The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1859, Page 3

DEGEMBER 28, 1859.— : NESDAY,_ r i it f Awe! fortifiention, by Lieutenant Morton ef the i eclit o ge mcm gy ical map. It also a) desirable that our forts should be lit with gas,and I recommend appropnation be made to introduce it into the portant = without tacties, military ; e., 1 have thought iy e more importay.ce to, and have taken steps for that EXPENDY URES OF THE DEPARTMENT. ‘The circumstam es connected with the expenditares of ‘the War Depart.cnt for the present flecal year have been tremalous, om”. not free from considerable embarrass- lL has scarcely ever failed “appropriations asked for by the departmunt; the country was prosperous and large sums ‘were reovived at the treasury, these appropriations were ‘Mvoral and extensive scale. "Whe wttimates for this fecal ‘and effort at insurrection an’ constitutes alto PAYMENT OF VOLUNTEERH, ‘There are large claims befor alleged to be due to times and different i went, Untli "vis year 2 e i maa, stimulates constant aching and Jaws of the appeals of ha iE 5 Li is i in i "s Ferry, to rol a ‘EXPLORATIONS AND A report is presented from Office of Explorations and Surveys, exhil = that have been conducted under y Toad from Fort Walla-Walla to ropriation was : twe hundred and si Hi g § ; I j FH it H 4] E; if : ao fer which « special a) for some months, = B. bE jaw, Which’ were au- the act of June 12, 1868, have been launched, in commigsion except the Pat Dacotah Seminole, which are waiting for their if Se : F i & fa uy and Pacific, across the widest thous the construction of a voeg eer ci interval mi te traversing that portion point of view * is of ste y hour of the night without one bor eager oe knew perfcotly the universal and yy knew univer entire population. pate never was a man the Commonwealth of Virginia who went to his bed with the of danger from attack by citizens bumbers, fram any ‘The sense of Es tt i 5 i Pris: slightest = the United States in jor ir pose Ww! ir. Way ates mt sion whatever of the slavs i gun! yw has a draught of seven feet only, and will carry armament of 82 and 24-pounders. Pensacola and the Seminole have been built at the ve ( could be sae Pas ee j favorable for the consummation H & iitable to that establwhment. it is able to build a ship- ‘that in point of economy, as well ag skill, it to any other, Situated, as it fs, on the Gulf the vicinity of the waters where our ships ‘be much employed for the protection of some of the greatest interests of the country, it eminently deserves, much a8 others, the fostering care of Con: machinery for these vessels has necessarily en tpn at other establishments. a § 2 = as protection possessed themselves, speedily, of uildings containing arms or suitable for defence. movement was to seize the principal men of the ie 5 ‘tncreased "by adding to it four army was increased about thirty ‘swe causes the necessary expenditures for the army were ly augmented. — increase a from a. place, with whom their long made them acquainted, and confine them securely their owntontrol. These arrests were made singl jn every instance by several conveyed their prisoners to U ‘This process was carried on throughout the nigbt, and ex- tended pot only to the village, but to the around. Fit ae le of the village gathe partially discovered, the peop! e vil gathered to about the arsenal. The tors now commenced a fire apon the citizens. for the first time, did the atrocious desigas of these men fully appear, and, strange as it may seem, it was only then discovered place were almost wholly without arms and am- Presently, however, some arms possession of the plunderers, ‘when the men of the village, and those who led from the neighborhood, arming them- selves, immediately returned the fire of the assailants with such elfect that in the course of a few hours they were driven from their positions, and all either killed or wounded, with the exception of she leader and hall a e18 of his party, who were driven into an en- gine house, whither they fled for secur: along with them ten er twelve of the p taken the night before, who were to be used as as the robbers alleged, to prevent outside from being directed toward themselves in the house where they had taken shelter. Throughout the whole day on Monday, from twelve o'clock, at which time intelligence of the outbreak reached this city, the most exaggerated accounts were received of ‘per’s Ferry, and the number of it, Prompt measures, hor taken, and Brevet Colonel Robert E. Lee, of cavalry, waa at once 81 resilience near there had a. The details of the ex- periments are set forth may be considered now as demonstr: water from subterranean streams to overflow the sur- rfectly armed men, who place of continement. It proves the competency of the government to meet the demands of the navy, both for coustruction and re pair in the Pacific Ocean without doubling Cape Horn, We can undoubtedly construct, repair and maintain a Pacific equadrop, fram the timber and other resources of Cali- nia apd Oregon, with but little aid from the Aulantic je, and that aid ean be furnished without much incon- venience, by the comparatively short way of the isthmus. ‘The voyage around Cape Horn ts long, tedious and expen- sive, and though it may be often necessary to be repeated for many reasons, and among others for the advantages, chee of aship of war at vari- yet it is obvious that the ef the scene of von! @efence, or the cost-of moet articles of military supplies. ‘To arrive at proper couclusions on thie question of ex- been completed, but the results have not yet been penditurez, they must be compared wita the service ren- mi i i iced Defore the department A 8econd expedition was sent into the Territory of Ne- braska to explore certain tributaries of the Yellow Stone, ‘the sources of that river, and of the Missouri. of its labors has been accomplished, and the will be resumed in the ensuing spring. ‘A large amount of geographical and scientific informa- tion bas been added, at small cost, tha: the different field parties, to our ko sources of the regions west of the Missisei bie tracts of country yet remaio unknown, and the econo- my Of continuing these explorations is ev: considered that-they open the country to tra’ ite mineral and agricultural