The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1869, Page 4

JANUARY '27, 1869:—TRIPLE. Sititicr. 4 Garrett N. Parry, MeKean Buchanan, Henry Etting, ame NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, THE POSTAL TELEOR! UNITED STATES NAVY Seniov Chaptain—Caaries 8. Blewart, pil Orton, Prosldant of the v ‘on page WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 1860, - ¥ Professor Areene—N, Glrantt, g) uu) , baa hich f-One statement cost ification of Officers---Number of Vessels | Noire consiruciors Samuel M. Pook, Metvin 8im- Endeavors to-eSpluth to tie, counter. doverat antes | OE Tne are eee a TS rae cost | Secretary McCulloch's replies to Oongresa, whon- is 6 mona. with which he supposes they are unacquainted, | of their own, per mile of line, md also the European | ever requested to give mformation that may be and Guns-—--Begister of Officers, NAVAL AOADEMY, We think he was correct in the snppostt!ons on which | cost per milo of mo with ther own—nogleoting to | prejudicial to the interests of the Treasury ring, Supertrimnaent— View era o wnainil .D Porat. ns Re pencoaded,,. Balers Neen out gg ye by aid hy rg ish lines aveage five wires cme ly always come in a form that requires the laver anna istant Superin' Som . a : s8 wore so. We do not su milo of line, t2e European fow wires and the pearl ‘The attempt to persuade the peorle ern inion less than fo wiresto the mile. Acom- | of hoursor days to clearly understand. Take, for NAVAL AGADEMY---THE MARINE CORPS. based ie ft af Mat nn ona baa Wf all the ~ Pree o bg Lee tate, prereravle, is so i Sree most of ther tines ‘were bulit | to secret sales of government gold and bonds on Depaytn rptain N. EP. Harri-on. rd. ‘© always done more. with | with specie at par, Again, ot page ninety-seven, mmission by brokers ontside the Treasury Depart- See Lio Departinene ay Seamanship av! Naval Tactics— fewer facilitios, than any people on the globe. That ia | they say the principal business Belgian system sis Casualties in 1888—Volunteer Navy—Mis- Commondir J. & Skerrit, our national elvaracterise, pp ore enterprise | 18 ¢0 trausune ay aeetlane renee ty ‘an. | ment. It came in tho form of a pamphlet of 163 Haneos Tish of Weese! Denariinent of Guanery—Lientenant Commander Hal ‘onth Atlantic squadron, | in the face of obstacles make up the history of our | other. ‘The facts aro that the tunsit messages—t. ¢., | pages of figures, from whion a tolerable expert at ce! us ‘O88618, thewa. 1s{Receiving sh'p, Philadel’a. | country, ‘The peculiarities of American clviiization | those transmitted across Belgium from one country “g time learn that the +? School Ship consttte!ion—Lieutenant 1 Placahip s, Paste squad. | and progress have forced this upon ua, Th ®. | to another—number 114,580; whole number, 1,293,870 | Secounts could in an hours ab Commander Geagize Dewey . pl fayise at Washincton, 4, | Witen we have dane great things in trumphing ove: | for the year 1867; transit not om-tenth, enormous sum of $7,007,447 had been paid by Department qr Mathemotics—Professor W. H. upat League Island, | the diMeuities that both nature and’man have placed | say the loss on the Belgian bugness was, for 167, | the government for manipulating cortain bonds SQUADRONS, NAVY YARDS, &C., | witicox. service. in our way, laa part of the credit to be taxetr from | 54,489. but do notatate that ths was occasioned DY in the market, called sales snd conversions, pony Devarvtment of Steam Enyinery—Chief Engineer South Atlanic squadron. us and placed to the account of one of the obstacles? | eXpending some 200,000f. Ia construction account or i 1y handing one ‘ T. Williamson, et a lly 1 the “Wostern’ Union ‘Telegraph Company had | that a handsome profit was made over and above the | Dut which consisted mostly in merely handing On January 1, 1869, our navy, as appears by the | Denartnent of Astronomy. Nawiaation and Sur- Minis Venis csatson charged more and done less for us we would stilt | operating expenses. form of seourtty over @ counter and taking back Navy Register for the current year, consisted of 203 vessels, with a complement of 1,525 commissioned officers, 187 warrant oficers and 1,647 guns, and an B. J. Cahoons, Bterrots Ramsey, John A. Bais, T. ton Taylor, A. i. Watson, ‘Chicr Enginéer—Wenry ¥! —Vice Admiral David D, Porter, vey/ng—lieutenant Commander R, &. Phythian, Department of Naturcland Bepertmental Philoso- phy—Professor H, H. Lockwood, Depari invent of Eles ant Mnolish Studies—Lieu- {From the Philadeiphis P Fit bocmise the tslereoyn a ame elegraph in this country, wn: private control, is more goveratls used than “ie min those nations where it {3 In charge of the government, je Taland. have emptoyed tt and sent more messages than all Europe. Our people are intelligent. They will have facilities, cost what they may; but when the time comes when they can vet tie same advantages ab AS use at Washington. | Evropean squadron. 6 In ontinary, New York, {n ordinary, New York ice of THE INDIAN WAR. of the European lines $105 per nile; Western Union, 500, This estimate is on Again, the: example, hia answer to the House resolution of nearly a year ago asking for information in relation another, The amount of commissions patd for this service is therefore easily ascertained; but to learn the amount of bonds and securities placed In the ¢ tenant Commander F, B, Blake, ‘ra tao nt Pes more reasonable rates, by a system which Aggregate tonnage of 267,817 tons, old measure- | “Dp iariment af French—Professor L. Vs Dovile ald uy Rt Rowton shall, be Just’ and™ convenient to. ihe whole | Desatches from Gienorals Sheridan and | hands of these oommission brokers, eee amount ob Ment—the new tonnage of diiy-tree vessels 13 mot | ers éy Sern Paatte sound Sountey, er a ;have that system. We Hiazen—Operations of Our Cavalry—Particne oe Se en fa eoetadhcy Sah bbsire cane partment of Seanish—Profeasor F. A, Rove’ 2] Latd ap