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—«»tfl»i VOL. III. MILLEDGEVILLE, TLESDAV, MAY I t, 1822. No. 11, PUBLISHED WEEKLY, j) y s' ora vrr. i vnjf r.m. or mk< f)n Hancock Street, opposite the Auotion Store, XY TIIRKK DOLLARS. IN ADVANCE, OR FOUR HOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION Or THE TEAR. (nr Advertisements conspicuously inserted nt the customnry rules. T.s tier, on business, in nil eases, must he post pud. \\\ AVjTVUUVVVX. :k AN ACT to author ire the Secretary nf tlio T rea surv to exchange a stock bearing nil interest of live per rent, for certain stocks bearin'; an interest of six nnd seven percent. H" it enacted hi) the Semite and House of lUprescntalives of the United Stales of Ame- 1 i.- t in Congress ns.icinble.d, That a subscrip tion to til" amount ofhvrlve millions of dol lars. nf the seven percent, stock, and of the vis per cent, stock of the year eighteen him- ili d and twelve, and also, for fourteen mil lie is of six per cent, stock nf the y ears cigll teen hundred and thirteen, fourteen, and fif teen. lie, and.the s one is hereby proposed : for which purpose, hooks shall In' opened at the Treasury of the United States, and at the several Loan t tffiees, on the first <1 iy of M iy. one thousand eight hundred and liven- tv-two, to continue open until the first day fir .Inly next thereafter, for such parts of 111- phoie mimtioned description of stocks as shall, on tile day of subscription, stand on the bunks of the Treasury, &. nn tlin«o ol the se veral Loan Ollires, respectively, which sub scription shall lie effected hv a transfer tnthe XT. States, ill the manner provided liv law for knell transfers, of the credit nr credits stand ing no the said Imoks, and by a sui render of the certificate* of the stoek so suhsrribed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That fir the whole, or any part, of any sum, which shall he thus suhsrribed, nf the six percent, stocks of tlie years one thousand eight hun dred and twelve, and one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, credits shall he enlc «d to the respective subscribers, who shall be entitled to a certificate, nr certificates, yiurportir.g that the United States owe to the holder, or holders thereof, his, her, or their assigns, a sum, to lie expressed there in, equal to the amount of the principal ■3i'ick thus subscribed, hearing an interest of fie per centum per annum, payable quarter lv, from the thirtieth day of June, one tbou- ■s'rel eight hundred and twenty-two, trans- ft-r.-dfi in th. '.af.ie th inner as i* | ,muled ny Jaw fortlic transfer of stock subscribed, and subject to redemption at the pleasure of the U .• ■ (1 States, in thu proportion, and at the p imls herein defined, via. one third at any time after the thirty first day of December, one. thousand eight hundred and thirty; one lie d at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; and the remainder nt tiny time alrer pm thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two— oiid that for the whole, or any part, which sh ill he thus subscribed, of the seven per es'iit. stock, credits shall bn entered to the respective subscribers, who shall lie entitled to a certificate, or certificates, purporting that the United Statesoivo to the lioldet, or holders thereof, his, her, or their assigns, a vim. to he expressed therein, equal to the a- inomit nf the principal stock thus subscrib ed, bearing ail interest of live per cent, per tmnum. payable quarterly, from the thirtieth <J iy of June, eighteen hundred and twenty- two, transferable in the manner as is provid ed I,y Uw for the transfer of the stock sub- eciilic.d, and subject to redemption at tlio jileesurc of the United Slates, at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three— Provided, That no reimbursement shall he m ule, except for the whole amount of such r.ev.’ certificate, nor until after at least six months public notice of such intended reim bursement. And itsliall be the duty id the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to lie re transferred tnthe respective subscribers, the several sums by them subscribed, beyond the Amount nt'the certificates of flie percent, stock, issued to them respertivi Iy. See. .i. Ami be it further enacted, That, if 'the ainouat of seven and six per cent, stocks, authorized to Im subscribed by the first sec lion of this act, shall not have liven twhscrih by I he first day ( f July next, the remainder of that amount may he subscribe 1 on the bunks nf the Treasury, at any time between the said first day of July, and the first day of October next thereafter ; and for the whole, or any part, of nuy sum which shall be tints subscribed, of (he 0 per cent, stocks of tile yems 181-2, I81.