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V pets in the state, he desired to publish the same.
“Ks”Yi.iii.i FOR Tiiiai INSANE.
211 a meeting cftlzc Commz'uce to whom was entrust
ed the rtref/are (ft/rc ./Isylunjr for tile Insane,co7z- removed from j,0mc_
‘vcmrrl at ivlc-mien. Fc""_b., i, I.822,1)r.,.t'llaso72 men; or p3,'.,,e',~5io,-, of the m;mj_
' (:'c-gslzvell-7:10.? elected C/mir7/mn, and George thies and attachments are changed.
SuIImc’7‘, .St’t"¢'*'“".'¥-I T/'5 f""‘”"i"§ R€’~901Wl'0I3~‘>‘ his coiifidence in his friends and liisattachment‘
' were ado/zictl. _ -
lst. That an Agent be appointed in each coun-
ty o'fthe state, to assist in pr-ociiringsubscriptions
and prohibiting the. objects of ill: ltlslitullon,
2d. To l'e(Ltlt:51 the county committees to ap-
point one or more agents in each town of their"
rcspt':ctivc counties, to solicit donations and sub-
" scribtions, vvhichshall be delivered to the county
'~"'ageuts‘or cumiiiilttcs, when called for.
3d. That the ‘following gentlemen write to the
‘cohiiiiittccs ot the counties, annexed to their re-
‘spective names, and request their immediate at-
tention to the prtcc-ding t‘t:soluti0n, viz: l)r.Mi-
ncr, N;Lon<lori’; Dr. Todd, Litchfield; Dr. S_um-
ner, 'vVintlham ; Dr.Is'.night, l"air‘fit.-ld ; Di‘. Tul-
ly, Tolland. -
Clth. That each county age.-nt make returns to
the committtzesol their_rcsp’ective counties once
incvery fortnight. _
-_ .5ih. That the cotimy committees immediately
~- on the reception of thcsereturtis transmit a copy
oftlie same to the secre'.ary of_the conimittcc.
6th. 'l‘hat the lion. Joshua Stow, Drs. T. Mi-
nt-.r and Wm. 'l‘ull’y,‘bc desiredto write a circti-
lar-address to the Rev, Clergy of the dill't:'r‘eut
denominations requestiiig them to inform their
l‘espt:cli\'c congi-egati'or*.s of the expected call of
the agents, with thejobj.-sci in view.
7th. That‘ _Dr. Sumner be requcstetl to furnish
the. agents with a petition to thc LegisIature,_re-
questing an appr‘opriation of a portion of the pub-
lic funds to tlioglnsiitution for the’ Insane. '
8th.; 'l but iii) , subscriber ah-all be required to
pay his subscription, unless the whole amount of
subscriptions and tlonatioris shall t-tpjtal $20,000.
9tl1..-"l‘lmt,tln; subscriptions shall be payable: on
_ the first day of. J-.rnuar‘y I823, if the whole a-
'mount of sul)s(‘.I‘iptlOl‘l5 and donations should at
that time equal ‘the stint above specified."
A 10th. .'l’hat anniiul. sub:-'cl‘ilicl's‘ for a specified
.u_.'n'tt....- of years, shall be allowed to vote in loca-
ting the Institution according to the present
worth ofthcir subscription at six perfcent.
, 1,lih,v'I‘liat the building should be pl-ain,‘.and as
little t-xpcnsive as may be consistent ‘with the
comfort and safety of the patients.
l2th. That the Rev. T. Robbins be requested
to prepare an Address to the public on the sub-
ject, and that the editors of the several Newspa-
.'l'/lefollorwing fldclress is fzrcsenrccl to the Poo/zle of
the State in conformity to the I2:/z 1i‘esolulio7t.
The establishment of a charitable Institution
for the relief of persons afllicted with Insanity has
been a subject of avxious contemplation, with
. benevolent pet‘soris.in this State, for many years.
In the» proceedings of the General Association of
Connecticut, at their session in 1815, is the fol-
.. lowing record.
