New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-09
mall Of money has aeo been PLACED at Inc disposal

navigation Of the upper streams above the hs. LeI
Herndons observations on the Amazan will be lad be-
fore Congress they arc prepared, and n an
while the Lieutenant % commended TO special apron
uon Leave has been given TO DR.. Kane 70 go upon
new expedition in search Of Sir John FRANKLIN "nSn
getting up BY Mr.. Grirne.l and Ny. PEABODY 0, Lon
This expedition viii be directed cxpl 1asioa OF
the upper coasts Of Greenland, by land a. We" 800
and viii furnish occasion for valuable scien,Nc
ton tending 70 the ascertanlneni OF ,'c 5 r.iny
and the intensity and Dip Of the needle aau nv
also 10 geolozicsl GU csons connected with the sappt
existence Of an open polar sea and o,eer ~ 7,
much importance IN the natufa. ni''y % ~ ybSssver
scientific eppsrstu. may be necessary iof Inc eAP''
ton. ,....,. ,,s tho Mccall n.
DENY a. Annapolis and proposes some cnSi,ecs ~
sni1.top and in that Of tue corps u Blilsiip'n'n
wcuh have no mdshipmsn appontei "ho n'u ~
Graduated in this school and would nave pis num- -
e. csdets 6xed at 2i3 the period Of saiy BEN lou,
I've go oIJ come in yearly Congress naming % AMI
Inc Presderf5 Fewould have the number OF TasnP:
nxed at2O Alter aving the school they shouiu 'e Ts
months a. sea- and then pass an examination ocioIG
ceving their warrants after three years service and an
exaiIstiou he would have them rise 70 higher sfade
10 he called masters the grade OF passed HlisI psn
heng aboIi,hcd Thus there would be 2jO niishipnen
,d ion ,,scrs or fewer officers than now by ia, out
vet sufficient for tine vents OF the Navy. ,,,,
NJ kennedy also proposes 10 institute iroyrapAca
corns distinct from the regular naval service WIN us
~ ~ n,oration confined 10 its own organization IL
should cou.St O; 30 masters - lieutenant. ID co,I
,nande-s and capains 20 in all II ahouid Dc spssy
educated that scientific professional ser'ce ~ wnGu
some portion Of the Navy is constantly employed us
chief dtfcs shoula be connected with hyiroSrapn-u
surveys Astronomical observaiions construction OF
chart preparation and improvement oil ordnance, t1e
snneryision of naval architecture and mschinery aud
the direction of civil engineering in the construc IN OF
docks and other structures requiring scientific Know
edge and ekill In order to supply this corps iron me
Academy the Board Of Examiners shalln9uire specially
if any OF the graduates adapted 10 this department
OF service and shall report such as they ind quahei
by study talent and requirement. These SHAH tnen re-
turn the Academy for two years TURNER study IN he
higher branches of civil engineering, photography as
troDopy mechanism and gunnery At the end of these
years examination they shall be admitted TO the
rank Of masters in the corps end I'VE years service Ia
that grade sOuld entitle them 10 become hsusenanA,
and promotions aiterard -hpuld be in regular order as
vacancies should occur. ifany officer now be found IN
the service qualified 70 enter this corps the Sccretlry
advises that more than 20 master ~ lieuscn9nls
and 10 commanders be appointed and no captains til
after five years service Saculi there DC mora graz.
uates from the Academy IN any year than are required
FOR the Naval and the Photographed corps they should
be hOnorably discharged from the service being Wen
qualified for usefun in any departments OF commerce
and navigation aud especially for tie command OF
steamships.
of Moter +, l. proposed thstthose officers should receye
commissions though thelrpay shoud remain hanged
The number Of apprentices nov adulpei ~ tue Va
rlous Navy Yards and workshops OF the ID pstmcnt IS
g. Il ia recommended that those who eminent for
talent and good conduct should be admitted 10 the Naval
School and it would DC useful to give them preS'ncc
N
ships 1t is also recommended that the officers o! the
mai inc corps should be educated al thc Academy.
