The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-26

ihk NAVAL DgFARIMBSf INVESTIGATING COMMIT
fkE.-This committee. originated by the Hoase to
Investigate corrnptions 10 the naval departmen,
and In the navy yards, has reported, and the fol-
lowing are the conclusions at which IL has ar.
rived
Thst the testimony taken In this investigation
proves the existence Of CARING abuses ia the rook
gn navy !aId. and ss such require the
o, LEGISLATIVE reform; but IL is cue to Justice TO DC
'is .hese aoases nave been slowly bot gracn-
sils sto~ing Up during lonZ course of years and
toal 10 particular administration tAJuld bear the
tItre b anne therefor,
tha ths aget for the purchasa OF anthracite coal
Tor Inc use q the navy has been for sorae time past
IN the hands Of pers.n wholly ins iieieHi and
Et"ssi} iIcompoteEt, and tbat TefoIm il needed in
ne regulations which exist ca that subject; bat
There i- no proof which traces any knowledge OF
auch tlecIcncy aud iDcolnt etency 10 the raaponsi
BILE authorities In Wash ug on nor any which shows
mat the need Of refurTG especially of any
aGt @ q, 'heis onf on The contrary IT Is expressly
proven that the supply of coal for the naval
mas be'h purchased during this administration
fore w.
That while We cculd never ,nctpn or approve any
srtsngement On the ofanyo Beer Of the govern
s rut m "hieh, unfer preteuce Of naklog contra ts
W euppeS vas designed 10 co1ier sepeclat aLo e&-
sfor 90 lndisidu ils yet in thu contract en-
; ;sftd INTO IN September, 1858, between the Navy
Department AID W q n sxift tog the supply of live
OAK 70 sud department i: is arly proven by the
.es.tlanhy that IL the Secretary of the Navy did
nto'opiate any favor to the said Swift. he did not
essh 10 oest9s IL TO The detriment CT the govern
st, sut that in all he did in this matter be kept
sa matsin view the good Of the public and the in
'etSstsCf The service.
hat Ia the lettn OF the contracts for the con-
suctioa OF IT. steam machinery for tho vessels of
ny no curing the present administrator moth
Hs "fs Doeb sHown which calls for the intsrpOsi-
Ileh OF The Congress of the United States tutit is
, st tasi tbe present head Of the Navy Depart
neht has displayed a very lautabie zeat to sfcure
t1e greatest amount of speed and eiciency attana.
bic for Eaia vessels
ihat nothing has toen proven In this iuvestiga.
Rr winch imUesChaz in an uav al or
ohaCisi & lat gritty Of the Secretary of the Navy
Inc minority report OF the same committee,
however, declares tha: the contract with Swift was
MADE IN violation Of law. 1t asserts in reference
TO the coal agency at Philadelphia, that DR.. Huns
ter vas physician, who knew nothiug-about coal,
aud that be transferred the whole business to a
hrn IN Philadelphia, Hunter receiving 81 453 as
his profits.
1t ceusates the appointment Of Daniel b. Mar.
tin, member Of the Board Of L S Engineers, as he
was interested in every contract presented to the
board, as the inventor Of Martins boiler"
CULTIVATION or TEA IN THE UNITED STATES.
Dispatches have been received by the Commission
er OF Patents from tIr. Robert Fortune. dated a,
Shanghai, 6th Of December, enclosing bills of Ia.
ding for large quantities Of Tea seeds packed in
EARTH lang.nae tree and its seeds; seeds OF the
Camphor-troe, Tungoil tree aud of the sOo.dang -
The ldHg-mQe is much esteemed in China for
| its lrnii; the Ju1lg-oH produces valuable oil,
largely used by carpenters aud yarnishers; and
| the Oo-dang il highly priced f3r ornament. The
| introduction OF the csmphor-.ree into Florida and
other Southern States has been contemplated for
| more than hundred years but no direct measures
| have been taken before the present, that would
| seem 10 warrant slccess. The Patent Office has
| erected upon the mosF approved principles a
hOuse, on one Of the public reservations in WASH
| ington city, Tor the termination of the above
named seeds, where they will be placed as soon
as they arrive, preparatory 10 transpIautiug them
10 the localities in which the experiment Of their
acclmatiz4ton and culture are finally to be made