wealth; new information concerning ¢1 nate thoge portions of the wild tible of settlement. Very great benefits to the whole coutry would be derived, beyond all doubt, by furnishing from the office of exploratious and surveys @ moderate supply of geological maps of the United States and Territories. An opportunity now presents itself by which the of a compiete geological map, by of acience in Americs, can be secured at @ reasonable rate of compensaiion. No similar expenditure would re- suit in anything like an equal benefit to the country at large. Experience has demonstrated that to ingure the most eflective and economical performance of the duties con- nected witb reconnoissances, surveys and explorations. company of enlisted men, of a similar that of the sappers and miners, shou! corps of topographical der the command and instruction of the officers corps, and would furnish to parties in the Gel great saving of public money, lace of inexperienced employ: t such a company, notte exceed be established by law. T would respectfully invite your attention to ‘Michler, who, under assignment of the Department, was sneezed, upon the survey that the citiens of the 7 gpa of a sort. and a ,, usefully and.aotive- | ea aha the soe dy, ive times its numerical force; fh does that work effec- tively, and at a cost certainly not incommensurate with its value and benefit to the country. the army proper, for ita entire support and maintenance, | sum of $18,098,725 72) thirteen millions mincty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dol- Jars and seventy-two cents, With the help of such legis- Yation as is asked for, the above sum would be materially | to be derived from the pi ous points on the route, of a naval force in the Pacific will be mi the policy of maintaining an efficient navy yard on that The whole cost of | h the labors of const. . Theycarried | Altbouglr our naval force has been thus in- steam vessels, beg ] ihe recommencation which had the houor to make a year ago of a atill furtber increase of tbe navy. The cost of these twenty eteam veesels has been less than five mil- lions of dollars, while the sum retained in the treasury by the policy adopted at the last session of Congress of sus- pending itpprovements ia the navy yards aud restricting the appropriation for equipment and’ repair, has amount- ed, during the present fiscal year, to more than three mil- lions of dollars; and if Congress: of euspending these improvemen's during the next fiscal F according to the estimates now submitted, there will retained in ths treasury @ million and a half millions more. Thus it may be said that the treasur: or quite indcmuified for the cost of thi twenty steam vessels in the navy by a corres- ponding retrenchment of naval expenditure. Bat, inde- pendently of any consideration of this kind, the protection coast coasting trade on ‘and Pacific sides of the continent, of five mi- hundred = mil- lions of foreign exports and imports, and of American citizens and interests in all parts of the world, impera- tively requires a more efficient and powerful naval force ‘than we now have at command. old vesrels which never can be made effective in navi warfare, or expending millions in constructing a few large ships which are likely to perish or be superseded before they will be wanted, it is earnestly recommended to progecute with vigor the line of policy which has been adopted by Congress, and to add to the navy a much larger number of steamships, which can be maintained at comparatively small cost, are a constant and pressing necessity at home and abroad, can go wherever they may be needed, and can insure protection and security to our widely extended coast, our rapidly increasing commerce, and to American citizens and interests wherever they may be found. It is a source of extreme regret and mortification that we are now i to sit by passively and see in some foreign coun- ies citizens of the United States imprisoned, plundered, red, because the exeoutive has not the means 1 beg leave to refer to the hostages, ‘Large sums are neceesarily and unavoidably expended fire itizens: every year for objects it is impossible to foresee or estimate ees Daring the past.year the extra expenses incurred for || the suppression of Indian hostitities in Washington and ‘regon amounted to two hundred ana ninety-eight thou- | find, five hundred thirty-nine thousand doliars and yond what would have occurred but for leavy expenses are lMkewise incurred for | Hgaged upon service not pertaining ‘the legitimate duties of the army. These eams amoui Jast year to over seventy thousand dollars; so it will be geen that the expenditure of.over three seventy thousand dollars was imposed upon Peparument for these objects, which could not be fore- it routes, and § ‘ritory that are een the state of thin persons engaged escorts to partics e1 ‘tome of the abicst men all continue the policy ummoned to take command of a detachment of marines and two companies of voluntwers from Frederick, Maryland, who had promptly offered ‘The troops left this city by the afternoon train, and, taking up te volunteers onthe way, reached the ecene of action during the night. ‘The next morning at anearly hour Colonel Lee orders to the marines to attack and carry the house the Coed abel ph teen, very promptly and gall rounded, hig proceedings is herewith commun’ other information on the eubject thought to be of inte- reety Thave the honor to be, ORDNANOR, ARMS AND BQUIFMENTR, Thave ordered the estimates from the Bureau of ly barricaded, which was Colonel Lee's report of to indicate by its de cated, which givesail to express th abridge the manvfacture of arms is, to say the least, a measure of very douptful economy, and may prove in the end to be both alan war See an somes: demand for an pmense huntber of arms, prebably - enoug! strip all our arsenals and to “4 ‘ther supplics from private mani ‘the government would be, in the emergencies of war. Besides the manufacture of arms, other expenses are necessarily incurred in experiments and improvement in importance to the service ‘That constant progress in the improve- ‘ment ef arms and other appliances of wartare which has of tate characterized the military service of other nations, no less active in ours. The ex- ‘been in progress