American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-11


,el;aved. and the means afforded OF reaching their
homes. It has been the policy Ut the 6overnmen''
seconded by our officers. TO treat them win KIM
ness and induce thetn chccrtuls to return 70 ms
country. where their services are always uselui.
s.Our commerce IN the Pacific ocean is augment
inp with great raply. During the last year, ~,
less than five millions D. American property h'a
two thousand seamen, were IN the sinS'e pn't -
Honolulu; being drawn there Tor tralc, refresh
ment. or repair. The multiplied difficulties !"
which they are subjected by the nature 81 'hei,
employment aud the character OF The people anu
Governments Of the Islands, demand an effort ON
our part 10 aiior, efficient protection TO them
At least four vessels OF respectable size ought to be
constantly in the Pacific. and the distance from
the United States renders this impossible nhess
six vessels in commission be devoted TO that OBJ
lect With this number, and by proper arrange
rnent in sending them out. alternately ny 1ape
Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, large benefits
woald be secured This number, however, cannot
be so employed, unless the vessels in commission
be increased"
Ella directing the movements Of our squadron
in the Pacific, great difficulty IS encountered IRON
the immense distance and the impossbity Of reg.
ular and speedy communication with It. II Is
therefore proper, again. to advert to the establish
ment Of regular passage and communication
fore been urged i'll more than one annual report,
and ON which detailed statement was made
to the Naval Committee in January 1926, IN an
swer to a resolution of tie House Of Representa-.
tiyes of 22d December preceding. IL would pro
duce a saving of mnnev facility in directing tie
operations Of our force comfort aud con, enience
to our officers, and its effects on the Commerce Of
the country would be sauary. Cheap as the opc
rations might be made simple and unostentatiou,
Al a ~.
our commercial transactions with the Pacific o.
cean and Chinese sea, and be the avenue through
which large amount OF the precious metal, would
find their way to this country.
Lieutenant Mckeeser, in the Schooner Shark,
left New York on the eth July for cruise among
the fisheries 10 the North, and to look after anu
protect our interests in that quarter lie return
ed on the 9th Octuber having accomplished sati,-
the objects Of his cruise. His report
is annexed. The benefits heretofore resulting
from the annuas visits Of armed vessels to these
fisheries, indicate clearly the duty Of continuing
the ptaesice.
Lieutenant Norris. IN the schooner Shark, visited
tie Agency at Measurable in January last to renter
10 it such assistance as its situation should require
Occasional visits Of our armed vessels to thls
Agency. while in its present state, will b. useful
but as one OF those attached to the W est India
can be spared for that object, no other
need be commissioned, unless it should be the will
Vt Congress to devote ono or more exclusively TO
cruise in connection with IL and the suppression Of
the Slave fla3c.
The state Of the Agency Is as favorable as could
have been ANTICIPATED Buildings and Improve.
ments very nearly completed, which will be snf
lcient to receive and accommodate ! so liberated
which IS many as will probably be re
captured at any one time. Those who lave been
sent prev ious to the present year, have ceased to
be any expense to the Cover mrht, and are now |
in a comfortable situation, capable Of taking care
Of themselves, and acquiring property and respec- |
liability among those Of their owl colur and il
their native land.
During the past summer l42 were sent from
Savannah to tie Agency. They we're brought IN
to Georgia in the year 1890, in the General isarn-
req and have been, from that time to the last ping,
in a course Of litigation and at great expense to
the Government. AS soon as tie Department was
authorized to take charge Of and remove them,
measures were taken for that purpose. They were
received at the Agency, and disposed Of III such /
way, that they will occasion very little expense
Tor the first six months, ind none afterwards. And
believe It may now be confidently asserted that
the principal cost in The establishment Of this Agcn
cy has been encountered, and that whenever, III (
the execution Of the laws, Africans shall be recap 7
tured, 1t will be in the power Of the Government
to place them at the Agency at not cxeee-
ding SIS each. After their arrival, the expense
will be small. and will not continue longer than
SIX, or, at most, nine months.
The object Of the laws tor the suppression Of the
Slave Trade has been in this respect, accomplish 7
ell, and the effects on the trade itself will be sau
tary. 1t will be perceived, by the report Of Lieu
tenant Norris, that it is nearly cxtinct in the neigh
Dorhood Of MesuraIo, and. if the cruisers Of our
own and other Governments are vi.ilant, check I
may be given to it. every where, and perhaps its
existence destroyed"
The amount necessary for the support Of The Navy for
The present year estimated S5,o43, 697 Last year il
was S30i4 S02.
g Under the second section Of the 81 act for tie