New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-20


account going and these departments are apparently
The principal business Of this royal station depends
urcn the action Of Congress ia ordering the new ate ners
rcjected .hor tine ago aud in making apqrcpriaiions
or other matters connected with the welfare vi the ara
There is TO place the United States belonging TO the
Government eapsble Of fitting out vessels Win CAS-
The .,creship Relief ~il probably .aa from the yard
Wednesday next for Brazil She is iosiing with pro
vision. ard clothing for the American squadron at the
Brazil station and viii also carry ont large mai toe the
ofcers ard sesmen in Commodore sAter neet Persons
having fr.pds in the squsGrop. and wishing to couun
este with them by the Relief must send her euers ana
rsrc,l. poet paid TO the Brooklyn Naval Lyeeum
m, lifted States steamer Vixen. CsSain SSatyou,
800 AZ The var from Pensacola via Havana on raes
SA, She brought the remains OF Sailing MISTER hsason
who died n Pensacola of yellow fever The ooiy vas
Immediately conveyed 80 washington oy the nAp"ss u
The vixen i, will be remembered took out Major Nor
Gecs and oiler Sent, men TO some poi' IN Mexico 70
sssch for The Gardiner silver NINE. Aer dschsrsins
her passt pers she returned 10 Pensacola when the vel
low fever broke ~ her OH ers aud crew. mtny
of whom died If the terrible disease She was anchored
during the winter in Pensacola HsEbor and deserted by
The persons corrected with her The officers ana ere"
Who arrived in charge Of the Vixen on tuesday, now
are In good health She needs some repairs 70 "a,
her .oT active service out nothing Wal be done !
orders that elect received from the Navy Depart
neDt ct " asbugion.
There i nothing new on board the receiving chip North
Carolina The enlistment of seamen is very slow, owing
70 the low wages offered by our Government Capt
Peck the veteran oS.er has been receiving crowds o
ladies and geuilentn during the present week. week
tie decks Of this gun shlp soc great pleasure !, the
citizens and strangers particularly rs costs no'o's''
ana they entertained with Instrumental music tue
lie L fri gate Congress and Independence
still Wing az the whagYes, and looA as II tsy "ere eVi
The Yard nov open to visitors from eArly hour ia the
morning ill clock IN the afternoon There no pa
in negb6orhcod We believe, where Al hour cr ts'
can be spent more ageea6y OF proni'bIy than az the
Brcohk Navy YARD Eve f''1
rHE joins ADAMS VIRGINIA
The Boston IBies OF Thursday says that the order to
get the slo0p Of John Adams ready for has eaised
inc of the mechanical force at tue ChnestoNn
Navy Yard There are now about TWO hundred sai wen
" Eve men empoye on the various works. Sao Joha
Adams hauled under the SIN Ill sheers at the loser
ward YESTERDAY and received her masts. Sac has been
thoroughly overloaded and repaired aud is intended to
have her ready for sea ia fifteen days from the te the
order was received
Constructor Puok at the suggestion OF the Secretary OF
tbe Neyy las had under consideration the popriety Oh
altering into the hde Of battle saip virginia
of the ship houses The for tae alteration
have tady been made also model for of the pro
posed steamers should Congress pass the appropra
ton bill which il now has before IL
SHIPPING INTERESTS MANI.