'- W hcreas Dr. Mason F. Cngswcll, and Dr. Na-
A . than Strong, jun. of Hartford, on behalfofthe Med-
A ical Society of Connecticut, have requested that
- the General Association would adopt nicasnres to
, ascertain the number of persons in the State who
are, in any degree, afllictetl with Lunacy-—of what
age they at‘e4—ofwliicli sex-—at what age they be-
came so—-and what is considered as the cause of
the calamity-—with any other particulars concern-
.,ing those unfortunate persons, which may be im-
portant, with reference to the establishment ofa
hospital on their account.
Voted, Tliat the several district Associations be
requested to attend to this subject, and make rc-
, port to the General Associatioti, at the next ses-
sion, conccrning the several particulars above spe-
cified, designating in their report ll1t:l.0WIl5-Ill
which such persons live.’ '
In conformity tothis request, the subject was
attended to; but itw-as not well understood ; the
different dcscr-iptiotisof persons‘ to be: included was
not distinctly made known, and the returns were
vcrydelectivc. In the Minutes of the General
Association forltslo, are the following records.
‘ Rcct.<ivt:d the reports of the several District
Associations on the subject ofLunatics, and corn-
niittcd them to the Rev. Levi Nelson, to form
from them a general report. The Committee on
the subject of Lttnatics reported, that, according
to the imperfect returns received", they find 146
persons, who are, in different degrees, deprived
of reason." .
A communication of this result was-made to
the gentlemen from whom the application was
received. , ‘ _
Since that time, the subject has been‘ much con-
templated by Medical gentlemen, and has been of-
ten discussed by. the Medical Society ofthe state.
The result of their deliberations has been a reso-
lution to establish, if practicable, an Institution
for the reliefoftlie Insane, .with‘a proposed plan
ofa Cilttl‘lli.tl)lC Society for its support. Their Re-
port, with the Constitution of the proposed Soci-
cty, are before the public.
Previous to the publication of their Report, the
Medical“ Society took measures to ascertain the
number of persons in the .State that now are or
lier‘etol'ore have been afllicted with insanity. They
received returns from 70 towns, giving the num-
‘her of 510. It is ascertaintzd that many of these
returns were deficient. (The number reported
in, l8l6,' inelutlcd such only as were insane at the
time.) The Medical Committee are persuaded,
from an attentive investigation ofthe subject that
the whole number of these afilicted persons in
‘ the State, cannot be less thatl200 ; on an aver-
age, ten to a town. _ . v
,' No (lt::l,Cl'l])l.lOH of characters can have a strong-
ciyclaim on the sympathies of. the public, than
those who are deprived of reason. In most cases
t_heiif"calarriiiy is not the result of'their'own mis-
conduct, but an immediate visitation of God.—
They _ a_rc_ psually in a state of great suffering,
andknow not how to obtain relief. Many. are a
burden and _allllction totheir friends, almost in-
supportablc; and thee‘-‘il is greatly aggravated
by afgctter-at irnpr‘_ession that nothing can be done
10:’ their relief. \'V hilc every kind of bodily dis-
ease is subjected to medical skill, the fatal mala-
dies of the mind are left to prey upon their.mis-
erable victims vvithout..'coti,tt‘ol. It is however,
found from facts, that _mt:ntal diseases will sub-
mit to applications andregimen, as niuch as the
disorders ol the body. But while the latter-cart
be managed in prfvaic practicc, tin; i"or.'i‘it_..-
. A. _
be under the care sf 3' public Institution.’ -In“(u-..‘-.-.- ‘
cflses it is indipensiblc that an insane patient lbe
This disease is a,dei'ange-
to his home. In a public Institution, properly
regulated. he receives all the assistance that ac-
commodations and skill, and experience, and_pa-
rentalteriderncss can afford. It has been found,
from extensive pi actice in such institutions, that
above _/our '_fi/2/is ofthc whole number‘ of patients
are restored to their reason,comfort,8< usefulness.
