PAY DEPARTMENT. GENERAL TAYLOR'S PAY. The following letter from the Adj.-Gen. of the One Paymaster-General; two deputies and 33 U.S.A. was written to show the falsehood of the paymasters; natives of U.S. 33; of Europe 3. A impressions conveyed by a very sinister article paymaster receives $60 per month, four rations per recently appearing in the Washington Union, day, and is allowed two servants, and in war time about Gen. Taylor's pay. Mr. RITCHIE has pock-four horses, forage, &c. eted more of the public money, as Executive Nathan Towson, Md., Paymaster-General, $2,Organ, for doing nothing excepting helping to get 500, Benj. F. Larned, Ms. and Daniel Randall, us into some ugly scrapes, utterly disgraceful to Md., Dep. Paym'rs-Gen. the country, than Gen. Taylor received for fight- Paymasters.-T. J. Leslie, Eng.; D. S. Towning the country out of them. Again: we are be- send, U.S.; C. H. Smith, Va.; Timothy P. Anlow the mark when we say that Mr. RITCHIE re-drews, Ire., (Brigadier-General by brevet, late ceived treble as much public money for doing Colonel Voltigeurs:) Edm. Kirby, Con.,(Lt. Col. by nothing at all but pocketing the difference be- brevet,) A. D. Stuart, Va; Christ. Andrews, tween what he charged the people of the United States for a single document of the thousands he printed for Congress, and what he paid the poor printers for doing it, than Gen. TAYLOR got for whipping Santa Anna and other friends of POLK and RITCHIE, during the whole Mexican War to the closing of the account at Buena Vista. Ireland; Benjamin Walker, Vt.; Eugene Van Ness, N.Y.; St. Clair Denny, Pa.; David Hunter, D.C.; L J. Beall, R.I.; Roger S. Dix, N.H.; Abram Van Buren, N.Y., (Lt. Col. by brevet;) R. A. Forsyth, Mn.; A. J. Coffee, Tenn.; S. S. Stacy, Me.; J. C. Pattridge, N.Y.; Charles Bodine; W. A. Spark, Va.; B. W. Brice, Va. ;" WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1848. R. B. Reynolds, La.; P.T. Crutchfield, Va.; Wm. DEAR SIR-I duly received your letter of the Singer, Pa.; Noah Johnston, Va.; V. E. Piollet, 30th ultimo, and having examined the article in Pa.; G. H. Ringgold, Md.; J. R. Wallace; F. A. the "Union" of September 28, referred to, have Cunningham, O.; J. C. Bergh, NY.; A. B. Ragan, no hesitation in saying that all the pay and allow-Ga.; G. C. Hutter, Va.; R. H. Weightman, DC. ances specified as having been received by MajorGeneral Taylor, were in strict conformity to law and the Regulations of the War Department made pursuant thereto; and are precisely such as any other officer similarly situated, would have been entitled to receive. I am Sir, very respectfully, your ob't. serv't. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. At Washington, 6 clerks at $1,000 to $1,600. Clerks and Agents, Quartermaster's Department to Dec. 3, 1847.-We have not room for the list. Some reside at Washington; some with the army; others at Philadelphia, New-York, New-Orleans, &c. Their incomes are from $40 up to $150 per month, and some have rations. Their number is nearly 200. Also, 52 Masters of Public transports, steamers, propellers, ships, brigs and schooners, at $100 to $250, and in some cases at so much for all hands per month, while thus employed in 1847-8, in the Gulf of Mexico. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Col. George Gibson, Pa., Com. Gen. Sub., Brigadier-Gen. by brevet. Lt. Col. Joseph P. Taylor, Ky., Assist. Com. Gen. Sub. Commissaries of Subsistence. Captains, J. B. Grayson, Ky.; A. B. Eaton, Chief Clerk of Department, Rich. Gott, Md., $1,600; 5 other clerks, $1,000 to $1,200; 10 clerks elsewhere, $600 to $1,200. Clerks and contingencies, 1847, $7,050. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Clerks 2; Private Physicians, temporarily employed, 45, at $20 to $100 per month. Clerks, &c., 1847, $2,900. Income of Surgeons of 10 years, each $2,806; under 10 years, $2,514. $1,700; six others, $1,000 to $1,400 each. Pay Chief Clerk of Department, Nathaniel Frye, Me., masters' clerks, at various stations, 38, at $700 each. Clerks and contingencies, 1846-7, $9,600. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Colonel, Joseph G. Totten. Con., (BrigadierGeneral by brevet.) Lt. Colonels, Sylvanus Thayer, Ms., (Col. by brevet,) and R. E. De Russy, N.Y. Majors, J. L. Smith, S.C.; W. H. Chase, Ms.; CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. Colonel, John J. Abert, Md. Lt. Colonel, James Kearny, Ireland. Captains 10; Lieutenants 25; natives of U.S. 34, of Spain 1. Pay, same as dragoon regiments. In Bureau, four clerks, at $1,000 to $1,400; 14 agents at $10 to $100 per month. Clerks and casual expenses, 1847, $6,250. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. U.S. Military storekeepers 15. Storekeepers' In office, eight clerks, at $800 to $1,200. Clerks and casual charges $9,580. First Regiment of Dragoons. Lieut. Col., Edwin V. Sumner, Ms., July 13, '48. Second Regiment of Dragons. Colonel, William S. Harney, La., (Brig. Gen. by brevet.) Lieut. Col., T. T. Fauntleroy, Va. Third Regiment of Dragoons. Majors 2; Surgeons 2; Captains 11; Lieutenants 30-42 natives of U. S.; 2 Ireland; 1 Poland. ARTILLERY-RIFLEMEN-INFANTRY. A Colonel of engineers, ordnance, dragoons, or mounted riflemen, receives per month as pay, $90, $36 for rations, forage for 3 to 5 horses, and is allowed 2 servants, &c. A Lieut. Colonel has $75, with $30 for rations, also for forage, &c. A Major $60, and for rations $24, &c. A Captain $50, also $24 for rations. A Lieutenant $33 25, and $24 for rations. Sergeant of Dragoons, per month, $13; Corporal $13; Private $3. Colonels of Artillery or Infantry receive $75 per month, $36 for rations, (and double rations if commanding military departments,) forage for 3 to 4 horses, and are allowed 2 servants, &c. &c. Lieutenant Colonels. net Riley. Md., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 3. 1. Henry Wilson, Pa., (Col. by brevet); 2. BenEthan A. Hitchcock, Vt., (Col. by brevet); 4. John Garland, Va., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 5. Wm. G. Belknap, N. Y., (Brigadfer-Gen. by brevet); 6. Gustavus Loomis, Vt.: 7. Joseph Plympton, Ms., (Col. by brevet); 8. Thomas Staniford, Con., (Col. by brevet); 9. Jeremiah Clemens, Ala.; 10. Ralph G. Norvell, Ten., Dec. 3, 1847; 11. Wm. M. Graham, Va.; 12. Thomas H. Seymour, Con., (Col. by brevet); 15. 4 Colonels of Cavalry at $3,476--$13,904; 4 Lieut. Colonels, at $2,947-$11,788; 21 Colonels of Infantry, &c.. at $2,996-$62,916: 21 Lieut. Colonels at $2.947-$61,887; 8 Majors of Cavalry, at $2,714 $21,712; 40 Captains, do., at, on an average, $2,300 $92,000; 38 Majors, Infantry, &c., at $2,650 $100,700 218 Captains 1o., at $856-$176,608; 266 First Lieutenants, at $736-$195.776; 308 Sec-14. Paul O. Hébert, La.; 15. Joshua Howard, Ms., ond Lieuts., at $676-$208,208.--Total $945,479. Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. Colonel, Persifor F. Smith, Pa., (Major-Gen. by brevet.) Lieut. Col., William W, Loring, N. C. Majors 2; Captains 10; Lieutenants 25.-Natives of the United States 37, England 1. First Regiment of Artillery. Colonel, Ichabod B. Crane, N. J. Majors 2; Captains 12; First Lieutenants 24; Colonel, James Bankhead, Va., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet.) Lieut. Col., John Irving, Ms. Majors 2; Captains 12; First Lieutenants 24; Second Lieutenants 15.-Natives of the United States 50, Scotland 1, England 2. Third Regiment of Artillery. Colonel, William Gates, Ms. Fourth Regiment of Artillery. Lieut. Col., (Col. by brevet); 16. The other officers, in the 16 Infantry Regiments, are as follow: Eleventh Born in Europe. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 34 10 10 12 10 10 Sixteenth... 