The New York Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1873, Page 5

-NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, “1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, NAVAL. Synopsis of the Register for July, 1873, Corrected to August 1 OHANGES SINCE JANUARY. Officers Employed on Special Service. What Our 1,629 Active Officers Are Doing. Admirals, Commodores and Captains and Marines. WASHINGTON, August 16, 1873, The Navy Department hes just issued the “Navy Register of the United States to July 1, 1873,” which I have corrected to August 1, and from which I extract the following items ot special in- terest to your naval readers—many of whom do not see a Register until it is nearly as stale as a last year’s directory—and of general interest to your readers at large, very few of whom ever see a Navy Register, stale or otherwise, The number of officers on the books ef the De- partment is 1,629, being an increase of three since January l. There are 14 admirals, 25 com- modores, 50 captains, 90 commanders, 141 lieu- tenant commanders, 225 licutenants, 99 masters, 27 ensigns, 129 midshipmen, 150 medical oficera, 134 officers of the pay department, 224 engineers, 85 chaplains, professors, &c., 24 naval constructors and civil engineers, 197 warrant officers, and 64 mates, These comprise the regular active list, In addition there are 19 volunteer: officers, who are now classed as ‘Officers on temporary service,’’ viz., 1 acting master, 1 acting ensign, 2 acting passed assistant surgeons, and 15 acting assistant @urgeons, Inaking the total number of oflicers available for duty in time of peace 1,643. The fol- jowing NOTEWORTHY CHANGES ave occurred since the publication of the January register :—Captain William N. Jeffers has succeeded Rear Admiral A. L, Case as chief of the Bureau of Ordmance. Surgeon General James O. Palmer has been retired from active service, and Medical Director Joseph Beale appointed in his stead, ‘Ihe head of the Bureau of Provisions ‘and Clothing has also been changed, Paymaster General Edward T. Dunn having been placed on the retired list, and Pay Director John 0, Bradford appointed pay- master general. The Bureau of Steam Engineer- ing is now presided over by Chief. Engineer Wil- Mam W. W. Wood, vice Onief Engineer J. W. King, relieved after a four years’ tour of duty in the Navy Department. He has now gone on a foreign tour, Among the admirals the changes are:—Rear ad- miral Samuel P. Lee, retired; Rear Admiral Charles HL Davis, relieved from the command of. the Nor- folk Navy Yard, and detailed a member of the Light House Board; Rear Admiral John Rodgers from President of the Board of Examiners at Washing- ton to the command of the Mare Island Yard, and Rear Admiral Augustus L, Case, detailed to the command of the European station, Pe ik 2 Pay PER gts 8 ~y THE LIST OF COMMODORES has been changed by the promotion of Gustavus Hi. Scott to the rank of rear admiral, and of Captains Zohn M. B. Clitz and Andrew Bryson to tnat of commodore, the latter subject to examivation. These oid “:ea dogs,” the commodores, do not get many opportunities of sporting their broad pen- Rants, as, with the exception of James H. Strong, who is under orders to command the South Atlantic station, and E. G, Parrott, J. R. M, Mul- lany, R. Worden, NM. B, Woolsey, J. C. Howeil and ‘Thomas H. Stevens, who are in command at navy yards, their duties are such as to give them no chance to hoist a fag. The senior Captain, D. McoN. Fairfax, having some time ago declined to appear before the Examining Board, is ineligible for pro- motion, which leaves Captain James H. Spotts for the next vacant commodoreship, It is presumed Captain Fairfax will continue to be borne on the register as senior captain, until by reason of age or length of service he can be retired, A case similar in its resuits occured in the army in 1847, The Senior Paymaster, Thomas J. Leslie, declined promotion to the deputy paymaster generalship, and remained stationary on the list of Paymasters until retired in 1969, Commanders Stephen B, Luce and John Lee Davis have been advanced to captains, leaving Alexander A. Semmis the senior commandér. William T. Truxton and Jonathan Young, the next on the list, have both been recommended for promotion by the Examin- ing Board, Lieutenant Commanders Theodore F. | Kane and ©. M. Schoonmaxer have been promoted eommanders, the former ‘jumping’ Alfred Hop- kins, furloughed since January 19, 1872, and Henry B, Seeley, under suspension since May, 1873, and the latter “jumping” B. P. Smith, on sick leave since December, 1872, as we!l as Hopkins and Seely. George A. Stevens, who was at the foot of the list ofleutenant commanders, has been restored to his proper place, which carries him to the list of com- manders, filling the vacancy caused by the death of James W. Shirk. The-suspension of Lieutenant Commander Seely has been removed and he is now the first of his grade for promotion, There are at present 141 officers of this rank, against 146 on January 1. The loss of five is accounted for by the three promotions mentioned above, the death of W. Abbott and the resignation of William W. Hen- @rickson. THE NUMBER OF LIEUTENANTS has been increased from 218 to 225. Ten masters have been advanced one step; and one Benjamin & Richards has been restored by act of Congress to his original position, which makes him number 1300n the list of lieutenants. Four lieutenants have leit the service, viz:—Henry C. Wisner, M. B. Field, Henry Whelan and Lewis D. Webster. THE NUMBER OF MASTERS remains the same—100. Eleven have been pro- moted and four gone out, and their places have been filled by twelve ensigns and one midshipman promoted, and one officer (Frederick B. Upton) ‘who resigned in 1870, restored by special act of Congress with the grade in his rank that he held when he left the service. TOE ENSIGNS number twenty-seven—a loss of eight in six months, Twelve were promoted as above and one left the service, while only flve mids::ipmen were advanced to the grade of ensign, Clayton S. Richman, who was Inidanipmas No, 2in the January register,’ is now ¢: jo, 1. Te THE MIDSHIPMEN ave increased from 113 to 1209, having gained 98 from the Naval Acudemy and Jost 6 by promouon aud 6 by resignation, &c. In the staff corps the changes are as follow! Medical —Surgeon General Palmer and Medicai Director Ninian Piukney, retired; Surgeon James MeMasters, a Assistant Surgeons Wil- Fort and Howard Rundiett, dead, ti —Five, Promotions.—Phiilp Lansdale, P. J. Horwitz, R. ©. Dean, Philip S, Waies, John B. Ackley, J. Kulus Tryon, J. Albert Hawke, Henry Stewart, Abel F. Price and Witliam A. Corwin, each one grade. Appointments.