at Mound City, a i" eo t mber 0! et for their ov a Given. Tho number of seamen, ordinary seamen, | Deririment af Drawing—Lieutenant Commander Sltattupat toate Tland, | nesses we send Is otving to any pecatiar advan. | ire OF the Destructiqn of @ Comanche Vile rae ay least four daya, The | landsmen and boys is not stated, but the act of Jane | por nen, (| school slip, Annapolis, tage olfered by this great monopoly, although an at- tage, 1860. , se esi gi eee lonaee itr Mage : 17, 1868, limits the number of enlisted men to 8,500. | ‘The Acailomic staf 18 composed of the command- {| Repairing a: Mara tsiand. | tempt is mado to prove that the rates in this eoun- Wisntwaroy, Jan, 26, sum, as has bean stated alroady in the HgRaLp, The aggregate strength of the navy is therefore about | 90t of midshipmen and fifty-five asatstants, in adi oF hald neat Weashinaton, try ure lower than in Enrope. By a peculiar method The following despatches have just been received | mounts above $3,000,009,000. aiuitationaanAanen. exchimive: a6/270 voluiner foes be me Lia of the vartovs departments desig- 4 in ordinary st pene ane i peed be een ay Pela a 2. et atthe headquarters of the army from Fort Cobb, Mr, MoCalloch’s reply to the House inquiry of the o a i + a Q ve, n ordinary at Boston. BAL OS iy 5 Officers still in the service. 1,16 commissioned om- | There ave also nine commirsioned officers on duty | Shakamaxey Hon stocks, Philadephia, | igh average price is slated for European telegrams, | 124i Territory, through Lieutenant General Sher- | amount of government money placed in a favored 163 nt officers are on the active dist, | 8t the Academy who are not attached tothe Aca- | Shamokin. In ordinary, Weshington. | Ixy the same niethod a lower, but atitl very high, rate | Mau:— few banks witiout interest drew from that func- cers and 163 warrant of the. ¢ » | demic sta Shawmn pala leew ae 13 given as that of our averaye, This 13 by no means Fort Coss, Dee. 31, 1868, tionary @ thirty page pamphlet of figures, but, as and 209 commissioned and twenty-four warrant ‘The vessels at Anpapolts are the Constitution, San- eit 5 rot’ team: Ariatte nal the statement of the men who present the statistics | Lieutenant (eneral Sarnxan, United States Army:— footed N . the ainount officers are on the retired and reserved list, a3 shown | toe, Macedontan, Dale, Marion, Tonawanda, Meren- Sl Eakan at Mound City. on the other side, and who «to not pretend to deduce My DEAR GENERAL—! notice the papers in stating | usual, not footed up. No one knew by tho following:— ry and be also the yacht America and the ie ue Norfolic Wary Yard. on coneluadons 150m positions. The poorest eae Black mates camp fib decrirs erg AE total until it appeared in the Heeanp. During the i x steamer Wyandank, | Lats wp at Pailadelphin, ovidence that is offered by the supporters of the tele- | Custer say they were peacm ixteen. race leposil CLASEIFICATION OF) ORFIORES. ‘Ther ave 288 midshipmen at the Academy, vize:— 3) Repairing at Portsmouth, | graphic monopoly 18 that derived from the workings | to thelr reservation. In MMs talk with me some five |S omar : i big ee ee “3 & Ps First class, 80; second class, 77; third clas3, 76 ; S[eakt ee at oceig stand. | of the British stock companies, for the whole | or six days before he waskilled Black Kettle stated | were as follows. Thoug! hey hav Pt & FF | ronrmcica, 53° Tis is a docrecs> of 58 compared iP Ee United Kingdom is tired of the private system | that many of his men were then on the war path lished they will bear repeating: — 1867 S 35 | with last year, There were 16 acting third assistant and intends to adopt the ‘plan of a | and eaavampeniie did not want peace with the peo- 1865, b &3 engineers and 4 cadet engineers at Annapolis last at Me postal telegraph under the control of the govern- | Ple above the Arkansas. His people were those & 3 | year, but there are none there vow. Erghteen of the Laid up at New York. ment. In regard to the great auvantages that It ia | Who were engaged in the trouble on the Solomon P FR | Midshipmen are sons of overs, 4 were entisted STebriase votre | claimed the newspapers now derive from having | 8nd thetr reservation was not In this section of the 4 85 | boys. 2? were navat anprent and 21 were ap- Ulta ondieata? New Work. their telegraphic facilities entirely controled by a | Coubtry at ail, Very truly, W. B. HAZEN. memset oe — | pointed by the President ‘at te 16 Ruroy i n. corporatign, Which has no omer: desire than to make General Sherman forwards to the army head- Vice 4 <= THE MARINE ¢ om 7 em, our opinio} sfere! H Rear Adm 10 16 | consists of 2,500 oftcers and 2 Thore are 9% ron. from that of Mr. Orton, It iS stavol ma epert \qiarters the following despetol srom/deneral Enert Commodo' 2% 6 _| onicers on the rolls (30 active ane 7 retired) and 7 va- SERSOR, thas tn 1806 he receipia from newspapers were only napa Captains § 31] cancies m the grade of second lieutenant, The ve $600,000, The New Yong Harazp states tbat in that Faapquanrans nt tam. Preity Deo: $1160, - fe cape 7 Commanders... 89 1 | om ars:— we ry he yeur it paid the company $100,090, exclusive of what | Brevet Major General W. A. Nicuoxs, Asaistait Ad- ‘deposits of the peopte’s money in these Lieutenant Commanders... wt 3 commandant—Brigadier General Jacob Zeiitn. Pectheecantann was charged for special cable reports. Itishardly | jutant General:— (eaten oy few pet national banks, without interest, during the ziacionants % H Quarierraster—Mavor Wiliam (°. Stack. Bont City, probable that fhe RALD bore one-fifth of the ex- | eet tl ton r fo re ort, for the in eeeraeee above mentioned was exactly Adutan! and Inspector—Maior \ S. Nicholsou, aqigdron, ponses all Americin pewaranerdom, In Great | form ol Lieu! eneral, the operation: 227, : Ensigns.. Lie 2 Puymea: sag john C. Cash. olving sh)», Portsmouth, Britain the prices of ASaibaiar elec “aré | Of ti@ column from Fort Bascom under command Directly across the street opposite the Treasury Masters not in the iine of promotion. :..) 