There scerns to be but one opinion conct:t‘ning
the desirableness of such an Institution in this
State. There is an'As.ylum this kind at Phila-
delphia, one at New-Yor k, and one at Boston, lib-
erally‘ endowed by public and private charity. The
l.egislatnre'Iof Ohio have made an appropriation
for the erection clone in that State. VVhile it is
painful to friends to send the insane to adistuiice,
it may be presumed that the Asylum now men-
tioned will always have as many patients as can be
well accommodated. There can be no question
that the I.e_gislatut-c of this State, like those in the
patronage ‘of such an Institution. Yet much"
must be done by private bencfactions. VVe can
hardly'ask the General Assembly to make grants
for this object from the funds of the State, unless
public sentiment is expressed, decidedly, in its
favour.. And the only unequivocal testimony of
this kind must be subscriptions and donations for
the rising Institution.
It is with this view that the Committees now so-
licit the charity of the people of the State. They
feel it to be unnecessary to add any thing to the
object. It is ascertained that no charitable object‘
has been‘ presented to the people of the State, for
many years, that. has met with Each decided and
tlt‘riversal approbation as this.
The Institution cannot be establishcdand be-
come cxlclisivcly useful, without large funds. It
is very desirable that its resources should be suf-
ficient to erect the necessary buildings, and defray
tltt: expcnce of attendants. Injthat case the charge’
upon patients would be only" for sustenance, arid.
need not exceed one dollar per week. And ‘tlfcjf
poor ought to be kept without " . 1 ,7
The plan of the proposed Asyliuiriti orlthe lnszm. .3
was formed by the Medical Society ofthe Stat_c{i-=-
-The object, at present, is under the" care ofa Com-
mittee of Correspondence, appointed byjjtlie __
consisting of Doctors Ives and Knight, of'N_c\v*-A
Haven, Todd and Sumner of I-lartford, Mint:i' and
.Tully ofMiddletown, and Woodward of'\\_’ctlicrs-
field. ‘Toco-operate with this Committee, Coun-
tyCommittecs, consisting ofthree persons in each
County, were also appointed by the Medical So’-'
ciety. For general information, their names are
here given.-Mason F. Cogswell, Thomas Rob-
bins, SamuelTudor, for Hartford County ; Thom-
as C. Browncll,-. Joseph Foot, Simeon Baldwin,
New-Haven ; Elias Perkins, John O. Miner,
Richard Adams,"Ncw-London ; Roger M. Sher‘-
man, Jonathan Knight, Matthew R. Dutton, Fair-
held ; Thomas Hubbard, Zephaniah Swift, Dan-
iel Putnam, Windham ; Gov. Oliver VVolcott,
Joseph Battell, ‘William Buell, Litchlield; Sta“.-
phen T. Hosmer, Joshua Stow, John R. Watkin-
son, Uliddlcsex; John S. Peters, Amos Bassett,
Banning Mann, Tolland. The collection of sub-
scriptions must depend much on the exertions of
the members oftliese County Committees. They
are requested, as they will be particularly inform-
ed, to appoint a County Agent, agreeably to the
first of the above resolutions ; who will act accor-
Medical Committee. They are also authorized
and earnestly requested, to appoint, either con
jointly or individually, one or more agent in each
town, to procure subscriptions. It is thought
there ought to be one at least,in cacli ecclesiasti-
cal socicty. As no class of men have taken so
deep an interest in this public charity as Physi-
cians, aiid none other are so able to explain its na-
turc and importance, there is a peculiar propriety
that they should be invited to take these agencies.
The County Calmmrttecs-will be furnished with
subscription papers, and the name of the County
or local agent should be inserted, to whom the
monies may be paid.
No subscriber's will be called on for payment,
unless the whole sum of subscriptions and dona-
tions amount to £520,000. ll they equal that sum
subscriptions will be payable lst J.innary 182.3.