—Edward k. W. Corson, bara 2. Derr, Franklin B. Stephenson, William ¥, Waavh, dohn C. Boyd and Daniel N, Bertolette, to be assist ant surgeons, with relative rank of ensign. THE PAY DEPARTMENT. The only changes in the pay corps were the re- tirement of Edward S. Duon aad the consequent appointment of John V. Bradford to be paymaster eheral, and the promotien of wert Hy Slarx, Eaward Foster and Francis T. Jett ‘each one grade, The death of master J. H. Bulkley did not create vacancy, but only reduced tne number of pay- Masters to 60, the legal standard, the restora- tion of George Plunkett, who resigned in 1868, and ‘was appointed paymaster last year under 4 special act of Congress, having tacreased it to 51. THB ENGINEER CORPS. The late ehlei of this corps and two other chief engineers are on special duty in Kurope. Chiet Engineer William B, brooks has been advaiced to the relative rauk of commander, vice Tuomas A. Shock, deceased. First Assistant Engineers James P. Bprague and Robert Potts have been promoted chief engineers, and eight Second Assistants have been made first assistant engineers. in accord- ance with a special act of Congress Absalom Kirby Aas been transferred irom the retired to the active Gi ped, and the next, J. we also Gve other strength of the from 226 to ing the accession of five cadet engineers, CHAPLAINS, PROFESEORS, BTC. Cha) John Blake and George W. Dorrance are now on the retired list, and Chaplain W. R. Cobb bas resigned, These casualties resulted in the motion of W. H. Stewart to the relative rank of captain, John D. Bewgleas and Wesicy 0. Holway to the relative rank of commander, George A. Crawford, Ed. K. Rawson and John B. Van to Leutenant commander; and to the appointment of Henry Howard Clark and Elijah W. Hing chaplains, Four Projessora of the relative rank of lieutenant, have been added to the service, viz. :—B. F, Greene, W. W. Heudrick- son, Edward S. Holden and John M. Rice, Pro- fessor Hendrickson resigned hig commission as lieutenant commander to accept a profeasorsht and Professor Holden, @ West Point uate O! 1870, le(t the engineer corps of the army, in which he was second lieutenant, for the same purpose. NAVAL CONTRACTORS, EC, The only change in this branch of the service is the appointment of George I, Mallett to be assist- ant navaP constructor, with the relative rank of lieutenant, WARRANT? OFFICERS, Boatswain John K. Bartlett, resigned; James Heron, appomted acting boatswain; Gunner Charles Moran, deceased; Jacob W, Eorert, Te- sigued; Phiup 'S. Craig, William W. Richardson, Thomas P, Smith ana William A, Barry, appointed aeting carpenters; Sailmaker ores ‘thomas, re- tired; Thomas L. Gay and Henry ©, Shanley, re- signed; Garrett Van Mater, appointed acting sail- maker, These changes leave the total number of warrant ofiicers unaltered, MATES, The number ofmates has been reduced by death, resignation, &c., {rom 76 to 65, CADET MIDSHIPMEN AND ENGINEERS, In January last there were 217 cadet midshipmen @t the Naval Academy. ‘There are only 185 now, the decrease of 32 being thus accounted for :—Graduatea, 29; ret ed, failed on examina- tion, &¢., 45—total, 74, New cadets adinitted, 42; loss, 82, Of the fourth ¢lags of 107 members 11 were turned back and still remain in that class, and i4 have disappeared plod ae from the rolls. ‘There were 81 cadet engineers in January. At resent there are only 19 The first class of were graduated and have been placed on wait- ing orders, Of the second class of 26 members 15 how from the first class, 4 were turned back and 7 resigned. THE RETIRED LIST. The 254 officers on this lyst are now, both de Sacto and de jure, retired from active service. Dur- ing the last six months the list was duninished by 6, there being only 10 additions against 15 deaths and one transter to the active list. Amon: the deceased officers were Rear Admiral Joun B. Montgomery, who had served 60 vears; Com- modore John _ Aulick, 638 years’ service; Commodore Wititam —M, Glendy, 55 years} Commodore William Smitn, 60 years; Commo- dores James P. McKinstry aud John P. Gillis, each 47 years; Commodore William K. Latimer, 63 years; Commodore James M. Watson, 50 years, aud Captain James T, Armstrong, 40 years. Howard F, Moifatt, mate, and uis R. Chester, formeriy actlng ensign, have been added to the list, in’ accordance with spectal legislation, both With the rank and retired pay of master. OFFICERS ON SPECIAL SERVICE, All retired officers having been relieved from duty in accordanee with the act of March 3, 1873, the list of officers employed on spectal service has been materially changed, as will be seen by the fol- lowing corrected list:—Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis and Captain John Lee Davis, members, and Commander John G. Walker, Secretary. Commodores, William E, Le Roy, Thomas H. Pat- terson and Edward 'f, Nichols; Second Assistant Engineer, Joseph H. Thomas;’ Medical Director, ine Grier, and Medical Inspector, John Y, ‘Taylor. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. Rear Admiral, B. F. Sands; Superintendent Commander, Andrew W. Johnson; Lieutenant Commander, Silas W, ee Lieutenants, Isaac W. Hazlett and Frederick W. Greenleaf; Professors, M. Yarnall, H. H. Lockwood, 8. Newcomb, A. Hall, Witiiam Harkness, J, E. Nourse, J. R. Eastman and Edward 3, Holden, ; HYOROGRAPHIC OFFICE. Commodore k. H. Wyman, Superintendent; Com- mander Joseph N, Miller, Assistant Hy GroRr ap nens Lieutenant Commanders, G. W, Sumner and H. H. Gorringe; Lieutenants, B. Charles Belknap and Master, Richard Wain wri SIGNAL CORPS. Commodore F, A Parker, Chief Signal officer. LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTORS. ‘rst Districi—Commander Weid N. Allen, Second District—Commander G. H. Perkins. Third District—Commodore Stephen D. Tiencbard, F, Tilley, U. P. Slaw, vila i. Parker, jr.; it. Fourth District—Captaiu Thomas G. Corbin, Pisth di. ot—Commodore Fabius Stanly. Sixth Distric_—Commander C. 8, Norton. Seventh District—Commander Albert Kantz, kighth Distric—Commander Robert Boyd. Ninth pistrict— fenth District—Commodore Napoleon Collins. Hleventh District—Commodore Alexander Murray. Tweyth District—Captain James H. Spotts. TORPEDO CORPS, NEWPORT, Ki 1. Captain Edward Simpsen, in charge; Lieutenants F, M. Barber, John P. Merrill, William Watts, Wil- Mam McC, Little and Harry Knox, instructors, WHAT OUR 1,029 ACTIVE OFFICERS ARE DOING, One-fitth of the officers on the active list are at present not doing anything in the line of their na- val