for some time past, to agcertain the fitness of.iron for the construction of gun-carriages for sca coast and gar Sulted im complete success. cability of using iron in. place of fab: ef such carriages, not only to very great advai eo fo pout of economy, but also in quality, alt saving in money to the country by this manufacture can Gun-carriages heretofore have not only been expensive, but it has deen found impossible to preserve the wood of which they were constructed from decay. £0 that cack gun in all our forts must be remount- ed ence every ten yeare to be fitfor service. The substitution ef iron for wood has remedied this perfectly, and the gun now be considered as indestructible. Models ‘@f wronght iron gea coast and garrison carriages have ac- @ordingly been adopted, and iron will be used in their fabrication hereafter dangerous and expensive. Tostead of perpetuati "Youn LOTD, Secretary of @UR NAVY. knnual Report ef the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1859. rers, at whose mercy acene of his field operations, been made in the reduction of observations ing the maps, until the want of means compelled him to suspend progress and di The yaluable in! them which are of the the computors and Lieutenant Micbler should not be left in ta unfinished condition in the archives of the bureau, to prevent which a small appropriation will be required. ‘Tho wagon rosa upon the from Fort Smith, “Arkansas, a Suficlent for any tea plies or emigrants. Thi hhas been, up to this time permments which have Navy Dzparmucnt, Dec. 2, 1859. Sin—In the month of February last the expedition to Paraguay was brought to a successful issue. By your di- rection I had taken the necessary. steps to concentrate a ntrong waval fereo of 10 veeecls, carrying 200 guns and 2,500 men, well supplied with ammunition, smali arms. and whatever was necessary to its success, in the waters It consisted of the frigate Sabine, Flag Officer W. B. Shubrick, Captain H. A. Adams; the frigate ‘St. Lawrence, Flag Officer F. Forest, Captain J. B. Hull; the sloops-of-war Falmouth, Commander E. Farrand, and Preble, Commander T. A. Jenkins; the brigs Dolphin, Commander Charles Steedman; Bainbridge, Lieutenant Commaneing F. B, Renshaw, and Perry, Lieutenant Com- manding R. L. Tighman; the ateamers Memphis, Com- mander J. B. Marchand; Atalanta, Commander D. B. Ridgeley; Caledonia, Commander A. L. Case; Southern Star, Commander A. M. Pennock; Westernport, Comman- der. T. Hunter; Fulton, Lieutenant Commanding J. J, Almy; Water Witch, Lieutenant Commanding R. B. Pe- gram; the M. W. Chapin, Lieutenant Commanding W. Ronckendorff ; Metacomet, Lieutenant Oommanding W. H. Macomb; the revenue steamer Harriet Lane, Captain John Faunce, and the armed stwreships Supply, Lieutenat Commanding F. Stanly, and Release, manding W. A. Parker. ‘The frigate Sabine, with Fiag Officer Shubrick, to whom the expedition was entrusted, and Mr. Bowlin, the special commissioner to Paraguay, left New York October 17, 1858, arrived at the La Plata December 18, and found most of the vessels comprising the expedition already there. On the 80th of the same month Mr. Bowlin and Flag Officer Shubrick loft. Montevideo, with the steamers Fulton and Water Witch, to ascend the river, and on the 25th day of January arrived with them at Asuncion, the capital of + On the 10th of February the commissioner took formal leave of the President of Pari fully accomplished the objects of his mission. tiong of the two countries having been restored and placed upon the moet cordial footing, a new commercial treaty and a special convention having been e: and indemnities made, the ith the commissioner and flag officer, on of the 18th of February vessels intended for the ‘capa. ble of ascending the river, excepting two of the least import- ance, were above Rosario in time to cessity. The Fulton, Water Witch, Harriet Lano, Atalanta, Westernport, Memphis, Caledonia, Southern Star, Prebie, Dolphin, Perry, Bainbridge, Release, Su bg 1,740 men, exclusive officers, and 78 guns, jucluding 23 9-inch shell guns, and had overcome the currents, 6! ifficulties and obstructions of a long and tedious river navigation, were reported ready for ser- vice, and were in a position to opermte Dearing of Flag Offic ‘rison cannon, have re- ith ‘allel, reaching Thoy demonstrate Leper Colorado of the We a to protect or redress them. views expressed in my last annual roport, and without ute abounds in grass an g repefiting them now, to urge them again with renewed r, offering very great advantages at this time for ich will be still further enhanced when the posts templated shall have been added to those already on tho 285 Bardly be estimated. of the La Plata. MARINE CORPS, ETO. ‘The increase of the navy which has for some yeare past taking place, and its increased activity, have rendered necessary @ Corresponding incroase in its marine, medical and purser’s departments. The marino an indispensable branch of the naval service. It furnisbes the guard of every naval station, of every receiving ship, avd of every sbip-of-war of the United States that goes to sea. At home we have had occasion to appreciate its prompt and disciplined energy in main- taining law, order and government of Siegal violence. It is a gallant little rest the most widely extended duties at home and in every sea and clime, without sufficient numbers to perform them. ‘Very much the same may be said of the medical corps of the navy. They are designed to be guardians of the life and health of the officers, seamen, marines and others in this branch of the public service, not only at shore sta- tions, but at sea, when far removed from other medical aid, exposed themselves also to the hazards of sea and climate. And yet the government has not authorized a sufficient number of them to perform the necesgary duty, aud officers and men are sometimes obliged, while in re- mote service, to forego the additional chances of life and ‘competent medical assistance usually af- In the purser’s department we find the same de- Not only are duties imposed on the naval officer » not appropriate or congenial to his profession, or to his position in command, but, contrary to our most cberiehed public policy, the public moncys are taken from the public treasury and placed in hands without bond or surety. to facts and suggestions on these subjects presented in the last annual report from this de to renew the recommendations which NAVAL ACADEMY. : The Nayal Academy continues under the superinten- S Blake, and I have the most fe proficiency of the pupi 1 the branches of their profession. Twenty acting midship- fu Jane; one bundred and thirty-three to be examined for admission ; and of these eighty-six were found qualified and admitied. 