OF the results of the abolition OF logging, the s,cre
tary speaks as follows;
In obedience 10 q sentiment wa IN is prevalent
throughout the country and whichis naturally suygested
bv those impulses that dstnctively characterize the
opinions and habits OF our people Congress hss Ocsn
recently led TO the consideration OF the ordinary mode
of punishment, which IL hal heretofore been supposed
was ,ccesnry % the preservation OF the discipline OF
the Navy. The result OF this consideration has Deel
the passage OF law for the entire abolition OF corporal
punishment board Of our ships bon puDlc am prl-
yate This punishment, which tor long time has been
practsed in the Navy and commercial marne, not only
without question D. its efficacy IN maintaining tlc
proper observance OF duty ship.bonrd, but wmcn,
indeed had become incorporated IN the sober con
yicton of both officers and men as an indispensable ne
cesiiy OF the service that II hal grown to ne me most
unquestioned usege and generally received ncd my OF
naval discipline many jgdicio13 persons hehevei might
be dh pensed with not only gst accep3oy to tn, ie
pgs of the nation, but also without disadvantage TO t1c
service. The adoption oil this opinion by Congrc'sin
the passage of the act OF Sep;emhcr, 800 whci Tor
babe the toned penalty without providing sub
sttute for II, has afforded the Navy tue opportunity
10 make the experiment. very sincerely rcsre' 70 say
that the records of tins partncn, well as the al
most entire OF facts and opinions bropsht
10 my notice rom authentic sources, and vouche1 by
intelligent and experienced Observers Ill tend 10 ini-
moot unsatisfactory result The omission OF Con
gress provide for the punishment OF what may be
called minor offences against discipline and good order
sbpbCard may perhaps account, N part, for the
failure; but the fact OF the most serious detiment
TO the efficiency Of our service ia so uuhap.iy
forced upon my attention, the effect of the recent
change that il becomes the eTaves Of my duties at this
time TO lay the subject once more before Congress, and
10 ark its attention 20 the consideration Of such cor
receive 10 the present condition of the service, as
confident must find to be ndl pGns0bc 10 the proper
government OF the Navy. We have evidence furnished
iohis Department. in thehstory Of almost every cruise,
OF OF INSTRUMENTATION that not only impair the use
fness OF ships but which tend asO to the gradual
development OF habits among the einan that threaten
10 lead and uncomfortable mutinc5. TIC
multiplication OF Court Martals and all the consequences
OF increase OF Disorder and crime, are among tue
eas OF the apparent and growing evis Of the new sy
tom The decentralization Of both men and officers Is q
yet obser, able consequen e Ihcabsence or pro-
ibiion Of the usual punshmen's known to amen has
led 10 the invention onew perates OF the most revolving
kind in the application OF which full scope has been CIV
and the strongest proyocstOns administered TO that
exhibition OF temper aud passion which, however natl
raj il may be 20 Of hssty and cxcltsbc natures l.
seldom INDUCED without leading 70 crucltcs tina, mu
Disgrace those who practise thcm and what Is more 70
be feared raise senNment in the public mind hostile
10 the Navy itself The seaman believing himself exempt
from the speedy penalty Of disobedence or me- ect OF
duty end looking with indifference 10 the remote and
certain proceeding OF Court Martial upon his deln
quenCy hGbitually contuacous 10 his SUPERIOR
and iniuses the same sentiment into his comrades and
in the very fact of the diffusion of this spirit of insub,r
cnaton, finds ground 10 hope for immunity from pun
ishment-nsnray enough believing that what has crown
10 be common and frequent, viii also come to be more
lightly considered when he u summoned 20 trial at the
end Of his cruise IL may excite como surprise IN the
statement OF what learn 20 DO true, that tue most
frequent complaints agsnst the abolition of corporeal
punishment made in great part by the seamcn them
Foves The difficulties arising out Of its abrogato on and
the sbsence Of any substitute Tor il constitute the
prominent obstacles to the ready supply OF
squadrons with seamen. This Department, Is familiar
with complaints from the recrsifing stations OF tie
difficulty OF existing the better class of Ofthat
large number Of men who have heretofore constituted
the pIide OF navy BY their good scamsnshp and high
~ respectable personal department. composing reocc
TO say the great body ofthe mariners who have sustained
the honor and the glory Of dag in s most perous
rs well in It's most useful career-ot these me Is
fact which invites the deepest concern oil Congress-
arc daily deprived ly their refusal 10 enter again into
the service until as they usk, they shall have
snrSnee thsa better system discipline may bcrGsorei
They reasonably complain thar while the worst portions
OF the placed under arres, and are exempt in
consequence from the duties OF the deck they
find their toll increased by the constantly recurring e
cenccs which compel them for weeks and In