duties, 252 being on ane orders,” fitty- four sick, thirty-nine on leave and four under sus- pension; 493 are on shore duty, thirty-eight on special duty, twenty-two returning or under orders to return to the United States, and 727 are at‘ached to vessels at sea or under orders for sea service. ‘The iollowiog detailed statement shows more pre- cisely how the officers are crn ley ea — Ck ae sea, 6; ob shore duty, 6; waiting orders, Commodores—Under orders for sea, 1; on shore duty, 19; special duty, 1; waiting orders, 4. Captains—At sea, 18; shore duty, 18; on leave, 1; waiting orders, 12; ordered home, 1. Coinmanders—At sea, 21; shore duty, 48; special duty, 2; on leave, 2; sick,2; waiting orders, 14; ordered home, 1. Lieutenant Commanders—At sea, 51; shore duty, 41; special uuty, 1; on leave, Bi alot 9; suspended, 1; waiting orders, 29; ordered home, 4. Lieutenanis—At sea, 127; shore duty, 38; special duty, 2; on leave, 16; sick, 5; suspended, 2; wait- ing orders, 34; ordered home, 1. Masters—At sea, 68; shore duty, 5; special duty, 1; on leave, 3; sick, 7; waiting orders, 16, Ensigns—At sea, 13; shore duty, 6; special duty, 1; on leave, 1; sick, 1. ‘Midshipmen—At sea, 84; On leave, 2; sick, 1; waiting orders, 42, Medical Corps—At sea, 70; shore duty, 51; spe- cial duty, 4; on leave, 4; sick, 3; waiting orders, 16; ordered home, 2 pay Corps—At sea, 47; shore duty, 62; special daty, 1; on leave, 2; sick, 2; suspended, 1; waiting orders, 18; ordered home, 1. Engineer Corps—At sea, 97; shore duty, 59; special duty, 263 om leave, 1; sick, 16; waiting orders, 26; ordered home, 9, Chaplains, Professors, &¢.—At sea, 5; shore duty, 25 special duty,:1; on leave, 1; waiting orders, Naval Constructors—On shore duty, 24. Warrant Oficers—At sea, 94; shore duty, 59; special so! 8; on leave, 1; sick, walting orders, 27. Mates—At sea, 20; shore duty, 37; waiting orders, 4; ordered home, 3. ADMIRALS, COMMODORES, AND CAPTAINS. The jollowing 1s the register oO! admirals, com- Modores and captains :— ADMIRAL, David D. Porter, special duty, Washington, VICE ADMIRAL, Stephen ©. Rowan, Commandant Navy Yard and station, New York. REAR ADMIRAIS. wa M. Goldsborough, Commandant Navy Yard, hington, haries H, Davis, member Lighthouse Board. John Rodgers, ®ommandant Navy Yard, Isiand, Cal. Joun A. Winslow, waiting orders. Thornton A. Jenkius, colummanding Asiatic sta- tion. William Rogers Taylor, commanding South At- Jantic station, Benjamin Ff, Sands, Superintendent of Naval Ob- servatory, Charles. Steedman, commanding South Pacific station. ‘Augustus L, Case, commanding European sta- the jon. Alexander M, Pennock, commanding North Pa- citic station, John L, Worden, Superintendent of Naval Acad- emy. George F. Emmons, waiting orders, Gustavus H, Scott, commanding North Atlantic station. coMMODORES, John J. Almy, Waiting orders, James H. Strong, ordered to command South At- lantic station. . Enoch G Parrott, Commandant Navy Yard, Boston, William Reynolds, Chiet of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Fabius Stanly, Lighthouse Inspector, William E, Roy, President of Board of Ex- aminers, J. R, Madison Mellany, Commandant Navy Yard, Philadelphia, C, R. P, Rodgers, Chicf of Bureau of Yards and jocks. Napoleon Collins, Lighthouse Inspector. tania Worden, commanding naval station, New onden, Steplen D. Trenchard, Lighthouse ctor. a » Woolsey, Commandant Navy Yard, Pen- sacola. Atexander Murray, Lighthouse Inspector. Edward Donaldson, waiting orders, Thomas H, Patterson, special duty, Washington, an C. Boweil, Commandant Navy Yard, Ports. mouth. Daniel Ammen, Chief of Bureau of Navigation, Edward 7, Nfchols, member of Board of Ex- amiuers. Biscay H. Wyman, in charge of Hydrographic ce. George B. Balch, Governor of Naval Asylui Phuiadelptia. f piles daneaee i. Stevens, Commandant Navy Yard, jorrolk. Foxhall A. Parker, Chief Signal OMcer, John Guest, senior member Board of Inspectors, John M. B. Clits, waiting orders, Andrew Bryaon, waiting orders. CAPTAINR, Denald MeN. Pewee, wait orders, James H. Spotts, Lighthouse Inspector. fnpads Com agi hair Biarsteene eae ne a William Ronckendi 2a, commanding Canandai- Albert G. Clary, commanding Benicia, . , Geenge Hi. Preble, commanding Naval Rendes- vous, Boston. George H. Coo) rt, Navy Yard, Noriolk, Charles H, B. Caldwell, commanding Lancaster, John C, Febiger, commanaing Omaha, Pierce Crosby, waiting orders, Richard T, Renshaw, waiting orders, J. Blakely Creighton, waiting orders, Aaron K. Hughes, wattiug orders. rope BR, Colhoun, ordered to command Hart- ford, Charles H. Baldwin, commanding naval rendez- vous, San Francisco, Robert W. Schuieldt, waiting orders. Alexander ©. Rhind, commanding Congress. George M. Ransom, Navy Yard, New York. William F. Spicer, waiting orders. Somerville Nicholson, waiting orders, William E, Hopkins, Navy Yard, Mare Island. Paul Shirley, ordered to return to United States. Thomas Pattison, commanding Richmond. William N, Jeifers, Chief Bureau of Ordnance. Edward Simpson, in charge of torpedo station. William G. Temple, on leave in Eur ae: Samuel P. Carter, commanding Alaska, Thomas S. Phelps, commanding Saranac. Edward Barrett, navigation duty, New York, Homer C, Blake, commanding naval rendezvous, New York, Clark H, Wells, commanding Shenandoah, S. P. Quackenbush, waiting orders, Earl Eoglei. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Reigart }. Lowry, preparatory orders for sca. William W. Low, Navy Yard, Philadetphia, John i. Upshur, commanding Pensacola, Francts A. Roe, Navy Yard, Boston. wee S. Thornton, navigation duty, Portsmouth ar John C. Beaumont, commanding Powhatan, Samuel KR, Franklin, commanding Wabash, William D, Whiting, commanding Worcester. Edward T. McCauley, commanding Lackawanna J.C, P, De Kraift, North Pacific station, Oscar C. Badger, commanding Ticonderoga, Thomas O, Harrig, waiting orders, Stephen B, Luce, equipment duty, Boston Yard, John L. Davis, member Lighthouse Board, MEDICAL CORPS. Joseph Beale, Chief Bureau Medicine and Sur- gery and Surgeon General, with rank of commo- dore, William Grier, President Examining Board, J, W. Taylor, waiting orders. Samnel Jackson, Naval Hospital, Norfolk, James McCicliand, special duty, Philadelphia, Thomas M. Potter, waiting orders, Andrew N. Henderson, Naval Laboratory, New ‘ork, Lewis J. Williams, Naval Hospital, New York, Marius Duvall, waiting orders, Joseph Wilson, Jr., Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Charles Eversfield, Nava! [ospita!, Washington, Robert T. Maccoun, special duty, Baltimore, Henry O. Mayo, leave of absence, Europe. Philip Lansdale, Naval