2 10 10 20 40 a One Captain, a native of Hanover-One Second Lieutenant, a native of Ireland. b One Second Lieutenant, a native of Ireland.. c One Captain, a native of Canada. month, $24 for rations, forage for 3 horses, and Majors of Artillery or Infantry receive $60 per are allowed for 2 servants; Captains $40, rations $24; Lieutenants $27 to $30 each, and $24 for rations; Sergeants $13 per month; Corporals $9; Privates $7. From the pay of each private $1 per Majors 2; Surgeons 3; Captains 10; First Lieutenants 10; Second Lieutenants 20.-All na-month is retained until the term of his enlistment tives of the United States. The pay of Foot Riflemen is the same as that of Infantry. *THE SIXTEEN REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY. Colonels. 1. William Davenport, Pa., (brevet); 2. Hugh Brady, Pa., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 3. James B. Many, Del.; 4. William Whistler, Md.; 5. Geo. M. Brooke, Va., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 6. Newman S. Clarke, Con., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 7. Matthew Arbuckle, Va.. (BrigadierGen. by brevet); 8. William J. Worth, N. Y., (Major-Gen. by brevet); 9. Henry LA Webb, N.Y., May 23, 1848; 10. Robert E. Temple, Vt.; 11. Al bert C. Ramsay, Pa.; 12. Milledge L. Bonham, S. C.; 13. John J. Fay, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1847; 14. William C. Trousdale, N. C., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 15. George W. Morgan, Pa., (BrigadierGen. by brevet); 16, John W. Tibbatts, Ky. expires. Commandants at fixed posts get double rations. The 12th and 14th Infantry regiments are being mustered out of service at New-Orleans; 13th do., at Mobile; 15th do., at Cincinnati. The Statute of Aug. 1848, repeals the act of May 13, 1846, authorizing" an increase of the rank and file of the Army," but provides, that the President may, by transfer from other regiments, increase the number of privates in five regiments to 100 per company.t Mr. Secretary Marcy, in his Report of Dec. 2, 1847, said, that the 25 regular regiments, when full, would contain 28,814, exclusive of officers, but that the strength then was only 21,533, although 22,243 men had been enlisted for the regulars (beside the previous number) within the 12 monthe. Artillery regiments, when full, contain 1,200 privates; cavalry, foot, and voltigeurs, 1,000 each. * In Nov. 1844, there were but eight Infantry regiments, with 10 Second Lieutenants each. In Nov. 1847, there were sixteen-eight with 12 and eight with 20 Second Lieutenants each. The Secretary of War, in his report of Nov. 30, 1844, mentions, "that the average number of vacancies, from all casualties in the army, is about thirty; which, therefore, should be the limit of annual promotions from the Academy, or of new appointments in the Army. The 3d and 4th Dragoons, 9th to 16th Infantry, and Voltigeurs, are disbanded. Companies of Artillery and Infantry are now allowed 42 privates; Dragoons 50 MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT. Ten Professors or Teachers. Pay of Cadets, in artillery and infantry, per month $24. Congress voted $143,472 to uphold the Academy for 1848-9, viz.: Pay of officers, teachers, cadets and musicians, $79,764; barracks for cadets; contingencies $30,155, &c., being about $580 per annum for instructing each of the 247 military scholars. It would be well to inquire what proportion of the boys thus taught, go into and remain in the army. In 1846-7, the pay of officers, cadets, &c. at W. P. was $81,740, their subsistence, forage, &c., $8,043, expenses, barracks, visiters, $41,971. Barracks for the Cadets are in progress, at a cost of $186,000, exclusive of out-buildings. half pay, enjoy it twenty, thirty, or even forty years, and then sell out to younger men; merit, if unconnected with rank and, standing in society, is quite apt to be overlooked, though it is not always So. Fuller, a distinguished English author, early in the 17th century, wrote a book called "The Holy State," wherein he