The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-12-29
ABSTRACT or THE REPORT
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

The report opens with a reference the Paraguay ex
pedton 1t consisted of 10 vessels carrying 200 guns
and $500 men, and its expense betrayed ont Of the
ordinary appropriations for the naval service except the
of 900 appropriated by Congress for the char
purchase Of six steamers and side wheel
steamer. which from the deficiency Of light draUght vca
sells in the navy it had become necessary to charter for
the occasion The Government had the right to convert
the charter into purchase at stipulated prices which
it did without exceeding the appropriated. They
all now in active service. five of them being Employ
ed the coasts of Africa and Pubia, and he cost Of
maintaining these seven vessels in commission ia
much greater han that of maintaining single steam
frigatc.
The purchase af the above steamers has enabled the
Department adopt efficient for the sup
preston the slave trade. Eight steamers detailed
for ths service, -four to cruise the coast of Guinea
and equal number the coast of Cuba, two each
side Of the island Another steamer is he employed
between New Orleans. Mobile, Pensacola and Key West.
INCREASE OF THE NAVY.
''Since the the present administration
twenty vessels have been added to the navy, thir
teen by construction and the aforementioned seven by
purchase OF the vessels eight already in
mission and FIVE ready and waiting for their machine
ry Seven Of the thirteen are sioops-ofwar, and the
'contracors for the machinery of them have guarln-
the speed-for the Pawnee, 16 statute miles hour
for the Dacotah Is miles and for the other five eighty
revolutions of the propeller in minute velocity which
in the Wyoming, the only one vet tried has given miles
an without the Of sails. Two of these vessels
'built at the navy yard in Florida, and are the
first ships of war constructed there They are fully
equal in construction to those which have been built at
the other navy yards" The machinery constructed
other establishments One vessel huilt in Cali
forna, and has been well and economically bult-both
the vessel and the machinery and proves the compe
tehcy Ql the GoVerIieno 10 iees lhc tenants o, te
Ocean, without doubling Cape Horn
still further increase Of the navy is recommended.
On this point the Secretary says
1.-THE Of these twenty steam vessels has been ess
than hve milions ot uoars Whe the sum retained IN
the treasury ny the Pocy adopted at tne aSt session OF
congress ol susItnuhs III 'e navy !i"9'
and restricting the appropriation for equipment and re-
pair, has amounted during the present nScll year 10
more than three mllll ms OF doars ana II congress Sal
continue the policy Of suspending these Improvements
during the next fiscal year according to estimates now
submitted there Will nc retained IN lhe treasury amon
and ahaf or two millions more Thus may be said that
the treasury will he nearly quite ndemnhed for the
cost OF TINS increase o twenty steam vessels IN the navy
by corresponding fetrehchment OF naval expenditure.
ANA ne also adGs' instead oI P:rpetuans olu VeSseS
which never can be made enecuVe IN naval warfare or
eXpendinG millions IN constructing a few large ships,
which are likely to perish or be superseded before they
Will he wanted 1t IS earnestly recommended 10 prosecute
with vigor the line OF pocy whch mas nern adopted by
Congress ana to ada TO the navy much larger NUMBER
of steamships which can be maintained at comparatively
small cost constant and pressing necessity at home
and abroad can go wherever they may be needed and
protection and security to widelyeXtend
eu coast our IaP.uH 'u 70 ''t =.
citizens and interests wherever they may be found
MARINE CORPS ETC.
The gradual increase the navy rendered neccs
sary a corresponding in its marine medical and
pursers departmens" There are not now enough sur.
geons and pursurs to perform 'the necessary duty
NAVAL ACADEMY
There is srratfvnr evidence of the urociercv or the
pupiIs in all branches Of their profession Twen act
H. ,i1sbi,r,ar ,,rouotaI in Trna ond ono brndro an n
thrtvbrer have since been examined for admission Of
whom eiGhtvex were found qualified and admitted In
' I'm t7 -. -, - 49,, 80, 80 a.;ans nr tTa toad.r,r
witbop erertin new bniIdnps the fourh class has been
transferred to The sloopofwar Plymouth which is
tached to the Academy Although the act Of 1SlS eau,
of the massage Of that act two to each and
Territorial district there were last year only lo7 mid
sbinmen in the navy To supIv the deficiency abot IG0
! enlisted seamen and andsmtn have been rated
te mates at an annual expense Of more than SEQ eco
| to rerf,rn the rroner duties of midshipmcn
! When the Plymouth made the annual cruise in the
summer 1O7 Of the acting mdshipmen were on board and
those Of the rscass were entrusted with the navIga
tion of the ship and acquitted themselves in very crd
! table manner "
The HoME SQUADRoN, under the command Of Flag ON
Ger " NcClaney consists of the steam frigae Roanoke
Captan W H. Gardner; the frigate Sabine Cantain IT,
| Adams; the steam sloopof.war Brooklyn. Captain n
Farragut the soopsoi-war Savannah, Captain Jos r..
Jarvis: Saratoga Commander Thos Turner Jamestown,
| Commander C. II A II. Kennedy; St. Lonis, Commander
C. Fl. Poor; PrebIe Commander T 4. Jenkins the steam
Crusader, Lieutenant Commanding J. n Natht: Mo
hawk Lieutenant Commanding T A. Craven: wyandotte
Lieutenant Commanding F. Stanly; Water Witch Lieu
tenant Commanding l.. c Sarori and storeship Relief
Commander T. VI Dove Tag -Oihcer J. NJ McIntoSh.
The PACIFIC SQUADRON has been commanded hy Flag
Officers Long and Montgomery The former was detached
ana me latter sncceeueo MN IN AqSu, steam III
gate Merrimac Commander X b hltchcock the steamer
Saranac, Captain r. kitchie; thc soops 81 Mary
Commander w. ID. Porter; Levant, Commander W. r.
Hunt; Nandala, Commander 4 sinclair; hecatur Com
mander h thatcher, Cyane CoIhman5er ;, L2cAWooa'
the steamship Lancaster Captain Rudd and the store
snip warren LeuIehaht j. bpEe' nay "esi allicfh
J. K Mitchell has received her orders and on her way
to join it The steam soop Narragarsett, Commander T.
| A. Hunt, is in commission and will soon follow them.
The Merrimac and Vandaa have been detached are
their way to the Atlantic States. The Decatur has
been put of commission at the Navy Yard in Cali
! fornia.
The BRAZIL SQUADRON has been successv vely command
by Flag Officers Forrest. Shubrick and Sands the
course of the year. already mentioned the Sabine
Lawrence, Falmouth, Prebe, Memphis, Atalanta Gale
donia Dolphin Southern Star, Westenpot Fulton, Balm
bridge Water Witch Perry, Chaplin Metacomet the Har
rie Lane and the ships Supply and Release haze
heen attached to it, II now consists of the fgate Con
| gress Captain L. NJ Goldsborough; the Dolphin Com
mander Charles Steedman; the Perry Lieutenant Com
| mandng r. l.. Tilghman; the Bainbridge Lieutenant
Commanding NJ Woodruff; the steamer Pulaski, Iieuten
| ant Commanding W H Macnmh: and the storc-ship Re
| lease Lieutenant Commanding George W Harrison
| The MgpITERRANEAN SQUADRON under the command
of Flag Officer F. A Lavallee has consisted Of the
steam friVate Wabash CAPTAIN S Barron and the sIo0p
ofwar Macedonian, Captain T. P Levy. The Wabash
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