Academy, Phineas J. Horwitz, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 3. PAY CORPS, Horace M. Heiskell, Navy Yard, Philadelphia. George F, Cutier, Paymaster at New York, James H. Watmough, General Inspector of Pro- visions, &0, Jonn O, Bradford, Chief Bureau of Provisions and Clothing and Payimaster General, with relative Tank of commodore, r oars ©. Doran, Inspector Provisions, Mare island. Joseph C. Eldridge, Inspector Provisions, New York Yard. John 5S. Gulick, waiting orders, Thomas H. Looker, Navy Yard, Washington, Caleb J. atts waiting orders, Charies W. bbot, Inspector Provisions, &c., Portsmouth Yard. John S. Cunningham, special duty, Europe. Calvin ©. Jackson, Paymaster at Baltimore. Robert H. Clark, Inspector of Provisions, &c., Philadelphia. ENGINEFR CORPS, Wm. W. W. Wood, Chief sureau Steam Engineer- ing. with relative rank of commodore. fe njamin F, Isherwood, special duty, Key West. George Sewell, Inspector of Machinery Afoat, New York, Wm. H. Shock, special duty, Enrope, James W. King, special duty, Europe. Theodore Zeller, special duty, New York. Elbridge Lawton, Navy Yard, Mare Island. Robert Danby, special duty, New York, Benjamin F, Garvin, Navy Yara, Boston, Henry i. stewart, League Iaiaud, Pa, HAPLAINS, Joreph Stockbridge, waiting orders. Edmund ©, Bittinger, Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Robert Givin, Naval Asylum, Philadelplia, Wm. H. Stewart, receiving ship Obto, Boston. PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS, John H. C. Coftin, Superintendent of Nautical Almanac. Mordecai Yarnell, Naval Observatory. Henry H. Lockwood, Naval Observatory. NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS, William L, Hanscom, Navy Yard, New York, Isaiah Hanscom, Chief Bureau of Construction, with relative rank of commodore. MARINE CORIS. Brigadier General Jacob Zeilin, Commandant, Coionel Matthew R. Kintzing. Majer Willlam B. k, Quartermaster, Major Augustus 8, Nicholson, Adjuiant and In- spector. Major John C. Cash, Paymaster. In this corps two first lieutenants resigned, two second lieutenants were promoted and two civi- | lians appointed to second lieutenancies, By an order isstied in March last Lieutenant H. ©. Coch- rane was granted an increase in rank, 80 as to conform to his original entry in the volunteer ser- | vice, which would place him at the head of the firet lientenants, but the order has not been com- plied with, as he 1s still tenth on the list, The ninety-two officers of the marine corps are distributed as follows:—Six are at headquarters, twenty-six are attached to vessels on active: ser- vice, three are returning to the United States, two are on leave, one is on special duty abroad and one on special duty in the Navy Department. The rest are at the Various marine barracks and shore stations. PERSONAL ITEMS. The veteran Admiral Goldsborough remains at the head of the rear admirals aiter a service of sixty-one years. The sentor commodore, John J. Almy, has served forty-four years, a8 aiso has the | second on the list, James H. Strong. The senior captain in the line of promotion, James H. Spotta, iscredited with thirty-six years’ service, and the senior commander, Alexander H. Semmes, has been nearly thirty-two years an officer. THE JAPANESE CADET MIDSHIPMAN, Koroku Bate, has an American namesake and | classmate in Edward M. Katz, of Wisconsin. His | companions, Takihiko Azuma and Giro Kunitomo, | are Dot so fortunate. Rear Admiral Wiliam B. Shubrick’s sixty-seven years’ service entitle him to the appellation of “Father of the Navy.’ Durin; was only seven years and eight months unem- ployed. The Latest Orders from the Navy Do- partment. * WASHINGTON, August 18, 1873, Captain S, P. Quackenbush is ordered to the com- mand of the receiving ship New Hampshire, at Norfolk, Virginia; Lieutenaut Commander Louis | Kempf is ordered to, the naval rendezvous at San Francisco; Passed Assistant Surgeon George 8S. Culbreth is ordered to the Naval Hospital at Chelsea, Mass.; First Assistant Engineer George | E. Tower is ordered to the Naval Academy ; Second | Assistant Engineer J. A. B, Smith is ordered to the Saugus at Key West, Fla.; Rear Admiral W. Rogers Taylor 18 detachea from the commana of the South Atlantic station, on reporting of his relief, Rear Admiral Strong, and granted permission to remain abroad till next June; Commander E. K. Owen is detached from the command of the receiving stip New Hamp- shire and ordered to temporary duty at the New York Navy Yard; Master W. C. Strong is detached from ordnance duiy atthe New York Navy Yard and ordered to duty in the South Atlantic station ; | Midshipman H. M. Irving is detached from the California and placed on waiting orders; Mid- shipman bert D. Stevens is detached from the Kansas and granted two months’ leave. First Assistant Engineer, John’ A, Scott ts de- tached from the navai station at League Island and ordered to the Mare Isiand, Cal., band Yard; First Assistant Engineer ©, Andrade is detached from the Mare Island, Cal, Navy Yerd and ordered to the Monocacy, Asiatic station; First Assistant Engineer W. 8. Smith 1s detached from the Mono- cacy and ordered home; Second Assistant Eu- gineer George H. Kearney ts detached from the naval Academy and ordered to the Congress, European station; Secoud Assistant Engineer Thomas W. Fitch is detached from the Congress and ordered home, Despatches have been recetved at the Navy De- ferent from Rear Admiral Case, commanding he Earopean station, dated Genoa, July 29. Their contents are reiative to the condition Of affairs on the Spanish coast, and ha been anticipated generally by cable despatches. The Shenandoah was on the Spanish coast at Cadiz, and the Wa- chugett, then at Cortu, had been ordered to pro- ceed at once to Parcelona and the ports on the south and cast coasts of Spain for the purpose of rendering assistance to American citizens during the troubles, The special despatch steamer Tallapoosa arrived here chk morning from the Portsmouth and New York Navy Yards. Commodores Rodgers and Ammen have returned from their inspection of northern navy yards. Naval Court M Is. ‘The naval court martial, of which Rear Admiral Goldaborough is president, for the trial of Medical Director Marius Duvall, met at Annapolis to-day. Surgeon Duvall is to be tried for shooting at marines in og strawberry patch near the govern- ment hospital Toe court martial in the case of Passed Assistant ali that time he | | once, remember weil, open! bas been journed and the pro- eeeliogs rine Court nave’ been handed to the mt Surgeou. Bowen was tried for ua ol ke conduct, SARATOGA