The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1866, Page 4

well | river, as far as Pasandre, ome two hundred ‘The extensive of the Pacific and the REPORT OF THE i 4 son siialar serene wie commandis under A i He ‘ vigable. ‘the North Pact p to with vigor destroy all vessels, and SECRETARY OF THE WAVY. deliver the captured freebootera to the authorities atthe eae espace ee ee deportce pat [eile Nee An ~~ | Rearost Con a pmer Rear Admiral Beli bas visited the | mand of Rear ‘Thatober. ‘offlcer hoisted Will be necessary, however, to defray the Navy Deranrumyr, Deo. 8, 1868. pores ‘of Japan-in his dagsbip, the Hart. | D's flag at San on the 6th ee. ee Grading and filing in the water froat, for ») mevoral open posts of Sagem of the otis ‘of | The following vessels have been to this aquad- Proper estimate has been made. . Sim—I bave the honor to preseut the annual report of | ford, taking with him one or mom of the other vessels of | rog:— ‘An on of $25,000 was made at the last eho condition and operations of this department and of | 12 "20ine inland sca, whore Bo American man-ot-war | vy, Guns. Gun, sion of Congress for the of certain other fone navy during tho year. Tue reduction of the maval | jad been since 1863. There wore apprehensions that he | Panderbilly fagnbip.... 16 Jamestown. 3 pry vp Mi Ly yan ye orce at home and the establishment and reinforcement | might meet with some opposition in that quarter z rf do- | that the negotiations for it have been discontinued. ‘of the squadrons abroad, with the reparing and placing | Sequence of the rebellious sifitude of the Prince 8 partment authorized to make any, for the safe-keeping, | A more extensive range for those with. ‘a efloiont condition the vestels.and machinery which | ftonce of war botwoem them. ‘He met with no 4] fal veuols, To. Lisutenant Commander Francis | {ng ecrom and preservation of veesole which Rave cost | Academy than the present area furnishes is much “ 10 Saginaw... The Pensacola, Mohican and have not yet | ». Bunce, who volunteered to navigate the Monadnéck | manent ii jury must be the consequence of this 4 , and the made quieuly, {bad become worn and defective by long and constant | ever, a1 passage was > ae reached their destinations, and the yw, under au: | to San Francisco, and that duty, whioh many | and, notwithstanding every precaution has been’ taker Congress, it ia but ai fhard usage, have continued to beobjects of paramount ince, in is ‘ - | thority of an act of the Weatern nced ag an ima y Smportance in the administration of naval affairs since Pansat to me core OF Nagasakt Cg 8 Uke Talegrarh Company in laying ie cable eeetiyr bes Ronor aad raid wey Aone jon are due Fed been anasto eas ee Se eee ae from that ‘This 1s an im t one to the: westorn Coast revi: successful dart: Service such as any leat sammal seem Couumaroe of the United Baten, and the pareopa of oer ‘The vosools of the equadros have visited the Sandwich | Sannot otherwise than be appreciated and rewardod by | ““°™ ENLARGEMENT OF NAVY YARDS, roposed ORMERAL RXUIBIT OF THE AVY. ~ | Seusols through st during e'season of hostitty fadlcates | Islands, the ports of Central Am Sound and | the country. The purchase of seavey's Island, adjacont to thenary | The machine shop snenas roo te ein The total number of vessels in the navy st this time is | that there is @ disposition on the of the people of en eee Maecenas La Paz, in | Rear-Admiral Goldsborough, in s despatch dated the 'd at Kittery, authorized by the act of April 17, 1866, | ment of the ie ine ihe eae 278, armed with 2,851 guns, Of these there are in com- | Japan to the kind feolags which we enter Fee erie ar nent %G, woke Youre nar” BAER S| Wh.of Mosembes,. 1006, gape:='the sles whe, west Tit been constinmated, and that island ‘now consitutes | with © propeller engine sdejed' to the purpose mision and on are dy 118 reals rye 020 | “the loon fs Spenser Amana | See. we so Son saat tna tao | aprenden aur ee Ta | hin Cnty cca ust cet caume, | Tenge Rote GPO ere guns, The following goneral oxhibit gives in detall 8 | have been more friendly than to any other nation. | or in the vicinity of Acapulco, the most important point | gel behave better than the Miantonomoh, and for his | and will obviate some of the difficulties which have been # full theoretical and practical couree cf studies in statement of the charsoter and condition of the naval | While Europeans were excluded from intercourse. with dopey intaneata cn He pot a a pot, os Sacre eos ie seecorans, be weal be wa experienced in conseqnence of insuflicieas room for the tote cpatcation of siren: 20 that forve;— to our trade, Ttia important in | 10lt in the Vanderbilt was tendered to and accepted by | the Russian navy, who took passage in the Miantonomoh | materials "The annual loss af" aia sea Taran soraa te ae bag Number. Guns, veesel sailed from Francisco yw that these amicable relations abould | Queen Emma, end the San from Hamburg to Cherbourg, also told me that he was | tho deterioration of materials exposed Pee pec servies g = ustained, and that there should be n0 on the 13th of October on that service, particularly struck with hee rood soa qualities in the | weather or pa egy in = eeu ae ncaa Service. ‘act on our part $e interraps of dlatare Shem. A more thorough exploration of the Paoiflo ocean, | midst of aheavy blow and sea encountered just after | rary sheds, bas been very great, The want of sites for a se resciving ships, Naval Acade- distant future it will be of importance to this | with « view of correcting the charts and thereby lesson- | jeavine the Klbe, and that if he was in my place he | the erection of additional storehouses and sheds has led aan ‘Senotving sins, 252 | Country to secure the commerce of Japan, and we should | ing the dangers to na See, ae oe would prefer being on board of her to the Colorado. In- | to for adding one additional story to the my, Navy Yard duty, &<.. waged ves to become com; in the con- | cruising veasels are to render ‘useful dent, Ba spoke jn the bighan, (eee 9mn regard to her pa ror ' of vesselein commiasion. 