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THE NAVAL A II M.
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Report OF Hon. Gideon WeIIes, Secretary
of the Navy

Report of Hon. Gideon WeIIes, Secretary
Of the Navy.
NAVY DEPARTMENT December 8, ls6G-Sir:-I have
The honor TO present the annual report Of the condi
lion and operations OF this De pRrtment and of the
navy during the year. The reduction of the naval
force at home and the establishments and reinforce
1nent of the squadrons abroad. with the repairing
and Ilacing In efficient condition the vessels and
machil cry which had become and detective by
long ~ constant hard usage, have continued to be
objects OF paramount importance in the administra-
q on OF naval affairs since my last annual report.
Ger eraI Exhibit of the Navy.
The total numb er OF vessels in the navy at this time
is two hundred and seveny-elght armed with two
thousand three hundr I'd and hny-one guns Oi these
there are in commission and active duty one hun
dred and fifeen vessels, carrying one thousand and
The following general exhibit gives IN detail q
staten ent of the character and condition OF the naval
WV Niinbfr. Guns
Vesses In squadron service ............... tl G9i
Vas els on syc,dai serV ice .....,.,..,,,.,.., Is
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Excess of Issues oy payments. ...
1889 Os

From the estabIishme { of the system on Noyem.
Der l, 1864, to July l, is period of eight months
the orders lssudd amour to 81 $3.50, ,122 g. aud the
orders pa and repaid 81 313,677 08. On COM
pairing these amounts wit he corresponding trans
actions OF the last fiscal ar, 1t appears tnat the
business has been almost Il led.
The average amount of el order issued during
the year was SIG 81.
The whole numoer OF du 'icates was 1892 of
which liza were issued to rel ce originals lost in
the mails or otherwise, 296 we. lieu of orders
inyaidated by age, and IL to replace orders illegally
Endorsed
The sum of 80 TO 6s5 So, being surplus funds
accruinG at the smaller offices from the transac ion
OF the money order business. was transmitted to
frst-class offices used repositories, either By
national bank drafts or in registered packaoes hy
fiscal year as adjusted and reported by the Auditor,
wei o as TO lows VIE. -
Receipts:-
Fees on orders issued ed...............,.S3 S35 799 90
Prem. .um received on exchange 308
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NfAs0NIC PUBLICATIONS. .-HEADQUAR,
INI ters for asonic BOOKS 81 MOSS n Co.'s, No.
ar CHEsHUT Street l0l1 WS22t
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Excess of receipts over expenditures. 7,1SS 70
This sum represents the gross amount OF
revenue derived from the transaction o.
the moDey-OrdeI business for the past
year, and if we deduct theIefrom the
amount of the deficiency in the receipts
as compared with the expenditures dur
ing the period of eight months ending
report viz. Observation-Disclosures. 7O479 81
There remains the sum of. ............. 9o.s2
as the proceeds of the system from its commence
ment up TO the close OF the last fiscal year.
remittance of kurplus mOney-order funds,
amounting TO $6l7 sent in q registered package from
Natchez, Miss, to st. Louis Mo-, was lost by the
destruction of the mail steamer city Of Memphs, on
the 3lst OF May but in consequence OF delay in OBJ
tanning satisfactory evidence that this sum had been
duly counted, registered and mai ed, and had sub
sequenty been totally destroyed, the claim of the
postmaster at Natchez to be credited herewith was
not allowed by this Department and transmitted to
the Auditor in time to be inserted in his report
The foreign postal service has grown TO such mag
nitu0e that increased care and responsibility fall
upon those having the direct charge OF 1t; and
superintendent of foreign mails, and an additional
clerk for that branch OF the service
also recommend that authority be given to ap.
point superintendent OF the opening and distrlbu-
lion dead letters
The law regulating the ranking privilege ought,
in my opinion, to be amended. i do not think the
privilege should be abolished. think 1t necessity
for the different Departments, as well as Tor Con-
gress But great abuses have grown up under it.
To avoid frauds and misuse OF the privilege L
recommend such a change IN the law as TO require
privilege upon the matter franked; and to relieve
The heads departments and bureaus of great
labor, that franking clerk be authorized by law
for each de partment OF the Government, with the
right to frank AL mater perlantng to the depart
ment tor which he il appointed.
Respectfully submitted:
ALEXANDER w RANDALL,
Postmsster-S General.
HE Pies dent.
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North Atlantic Squadron.