5| Cotone!—Matthew R. kintsine, Heceivug shiny Rew York, | 2,02 much Feduced by the overament | of Cotonsl A, W, Evans, the Xt left Fort | Department stands the First National Bank of Wash- "ec penned ede eb 7 1| Lientenant Colonels—Sames H. Jones aud Charles OlOnatocks, Howton, | rates, witch at the same time are expected | Bascom on the iit of Novemb elabalag 1t3 | ingygn, H. D. cena Ge Jay Cooke & Go.). president. surgeons ranking with oapraing.. 16 19 | @. MeCawley. tn ontinaty, Boston, tobe remunerative, judging from many | depot on the main Canadian, at thd mouth of Monu- | ‘The above aentiapad letter from the Secretary of the pureee raal ing with commanders..... 39 3 Majors—Thomas Y, Field, Ceorge R. Graham (bre- Tn ordinary, Now York. years of European experience. Besides all | Ment creek, east from Bascom, 185 miles from this | Treasury shows jovernment deposits in this as ranking with lieutenant com- ‘ vet Nentenant colonel) and'David Ji. Gohan, In oritancy, Now York, this, If the Western Union Tetegraph Company | depot. On the 7th of December Brevet Lieutenant | bank to have been as follows:— “i ane y parent panto terse so 26 2 Two assistant quartermasters (captains), 20 cap- a Routh Atiant te squadron, does not think that a reduction in charges increases | Colonel Evans marched, with a detachment of Com- 1836, 1867. Passod Assistant Surgeous ranking with tains, 90 first Neuteuants and 23 4-cond tisutenants, altaltup, Lene tatand, | $e nUmber of messages, what is to hinder it If con- | panies A, C, D, F, Gand E of cavalry and company ++ 82,800,461 Peas ary mle obese + 35 3 | One colonel, 2 Hentenant cotonels. 2 ma‘ors, 1 cap- 4) Laid up, New Orleans, firmed in its monopoly from ratsing the rates so as | 1 of the Seventh infantry, travelling in the directio 863, e Assistant Sorgoons ranking wittimasters: 33 4 | tain and 1 second lieutenant constitute the retired 2\{m ortinary, Norfolk. to b the country by increasing t e number of | Of Antelone Hills, On reaching a point near Kiow: 513,511 zat poi (dad en stig iB 14 | list. Naval Academy. mess Which resalt, according to the reasoning | creek, forty-one miles east of the t, a trail of 756,745 per ng Bed It bg wrereamee 30 - ‘The oMcers are employed as follows:— Uncen neee: BOMOR of tts president, would certaiuly follow? about fifty lodges of the Cheyenne Indians was 356, ymasters ranking with Hentenant Five at headquarters, 45 at the varions marine bar- Pernt ante seintroy As vo restricting the conveniences now offered to | Struck. which was followed over to the north fork of August. 830.735 cag eon 36 — | racks, 2 at navy yards, 13 0n board vessels, 1 at the Laid up) Mout Clty. the public we will favor no plan which would pro- | the Red river, thence down that stream, the tratl September . 744,274 ——— Forme aera ‘ Naval Academy, 2 on board receiving ships, 10 are tt ee mane sat . duee such @ result. Mr. Hubbard's proposition to | Constantly increasing until it became very large. October 1....... 1,822,140 eaent eecimeenes 38 — | under orders, 3 on sick Ieave and Lunder buspen- | It will be seen from the foregoing lst that of the | conine the operations of the postal telegraph to | The trait was hotly pursued. The Indians aban- | February........2601,002 — y' TS sion, OR. 203 veseo's in the service 68 are laid up, 3 are in or- | towns witha peste of over 6,000 does not meet | 4oued all their surplus property. ‘The trail led into ‘The average deposit during the sixteen monthe Chief Engineers ranki ‘ith 18 bi The casuaittes caring { be year 1868 Were 4 resigna- | dinary, 12 on the Stocks, 2 building, 1 witnished, 1 | with our support. We wish the profits of the large | # cation near the junction of Elm creek and the Salt | above mentioned of the people’s money in this bank, Chiet E pepe eB rs captains.. 6 — | ttons and 3 deathg; ai ed ne talter was that of } receiving machinery, 13 in tise &t Avy yards and | cities used as far as poxsible in extending facilities | fork of Red rivor, when Colonel Evans made a de- | of which Mr. H. D. Cooke (of Jay Cooke & Co.) is lef Engincers ranking with command- a Colonet Wi}tigin Duiany (retired), the seuior oficer | stations, 10 at the Naval Academy, 42 in aquadrons, | to the smaller settlements. We wish to improve and | tour to around the cafion Into which the trail | president, ts $1,477,086, Cnlef Hagines a aecan gees iis " Ped 1 | in the corps, having served over 51 years. 2 returning from squadrons, 6 are receiving ships, 5 | build up the country by this system, not to make | led, and which brought him, at noon on Christmas ‘The amount of peopte’s money Coe ear in the ee ranking with Heutenant : CASUALTIES. . - | repairing, 1 finishing, 3 on specis! service, 1 used for | money out of it, Soo it is hoped and expected y, Into a large village of Comanches of | Corn Exchange Nattonal Bank, of Philadelphia, of Rint oe ant’ ii gineers ranking with @ There were 117 casualties inthe regalar navy last | marines and 1 for naval apprentices. that the department will soon support itself. sixty lodges, just south of this junction of | which United States Senator A. G. Cattell 1s preal- i tant Engineers ranking with year, viz.:—65 resignations, 29 deaths, 8 dis- There gre six ‘The outcry against the postal telegraph because it | Salt fork with Elm creek, which was totally | dent (uniess he has recently resigned), was as fol- bcemar Ceemaias aces sessesccesess 5 | missals, 8 dropped, 1 wholly retire! and 1] ~ : SQTADRONS, fronld besome'a pasty snacniue ss sagt. resort tor | Cocwoyed, The Tadians sieacked Ba.cedrance,,| lowss— cond Aisa ngineers ranking with appointment revoked. Among the officers de- | bearing the Stara and Stripes wherever American | its opponents. 1f this will be the case let us hasten | but were driven from their village with the loss of 1866. 