Annual subscriptions will be eminently usciul,
as they will afford a permanent source for the
support of the Institution. A sum inserted in
the annual column is to be paid annually, till the
subscriber withdraws his name. Ifaccrtain noni-
ber of years be annexed to the sum, it is payable
for that term and no longer. Much is expected
from small contributions. They are important",
both as they may be numerous, and will indicate
the state of public sentiment. Two dollars a year
makes a subscriber a. member ofthc society ; but
the agents will receive thankfully, a subscription
or donation of smaller sums, as may be ol{'ered.—-
Twelve dollars makes a mefnbcr for ten years,
and twenty dollars a member for life. The mem-
bers of the countyicommittecs and county agents
are receivers of money. for any sums that may at
any time, be given or paid. -
The place ofthe proposed Institution is to be
determined by the vote of its patrons. Every
donation or subscription of two dollars willcntitle
-to a vote for. this purpose, and in the same pro-
portion for £1‘ larger sum. A subscriber of 100
the society will be incorporated at the next ses-
sion oftho General Assembly, and,_ soon after
that is done, the place ofthc Institution-will prob-
ably be fixed, and measures taken for its com-
menccmcnt. , «
Ii isthe fixed purpose of the promoters of this
public charity that all its concerris shall be man"-
aged with econciny and all unnecessary expendi-
tures be avoided. the medical visitation of the
Institution is to be performed gratuitously. It
will never be open for publi.: resort to gratify cu-
riosity. 'l‘he‘Committccs are pledged to the
public that all unnecessary expence in the coil-
struction of buildings will be avoided. They are
not to make an e‘stablishnient‘for the ornament of
a town, but for the restoration ofthe Insane.
The ‘committees rely with much confidence
for tlicpromotion ofthis important charity on the
countenance and assistance ofthe Reverend Clci‘-
gy. Public sentiment cannot be generally enlist-
sf:
His antipa-
fle loses
other States referred to, will be liberal in tlieir-;‘,:
ding to instructions received from them, or the,
dollars may give 50 votes.’ It is expected that-
"ri'=.;. . it denominations, will receive a c'trcular
lie at thepresent day, and of the frequent appli-
cations to the Clergy to recommend these vari-
ous objects.to their congregations. It is clearly
the duty of my venerable and beloved brethren,
in these cases to exercise their own judgment ‘on
the nature of these calls, and protect their people
from unnec'cssat‘y anti too frequent applications.
But they are ‘earnestly and respectftilly requested
to take this subject into their serious considera-
tion, a subjqcl which concerns one religious de-
iiomiriatio‘n7”»"equally with another, and, if they
think proper, recommend it to the attention of
ill-]'c‘pt‘0l)lc of their charge, in such a manner as
they may deem expedierit.
It is unnecessary to suggest motives to my
l)l‘cllll‘l:'IT on a subject of this tiatuie. V’Vc all know
that no class of sul’fcret's sooner excited the affec-
tionate sympathy of our divinc Master, while he
went about doing good, than those who were,lzma-
tic and sore vexed. They were never sent away
empty. ,\Vhile we are making constant__and per-
severing exertions to send the blessings of the
igospcl abroad, to the dcstitutc and perishing, in
bbedicnce to the great command of Christ, we
shall not forget his holy cxamplc which directs
our attention to alllictcd sufferers at home. My
Ilrcthrcn, the charitable Institution now contem-
plated is designed, literally, to bind 24/2 the broken‘-
/l¢.'u7‘Z.'.(l, to /iroclaim liberty to the ca/in‘-urs, and the
'0/zoning Q/' the [iriaan to them that are bound. Be
pleased to remember it in your supplictitions to
God, that the blessings of-his. providence and
grace may rest upon it.
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PIRATES CAPTURED. .
Letter _/ram 1_.ieut. Ramuge to the Secretary of the
Jvavg, dated on. board the U. S. sc/ir. Par/wise,
of the North Coast of Cuba, 201/; Jun. 1822.