6 of increasing the efficiency of the avy, witbout materially increasing the avnual charge upon the I have transferred the new members of tho 86 of acting midsbipmen to tho sloop-of-war Plymouth, attached to the academy, there! the accommodations provided there without of new buildings; and arrangements have been already made to accommodate eighty-five pupils and their instruc- tors on board of that vessel. ‘This measure is a decked improvement. It has been acoomplighed with great facility, and at in considerable ex- It subjects the pupils to stricter discipline and closer supervision. At the outset of their studies it intro- duces and attaches them to naval life, and makes every part of aship.of-war and their duties connected with it as familiar as household words. more fully to carry into effect the act of August 3, 1848, which authorizes the number of 464 shipmen, being at the time of the passage of that act 1 and Territorial district. close of the last academic year there wore but one hun- dred and pinety-seven midshipmen in the pavy. The deficiency of so many young, officers in this important grad cipline of the service. It has been partially supplied nlisted seamen and Jandsmen ag master’s mates to the number of about one hundred and UrAn. Affaire in the Territory of Utah remain very much as at the date of my Jast annual report. The army fis inactive, and stands in the attitude of a menacing force towards a conquered and cullen people. I am satisfied that the pre- servation of right and justice, through the means of any jurisprudence known or recognized United States, is impossible im that ractically, by a system which is in total disre- of the land. The laws of the Mormon church and the will of the hierarchy are Beyond a mere outward show of acquiescence in federal authority, they aro as irresponsi- ble to it as any foreign nation, in the present attitude of affairs, scarcely any r the presence of troops in Utah, and they will be otherwise disposed of in the coming season. There are no complaints of Indian hostilities towards the Mor- ‘All other territories and people upon our vast frontiers suffer from Indian dpredations, but the Mormon people enjoy an immunity from all their out- For the protection of these people against Indians there ia no necessity for the presence of a single soldier. Murders and robberies of the most attrocious character have been perpetrated in the ee ‘upon emigrants from the States journeying towards the Pacific, and in some of the most shocking instances by white men dis- ‘The general impression, so far as I Dave been able to ascertain it, amonge! portunity to know, is that these murders are the work the Mormon poople themselves, sanctioned, if not directed, by the authority of the Mormon church. I cannot commend in terms too high the wise prudence and officerlike the people of the Improvement has deen introduced, also, in the forms of ‘annon, greatly increasing their endurance under repeat- ‘and rendering them consequently more re- In view of the not infrequent acchients from the bursting of iron cannon, and the disastrous eonso- «qnences that may result therefrom, itis important that the adopted models should be the best calculated for trent! and that none but the best material should tm, and the best processes applied to their fabrica- Experiments to ascertain ave been instituted and carried on with satisfactory results. They are still in progress te a.class of canon of heavier cal! plete determination of the best method of dwtributing the given weight of metai throughout the different parts of ‘the eannon £0 as to obtain the greatest strength. To se- enre effectually the best material and mode of fabrication will require the establishment of @ national foundry, aud Yagain urge this important measure and re eommendation, so often heretofore made, for ainst outbreaks e Jaws or constitut alone potential there. with special reference jbre, for the more com- guised as Indians, gubject.of rifle cannon and projectiles has received much attention, and careful experiments have been msti- ‘tated to test. a variety of such contrivances. deemed advisable to proceed to the manufacture of such ‘those required for experimental purposes, trials shall have demonstrated practi- ally which of the various inventions posses! }) or ba a Leper tam tithe 4 hed viens ig peculiar to several of them may not furni ent GO svernment model. ‘New patterns of horse equipments for all the mounted @roeps have been adopted, and their manufacture has een commenced to the extent permitted by the appro- priation applicable thercto. It is, however, insuflicient to ‘eet the wants of the service in this respect, in conse- q@nence of its reduction below tho estimate. The new mn was adopted after careful consideration of the views on the subject of experienced officers of the mounted service, taken in connection with the question of the great- est.economy compatible with fitness for that service. ‘The.operations at the national armories and nals, in-the manufacture of small arms and other sup- plies pertaining to this branch of the War Department, ‘are stated in detail in the accompanying report of the elone) of Ordnance. I desire a po attention de tea, | law for arming and equipping the whole neo ited States, which I beg leave to refer of the General in Utah, The discipiine his command is its efficiency ts Much bas been done under command of General Johnsten, towar: the roads in Utah, and to give to the public a fuller know- ledge of the condition and resources of the Territory. Captain J. H. Simpson, of the has, during the past season, exp! new routes from Camp Floyd to California, either of which {s about 250 miles shorter than the old emigr: route by the way of the Humboldt river, and far beter Over both these routes he re men ead atrain of fourteen ‘Wagons, and since