During the greater part of the year the service re-
quired of the Navy on the North Atlantic coast and in
the West Indies has been divided between three
SQuadrons but the lst of November last Allan
TIC coast and West India squadrons
and thereafter designated the North Atlantic squad
ron, the combined forces being commanded by Rear
Admi al Palmer The vessels are as follows:--
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All the open ports of China, including some which
no American man-Of-war had entered have
been visited by the vessels OF this squadron Rear
Admiral Bell in April proceeded TO Canton, where he
had a friendly reception and an agreeable Interview
The disposition manifested toward our country and
countrymen of gratifying character Unlike
the great maritime nations OF Europe the Chlne5e
Government and people gave no encouragement or
recognition the rebels in their war upon the Union
American residents in thnt far distant quarter OF the
globe have not been interlered with in their legal
pursuits molested by the natives, save IN single
instance The exception was that OF the United
States Consul at New Chwang who was assaulted by
a party of dissolute characters. The Wdcfhtscd was
in June TO that port for the purpose or Sc
curing the and punishment OF the parties who
were eng aged In the outrage by The considerae yet
determined course OF Commander Townsend lhe
trial OF eight of them secured and conYellon ol-
lowed. The ninth, and chief instigator, whom the
authorities powerless TO arrest was seized Oy
Comm ander Townsend and delivered over for trial
While waiting the decision of the courts In the case
of these outlaws. Commander Townsend, ny the re-
quest Of the Chinese customs authorities ayaea nm o.
sell of the occasion TO survey the bar az lhe
the Liam river. Tue channel was aseertane1 An eGa
huoyed for the benefit of the commerce OF the WoI
me Increase or renewal Of piracy y me GhinesS
waters has rendered the Institution OF declslNe and
vigorous measures for its arrest necessity. heir-
Admlrnl lie has been fully AUTHORIZED 70 act IN con-
cert with the rav0l commanders Of other 0ations on
that station, In the suppression oi pirall 0'prs1h
iops,
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The large unex pected balance in the Treasury at
the close of the last fiscal year Is embraced IN ap
ierent heads. Many of these arc continuous, have
been made for years, their expenditures viii
assisting to make up large balance can be dispensed
with. There large amounts however, under
the heads Of construction" "steam engineering
"orlnance," provisions and clothing and fuel
appropriations under these heads made for the
current year. and for the ensuing year none asked
hausted but 1t believed to be accordance with
public policy in time of peace to continue such
large amounts at the disposal OF the Department.
Liberal appropriations TOR the naval service were
male during the existence of the war; but the funds
of the Department were always carefully and
economically expended. This fact is attested by the
Congress- and the result is, that the Department is
able complete all the vessels and engRes contracted
for before the close of the war; and designate appro
prirtlons 10 the amount OF about hty millions OF doll
lars that be relnqnished to the Treasury may
be Otherwise disposed or by Congress.
II has heretofore been deemed essential to cOrrec
for proposed expenditures and specific appropriations
the eor after examination by Congress, and this De-
papen has no desire TO evade this annual scrutiny.
The Bureaus.
The reports Ofthe several chiefs of bureaus. and OF
the Colonel COmmandant of the Marine Corps APP
opt ratons OF their several departments, brief ABB
struOt only here be given. fYr.f ar
The chief of the Bureau OF Yards and Docks gives In
detcn statement of the repairs and improvements
and his views of future wants. The expenditures II
permanent improvements necessarily SUI al
duI ng the last four years. and now tnat & tne war {
closed, u Is thought 20 be sound p9ney 10 Tupply
many of the wants, and correct the defects vfhch
state OF has developed. The Pnrtsm0' Ith yarf
mas been extended by the purchase or Seave ys ISLAND
add hrTangements have been made subjer tonv 10 Z
grant OF Jurisdiction 10y the New Yorf, Legislature
| 10, extending the Brooklyn yard by inc0rpornun
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
APPOINTMENTS.