115 Toa ‘other Powers with this peculiar people, ta quash anevering Sari. Under the direction | morits on the occasion.” Operations at most of the yards have been much em- Pc nace a : we bine = woe Asiatic fhe detain ot pet ‘muoh valuable seinen tofer. Durit the ce aaeations of the several h, allt CS wah eee pe ie 2 on muol r Tron-ctad vesola not compisied. i ue ater ican the cape ot macon may be, chnned bY sompeint and fil! | nary yar havo mi vow to econgmy; bean Fednned at Phitadbiphia, Lal the Tntroduetion of stoam ‘the ‘Stoams vessels vessels 0 Uni navy. | officers, with means each voasel, Bs with Philadot; was ima aah .saseels 2ab nen ein’: (One __. | ‘The intercourse between the officers and the, ition Ln | WH Ug: able fr correct Somme, existing seveey and emsetiise vousels work has been altogether | socount’ of lis imerior location, ” which red oni Seis eid cp, sepeliaah aaa all instances was mutually pleagant, While at Tamatay, imate correctness the position | suspended and on others onty eo much has been done | ingress ogress vessels excl tor eu, S24 10 Bald se tessactcesee &L 149. dof Madagascar, Captain, Goldsbarmagh, i |.800 Ah eae vinjel, ae Ominieg vommie ef tart | Mnothnsttisen fo Plea vactinns or iten causal te eaila diticult "and But the conte erp ~ | corm) wi 0 Unit a nom- ught tite meee le py ; an offciat visit | Squadron, when not on special sorvios, instead of arold- | the hulls, | Six vessole of the class intended for high cedatant coatienatatermaeiat ate mon an Total nu vessels guns..... 2,351 © province, by whom, surrounded by } 1ng these reported but doubtful and dangers, pede launched, and also threo others in which | interior location which was formerly an The total number of seamen in the naval and coast | his counsellors, he ag ogoivod in the copnell chamber. make it their duty to ascertain, by actual observa- stgam power has boen somewhat reduced in order to | facility with which fron and ooul can be obtaned-on the survey service is about 13,600 men, ‘The Governor expressed his gratification and pleasure in | tton Crp the exact Tn regard to them, and | increase the armament, Steam machiaery for twelve | Delaware and the necessity that our iron and armored seeing an American vessol-of-war for the Grat time in a | report ful iculars to the department, vessols of the clags tere referred to is in an advanced | vessels shouid be laid up in fresh water, will make the Sas Cee port of Madagascar, and offered any assistance in his gourd PF: SQUADRON. condition, and the department is under contracts, made | navy establishment on tue Delaware river important be- ‘The restrictions imposed upon American armed ships | power which tho vessel might require, The treatment | _ The South Pacifio squadron extends from Panama to | durmg the war, to provide the vessels in which these | yond any other in the country. It is impossible, how- during the rebellion by the great maritime Powers of Fedfived from the natives. was most kind and hospit- | Cape Hora, and includes within i. jae Australia. | engines are to be pl It has, however, been con- | over, to carry om the operations which’ are essential at Bouthern Dustee Vidiadiie aaeinteds o a ig | able. ‘This equadron is under the comm: Rear Admiral | gidered advantageous under the circumstances, there | this central point within the limits of the nt yard, pe iy ur naval vessels |“ “proceoding up the Arabian Sea the Shonandoah an- , Who, until the division of the pavesron, bas being no pressing necessity for this class of vessels since | which has scarcely one-sixth the area of any other, from the ports of those countries, When Rear Admiral | chored in thecove of Muscat on the 16th of Septembor | Charge of the ontire force in the Paolfic Ocean. 's | hostilities have ceased, to make temporary arrangements | aimost all being too restricted. Nor can tho present y! Goldsborough received his orders these restrictions had | last, whore she remained until the 18th, Immediately not been removed, and, avoiding for the time the ports | 00 the arrival of the veasel an oflicer came on board end countries from which our men-of-war had been ex- | with the compliments of the Iman, to extend welcome cluded, he established his headquarters at Lisbon. to the port, to oller the facilities of the place, and to ex- This squadron, which is still commanded bv Rear | press the desire of his Highness to exchange the cus- dmiral Goldsborough, is composed of the following | tomary courtesies. A salute of twenty-one guns was scl fired by the Shenandvab, and promptly returned. for say e? machinery and postpone the construction { whion is within the thickly populated part of the city of the hul pose be enlarged, except at acost which pre- We have in oar navy yards too few ship houses. As ® | cludes the idea of its accomplishment, Another location matter of economy, ships should be built under cover. | must be obtained. Ten times tho water front and twenty Protection from the weather not only facilitates tho | times the area of the present Philadelphia yard are work during construction, but if retained for any period | wanted for the naval establisument on the Delaware. on the stocks adds greatly to tha durability of the ship | There is no doubt that the present yard will be aban- steam machinery specialty, must attain prot and from their acquiremonts and mechanical skill become a highly scientific and useful class, indispen: to the service and more useful, perhaps, in the dosign: and congtruction of engines than in duty afloat. Great credit is due to the energetic and judio! efforts of the superintendent, who has given to Academy the benefit of bis acquirements and experi has bad the Guns, - The commanding officer and others of the ves | Nyack. sreses 8 alter completion. doned, and the sooner another location is secured, with | and who, in his weil directed Golorado, flagshi; ~ 43. Canandaigua sei called on the Iman, who, surrounded by | | The Lanoaster, recently attached to the squadron, ison | fourteen ships are now in the course of construction | agpie room for the necessary works, to which the pres- | co-operation 0: those associaced with him in Ticonderoga. 111 Frolic..... the Governor of the province, the counsellors of | hor return to the United States. The following pointe | gt tho several yards, of which nine are in ship houses | nt establishment can bo transferred, the botter will it be 4 | state, and sevoral military officers, received them in a | have been visited during the year:—Valparalso, Calluo, | and five are oxposed to the weathor, Over these last | for the service and the country. Si.ould the Seuate con- .10 Guard 3 | dignified manner. Tho Iman was particular in his in- | and the commercial porta betwoen those points; tho | temporary covers are being . firm the law which was passed by the House at the last , Re ome ea 3 | quiries as to the health of the Prostdent and the peo; Chincha Islands, Payta, Guayaquil, Pauama and the | — ‘Thoso vessels, and others hastily built during the war, | session, accepting League Island for naval purposes, The limits of this squadron embrace the Mediterranean, | OL the United States, with whom he hoped tobe always | Btraltgof Macelian. | are constructed to a great extent of unscasoned timber, | ample ground and water front will be obtained. the western comst of Europe and Africa, asfar,south ag | on terms of peace. ' There are-no American residents at | _ Events neg ring on {the mrocter pant of the Pace | 224 for that reason it 16 best that they should remain on Anson Devexos, Bt. Pau'de Loando Great activity has been exhibited | this