Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-01

'"s', anu onlN one sNth tue distance, 10 MemphG
a National Dock \ AID there, would open mark 81
! for the hemp Of kentucky-the coal nf Pennsyl-
| vdnia-the pork OF Ohio-the beef Of Illinois
the Hour III MtchIgan-ihe copper OF lows--ihe
lead II Mlssout'.--and Tor the iron, the meehan
cal skill aud agricultural products of nll these
STATES.
The United States Steamer Fulton Of 700 tens.
and II. Il. NJ. Steamer Cyclops OF llo5 tons, were
the hfst steam men OF war built IN this country aud
in England. Tue American vessel, bull, Of native
TIMBER. cos, S333,oo0 upwards of 500 per ton :,
the English vessrl, buill OF imported timber
chareen5le with "A duly Varying hom loo 500
per cent, cost, completed, armed aud riggcd Tor sea,
81 .o2i,' OF less han 500 n The English
ave thct timber In buy and import. we bare II
iot The cutting d wn,--aud with these advantages
IT costs %lGo ton. 10 build steamers IN the
Ia tern airs. Are Mississippi STEAMBOATS, built
at tl.lsntl Yuu know they are not 4 Dock
\ ard there Tor steamers, would begu lau-
d,ble spun oi emulation between the W.st md the
East. With such establishment, property
Quoted, we should find, that can build IN the
w esi, II we mot IN the East least ohcaply
as The, can IN England.
Greater lhan all these partial beneiis, would be
the national advantages To be derived by lntfodn-
ducng the Navy IN the W,st. Her sons would
man our vessels sailing thence; popular p,eJudlccs
against the navy aud the sailors eahaea would be
removed; and 10y the iotce OF habit aud association
there would be rendered available 10 tho county
~ Wal, the services Of eight OF ten thousand IVES
tern "aIermcn, who would man armed steamers
Car III ic efficiently lhau the men OF tho East.-
II IS important 10 gun over from these men, pie-
objections tot the Nsy; aud thls can only be done
by ofealn as 1t we've, Navy III lhe midst of tlem
listing then sous, brothers, friends aud nriehhots.
IN the sctvlee; aud by alloidinG them all frequent
opportunities Of gong on buarl aud otherwise be
lns m contact with the public vessels
Tennessee Isl the ih State IA the Union. Guns
slde1 the hte akwafeIs and seawhs, the forts AMI
rs he \ bnt
irnces y the ihc, that onnd IN The Ealr,n States
that many millions ui common iund have been
discussed even ~ tho sWalesi of tho,o Stnc that
scateey dolIu ul Tins lunl fluids ts WAY To Ten
nes>ee, Mississippi, q dt,--c usdt rlne, sly all
ihr-e things, the preference giyrn 10 Tennessee
will appear but just, even we've lhe,e IN olhcr
STATE twenty oulerplIcts rs there Is not one.
suitable as memphis ia the Dock Aud oi tie
West. UNION JACK,
Noll.
CouNCIL BLurF, July Is, 1871.
SIR,-ll wing consulted economy, aud the utter
es's oil the Navy, aud therefore ol the nation, by
establishing Dock Y ard Tor Steamers amidst he
resources ui the " est, aud conycnlent point To
the Gull 1t Mexico, winch Is to be lAe cockpit for
the pitchc hdtlrs OF \ Anlee tats IN the ntxt WI;
and moreover ackoowls dyed tho ea,ms 81 justice
by blaelug lhh lnd IN Tennessee, YOU must 10
step initi En- aud advocate the uandIns there also OF
= Naval Academy.
The Eml has its Military Academy. The
most clicututl means ol dlym. the popular clamof,
wlirh, IN remote paris Of the county, you have
heard talsed i,9m llme IL time n linst that noble
/ sHnlIon, Is 10 tlset 1t with SIMILAR nne ion Tie
Wy IN the West BY ben. pllf ed IN opposite
sections OF the tonnuy, one would give ability 10
the other.
writer in one Of The periodicals Of he day, has
urged, great leagih, The esldb ishnrut ot
,,hopl= shIptor the Nav, though the seho Ia Up
am TO me 10 hive been Advocated 10y INN snlely
On tie - unds Of fNpedlrury- Congress haslt =
tailed 70 cudow school shote. For my own
pnt, / should b. glad TO see, aud should hail with
delight, The establishment oi a school any "hrtc
Tor the Navy--cven on the top Of the Rocky Noun
lains. From thence. bs the KING Pengulns do theiI
young. the 'keel,fs' could be marched down
TO sail watof' once year, and be taught 10 put
into Practice the theories lhey had learned IN the
foOkerv.
There is doubt that the Navy would derive
many important and lasting advantages from school,
wherever placed, for the education oil officers There
may be much diversity OF honost opinion as TO The
most suitable place for Naval Academy. Many
officers Of sound judgment, mink The vciniy OF salt
water ,ndlsl ensabe 10 IA lourshing Naval School;
aud but for the importance that steam IL assuaing
IN ocean navigation. il would perhaps be considered
Important by all, that the seat OF education Tor The
Navy shuuld be neal The sea. But considering that
sieanIs TO become great motve-ro"er IN ships-oi-
war, the study OF lis principles, application aud ma
chiuery, must necessarily form M indispensable part
Therefore this school should be near the Dpck-
\ ard Of Memphis, where all the requisite Ia
cues Iur acquiring tnIs knowledge couiI alone be
all rded.
Ia the opinion of those who have itil, cted ma
Iutely on the sui jrct, no more Midshipmcn should
be admitted IN the Navy than ,.quned 10 fiji va
caueles; aud these 81 oud be promoted as soon as
qualified after seven years Of srlvIceiour years Of
when, except three months Of each year, should be
devoted To the academic cOursc;-the remainder OF
the time should be spent al
Three years then would be The time actually al.
lowed for Instrucling the pupils in the theory OF
then proesslon and making tnem acquainted with
the steam engine. At the Memphis Yard they
would the machinery built, put together, SET 10
work, and Ia en- down. There, and only there, the
structure, management, internal arrangements oil
engine aud boilers wou d be Consia lily before them,
both for study and for practice.
They would make an annual cruise OF three months
at sea, vessels manned by themselves, ior the puf
pose oil putting IN pracu g, by way OF relaxation,
The principles ot hat they had been taught al the
Dock Yard. These cruises might sometimes be
hade IN steamer, an1 sometimes in an old las o =
ed ship, with her wings Of cotton and hemp when IN
/ the laucr the MIdshpnan could go IN the Tor nef
10 the New Orleans bar, ID Pensacola, io embark
+ alton.
1.-THE number Of pupils graduating annually,
Should be nule Than suicieut-and Junk II should
be-ro Supply the vacancies IN the Navy, the super
numeiatics should be encouraged TO setk-"here
they doubtless would Gnd--leady and profitable en-
p, lnent TO lheir country and to themselves ehner
IN the river boats, ocean steamers, OF shps u The
/ cotnmefcla nnIne.
The knowledge Of steam machinery and naylga
uon. carlltd by them into lhrse occupations, would
prevent many e the lsses and calanni'es by sea