STATESMANSHIP---NO, 2 Groesbeck and Wash. McLean in Intimate Converse with the Profasum Vulgus of New York, —-___ Speculations Regarding the Next Campaign. The Possibility of Cesarism Ignored and Grant Represented as a Sec- ond Washington. The Savior Business as a Po- litical Force. "RAE FOR GRANT! No Third Term the Democratic Watchword. Saratoga, August 17, 1873, I bave already given you an Insight into the provabilities of November in the State and city as forecasted by the wire-pullers here, Let me call your attention to @ cin cumstance which is a little significant, to say the least of it, when taken in connection with the Presence here of 8) many of the democrats and liberals, and which may yet have something to do in a wider sphere of action than the State. I reter to the arrival of William S, Groesbeck, Reverdy Johnson, Wash, McLean, of Cincinnati, and several other gent!emen from the West and South more or less prominent in the democratic ranks. It is scarcely necessary for me to refer at length to Mr. Groesbeck or to inform your readers that he was the most formidable candidate against Mr. Greeley for the nomination for the Presidency at the Cincinnati Convention a year ago. As to Wash. M. Lean, his fame is world wide as one of the great national democratic wheel horses, and who, all democrats now concede, made one of the greatest mictakes of his life im engineering to success the nomination of poor lamented Horace. Tuese two gentlemen arrived together and ave now stopping at Congress Hall. There may, indeed, be nothing significant in the fact of thetr arrival together; but as not a day has passed since they came here that some of the liberals and leading democrats have not been in conference with them, itis surmised that the New Yorkers even have a larger fleld of usefulness to look forward to than the Empire State alone. Mr. Groesbeck remses to be catechised as to whether he has come on here for any political pur- pose, but I am led to believe that his visit is not simply one of pleasure from an interview I had this afternoon with a gentieman distinguished in the politica! world. In the course of conversation this wentleman remarked :—“I do not by any means think it too early, even at this distance irom the next Presideutial election, for DEMOCRATS TO TAKE COUNSEL AMONG THEMSELVES, that when the time comes for action there shall be harmony in the ranks and no distracting ele. ments to render defeat probable. To take counsel now is but to follow the dictates of good judgment, for we should not be idle while the enemy is at work,” “Do you mean to infer,” I asked, “that the re- publicans are already taking any action that may have any essential bearing on the campaign of '76?”” “1 do,” was the candid reply. “We people out West do not probably understand the drit of affairs here East as well as New Yorkers do, but for all that we are not always asleep; at least, if we do get asleep once ia a while, we try to keep one eye open, and we generally succeed pretty well, Now, Isay candidly that we know that the republicans— and when I say republicans I mean those men closely identified with the present administration— are quietly laying their pipes preparatory to having the campaign of ’76, or at least its results, all their own way. Had I the time I could cite you a han- dred different circumstances which have come under my Own observation lately, because, proba- bly, | have made it my special object of late to look into the matter, which convinces me that A THIRD TERM FOR GENERAL GRANT is not looked upon by his followers !n the light of an improbability, You have read the various ar- ticles on Uwxsarism in the HeRaxp, I suppose.’ {Your correspondent here laughingly replied that he did read the HeranD every day.) “Well, sir,” added my interlocutor, “the first article that appeared created a good deal of amusement among us out West, for we got it into our heads that it was a little too soon, if not ridiculous, to talk about Grant’s nomination in '%6 when he had scarcely got well into his second term in 173, Still, when article after article appeared, the force of the arguments against the idea of @ third term was sufficient in the end to make meu think that, after all, a third term was indeed a possibility, and that General Grant's friends would not hesitate to renominate him again if they could, in order to secure themselves in office, Well, you must have percelved how the press of the entire country have of late taken up the discussion beyun by the HERALD, Some of them laugh at the idea, butif the HikaLp had no other end tn view in starting the discussion than to bring out the general sentiment of the press on the subject, it has most admirably accomplished its purpose; for even the very journais that laugh at the absurditv—as they call1it—of dragging the sub- ject up at this early date, intimate that a third term 18 a thing the American people would hardly be willing to cede to any man. They affect to laugh down this Cresarism, as the HERALD aptly cails it, but the effect of the discussion has been so far admirable. “and do you realty believe,” I here queried, “that the administration party—at least its con- troliers—even dream of putting Grant in for a third on “I know many of them do—know it as surely as I | sit here,” was the reply. ‘I have been personally acquainted with General Grant for several years, and I will do him the justice to say that] do not think he himseif has a8 yet given the matter a thought; at least ifhe nas thought about it seri- ously he has not by the slightest intimation of wold or act given anybody to believe that he would like & renomination for a third term. But there is no knowing what men do nowadays. He avowed himself a one term man, yet he did not hesitate to take the second nomiuaiion; in fact he worked hard, through his tools, to pi it beyond the shadow An of a failure. what did he say in his inaugura! last March? Don’t you remetaber? id he not coolly tell the peopie that he nad not sought for the nomi- nauon? How Mr. Boutwell and the oMce-hoiders ail over tie country, whe got their instructions direct irom headquarters whom to elect as dele- gates, and the reasou why and wherefore certain men should be elected, must have laughed in their sleeves when they heard this modest avowal! Now, what ‘forced’ General Grant to take @ second nomination may induce him to take @ third; and I repeat that, while [ do not believe General Grant is at present doing any- thing, directly or indirectly, toward paving tne way for a third term in '%%, I do know that the very class of men who put him in nomination for a second term are not only thinking about a third term, but are quietly sounding their followers and WORKING UNDER COVER to make the thiug feasibie. And if they shou ld succeed, @* good an opinion as! have of General Grant personally as a seidier and a man, I freely coniess that! believe firmly that he would peers the renomination as unconcernedly as he did the ’ “But do you not think the people will have some- thing to say avout all his?’ “of course they will. Between now and '76 they may be jullecainto the belief that it is nonsense to talk about it unttl the campaign opens; but the office-holders are 8 many @ud 80 Well organized all over the Union that (as things now go in the matter of electing deiegates) when the time comes for the Convention to meet nine-tenths of the members will be Grant men, And the ofice-hoiders have experience now, and know how to manufacture enthustasm for their candidate here, there and elsewhere, so that the very persons who may have opposed the schemers’ fons at first in the end may take it for granted that the great mass 0! the poople are in favor of them, and quietly acquiesce,” “30 far a8 your observation goes out West are you able to state whether or not this subject of bee te creates any discussion among the i ll, air, I frankly admit that I myself at fret was one of those who beleved that the HERALD, In bringing up the matter as early as it did, was on): fighting a sbadow; but I have ch my min very much about the matter durti it few weeks, since I have been travelling farong several 1 the States in the Interior, 1 believe ‘now that the alarm was not sounded an hour too soon, and that itis usving &moae effect. Inthe West I fing that the subject is more seriously thought of and ail.ded to than here im the East, for I heard the matter pooh-poohed right and leit when I was in New York city, For that matter, I will say that in every city that 1 have been of late I found that tne subject had not taken hold of the masses as it has on THE PROPLE IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS. You see, out West we are having a very formida- ble movement against railroads and monopolies fenerally, and the people are thoroughly aroused, hey have learned quite suddenly that when they band together tor a tixed purpose even the mon- eyed powers of the land have to quake; and the papers all over the country, ny in the rural towns, have copied so freely from the HERALD’s Cwsarism columns that somehow tt has got mixed Re in the grange discussions, and the third term plan is considered as open to denunciation as the very Monopolies the agricultural districts are mak- ing war against.” “Now, sir, you spoke about the necessity of the democrats going to work at once to counteract the pene of the third term advocates; what can tho lemocrats do to thwart them??? “They can doa great deal toward Rereeng, the subject before the people, In the first place the convention that will meet in your State here In a month or so should raise its Voice in no uncertain sound against the third term idea, andl kpow it will, The strongest plank in its platform should be a denunciatien of it, and if democratic convention afver convention in every Stute follows in its wake, the administration republicans, when they hold their conventions, must show thelr hands, ‘If they fail to denounce tt the people can Judge for them- selves the reason why, and I am not one of those who believe that the people of this or any other State will endorse any convention that even co- vertly supports a third term.’? “Bat, then, will not the administration party make capital out of this denunciation by calling it Political clap trap, an enemy’s device, and so on ?”” “Well, they may; democrats can easily afford to let them call tt what they will, ‘The factis a stub- born oue for allthat; but I will say, just here, that I would not be surprised, if the democrats act Wisely between now and 1876, tosee the campaign open with THE GOOD AND TRUE MEN OF BOTH PARTIES fighting slioulder to shoulder inst the party that dares to write third term on its banner, Tue people will be ripe jor o change four years from now. The present administration party is rotten to the core, and the grange movements out West will prove probably in the end to have been but the forerun- ner Of the uprising of the people, independent of party, against & faction that cares nothing but to enrich themselves and use the people’s endorse- ment to cover their infamie3 and the encroach- ments they have made upon their rights,’? “Do you mean tobe understood as saying that you believe there will be a ‘people’s party’ in 1876—made up of democrats and republicans,’ “{ mean just that.” “And that the name of the democratic party will be dropped?” “Ah | by ne means, We can make no such mis- take as that. The democratic party 1s the people’s party, and is the only well organized opposition against the men who are gradually eh beniog the rope about the people’s neck. Good, honest men, call themselves republicans or what they will, can fight with honor under her banners, for there will be paught in her platform but what real lovers of their country can approve and her only raliying cry will be not ‘Democrats alone are welcome, but the ery shall be “CHE PKO?LE AGAINST THE WRONG.!!? “And who do you think the opposition party will Ox upon as their standard bearers?” “That is a ditcalt question; but if I may jndge from the general sentiment I found prevailing West and South 1 would not be surprised if William | 8. Groesbeck should be the candidate for President | and Joel Parker for Vice President, With Grant running for @ third term, backed by the office- holders, is there any doubt where the people’s choice will be? The democrats, I jee] certain, wish a good anti-administration platiorm that all honest men could stand upon independent of past political afiltations, would win the day,” it was quite late at this stage of the conversa tion, and after thanking tue distinguished gentle man for his kindness mm giving me his views on the present political situation aud the prospects of the | juture, your correspondent brought the interview vo a close. POLITICAL NOTES. There will hardly be any opposition to the nomi- nation for re-election of Governor Cadwallader 0. Washburn, of Wisconsin. The Pittsburg Gazette says that General Grant prefers to retire at the end of his present term and permit Washburn to succeed him. Which of the Washburns does it mean? There are Elihu B. Washburn, of Illinois, Minister to France; Cadwal- lader O. Washburn, Governor of