place; but our commerce, which we desire to en- | rendered the presence of the greater part of the Pacitlo | the stocks a longer period than would be otherwise ro (Onis bilasistedaten hath Taken tice: aititiin’a thee dy most of the vessels, some of which have visited the | Courage and extend to every sea, was not absent from | Squadron neotssary in that realy. In = absence o! | quired. The vessels which are in the course ef con- years both in the character of veLiche aa coae hare incipal ports of the Baltic and Mediterranean, ag » ell | this distant quarter, there,beimg two vessels at the time Rear Admiral Mieoln ethyl ny % the sandwich | struction can be launched whenever {t may be nocessary Enieod questions ss 10 the most efective. i asl.) vase the ‘Sa those on the-Atlantic, Excopt when important public | belonging to our countrymen waiting cargoes in the cove | Islands, war was declared and entered into between | to make room for others, for which the sigam machinery | Post uso of those means for sea coast defence, ‘The 4ntorests or some unavoidable circumstanco has rendered | Of Muscat. those Vowors and Spain iPoemation of this fact war | is being manufactured. Four of tho vessels which are | Valse of iron-clad veseels, of channel obsiructions aud jmost constantly cruising. In pursuance of.tho syste é * iy ot t 7 ‘eased Of active operations adopted by the department when which is considered ithe most convenient and best pimpin pepe ary oe we The Googe fp od ton tone reese ore ay ont x Sooreats Cowie Sour -eutablishing the foreign ; adapted locality for that purpose. prepared ; and cruising sollectively been ‘avoided. , ‘The following, ports, among ethers, have been visited | orders he received, but before he arrived: at Valparaiso | considored advisable to launch them. Oe eens cae ocean amen Fe Unt aeeiy gat ‘These naval ropresentatives of our country were | by the vessels of ‘Adwniral Bell’s command:—Macao, | the Spanish fleet had bombarded the city, inflicting great | [In addition to the steamers which are boing con- aie” adbyiiion Gf aisio’ general a pane coupariiok warmly welcomed by the different nationalitios, and | Swatow, Amoy, Foo-Chow, Ningpo, Shanghai, Wham —- hy sdb hati nthkant wkeaaae 4 | structed or are aflout it has been doemod expedient to | the. 6 P more exten ted commercial and friendly intercourse was | Canton. New Chwang, Cheo-Foo, Tang Chow and Terkeo, Gin msniene rorebiion: Whector Ainivita tarereete, ona eae e aaonseo purposes Of the govermacn: ritivarcater |. The extent to which cach or all of themeaus suggested 5 wal v boing; on i Z Lat ae ee ee wad wacouregeneat’ Goate | isiands; Ambong, in Borneo, and Batavia, On her way the shipping Ynterest at the Oblncha.Iaiands, | CaN,t0ry® ite Dn poses Ot easels particularly iu time of | °0U!d be advantageously usod, the beat form of ironclad . 10 Mantonomoh institution takes high rank, and will be of incale service to $he country, ine valuable suggestions are made in the vory ropori of the Board of Visitors, as well as in that of superintondent, both of which are appended, and come mended to the consideration of Congress aud all whe fee! an interest tn the success of the navy. ' The rovival of the aystom of naval toes, authen @ rev! 0 system of naval apprent aut ized by the act fo aa d March 2, 1837, promises couraging results, wing been imperfectly u: and not judiciously carried into effect at ite origin, a thirty years ago, and compeiled to encounter not iudiflerence and prejudice, but opposition, the execut of the law had been negiected and fallen into ‘Time and experience will still be necded to perfeos sysiem, which bas mauy difficulties to overcome, for is yot ip its infancy; but when fairly established and ite dence wherever they wer ‘ mt essels, the character of th rpe- porvant Benefits ma; Smmense emigration which, like au irresistible current, | out the Shenandoah touched at Fayal, Funchal, Santa | might be put in jsoporey, edeparment ied tates, he | peace, ne lven--to what dapartinant ‘the reparation of tase ao: (ciostad stare ent ecly'es Gao tke war ae ehatioans ‘Bows with increasing volume westward, especially from | Cruz, Porto Grande, Porto Fraya, Simonstown, Maritina, | f Pacit sending thither: Jal force, consistun; Tee weet of 0. suticiont sumiber of Reliding. oe fgpsive means properiy appertained, and which sbould | gervice. A class of educated and trained seamen Northern Burope. ‘Tamatav, In Madagascar; Mahé, one of the Seychelles | 10 the Pacifloby 4 pec! , 01 | ship houses and dry docks has been a serious embarrass- fateol ‘tein use—-are points. which’ iiyis i " of the turreted ironclad Monadnock and the steamers | mont and causo of delay throughout the whole of the war, Poi is important to | go forth yeariy from the school ships to give f one or more of the vessels of up; Muscat, in Arabia; Bowpay, Coylon, Caicut squadron the sovereigns, or some repretontative of the | Feuang and Singapore.” Fe eet eee ee seer ote shad | There should bo an-Inerease of all these, for the ofl. “ine Beoretary uf War conoutred In the tmiportance of pesca f mere tad soe people, oe Sp See ee During the peste Eat ie eee the service re- Valparaiso Previous byt Bettesntent or that atts; pgs he Pl Big % 4 on heaving organizing such a board, and assigned expricnoed thence a we, during the v a ” Lapeiceie i Nercbanged contestes with our oicers, “All exproveed | quired of the uavy on the North Aviantic coast and in | 804, appreuending the viows of the department, re | ““mnorw aro in tho single navy yard of Portsmouth, Rng- | {2,6¢hr® «pon tin conjunction with, naval oiours do. thai grahcation with fb eappoarance-t oat ag tm | fhe Wat adn hasten iid tween Siren ated: | nied “mi uta of ea hail Yann, ie | ud seven dy desks —mare bea tro ee be wut. | ‘vals Cua Davin andSohs'ABahgty ai wati and extended their congratulatic rons, but on the let of November last the jantic a er that we havi 8, for re only a 5 pry ot pene ty ibe restoration Of the Union she | ind West Indin ‘squadcons were consolidated, and there. | 8ppearance of se distinguished a commander, with @ for- | ingle permanent dry dock at any one yard and but acme arg prea ood Rpt t Be Brevot ahd ‘When the usual tranquillity of any of those countries | after designated the North Atlantic squadron, the com- | midable squadren:, on the eve of so important an occa- | three in all of them. With these limited means, and [Meg a sareven Brigadier jonorel bas beon disturbed by wars and rovolutions, the appear. | bined forces being commanded by Rear Admiral Palmer, | Sion and tn to» absence of Rear Admiral Poarson, was | under hove. disadvantages, the dopartment has beon | {oor 8 hig. peroneal te Ance of our flag has imparted security to our citizens | The vessels are as follows: opportune and fortunate. compelled to struggle to maintain an officiont navy in | the Sony, tei eo nee tith ot duly ae ed there located. In the carly part of the year the dis- ‘The course pursued by Commodore Rodgers in pro- | @ period of great'and exacting trial, Had woa war with | $od continued in goasion until tho 17th of July, and had turbed condition of Spain, and during the summer the tecting American interests and in observing and pre- | q mantime power, where naval combats would be fre. | ‘hens manters before ahem. | suhienis, whlek PE EE Witter neve bre hs splsious or foaiagl’an're: | Segniand scum aeie, he stomp fr more Gcks | ave enn mated x wana tas ie he ard int An e force 108e ani ‘was ‘meintained oa the Spanish cosst' end the Gorman ich the Spanish admiral tought | “ye supplies of umber ‘at the, diferent yards havo.