Gen. Dix has accepted the position OF
NsvsI Officer Of New York, and executed ms
Official bond. a
LANES r.. Hood of Tennessee, well
Lnovvn in the political circles OF that stare,
bss been commissioned as Secretary OF the
Territory of Colorado.
Il lrannorted that the President has
a,noiuted A. +. SnOwden chief eOinef OF the
PtfIadeIphia Mint. He has been oiiclaily
connected with the mint for NUMBER OF
years. =,
The President has appointed Andrew
u, McRevnolds United States DISTRICT AttoT-
~, for the Western District OF Michigan, ana
Jssob p. Lewis United States Marshal Tor the
District Of California.
The President has appointed Il. L:
D,y;obt Of NelHaska Indian superintendent
Tn Nevada. John n. Humphreys, otIenIes-
set, agent for the Shawnees. OF Kansas; men
nv Ogden, Jr of California, agent at tne
Soutb River Reservation, and FORREST ID.
PAGE of Kansas, agent of the Kansas Indians.
r ~ Montgomery has been appoint
al Receiver of Public Moneys at La crosse,
w. M. II. Lakenbush, Receiver OF Public
AFonavs AZ East Saginaw, Mich; tssac Il. war
dsn- Register Of the Land Office, East Sagl-
NV Mich: Albert Tuxbury, Receiver OF FnD-
Ic Moneys, Nebraska City, NeD-; reward ID
Reed. Register of the Land Once, Nebraska
City.
Among the appointments to fill the
offices in the new regiments are sand to be The
following: MajorGeneral Griffin, Colonel OF
tbe 37th Infantry, Major General Slckles, Col
oneI of the AID Infantry; Major General Miles,
GoIonel of the r45th C0lOTed Infantry; Major
General Jobn @. Robinson, Colonel of one of
tie Veteran Reserve Corps regiments Brig:
General John r. Brooke. Lientenant-Colonei
of one of the new Infantry regiments; MAJOR
General Thomas q. Devin, Lieutenant ColoEe!
az fle Eighth Cavalry.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
RDI.ITICAI..

George Francis Tram announces hin
self as an independent candidate for Con-
gress in Nebraska
Hon. Henry @. Murphy has been
,,.,Iuiu.tsd for Congress In the second die
triet Kings county, n. y, by the Democrats
me Radicals of the list Misoun dis
4rict have nominated Zen. VIM. A. Hlies for
Congress.
The Radicals of the 9th district of
NIissonYi have nominated George w. AndeT-
son for reelection To Congress. Inc Con
seryatiyes of the I'd district nominated Judge
Bay for Congress.
The delegation of Southern loyalists
arrived in Cincinnati Saturday afternoon. n
formal reception took place IN the evening
ia Cont street market place, where the dele
canon Was welcomed by Mr.. A. l.. Perry,
SLairman of the meeting. Speeches were
made by Col. Bransc6mbs OF Missouri; deh'
Thomas. OF Gov. BrOWnlOw's STALL Mr. fOWlef,
Of Tennessee, and AIR. Griffin, or Georgia.
Wendell Phillips has declined the
nomination of the working men Tor congress
In the letter announcing TINS decision, ne
saws: sAIthOugh L have hitherto promptly
declined All offers OF public trust, still, sincere
Iy DESTROYS to meet your wishes al posSipie,
have thoroughly recOnsidered the Whole SUD
ii,et but come tO-tbs conclusion, -as hereto
fore that can not accept the honor yon onei
ne. I,feel that in accepting ofhce shohld'
DsradOxical as il may sound, incur RESPONSE
biIity To A far greater extent than 4 should
s,sin ,1ovyer.7 do not wish Tor a place of
TesDOnsibiiity without all the power which
shouId accompany it. 1t seems 10 me that
esD. in the present circumstances, serve our
cause better out of Congress than IN II.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
Tne CessiOn of Venetia-The Debt FAIL
Ing on italy.