1867. a fen tee a sed vecaae ree ceased were Rear Admirals Henry HH. Bell, | merchantmen have peneirated. to take from the govornment the control of our | everything it contained, the women and children | July.... $120,479 April. $141,976 rd Assistant Engineers ranking with ‘rederick Engle and Williant Morvine. “Commodore The North Attintic Squadron—Rear Admiral | amy, our navy, our Post Office Department and | escaping by being hastily put on the horses of the | October 113,609 July. 362,962 us ens 33 - uliam 1. Selter, the senior oftcer of that grado on | Henry K. Hoff commanding, consists of the Contoo- | most of its other prerogatives, If party rules in | Warriors, in some cases as many as four on a horse. 1887. October. ++ 367,065 et Engineers 2 — | the recred list, died since the compitation of the | cook’ (fazship), Narraganset, Gettysburg, Yantic, | one it can as well rule in the other. The army can | The Village was very rich, containing over five tons | January.......... 115,935 5 9 | register, as also Midshipman L. R. Law, the only | Nipsic and Penobscot. be used to further erengy Purposes as easily as the | Of buffalo meat, 100 bushels of corn, flour, meal, ntil Congress shows some slight di ition to midshipman not on the active list. The Souh Atlantic Squadron—Rear Admiral | telegraph, But when we consider that even those | Coffee, suger. soap, coo! utensils, mats, pariiesh, | reform these abuses jt is well to occasionally Pe u - VOLUNTEER NAVY. Tenry Davis commanding, is composed cf the Quer. | Parties who are most violent in their denunciations | Tobes aud the paraphernalia of arich Indian town. | them before the people. The radical At the commencement of 1355 there were 085 vol- | rlére (faxsiilp), Pawnee, Quinnebaug, Portsmouth, | of this reform on the grounds of possible party con- | ‘the Indians kept up the fighting during the day and | thirty members of Congress at the last election. At 1 | unteer officers in the naval service. There are now } Kansas and Wasp. trol are in favor of the Clyil Fete bill their objec- | the next morning, but there was not much fight in | the rate they now on the democrats will have a : h 170, The following were the casualties during the The European Squadron—Rear Admiral William | tlons become exceedingly vapory. Our Post Omice ts | them. Three enlisted men were wounded, one mor- | fair working majority in the wea dren ieutenant commanders... f° 1 | year:—On leare for honorab!e discharge, 18; hono: Radford commanaing, comprises the Franklin (flag- a 3 every year. There is now more sys- The number of Indians which were killed 1s ‘The old scheme for the establishment of a great NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS AND C GINEERS. ably discharged, 161; resigned, 12: mustered out, 55; | ship), Ticonteroga, Kenosha, Richmond, Swatara, | teri and regularity in it than there is in | Unknown. Colonel Evans took the main trail again | American banking house in London, with a member Naval Constructors ranking with cap- revoked, 5; dismissed, 1; deserted, 1; died, 6. Total, | Frolic and Guard. any private express or telegraphic company, | 0M the 26th, which led weat, but being out of provi- | of the Treasu ing at the head and the contents of CON. ons cbcie se vecsovessescctcgnscsese S 1 | 485. This leases 30 unaccounted for in the ordinary The North Pacific Smiadron—Rear Admiral | Notwithstanding the assertion that govern- | sions, except beef, had to give it up. . our national ‘Treasury for a workin yer d comes. Navai Constructors ranking ‘wih com- Tanner, but tiey were transferred to the reguiar | Thomas T, Craven commanding, Includes the Pensa- | ment cannot perform the public service as cheaply 6 greatest is due Colonel Evans and his | to as this time in the form of & bill introduced by MANAETS...... 000000 reeseercee evens rey 1 | navy. cola (flagstip), Lackawanna, "Osstpee, Mohongo, | as private parties, its rates are ten (mes lower than | Command. It marched twenty-four days in snow | General Banks and referred to the Committee on Naval Constructors ranking with lieuten- MISCELLANEOUS. Reanen, Cyane and Saginaw. (In the list of vessels | any private company could afford; and besides all | 204 intensely cold weather, without tents of any | Foi Affairs ‘to provide for the appointment of a ant commanders....... ani tiseee Receee”, — | _ The sentor naval officer, by length of service, is | the Jamestown is stated to be attached to thus squad- | this itis our own. ‘If it costs more than it produces | kind, and finally struck this heavy and effective blow. | financial agent of the United States in foreign Assistant. Naval Constructors ranking Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, who was commis. | ron.) We, the people of the United States, have all the ad- | Thad known through General Hazen nd} the In- | countries.!” ‘with masters. <a — | Sioned as Henteoant March 9, 1798, and has served The South Pacific Squadron—Rear_ Admiral | Voutage of the diffrence, If there isa profit awe | dans of this marauding village. It was composed ‘When onr foreign creditors show any backward- Civil Engineers. 5 — | 23 years 11 months at sea, 20 years 2 months on shore | Thomas Turner commanding, consists of the Pow- | have the advantage all the same, We owe nothing | Mostly of individuals from the tribe of Comanches | ness in claiming their dues It will be timo enough to WARKANT OFFICERS, or other duty and has been °4 years 9 months unem- | hatan (flagship), Dacotah, Kearsarge, Tuscarora and | to private individuals for the telegraphic advantages | located here, who had reported them to me after my | send a “financial agent’? to wait upon them. This Boatswains..... 51 6 | pioyed. Total service, 70 years 19 montns. Nyack. we enjoy, either by iand tines or oceancables, When | Strival. bill, it will be at once seen, isa Lvrees | ring job, out Gunners... 