| S77 ei eu feport upon some dente plan, of proceed ports were visited. When agitations and revolutions Proper to pursue, he was not required to intorpose lus | been exhausted during the rebellion, aad it will dg by w os ogg gets pty ‘coased in one qvartor, and peace was restored im the or for either party. As the armed | be true economy to provide an abundance, so Sa Put at once in @ complete state of de. other, the active movements of the squadron. were re- represontative of this government, which was on] ths in futuro emergencies the difficulties | ‘nce against an enemy's ficot. ‘umed. friendty terms with each of the belligerents, it] .nq embarrassments recently experienced may In their prelimiuary report the board advocated the The Ticonderoga passed the Dardanelles and went up became his duty, even while endeavoring to mitixato the | bo avoided. Our former policy, many years gince, was importance of having always on hand a number of iron- to the capital of Turkey on the 7th of September. Tne | squadrons, the former was under the command of Rear | harsh it ane: Beseg Mag maintain a strict neutrality. | ¢) make an annual increase of ship timber, and other | “ad vonsals at each © our great commercial cities and @uohoring of @ man-of-war of her dimensions in the | Admiral Palmer and the latter under Commodore Joseph | His friendly offices in the cause of humanity were mani- | countries have wiscly furnished thomselves with this piuain the waters of our exierioe bays; but without Bosphorus, bofore the palace of tho Sultan, had not been | Lauman. Toh vosseis of these equadrons, bosid:s guard | fested so long as they could be effective; but the officers | material. Commodore Stoodman, in a recent communi. | furthor information both as to the offensive and defeusive rai ‘to the naval vessels of any other Power since | ing the coast, have visited the following’ points outside | Of other noutral powors having declined to unite ia any | cation from Carthagens, in Spain, writes:—It is an in. | Propertios of our forts, an our fron-clada, tt was it and efficiency to American commerce as well as to American vavy. Under judicious sud skilful ment the school ships will be nursor‘es for the nat and merchant service, from which, whom §he in full operation, there will graduate a well instructed aud fee a diacipliaed seamen, in a few years will eiovat8 an iy the maritime force of the country, ment would onlist the best class of , 1 must, as has been heretofore make the service attractive; aud to do this most ally, the recommendation ts renowed that a those most proficieut and most deserv appointments to the Naval Academy. te carry this commendation into effect, the plan in my pointments upon the navi ‘the best examiuatt from congressional and improve their condition and to increas® thelr num treaty of 1856. The officers were received by the | tho United States:—Havana, St. Jago de Cubs, Matan led steps to protect the city, no alternative remained | teresting fact that there is atill a siook of Florida timber | Unable to specify the requisite number, or to define pro- | bors, for neglect on the t the gov ines- tan and people in the most cordial manner and the | Baia Honda Cayo, Caskenen cod tee ae Agotpcl cays and | for bim to pursue, consistently with the position of this | in chis yard which came from Florida while it was yet a | “iely the part they should perform in the defeuce of tention to thelr tnevite: aad thelr quate onda maaiaee | was visited by the Grand Vizier, his Minister of | islands on the north side of Cubs; the Anguilla gree, pe ga towards the parties, than that which be | ooiony of Spain.” be, atid por thesg <aps fo ope fia eine tank hore <p _ nerative omploymeut sod greater considerationdn € pre 8, Sees of his Ce there 4 Ber poe rd J aaye —— : CDs eo al bh re ‘After the bombardment of Valparaiso, which took In the construction ips-of-war iron may ult!- otal pursuits, are having their effect in retarding the: mately, toa great extent, supersede wood; but such are | 4¢vised aystom of channel obstructions. her arrival at Tripoli, on the 18th of October, she | John’s and Mayaguez, in Porto Rico; Kings- ~ on the Apolo e tare, we | Spanish fleet retired | the Mya (0 9 Stee cane arta country that wooden fd See niigece ct obsabel “obaiceetieny: «glee: au) recelved with marked courteay by bis Highnoss | ton and Port Royal, in Jamaica; Santa Crux, before the city and proceeded to Caliao. r Ad- | vessels will, for some time to come, constituio a large | ™ yy one of their number was favorably received Pasha, and the officials in the place, Our Consul | St. Christopher, Nevis, Antigua and St. Bar- | miral Pearson, who reached Valparaiso on the 17th of | portion of our navy. by the board, who recommended that it should be tested reports that the visit had a most happy effect, none | tholomew's, of the Leeward islands; Barbadoos, | APril, also proceeded to Callao, and was present during For the construction of,iron and armored vessels, it | ©XPerimenially, but aucn a test would have involved a of our mon-of-war having visited the place for several | Trinidad, Martinique, Tobago, St. Lucia and St, Vincent | the ack on the defences of thas port oa the 24 day of | can only be repeated that, altaough our country has the | !ArK@ expenditure of money, for which there was no of the Windward fale s Demerara, in British Guiana; im to depart material in great abundance, and possesses many ad. | ®dequate appropriation. Ths board also recommended shores of Greece, the Syrian coast, the Barbary | La Guayra and Porto ello, im Venezuela; Curacoa, rogard, we aro almost wholly unpre- | 20™e geucral oxperiments to be mado under their direc- settlemonts on the northwest coast of | and the island of Novaza. Some of these points have future maritime wars the contests between the | tn forvascortatuing and settling certain general princi- acoossible to our ships.of-war, have recoived due | seldom or néver before been visited by au American reat naval powers for supremacy on the ocean will be | pies concerning oe effect of torpedoes. After a very