, 1861-02-26

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r. ,MA. DAWAA'2 REPORT
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CONDITION OF TaH MANY
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HOW keeeAiAn Is Al4ea ~ kao Navy We
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In the House Of Representatives, the spsoiA
COMMITTEES appointed to inquire INTO Inc con
diflon- OF the Navy, reported through ~
Y chairman. ~. :uaWea {hsP-} }Q1 Masaaenusetts
me report eoncinaiVely ahoWs that secretary
!oucey has been In leag1e with the traitoIs
R1nco the commencement Of -the-fehelnon-
that he has accepted the nesignations Of seces
s191,at oneers With unnecessary Gas!e-anc
that me vessels o. the naVy haye peen ofdefee
70 distant points fn order 10 afford t1e hre,eat
ets -aounaant ,laclnuea LOT prosecuting tnen
trE-as9t11ogle e7,ss! gte aeaetnes-, -
LIS GoHMlttee ~ MAKE INC 1ouoMlng onela=
Ietota ei t9e eat1fe na7M 1olee o. Inc eounIIy
n eon!sstqn qt.a ana under ofoe1ts Oh Inc iot1
East laDA sQuADRoN.--Crui*iAg Hartford
Gapta1n IN LoWndes; John Adams, be1r1an Raco
4a1 Van1da3io IaaeTa4ad eTAaW aenenc1 IN e"e way
F4aua,Ia' Rn. s1q Lee:wdotal .; c.,,,
borough: ] SeninoIs. Thompaou: 1 o Yalasti oIa Ma
comb.eTotal, 3.
PACIFIC s2uApRoH.-At P1na1.a, Jan. g.: Ian
caster. CO, Kuaa; saTan1c, k1tchiei wyoming, Aitch
en; Gyane, ss blseen st AaIys. Porter. q Seao @
Leyant' Hunf.WTotaI. I ''' t'>a', ~ 11'''
MEp1TERRANEAN GoUApRoH.L LCrufsino. Rich.
mond, Mgraham; S1squehauua, Ho1lins; Iro
quois, Palnler.-Tota1, s. 80.
AFRICAN S9QuADaoN;-crttstng: Constellation
:Hlca9ms roisamoashs Catnonn san sasin1o sla1,
csn, Gordon; saratSs;s, TO 1Eie Tny1or:aTotai, Z T
ToNE SouapnoT.g2t Tta Cruz. Cumberland
MArsfnr. pn,phafap Marcnr. pnrahnnfaa 1{Ar
ard. o. khe Cuban cogst: 4ohawk Craven ;
ar93Vrd at BrooI!1m INV ~ xasti1 II Hausntor t
Roads Brooklyn, Walker Uadtr orders Jor
Pensacola: Sabine, Adams; st. Louis, Poor. ii
Philadelphia: FaWnee, RoWan.-Iotal Il.
TohEs8Fs-faamoa1n, IRomas a. 1ans, Aspinwaa u;
nosiei ~ at RrooEsvn nsT1
var4 nreFfopsIV 3Paes,ed r. Vera Crnz: Release
De Camp, at New York-Total 9, ,.l
SPECIAL SERV1ca.-NiaKara, McKean, Japan.
REcEiv1Eg SH1fs- Ohio, North carolina,
frmeetoh, r.! A11eshany' fennsyi9on!!a ana naepen
nts,f % .TmTnl-santee = Da1aaud Marion at Ports
mouth; !; Colorado, Mnneaota, mississippi, Yer
mont, Vineannes, Preble and ,Bainbridge. at Bes.
ton; Wabash. RoanoEg. r. rotomae' 1 BsandyWi9e, 50:
yannah a. snd fefTys ~ ~ Ge" MateI
n',ia enaacnla Ps At Washinoton-' ~ MssrrmacE
ffIymoufh. Germautown. Raritsn. coinmhia and
United States, at Norfoik: Constitutinn. at An.
napol1s.-Total Isl mounting g74 guns.
The report confines.
Tbo ,n,,h,. ~ sh1.sa d..
a..sI -, au nut 59s Service Is ~ mount
aaSid @ ~ su sno agg!ega.e a'f guns. none q them
ee.a 1G anu Put un9er sa short o.
T.. seAe eHe, aAo seVeIai OF tnem would
M .ot ...ae pulpose o. leasL sH montha.
~ " ietta n.A'e peen 1Ssueo 70 put In readiness
ny M y. .uen. .asall.: =...-.,
,1Ao aoiesol1S comprises tne #hoio naval
commission and IN actual service, and that
W1,cn Lies IN port. and is from ony cause una
Vailn6le ~ any sudden emergency From this
statement it WILL appear that The entire naval
force asailaoie iof the detence Of the whole
Ae'antle coast y tne tlne OF the appointment
o. o. tnls eonmlItee, consisted ct the steamer
Brooklyn, twenty-five guns, and the store-ship
Asltef: TWO guns, while the former vas Of too
SrIs arait 10 permit her TO enter Charleston
nafo0F with safety, except at spring tides, and
the latter Was under orders to the coast Of AZ
riea. with stores for the African squadron.
Thus the whole Atlantic seaboard has been, to
all lutents and purposes. without defence dur
ing al the period OF civil commotion and law
less violence to which ths President has called
our attention as "of such vast and alarming
proportions" as to be beyond his power to
cneck or control.
It further appears that Of the vessels which
might have been available for defence or prs
inu at home. now at stations in d;sfsnt sons nr
Oh their waY thither. on the 18Th nf Ortober
last. the Richmond 1eft nnr cnost 70 - 'a ;n;n tSe
Msdferr,nean sona1ron and he VaniS, S ,;a 1a5t
on the 2fst Of September. to Join the East In
dian Squadron, and, about the same time, the
others to ioii tha hoo,e annsd,on fSau =, 1h ~,
harbnr If Vrra Grnz ennnor4;n~' C'a ~ ~ ~ .
revolutionary roraTnrne enfa ~ Msvico s VI 'no
srcpss1oN oTTp 1 co,sepo1,,,1r ,,ro,,