thus describes "The Good General:" He shows in what a General "loves and is beloved by his soldiers." "1. By giving them good words." "2. By partaking with his soldiers in their painful employments." "3. By sharing with them in their wants." "4. By taking notice, and rewarding of their deserts; never disinheriting a worthy soldier of his birthright, of the next office due unto him. For a worthy man is wounded more deeply by his own General's neglect, thun by his enemies' sword; the latter may kill him, but the former deads his courage, or, what is worse, mads it into discontent; who had rather others should make a ladder of his dead corpse to THE UNITED STATES' ARMY-PROMOTIONS. scale a city by it, than a bridge of him while alive, In the British Army, old deserving non-commis-for his punics to give him the go-by, and pass sioned officers do not, as in France, get often over him to preferment. For this reason chieny, promoted; young lads of the man-milliner' (besides some others,) a great and Valiant Enghsh species, are put over the heads of the oldest, General in the days of Queen Elizabeth, was hated steadiest sergeants, over men whose practical of his soldiers, because he deposed officers by his knowledge of discipline, and great military ex-own absolute will, without respect of orderly adperience, ought to entitle them to promotion. vancing such as deserved it, which made a great Senator Pearce of N.H. thinks that we follow the man once salute him with this letter: Sir, If you English practice too closely. One day he told of will be pleased to bestow a Captain's place on the "a sergeant who performed a service at the bat-bearer hereof, being a worthy gentleman, he shall tle of the Whithlacoochee, for which, had it been do that for you, which never as yet any soldier under. Napoleon, he would have got a baton. But did, namely, pray to God for your health and in ours what did he get? Three times did that happiness." " gallant fellow, with his arm broken and hanging at his side, charge the Indians and drive them from their hammocks, where they were entrenched. The poor sergeant stayed in the service until his tine expired, and that was all he got for his gal lantry and disinterestedness." An opinion gains strength, that the honors of the Army and Navy ought to be thrown open to free competition. Very many commnissions and promotions are the reward of official trimming and truckling in Congress, &c., by the relatives of parties thus placed over the heads of more deserving men. PAY OF THE ARMY, YEAR 1846-7. The following particulars are taken, from Ex. Doc. 7, Dec. 1847, pp. 123 to 214 and 282 to 295; what little insight they give us as to the system of accountability to Congress and the public, through clearness of statements and a publicity of facts, those who can may profit by; we really cannot. Pay of the Army, (déducting repayments,) $1,725,992. Of twenty-three paymasters named, TP. Andrews was intrusted with $395,391; T. J. Les lie with $547,546; G. H. Ringgold $231,306; and the others with sums varying from $642 to $116,605. Pay of ten regiments $80,000. Subsistence of Officers $545,467; of which $422,823 passed through the hands of Paymasters Les lie, Andrews, Townsend and Ringgold. Subsistence Department, $1,763,566; of which $900,800 were paid through Commissary, Seawell, $121,000 through Shiras, $400,000 through Grayson; $120,000 through Lee. Subsistence, ten Regiments of Regulars, $220,832; of which $150,000 paid per Seawell. Von Müller tells us in his Universal History, that "The degrees in the Roman Army were very numerous. From the last centurion of the last manipulus of the first line to the primipilatus, there were sixty steps. The choice of the Generals did not depend on the number of years of service; often the leader who had triumphed served under his successor, and the father under the command of his son; indolence and want of ability