ettention, and friendly relatiéns have been cultivated in | man-of-war. There has always been a vessel at Aspin- examination the members became convinced that all those quarters. wail, prepared to give assistance and protection to the turreted vessels or monitors will be powerful and effect- they could arrive at no definite conclusions on the poinis ot this useful and deserving clase. Without HEL : ‘The large emigration to our shores from Germany and | immense numbers of our countrymen, and the vast ive for harbor and coast defence, but in conflict with any | Submitted without proliminary ex; rege oom satisiied Northern Europe rendered it important that Lat- | wealth crossing the isthmus. A portion of the equad- European power ou; will hardiy be content | ‘st thy could not add matorially to what they bad tention should be directed to that quarter. Fany in the | ron has been on the northeastern coast, and visited Wali. parted ap he hae. smn! beng 7 aiready ‘reported; the board was dissolved by order of Armored Vowels, for ocean oruising, must necesmrily | ‘te department, wot, with the rear The subject is, however, of great importance, and strength, be secured in wooden structures. Hrettomptod, should receive thorough consideration. the immense masses of timber must 7, decay, ani PROMOTIONS, the cost resulting from deterioration will be such no In conformity with the provisions of the act of the economical and prudent nation will consent to sustain. | 25th of July = “to define the number and regulate Ships for cruising and offensive operations must be such | the appointment of officers in the navy, and for other as can use sails, for no vessel can long keep the sea | purposes," selections were made for promotion and ad- under steam alone. Such veasels asare hore suggested | vancement in the briof period which remained after the should be built at a government establishment, for, | passage of the act and before the close o: the last session though private enterprise can do much in aid of the | of Congress. This labor was much facilitated by con- an! Vv. Fo: navy, the peculiarities of iron voaels for naval purposes | sultations which had jously taken place with most ‘the resolution of Congress. He was authorized to take | northern limits of his siation, in consequence of appre- peated are such that private parties cannot undertake the work | of the officers of tho highest rank in the service who Mumlonomoh, which vessel, with ber | hensions then prevalent in regard to the condition and | vessels of this squadron ha to Tampico. } untess at prices which will cover all the outlay forthe | were on the uctive list, and under whom nearly every mpanion the Augusta, waa directed, before reporting | treatment of our fishertnen on the castorn coast, But | Apprehensions wore at times entertained by American | establishment, as well as the versels, for there can be no | officer haa served daring the war, But the requirement Rear-Admiral Goldsborough, to proceed to Cronsiadt | the iiberal and conciliatory policy of the English gov- | residents in that city as to their-entire security and | other customer than tho government for such work. “hat the increase in the grades authorized by this act to carry out the purpose of Congress. In compliance | ernment dissipated all apprehended difficulties, and the | safety. The reports of tho commanding officers to whom In this view of the subject it is plainiy the in‘erest of +) shall be mad: by selecfion from the grade next beiow, ‘with these orders t! vessels bi visited the Baitic, | questions were early in such train of adjustment that no | this service was assigned indicate that neither American | the government to erect its own shops and mackinery, | of officers who have rendered the most efficient and wpring the department had mado rations to send | fax, St. John’s, Pictou, the Magdalen group, Prince cut the turreted iron-clad Maintonomoh, accompained by | Edward's Island, and other points. the steamer Augusta, to join the European squadron. Revolutionary movements and civil disturbances in Before those vessels wors ready to sail Congress passed | Hayti and St. Domingo, which threatened to place in ‘the resolution approved May 16, 1866, greeting the Em- | jeopardy the lives and roperty of American residents, peror, and ‘lating the people of Russia on the | or made thom apprehensive of danger, have called for Geoape of his pond from assassination. A | visitations of our naval vessels and the exhibition of the ent id forward a copy of this | flag at frequent intervals in Led ante ‘There has, resolution te the Emperor, followed by tho authosized | however, been no occasion for interference, for the rights tment of an tional Assistant Secre! of the | of our countrymen have been respected. for six months, led to the designation of Assist- Real Admiral Palmer, in April last, was ordered from @. V. Fox to bear to bis imperial Majaty | tho West Indies with @ portion of bis command to the z a E i g Bnd have also entered the principal ports from Cron- | no-oasity arose requiring the presence of a naval force | citizens nor American interest# havo suffered violence | and to possess its own establishment for the construction | faithful service during the recent war, aud who possess | the y 14 @tadt to Lisban, including the capitals of Sweden and | on the fishing banks; other threatening questions wero | from eithor of the contending parties. of ite iron and armored naval vessels. Several years of | the higuest professional qualifications aud attain. | boys would doubtless enter and obtain hor jo paste Donmark. also quietly disposed of. During the summer, Admiral During the spring and summer reports were circulated will be required to provids the necessary | ments,” could scarcely be expected, under any } tions in the merchant marine, most of them would, with ‘The reception of this force wherever it has appeared, | Palmer v ‘and especially in Russia, where all classes were im- | and the ni with the friendly sympatuy evinced by our gov- it toward the Emperor and people, was of a most | zens onga; ed Halifax in the steamer Rhodo Isiaud, | of the intentions oi lawless parties to seize colored per- iances for such an establishment, and a jal | circumstances, to be carried into effect without ook! in June and July mada cruiso amon | sons on the southern coasts of the Gulf States andcarry | and convenient location, with ample area, should | causing somo dieappointiment. By the act of January 24, ta in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Our citi- | them into stavery, the neighboring island of Cuba being | bo promptly selecied. Tn each the navy yards | 1865, an advance, “not exceeding thirty numbers, in 1 in the fisheries were found pursuing their | their alleged destination. Such contemplated violations | a dry dock is indispensable, and