Wisconsin; Wil- liam B, Washburn, Governor of Massachusetts; Peter T. Washburn, ex-Governor of Vermont, be- sides two or three others in Maine. The Boston Journal, which is @ thorn in Ben | Butler's side, says:— The programme of the friends of General Butler 1s being laid out by the managers, it 1s proposed to have meetings for choice of delegates held at once in towns where Generai Butler has a suficient number of adherents to carry the de.egation, In this manner we shail hear that Squidunk has chosen Butler delegates, and the next day we shall hear that aoape and Tophet have followed the lead of Squidunk, and thus it will be made to appear that Butier 1s sweeping the State. This is one of the tricks of the Butler men to impress timid-people with a sense of his popularity. Senator John Scott and Representative Washing- ton Townsend are the only two members of Con- gress from Pennsylvania that did not grab the back bay. It is the opinion of some of the Western journals | that the Granges are undertaking too much to be successful, They are overloading the machine, and there is a chance of its breaking down. Ex-Governor Montague cails the Virginia radi cals “the Shack Nasty party.” The campaign in the Old Dominion opens quite spirited)y and both parties will bring out all their forces, No charges of pipe layiug and corruption, however, have yet been made, The United States Senate Committee on Privi- leges and Elections will meet United States Sena- tor Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, in this city on the Ist of October to dtscnss the proposed amendment to the constitution, changing the present mode of electing the President and Vice President. The Augusta (Ga.) Constituttonatist, which has been lying dead for a while, has been subjectea to the power and influence of a galvanic battery. As soon as there was life enough in it to move it whispered that it would fight for material develop- ment and the democratic party. Nobedy objects. The Hampshire Gazette, one of the leading repub- can papers In Western Massachusetts, puts the fol- lowing question:—“Can Massachusetts go back on ita record and throw aside its well-earned reputa- tion, ag the exponent of what is honest in politics for what it can expect of General Butler and the crew of political hangers-on that will come into power with him? The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times mentions a re- Publican office-liolder in that State who was re- cently removed after three years’ service who footed up the financial results of his official life as follows :— T have held office three years, at $6,000 per year, $18,000 in all; of that sum I spent severai thousands to influence the Legislature, and have lived at the rate of $5,000a year. I have put $20,000 in a wholesale dry goods establishment and $10,000 into bank stock; it wili cost me $25,000 to purchase a priv: residence, and I will purchase one-half of a newspaper for $7,000, aud will deposit the remaining $20,000 of my salary in bank to run the paper. ‘The four political organizations in San Francisco are Known respectively as the democrats, the re- publicans, the liberal reformers and the taxpayers. A Butler club ia to be formed at Worcester, Mass. The election in New Mexico takes place on the 1st of September. The candidates for delegates to Congress are Jose M. Gallegos, democrat, of Santa Fé, and Stephen B. Elkins, administration. Hon, J. Thomas Spriggs, of Utica, N. Y., is willing to enter into the election race this Fall as the democratic candidate for attorney Genoral. United States Senator Henry B, Anthony, repub- lican, of Rhode Island, speaking of the back salary grab, says in his paper, the Providence Journal:— “The natural sense of justice of plain men was shocked by it. And it may fairly be said that neither the lapse of time nor all that has beensald in extenuation has sensibly modified the first im- pression.” It will be recollected that Senator Anthony returned to the United States Treasury his portion of the steal. Among the democratic stump speakers tn Vir- ginia during the present political campaign are Governor G. C. Walker, ex-United States Senator R, M. T. Bunter, Mr. Thomas 8. Bocock, ex-Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and ex-Judge Robert Ould, James M. Oakley, who has served two terms in the New York Legislature, is mentioned as the probable democratic candidate for the State Senate in the First district, which ts composed of the counties of Queens, Sufolk and Richmond salary of § REDS ON THE WARPATH, A Fight with Horse Thieving Apaches in New Mexico. Sancha, a Notoriously Bad Indian. Resistance of the Tribe to His Arrest and Their Flight to the Mountains, WASHINGTON, August 15, 1873, Captain George W. Chilson, of the Eighth cavalry, Teports to the War Department from Fort Seiden, New Mexico, that on the oth of duly he went ia pursuit of @ party of Indians who had stolen horses from Shedd’s Ranche, und aiter following them four days they were overhauled in a canyon tributary from the southwest of the Canada Ala mosa, where an engagement took place. Three Indians were killed and the stolen horses ree covered, One man, Corporal Frank Brattilng, of Captain Chilson’s command, was kfiled, A letter received at the War Department (rom B, M. Thomas, United States Agent for the Soutle ern Apache Ageney, ‘ated Tulerosa, New Mexico, July 24, addreased to General John Pope, says:— I have the honor to state that on yesierdayf requested of the chiefs of this tribe of indiaus per- mission to arrest Sancha, .4 NOTORIOUS THIEF AND MURDERER, who had lately returned to the reservation from one of hus thieving expeditions, On this last trip he had stolen severai horses, and his party had been overtaken by Captain Chitson’s troops and two of them killed, The principal ohiefs had often expressed a desire to have the bad Indians pune ished, and, consequently, J relied upon their support in arresting w notorious thief; but, instead of that, they said they wouki not allow ono of thelr number to be takeu. . Accordingly, they took up arms for his peocpasiony, a@du told me that if I wanted to fight they were ready. Tue government has been to the expense of furnishing food and clothing and of keeping a large number of troops in this country, all jor te purpose prac. tically of allowing the Indians to steal and kill almost as freely as they did when on the warpath, They have been allowed to do this off the reserva tion so long that lately they have feit at liberty to threaten the lives of those employed at the agency to serve them. In view of all these things 