S111--Having completed the necessary equip-
ments of this vessel, at New Orleans, oil the 7th
inst. and previously given public notice that I
should sail frorn the llalize on the 10th, with con-
vov, I have now the honor’ to inform you that I
.proccedt-.d to sea on the day appointed, with five
sail under my protection. On the 15th, having
.-Ten‘ the vessels bound to Havana and Matanzas
Ԥtife.~to their destined ports, I made all sail tothe
west.ivartl, and on the following day boarded the
brig "f.-lolina, of Boston, Gorham, master, from
' —: ‘.whom lo‘:-eceivedihc following information: That
on the day previous, his vessel was captured by
pirates, and robbed of every material they could
carry away Wl‘.l'.t them, at the same‘ time treating
the crew and liitnself with inhuman cruelty. Af-
tcr. supplying him from this vessel with what ne-
cessaries he required, [made sail for the land,
and early the following morning, (Saddle Hill on
the north coast of Cuba, then bearing S. by E.)I
dispatched our boats, with forty" men, under com-
mand of Lieutenant Curtis, in pursuit of these
enemies of the human racc.. The boats having
crossed the reef, which here extends a considera-
ble distance from the shore, very soon discovered,
-cliased, and captured, a piratica-I schooner, the
crew of which made their escape to the woods.
Licut. Curtis very judiciously manned the prize
from our boats, and proceeded about 10 miles to
leeward, where it was understood the principal
depot of these marauders was established. This
he fortunately discovered and attacked. A slight
skirmish here took place, but as our force advan-
ced, the opposing party prizcipitattz-ly retreated.
We then took possession, and burnt and destroy-
ed their fleet, consisting of live vessels-—-one of
them a beautiful new schooner, of about 60 tons,
ready for sea, with the exception of her sails.
We also took three prisoners ; the others fled to
the woods- _ .
In the affair just mentioned the officers ofthe
rzxpeilition state the t:ncrny’s loss‘ to be severe.
Only one man was wound».-d in our boatsw-jand it
is worthy oft-cmark that this man was one oftheir
own gang, then a prisoner in out’ possession, and
surrounded by our people.
The destruction of this place will, Itrust, be oi
some service. From information by me received,
it was their principal depot, from whence they dis-
patched squadrons to Cape Antonio. Thcse-rc-
turning, loaded with plunder, it was transhipped
to Havana in vessels sent ft'om there forthat pur-
pose.---St0t’cs and inatcrials were collected’ on the
spot, not only for repairing but building Vessels...
I have manned one of the schooners takenj,.ja
very fine fast sztilitzg vessel, and keep her with me.
She will prove of great service in my further op-
eratiors‘ on this coast. _
I have the honor to be, &c. A ‘
JAMES RAMAGE.
Honorable SMITH THOMPSON, .
flfare _/"ram Lieut. Rtrzmagc.-— In another letter,
dated Jan. 25. Lieut. R. says, ‘ I have taken and
destroyed six piratictil vessels, burnt two o_f their
establishments, killed some of their people, and
have now some prisoners 0li_.l)O7.‘.t'Cl. I also re-
captured from them an American vessel, which
had been in their possession three days. I have
one of the schooners taken acting as a tcndcr,and
lind her of great service.’
From the C'IzarZc‘,s-ton Courier, Ecb. 2.
VVc have accounts from Havana to the 24-111
ult. by which it appears that*1’z'ruc_z/ is still the
order of the day in that quai‘ter—and that not-
withstanding the activity ofour ct‘uisers, most of
the Pirates escape the puiiislinicnt they so richly.
merit. ' ‘ A '
~ Havana, Jan. 24 —-At present the communi.
cation between this port and Matarizas is suspc_n-
(led, in ctmscquencc ol the number of Patriot
cruisers said to be on the coast. I last‘, evening
saw two brigs of that description, not vai-
two gun sliotsfroni the Moro. An»
Vera Cruz. brings the crew of the‘? 4‘ _
‘ R‘eiiau'ct‘,caprurtd by the pirates‘ tied‘ 3 ,Amo.
nio,‘ftotii a port in the lslana, with a ca.i‘3,'o'.of cof-
fe'c—-—'I‘lic,r_obliei‘s after taking the cargo, burnt
the vessel, and set the crew at lib::t‘t_v inithc ship’:-i
boat. What course ought to be taken to destroy
these deterniincd and incessant dcpicdators E’
Havana papers to the 28th‘iJlt. received at New
York, state that a llucnos Ayrcaii'Brig4‘ha§l:c_ap-
and /rung the entire crews .' It was reported that
the pirates at Cape Antonio had ‘a quarrel among"
thuirisclves, and 3 were killed and 13 wounded.