‘3, 18M, and 111 lb, cre dits shall lie entered to the respeclni snb- iicrihers, who shall he entitled to a eertifie ale or certificates, purporting that the United States owe to the holder, or holders thereof, hi', her, nr their assigns, a sum, to he ex pre*.i*11 (her in, equal (o the amount of tile yi'iuci|iid stoek thus subscribed, hearing an lilt i.-t i" -t of five per eentuni per ,annum, p.iya h!e quarterly, from the thirtieth day of Sep tember, one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, trao-ferrahle in the same man tier, as is provided liy law for the transfer of the stock suhsrribed, ami subject toredemp tian, at the pleasure of the United State -, ii the proportion, a.tjd at the periods, herein dr tl eul, viz : one third at an) time after tin thirty fir.-t day of Deremlier, one tlioiisam Aught hundred and thirty ; one third at an; time after the tlii-lv fiist <|ay o( Decenihrr, flue thousHiid eight bundled and thirty one: fl'ul tin: remainder at any tim, after the tliii - ty-lbst day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two ; and that, for tin Whole nr any part which shall he thus sub- 1**1 nf the seven per cent, stock, cr< dits shall be entered to the respective subscribers, who ahull lie entitled to a certificate or certficati I heir assigns, n sum, to he expressed therein, equal to the. .iniouiit of the principal stock thus sulrscriiied, hearing an interest uf five per centum per annum, payable quarterly, from the thirtieth day of Srplut'ihcr, one. thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, Iransferrahle in the manner ns is provided liy law for the transfer of the stock subscrihtul, and subject to the redemption at the plea sure of the United States, at any time after the thirty-first day of December, one thou sand eight hundred and thirty-three : Pro vided, That no reimbursement shall he made, exeejit for the whole amount of such new certificate, nor until after at least six months’ public notice of sm-h reimbursement. Sec t. And h- it further enacted, Tli.it the same funds which have heretofore been, nod now are. pledged liy law for the payment of the interest, and for the redemption or reim bursement of the slock which may lie sub scribed hy virtue of tlio provisions of this art, shall remain pledged for tlie payment "f the interest accruing on the stork created liy reason of such subscription, and for the re demption or reimbursement nf III” principal uf the same, It shall lie the duty of the commissioners of the sinking fund to cause to he applied and paid, out of the said fund, yearly end every year, such sum and sums as may he annually wanted to dischurgn the interest accruing to the stock which may lie ereati d hy i irtue of this act, The said com missioners are hereby authorized to employ, from time to time, smell sum and sums out nf the said fund, as they may think proper, towards redeeming, by purchase or reim bursement, in conformity with ttie provisions of this act, the principal of said stock.—And such part nf the s iid a on tal sum oft ii mil- lion.sufdollnrs, vested hy I iw in the said com missioners, as may lie necessary wanting for the above purposes, shall lie and cnnli- n le appriated [appropriated] to the payment of interest and redemption of the public debt, until tlie. whole of the stork which may be created under the provisions of this act shall have been red emed or reimbursed. Sec. j. And be it further enacted. That nothing ill this act contained shall lie enn ui rued in any wise to alter, abridge, or im- ji'iir, the rights of those creditors of the U States who shall not subscribe to the loan to lie opened by virtue of this act. I' III,ll> I* HARBOUR, Speaker of tlie It rise uf Representatives. It),IN (i All,I.MU), President of the Senate, pro tempore. Washing!on, March 20,1822.—Approved, JAMES MONROE. AN ACT to revive and continue in f iree “ An Act, declaring 111” as-ent of Congress to cer tain nets of tlie Suites of Mary land and Geor gia.’’ He it enacted lit/ the Sen ile and Itmsr of Representatives of the United Stales if Ame rica in Congress assembled, That the act pas sed the seventeenth day nf Mar<M. i.i the year cue thousand eiglit hundred, entitlea •An Act, declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the Slates of .Maryland ami Georgia,” and which, liy subsequent acts, lias hec'ii revived and continued in force ini- ti! die third day of .March, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, lie, and the same n-reliy is, revived and continued in force uii il the tid day of March, one thousand right tin i I d and twenty-eight : Provided, That nothing herein contain, d shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage nr vessels propelled by steam employed in the transportation of pas sengers. (Washington, April 20, I V,2i.