were the only obstacles to promotion." "The Romans did not consider it necessary that the soldiers should be of great stature: large bodies cannot easily support so much fatigue as those of smaller bulk. The Barbarians disdained the small stature of the Roman troops. The love of their country, and the great interests that were at stake, gave to the armies of the Romans an im- Same Department-Incidentals, no items or expulse very different from the motives of the Carth-planations given,] $1,025,337; of which, per Hunt aginian and Asiatic soldiery, who fought only for $251,000, Clark $656,235. pay." Quartermaster's Department, $1,473,080; of which per Vinton $140,000. E. Mackay $76,000, T. F. Hunt $108,234, H. Stanton $100,000. Dusenberry, $55,100; Morris S Miller $32,459; M. M. Clark $348,752, D. D. Tompkins $504,508. Same Department-Transportation and Supplies, $971,331; of which $1.126,680 in hands of Michael M. Clark, $939.500 in hands of David H. Vinton, $411.000 H. Stanton, $155,550 Æ. Mackay, $796,809, T. F. Hunt, $70,000 Dusenberry, $166,920 M. S. Miller, $117,000 F. R. Loper. Sir James Mackintosh considered a Standing Army dangerous to the institutions of a free State; De Tocqueville thinks that "a restless and turbulent spirit is an evil inherent in the very coustitution of Democratic armies;" and that odd compound of monarchy, feudalism and aristocracy, Sir Walter Scott, told his son that "a democratical soldier is worse than an ordinary traitor by ten thousand degrees, as he forgets his military honor, and is faithless to the master whose bread he eats." Under the Government which Scott so greatly admired, Commissions in the army are bought and Of $405,036 on hand for three months' extra pay suid like stocks or acres; officers who have served to privates, sergeants, musicians, &c,, and expensome two to ten years are allowed to retire on ses of recruiting, $291,858 were paid. $40,294 for Transportation of the Army, including Officers' baggage, $3.314,125; per hands of T. F. Hunt $339,934, D. D. Tompkins $503,956. M. M. Clark $1 479,196, E. Mackay $168,200, D. H. Vinton $281,700. Clothing Department, $597,119; of which $565,975 per H. Stanton. MILITARY EXPENDITURES-THE NAVY. services of private physicians, of which $24,500 per Mower." Barracks, Quarters, &c.," $266,078; of which per M. M. Clark, Assist. Quartm'r. $116,919. "Providing for the comfort of Discharged Soldiers," $500,000, through Dy. Quartermaster Gen. Hunt-no details. Repairs of Roads and Bridges for armies, $39,000. MEXICAN HOSTILITIES, &C. In addition to the above, and other expenditures, we find in page 163 to 168 Executive Docu. ments, 7, Dec. 1847, that $16,344,397 were paid in 1846-7, under the head of Mexican Hostilities. Reference is made to the act of July 20, 1846, but no details are given of the expenditure. The money was expended on volunteers and other troops; and appears to have passed through the hands of-T. F. Hunt $3,266,224, A. Mackay, $641 540, H. Stanton $410,000, H. Whiting $300,000, A. R. Hetzel $249,000, D. D. Tompkins $476,615, S. B. Dusenbury $159'000, D. H. Vinton $782,918, M. M. Clark $1,386,592, R. E. Clary $190,000, W. Seawell $200,000, Amos B. Eaton $195,000, J. B. Grayson $510,000, J. P. Moore $194,043, Paymaster I. J. Leslie $1,799,450, B. Walker $200,000, Timothy P. Andrews (ex-Col. Voltigeurs) $352, 000, Christ. Andrews $122,000, Roger S. Dix $100,000. A. D. Steuart $567.950, Benjamin F. Larned $546,400, G. H. Ringgold $384,700, H. C. Wayne $146,000. Pay of Volunteers, 614,481.