for a steam navy there | rank for havi exhibited eminent and conspicu- Proper encouragement, continue through life the public service, or until age tated them for duty. A small pension after not | than twenty years’ service for such as pre se @attering character. The Aavistant retary and the | avocation quietly, and good feeling between them and | of our laws and the rights of humanity were sufficient of | should be suitable shops and accommodations tor the | ous conduct in battle, or extraorainary heroism,” | { to support in the lusa already provided, would officers of the navy were welcomed with fertivities and | their neighbor ailed. The tntercourse betweon the | themselves to arouse the vigilance of the Gulf and const it of voxsels. was authorized. In the selections for promotion the | tach thom to the qoveromaber with wntob y would Sxtraordinary courtesy and atteution for a succession | officers of our service and the authorities at the British | squadrons, each of which had its attention called to the e navy yards at Norfolk and Pensacola, which were | tests prescribed by Congress conirolied when the qual- fied. im bis roving and unsetied of days, not only at St. Yetersburg, but at Moecow, and | ports visited was ( fciendiy, and the former were the | subject, and was at all thes vigilant to detect sueh | almost totally destroyed during the war, require large | ifcations in oiher respects were unexcoptionadle. Many umutates property, aud # pemsion throughout the empire, and warm friendship was every- | recipients of gratiiy ng attentions, ‘| schomes, if they existed, and to intercept those who | exponditares to piace them tn @ condition to be efficient. | officers afloat bad no battle record; others possessing } half tus mouthly wages to comfort decining age wi / where manifested for our country and people. ‘The vearels on the West India station were instructed | should venture to ¢1 o in them. Judicious mquiry | They have been occupied as oaval stations since tho | high qualifications, but occupied in other duties, had un- | be but just afer be has given his best years to his Contagious disease: bas prevailed at many places, which | to exercise vigtlance In detce'ing savers and preventing | and anxious watching bave failed to bring to light any erpinent recove: posersion, and some repairs | furvunately been in no position to render actual fichting ur vessels could not visit uniess required wo do so by | the slave t provided uny lingering remains of that | attempt to hae on this detestable traffic, we beon mnae atoach; but the dilapidated walla and | service during the recent war. Some few have nec s-ari- absolute necessity. nefarious traffic sill exixed, Bat no captores have | Precaution was on, by despatehing s vessel | remnanta of the former establishmonts remain in acon- | ly been superseded by their more fortuaats juniors, In order that tho activity and service of this and all | been made, and it is to be hoped that thisinfamous | for the especial purpose, to warn our con. |/dition which renders them scarcely fit for oocapany or | whose record being in all respects ineritorivus they were country. Movements have been recently made in-bohaif of thelg seara°n by some of the maritime coantries, which have become aware of the necewity of tak ag measures to re- our squadrous may be known and approciated, an enu- | trade ia extinguished. sular representatives at the neighboring ports of | use. Thisis more particularly the case at Pensacola, | selected for promotion under one or both of the tess | tain tin vt ent of seamen for naval and Sertion of he ports which they have respectively SOUTH ATLANTIC aQuADRoN, Cuba of suspected movements of the kind referred to, = aon Sain the nepali ounple sien} ‘visited is given. The South Atlantic equadron, which embraces the | and from an expression of opinion obtained from thoso Bat for the war po such law would have been enacted, Th onr own country our best naval officers and intelit- During the year tho flag of tho nary has been fontheastern coast of South America, and the wost | offi and others after diligent og hd ete to and the object of thelaw was the revogmution of | gent merchants sre: interesting themselves in this Bue at Queenstown, Kingston, Belfast, Liverpool, coast of Afcica from the Capo of Good Hope to St. Paul eve that, even if an ex, character | (I a tee ae, Coen have been mado some Governments very justly reoonize and | jeci, and Congress and tue government cannot remale i Falmouth, Portemouth, Southampton, Plymouth, de Loando, is commanded, as at the date of the last an- | were successful in departing from our shores, it would been towards restoration at Nor- | reward courago and s.ccess. The acts of 1565 aod 1866 different yo it without putting in Jeopardy our commer pees. Spithead, Chatham and other points in Great | nual report, by Rear Admiral Godon, Tho vessels are | be permitted to land or be received into Cuba. folk. ‘The destruction at this yard was not #> thorough | gave preference for promotion or advancement to those | vial and oat al sapdeunatps, Let. Is oper tannin “whole jain; Marseilles, Toulon, Brest, Cherbourg, L'Orient, | tho— SPRCUAL S&RVICR and complete as at Pensacola, meritorious officers who had distinguished themselves | subject may be duly considered, and the best meas: Besides the vossels attached to the several squadrons, The yard at Norfoik is, ina national point of view, | by their heroic qualities and achievements over those number are on «pecial service, The Sabine, the ap- | one of the most important, as well as one of the best | who were not wed with those qualities, or who had prentice ship of the navy; the Massachusetts, Memphis no dattie record. and Newbern, which are used in conveying supplies, mails ¥ lelicate and em. and officers and seamen to and from the squadrons on | has one of the best harbvorsin the coun’ barrassing duty to discriminate and solect for promotion, racuse, in Siclly; Naples, Spezia, Leghorn and Civita ‘The v the coast; cho Purveyor, which has recently returned | ev No body of mon ever acquitted themsel with more feocbia, tn it Milo, Athens and Pirwus, in Greece; | visited R from St. Paul de Loando, whore she landed @ cargo of | advantages for a naval ostablishinent There is at | honor than the gallant offivers of the navy daring the Constan’ ‘copie and the islands of Candia and Cyprus, in | bam, Pernambuco and Santos, in srazil; Buenos Ayros | stores for the European and South Atlantic squadrons; | this yard -® permanent dry dock, which, un- | late war; and {i is « gratiiication to know that, while the Turkish dominions; Syria, Beyrout, Trieste, Ven ce, | aud Rosario, in the Argentine Republic, Montevideo, | the Don and Ascutney, used for towing and other service | der ail the disadvantages that have existed, has | some bave received higher tonors