—Approved. AN ACT to establish the District of Blakeley. He it enacted bi/ the Scuttle and house of Reprcsentutivis of the Uni'.td Stales of A- mericit in Congress assembled, That, from and after tlie thirtieth day nf June next, the Alabama, Middle, and Tensaiv rivers, in tlu- stiite of Alabama, and all the shores and wa ters on tlie east side of the 13 iy of Mobile, and all the rivers of the said state emptying into thu Gulf of .Mexico, to the east of said I3.iv, shall form a Collection Di-trict, to he called the District of Blakeley, of which the port of Blakeley shall he tile sole Port of fin try—and a Collector for the District shall lie appointed, to reside at swell place as tile President of till United Stat -s shall direct, near said port, who shall lie entitled to re ceive, in addition to the fees and oilier emo luments established by law, the annual sala ry of two hundred and fifty dollars. PHILIP Pi BARBOUR, Speaker of tlie House of Representatives. JOHN OAlLLAUI), President uf the Senate, |iro-tcuipore. Washington, April 17, 18-22.— Approved, JAMES MON HOE. AN ACT to remit (lie duties nn n Sword im ported to he prci'iiti d to Captain Hioaias Macdonoiisli, of (he United Stales’ Navy. He it enacted bp the. Senate and House, of Representatives of the United Slates i j Ame rica in Congress assembled, Thai the duties •.vliicli have accrued, or which may accrue, io the United Stales, tqiun the import it ion if a Swurd, In he presented to Capt. Tho mas VI ledonougli, of the United States’ Na vy, in behalf of the petty officers, seamen, and marines, who served on hoard the li:i- gale G.terriere, when she was lately under his command in the Mediterranean, which sword is represented to he, or lately to have been, in the custody of the Collector of the Di-t ii-t of New York lie, and the said du ties are hereby remitted. ’ PHILIP P. BARBOUR, Speaker of the House nl Representatives JOHN GSILLAIU), President nf the Senate, pro tempore \YaMiiiiRtou, April 17,18:22.—Approved, J AMES MONROE. AN ACT In amend the art, entitled “ An Act te establish the District of Bristol, and to iin- i ex tlie towns nf Kittery and Berwick to the P,strict of Portsmouth,’’ passed February 25tlr. 1801. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates if Amer ica in Congress assembled. That, from and after t ’e thirtieth day i f September next, tire District of Bristol, as described in the art, entitled “ An act tn establish the Dis- hundred and one, shall he railed arid known hy the name of the District of Bristol and Warren, and that Bristol and Warren shrill thereafter lie considered as one port of entry, and shall possess all the rights and privileges which now belong to the port of Bristol. PHILIP P BAHBOUIl, Speaker of tlie House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLAKI), President of the Senate pro tempore. Washington, April 17, 1022.— Approved, JAMES MONUOE. AN ACT tn fix the limits nf the Port of Entry mill Delivery fnr t lie District of Philadelphia lie il enacted In/ the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of.liner ica in Congress assembled, Tliul Philadel phia shall, from and after the passage of this net, he the sole Port of Entry and Delivery for tlie District of Philadelphia, which said Port of Entry and Delivery shall he bounded hy tim Navy Yard mi the south, and Co liurk-kin creek on the north, any thing in a ny funner law to the contrary notwithstand ing. PHILIP P. BARBOUR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN OAlLLAUI), President of the Senate pro tempore. Washington, April 17, U!22.—Approved, JAMK.‘ MONROE. AN ACT, supplementary tn nn net, entitled * ( An art to alter the terms of tile District Court in Alabama." Hr it enacted In/ the Senate and House of Rr/ireseutativcs of the United Slates of Amer ica in Congress assembled. That the third section oftlie act, cntilb d " An act tn alter (lie terms uf the District Court in Ala Lima," lie, and the same is hereby, repealed—and so much nf tiie second section of t ic act, entitled “An act to establish a Diali id 13nurt in the state of Alabama,” and was repealed hy tim said third section, is hereby revived, re-eiiaeted, and declared to he of full force ) and effect. Sec. 2. And lie il further enact'd, That all cans, s,actions,suits,indit tincuts,lib,'Is,picas processes, and proceedings, of whatever kind, nature, or dese iption, sued not, com menced, or made returnable at Cahawba. •-Il ill lie there proceeded in and determined : and. in like manner, all swell sued nut, com menced, nr made returnable tn Mobile, shall lie. there, proceed "d in and determi led. PHILIP P B All 13OUR, Speaker oftlie House of Repiv-utotives. JOHN GAILLAKD, President oftlie Senate, pro tempore. Washington, April 17, 1842.