Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-07-04

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Taylor supported it.
The committee rose (Mr. Taylor having
suspended his speech for the purpose) to
receive report Of the committee of enroll.
ed bills.
message was received from the SEN
ate, informing the House that they were rea-
dy to adjourn, Sc had appointed Messrs.
Pope and Brent a committee on their part
TO wait on the President and inform him
that they are ready to adjourn. The House
concurred in appointing committee, and
Messrs. Root and Crawford were named
Tor that purpose.
On motion of Mr.. Randolph, the commit
tee Of the whole were discharged from the
further consideration of the subject Of the
batture with view to take it up in the
House.
Mr.. Randolph then called for the cons-
deration of Mr.. Sheffey's resolutions.
On the first count, there were, for it 30,
against it 33-=No quorum.
On the second count, for it 34, against it
On the Sd count, ~ to 37---a tie, and
another count called for.
35=No quorum.
On fourth count, for it 81, against it
53.%No quorum:
A call of the names, was then ordered
&C o'clock) and the names being called, it
appeared that the following gentlemen
were present
Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, BlaisdelI, Boyd,
j. Brown, K. Brown, Burwell, Butler; Cal.
houn, &. Chamberlain, Crist, Cults, Da-
ma, Dawson, Desha, Ely, Emott, Eppes,
Findley. Fisk, Gannett, Gardner, Gholson,
Gold, Hale, Haven, Hester, Helms, Hol-
land, Howard, Hubbard. Hufty, j. G.. Jack
son, X. Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Knick-
erbacker, Lewis, Livermore, Livingston,
Lyon, Lyle, Marion, M'Bride, M'Kee,
M'kim, Minor, Montgomery, n. r.
Moore. Morrow, Newton, Nicholson, Pear.
son, Randolph, Rea, (Pen J Rhea, (ren.)
Richards, Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Saw
yer, smiiIe, 6. Smith, Sturgea, Swoope,
Taggart, Taylor, Thompson, Tracy, Tur-
ner, Van Dyke, Van Horn, Van Rensselaer,,
Weakley. Whitman and Wilson=75.
A full quorum.
And another count, being made on the a.
Dove question, the votes were 81 TO 34-.
Mr.. Root reported that the committee had
waited on the President according to or.
der, who was pa!eased to say that he had
no further communications to make.
-d5oat 9 o'clock.
All the bills having been enrolled and
signed, melton was made TO adjourn and
carried; and
The Speaker after wishing the members
OF the House pleasant journey home, and
a happy meeting with their friends, ad .
lonrned the House to the 4th Monday in
November next.
LETTER
From the Secretary of the navy to the
Chairman of the committee, appointed
on so much of the message of the presi.
dent as relates to the military establish.
ment; accompanying a bill cernine,
the naval establishment.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
DIR, 9TI JUNE, 1909.
have received your letter of Yesterdays
date, and i'll reply have the honor to state
lst. That the cost of repairing each OF
the frigates now lying at the navy ward,
washington, cannot be estimated with a.
ny decree of precision until each frigate
shall have bean thoroughly examined in
her null, mass, spars, rigging, sails, wa,
ter casks, sc. and the precise state of
each particular ascertained sometime
since directed such examination to be
made, and reported to me, but this has as
yet only partially been done and being
apprehensive that some days may eapse
before shall have it in my power to af.
ford satisfactory information upon this
subject, have supposed that in the mean
time 1T would be agreeable to the COM
mittee, to receive information upon the o.
ther points OF your letter, and therefore pro-
eeed to state:
2dly. That the difference between keep
'ng each OF the public armed vessels in SER
vice, for months, from this time, and lay
ing them up in ordinary Immediately, cir
cumstanced as they now are, their crews
being generally in debt for advances of mo-
ney and clothes made to them, and their
supplies of provisions, and III great mea-
sure all the other supplies being now actu
ally on board, would be from three to four
months pay oftheir respective crews--that
For A gun frigate, about 3 II 600
36 do. IS 900
80 do. 10 coo
Is gun brig 1000
IA gnn schooner s 600
IN reply % your Sd query requiring ga
comparative statement of the building and
ehe annual expense of maintaining n gun on
board frgate and a gun.boat," it is ne
csssary to suppose particular case.
viii take the irigate President, rnountinp
SO guns, - pound corronades aud % pound
long cannon.
This frigate cost 8 22o,e1o s-1oo=vsay
3 22l 0CO A gun boat, carrying Q guas
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