New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-04

spniy II IS now believed that for all the purposes
Of naval education, the Academy affords advantages
sorsl 10 those for military education at West Polni
and under the efficient command OF the Pteseh' gu
perntendent, Commander stTlohhg ~ Is noPeo tue.
these advantages VIII be iuily I.anzeo ane ~
of a Board OF Examiners, appointed ACCORDING 20
regulations 10 superintend the examination OF can
ddates for promotion and the genera state OF sile
Academy in October last, Is herewith transmitted
With great Difference 10 the opinion OF Congies
again suggest that Il is highly exnedient ana proper
10 allow the appointment Of ten MldSnpmen 10 De
made 81 large BY the President, IN analogy 70 Ihe
regulation spectipg cadets IN the Military ACADEMY
over and above those appoilloned among TIC N"''
me Naval Observatory and HydrogrLphicai Office
have been In active and vigorous operation curing
the year \ second volume ot astronomlcNi oOsei
ya,ions has been published and already lad before
The Wind and Current Charts planned by Lieut.
Naurv the SUPERINTENDENT of the Observatory, ana
prosecuted uncer MS direction win m1cn rausss'
are being extended TO the Pacific and indian oceans
This work Is viewed with great interest ana saiaC
ton by our seafaIing communities, sno al tnosS III
iereSted in the safe and speedy navigator. VI Sl-o
Ocean II has materially shortened the passage
along the highways by which our commerce passes
into and through the southern hemis Phere, oTihelhs
tie ports Of those distant parts OF the World some
before A letter from the superintendent OF the
Observatory which accompar les this communicaton,
states the important; fact that vessels sailing rom .ne
Atlantic 10 the Pacific ports OF the niIed STATES
v m the instructions afforded BY these charts, make
The voyage in forty DAYS less upon the average than
those sailing without them and that there IS reason
70 hope the time may be still further reduced
The expedition for astronomical observations al
santiago De Chill appears from the reports OF Iieu,
GijlisS' 10 have been actively conducted, ana WIZ
probably We brought TO close IN the latter paH Oh
TIE Nautical Almanac, under the superintendent
81 1 -, Davis IA also IN a satisfactory stale OF
y-osrsss ard the first publication OF the WORK may
he exrect.d 20 be made IN the course OF Inc heN'
The commission appointed TO examine condenser =
Tor supplying the boilers of marine engines WIN lresn
water has rot vet completed It's laocrs, as VA ap
nfsr from the letter Of the commissioners appehaeu
ftis however, promised N tins communication Al Al
early Gay. d., =, ,hs
The further experiments OF Professor Page on .ns
s,Dbcation OF electro ma gnetsIn as motive poS
IN usehanics will be found n his report, "nen =
sub' ored The last experiments Of professor Lsp,
in meteorological observations, under tne appiop.,
a,iors heretofore sde, ard his eTpec.Allcns I.
sect 10 he completion Of his labors, Ale s' ioi'n
/ his letter which IS annexed.
/ Nv predecessor brought 20 TIE ncnce 0, c0.S ~
II his annual report, dated December ,,s,r -
no,,rscl OF Mr.. Robert L. Stevens, sor oIua,sS
w.r s,ssmsr. % BE sho; and shall proof ~hcn y
.nn,c sIsd :, have tCes 20aaSc1ed ~ me ,on"s'''