— Approved, JAMES MONROE. now lie indulged with their attention. Hr askrd it not for hi nisi If. but fur \\u- subject that was now under their consideration.— That subject was important, fur, 1 confi dently assert, said Air. T. that, if you pas- tliis hill, your army will very soon become worthless and inefficient. This hill might he much mure properly called i hill for disorganizing, than a bill lur organising the army. It is calculated, hy the destruction of the staff, to make it a nest ofidleis—a disgrace instead of an honor to the country. Tin* professed object ol the bill is sot, indeed, to destroy the staff, but that nil lie its effect. Gentlemen may r. Iy upon it, that will be its effect. He had, him self, no very serious apprehensions oi tlie passage of tlie lull, provided the present mi litary organization were fully understood, and provided the odious features oftlie hill were Jaitl open to view. The honorable chairman himself, (Mr. Eu-lia.) who i* the reputed fattier of the bill, he had sunn sus piemrg was already con-iderahly weaned from his first attachment to it, and began to feel very indiffi rent as to its passage, Tlie hill, sir, said Mr. T. contemplates the total destruction of the military part ol lie staff, and the striking off from the roll ol t'H* present army, a Major General and u Brigadier General. Il provides that the Brigadier Gem-r.il (when not otherwise em- ulopeil.) shall discharge the duties of tlie Adjutant and Inspector’s D'partmerits at lie si at of government, where he will lie permanently located except when lli - lineal man lias suggested to me, in conversation that Itie absence of the Adjutant General would not he sensibly fell, because lux place would be sufficiently Well supplied hy the i Hirers whom the lull authorizes him to de tail from the army, to assist in duties of the department. Who, sir, are these nffii'eis alluded to, and why would they have been detailed ? Why, sir. they would have turn taken I'runi the subalterns nf’ tin- line, and their duty in the Department would lie that nf Clicks. Would they lie th emed the persons who slunild lie aiisWeiahh fur the eoi reel ness oftlie orders that may lie issued What information run tin y have reaped in this department? They would he heller Clerks, indeed, but perhaps Worse officers: and all that they would have p oh.ihly nr qnired would lieln write heller hands, and to stick their quills more gracefully behind their ears The stool of the clerk is not tin- proper stiqi to null, in your army. Tlie l’iesidelif of 1 lie United States, arid the Secretary of War might not be military men, and, in nine eases out often would not lie. In the absence nflhis officer, there fore, they would he completely ham-strung — they could not stir an inch—they would want an officer to advise vvitli and give shape E: efl’ect to their plans. The present Secretary oT war is ceitainly as alilt an offi cer—nay, sir, I Will go further,(for I am no approver of Ids political principles, and 1 will, therefore, be more scrupulous in giving him all that is due him) he is, perhaps, the most able officer that has presided over that duties may call him away. It also reduces Df|)aitmeut for many years. Ilis t denis the rank oftlie Quartermaster General to j and eliurartar seem to be peculiarly adapted that nf Colonel, and strikes off tlio two Q mr- to the situation ; and yet, sir, lie I-, no doubt, rely implicitly upou their report of each cp tiler ? But, above all, sir, this bill would make the inf trior llic corrector of his superior.— May not, then, the superior icfrain, in some instances, from a proper severity to the in ferior, when that inferior is soon to hjivc thu light of making a stent report of him r— Your Colonels and other officers would soon heroine couriers of popularity, instead vf exhibiting a proper independence. The sternness in tlie discharge of duty, so essential in an army, would snon yield t,o a feeling of selfish policy, Built a fcatuie in jour organization would be odious indei d. Eneli olli, or would la turned niton spy upon his biotlur. It would, depend upon it. Le iioikihg v our officers a set of informers, (tlie vilest chrti i'cler that man can assume.) and would destroy all lint’ fine noble h t lii g— that fi'aiikoe-s of manner, penero-itj of spi- i it—that si' mess and fidelity m the dis< bulge of every duty, social or pnlikc, that so dis tinctly murk tin character ol the “ old sole dier.” Il wuiiid make him suspicious, win re he would otherwise confidi—and tuned in the discharge of his duly, vvlieie he