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al concerned. The propellers, Of which she has two
wsse worked up about nily revolutions with mode
rate pressure OF steam.
The work this vessel Is progressing as rapidly q
circumstances will permit and 1t Is expected to have be-
ready for sea in the course Of few weeks. She
beautiful specimen Of workmanship, and promises to b
OF the crack vessels Of clad navy, which al
ready is numbered by scores The gun carriages have
been placed in position, and will be long before her
ponderous armament win be In place.
The Continental Iron Works very busy and nave on
hand besides the Onondaa, the Cohoes and Muscoo'a
both OF them light draft Monitors. II will be some time
before tho two latter are ready for service
AoDUc iron -clad-Mr. J. g. Uaderhi, OF the Dry DOCK
Iron Works building the light draught Monitor Moduc
at Greenpoint visit to this yard will repay any ono
interested this branch OF naval architecture In the
FIRST place the yard Is very roomy and the arrangements
for carrying the work arc unsurpassed The orges
presses punching machines, &C., are all In tho most
perfect order and arranged to save the workmen rs
much labor as possible. On the premises Is hydraulic
press capable pressing six cold plates esht hot
at one time. This time and facilitates the work
There are many mpro In the yard but have
the space at the present time to mention them.
The vessel Is somewhat advanced construction
the workmanship thus far displayed is beautiful. The
bottom OF the ship is in place and tho up. The
former is well worth seeing piece Of mechanical Skill
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
Never in the history OF this yard presented so
lively appearance and to-day there lying at its
wharves and ut anchor in the vessels than
were in our navy before the rebellion. Yet with this
great increase of work. the the country
be adequate the circumstances and everything pro
crosses us II there only few ships in the yard
Admiral Pau!Ning and his officers are, however, com
PEELED put forth their sss superinend
the details OF this great naval VOL kshop. Yet they
never fail to meet the demands made upon them by
the Navy Department. The best possible discipline is
maintained, aud the work pushed forward rapidly Us
be ! government yard. 1t would require volumes
to contain the details OF work accomplished this yard
since the rebellion Over two hundred vessels have
built, repaired and fitted the yard Or course
some vessels have been there more than once yet we
count them each time q vessel.
SAssAcUs, 9.-Ihe new double. end guuboat Sassacus
Navy Yard from Boston She is to bo fitted there
and will be ready for sea In about two weeks.
METAcoaEr, 9.--The new guuboat Metacomet was turn
cd over by Admiral Gregory to Admiral Pauding Wed.
nesday she Will be fitted for possible
VICTORIA, 5-rhe United States gunboat Victoria ar
rived at Fortress Monroe the I'd nst from Beaufort
N Co. having board the captain and twenty Of the
crew of the blockade Venus (which totally
destroyed by the bockading feet 2lst ut twelve
vesse of eight hundred cargo consisted
OF ny thousand pounds bacon five hundred bags coffee
and seven lead
lbe Victoria is 10 be despatch boat, to ply regularly
between Fortress Monroe and the blockading fleet.
lhc following is list Of her onlcers-
Commander Charles W Lee.
EI.catire ODter-Alred Everson.
Acin0 ASSISTANT SurYeon-.ohn q. Park
dctHg AssissaM Pam tstsr-Samuei Thomas, Jr.
Aeing Easigns-wm. H. Mayer, Jr. , and Paul Dorner
Eufay2s Ts--A Asgc n
Acting Third Assistants, j. Haversed Sas Adams
Ac'o5 Aaar's Mass-B W. Tucker and Wm Moody.
Lieutenant Commander Henry Erben, Jr, has been ap
pointed to superntend the construction of clads IL
the city Of New York.
GENERAL oRDERs-No. %.
NAVY IErARrMRsr, Oct II, 1858.
