The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-22

Mr. P.a~rvr,H said that to this time there had been
limitation in any bill TO the number Of men that tn,
President end Secretary might employ in the Navy
They might employ any number as long as the money
he out nd the OF the Navy could not he lim
ted unless there restriction the number of men
bs employ ed The number had been cut do IN by his
amendment to 1914, but there must be lew
hands employed he moved to make the number ,5OO-
This was carried
Mr. sL,psLL then moved the follow tina,
portion Of this 81 500 ss be applied the p9y OF any
Off ser Of any grade Navy beyond the number il
the resp cve grades that were in the service the LIST
Of January 1912 and provided further that all persons
who have been appointed masters mates since the
4h of august ls4l who not at the time of their ap
psintment able OF the first class shall be forthwith
dsrsied
Til, amendment. to the amendment also carried
Mr. HAMIS took occasion to denonnce the extrsvagan
Of the Florida squadron under Lieut. Mclaughlin
and tn. gross abuses and corrp,ons that prevailed there
in an tina, over 600 had been expended in
very short time for rum brandy gin, wines and all sorts
OF txavagant luxures and charged under the lead OF
mtdicinss for the rick!
and abuses Of the Navy checked For his part
when he saw the President asurpng the which be-
longedto Congress of declaring upon nation wit h
when at peace like Mexico and of using the Navy
to advance his corrupt and reasonable purposes he
dollar OF the peoples msney for the support OF the
Navy, or for any other purpose Because he
chose 10 make treaty TO Texas this House would
not vote him millions for the support Of Navy TO aid him
in his reasonable designs Of making nation like
Mexico on his own responsibility As for the Navy, it
full Of oilers and tho these were cut dow
the batter The Lienienants helped the the
Commanders helped the Captains md the Captains did
nothing and the Mdshipmen mostly followed suit As to
all the Sailing Masters they every shore,
and half the Surgeons leave OF absence Laugh
teri
On the second item approprating $50 320 for the civil
estabfshment Of the several Navy ards
Mr. P.RNE~rrR proposed an amendment specifying the
exact sum TO be paid to each person each yard and
the rao this the following items the Brooklyn
Navy Yard will explain the whole amendmen:-For sy
Of Naval orekeePer. Sl7s0; two Clerks to DO S2I5O
Naval Constructor, s2300 Inspector OF Timber. SON;
Clerk To- Navy Yard $500, Clerks Commander Of
Yard, Si6N Clerk 20 Naval Constructor $3.50; Porter
Yard, $780, Magazine Keeper, $3.50.
The rses nj the Boston Yard 10 he precisely the
sameat Philadelphia the principal officers have lit
tie lesst Washington the Chief Naval Constructor to
have $4,000, and the principal Steam Engineer have
5000.
Nr CAVE JOHNSON moved 10 abolish the Navy Yard at
Washington and to IL TO phis some place
on the Mississippi II utterly wholly useless at
Washington. while there was navy yard on the same
river AZ Norfolk
Mr. P.Rmssrrn said that Washington the prnc
pl manufacturing yard in the United states; all the
chain cables water tanks powder tanks and other
rails for the Who'll. navy were made NJ IT,
Mr. DAVIS Of Indiana said that timber hemp iron coal
ley than elsewhere All the ships built at Washington
cost 20 per cent more than they did anywhere else
Mr.. said would cost $50 Ton 10 build shiI
OF war on the Mississippi and only $40 ton in Maine
(NIM-Ships built and finished to the tafrail a
Erie, Psnnsy lvaDia, for S25 a tony
Mr. DicKrSsoN elequenty advocated the claims OF Ten
nesee thougb he would not be unjust to other sections
the Union
Pending this question, the Committee