-Charged as in the hands of B. F. Larned, Deputy Paymaster-Gen. $1,100,000, from which said payments were made. Subsistence of Volunteers, 11 Regts. $257,453, of which $200,000 per Commissaries Lee and Seawell. Preventing, Suppressing and Repressing Indian Hostilities, $51,322; but no act is referred to, nor is it clear to us who got the money. MILITARY EXPENDITURES. &c., at Springfield and Harper's Ferry Armories, $151,053; Arsenals, $108,915; Bought Saltpetre, Brimstone and Gunpowder, $150,000; Laid out in Fortifications and Barracks, $1,363,245-no details, but a reference to the amount paid the lieutenant, captain, or other military man who drew the money, Light-houses, Harbors, River Improvements, $84,308; Removal of Choctaws from Mississippi, $41,995; Expenses of Mission to Wild Indians of the Prairie,' $51,723, M. G. Lewis and P. M. Butler, Commissioners-an expensive mission this. For carrying into effect Indian Treaties, or payments to Indians in money or in kind, immense sums are charged, but beyond a reference to the statutes and stating who expended the money, little information is given to the public. On the military establishment votes, $8,204,218 appears to have been in the hands of public accountants on July 1, 1846, and $8,365,318 on July 1, 1847. While many pages of the Blue Book are filled up with such items as "New-York Daily Express, for advertising meeting of Army and Medical Board, $11," the American Reader will look in vain for any complete and intelligible account of the year's receipts and expenditures; indeed bills to enforce the payment into the Treasury of all the revenue have met with quite as little favor at Washington as at Westminster. Five or six years since, Mr. Meriwether reported, from the committee on public expenditures, in the House of Representatives, a bill providing, "That no officer of the army or navy shall receive any other compensation than the pay or emoluments of the office which he holds, notwithstanding he may perform the duties of any other office or appointment." Also, "That no payment shall be made to any officer of the army or navy, by way of pay or emoluments, who may have been or shall be restored to rank, for the time he may have been or shall be out of service." A majority in Congress, who have 'the public plunder' in their eye, would have passed a bill to double the national taxation for the especial benefit of idle and useless officials, the lumber of the public service, rather than adopt such real reforms as the above. Armament of certain Fortifications, $203,773.No particulars given, but act of May 15, '46, refer-Democracy' continually upon their lips, and red to. Ordnance Service,' $93,994. Ordnance, Ord nunce Stores and Supplies,' $560,633; Horses lost or destroyed, $20,252. National Armories,' $369,506; of which, per E. Ingersoll, storekeeper, $217,000., and Richard Parker $142,475. Repairs, THE NAVY. The world has furnished no example of a flourishing commerce without a maritime protection; and a moderate knowledge of man and history will convince any one that no such prodigy ever can arise. A mercantile marine and a inilitary marine must grow up together-one cannot long exist without the other.-JoHN ADAMS-Message, Nov. 28, 1797. It were indeed a vain and dangerous illusion to believe, that in the present or probable condition of human society, a commerce so extensive and so rich as ours could exist and be pursued in safety without the continual support of a military marine; the only arm by which the power of this confederacy can be estimated or felt by foreign na tions, and the only standing military force which can never be dangerous to our own liberties at home. A permanent naval peace establishment, therefore, adapted to our present condition, and adaptable to that gigantic growth with which the nation is advancing in its career, is among the subjects which have already occupied the foresight of the last Congress, and which will deserve your serious deliberations....The rules and regulations by which it is governed urgently call for revision, and the want of a naval school of instruction, corresponding with the Military Academy at West Point, for the formation of scientific and accomplished officers, is felt with daily increasing aggravation.