American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-11-04
THE FRIGATE BRANDywINE.

time will proue to be ue "When the frgate shall ar
rive at Iavre and undergo necessary REPAIRS and the bills
for those repairs shall find their way out hee every
will be quite satisfied, that what have stated, is
in every particular. The consultation whether the frg
ate should should not proceed her voyage, held
within "a hours after the Pilot had left her," Notwt-
standing Mr.. Binns speaks positively, inclined to
believe that he has been imposed upon by dsappon
ed shpcarpenter who has taken this method TO vent his
Spleen BECAUSE perhaps, he has lost of the oayes
and shes not having had any thing to do in building the
rgate. We cannot admit the belief that Capt. Morris
would hays yentured to the Atlantic with such in
valuable freight committed to his charge, in YES
sci in whose hold eight feet OF water suddenly dis
covered when she had been bur few days sea-" Wei
should like to see how Mr. Bnns will answer the following
tough questions proposed by the Editor of the National
Journal in commenting OH the paragraph from the Press
We venture to assert from knowledge Of the char
acters of Naval Officers generally and particularly that
of the Commander of the Brandywine that the ruor
stated, be The pumps board all ships
of war regularly sounded every hour, and sometimes
during heavy wind, gale, every half hour are
confident that Capt Morris is good seaman and too
careful of his high reputation to have neglected this i'm
portant duty. it was not neglected, it follows that the
eight feet water in her hold must have accumulated
othn an hour which could only have happened by such
Touring in OF "through the sdes, would have
rendered utterly Intellectual the aid of all hands, to save
her from going down before the second hour had elapsed
Again it is stated, tina, the oakum had washed out
Inv it washed out The ship cobpsred foot above
the deep water lne could the oakum have been g wash
ed OUT through The "COPPER" Ii is stated too, that $50 nnsea
worthy this vessel found, that consultation was held,
whether it as or not prudent to proceed on the yoy
age" consultation with zehom? Are MT the Captains
Of Navy competent decide whether their ships
seaworthy and did il ever that commander ask
ed the advice OF lis officers whether proceed on his
voyage not The discovery Of the leak is said to have
been made when she had been &c but few days at sea
After she had been l6 lays at and had performed tyo
thirds OF Der voyage, Captain Morris wrote TO friend in
ms city, General Lafayette wrote to Mr. Duponceau, and
MIR Someryle to his friend Mr. IIebb. In neither
Of these letters is there single word about leak any
other disaster Would Captain Morris have been neg
gent OF his duty Ia have omitted to report ortant
r. .I.
thirty thousand weight 9, ammunition" without saving
word explain why he had wasted much public prop
ery' Would Lafayette, and Mr. Somervle, have been
silent matter Of such interest to their friends, and
10 the country?
But independent Of tile argument to be drawn from the
sincs OF the letters which have referred there
direct contradiction of it in the letter of Captain Mounts
to the Secretary of the Navy, which in words
that they had progressed thu, far without any ccc,dnf
Ito wit to the 25h Of September, and when the voyage
more than tc0thirds completed We have taken the
trouble 10 make these remarks in the nope they may
eve any anxiety VIII oh the parents and friends Of the
merous officers board the Brandywne might have felt
from Yielding too easy faith 10 most unfounded story
Since the above was prepared we have received the
Democratic Press, which Mr. Binns after having read
the remarks in the Nat journal, insists that his statement
made what he " knew be good authority and
Of the leaky condition of the frgate, and which also
brought Capt Morrss letter 10 he Secretary of the Navy
clay nearly an hour the Brandywne that they
could TIL biscuit aboard and during all that time The
bnps oMe igate going smattl, and the MidMpman
milo brought The letters board the Lancaster zppered to the
Captain that The fSigats was eaky." Mr. Blnns appears
confident that he will be able to subsanate his statement
and says that letters from the Brandywne, her arri
val. will bring abundant confirmation Of the facts which
We exceedingly regretted 10 have to publish As it will
not be long ere the truth of this will be known,
shall drop the subject, for the present.
Il
We are indebted to the poteness of gentleman of this
Borough for the following extract of letter dated Wash
| ngton City, 28h October 1925.
son the 25th inst having called business with The
Secretary of the Navy and he being OF the interest
took in all that related to General Lafayette was pleased
to read letter which he had just received from
Capt. Morris, in which he informed him OF the general
health Of the General and of the officers and crew and ex
pcy stated that accident had occurred, and spoke OF
the ship sailing well, and ended by stating that he had
not sufficient opportunity Judge of all her good qualities
My SURPRISE therefore, great reading the article in
the Democratic Press of Philadelphia representing the
shin as unseaworty ard eaky and the public having
suffered consequent serious loss ard the life OF hbertys
veteran having been placed in jeopardy But when
reflected that the ship coppered had been built under
the careful superintendent of first rate master builder
and constructor, and equipped under the especial dreG-
ton of the Secretary and of her able and worthy command
for the special purpose Of conveying The Nations Guest
t., his home, could but consider the article as an
nsiou attempt to snatch from the Secretary the credit
of causing the ship TO be equipped in less time than any OF
class before equipped in this country or prob
ABLY in any o,herand continuation of those attacks
which have, of late in seeking to parayze that energy
which has so emnenty distinguished the short adminra
on naval affairs by the present Secretary only tended
nerve the of discipline and to increase and command
the nublc confidence To admit the statement made,
would be to charge Capt Morris and his officers with the
highest degree of erecton of duy but their high stand
: ing in the service, the general silence OF those on
t board and the irresponsible in which the article
i is shered the public, aside from some se,contradic-
n TONS deny it the probability of foundation"
CEN. JACKsON'S RESIGNATION.
Our readers have been informed that the General Assem-
bly, of The State of Tennessee has recommended Gen.
Jackson freemen of the u sates candidate for
1.-THE Presidency In consequence OF this nomination the
ha resigned his seat in the Senate OF the u States
and his letter of resignation which we publish to-day