““».f:out tlteir cangurreacg... The ‘Clergy, of _
address on this subject.‘ We are not _insensible~ '
of thelniifmerous calls on theliberality ofthe pub-.
_.tne Committee on Naval Affuil‘s,viz.ll1é‘IlU.l‘t!l)eli,
cg-¢.jplaced;j;’
lured, oFf Cape Antonio, tlircc piratical vt.-s"§‘E'ls",_
‘* .,..... ‘
sea: 4 j_ ' ‘ ' ‘
' VCONGRESS. ~
House or REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. ll.
Farra ly submitted the‘.following.'- resolu-
tion, which was agreed to. _ j I
Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Of‘.
fice and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into
the practicability of facilitating the means of dis-
covering thefts and destruction, or opening and
masters, their agents, and mailcarrie_rs; and up
so into the propriety of enacting sevcrer and oth-
er penalties against those ‘who may be convicted
of such offences.’ , V y ,
l.\’Il'.,_Farrully observed, that the insecurity of
jC0flV€y'd_llCt: by the mail, was so general as to‘des-
tr‘oy its utility. Complaints canie loudly from all
quarters. Ile said," he was certain the Postmas-
ter general has used all the care and vigilance in
his power, to detect and pl‘t:vefit tliefts in me post
Offices; but he has found them Illt:fl'_cc.lllaAl. Same-
thing stircly can be done, if not to 1-emcdy, _.a,
least to mitigate the evil so loudly conlfplainujiop
We all know witli”w.hat ease the recommenda-
tions for oflices can be ‘procured ; these we-can.
not prevent. Perhaps by cnzibling the coumy
courts in which the respective oflices are,.- to is-
stie a ‘com mission of inspection, or giving-jhgim
visitorial power, the fraud might bejuevémed.
I have been led more particularly to.tlfi§";u‘i,jcCt
by infqrniation received from my 'dist;r':i"_ct. NU;
long since, a sum of treat-l_v S1000, _“/{,5 ‘gem in a
letter from Eric, in Pennsylvania, to Salina, in N
York. This letter never at'l'ii‘ed, it was t,-acaj
10 Buffalo. but beyond that all scrutiny wasluse-
less. I have also learned that a letter containing
$270 sent ‘l'rom"Pliil2:dclpbia to ' \Vari‘eni,' in my
‘district, has never been received. I have been
informed that another letter‘ sent’ from Meadville
to‘ Pittsburgli, has also been lost." Since licimé
here 1 received a small sum of money fora pub.
, lic institution at ‘Meadiiille, which I tl'an9mlti,ed
by mail ; it has never been received. We have
DOI heattl ‘if any robbery of the ‘inails—thL-5,;
thefts must have been committctlby the Postmasi.
ters. Indeed, the injury done the public by them.
in this way far outweighs that done byithe rol;[;¢_-.,
ry ofthe mails.’ ' Something, lam pcgrsuaded cm,’
be done to tender these crimes less frequent. I
do not recollect to have read of any trials in Eng.
land, of Poslmasters, for stealing letters on the
tray. The trials are for robberies of the, mails,
and thefts‘ after the letters. arrived at their (lesljn.
ation. The latter part _of the resolution I deem
necessary. The common law maxim is, that the
punishment ought to be severe, in proportion to
the facility of committing the offence. In this
casc, the Postrnastcr is secluded in his oflice and
he" commits a double crime, one against'the law,
the other against the confidence rcposed in him
by the nature of his oliice.» - .. ' ~
Feb. 12 —Mr. Russell, from the committee on
Foreign Affairs, to whom was relcined the rep“,-t;
of the Secretary of State on-the case of Captain
Shane of the Ajax, made a i‘eport._ [T_he. Ajax
was attacked by the wharf at Hav'.'na,by the span.