The Memorial DiDlOmdtique, speaking
of The share of debt falling ON Italy IN
consehnence Of the cession OF Vene-
tia, says: A. -
Conference of London on the OCCASION
of the separation of Belgium from the
/ nodom Of Holland, the Austrian Plen-
inofentiaries. at Zurich divided under
two heads the Austrian debt, The trst
ooncpded the Lombard lab .lities, prop
IL so called. which after long negOtia-
t;one were fixed at $50, 900, DOOR. The
second had for object the general debt
&c the Empire. The Austrian Plenipo-
ta,,tiaries demanded that the latter
should be shared in proportion to the
,,o,,nlation of Lombardy, as had taken
peIdca1 between Holland and Belgium.
uaa that course been adopted the
amount would have been 500, 600, OOOfr.
SARDINIA refused to assume so consider
ahia a snm. Thanks to the arbitration
of the Emperor of the French, tins
saoond branch of the claim was reduced
20 100 600 OO0fr so that the total sum
,,,;th which Sardinia was charged under
WI, VII beads was settled by the Treaty
nS 2nr,cb at $50. 900, DOOR. In the ne
r,otiations which are taking place rela-
p, 20 Venetia, the determination OF
a. onaannt of the debt has been LETT to
a. ,,Itarior deliberations. of the plenl-
tn1 assambled at Vienna; but
Considering all the circumstances IL
seems TO us that the dehnltiVe sum can
not he less than 20O, 900, OOUtr.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
From THE SOUTH.

A Charleston, S. c., special states
that the Legislature adjourned on the 2lst.
Among the measures adopted, was an act Sc
curing TO the Freedmen the right to make and
enforce contracts, sue and be sued, to give
evidence. to inherit. purchase, lease. sell real
estate and personal property, aud ENJOY all
legal remedies the same as whites, ana Dc
punished alike with whites for the same Oh
fences. The next term of the State courts
were postponed till spring. Measures Hers
also adopted to supply corn to the destitute
establish a penitentiAry system, and 10 ali-
thorize loan in aid Of rebuilding the burnt
district of Charleston. " =
I'm an interior county of Georgia the
military have taken in hand negro testi-
moIv case, determined 10 carry it through as
ner civil Rights bill. 1t seems that forgery
Ii the amount of six thousand dollars had
been committed by white man IN the pres
| enee of five negroes, two of whom could read
and who had seen the fraudulent notes, ano
were the only persons who could IN any way
hear testimony against the man, who, wheI
/ committing the forgery. had paid no attentlol
/ tn their presence, knowing thai the state law
| would prevent their appearing against MINI
No other way of conyicting the forger appear
inc. the military were applied TO, 10 alio'
negr1 testimony, and the case is now Detnl
lander investigation, although the mllitaf
dare not act independently Of the CIVIL autiiol
tiles. The case viii probably be referred
Washington.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
TuE CHOLERA.

The Baton Ronge News states tgat
eight ases of cholera have occurred IN that
city since Saturday.
Fortv-one deaths from cholera oe-
cnrred in Nashville on the 18th. -Four deaths
occurred in Louisville from the same eau Sc
A lew deaths were also reported IN New YORK
The cholera has been declared no
longer epidemic in Memphis, In LoqIs-
vile there we're three deaths, on the
18th: in Brooklyn New York; there
were three deaths and ten cases report
Cd: in New York no cases reported
There were seventeen deaths from
cholera in Louisville, on the 22d.-There, were
iifty-five deaths from cholera ID NsshN'S ~ W.
The twenty-fonr hOnrs ending Saturday The
Jtafbs from cholera in st Louis last Weeh
numbered In New York there were seSe !,
cases and six deaths, ON Saturday, ana ID
Brooklyn six deaths. -r- r. w.
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HoW the People Of Frankfort take the
Change.

III one wants to know quickly the pre-
sent state of public opinion at our new
Prussian possession, Frankfort, one
need only to travel in the second class
cars of the different railroads that cen
ire here. In the third-class the people
have become reconciled to the thought
that they are now Prussians; one hears
but praise of our soldiers, establishment
at our successes, and, above all, the ex-
recitation, that now under Prussian rule
there will be true equality before the
law for the poor as we'll as the rich. In
the second class the, tone is already diff
ferent; here prevails the wounded pride
of the 'tfree citizens" and the spoiled
children of Germany. But in first class
the people arc wild with rage, that the
accustomed arrangement and church
ateeple policy should cease In these
cars they can & forget that the Mayor OF
Frankfort, at the Congress OF Princes
lin 1861, J sat, like colleague, by the
side of tile Emperor of Austria at table
aud ate OF the "historic beef. The
hostility of the patricians OF Frankfort
il will be impossible Tor a long while tC
overcome. - Frankfort (Sept. y Cores
pOndence Of dc. Kunz-Zeitung. -,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
EUROPEAN ADVICEs.