than others, yet adopted for wise and intelligent legisiation, there be connected with the Navy Department a propert; , which should have ia cba bo Rochefort, Lormont near ‘Bordeaux, and Villa Franca, fm France; Barcelona, Malaga, Carthagena, Corun- | Brooklyn, flagship. ma, Valencia, Gibraltar, ‘lerragona, Cadiz, Fer- | Juniata. yt Mahon, Vigo, and other ports in Spain; | Shamoki mn and Oporto, in Portugal; Mewsina, Palermo and | Kansas. the merchant service, Such « bureau, with am fotelligent and practical seaman of either the naval of merchant marine at its head, one wRo understands Oxisting evils, Comprehends the necessit ra, Maran- ¢ a & xandria, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers. Tangiors, Antwerp, | Colonia and Pasandre, two hundred miles up the Cruguay | betwoen the yards and stations; the Sacramento, on a | been of immense service to the government in the repair | every one on the active list who faithfully discharged o H grow! ‘el, Hamburg, Flashing, Nieawe-Diep, Sierra Leone, | river, in. Uruguay; Concepcion, in Paraguay; St spec al cru wand under special instructions tothe’ coast | and reftmont of vowels without the delay and additional his daty bes, by the liveral provisions of ‘ihe govern: | sonory, and hes the energy, industry and neal weoea 3 rovia, the Cape de Verd Islands, the Canaries, the | de Loando, Benguels, Ldttle and Great Fish ‘bays and China and Japan, touching at various loéalitics in the | expense that would have been ineurred in sending them | ment, been advanced, aod, if not promoted, occupies a | for the * could mature @ whiow Lomym 4 , Porto Praya, °t. Iago, the ports on the Elbe and | other pointe on the Coast of Africa, the Fatkiand Yolanda route for ihe purpose of her mission, and the Michigan, | farther north. Since tho termination of tho war most | bigher number in bis grade by the operation aud ad- | stitute the basis of future ve action and be ef feser, in Germany, and mavy others of lnsser note, and *t. Helena. employed ou the lakes, of the machinery whioh belonged there bas been recov- | ministration of the Iaw. benefit to both the seainen the country. ABIATIO SQUADRON, ‘The duties of this command have been faithfully and 0 Sabine has her juarters at New London, with | ered, and portions of it putin oporation. But in order By the provisions of the third section of the law a The division of this and other incidents of the navel ‘The Asiatic squadron embraces the eastern coast of promptt performed, without any extraordinary incident | her field for cruising extending from the coast of that this may be im proper working condi- | board of naval olficers, consisting of Commodore ~ P. | and commercial marine of the country amoug the differe Africa and Asia, avd the islands which stud the seas and reer. ‘Tho re-establishment of the squadron in that | to the Capes of the Delaware. ton, at all comparable with ite former state of c! , Lee, Captain Foxball A. Parker and Commander John | ent departments tends to eonfusion, ot doean casiwaril of the Cape of Good i The squad- | quarter has been productive of friendly and benoficial The Michigan, as soon aa the ice permitted the re- | and adequate to the future wantaof the service, mech Lee Davir, was convened at Hartford, on the Sth of Sep- and inefliciency. It is a ym ihe amb pon ts commanded by Rear Admiral H. Boli, who | intercourse between tho officers and seamen of our ser. | sumption of navigation, carly in May, was about pro- | yes remains to be done. tember, tor the purpose of examining such officers as on and organization of maritime govera. Feactied Batavia, within the limits of bis comm: on | vice and those of other Powers ia whose waters our ves- | coeding on 4 cruise through the lakes, when disturb. The yards at Norfolk and at Pensacola arc as essential | havo served in the volunteer naval service for a perioa known, place in the the 28th of December, 1865, The vessels of the squad- | sels have appeared. Rio Janeiro bas beon selected as | ances on the frontier aswumed such proportions as to | to the navy and the country as either of tho yards at the | of not leas than two years, With instructions, after fon are:— the headquarters of the squad and at St, Paul de | require the co-operation of that veasel with the military | north, ‘and in the event of a foreign war we could better | examining the claims all candi to select and re. Loando, which is now embraced in ite limite, a Joint | and civil authorities to preserve in good faith the Neu- | dispense with canal ee yards north of the Chesapeake | port from the most meritorious in character, ability, Rartford, fiagsh: Shenandoah. dopot of stores and suppiles for the Hout Atlantic and | trality lawa, The wichigan was in this duty | than with either of these, Our of them dur. | professional compet and honorable service, the Indispensabl Wachusett... Ruropean squadrons has been established. It is believed | from pe in ay June, her annual | ing the lato Sh in dilapidated condition, | number authorized ‘to bo appoluted and transferred to | duties of the Lighthouse Bourd, the great and Monocacy.... . ‘that so far as the former squadron, Hoularly, is con- | cruise to the uppor lakes. When the aimed foro» whioh | was of great value to the Union cause, After their re- | the regular navy under [tho act. Ths board wns | oporations of the coast survey, and the rovenue Asbuelot corned, the arrangement will be productive of economy, | invaded Canada was defeated, fugit driven from | covery the vessels ing the soveral blockading | subsequently ontarged by the addition of | servico, which bi the naval power of the country t, All the open and that advantage i# to flow from embracing a portion ot | their Positions by the foree them, were, | squadrons wore not de: and sent north for ordinary | Capiain Daniel Aammen, and Commanders Waltor | the ald of its fusnetal and revenue system, are all American maa-ot-war bad ever en’ have beon | the south: ‘coast of Africh and the east coast of South | about seven hundred of them, captured in their retre —_ with (as of service during their absence of ves | W. Queen und K. Randolph Breoy, Owing to | mate branches of the adminiatration of the Navy Visited by the vessels of this squadron. ear Admiral | America in one squadron. saving of fuel—one of | by the Michigan on the 3d of June, io Magara river, of | sels and but wore retained on their rtaiions. The | th Tee number of candidates Who desire to avail | ment Ocean jon for military hr | Bell in April proceeded to Canton, where he had a | the most contly articieson our forcign stations—is a sub- | Lower Binck Rock. y were retainecand provisiened | repairs thus effected were made without many ot the »@ | themselves of the privilege of the act, as well as to the | bea naval duty, and thesame may tbe aatd of Loe00- operas friendly reception