iards. The captain and mate resismj, and 550,
one soldier and slew anotlrct‘.;,_'j‘j,e mob, howev.
er pi‘evailc.d—stabbed Capt. Shane, his-mate and
others, andthen plundered the ‘vessel. 'l.'he.go,.-
crnor did not interfere till the gnisghigftvas dune,
After this capt. Slianedeparted lrorn Havana ‘mi-
vatt:ly.] In conclusion the committee thus ex-
press themselves on this case : _ _
‘ It is the opinion ofyour committee, a politic-
al as well as a inoralduty, to do as we would be
done by, and to treat the constituted authorities of
other uatioiis with the same confidence and deler-
ence which we are disposed to exact of'oth.;i-s to.
war‘ds our own. A citizen of the United‘ States,
who suffers wrong or violence, within the exclu-
ouglit, in the first instance, to appeal to the C0113.
petcnt triburies of that sovereign for redress, and
it is only in case ofan extraordinary delay, or an
unwarrahtable denial ofjusrice there, that he can
be well qualified to resort to his own government
for its interposition in his ‘behalf. Capt. Shane,
so far from making such an appeal, has avowedly
‘evaded the prohibition ofa court, to leave the
scene of his alledged suFfcr‘ing, which _was p.roh;,~.
and to secure his presence tltereat, in order either
to answer‘ the charges which might be prefcrrt-,d
against him, or to corroborate the charges which
might be brought forward in his behalf against
others. Your committee are therefore of opiir-,
ion that this case does not require the interference
of this government, and respectfully submit the
following resolution : Resolved, that the commit-
tee be discharged from the further ctlnsideratit,-n
ofthis subject. Concurred in by the house. .
Mr. Cooke rose to submit a resolution directing
an inquiry into certain matters concerning the
Naval Establishment. The act of Congressghc
‘said, directed that the ollicers of the navy should
receive btit half pay, wli:=.n not under orders for’
actual service. By a regulation ofthe Secretary
of the Navy. each oliicer attached to the Naval Es-
tablishment rcceives full pay, except when on
furlough. He viewed this as at: evasion of the
law, more reprehensible than a direct violation-of
lt.‘...an attempt to get round the law,such as should
never receive his sanction whilst he held a seat
he was desirous specially to call the attcn'=ion of‘
of separate stations at which ollicers'
having the effect to increase their co _
without any correspondent service heir” ,
ed. At Norfolk,fui' cxample,he urldersfiiibd there
were two oflicers in independent com rriifiitls, one
at the Navyi‘{ard, undone atthe town. ‘At Bat‘?-
tirnore he tindcrstootl there was another com-
[TI_3ll(lC|‘, though there is nota single armed ves-
ny dtityat all: l~lcj‘wislictl also some iijlformutio 7
t'csApt5t:itig the vessels on the Lakes.» ._l‘lc under-
stood that l1'|~Q_Si of- them were stink and none of
them fit; for ser-ice ; nottvilhslantliirg which a
number.ojfmen were kept in employ to take care
ofiliese sunken vessels; and, if he \\ as not mis-
taken, the 3-.rpei‘ior Uiflccl‘ of that station was dub-I
bud Commod_o_i'c, as‘if he were comrnandiirg a
squadron of ‘armed vessels cruising agaiiist an
enemy, and received pay accordingly. llt: wish-
ed also an inquiry to be made with ijegartl to rc-
organizing the Naval E-tablislitncrit, so-as not to
liavc a Secretary oflhe .‘s"-.ivy, and Commissioners
llis fl'lt.'IlLl iroin K«.~nii-.cky had
Cf the Navy too.
mutilating letters, committed by Dcpmy p,,3.,_
sivejuristliction’ of a foreign government, CVL‘I"
bly imposed, with a view to judicial proceedings,‘
on this floor. There was another thing to which . j
sell at that port—tlii§,pflicci‘ receives $3000 a y_ea§
\vhilstli\rir‘ig on his.‘*l'ar‘.m,.an<l not atteiitling to a’-‘~
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