-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS-Message, Dec. 1825. Reason shows, and experience proves, that no commer. cial proeperity can be durable, if it cannot be united in case of need, to naval force. This truth is as well under stood in the United States as anywhere....I cannot refrain from believing that the Anglo Americans will one day be come the first maritime power on the globe.-ALIIS DE TOCQUEVILLE. VESSELS OF WAR-Oct. 1848. In the Pacific.-Ohio, 74 guns; Congress, 44; Independence, 54; Warren, 20; Fredonia, 4; St Mary, 20; Dale, 16; Lexington, (store) 6; Southampton, 4. Commodore T. Ap. C. Jones, commanding. Mediterranean.--United States, 44 guns; Marion, 16; Taney, schooner, 3; Princeton, steamer 9; Alleghany, do.; Erie, (store) 4; Supply, (store) 4 Commodore W. Bolich, commanding. Brazil Coast.--Brandywine, 44; St. Louis, 20; Perry, 10. Commodore G. W. Storer, comman'g. African Coast-Portsmouth, 20 guns; Jamestown, 20: Decatur, 16; Porpoise, 10; Bainbridge, 10. Commodore Ben. Cooper, commanding. Home Squadron-Raritan, 44 guns; Saratoga, 20; John Adams, 20; Albany 20; Germantown, 20; Flirt, 2; Iris and Waterwitch, (steamers) each 1; Electra, (store) 2. Commodore Wilkinson, commanding. Coast Survey.-Wave, 1; Phoenix, 1; Vixen, (steamer) 3. Lake Service-Michigan, (steamer) 1. European Seas-St. Lawrence, 44. East IndiesPlymouth, 20; Preble, 16; Dolphin, 10. Preparing for Sea.-(At New-York) Relief, store; (at Boston) Constitution, 44; (at Norfolk) Columbia, 44; Vandalia. 20. Receiving Ships in Commission.-Pennsylvania, 120 guns; Franklin, 74; North Carolina, 74; Ontario, 18; Union, (steamer) 4. Vessels in Ordinary.-Columbus, 743 Delaware, | Epervier, April 29, 1814,) $3,500; Six Clerks, &c., 74; Potomac, 44; Savannah, 44; Cyane, 20; at $700 to $1,200. Constellation, 36; Macedonian, 36; Vincennes, 20; Falmouth, 20; Fairfield, 20; Levant, 20; Yorktown, 16; Petrel, 1; Mississippi, (steamer) i0; Fulton, (steamer) 4; Cumberland, 44. BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, &C. Chief, Charles W. Skinner, Me., $3,000; Ten Clerks, &c., at $700 to $1,400 Engineer, C. W. Copeland, Con. (at New-York) $2,500. Chief Naval Constructor, Francis Grice, N. J., (Washington) $3,000. Tenders.-Steamers Engineer and Gen. Taylor. On the Stocks.-Alabama, 74 guns; Vermont, 74; Virginia, 74; New-York, 74; New-Orleans, 74, (at Naval Constructors, $2,300 each-S. M. Pook, Sacket's Harbor, Lake Ontario,); Santee, 44; Ms., (Boston); Benjamin F. Delano, Ms., (Ports-" Sabine, 44; Saranac, 44; Susquehanna 44; Pow-mouth); Samuel Hartt, Ms., (New-York); Samuel hatan, 44; also 4 first-class steamers at Kittery, T. Hartt, (Norfolk; C. G. Selfridge, Ms (PensaMe., Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Gosport. cola); J. Lenthall, D. C, (Philadelphia.) They By comparing the above list of war ships with estimate the expenses of repairs for 1849, and fuel, annexed lists of officers, a pretty correct judg- at $2,500,000; and for the 4 first-class steamers on ment may be obtained as to the proportion they the stocks $1,200,000. They value the stores on bear to each other. In 1842, in Congress, Mr. hand at the Navy Yards, July 1, 1847, at $6,153,858, Fillmore "believed that there was no limitation besides stores, value $1,940,558 under the care on the appointing power with reference to the of the Ordnance Bureau. number of officers, or the grade to be given them; of course there was but little responsibility."There are some limits now. We have been unable to find any official list of the officers, crews, &c. of the several ships. The Bureau of Construction estimates the pay of officers and seamen for 1819 at $2,600,000, but says nothing as to the number of men and boys, nor how many are in each ship. ENGINEER CORPS. Engineer-in-Chief, Charles H. Haswell, N.Y., $3,000. 7 Chief-Engineers, at $1,200 to $1,573. 