1 respecttuliy request that you oownsel with the Ine dians and make arrests by torce i{ mecessary, } Major William R. Price, of the Fighth cavalry, tn‘ accordance with the foregoing request of Indiam Agent Thomas, was DETAILED TO ARREST SANCHA at the agency. In his report Major Price says: Dr. Thomas, the United States Indtan Agent,’ informed me that he had just tailed in an attempt to arrest Sancha, @ notorious chief and leader in the party, whom Captain Chilson had attacked, &c. Dr. Thomas inrther stated that he supposed he could rely upon the support of Vietoriaand some of the principal men, but this connet] had proved them all unreliable ; that they had all counselle thieving and harbored thieves upon this reservation, When the agént proceeded to make the arrest, upon a signal from Victoria thirty or forty armed Indians surrounded the agent, and that the chief said none of his men should be arrested for anything they had done. They DARED THF SOLDIERS TO FIGHT or make any attempt to arrest any@no. Major Price arrived about half an nour alter the council haa been held, when the Indians seemed alarmed, and it was reported that they were sending their families to the mountains, He says:—~ Trode down from the post to the agency, a mile distant, with Dr, Thomas and two soldiers, I met Victoria and Sanciha on the way. They seemed much alarmed at the presence of the soldiers and Navajoes. They were requested to talk, but refused to counsel in the house. A council will be held with them immediately outside of the agency, seven men pains present and the same number of armed Indians, Thirty or forty tmmodiately came down tothe council from the hillsides, posting sentinels to watch every movemento! the troops, They were INSOLENT IN THEIR TALK, and suddenly broke up the council, announcing that their “tisroyn” was ready and they were going to drink it, and that they would talk to me the next day at such a place as they wouid designate, During the night the military guerd at the ayency was increased, and the next morning it was dis+ covered that the Indian Women were moving their fie lds to the mountains and that the camp was lestroyed, the bucks being then tn a canvoi As no further talk could be secured with the Indians, at the request of the agent Major Price arreste three men, two boys aud about thirty women and carried them back to the reservation. Other bucks were allowed to escape, a3 Major Brice desired to do no injury to them. In conclusion he says:— IT am in perfect accord with the agent, Dr, Thomas, who is a very efficient and reliabie man. General Pope notifie# the Department that he hay approved of the action of Major Price, aud troops are held in readiness to move in case he requires them, Dr. Thomas, in another letter, says:—As a result of the arrest of Indians of this agency made by you to-day, the rest of the tribe have fed to the moun- tains. I respectfully request that you follow them and make every effort to open communication with the chiefs and induce them to return to the reserva- tion peace if they can do 80, with the purpose to fulfil at least part of their obligation to the gov- ernment; but if they insolently reject every reason- able proposition, Lhave to request that you take steps to protect the setticra adjacent to the old Tange of these Indians, THE WAWASET INVESTIGATION. Farther Examination of the OfMicers ef the Boat—Were Any of Them Under the Influence of Drink? WASHINGTON, August 18, 1873. The Wawaset steamboat investigation was resumed this morning. The testimony of the witnesses was to the effect that mo particular per- son or Officer of the ship was engaged in control- ling the lifeboats, possession of which had been taken by the passengers in such a manner and In such large numbers as torender them useless, The officers engaged in the fore part of the boat were actively employed in trying to save the boat and passengers, but they were unable to pass a(t, owing to the dense volumes of smoke and flame. Captain Gedney, Superintendent of the Potomac Ferry Company, Was recalled and requested to fur- nish the commission with a sample of the oil used on the boat, He said there was no kerosene oil, but that it was coal oil, more than @ gallon of which was not allowed on the boat at any time; the trips of the steamer being Sartae the day the oil was kept tn the washroom, eee ite the engine room. ther witnesses stated what they knew of the disaster, one passenger saying that the fames burst forth about three minutes after he had seen the engineer in the engine room. There was no smell of matches or kerosene. Robert Nash, the engineer, being recalled, said he did not think the fire originated in the back dranght of the botler, but that it must have origi- nated in the fireman s room; everything pointed Ubat wa; Wm. McKenney, barxeeper on the Wawase' testified, to the best of his knowledge, that noue o! the officers had been drinking at the bar, but very few of them or of the crew being drinking men. When witness left teuporarily he asked Nash, tne engineer, to keep an eye on the bar and to say to any one Sppplying for drink that Le would soon re- he did pot turu 5; Know that Nash at a time served quor; none of the officers had any pecuniary interest in the bar in any way, Witness paying rent for tho rivilege; water was thrown on the fire from Buckews only; he had heard the engineer say that e Could not get to the donkey engine for the pur- jose Of working the hose; ‘witness thought it was possible to save the boat aiter the flames bad broken out; Nash was as sober and temperate & man as he had ever seen; he seldom drank spirits, and witness had known him to reiuse to drink with assengers, saying, ‘Your lives are in my hands; ‘ve duty to attend to and will not do tt”? Leonidas Scott testified, tn answer to a question, that before the boat reached Smith’s laudin saw Nash, the engieer, behind she bar, serv if liquor froma black bottle to @ youn, mani the next time he saw Nash he was ontside the door, when somebody told him the boat was on fire; this was hot many minutes after Nash was in the bar- room; the engineer was paralyzed with fear. ‘Other witnesses were examined, one of whom testified that Nash waited on him and another pas- senger, serving to one lemon syrup, to the other aie. tn the barroom; tne smoke simelt of olly waste bi fe exatuination will be continned to-morrow. $$$ ‘STABBING AFFRAY, Thomas Cavanagh, of No. 113 Canal street, was stabbed in the side yesterday afternoon by Roger Grimes and severely injared. He was removed to the I ia Hospital by the police of the Firat pre cine!