wins battle at Dresden, 350; overthrown at Leipzig, 355, 360, 370, 393; approaching fall of, 362, 393; effects of overthrow on Congress and the President, 393–395; his return from Elba, ix. 56, 83; overthrown at Waterloo, 104. “Narcissus,” British 32-gun frigate, captures “Viper,” vii. 313. Nash, Thomas, ii. 333. Natchez delivered to the United States, i. 355. “National Intelligencer,” origin of, i. 121; publishes Paine’s letters, 328; prints the British Impressment Proclamation, iv. 166, 172, 186; publishes the Milan Decree, 195; on renewal of intercourse with Great Britain, v. 75; on Erskine’s disavowal, 109, 110; Joel Barlow’s letter in, 299; office destroyed by Cockburn, viii. 147. Naturalization, the law of, in England and America, ii. 337 _et seq._; British laws of, vii. 21–23; issue raised, 360. Naturalization law adopted, i. 301. “Nautilus,” East India Company’s cruiser, ix. 73. “Nautilus,” sloop-of-war, captured, vi. 369, 386; vii. 312, 313. Navigation, British law of, ii. 318, 321, 413. Navigation Act, moved by Macon, v. 183. Navigation Act of 1816, ix. 146, 147. Navy, British, cost and pay-roll of, vii. 20. Navy Department (see Samuel Smith, Robert Smith, Paul Hamilton, William Jones, B. W. Crowninshield). Navy of the United States, Jefferson’s opinion of, i. 222, 223, 238; Gallatin’s views on, 222, 240, 252; Giles’s views on, 287; Leib’s proposal to abolish, 299; condition in 1801, 242–245; economies in, 272; four sloops-of-war and fifteen gunboats built in 1803, ii. 77; cost and estimates, 77, 136; at Tripoli, 137–141, 425–436; Jefferson suggests ships-of-the-line for, iii. 113, 178, 201; fifty gunboats voted in 1806, 181; favored by Jefferson, 201; arguments for and against gunboats, 352; gunboats adopted in 1807, iv. 158, 159; frigates to be laid up in case of war, 159; frigates to be used to serve gunboats, 427; in 1809, v. 168, 169; reductions in 1810, 200–207; opposed by Republican party, vi. 162; increase refused by Congress in January, 1812, 164; condition of, in June, 1812, 363, 364; distribution of, in September, 1812, 377, 378; movements and battles of, in 1812, 362–387; increase of, 436, 449; condition of, in 1813, vii. 287; appropriations for, in 1814, 384, 385; legislation for, in November, 1814, and February, 1815, viii. 281; war establishment retained in peace, ix. 87, 119. (See Gunnery, “Constitution,” “President,” “United States,” “Constellation,” “Chesapeake,” “Congress,” “Essex,” “Adams,” “Wasp,” “Hornet,” “Argus,” “Peacock,” “Syren,” “Nautilus,” “Louisiana,” “Carolina.”) Navy-yards, incompetency of, iv. 6.