50 5 Commonore T, Aloysius Dornin has the longest Tae Astatic Sqvadron—Rear Admirat Stophen C. | it comes to a question of benef. bestowed, the tele- Tecan assure the General that he need not expect | and out. It will, if passed, enable that o La 2 7 | naval sea service, having been at sea 26 years 10 | Rowan commanding, is composed of the Piseataqua | graphic companies owe all they have and all they are | ® continuance of murders and robberies from the In- | to start their 1 contemplated banking house in 6 | months; Commodore W. C. Nicholson and ‘Admiral | (lagsbtp), Shenandoah, Oneida, Monocacy, Iroquois, | srasping for to the support of the American people. | “lans mmy department, hereafter, if onejcan judge | London, the capital to be furnishea by our govern- —— | Stribling come next, the former having been at sea | Ashuelot, Aroostook. Unadilla, Manmec and Idaho. | They have given us noting for which we did not | from the demorailzation which this winter's cam- | ment being bound to keep a large balance od 233 | 26 years 8 montis, and the latter 26 years 2 mouths, NAVY YARDS AND SHORE STATIONS. pay them handsomely. Did thetr pospectuses declare paige has ao among them. The weather has | be disbursed. ; 1,508 The longest sore duty fell ‘o Ad niral Shubrick, Portsmonth, N. UW. that thetrs was an enterprise started for the benefit nm very_bad—snow, rain and intense cold. Thave contended that it was wholly unnecessal 7 | who bas had 87 years 5 months on shore, while | Commenaant of Navy Yard—Rear Admiral Jo- | of the public? That such assertions of disinterested 2, H. SHERIDAN, Major General U.S. A. | to keep a deposit in any foreign country, and that ‘Total warrant ofiice 187 | Commodore Stenhen Champlin has been the longest | seph Lanman. benevolence might ~ possibly. raevered in, iy would be far better to withdraw what we have than —— | time unemployed—viz., 44 years 2 months out of 56 Breoutive oNcer—Captain John Guest. degenerate into cant, 18, we think, putting it T Ww TI to provide for further and larger ones. ‘The account A Red ctinnsuscit csseseesT,f2 | years 7 months? servies. Ordnance Duty—Commanier Win. G. Toraple. very mildly. Bat wo desire injustice tong one. = We HE WEST INDIES. of the United States has been kept for years On January 1, 1365, there were on rolis of the ‘There are 04 foreign born ofMicera in the navy, of Navigation Duty—Commander F. Y. MeCanley. #re not in favor of taking, withont proper compen- ~ with Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co., and our Min- navy 1,210 commissioued officers, 19 naval coustruc- tors and civil engineers and 174 warrant officers on the active list and 210 commissioned officers, one whom 24 were born In Englair Scotiand, 7 In Germany, 4 In Scotia, 3 in Greece, 2m Prussia, 2 in the West Indies 1d, 25 in Ireland, 9 in Ganada, & in Nova Receiving Ship Vandalia—Commanier W. W. te sation, the property of the Western Unton ‘Tele- Ww. Commanding sey ge es re James Lewis. graph Company, although we could combat with all our power the efforts of the corporation to make Affairs in St. Domingo—The War in Hastl— New Governor of Barbades—Coolle Ques isters, Consuls, &c, have no trouble in having their drafts cashed on the most favorable terms, The public money is safe with the Barings, and if their naval constructor and 23 warrant oMcers on the | end 1 each in South America, Norway, Wales, ston. their sacritices and price as great as possible. While tion ia Demararn. - terms are not satisfactory and it 1s really necessary to retired and reserved Jist—imaking a totul of 1,634 | Saxony, Sandwich Islands, Austria, Fast’ Indies, Commandant af Navy Yard—Commodore John’ | we cannot afford to subsidize private projects, we do ss aT. DOMINGO. have a foreign account thore are plenty of first class The gain during the pas r is therefore 78, Mogxico, Isle of Man, France, Spain, Hungary and | Rodgers. not fear to establish a system which. while immedt. We have dates from Puerto Plata to January 5 bankers abroad who will be glad to have the account vessels are divided igto ten classes, as fol- linn. Of the commissioned officers on the active lst 155 Executive Oftcer—Captain F. A. Parker. . ately beneficial to the whole country, shall ultimately Ordnance Duty—Captain D, MeN, Fairfax. increase its resources and at the same. time our abil- Judge O'Sullivan, the agent for the New York line of of the United States on fair terms. The house of Beste Brothers is under American direction, Mr. Russell Stu oor Total Total ton- | are waiting orders, 9 are on leave of absence, 5 sick, Navigation Dut ‘commander W. K, Mayo. ity to do ample justice to all parties concerned. , of Boston, being the chief of it. I mM gue. nage (old), | 4on sick leave, 2 under suspension and 1 on fur- Eyutpment Duty—Captain J. C. Williamson. It is useless for that rile of the press which premiglnansd apeiron Bory jc anh pewbtgerant cannot, Mie oar any Teason for removing 5 aT 13,461 | lough, Tospital—Surgeon E. Gilonrist. Joins in the outery against this project to deciare | Pelayo, o1 way ie | the government funds to the care and custody of a 4 bt 10,768 | Of the retived oMcers 55 are on duty, S'sick, 4on | Rend-avovs—Captain C. H. B. Caldwell. that Congress might as well take into its hands the | object of his visit ia also counected with matters of | Treasury ring favorite, but, on the contrary, see M itz 23,080 | leave of absence, % on sick leave, 1 unfit for duty | Recening Ship Ohto—Captain Andrew Bryson. express business, the raising of _Potstocs, or any- | the greatest interest to this island, the character of | Mady ay reasons for either ebolishing the agency % oa 125,201 | and th waiting orders. a eee Ting Marines—Lioutenant Colonel O. G. bn i. “Agel : pitt as oa gre which has not yet transpired. arm meotamoas quind above st ihe amount of gov- i Sie UNITED Star . icCawley, , » 101 10 wor! oul = MB tate OF VARNES DY Sh SMeD