win,Id otherwise he bold Nr inflexible. In short, nr, it would make him every thing hut wh. iv true soldier ought to lie. No, sir, w lie.ii >. u create } our inspectors let tin in have Lotui.ijj to do w ilh the. fine, and all things will gi nrv well. The good order, morality, ai d i tliu- ency of your army, w ill he preserved. One glance at this loll will satisfy ny man, that its object is (at all evcuts its tffnt will he) to destroy the stall'—destroy ti n stuff, and tiling in a toll then to destroy the army, and I will give il my vote. Take iv ter lusters authorized by the art of Ki-21. entirely ignorant of the details of military the st ,ff and jour auny vviil soon 1, Oftlie importance of the staff, there ought j matters, r J lie tact is, sir, the Meads ol not to h- a doiilit. Upon it depends most Departments are statesmen bred, and you SPEECH Oftlie Hon. Edward b\ Tattnall, IN THE HOUSE OF RE PRESENT ATi V123, | On the Bill in addition to the ''Ac! to rrd'.Uc 1 and fitlhc .7 Hilary Peace Hstiiblishment." , have expressed it a- his opinion, that no rank Mr. Tattnall m*c and rnnsirkt'd, that j should bp given o thisoflicer over til* other ue was about moving; to strike out (with the members ol the stall itally the character, fcoo<l iliseijilim*, ml efficiency of your army, it was an anxiety with re^ani to this important, tin-' essential] branch of the army, that had brought him I out of a sick chamber on this occasion. I will, however, said >lr. 1\ proceed nt once to the subject. I will endeavor t»»! shew, if my strength will permit me, whai j the act of 18*1 established in this particuhn 1 —notice distinctly, though briefly, the res j pective duties of earh of the members ol | the staff*, and then present the objections to the alterations proposed in the present bill. Tin* departments of the staff, in which the lull contemplates alterations, are those of the Quarter muster (Imtr Jhijnlaut (it- Herat, and hisprct jr dr ■:i ral. Fir-t thro, sir, hn to the Quarter master General's Dr- parlment. On this part uf the subject, Mr. T. said he would not dwell The hill, -is regards the (Quartermaster General himsr’J' i had oothinp; in view hut tin* red c ion of hi.- rank to th -t of folonrl. Mr. T was aware of die importaijec of this department, hot he candidly confessed, if the subject could have, I,n o under his consideration when the lie, t. * v»r£'Urination too phtcr, he should exception of the enacting clause,) the v\ hole of the f»ur first sections of the lull* lie had embraced these sections in his motion, hs they ere essentially blended together, I f e would not be un derstood to s iy any thing in the n ay ol ob jection to the otliccr, who, at tnis tune, fills that station. He was as gallant, as able, and as distinguished a young soldier as our coon and could only he fully considered hy being try could boast ol. lie spoke of the ojfic taken up together. Uis object in inovii to strike out tuese sections, was to test the sense of the committee upon the principle nf the bill. This bill, said Mr. T. which is now presented to tlie consideration oftlie eommiit. , had in view the most material alteration, nay, the almost total subversion of the present organization oftlie army. I trust, sir, said Mr. T. thai notwithstanding t.ie prejudices that have heretofore prevailed in this country against the regular army, it*' w< il sustained reputation, and its vast impor tance during the late war, have, made it, as il ought to he, an object of less suspicion and uglier estimation. He hoped the com mittee would hear with him, for a short time, whilst the endeavored to shew the ill constupierx cs that would inevitably follow the adoption of this part, at least, oftlie bill. Ie had had. as an officer of the regular ar- ny, (to whicii he w .s attached during the var,) but little experience ; but, little as it had been, it had enabled him to view tlii- bill in a very different light from that in which the Military Committee had appear- 1 to regard it. lie claimed no power ei ther to amuse or interest—he had no pre- icndons to oratory—he was a stranger to parliamentary exhibition, hut he trusted, as Im hail nol been hitherto a frequent intruder upon the. p itip.nee. of members, he should * Tlio «c<:tions are in the following words: That, from and after the day of next, lieu of one Major General with two aids de camp two Brigadier General* with one aid de camp each, one Adjutant General, two In-pec- i irs General, and one Surgeon general, there hall be one Brigadier General with one aid- le-cnrnp, to be taken from the subalterns of the army. Sec. rind he it further enacted, That tlie Brigadier General, when not assigned tootliei duty, shall have charge oftlie office of order.