The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-28

should DO deemed advisable 70 keep up force In the
| viii be despatched ia the spring on tina, service
The squadron In hs China under the command Of
war Plymouth. commsndsr Gednex and the brig Dolphin
Lieutenant Commanding Ogden The sloopof-Tar PEBBLE
turned the Pacific and orders have been sen. 70 Com
Re sas o her tie s'ses T.. y ~
dies has been emineny useful TO the comercai interests
snd aodan posoa .
in that quarter In recent despatch resolved rom Com
an ssoeen, qualify is found the island q Fo,mosa in
p9scn and u sSanasncs IST the wants OIL
am hapPyo report that interruption has occurred 70
the fair ssd legal Commercial, pursuits Of our citizens
they have been received with marked respect, and
officers have been treated with Kindness and courtesy
aIiiy IN sccordanos with lie policy Of our government,
and in conpance with the instructions OF this depart
Under Til "a section Of the act Of the Sd Of March, lS9
the Secretary Of War Transferred 10 the Navy Department
the following Wis the Massachusetts, Edith Tele
graph, Alabama Fashion, Monmouth, New Orleans, and
TomPkEas A. the time Of the transfer the Mss sa
service connected with the War Department. the others
New ] AL sss
and supplies for The army With the exception 81 the Mas
naval their e.en.ion was expensive, and they
were rapidly de'erofatng u value orders were gyem ior
Iins have been sOd and the proceeds paid into Treas
ury The Fashion has been returned to the War Depart
The Telegraph and Monmontn remain 70 be sold. The
Edith wrecked and totally lost on the Path OF August
the en na"a essvss approved March ill., Viz that
tenant be charged with the duty of preparing the Nautical
Almanac for publication, Lieutenant Davis has been SO!
nents have commenced. and have no doubt from the
qualifications OF this officer the work will progress
and precision required The report the
in which Lieutenant Davis proposes % execute the i'm;
portant duty lIrused to him. and the progress made VIII
be fonnd herewith transmitted.
The practical experiments authorized by the same act
testing capacity and usefulness of the electromag
mechanical agent for the purposes OF nav
sa IN IN e. Pas
men are in progress when they are completed the result
The act Of August s. 1915 directed the Secretary
Navy 10 cause the obseryatons TO be made
Arts and Sciences The necessary Instruments been
procured and on their way 70 Santiago In Chill under
the officer selected superncnd the observations left the
United States in August last to proceed, 6y the way oil
been received from him He instructed to advise de-
from time to time OF the progress made In the duty
Under of Congress, Of the Sd Of March, 1877
tract. made with Z. X Collins and his associates for
from New York and New oreans, touching Charleston
% Jhasres and Ss Arnold Harris for the transportation
of the mail from Panama to Astoria in Oregon 70 connect
The three steamers under the contract for the Panama
and Oregon line accepted before the close Of the year
lSlS believed they actively employed IN the
vice required by the law establishing the line No provs-
ion @ by the lay. O. asss The n e. the
nor for passed midshpmen serve watch officers
services aSic rendered By the steamers on this line
The for the Liverpool line engaged with the
department build five steamships, OF not less than two
thousand tons measurement for the transportation Of the
mail between New York and Liverpool the first Of the
steamships ready perform the service in eighteen
months from the date of the agreement Qst November,
and three as soon , b sasa am .Sous
be nencrd aud built as early as may be practicable
3D. isis the Secretary Of the Navy was authorized
modify the contract as TO postpone the commencement oil
of June, 1850, which has accordingly been done The
officer experimenting the construction 81 me vessels en
feadness that is possible may sail time in the
following month OF Januay the Pacific will be ready by
Competed sas Aan s August and that
contract has been entered into by Mr. Collins Tor the frame
Of the filth vessel No information has yet been received
OF the probable period OF her final completion. The de-
parment informed that the contractors are making ex
for which they designed, by the time stipulated
The contractor for The New Orleans and Chagres line
Of least vessels the of The United
states mail from New York New Orleans twice month
nah, and Havana, and from Havana % chsgres and back
twice month that Of the steamships should be com
peted and ready for service the first day Of October
lsts and should be Of the burden Of not less than fifteen
hundred that should the Secretary Of the Navy de-
termine employ of not less tnan six hundred
burden for the service between Havana and Chsges
in lieu Of one Of the five steamers OF not less than fifteen
BURDEN then the agreed 10 construct
steamship complete in all respects for performing the
service, and answering all the conditions required by
the law The further bound himself TO complete
and have in readiness for service the two remaining :ea
ships by tho first day Of October, 1919; the line Of
steamships should be kept up by alterations repairs or
additions (of proved fully equal TO the ext
gences the service and the faithful accomplishment Of
the purposes intended by the law that the vessels should
1919 = that each and all OF said steamships should De
commanded by officer OF the navy OF the United States
below the grade Of lieutenant DO selected BY the
the approval and OF the Secretary
Of Navy officers should be accommodated
board hereol In manner becoming their rank and sta
ton, without charge the OF the United States;
and further agreed to receive board each oil said steam
ships and accommodate in suitable TO their rank
OF the United States navy serve as watch-ocers
In December before any OF the vessels under this con-
completed, the desirous to meet the
wishes OF the department. proposed to place on the route
cepted until the steamships be constructed under the
contract should be ready take their places on the line
the department rescrvlng right terminate the arrange.
ment whenever IT should think proper 70 do So In view
that the demands of citizens require every facility Tor
the transmission OF the mails and for the transportation OF
passengers this which be Afforded have not
thought proper discontinue the service, and the Fall
has been, and continues be, ACTIVELY and use
| fully engaged between New Orleans and Chagres.
When the steamships contracted Tor shall be accepted
for service, when from any other cause, the depart
ment deems proper dispense with the services OF the
ance with the agreement under which she 10 now employ
ed But mp built under this contract has been
reported ready for the service, either by the con-
tractor OF his sssgnee and that has not been accepted
18th Of September that the Ohio not then coPpcred,
and consequently, be considered finally compile
ted according The Ohio has since that date
been placed line between New York
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