his return to Camp Floyd, many emi- grants with Jarge herds of cattle have paased over the route by which he returned, ‘Which i# the better of ‘been furnished California and dence of Captain Geor; xecuted, and satis- | gratifying evidence of factory apologies Water Witch, wi have since been permitte: raphical eugineers, red and opened ti a ie we acted in case of ne- rags, wood and water. lucted @ party of sixty-fv one 31-inch sbel : Litto ae to the public through the press -Utah. ‘Tho saving in tme of travel by these roads is about fifeen days, in_ stock "arag liscretion, and courteous and gallant r Shubrick and the officers uader his command, in conducting an expedition far into the inte. rior of a remote country, encountering not only great physical difficulties, but tho fears and shensions prejudices of numerous States, the brave men under their command, is the largely indebted not only for the success of the ent but for the friendly feeling towar: which now prevails in all that part of South America. ‘The expense of the exped dons for ee Rervice, — the appropriated by Congress on March last, to pay for the charter or purchase of the six screw steamers and one side-wheel steamer, which, from in the navy caj ‘igrants for California and for the mails about four. The and draught cattle on these routes over those former! ure water and abundant grase, pson. johnston, found a from the valley of the 08 river valley and Des er, into the valley of Greon provision then made for the.purpose remains the same @t this day, and is insufficient for ite effectual acoom- piiabment. This is evinced by frequent requisitions and ‘argent applications from States and Territories for ad- ances of arms and equipments beyond their regular BRERCH-LOADING ARMS, ‘Under the appropriations heretofore made by Congress @aoencouroge experiments in breech important results have been arrived.at. ond invention displayed upon the subject are truly sur- “prising, and it is risking little to say: that the arm bas Snearly,, if not entirely, perfected by several of these plans. ‘These arms commend thei travelled, owing to estimated at twenty-five per cent. also, under the instructions of Genera) new wagon road Lake, by the way of the Tim; Chesney’s fork of the Uinta river, which will shorten the ronte pursued by Colonel Loring from Camp Floyd to Santa Fe probably as much as eighty miles; and should a a to ri It enables the department a 16 goed cond’ ‘dg _the United hates active, and efficient naval noticable piss be found je has been felt in the dis- yy the way of White river, through the middle part between the head waters Arkansas and the cache la Poudre, a tributary Platte, a wagon road will be obtained’ thi Peak gold region, which will the States than any we now have, OUR TEXAN FRONTIER. More than the usual amount of disturbance has oc- Bearly the whole luring the early toe weaepe at other 4 the frontier higher up the Rio Grande. Donbtees | offi that no danger was likely to follow from peace wid hat country. ut theeo. well grounded peace country. | pointed. The bandittd, which abound dle of navigating @ome necessary to charter for the chartered accordingly for aix months or lon; privilege of an election on the convert the charter into s ‘be considerably shorter to curred during the past line of our Texan frontier. then the commander of that de} biota dete orders for ited to witness the annual and the conceatration of ly favorable report of the ye and police of the loer supposed ymend that no candidate be ad- withdrawing the the government. have since been are now engaged. Five of them are coasts of Africa and Cuba; | tretere beter eon one between the Wash- iD DRONE. The Home Squadron, under the command of Fiag cer W. McClaney, consists of the steam frigate Roanoke, Captain W. H. Gardner; the frigate Sabine, Onptain H. Adams; the steam sloop-of-war Brooklyn, Captain D. Farragut; the slope. vie ; Saratoga, Commander Thi Commander CH. A, H. Kennedy; 8. Loui CH, Poor; Preble, Commander T. A. Jenki er Crusader, Lieutenant Commanding and four steamers, \¢ traffic is carried.on, the depot of naval supplies has been removed from latitude worth 15 degrees, pear Cape de Verde, to St. Pau) de Joando, im latitude gouth 8 degrees, ygeiNent ihe vessels of the squadron then sailing ‘vessels on)y in €938 where calms prevail were most of the time employed i making tho voyaze from the proper arp contemned and de: Our people, either restdervt or transicnt in their territories, are imprieoned, robbed wnd banished without form of trial, and with no more authority than of nome petty usuitper who may hold commend, This of “war Savannah, Under the for- to take #t4pe toward ear) out rebes y for port for the di a Particular, from such atlemnple. ‘The 'RIPLE SHEET. McLane, United States Minister to Mexico, in the accom- plishment of his mission. In September she afforded him ‘@ pastage to Mobile, and recently, on hig return to Mexico, she bas afforded him a to Vera Cruz. In July the Sabine vi city to afford pro- tection to American citizens residit re. On the 18th of Angust the St. from Aspinwall to a8 3 man- of-war in that port was deemed necessary to protect our citizens during the revolution in Bolivia. ‘The Savannah was ordered to Boston to recruit, as her officers and crew had suffered from the climate of Mexico and Central America, Sho arrived there in July, and in August returned again to the coast of Mexico. Bt Crusader, Mohawk, Wyandotte and Water Witch are cruising on the coast of Cuba, the first two on the north, the others on the south side of the island, for the bon (awe! of the African slave trade supposed to be carried on there in American vessels. On the 16th of November Lieutenant Craven, com- manding the Mohawk, discovered a brig at, an- chor, about twelve miles from Sagua la Grande. On sending a boat to examine her, at its approach her crew were seen to leave in their boat. On boarding her she was supposed to be the Cygnet, of Baltimore, and had evidently recently landed a cargo of glaves. No papers were found on board, excepting some loose memoranda und bilis. Poesession was taken of ber, and she was towed by the Mohawk to Key West and turned over tothe United States Marshal. The United States steamer Fulton, G. G. Williamson, commander, sailed from