* uud inspection, which shall he attached to tin War Department; and that lie be* allowed, with the approbation of the Secretary of War, to detail, for temporary service in the same, many officers from the line of the a rim, may lie necessary for the discharge oftlie du- lie.- of that office; and, also to detuil one sur '.••on, or one assistant surgeon, for duh in tlio said office, and that an additional surgeon he •ippointcd T necessary Sec. 3. Jln((bc il further marled, That the rnjui-ite inspections in all the arms and de partuients of service, including thu ordnance, .-hall be performed by field aflicers of regi ment.- an I corps, hy districts, and in rotation, in order that the ‘nine officer shall not inspect the same post twice in succession : Provided, I liat commander* of regiments and corps, and the senior officer of all soperate commands, as far as it may he* found convenient, shall corres pond wiih, and receive orders from, the De- ourtmeiit of W ar, though the military inspec tion office attached to the same, excepting such parts of the army as may be united iri large bo des. S'c. d. And be. it further enacted, That the v'iumtermaster General after the day ol shall have the rank, pay, and emolu ment*, of a colonel, and that the offices of two would he as likely to find one of them aide to manage a division of (lie army, or to know the wants of that body, as he would he to work a ship <>f the line, or know what she would require t*» In* “ ceil found;’ 1 and yet tin* IN rsidcot of flic Lifted States, it will he recollected, is commander in chief of the navy as well as the army. No, sir; you cannot rely upon the military talents of) on. I leads of Depai lim utM. lu ninety • nine ca sesoutol a hundred, they would le* fond to he very similar to those who slu d so hug and did nut see any strong reason for the pieced* nee given to it over each of the other d* partments of the stair. Filled, howevei, is it is, and important and arduous ns an ils duties, hr did not see any urgent reasons for the alteration proposed. On the subject f this department, tie would not, however, detain tl,** committee, but leave it, ^ sever al other matters of detail in the bill, to those gentlemen whose strength would permit a note ample discussion. He would now call tlie attention of the comrnilleclothe Adjutant Gear ral’s Depai t- ment. This department, said Mr. T. is o essential importance, and ue would there fore, l**g the particular attention of the com mitteo tnthe few remarks !)*• diould mak with regard to it. Such a department must he indispensably annexed to your military establishment. It is the/ry of the army ; ..li orders of a general nature are issued through it. It is through it that all the movements, all the dispositions nfyotjr forces are ell* et- ed. It is charged with the whole military correspond-:nee of the army. It is, in this res- puct,to tin* commander i,i chief, what the Secretary of State is to the. Kxecutive of the country. The various returns of t‘ie strength oT the. army, comprised in reports from the numerous posts and cantonments occup ed hy the troops, are regularly and periodically made to this department. So, also, are all returns of courts martial and courts of inquiry. It is the important medi um of communication hutu een the comman der in chief and the various me her- of the army, li is in this department that the records of the army arc kept. In short, it is :m essential feature in your military organi zation. So hu trusted every member ol the commit ** would regard it. So, it) fact, the f-liairmomf the Military Committee, (Mr. Huytis,) himself, was fain to acknowledge it. for lie proposes to allot tn this duty the high est officer that is suffered to survive the con templated wreck uf the present establish ment. Hr allots to this duly the only Briga dier General proposed to be retained. In thi^ respect, sir the gentleman evinces the most palpable inconsistency. He plainly ac knowledges the vast importance of thi- office, by attaching so high an officer to it, and yet lie gives diner duties to the Brigadier Ge neral, which bci ‘.gsto his character in line ; duties which may, U probably would occa sionally ft: 11 him away for a length of time from the seat of government. T ,e gentle man seems to In* aware of tho importance of the department, and yet he attemnts to have its duties discharged by an amphibious being, that is neither « nlirely one tiling nor the other—an officer 4i of the true mongrel breed.” Suppose for instance, that this officer be called away to a distant pu t, ipona sudden emergency, suppose, for instance, to Dcctroit or to Pensacola-—what is the consequence r \V .y sir; your army is without an /Idjut nl General, and that office is vacant w hich th s rting that tlie L’aitcl States o ,rift 'if Bristol,.mid to annex the towns of j quartermasters, with the rank, pay, ami emo-1 gentleman deems, the most important io Hi Kittery am! Bmvirk to the Distriet of Torts- J laments, ot majors, holder, qr holders Uie/imf, higher, urj mouth,” passed February £Jlb, ciglitceu j • day ot he abolished after the said | army ! 