Advices by the City of London indi-
cate that there is much danger throughout
England with regard to the crops, owing to
Wet weather. Similar reports come from
France and Germany, where the crops are all
so short. The harvest IN Russia, however,
haer been heavy and abundant, orders Tor
grain have been sent there y , 90 ~
The number Of deaths from cholera in Lon
don had greatly diminished. The disease
still prevails in various parts OF England.
The Prnssian Chamber of Commerce have
been debating the bill for the election OF Dep
uties 30 Germany. An amendment was offered
recommending open voting at elections and
demanding that candidates have full liberty
OF speech during elections, and that MEM
bers should be paid. Il. IL
The terrible famine, which has ex-
isted ia India for nearly a year, waxed very
sore during tho months of July and August;
and, during that time, it is estimpted that
I'D, 900 people were daily fed by public char
ity. The famine is most severely felt In the
district of Orissa. In 0rissa and Midnapore
3 500 deaths from starvation, were reported In
a week, and at last accounts the mortality was
- #-.t
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

The 9th anniversary of the New York
Fulton street PRAYER meeting was appropri-
ately celebrated on the Path.
Figures show that the people of Cal
ifOTma paid Assassnents on twelve mines in
Nevada and one in Mexico, amounting to four
and quarter millions Of dollars.
Four Thousand tons of coal were sold
at auction, in New York, orI the 10th, at prices
varying from s4.l0 TO $500 per ton, a con-
siderable decline. "a
By general orders No. II from the
war department, the headquarters of the De-
partment of Tennessee are transferred from
Nash,iiie 20 Louisville, ny: tn
Some twelve hundred hogsheads of
sugar recently shipped to New York from New
Orleans, were returned, for being composed OF
thirty-three per cent. OF sand, which trick is
becoming very common. Nv f-fH
The new Union Stock Yards, one
mile from Cincinnati, were inaugurated Tues
day, with a grand banquet. These yards are
the most extensive in the West, after those IN
Chicago.
On Saturday last the Richmond, Va,
Directors of the National Express and Trans
portation Company OF which Joseph h. John
son is President,s made an assignments &c
Al essrs K eiley q Blair of all its property and
effects, Tor the dement, VI Sheu''OAS anu O'AA0AS
The New York Colored Union League,
celebrated, on the oath, the anniversary OF
the emancipation of their race at the Sont a.
The procession formed on Broadway, ana al
dresses were made in Myrtle Avenue Park
Brooklyn. ss
The Bank of Upper Canada has is.
sned a circular, notifying persons interested
that dapositors will be paid IN notes Dy tht
hank. and the bank will receive payment for
disconnt notes in bills of the bank. The bile
ar he suspended bank are selling at from Blk
Nv TO eighty cents on the dollar.
Quite a number of new mill
tary organic atoms, started some time since
now meet regularly at rendezvous some
eight miles from Louisville, and hold drills
Ee IL ls reported that they have sent an or
der North for 700 repeating rifles, and also Tor
a large supply of ammunition. Their designs
are of course unknown.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-06
r.,ahtlul ea.uaIIly at Tarr Farm.
fr7rom the Tifusville Herald, lOth.J

IFrom the I1tnsYhie heAdid' I0'nI
w. learn from MIR. l.. III. Buckbee,
,hhn visited Tarr Farm yesterday, that
y " terrible explosion occurred there be-
tween 10 and o'clock yesterday morn.
ing resulting in the z insta WtS aeatn an %
t tho fatsl ininrv of Mr.. A. Jones. The
s n occurred at the Chrisman well,
Lease 1876. In the temporary absence OF
tha, engineer, the thumb screw OF the
safetxI2alye had not been turned down.
PIE ENGINEER had not observed the cir
an n and while all hands were
emrloved about the well, the boiler ex-
nIoded with the most terrible conse-
pnencee. Mr.. Wygant, the engineer,
Was thrown a distance of sixty feet, ms
hn5y heinz shoekingly mangled, and
every article of clothing except one
boot stripped from his person. he was
Iifeloss when foundg MIR. JONES' one OF
the EMPLOYERS, was thrown about thlrty
feet and fearfully scalded: it is thought
he cannot survive. The samson post