Norfolk on the 25th of August for the south side of Cuba, to be there employed on gpecia! service. Shortly after leaving Key West, where she called for a supply of coal and water, mauy of ber officers and crew were attacked by fever, among whom were the When of Cape Antonio, the sick list increasing, an epidemic fever being apprehended, it was deemed a measure of prudence and talety to resort to a heaitby location for a few days, Tortugas. e sea running, St and it Pensacola, wind and sea favoring it. The wind soon became a guic, and a litle after one o’clock on the morning of the 16ta of September the Fulton went ashore at St. Rosa Island, about twenty-five miles east of Fort Pickens, in Florida. No lives were lost ; most of the public property on board was saved, and by the untiring industry aud energy of those connected with the navy yard at Pensacola, aseist- ed by her cilicers and crew, she was again put afloat and taken to Pensacola, where ebe still remains. The de- partment ordered a court of inquiry; and, upon the facts r proceedings to be ne- commander, purser and master of the vessel. and her course was directed to fhe weather threatening and a high wus dangerous to approach the reefs, was then determined to run for Feported by it, deemed no furt! ceseary. The Pacific Squadron bas been commanded by Flag Offi- cers Long and Montgomery. The former was detached, and the latter succeeded him in August. The steam fri- gate Merrimac, Commander R. B. Hitchcock; the steamer Seranac, Capt. R Ritchie; the sloops-of-war St. Mary’s, Commander W. D. Porter; Levant, Commander W. E. Hunt; Vanaalia, Commander A. Sinclair; Deca- ‘tur, Commander H. K. matcher; Cyane, Com- mander S$ lockwood; the steamabip Lan. caster, Captain J. Rodd, and the storeship Warren, Lieu- tenant J. The steam sloop Wyoming, Commander J. K. commission and will soon follow them. to the Atlantic States. commission at the navy yard in California. jer ©. H. Davis commanded the St. Marys until the 2lat ot February last, when he was succeeded by Commander R. D. Thorburn. The Merrimac arrived at Realejo, in Nicaragua, No- vember 7, 1868, froma cruise to the Sandwich Isiands, touching at Acapulco, She remained on the coast until tie in March, to co-operate with General Lamar, United States Minister to Nicaragua, and then visited Panama, Paita, Callao, and returning, visited.Guayaquil, Paita an Tombez, and arrived at Panama August 15, where Flag Officer Long was relieved by his successor. In January the Saranac proceeded from Panama to Guayrnas to protect American citizens there, touching at San Juan dei Sur, San Blas and Mazatlan, and, returning, stopped at San Blas, Acapulco, Ventosa, Realejo and San Juan del Sar, arriving again at Panama April 6, 1859. In May she proceeded to Callao for repairs, and, touching at Puna and Guayaquil, returned to Panama. The Decatur baying been for some time at Realejo to co-operate with our Minister, was despatcbed in January to the Gulf of Fonesca, to arrest an illegal expedition ag Nicaragua, which it was apprehended would make its appearance at that point. She visited La Union, returned to Realejo, was sent to San Juan del Sur, re- tarned to Realejo, and thence proceeded to San Francisco, and in May was put out of commission. ‘The Vandalia, Commander Arthur Sinclair, naying been tp June, 1868, despatched from Panama on a six months cruise among the islands of the South Pacific, rendered important gervice to citizens of the United States trading with thoge distant islands, or thrown upon them by ship- At Oeno and Pitcairn’s islands she rescued the officers, crew and parsengers (more than forty in num- ber) of the American clipper ship Wild Wave, wrecked cisco to Valparaiso. At Waya, one of the Ferjee Islands, two American citizens, with that island, bad been murdered Commander Sinclair made a demand for the perpetrators of the outrage, and was anawered with Av expedition was immediately despatched, rinci- him ‘Astistant Surgeon Trist, Lieut. Rameay, of the marines, Master's Mate Bartlett, and forty seamen and ten ma- in their position, which could be approached only through deep ra- vines filled with rocks, chasms and precipices. With indomitable perseverance the expedition, after nearly A fierce conflict ensued between them and about 800 native war- riors, which reguked inthe defeat of the later. The gallantry, coolness and bravery displayed by officers and endable. Fourteen of their warriors kilked, including two of their chiefs, several wounded, and more than a hundred of their huts cestroyed, taught the savages a leeson which will be re- ed The expedition was conducted most successfully throughout, and ee gh Be- wreck, on ‘her paseage from San Fr: engaged in tradin, by the natives. defiance. under Ligut. Caldwell, to aseault and destroy the pal village on the island. Lieut. Caldwell had wit ripes. The savages felt secure five hours march, reached the viflage. men was in the highest degree comm membered in those barbarous islands. Joss of life on the part of the Americans, althou veral were wounded. ‘The Vandalia arrived at San Francisco early in Decem- jed towards Panama, touching at intermediate ports. At Guaymas she remain- mained three weeks, the country being in a revolutionary Panama, she remained there until ber, and after some repairs proceed state, Lag a be September, and then set sail for The ‘St. Marys, in October, ww York. 1858, was ordered to Guaymag to effect the Mberation of Jesu Ainsa, re- pretented to be a citizen of the United States in confine- ment there, but he was liberated beforo her arrival. Being informed that another citizen of the United States, a there, Commander Frederick Goerlitz, was ‘Davis at once demanded the grounds of it. His interfe rence resulted in the immodiate re'ease of the er. ‘While the St. Marys was on the coast of ccuntry was in a turbulent and revolutionary state. Tho presence of the St. Marys, and the energetic measures of Commander Davis, went far to relieve the fears and pre- serve the property of our countrymen. mi ae ged Commander Davis. articular object 6 tin information of the condition: to learn if any citizens of 10 2 ry — bout Mazatlan them most yy Lieutenant J. 8. Maury and those ascociated with him. From Guaymas the St. \- ceeded thence ), Where ar- rived Jami 