Bsrbsry pcWriphed
All found chem exesllsn ut foatipg BATTLES,
cspabls Of afordiug The naest 4ormisb!e
resistance TO an approaching sqnadron-----
sEaalsrS herself with her present nasJ has
at leass SEQ gun boats, empioyed foEths
2ratecsion Of her ports and 4ha,bors. lie.
said heswas pleased wish The gentlfasD
Fl pn N. Carolina Mr.sSawyet) Who s|oke
Yesterday, and had then shewu The Ear,i,5
oular adv sntagcs Of gun ,boals, he AYuld
no.asgain recspnulsie shem, as The ,hpsr.
he was convinced, had given them heir
joss weight. Their sio'rodpciicn intolhe
II. S. has been insconsequence Of III re-.
commenda,iot ofcommodore Rodgersnd
the oEficers Of our navy, Hho hsd srVtd
10 the Mediterranean. ard4wis0sssed.htir,
efficacy assergines Of deieoce. =
II had been objected 40 gun boats that
they cos, too much 10 building. NJ ~.
said the present price OF each was 5000
dollars, sum considerably les. ahan heir
COS. when frs, contracted tor. lt:ks
aouse lodg,d from the fs;gasss witch
had beeo boilt :hey might reasonbly
suppose tbs price would be mere redlcel
as the Horkmen became more experietced;l
and The materials for consusctrg ere pro't
in greater abundance to malkts. BIZ, il
should betakes into view. thar those gun
boats aiready constructed were larger aud
mere costly 7thsn snecesssry; shsy were
good ssa boats /, lssdrbeen propa 20
build ,hs ~ 6,sfor sea, brrsuss Having cnly
Few il vas frequently necessary to Con.
ernua,e them at a particular point. The
nunter being new augmented, and snsngh.
assigned for each hsTbor, The nsressisF Tor
constructing them, 81 the ptsseu, price.
eeastd. N'r. q said he had bse6 nbrn..
Ell. that the snn boa's uaeo by the sEaa.
ards we're much sHlale, and cheaper shsn
these belonging to the Us.
Another sbiec,ion he'd brsn asade II HE
expsnce OF maintaining them IN service.
The sum necessary for this pnr pose was
estimated by the seosei AIRY CT The navy al
III 3oco dollars Annually, upop the srPpo-
s,tion ,iey should have their full: consfle.
mens Of een en- beard during she whole.
year. kir. b. said this sum would neytr
bs requisite, slrce IL was we'll known not
more than eigh men would be employed
sxcep. while 10 scsnsl service the exs
pence therefore could col syceed che third
of he annual estimate.
+ lo the building. AID repairs Of gunb ats,
sheY would be fGuad upon calculation pre-
reiseIy equal to The same numbsr 81 guns,
90 fsigates aps ships Ct The hoe 4 he
only inequality ct txrenee vas in their
manning. MIR. b. said he ~was authorised
20 state that the committee were sbgut
devising plan by which shegun boa $
could, be asnRsdin the diaefrn, .eaper,s
by acquisitions 9of the seamsn scd Others
in port, whenever ,hsis services may be
rsoalrea. I hia would obviaie she ne eess,.
~ Of their being constantly manned. II
gsntlemen wauld examine the places at
whishthey are to be stalio1ed, they would
hpd theirpepulzsion respectively would be
qnise suaicien, for his purpose at Nor.
tulk, for example, there are 10 be- 60, ard
certainly from pepulation ofs2 CT 1909
irhabi,an.s, meD could at all times BE pro-
cured. In The same manner at New York
su1 other places. Gentle men dislike the
manner ia whi.h hey were stationed, and
laughed at The idea of one or two boats
dsterdiee port. Mr. y said they were