STATED HAV, Pi Nes Pork. by the people for the good of the people. If tne | Mr. Harmond, agent of the London bankers who | ernment funds in the First Navonal Bank in this 6a 129 Rater (010 torrndie) eatadeisred July 1, 180%, _fommantant of Nay Yard—Rear Admiral 8. W. | Public money is spent at ail, @ plan by which the | offered to make loan to this goverament, has ar- | flv, Hauguestive, fh Oil bropebtlty, if this forelgm 8 78 First Ra'ee—Veesols of 2,499 tons and uf Godon. Une foal Othere TE the mera ould take preler~ | riveq at the capital, and we understand that the ob- | an agent is appointed by Mr. McCulloch, there will 1 3 ‘Second ui los—Vessels of 1,200 to 2,490 tons. Ereeutire Oftcer—Captain 8. D, Trenchard. fine, carry. on the pe Goutaten in aorion came hich had prevented the th be some friend at headquarters who will see that the 1 Pa ne RotesVesstia of 600 t Ordnance Duty—Captain J. J. Almy. bene carry on the express business in such» man- | stacles w! pret COMSUIMATION OF | Te ate Ere Rent Go ae uatiainonartt ‘48 are those of a Naval Laboratory—Surzeon B. F. Bache. nor that the whole country shail bebenefited thereby, | sata negotiation have been removed. Therefore, the | {Pins National bank of Washingto sei . 1 rai Navat Hospital—Surgen J. C. Palmer. and no man. in the nation (save those who simply | covernment will now soon be in recetpt of the first | "in rogard to the amount now kept on deposit im Comy th register the above tabular Receiving Ship Vermont—Commander L. A. Kim- | make money out of the people's wants) shail be tn- | Fulotinent of sald loan, London or other foreign countries, the people have Classification shows a decrease of 29 vessels, 258 vorly. * Jared, then, aa it is the duty of the ovornment to do } “'nnore nas been a great Geal of metal exported of | been unaule to learn, though the following resolu. guns and 22,614 tons. | This decrease 1s partly ac- |__| ; Nuvigation Qgfce—Captain J. W. A. Nicholson. — | Ue Tc Ghimdeh Ishowld take cheese ot thy | late, and business continues éxcoadingly brisk. tion was offered on the 26th of May Iaat:— for the sale of 26 vessels, carrying 165 | Agamenticus. 4 Naval Rendezeous—Captain Y. Shufeldt. 6 elf, r : ‘ guns, and having a total measurement of 21,106 tons, | 2% i) Commanding Marines—-Brevet Lieuteuant Colonel | exPress business, ‘The same reasons, exactly, apply aa ee Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be dirented to aind the loss of 3 Vesseis carrying 29 guns, anda ton: | Alsyma a Po Rec'emuch’ry 8t Fortemth | J, 1. Brooule. poe peony ee, Apri t soompi vy ner ag Soper ned ‘ maytr. by the Treasury or State Deparsapsat wih beakers os4 oro nage of 2,804 tons, ‘The armament of 14 vessels was | Aig074) Minidethete oe Phitanetpnia, Jaent shall take into its Naads the thicresieok con. | , We have received intelligence from Jacmel to the | kers, giving the name of each, In London or eisewhors outside increased by 28 guns, aud that of 5 vessels decreased rie 8] Naval Academy. Commandant of Novy Yard—Commatore J. B. the boundary of tie United States; stating also the amount of I , ms ad of January. by 21 guns. The armament of the Virginia (an 80 | 4c, {hat ! up at Most. Marchand. tain branches of private todustry by direct provec- such its on the lat day of January and July of each year vn slip on the stocks at Boston) is lett out in phe | Aauean 125} Gn azoeh Executive OMcer—Captain Alexander Murray. ‘ion. Fg anny hy espe tial ee ee tice 180; the rate of Intereat pald thereon, 1C Any, and whal present register, This makes up tie decrease of 255 Asi Ordnance Duty—Commocore J. R. Goldsborough, lutionary forecs on the 12th December. rate of commission 1s charged for keeping he acconnts ai | aged The vessels lost were the Fredonia, destroyed yy earthquake at Arica, August 18, 1563; U Suwanee, wrecked in Shadwell passage July 9, 1563 and the Wateree, cast ashore by earthyuake at Arica, ana sabsequentiy sold. REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. no Sate em tae: a= rt Navigation Ban- and By iomen'—Commander crott Gherardi. The Postal Telegraph Hicarlug—Argument of Mr. Hubbard, {Washington (Jan. 25) correspoudence of the Boston Advertisor.] Mr. Hubbard, of Bosion, bevan his argument this Rendezvous—Captain Wm. Ronckendortt. Hospite!—Surgeon Samuel Jackson. Receiving Ship Potonac—Captain John De Camp. Commanding Marines—Colonel M. R. Kintzing. it was reported that Salnave had made or was with the United States lichel to the United States. It was the theme of general remark that any means at command, and with been enabled to eq about to make a treat; the cession of Mole St. without for Salnave, ‘out credit, with American citizens Eas drafts of the Un’ wo against such do- what disposition has been made of sald interest. Mr. Secretary McCulloch has not deigned to an- awer the above, from which Iam led to infer that the interests of the Treasury ring will not permit the facts sought for to be made public. Secretary.—Gideon Welles, League Istana, morning in behalf of the postal telegraph eystem | 180 Vesololwar States, See eee i Commandant—Commedore 0. 8. Glisson. ubmived 9 couares Dy the Postmaster General, | Hoieved that some good guarantees had been given | FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. » Bee be re i he part t. Bureau af Yards and Dorks—doveph smith. 