12, 1869, and her rs and crew were relieved on the dil acroes the Isthmus of Panama under of Cemmander RD. Thorburn. The latter having been sent home, Commander W. D. succeeded him in the ne eT ee renee July. Soon after the St. Marys structions from the erty of American citizens on the land or on the water Shecever ‘they might be oe aa ‘These arduous duties been faithful formed. ine Brazil Besarto Das ‘been successively commanded by Officers Forrest, Shubrick and Sands. In the course of the year, as already mentioned, the Sabine, St. Tawrence, Falmouth, Preble, Memphis, Alalanta, Caledo- dia, Dolphin, Southern Star, Westernvort, Fulton, Bain- brigge, Water Witch, Perry, Chapin, Metacomet, Harriet Lane, and the storesnips Supply and Re lease have Been attached to it. It now consists of the frigate Congress, Captain 1. the » Commander Charles Steedman; have been attached to the eeu: ell, eceived her orders and is on her way tojoin it. The steam sloop Narragansett, Commander T. A. Hunt, is in The Merrimac and Vandalia have been detached and are on their way ‘The Decatur bas been put out of Command xico that While her pre- sence was necestary at Guaymas, a detachment of her officers and men’ was despatched to Mazatlan in a brigantine placed by the American Surveying Com- jesion at the d The affairs al the United States had to afford M._ Goldsborough; the nner neste sseetnsomenneenoee Wawk, Lieutenant Commanding T. A Cavin; Wysnddtte, | Perry, ‘Listtenant Commanding + the Faget Lusoteuans Commanding F, Bianly; Water Wish, Lieu: | oriags, Liewtenant Commanditg Woodhall: leases tenant Commanding 1 O Sartori; and storeehip Relic, Commanding W. H. Macomb; and Soa at sition Soa done fea ea at | Harries? Release, Leeutenant Commanding, George W bis own req on agoount of ill ; detached from Commander Steedman senior the command. Fulton was ordered to the coast of ton from the return of the Pareguey Sone te Cuba to cruise for slavers, but having been disabled, the arrival of lag Otloer, Sands, and was Water Witch has taken her place. in the ity of the Le Plata, seidsankee be. On the 26th ef November, 1868, Flag Officer Melntosh een the Argentine Confederation ani the province of arrived at fan Juan de Nicaragua in the steam frigate | Buenos Ayres made it to have a naval force at Roanoke. Learning that two officers from the British | band to the intercste of American cliaens supposed. Sper ocemee came etary | "ier Oa, aad ‘on - al there with ra bound to, Oulforsia, and while Flag Oflcer E. A. F- Layalloio, Ha oosclated of the sous on board of her closely questioned her commander, be | frigate Wabash, 8. Barron, and the sloop-of-war ‘opened a correspondence with the senior British officer | Macedonian, U.P. Levy. "Tho Wabash has been prenenh ean an rere, a Bro, x ee ret ‘and the new sicam sloop Iroquois, Oom- one a ready toga, a neds brie oat menor L, Palmer, will son be on her way to replace when vessels ent a where are not an attempt to revive of search, ngatnat which ash atest visited Dearect, ie Err, November 2, this government a few months previous bad taken decisive wHiad bs tha neeee of Dan ‘near Jaf, and the cer rat lage an this eccanion aarerended | MUPder of Mr. Steinbeck. A ho ntoed pian mm ned oceled tre erat rewarded } except oue, were arrested, the finding in their iy scious, ‘warm approy: cages made up tranmmitted to the Supreme authority of at Constantinople, where the have since been ‘The St. Louis joined the squadron in February, | go, ‘iD ment hard labor for life. The the Brooklyn in March, the Preble in June, } visit of the Wabash had a effect upon the lawless and ie cane 0 ANE ee, Neem | rites. who ta of the interior. ‘The §&. Louis and Preble have cruising most of the | Wabash cruised along the coast of Syria, touched et vari- time on the coast of 5 the Br » Savannih } oug ports, and received assurances from the Pachas of and Saratoga on that or Mexico. The flagship Roanoke at to protect the rights and interests of has been much in the neighborhood of Aspinwall, occa- | American citizens in Syria, She also visited Jaffa, and it sionally alternating with oe of the vessels on the coast of } wag evident that good resulta were produced, She ao jcaragua. aftor ir, Jones, Un! e Mowe 10: ogouh trom Aspinwall to Cartha- visited Alexandria and Constantinople. When the war the jonian to on for the protection of yb the was small, the service was most Sa performed. omaheed epre apg weary ee ‘was sent to Smyrna and the coast of Syria. The Wabash arrived at Tunis October 8, hav! i, the Germantown, and the paiy etree or J repeatedly prin ports of and Japan. Their intercourse with the authorities and inhabitants has deen uniformly of the most friendly character. ‘There bas been no instance of molestion to American citizens or their Property in China, and but a sivgle one in Japan. In March the Powhatan proceeded to Singapore to meet Mr Ward, the newly appointed Minister w China. She awaited his ‘arrival there, and on the 3d of May pro- cecded with hm to Hong Kong, and thence to Shanghae, where she arrived May £8, and on the 17th of Jane was off the Yangtae§ on her way to the Peiho. It became necessary to charter a smal) light draught steamer for the purposes of the mission. It could be ob- taived at not less than $9,000 per month, and for a term nob less than five months. It was accordingly chartered, and an estimate bas been submitted for this expenditure. The Powbatan arrived with Mr. Ward olf Peiho July 11. He proceeded to Pekin, exchanged the ratifications of the ees and on the 17th of August returned to the Pow- uy ‘Mr. Herris, Consul General of the United States to Ja- pan, baving received an official application from the Japanese government for a eonveyance of their ambas- fadors to the United States, the steam Missiaaipps was sent to Simoda, and @ passage in her to Panama was tendered for the embassy; and official orders were given to Flag Officer MoCluney, of the Home squadron, w re- ceive them as tbey crossed the isthmus at Panama, and convey them in a public vessel to the port of New York. The Mississippi reached Japan in February, having made ali suitable arrangements for the acoommoda- tion of tbe commissioners, but they bad determined to- their departure until February, 1860. As the could not be detained, she