The Bangor MercHFy gives complete list OF the yes
for the year ending Dec 81 1888 The aggregate amount
is l69 SO 20 tuus these manly vessels OF the hrs
class Their present value cannot be less hao goo per
un making tie Gg II gafo value OF the heet built s0l7i
572 g. But Iac Mercury cannot take this ~ tue
maximum of earnings ofthe Maine ship builders nS year
AT the commencement vi the year Name owned, regis
tered enrolled sud .enod ~ her own ports tables June
30 1882 show 592 O5 tuns 100000 uns of ship
ping Ii make account Ut thai other large quaint
~ of turnage owned by our citizens and registered in
other States. and ALLOW $40 per tua Tor the earnings OF
vessels this last year We shall have al aggregate OF
s6C0OOO0 earned by ships atoat at inc commence
mtnt of the present year But sio per tun gives only
slOCoO the earnings OF 1000 tun ship $4,000 Tor
eco tun ship when there are few OF them that nave not
stocked twice much We think 1000 for the earn
ugs of nnnag tn. past year would be much nearer
the mark we assume then $50 per tac paii out OF tue
State for the material used this year IN ship oud'ug we
have LETT for net value OF ships built, s1Os72oo ~ ana
net earnings Of ships uhoat, an l. 1883 tsooOOoo max
ing an aggregate OF sl4Cs7 Sc 81 earned by our ship
ping ltertst during the past Year this aggregate now
ever covering the earnings oi the mariners who have
sailed in those ships
! The X. l. Freeman In connection with an account 81
the great English steamship constructing at Milford
Th. oes,n ear get brbor this country
k,wIoI 30, III. Milford ays. .,.s%s, %e, ss y
tSe the S.rrsnp.s Tse.s isos
md 70 ss gSst as': t::S .:
e h POI o. ina On o.1 ai .ad .S . %
ET. 'i *. ' ssSa. l.sd .,s
company chatter ander which this oaf work
OCEAN NAIL STEAMSHIPS.
From the reply the Secretary Of the Navy 10 the
solution Off red by Mr. Walker VI ths &atA asksg To-
formation 10 the fact whether the Ocean Mail 5esms
accepted by the Government are, not, in al
sIeos BIT f., service war steamers ms the contractors
siIulsted TO build them We extract the following
hs accepted the aavJ Department. andsr
s.d t.spo0 w. T1i M,
Ss. AI: .ss:P ss,, oI: s,s ~ ''' S' 1919
these rpssos NswYo Hy.n. and
ohs. ;s sos .se'Sf j: :s -, s.. sss
So 1851 built 1881 George Law seeep'i Fsefu'y 10 1908 ''
s. These running syn Francisco and Psn.n. via CT
hTna seeepes 1913 built lst Psn.rns accepted NO
s,s built is 9 oSS ,eI's SS ss raa:.
ZEE seeept.d October built lsb Golden Gate, accepted
he Tesns.ss line .ndsd on the sos vt, 10
sea wa. intes dsd to supply place under the contract
a. to The prsccabiy Of using these vessels Tor war
cannot r.. tbs conviction that the Demonstration sles
90 -s .% i asS ~.
be relied opou regular q var
%s 20 -. .as oop % .sS arc
e q beir a1c capable - ..@
good service Prive' whea not 700 remote rom
- -'' THE STEAMSHIP GOLDEN AGE.
According TO the last sdvices from the Cape o. Good
Hone appears that the American steamer Golden Age
reached thai place after an unprecedented passage n
running time having been twenty six days and a bali
She would be detained at the Cape some days on. was
expected not to occupy more than twenty Two days
tween the Cape and Meboorn in which case her passage
10 Au,trala viii have been effected, regards running
time in a little forty eight day.. 1t viii be rsmem
bered thar the Post Office refused 70 pay this
vessel any for taking mall and the day pre-
yiously dspat he'd with bonus OF II 600 the sailing
,hip Matilda wstienbscb, which wa ultimately driven
disnssted Tito LibOa.
The packet ship Devonshre, arrived les, night from
London. reports
March ~ lat 20 80, lon &c 90, passed The Br bark
Express OF Liverpool, water logged aad abanioDed.
Same lat and lon spoke steamship MELVILLE hence for
Bremen. % hour out
Feb 20 Jonas Tryers, seaman fell from the foret)p-
tsil y.Id and wac lost
Dec &C. lat 10 81 Ion. Is co. on the passage 70 Lon
coz. passed large ship, na.,s gone and sbsndoned
looked like three deck chip OF about 1000 or oo tun.
burden Her larboGrd quarter aft appeared /" II II hsa
been burned blowing heavy at the time could not