1 do not know, sir, whether it wo.do I be in order for sue to state that the gentie- n lustre upon the field nf Bladensloirg. Tins alteration, in .short, sir, is totally inadmissi ble. You most have a military o. ie iftalents and experience constantly at llic elbow if Iht government. So much,sir, for the .Adj Rant’s Department. I ome now, sir, said Mr. T. to speak of the Inspector’s Department. The d i'Y of the Inspector is personally U< inquire. (I lay a stress, sir, upon this word, for therein een sisls the esse,,• >■ oi tin inqtiny) it is Li- doty to pm son.illy inquire into t ie slate of th o - my — In see whello i its Ui-. ipl.ee, its p.,hei , ns innralitv. n ■ , q ipmrn „n<t its .-ffieie. ei, lie such as it ought to In vh thei the lii- eers are qualified hoi!) Ilieoreti .illy f< prae tieully for their stations, and vvtietln r thex attend to their duty—whedo-t the Limin' ,If ons, arms, mnmonilimi. and oilier public property, are properly taken care ot, to d whether tlie rides of Hie army are strictiy ohserved. In short, l i sue eno oeralioo. said Mr. T. I would rema k that ill title ex plains what the duties wim.d he. |i is (In most imporlatil memher nl llie . I if. and without it, an army must soon sink io il- clurao er and lose 1.1 its effieien y. loq o - i ,oi, laiwdver, as tl is, ti.is hill meditates it destruction. In Euro,,eun a ones tins sl.-.ii- oiiis considered ol the utmost importance, ami, in our own country, it has also been s- considered. Hen. Washington alw ays lo^li Iy estimated it, and, at a late period ol lii' life, the: lection hy him of Gen. Ilamiilo' (then Cm. Hamilton), to fill tliis station, and the rank given to him, (that of Major Gene ral,) shews, its importance both ill Ills view anil that of ('oogress. The opinion, on such o soUjeet, of this great patnotnnd evperieoe ed soldier, is, I trust, not undeserving o' igllt. I would here also add. said Mr. T. that the Inspector’s reports are sicnt and lii i'its unecpceltl His reports meet no eye xcept at the seat of government, whittoi they are rc.gul.irly forwarded— md, r. use qoe.dIy, Ins communications are fi eo aed .o irrassed. His visits ton, being unexpict ed, the officers at tlie various posts, not know ing w hen to look for his presence, are con stantly on the alert, and carefoliy attentive to every mi mle part of their doty. The Inspector is selected 00 account of Ids talents, military experience, and peculiar fitness fin the office, Not having a;.y connexion with the line, or with any corps of the army, In has no partialities to Idas his judgment, and being kept constantly on the mug he nei- the r forms such personal intimacies, nor con- tr els such personal prejudices, as w mild n- p. rate to discolor ilia opinions. Thus, sir. said Mr. T. I have endeavored to cxplaii the duties uo■! point out the peculiar Larue- ter of tliis o licer. I will nmv hneily state my objections to the alterations proposed hy tliis hill. Tile bill proposes to do away tin inspecting officers, and to substitute, in their modi, the field officers of regiments, i. e. Ih-- ('(llonels, Lieutenant Colonels, uud ,Majors j w ho are to discharge, in regulation, ail the duties of iusp' ction. This alteration, air, will never ati "er. In the first place, it i- uol alway- that officers of the tine are com petent to the perfect discharge of this duty. Though possessed of all tlie -ciencc ,Ni infur- alien required, they may bo deficient in ci ther qualifications. They may w ant, fur in stance, the talent of observation—may be naturally careless or negligent—may not pos sess tlie necessary scrutiny of character, or j the disposition to pry deeply into every thing, and so fort. Besides, they are subject to improper bias, as they belong to every corps, and form a component part of that very body, with regard to whom you would require them to report. If you wish to cor rect abuses, in your War Department, ymir Treasury Department, nr your Post Office Depai tment, would you select a man from tin- Department which is to lie inspected, tn examine into it and to report to you? I think not. Besides, sir, these officers are constantly in the habit of close association, and will they nut necessarily cither become partial to each other, or pnjudir ''against ntrie il---ipaL (I and wnrthie- 1 ?.