The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-24
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL,
Washington.
correspondence Of the Hersld.J
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Private Business-Navy Appronr,.t,o,,-
Navigation md Con, ,a.-.a N -.


WASHINGTON, Friday) Bpm
e''a'c n"'iness--Navy Appropriation
Navigation and Commerce Report
The Senate is still engaged on the Private Cslen.
der. No public business has been transacted
vast number Of private claims had accumulated he
fore the Senate-Many just ones that ought 10 b.y.
been paid long ago, and many without any founda
ton whatever, and there seems to be determine.
ZION to make clear sweep of them
The House is still on the Navy Appropriation
Bill. This morning Mr.. Barnard undertook to in
troduce his bill for declaratory Tariff Act, but il
was rejected. The Navy Bill was then taken up
in Committee of the Whole, and debated until
twelve o'clock, when the question taken on
the amendment of the Senate, increasing the appro-
priaton for the service from 81 1876 600 to So 800 600
and the committee refused to concur-Ayes g.
NoesS9.
The next amendment of the Senate was to strike
out Mr.. McLellans proviso, which declares that
the officers in the Navy shall not be increased be
yond the number IN service the first January,
1871, and that the above that number shall be
reduced as last as the Deaths designations and dis
missals may occur,-and to insert instead the num-
Der which shall be in the service at the close of the
present session. The amendment was rejected by
large majority: So the officers who are now be-
lore the Senate tor the promotion, may abandon all
hope tor the present.
Inc Senate amendment appropriating Sl20, 600 for
floating dock and to pay for materials already pur-
chased tor the dry dock at Brooklyn, was agreed to-
An amendment approprlating similar sum for the
repairs and Improvement of the Pensacola Navy
Yard was rejected. Some inconsiderabe amend
m M were rejected, and the bill was reported to
the MI Adams on with
spoke at some length, principally in reply to Mr..
Wise The debate IS still going on but the bill will
probably be returned to the Senate to-day.
The following is an abstract Of the annual state
ment of the commerce and navigation of the United
States, which has just been sent to Congress
The number of vessels their tonnage and crews whch
entered the ports of the United States for the year ending
es,:':s En-; e; 1 ;s; e.; BY
The number of vessels which cleared from ports of
United States during the same period was
s%:i's'" a ,sss s $50 l ,f@ 80
Total la,ai 2,s1lOos las,2n 1891
The value of merchandise imported into the United
States during the same period was
Merchandise free OF duties SOC, 0l9, 731
Paying nd valorem duties. -. "a 6l0 64G
Iotai ....'..... .......... Sl27 ,s49, IN
in foreign vessels. ........ l4,724 30
The value Of merchandise exported during the SAINT
American productions. .......... .SlO6, ss2 IN
Sl2l 1851 500
OF the American productions carried
In American vessels Observation-Disclosures $50 $50 3s(
In foreign vessels 23,sl3, 33}
The prominent articles of export were
Cotton .$54 1896, "a
Iopacco. IL 576 70J
Flour. .................... 775964(
Manufactures 3,l22,4(
Gold and silver coin. 2,7464S(
Pork .............. 2,62l, So
hice 2,0lO,lO1
The tonnage of the United the year endin
September 80, ls4l,
In foreign trade, (registere1) al5 a0s
Coasting trade (enrolled) I,O7G,O36.l8
do do (censed) 3i03I7o
Cod fishery, (enrolled) 6oa605 ''''
Mackerel, do Ii7SiIS
Cod hshery, under 20 tons, 5,g95.79
1890
On -. 2l30,7i4.3
" mare hshery, tregistefed ana enrolled) Isl, t03
or the enrolled and licensed tonnage there is employe
in steam navigation, l74,342.44.
The number Of vessels built during the year amouate
TO 76l. Their tonnage lis sail
The tonnage for the ls4 is less than that of ls4
by 50,0l9.79 tons. ' " '
Commerce of each State and Territory for the year enc