New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-22
SECESSION And THU U. 8. NAVY.
WHERE THE SHIPS ARE.
designations Of Rebel Officers.
SECRETARY T0UCEY CONDEMNED.

1t was presented in the House yesterday:
The Select Committee to whom was referred the
Message of the President Of the United States of date
January g. 1861 with special instructions, in partial
discharge of the duties imposed upon them, furher
report:
inquire where the ships Of the United States are now
stationed, in what command and under what orders.
The result of this inquiry, together with such 0bser-
yations the peculiar circumstances under when Is
instituted suggest, they now respectfully submit for
the consideration of the House. The entire naval
force of the country in commission and under orders,
on the 10th of January, 1861 together with the name
of the commander of each vessel and the station 10
which each had been before that date assigned appears
by evidence furnished the Committee by the Navy
DEPARTMENT to consist of the following vessels:
LIST OF THE VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN
COMMISSION OS JAN. l6, 1861.
Eat I.da Squadron.
Hartford steam sloop Capt Charles cruising Oh the
John Adams ,lOOp Com NJ Bcren cruising on the East
Dscosh sioOp Com. VIM. hadOrd cruising on the East In
ss"a% steamer Com J. r. schank; cruising the East
Vapdsis sloOp ofwsr Com g. p Leei the way to the
Station nj o.s
Congress- sn,e, Capt L. NJ Gold'b0r0ush cruising on the
Seminole steam OOp Z. R. Thompson cruising
PSs.i steamer Lieut. coHs w. II. Maoornb cruising
the Station. ,,s.s-.,-
Lancaster .te.m.looP Capt John kodd At PanaTs Jan
Wyoming, sloOp, Com. J. X MITCHELL at Panama,
HTrasun,,et steamsOOp Com I. A Hunt on the South
C,ans .oopof war Com g. r. Biselj at Panama, Jan. J.
St. Msry's loop-ofwar, Com W. d. Porter at Panama
JAMS
MediteyraHedn Squadron
Richmond steam ,Oop Capt d. W. Ingrah'mi cruising on
susqnebaun. slOOp, Capt O. W. Oiin' cruising on
froaaoi.. steam OOp Com J. s. Palmer cruising the
the station. 49, g.
Constellation ,loopofwn Capt J. s. Nicholas cruising on
cost oil Africa
Portsmouth, .oo Ofws Com John Calhoun eui'ins on the
San Jacino .loOp Capt A. DOrun cruising the
Mys,ic, steamer Lieu,com VIM. Z. L. ROyi cruising
ssmpteT steam .oOp Lieut. Com J. r. Armstrong; erui'ins
Mohicsn steam Oop Com. s. W. GOdOni cruising the
Ssfstosa sioopOfwr Com. Alfred Taylor cruising the
''~ Home Squadron.
Cumberland Cps , nom SsS nsGs nun
PAwn,e steam 'loop. Com 5 c Rosap; At Phi'dePhin
Brooklyn, steam-,lOop, Capt '" 3. WALKER o. Hampton
Sabine fsaie Capt H. A. Adams. under orders to Pensacola
Macedonia, slOoP-of~G' Capt James oyhhi On way
s. Ioui, ,OOpOtws Com. Cha. H. POOr under orders to
Poc.SsPt. .GGD Con- H.as,d 1 wss cra.
10 be on their ,tsion the coast Of Cuba
Crusade s.mer Lieut. Com j. N M.i supposed to be
Wyanjots steamer Lieut. Com. O. H. Benyman supposed
to be- on their station, the eos', q Cubs
Falmouth ,oOpotwsr, Li'uscom chA' Thomas stationed
Wansn Lieut., Com. J. J. Boyle; stationed At Panama
FREEDOMS Lieut. Com NJ w:t.on sts.nsa ,,,
Rs...s Lieut. Com. J. NJ rr.syi returning from .h-sMedi
Relief, Com. John De Camp at Nsw.YOri
s,,,,r. screw fis.s CAP. VIM w Mexican special ..rc.
to Japan n,-.
Ohio ,hip- Of thelns Com. WIN. Smith Boston.
Seh coI.: Con Sss = Eb H MS s'"f'i
hissSsHy steamer, Com. " W nua's S.iiT err
There were also in the ports fthe United State die
manled and unfit for immediate service, the following
vessels belonging TO the Navy;
At POrt'm0sth, ~ H.
s.p.ee fdsa,e, 50 gum.
Dale, sloop, - guns
Marion sloop, 10 guns . 49,,
Colorado .te.u,.frir,t. q gun.
Minnesota, .seArltrissts, 20 guna
Mss,.ppi, steamer, IL gum,
Pr.ole, ,oOp ls rum,
BsnbidEe, big, guns
Wabash, seau,.ffigs,e, ~ gum.
Roanoke, steam f1ssie. 20 son'-
Potomac, fTisate, ~ guns
Savannah. ,ioop, ~ guns
Ferry 0hs' guns A philadelphia.
Pawnee ,loopofwM guns
Water Witch, steamer guns
St. Lawrence frigsie, 81 guns.
Jamestown 'lo0P' n ' g9 Wa.s,.g.oa.
Pensacola, steam. ,lOOp.
Merrimsci, steam frigate, 30 giant,
Plymouth. soop ~ gun,
Germantown ,ioop, y guns
Rafit.n. frgAie, 80 guns
Columbia higste ~ guns
United States, fhsaie, 20 guns
Constitution, fdgste, 80 guns.
The number Of ships thus lying in port and dis
mantled and unfit for service is % mounting in the
aggregate S74 guns. None of them could be repaired
and put under sail short OF several weeks time ana
several of them would require for that purpose at least
xix months. No orders have Deeh hsued W Pu' III
readiness any OF them. 20
The foregoing comprises the whole naval ioree OF the
country-both that which is in commission and IN
actual service and that which lies in port and Ia from
any cause unavailable in any sudden emergency.
From this statement it will appear that the entire
naval force available for the defense OF the whole
Atlantic coast at the time OF the appointment OF TINS
Committee consisted of the steamer Brooklyn, % guns,
and the e-sbip Relief guns, while the former was
Of too great draft TO permit her TO enter Charleston
harbor with safety except at spring tides and the lat
ter was under orders to the Coast OF Africa with stores
for the African squadron. Thus the whole Aan.t
seaboard has BEEN 10 all ntents and purposes without
defense during all the period Of civil comnotlon and
awless violence to which the President has called our
attention Of such vas and alarming proportions
as to be beyond his power to check or control:
II further appears that Of the vessels which might
have been available for defense protection in case OF
any sudden emergency arising at home, now at sta
ons IN distant seas, on their way thther, on the
18th Of October last, the Richmond left our coast TO
ioin the Mediterranean Squadron, and the Vandalia
left on the 2lst of September to join the Easndian
Squadron, and, about the same time, the Saratoga to
join the African Squadron and others 70 join the Home
SQUADRON then in the harbor of Vera Cruz, supporting
one of the revolutionary Governments of Mexico.
The Committee cannot fail TO call attention to this
extraordinary disposition of the entire naval force OF
the country, and especially in connection with the
present no lees extraordinary and critical uncture OF
political affairs They cannot call to mind any period