was ordered to the United , and discretion instructions given. to Flag Officer Tatnall, on be relieved by hie successor, to return home with the Powhatan by way of Japan, and, if the commissioners were ready to embark, Coigive Ream ecenmgs 5) Panes, Inthe early part of August, while the Mississippi was at occurred among the Chinese wing out of the alleged kid- merchant vessel: The son for ce, which was ptly and ji afforded by him. He placed Mississippi before the town and landed o of her crew; but quiet was soon restored, and Minnesota, returning to the United States, left Kong with Mr. Reed, late Minister to China, on board, conveyed him to Bombay, whereshe arrived January 16. On her way she had visited Singapore and Penang, in Straits of , and Point de Galle and Columbo, in ‘Island of Ceylon, and received the marked attention of authorities at those places. was visited ‘by the Governor and by the Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of Western India. February 20 she ar- rived at the Cove of Muscat, and was immodiately visited i the Sultan’s chief secretary and interpreter, with offers of assigtance. Captain Dupont, with a = suite of officers, waited on his Highness, made suitable refe- rence to the death of the late Imaum, his rhness” father, tud oxpreesed the hupo aud belief Wat friendly sentiments and uniform protection of American commerce would continue under his son and successor; and as ap evidence of the courteous and kind feel en- tertained for the prerent Imaum or Sultan, he the President of the United States bad sent the largeat vessel of war that had yet been to the Eastern world to visit his dominions. The Sultan was much gratified, and express- ed his warm friendship for the United States of America, and bis earnest desire, not alone to protect oar present trade, but to doall in his power to foster and increase it. He asked Capt. Dupont to accept a present of an Arabian steed and a jewelled eword, which was declined. Captain Du- pont sent him a Sharpe’s ritle and a Colt’s revolver and their accoutrements. From pMuscat the Minnesota pro- ceeded te Cape Town, thence to Boston, where she arriv- ed May 29, 1859. Flag Officer W. Inman has succeeded Flag Officer Cono- ver in command of the African squadron. In the course of the year it has included the sloops-of-war Cumberland, Commander J. 8. Missroon; Vincennes, Commander B, J. Totten; Portsmouth, Commander J. Cothoun; Dale, Com- mander W. McBlair; Marion, Commander T. W. Brent; Con- stellation, Captain J. 8. Nicholas, and the steamers San Jacinto, Captain W. M. Armstrong; Sumpter, Lieutenant Commanding J. F. Armstrong; and Mystic, Lieutenant Gom- manding W. E. Le Roy; and the storeship Supply, Com- mander Henry Walke. je wew steam sloop-of-war Mo- hican, Commander 8. W. Godon, is under orders to join the squadron, Tbe Cumberland and the Dale have returned to the United States, and orders have been issued for the return of the Vincennes. ‘The measures which have been adopted to render the naval force on the Coast of Africa ellicient for the suppres- sion of the African slave trade have been already alluded to in this report, and need not here be repeated. On the 21st of’ April last Commander Brent, of the sloop- of-war Marion, in the neighborhood of the Congo river, seized the American bark Orion as a vessel engaged in the slave trade. A prize crew was put on board of her, and she was placed uader the charge of Lieutenant Dal- Jas, assisted by Lieutenant W. P. Campbell, abd sent to New York, where she arrived June 15, and was delivered. to the United States Marshal. Commander Brent, on the 27th of April, in the neigh- horhood of the Congo, aiso seized the bark Ardennes, of New York, as engaged in the clave trade. Lieutenant Weaver was put in charge of her, with a prize crew, and took ber to New York, where, on the 25th of June he de- livered her into the custody of the United States Marshal. On the Zist of September last Commander Colhoun, of the Portemouth, seized off Loango the sloop Emily, of New York, for’ being engaged in the slave trade. Or being hailed she hoisted the, flag of the United States. Commander Colhoun, satisfied from the nature of her cargo, the character of her papers, and the conduct of her captain and crew, that she was engaged in the slave trade, placed her in charge of Lieutenant H. K. Stevens. and a prize crew, and sent her to New York, where she arrived on the 11th of November. MISCELLANEOUS. The — and exploration of the Parana and the tri- butaries of the Paraguay river, authorized by Congress, were almost suspended on account of the‘difficulties be- tween the United States and the government of Paraguay. Byt theee difficulties having been removed, and Com- mander T. J. Page relieved of his duties as fleet cap- tain im the Paraguay expedition, he has resumed the im- mediate cbarge of the survey. On the 28th of July, 1859, he had arrived at Cuiaba, the capital of Matto Grosse, the northwest province of the em- pire of Brazil, in latitude 16 dog. 88. nee ‘south, and by the course of the rivers about 2,400 miles from the ocean. Asthe Argentina could not ascend the river Ouiaba, im consequence of the low water, she was despatched to con- tinue the exploration of the San le Com- river em is a tributary of the Paraguay. ately to leave the Cuiaba, an to continue the exploration of Paraguay hout its navigable extent. He epeaks Sie nese’, or the marked astention received, tress government authorities since entering the inhabited parts one ree pad been kind! Fiat ocean oe nm kins ¥ it ident of the oe expl ‘and particularly by the h officers of the government oo Aeoumore Cooper, which was sent out more than = under fee eggs id 2 ees ey an own with survey - by accuracy 6B é and brought and three ise to the the Sandwich lulu on & cra Islands, visited “Bird”? and “Necker,” and / their positions. She then visited ‘] shoals,” and discovering on these unoccupied i ol shoals « i pas a quality, Liew. tenant Brooke 14, 1860, took possession of” them aha uame of the United States, in accordance : i : : in surveyed “Moro ” went over ep gee given. “Neva Island,” but saw no of i; ‘ i, then ned he ays p for ‘‘Johnston”’ or “Cornwallis” island gps id as would enable vensel it ly to ship guano, known to in large quantities. He then