Alta general court MARTIAL convened by order Of the
August TO- 1893 Captain David H. Cohen and First Lca
tenant William B. McKeM, OF the Marine corps, re
Charge and spoc,fcaiion Of charge, preferred bv ,h
Serrsaay OF the Nary against David ~ CoAn, carta.n
CHARGE ~scaudalous conduct tondiug 10 tho destruc
ti0n OF good morals
Spse.aeaton-In this: that on or about the twentieth
dav OF Nay, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty
ihree The Navy Yard Mare island California, the saic
Captain David NJ Cohen sent written message 10 the
nature Of challenge to E. A. Selfrdge, the clerk OF
commandant OF the said yard.
Caa,p and spee!dcation OF charge, preferred by the
Secretary or ahe Nary, against W. b. Mexican, Grs,
ticnlenant in The Marine corps.
CusRcE.-Scandalous conduct, tending to the destruc
Spec.tccnon-In this that or about the twentieth.
day Of May IN the year eighteen hundred sixty three
tenant W. b. McAean acting as tho friend or second Of
iaptam avid NJ Cohen, Of the Marine corps was the
bearer oi written message in the nature Of challenge,
oi tne communicate OF the said yard.
Upon revsion the recordS n these cases appear
thal the court, in each case, finds tho accused Guy
the specification, but "Not guilty. OF lhe charge and
.atain Cohen Is sentenced 10 be "reprimanded" e1d
Lieutenant Mexican 10 be "admonishe by the
ary OF tho Navy.
these sentences confirmed aud the proceedings
l. The record 10 neither case exhibits or recites the
fhagc upon which the accused tried and OF which
e sas io.nd no. guilty. nor the specification Of which
= The court In these pow to And the nc
;uscd guilty OF any other charge than that preerred
against them aud. having found them not guilty OF
Charge precred they had no authority sentence them
- afy punishment, oven nominal
ihe decision the appears to be directly IN
sunrt .t that provision OF the "at for the better 60
sornIeut Of the navy :" which makes 1t punishable o..
oacs 70 send or accept challenge 10 ght duel
~ second Ia duel II there any offence committed
by the accused consisted in violation, at lest
manifest evasion, Of the law referred 10. But, the
Dppi1n sf the court violation Of law intend
ID Tor the sappress OF moral offence is not "scand,
conduct tending 10 the destruction OF good morals"
Tue department. cannot sanction decision which would
Sem 70 indicate deficiency In the moral sense vel!
nd the ,cndeacy Of which would be to encourage adj.
GIDEON wELLHs. Secretary OF the Navy.
CENTRAL oRDERs-.No. 20.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Oct. 81, 1858.
Al a naval general court MARTIAL assembled at the
Navy Yard Phizdelphis Acting Volunteer Lieutenant j.
ktrcigc, OF the Navy, was recently tried on the fol
lowing charge, preferred against hn by the Department.
CnagcE.-Maitreatment Of an ordinary seaman subject
t. hts orders.
SDeclsoai0n-,n this that about the fourteenth
aay oi juno, In the year eighteen hundred ana sixty
three On board the United States steamer Wamsutia Ia
5apao sound, the said Acng Volunteer Lieutenant W
karcdFe, beng then in command of the said steamer,
taatrcnted George Hughes, ordinary seaman sub
ect to his ORDERS by striking tho said Hughes
with AZ hst, strSiug him on the mouth with loaded
revolver, anu otherwise nuctng illegal punishment upon
the said Hugnes
ot which Charge be found Guilty - aud sentenced
by the court TO he dismissed the naval scrvlco.n
This scutonce having been approved, Acting Volunteer
Lieutenant j. w. ktttedsc IA accordingly dismissed from
the service and Will from this date be regarded
olcer ~ the United states Navy.
The Department trusts that this example Will have
proper cdect both on officers and the navy
admen suing the that the law itane for the purpose
Of protecting seamen from wanton tyrsnnous abuse
of authority snail not be violated with impunity, and
giving scamen to Understand that, while they 6nd their
oncers held 10 strict accouD fer the exercise of
thpriy, they, their discharge