18 Commandant af Navy Yard—Rear Advairal Watal was” Sante ten tee ea ie eater tion nit le anid tune the rovoreiion. ietcae oF bodeeent ant oo { Charice H. Poor. merchants, brokers and speculators—only one-tenth | af¥ Party are endeavoring to move the representa- | The snternationat, of Paris, mentions that the Bureau of Equip) nl Recruliing—Melancton Precuttve Oficer—Captain T. H. Patterson. tives of land and France to take action in the Smith, : Ordnance Duty—Commander K, R. Breese. of the m relating to social affairs, while about Son to the integrity of the Haytien | Britmh Ambassador at St, Petersburg has addressed Bureau of Navigation—Thornton A. Jenkins. H Navigation and Equipment—Captain H. K. Dav- oe ea Om my busi soe! matters, aircemeeen . energetic representations to the Russian Cabinet re- 5 ee tH Tup at Philaselphin. ine Oficer—Captain C. D. Hebb. ‘without expense to the government. f It succeeded Eh warped [ap hap bane ly sti - | specting the steps taken against the confines of In- Bureau of Steam Engineering—Benjamin F. sher- Hlgekonlup, Anwepuiis” | | Narat Mospital-—surgeon C. 1), Maxwell Fee Sor eny Siete iSegneahe Tt Be aniloa the ones, | Sack ‘pon port aul Prince at an early dates sainave, | “a Ibis the purpose of the British government to, Atlan. aquad, boon failed - i Wierens of Provisions and Ciothing—Horatio tH abt at Panama. oro Ven any would tono ite capital, while the publie would oes Green te cae Sass or oe Sak RNSs wae ateher reel msentegs. te tes te Bridge. 7|Souih Pacific squadron. Commandant of Navy Yard—Commodore A. si. | have the benetit of the experiment without cost to get ai into’ ee at Port Reet, | SPCC Bureau of Medicine and Surgery—Phineas J. Kuity. $ > them. The average rates were to be reduced from ys tO ace tene ce. | Iti reported that the Emperor Napoleon intends Howita. An Executive OMmcer—Captain J. P. Sanford. elgntp af my Re og Ng ad org Sige Ried a es ee ee x At | appointing the Presifent of the Protestant Consistory actr List. Nural Hosp:tal—Sargeon Josep Wilson. rand ators Weasive the names of the fen senior officers tn Recotring whip New faupehere—commander W. ee Th eer "icant Bis eae vetle hin Siar On ret sth cad ite sank bet had peony 9 ee sad a | eacl le ve the rank Of lieutegaut command. 1 E. Fitzhugh. also ~ . °F Gméral—David @. Farragut Commanding Martnea--Najor T. Y. Field. trap the Post Ones iiout the andre | "Advices trom Aqalmto the Sach of December have | Prince Louis) von Battenberg, son of Alexander, I—| sl be fonan ‘ity, i. %: a Tecef hadi jesse, ssed ‘Admiral—David D. Vorter. Commandant of Navy Satton—Commodore Henry | Of SRY corresponding e% pense to the Pont onice De penne oF eepeaacion, ta pomasgeeaee oF" Ss hepert SO er ke Leena lteter Haga Rear Admirai3—L. M. Golisvorough, Charles H. 2\Lald up at Pensacoin. valke. ee ree aaa expense Incurred would | ing been wenerally citoal: that Salnave was | V4! College of Portsmouth, and aie Davia, John A. Daligren, Syivanus W. Godon, Wil- 2 vincae eeeeat, S10. | recutive Offcer—Commander James P. Foster. — | P1''¥ + this would be inapprectabie, as | Marching on the town. Ariadne, of the British navy, age cadet. iam ford, Stephen ©. howan, Thomas T. Cra- 8 2i|In orcinary at New fork. Pensacola, Fla, #0 mi More letters are sent. The ordi- ‘Much dis: ress prevailed throughont. the repobitc, ‘The excavations in progress at the Emporium on ~— Joseph man, Thomas Turner, Caries H. 3 | ek op at League Island. aa of Navy Yard—Commodore T. P. nw oy expenses ‘of messages and letiers | and a ree telling bay thia state of (oH po eng ean te i in fresk disoow vs i+¥ inary sreene. woal end, as every day fresh efforts were jes rare ait taarbles. ‘ fi Commodores—James F. Schenck, John Rodi y 7\Storeah » Asiatic squad. Executive Offcor—Commender B, N. Westcott. a Be eo yee’ woe be conte Cage made to prolong the Invarrection and thereby itr A beautiful tof the twelfth century has just John A. Winslow, Samuel P. Loe, James P. McKins: hy Bice ae amonith Naval Hospital Surgeon sonn Rudenstein, folucing the rates the number of Inesungee “wiil he | crease the ialsery on all sides, a Ss Oran, iangaty, uear ian able. try, Oliver 8. Gliston, Melancton’ Smith, Charles 8. Sisorew.. | SiAmintte Franciteo | Navigation put)—Comimander Geo. A. Sevens. Penne get ge teagan he ap cae agg BARBADOS. Gra. Right granite columns Sapeort the root and , Henry Waike, Thornton A. Jenkins, f «| 8]Storesitip|14| North Pact airon. Commanding Marines—Captain Frank Munroe. ane hago Oe Governor Rawson wonld not assume the adminis. h pee dus—Gustaves H. Scott, David McDo T|nerew.. lesion stocks, ‘New Orieans, 1A. small business is new transacted on a lai capital each has a diferent capital, Tue. monument is to ho J. Aimy, James 1, Strong, James M. Pratey, °| Alferew.::1°0 to ase at Roctote yar Ironclad Duty—Caplatn F. &, Haggert With 8 Mee rode, It i proposed to doje Lirne Orel: | frst, This iecky indiviaaal, trope Ootonian Secretary | Pecmoronatly Festored. i, ©, Parrott vintans Reynolds, Fablus Stanly, 9| Screw... .| 6) Repairing at Philad rron-cla ey , i ye neas at a less percentage of proat, Which will net as | frst. This lucky individ Colonial Secretary Ettonne Salle, who lately fied at the age of seventy- i. Macomb, William &. Le hoy 0 1\fron-eind] 4) Gn stocks, New Yo tom tant of ‘Navy Yard—Commorore James | xe a return on the capital required. This can be | & few years ago, at they; y Of £1,500, Wa | ono, was for a long time proprietor of one of tha bp re lg ag fy aig. ${south Atlantic equa to Cominanaan uy done on the wires now in operation, as at the pre- | made Governor of the @ nalary of £3,000 | tow’ undemotished curiosities of Paris, the famous or oepencers-aaren Kis aes oes ve 2 13 7)South Pactfe vquadron, a Sans nite —Daptain Reed Wert sent high rates they are not util According to | per annum, and recent, infamous tapis franc, in the Rue des Fors, called Eee eee atta, Goonpe i. Henna, Willa F i EA fn ats ati ‘in Granance ant Nevigation-Oomnander 8, Re S matement of che Wwesvern union, Company | you, Strange 60 pagr’ kis. auocemen, Mr: Walker, Paul Niqaot, a résort of the moat ahandonct classes ' le Nicholson, William &. Hopxt bi | Laid up at New Oricans. Franklin. . ; rmer ‘overnor it § | and of 6 . Whose taste for dens of this Ku i, Somerville cho! Lia ins, a 3) bald up at Monod Gly. Tyareat Hospital Aasetent Surgeon J. ¥. Gillespte. | York, © ual to one wire proming 1,270 | po Governs Harbados, only recetve | ft boon” tosteroa Dy Bugene