49 Assistants, at $350 to $973 each. each-at various stations. Naval Storekeepers, &c., 13 at $1,400 to $1,700 NAVY AGENTS AND THEIR STATIONS. Prosper M. Wetmore, Con.. New-York; Joseph Hall, Boston; S. D. Patterson, Pa., Philadelphia; Secretary of the Navy-JOHN Y. MASON, Vir-Joseph White, Ire., Baltimore; John M. Bell, ginia, $6,000. Chief Clerk, Robert W. Young, $2,000; other 11 Clerks, at $1,000 to $1,500. Estiinate of expenses of the Secretary's office for 1848-9, $24,790. BUREAU OF NAVY YARDS AND DOCKS. Chief, Commodore Joseph Smith, Ms., $3,500.Civil Engineer, W. P. S. Sanger, Ms, $2,000Five Clerks, &c., $700 to $1,400; Six Civil Engineers, at New-York, &e, at $1,500 to $2,500 each; Six Agents, for preserving live oak, at $200 to $2,000 each. They asked a supply of $1,837,155 for 1849, including another $350,000 for the Dry Dock at Brooklyn. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYDROGRAPHY. Tenn., New-Orleans; W. Anderson, Va., Pensa- BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING, Chief, Gideon Welles, Con., $3,000. Six clerks, &c., $700 to $1,400 each Although Secretary Mason states that there are but 8,000 inen in the Navy, this burean makes estimates of provisions for 10,000, also for 1,018 officers in the sea service, and 1,113 marines,-total, 4,427,815 rations at 20 cents, $885,563. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Chief, Thomas Harris, Pa., $2,500. Surgeon, Chief, Lewis Warrington, Va., (who took the clerks and messenger, $700 to $1,400 each. SIXTY-EIGHT CAPTAINS. NAVY LIST. hugh, Va.; W. K. Latimer, Md.; Hiram Paulding, .$67,500 In Sept. 1847, Captains 68; natives of Va. 14, Md. 11, Pa. 10, N.J. 6, NY. 6, N.E. 12, S.C. 2, Eng. 2, Ire. 1, La. 1, Ga. 1, Del. 1, Ky. 1. Of the above, there were, senior Captains, 15 in Sea service, commanding in Navyyards or other duty, at $4,500....... Nineteen on leave or waiting orders, (that is, doing nothing,) at $3,500.. Five Captains of Squadrons, at $4,073.. Nine other Capts. at sea, &c., $3,500.. Twenty other Capts. on leave, &c., (that is, unemployed,) at $2,500..... 66,500 20,365 31,500 Jas. Barron, Va.; Chas. Stewart, Pa., (who took the Levant, Cyane, &c., 1814.) Jacob Jones, (who took the Frolic, Oct. 18, 1812.) Charles Morris, Con.; Lewis Warrington, Va; C. G. Ridgely, Md.; John Downes, Ms.; Stephen Cassin, Pa., (of the Ticonderoga, battle of Lake Champlain;) A. S. Wadsworth, Me.; George C. Read, Ire.; H. E. Ballard, Md.; Jesse Wilkinson, Va.; T. Ap Catesby Jones, Va; W. Compton Bolton, Eng.; W. B. Shubrick, S. C.; Chas. W. Morgan, Va.; Lawrence Kearny, N.J.; F. A. Parker, Va.; E. R. McCall, S.C.; Dan. Turner, N.Y.. (who commanded the Caledonia on Lake Erie, 1813;) David Conner, Pa; *W. M. Hunter, Pa.; J. D. Sloat, N.Y.; Mat. C. Perry, R.I.; C. W. Skinner, Me.; *John Thos. Newton, Va.; *Joseph Smith, Ms.; Lawrence. Rousseau, La.; *George W. Storer, N.H; F. H. Gregory, N.H.; Philip F. Voorhees, NJ: Ben. Cooper, do.; David Geisinger, Md.; R. F. Stockton, NJ.; Isaac McKeever, Pa.; J. P. Zantzinger, do.; W. D. Salter, N.Y.; C. S. Macauley, Pa.; Th. M. Newell, Ga.; E. A. F. Lavalette, and T. T. Webb, Va.; John Perceval, Ms.; J. H. Aulick, Va.; W. V. Taylor, R.I.; B. Dulany, Va.; S. H. Stringham. N.Y.; Isaac Mayo, Md.; W. Mervine, Pa.; Thomas Crabb, Md; Thomas Paine, RI. James Armstrong, Ky.; Jos. Smoot, Md.; 327 LIEUTENANTS-Oct. 1847. S. L. Breese, N.Y, Ben. Page, Eng.; John Of whom 320 are natives of the U.S., three of Gwinn, Md.; T. W. Wyman, Ms.; Andrew Fitz- the W.I., two of Ireland, one of Eng., one of Spain 50,000 $235,865 NINETY-SEVEN COMMANDERS. Of whom ninety-six are natives of the U.S., and one of Ireland. Twenty-nine in Sea service, at $2,573... .$74,617 Twenty-three in Navy-yards, &c, at $2,100 48,300 Forty-three waiting orders, or absent on leave (on shore, doing nothing,) at $1,800 77,400 $200,317 Was appointed Lieut. in March, 1798, and Capt. May 22,1799. * Were appointed Lieutenants, July 24, 1813. |