New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-16
MARINE AFFAIRS.
cuARLEsrowN NAVY YARD.

cHARLEsTowN NAVY YARD.
Over $50 laborers add mechanics afe BOW en-
plo,ed at the Navy Yard, and the seml. monthly pay
rolls amount to between go 600 and SO 00o he sx-
trsordipGy midnees OF the ssason has Allowed "
masons' work on the huge foundery and The meaAsns
chop and the dry dock extension, to b eonehus9
lor ger than was anticipated Soon The weather must
lead TO the discharge Of the masons gsnG; bit y y
hoped by that time orders viii have core ifem WAN
retou to mmerce work on the new steam sboo o.
war plans OF which have been submitted; - = de-
sirsbe that tie number employed at this reason q Dis
tre,s may lot be diminish ed. Hundreds Of nempoye4
worhmen msy be seen amost any day wandering SPOUT
the yard, hoping and begging TO bs given v0fh-.s-
chanics offering at lAborers' wsgcss
The Roanoke s in dry dock, and 10 undergoing
most thorough ard searching examination. 70
already ascefiaioed that her repairs muse exceed NE
original estimate Of 500 600 ls than nine o. tns
heavy frame tmbers tho s.srboard side arc disccv
ere broken and il u supposed ~ May more WV %
Uncovered on the opposite side when tns PisHn
removed. number Of deck beams snd knees were
also reported broken and tsisted; Az nT oAme9e
was done in the launching Of this othervise noess
snip; and the insufficient repairs che received u orcer
10 rave the Of the contractor who supenntssosd
the suI Oh at Norfolk, might have been TIE cause.
had she en- counteied the gale OF the Csnrsi AnsneA
Of sending Fer with all board TO ih' bo.aom. Her
repairs viii probably be continued fos the ran siI
months, aGordirg employment 70 rear three hascreo
persons. toosS"
None of the officers Of the Niagara, with the Bossr
bic exception Of Cspt Hudson and Ar. Everett the
Chief Engineer, will 10 out in her second yeAs.
Most Of them are now being ordered 10 other stsess
Lieut. Whitirg is to join the African squsdroa, sAd
Others of her regular Off s'e TO Join vesssh sos
fitting out. The marine officers have skesdy bssn or
dered on other duty.
Capt. Bergman, formerly connected with VIE a.
plorstion Of the tesgrsphio stssn, 70 have oom-
msnd Of the mail steamer Grsnsds, running betsssa
AspI wall and Havana. lie sells st a sssiy dAy -
join her. paper will be resd by Capt. Bergman o.
Thursdsy next, before the Geographical Booesy %
the subject of Submarine Geography.
Connodo,e Jones, In letter to The National IHtsI
hgeneer, proposing the enlistment OF faval militia
Hi. plan 10 TO furnish naval equipments To AoasssS
prvuteer or letters Of msrqus the cost Of which, Tie
Commodore estimates, would not exceed =, oo9ooo'
and the result, he thinks, would b the creation Of
naval militia which might bid defiance to 81 tAs Nc
vies Of Earope."
Tne United States steam higsts Minnesota JAILED
fiom Table Bay for China on the 2ist OF Ssp<sness.
letter. have been received from the Atraso Erpsds-
ton dated Nov. 7, ult. The party reached CstAar
eena on the 3d. AID the 18th were TO have sai's4
fy IN the Atra,o. The party consists Of Lsut Craven
ard the Coers Of the snip one Lieutenant Of eogses"
borrowed from the army, and eight civil sssessrs'
with one ply sicisD, DIR OHSs, U. N.