—li of it wilt ie no watchful iyi mu tin in, and will abandon themselves to i,lienee.-, a d its coinmilitant vices—the Very prince ’c producing efficiency is Conxion—the Soulier like the school hoy. (and we arc all alik . ia this partieiilai, w In i e the di-ch rge of duties is ii k-cnie.) r< quires I he eye of authority cone staidly over tin in. In short, sir, desti ny llnj s',air.n,d yon destroy the very life hi d usfie fulness nf the am y The members of the stall’aie so many veins and arteries through I winch ll'.v the very life-blnud of the hudy — j ii. si my ilu"e, and the rest is uf litul.w "bull will sooii become no rupl— or, if it be permitted me to make ant,tin e comparison, the staff is the main spring at Hie military mailiiaery, and if you destroy that, all efficient operation ceases. The ar my is. at this moment, more efficient and in higher oi ilei. both as to its police, its equip” mem. and its tlist ipMiie. than it b s perhaps pit*, hfini before. Whatever it be. however, it ne i s almost entirely to the st ff. Gi'iitlenieri are in the daily hah t of rciH- p!;i: oirigof iln size of tin* present ‘ t if. They s iy ” they have mi idea nf a large st if Ini a sm.ll army'' Sir. vve hart nut a ‘Inin* sb.ff,'' uliln ngh vvi fi -11h1111y t,.,ve • a Sii.cll ’ mi” Geriili nu n fret Ihein-elvi ■ into a In,iin-fe>t r, mill then imagine things to x- I W hit'll III! c Oil t Xl-H me n b . I ever. Let ns see where is this •• la ge ,\l jf itir a small army.” And heie, sir, said Mi. T. I speak of the military part of the stalf, which is tiie Iiliji et nf the attack of these gentlemen. 1 will fust stale the rase a* to the , h/ju- lai.t's Dtpar!mini: l i d -r lae or . e.izalmu a hit'll prevail, d iinni'm ie iy pu Viu e- tn liiu adoption of the piesent system. Ihcntjtvt re two .Major Generals and tour Brigadier G,i- nerals, the former of whom had each an Ad jutant General, with the same rank as the i ristnt Adjutant General, and il.c four latter nl w h.on laid each an A istant Adjutant Ge* n«" a I with the rank of Major, making when. Minion d up, six field vjjictrs attached to this department, besides an Adjutant and Irispec- Ln Gents.d. vvitli the rank uf Hrigad'ir ils- ». o', permanently ioealtul at Washington. Ilow many have vve now? Why, -ir, one, and but one, and his rank only' that tn a Co lonel. Now. sir, as to the Inspictors. How ma ny h M we under the old regulations? The same number us of. Idjutants, and with i..c. same rank, viz: six. ivvo with the rank uf Col hi, I and four with the rank of Major.—- llovv many have we new ? Two. As few as il is possible to have for the discharge of ihe duties. Unless gentlemen can, liy an act oftingress, give to one of them some thing of the obliquity of the Deity, twa are as few as can discharge the duties. 1 he committee will hear in mind that the t i-its of the Inspector are personal, and, when we have in view the immense tract of country over which the troops arc spread, and tin t it the most distant posts thei e will always he more remis-ness in llic di.clnirge of doty, md less cure, in the pit eri valinti of puldio property, we must at < m> lie satisfied of the alisol .tv necessity of keeping in lervico it I. :ist two Inspectors. To -urn tip tilery, lie whole of the stall’, nridei lie. former or ganization, (i. e. the Adjutant and lnspec- inr’s Deg o'tevu-,1 thcic will to* found to have been thirteen, cm: one Brigadier Ce~ verst, bull (Von<Is.and e ght Al.jhrs. N ty;, •■taler the pri sent aw h r die same Depart ments, there lire t'.nc Colonels. And o much, sir, for the “ large staff for a smulh army." This, Mr. T. said, was as far in his rcmaiks as he expected to have proceeded. Ilis strength, lie found, however, greater than lie had anticipated, and tie would proceed on with its observations on the bill. The bill also proposes the reduction oftLe General Offiri is, so as to -Hike off one Ma jor and one Brigadier General. As tn the returning of the Major General, I confess I am not particularly solicitous, lie is by no trie,ns essential to the army—i. c. the army could get along very well wi bout him. )lo has, however, duties to perform, and his in- lluence in keeping the Inspectors attentive lo their duties is beneficially exercised. 'J ho only reason for si liking him off is the saving which would be effected of the amount iif his pay. Ilis services during tlie war ivero distinguished, and perhaps, as lie is now a member of the army, it may be as well to retain him. On tins point, however, il is duo to tnysell to say that I am by no mtutis anxious. AN ith regard to tlie propriety arid necessi ty ol retaining tlie two Brigadier (liner. Is, tin it ought not to be any hesitation in the. each other ? And, in either «e, am you, — ^ “Jf ^ ^^