Sue's desoripuon W. Ruschenberger, Wm. Btax- ; ¥hald neat League, Klan. | Somrtyment_—Commander J. Re hussell. sare itty loots, by commercial messages 140 hove, |. Fears wero chiterhined of the sugar crop failing, | sitilar resorts, well in M. Folts, Kaward Gilchrist, ii Receiving Ship Independence—Commander Paul | {6f08 {iy Tou, oy en ee tore ate ‘pala tor ion | andthe pres wee crliing on the government 1) | ‘The Post OMice in the Rue JeanJacques-Rousseau ES ee Sere York tea at Best ag . hours’ work a day, and are occupied Oye hours, | make some early provision for the employment of | ordinarily recelves about 29,000 letters each evening ‘ D. Mules, doeePaaeard f Bacn, fous B. Ritten- af ‘aval Aenteme. Tmmancing Marines —Lieavenass Colonel 3. °B. | ng on ion ls, ‘can busthess pe obtained tor | the laboring pe gahatton, in view of tho Impending | from five to six o'clock; but on the vve of New TL Setokell, Georme ¥. Cutler, James {| b)Serew those 1, hours? It js evident that the Belgian | ‘distress, voularly recommending the erection of | Year's Day not less than 200,000 passed thi hon me Jobn 0. " pradiora ¥ 1. ‘Harris, Washington. rates of ten cents @ message would give business | Public build, ip offices between those rs. he administration H. Watmough, ; in A RE 8 4 Orion THE REPORTED CONFESSION OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER. en . There rates at present cannot be expected ay. DEMARATIA. Aistribuced 1,000,000 of visiting cards this season; Edward C, Doran, Joscp! coe sre WW. Wood, . H sa — and are not demanded, but there ts a rate at which ‘The in/6nigence from etown is dated Decem- | and notwithstanding the assertion that the fashion Cd reroca, Oconee, Newel), William Hi, : { Fa or fina a New York He Devtes that He Ever Made One. thet business can be obtained, aud the proporea re: Crone te plo os general, Ltd was that Sigee oul, thero is an increase for the prmeek, 4 . OC h e Wd rR at Mound City, my the juctions will, safictent that “al joe rest ‘. r, yelior’ Hloriage Lawton hovert Danby, Bonjamn F. $ Astatle antares. We have received the following eard from he con- lahat tenes wn the bili for further re- | I qin immigrants, Wich from the, previous propor’ | the Italian journals state that the mills have Wain Feit ee ias i Brow art. ae eae: toue, | demned murderer lew Davia, in whieh it will be | atetton. 03 ot eer i cent, . ‘The object of this | Closed im Many directions rather than submit ta. the . in—Joseph Stockbridge. 3 ordinary at New York, | seen that he denies that he ever made a confession, | At this point the hearing was adjourned antil » had been ra 3 th rist tax. At Clavesana, in Piedmont, tpan this, Er Sn a no, cot ; siadscear” wrt, | Sad rrson Nisan itnseeeesson ne” | Wetueiafe ey ne «| erent opartoef oman ware eo | ior recnng rn are peanuin aboard RETIRED AND RESRRVED L127. ; ee Bier eaucn, _ Bigtons or igeats Me yout ane 0 tha Bi inte THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH STATEMENTS. cccemenne ay, amg RT ror, and gn his answering that the law proventad ‘ . nt pul ‘made ——— : FS gn gh bg Lg } Gained ‘Vortman, | Zome ih the {ull T'pronouuce WM talse entirely, an | TO THE Epiton ov tim Henaun:— =< MUrdets Were Irae On Oe ene veported thie 80 the Abbiategtagso and Magenta, In Lombardy, Bot Hrocse, Hitam Paulding, ‘Thomas son © | fics an furthermnre state that T never did shook David B Bkiss | J Motioe from the tenor of the articl*, minis morn- Sa ‘buckingham. had been yp! bo Un PRGA, alten oe we Heute Chatioa He Bell, Charles Wilkes, ‘Theodorus '\ orth Paciue sqund=, fs Ulogs men to whom yon vlatm 1 made the ing’ Hanatn (Saturday) on the Tegan that you | called to consid age Or fity-tor on the Sth of January, Golonyed ae Paley, James L. Lardner, Heary Ke er, Henry Pe called on the wisnese stand to tat mse, Ine ges ogy bong the sta! ement of the average Tue Cours of Fo alt mereattie Marae.ttes fam, wht Holt, o Lap Tales received ‘sémn Union Company on Ht eaecepeye Gan a , 0 1y had no conversation with ngr"ninatores—Chartes % MeCawiey, Jon #0 Tp Pom man me the justice to, race tog correction. — ——_ Ws cOrr<g,”‘Tho article in the New | the tome Ys gone, Sect ale y aa eh. Jnwesson, John He Graham, Weltaan. tt Henney pers COW «4 from their pamphlet of 120 jotte, 8 i jarshad in, Joba J. Young, Frank Bllery. 4 petition 19 in ctroulation for the commutation Of | pages, entitle”, Caeatement of the Western Union | th Suchet, Duke d? Albares®, “Baron Vary evinced con. ine—Richard W, Meade, Alexander Gibson, the punishment of Davis, signed by a large namber | qoiegraph ” ve bie 9 talent in several pictures which Ne peas Seep, caares W. Pickering eM, Whi, of respectable citizens. Wnen he regains his iberty SPM company,” ways their average rates for | moss be ayppended. ted at the Louvre tm 1941 and 1842. J uocliet, Ronee Perry, George M. 5 ho might sue the Cleveland editors for defamation of Pag SMges The whole suyter of moe | ASAD ince Napoleon, who has been #o seriously sick aa : anders--tienry Rotate 0. Bryant, Skin character. on the plan of the recent verdiot of a Jury | ‘git doy. "'t' ran grentiy “entpriged. ot. this’ Low 9 Sane GROW SEND One Of danger; Datiner z , Bayse N. Westoott, Andrew J. Drake, goin in a Uvel guit against a Chicago paper. -{a and joro exami atnvomont ron | ner mutiant fevers hay at a ect chago ein, the ner, ninata Mitenel Aten ah Emi ce rere oto girs ‘an F Socaeek. en Fronot i ; Spot ‘ rn ; hea » Srgeons—Charies Chase, Davia & Edwards, BP. A fomale recently paraded the a Wont ‘of 0,097,708: but Of tay | 20 wos tho sickness of ilat4, James M, Greene, Geor w. ‘ern town exhi above @ pair of ‘enka, @ 3 ; balance, 84.190; ‘ot ee to bony tg a the armen’ "eee, heen S| Pa Sm a By miler adhd, 900,90 leaving acts, paying, | have been ty new tle. ts stere—Joseph Wilson, John x. Nenbietod, a Taecwacroateds? _~ ; "fan pau Toapived fot the9e eR9%sin—gone,res— | haodeome i at | ee