The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-06
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Tor NJ W IN November, 1859, received our Minis
Ter, Mr ward, on board, conveyed him to Con, % ~ us 10
turned with him to Hong Kong then convevod Si, re
MANILA and IN January returned with him to Hong Kon
rag onCer oblng represents their visit to Manila a
peeucal 10 our commercial interests there and aS ron
dered very agreebe by the attentions of the Governor
Captain General and other officials of the government
lie reports that onr commerce and our countrvmen resd
ing at Manila and in the Phpine Jan6s are fnIIr o
tected by the local authorities of Spain and thatin no
pt M VI ne word are they better footing In April
- i'' .'ou win Mr.. Ward, visited Swatow mort inst
Speneu 70 foreign commerce by our treaty with China
Cfin e ti'u Deen some difficulty at Swaow among the
iser the visit was well timed and was deemed bana
GGla 70 our commerce. In Nav She left Hong Kon fo
TTaIshai touching at Annoy and in July conveyed Mr.
Mard 10 the Gulf of PetchiH and toncbinG az rorios
paces returned to Shanghai the latter part of Sugnst
u me John Adams, in May, was despatched bv Gap
oiicer Stribng to Fow Chow to remain tnro ,,iI s
ther orders. Commander Berrien reported lime o5tb
that tight was then going between the Canton and
ChhcheW men, and that at the request of Consul Cover
heur he had sent up armed boat and was preparing
ahoe 10 leave the next hoodtide for the purpose of
protecting our countrymen and other foreign residents.
EXPLORATIONS.
The act of Congress of June % 1860 authorized the
Lresdent to send competent person or persons to
te sthmus OF Chiqui to examine and report upon the
'y anu PIoDaDle quantity of coal to be found on the
lanas OF the Chiriqu improvement Company the char
y. tie haroors OF Chirqui, Lagoon and Gofta: the
Pdo'CapiiIy oI building railroad across the Isthmus
SO as to connect said harbors transmit herewith nre
hmlnary reports from Capt Engle Leutenants Jefers
and Morton, and Dr. Evans. These renorts show that
the harbors on both sides of the sthmus Chiriou are
unsurpassed that in the opinion of Lieutenant Morton
t is entirely practicable to connect tbe barbors b Inc
OF railroad adapted to commercial purposes . and that
the coal fouHd there of excellent quality and the SUP
ply neXhaustihe.
the Paraguay, under the command of Commodore Thos
j. Page has probably been completed. He had reached
Cruguayana in August last. 1t his intention to ex
eu the exploration IN the Uruguay as far as the high
water OF September and October would allow which was
all that remained to be accomplished by the expedition
Commander John Rogers in his report of the progress
andcondtion of the work under his charge results
given the the engrayers hands of those
reduced Ior engraving those in progress of reduction
ose ready Tor reduction; those be prepared for the
sngrayer, and of those already engraved and pnbsbed
captain Cadwalader RnggoId commanded this expedi.
9n from the time of its departure Norfolk in June
1858, to August, 1856 when he was succeeded bv Con-
mander Rogers. In April 1859 ordered Can't Ringrod
10 le uuty OF preparing his report He has brought the
nit "'UiU per
Lieutenant james NJ. Gilliss, the conductor of the As
economical expedition TO Chilli has reported the progress
OF the work during the past year revision has been
made OF all the observations determine the Longitude
Of the observatory Santiago and the results ba
tdpuated ana are ready for the printer. This revision
cohcuSVey establishes the fact that Valparaiso and
aooapy ti'e whoe coast of Chilli laid down on the
best charts lthose of the British Admiralty are four
and four fh miles too the west an error of much
Importance to navigators.
SURVEY OF THE ROUTE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO Ann
CHINA.
Lieutenant John NJ, Brooke having arrived on the 18th
OF august 1899, at hanagawa Bay off Yokohama in ta
island of Japan, interrupted in the further
on OF the survey of the between San Francisco and
emma On the I'D OF that month occurred severe CIV
clone, which caused the Fennimore Cooper to dra her
anchors and strike repeatedly that to avoid the loss
aiu save tue IFeS oil her Lieutenant
Obliged to ashore Every assistance was afforded bv
commodore Popo of the Russian squadron to repar and
rent her But in removing the ballast her mbers were
found so decayed that all hopes repairing her were
abandoned Her stores with the Instruments maps and
surveys, were most of them saved, and Lieutenant
Brooke, with part of the at the request of the anan
ese government returned to San Francisco in the Japanese
Warsteamer kandinmarrah, to aid the captain Of that
vessel in navigating her the Pacific.
Lieutenant Brooke began in July last to prepare his re-
port The meridian differences between San Francisco
Honolulu, Guam, Hongkong, oo-choo and Kauapawa
primary stations in the survey have been determined
mediate points, reefs shoals coast lines are in process
OF reduction The meteorological observations have been
reduced The deep sea soundings under dscusson-
me specimens obtained from depths of l2OGO 800
feet are under examination by eminent mcroscopiss
WI tn results of great interest The plotting of the work
ana the report upon the results, embracing determine
of final positions reefs shoals and islands, surveys
OF portions of the Of JAPAN
routes to be preferred, remain to be completed
For the support Of the Navy Marine Corps and for
all other objects under the control of the Navy depart
for the fiscal year ending June 80 1855 the expen
dtures were S13,S70,6s476; for fiscal year ending
June 80 1859 s14 10 and for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1860, S1l CTS 22243
FOR me fiscal year ending June 80, 1861 the
were sll 2i4 S45.63 Congress having by June l.
lsoO increased the pay of the officers of the Navy fur
ther estimate submitted this increase $47I
9lO ~, so that the total estimate for 1861 was SlI76
75595. The appropriations by the naval APPROXIMATION
act OF June %, 1860, SO 400 129. 90
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 80 1862
are $l1513, ,904 OIL that is to say;
n vi the NaVy proper. So l63 ZOO
r or the Marine corps 667 570O5
or al other obJects.. CONGRATULATIONS, 6S2 $50 90
refer to the accompanying Reports of the Bureau for
he condition OF the respective branches of the service
committed to their particular charge
nave the honor to he, very respectfully your ohed
nnt servant, ISAAC ToUCEY
M Secretary Of the Navy.
The President Of the United States