and an agi interview with the | ject worthy of the closest attention, and ts one of the | on board the Michigan until the bth, they wore | quired facilities, but, notwithstanding groat disadvanta- | thoronglines of the uation, and also tothe fact | tion of our consuls in the jon of our Governor goneral of the Quanting provinces. The dis- | objects which the department had in view in fixing the | turned over to the civil anthorities. the 16th of | goa, considerable saving ensued to the government, and at ail who claim must be examined abroad, and providing tor return to our sh position mantiested toward our country and countrymen | present limita of the squadrons, A vessel taking its de- | Juve Captain Bryson was notified by tle military com- | the blockade was thereby made more efficient. uthorized selections can be made, there will be ne- was of a gratifying character. Untike ihe great maritime | parture from some point on the southeast coast of Sovth | maader of the dintriet that the co-operaton of the Michi- In the event of a foreign war with the great maritine | cessary and unavoidable delay on the part of the board Ration of Enrope, the Chinese government and people | America can run before the wind, over to the African | gan was no longer required at that polu, the difficulties ] Powers our country wouid Iavor under serious disadvan- | in making their report. bation are wrecked. ead Fe ee ete these mat most tended to by. betty spend under the superrimen Ve no encow ent or recognition to the rebels in | Coast, follow that coast under sieam to the depot at St. | on that portion of the frontier ha' terminated. | tages were we without a navy yard or naval station in NAVAL ACADEMY, poles and Operations heir war upon Union, Pa Panl, aud then take the trade winds back to the coast of | Shortly alterwards the Michigan made | Clrouit of the | the Gulf. A maval force of steamers—and ail The Naval Academy is ro-eatablished at Annapolis, Sevan Seis the of t Amorican residents in that far distant quarter of the | Brazil. . upper lakes, visiting Cleveland, Dot Mackinaw, | fighting vessels must hereafter be steamors— | wiih sone enlargement of the grounds and some im. Lave not been interfered with in their legal pur- fhe Juniata arrived at Rio on the 16th of September, | Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine, Grand Haven, and re- | couid not be maintained in the Gulf without frequent re- wortant imprevements, No measures were by ita, or molested by the natives, eave in a singld in- | Waving made & successful crutro to the southwest coast | turning to Erie and Buffalo, pairs and supplies, With no navy yard in the Guif the | Congress for establishing the institution elsewhere on mea MER @tance. The exception was that of the United States | of Africa. The information obtained by ber goes far to Tho steam frigate Susquehanna, wmodore Jamon | disabled vessels would necessarily withdrawn from | the Chesapenke, whero there might be greator seclusion, Complaint is mado that at present prices, and ye 4 ome New O11 who wus assauited by @ perty of | contirm the impressions that the maintenance of a por- | Alden, Is on special nervice, having lered to Gon- | their mation and compelled to proceed to a northern | with more ample area for those connected with the | inflated and fluctuating currency, the seamen flod it characters. i Wachusett was despatched [n | manent squadron on African const will no longer be | vey our Minister to the Mexican republicand Licutenant | yard for retitment, Besides the perils incident to a | Academy, The appropriations for additions aad ims | ficult to procure the'r ouLft on the wages they recet bat port for ‘pose of securing the arrest | required. But ove siaver had been fitted out on the | General Sherman to Vora crua, or such point as might | voyage under those circumstances, with an enemy on | provements of the present site, with the acquisition of | It ts w quertion whether the seamen, be J ponishment of the parties who were +: ia the | southern coast of Africa within the past year, an be required. the coast, the services of the officers and crow, ax more ground, will obviste some of the objections which | on service, are confined to no particular locality are’ wa as of the vexsel itself, would be lost during the ti ‘The tnrreted or monitor class of vi ‘was never do- | might be absent iu going to and returning from a The ‘And the waste of war have devas t trage. By the considerate yet determ gourse of | had been Captured on the const of Cuba with bey jom The authorities of tandor Townsend the trial of eight of them was | It was the opinion of prominent officials at Loande iend conv ction followed, Tho ninth and chief | cluding the French Admiral on that station, ¢ ern Jus \RALOT, Whom ihe puihorities agomed powerless to | slave irade had expired, and that this biot om civilizatl defence and operations uj In the | tated the Norfolk ave Pensacola yards, but tho best in- Arroat, wa9 velzed by Commander Townsend and deily- | bad become at inf a matier of himory. objet for which they were tn’ voasols are as | torest of the service and the obligations of tho govern. aio, sortable jegisation avd by rm mi e orth. ered over for tri In asigning to the Raropean and Bouth Atlantic | form dabie and efficient as was antici ‘and will fur- | mont are not las imperative now, when peace and uuion | to guard and protect the midst While hoy decision of the courts in the case aquadrone the duties Serssasere pertormed by what waa | pish security to any port, and be able tadisporse or de- | aro restored, to piace thei in proper condition. It is to | influences, done acceptable serv: rrnacy, these outlaws, nate \pwase the requ known and maintained a@ the African squadron, that dis | stro an: Broots ling fleet which may appear tn owr | be hoped, th that liberal appropriations will bo ing posession of the as beon suggested that were an outfit of Fon Chinese castoms authorition, ‘svolled himeol? the | Unct orgsateation Las bees a! and the ser- tera. pecuilar formation of our ‘9 in itself | made for that purpose. toa specified amount, in the nature of @ bounty, fure- ‘oocaston to gurvey the bar at the mouth of the Line | Vice is more econom provection against the bew NAVAL DEPOT FOR IRON-C1A DS. {shod each recruit oa his enlistment, it woud reumedy - The In consequence of the failure of the senate to act on a considerable extent the difficulties wuioy are expert gree, Ded rlained and buoyed for he allled Powers of Bra. the biti whieh passed the House of Ropresentativos for ‘The or eps CS Chinese the anceptanos of League Island for naval * Mas tendered Inatauce gtaine and focormmantrematna witout tarot sasan tee par Fewer vorsels, Most of thom have enced. There aro many reasons in favor of this propos tion, [6 the naval service of mow in (he Ann gs phy ol thing