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can obtain further informa-
ion by addressing the Department.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, December 20, 1855.
Information has been received at this De-
partment from Mr.. s. HIooISsoy, JR., the
Vice Consul Of the United States at Batavia,
Java, OF the death, on the - Of -,
1866, at sea, Of LEvERErr HoADLEY Cook, Of
the American ship " Naples"
The legal representatives Of the deceased
can obtain further information by addressing
this Department.
NAVY BULLETIN FOR DECEMBER l6rH AND
! Ordered-Acting Master F. n. Meyer
to the De Soto; First Assistant Engineer
Henry B. Nones to the Iroquois; Com
mander Z. P. Williams to temporary ord
nance drty at the Boston Navy Yard; Gun
ner A. F. Thompson to ordnance duty at the
New York Navy Yard; Acting Third Assis-
tant Engineer j. H. Cheney to the 1roquois;
Acting Third Assistant Engineer Charles A.
Euggren to the Sorrel.
Honorably Discharged-Acting Assistant
Surgeon Alexander Mackenzie.
Detached-Acting Master c. W. Brant-
lngham, from duty at the New York navy
yard, and granted leave Of absence; Assist
ant Paymaster A. w. Bacon, from the Aroos-
took and ordered to the Marblehead; Ensign
VIM. A. Elliott, from the Rhode Island, and
ordered to the Huron; Assistant Surgeon
Robert A. Whedon, from duty at the naval
hospital at New York, and ordered to duty
at the naval rendezvous, New York; Com
mander J. G. P. De Kraft, from ordnance
duty at the Philadelphia navy-yard, and
placed on waiting orders; Assistant Paymas.
ter Joseph Foster, from the Marblehead, and
ordered to the Aroostook; Acting Master
VIM Burdett. from duty at the Washington
navy-yard. and placed on waiting orders;
Second Assistant Engineer W. w. Heaton,
from special duty at New York, and ordered
to the Iroquos; Acting Second Assistant
Engineer A. N. Clements, from the Ascut
ney and ordered to the Nuna; Sec. Assist
Eng'r M. n. Knowlton, from special duty OF
the New York Navy Yard, ordered to the
Iroquois; Acting Ensign William F. Xii.
gore, from duty at tho Norfolk Navy Yard
sistant Engineer James II. Finn, from the
Sorrel and ordered to the Huron; Gunners
Thomas Robinson, Joseph Swift and Stephen
Young, from duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard
and placed on waiting orders; Gunner George
W. 0menseller, from ordnance duty at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard and placed on wait.
ing orders; Gunner Peter Barrett, from ord,
nance duty at the Boston Navy Yard and
placed on waiting orders; Gunners George
s. Albro and James Hutchinson, from ord
nance duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard and
placed on waiting orders; Gunner James
Hayes, from ordnance duty at Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo-, and placed on waiting orders
| Acting Third Assistant Engineer Peter
Smith, from the Michigan and ordered to the
Huron.
HONORABLE MESTIoN-Maj. Gen. Sheri
dan, commanding the Department OF tht
Gulf, announces the following names Of per
sons deserving of honorable mention fol
faithful and meritorious services rendered II
the Sedgwick United States General Hos
pital near New Orleans, as nurses and at
tendants during the recent prevalence o
cholera there: Robert Tinker, citizen EN-
ployee; Stephen Van Norman, private, com
pany L, 9th U. S. cavalry; George Cahill
Hospital Steward; and Charles Agne, citi
zen employee. Gen. Sheridan, in his ordel
of honorable mention, says: "The faithful
performance of duty in subordinate capaci
ty while constantly exposed to certain ant
appalling, but invisible, danger and withou
any OF the stimulating influences and excite
ments of the battlefield, is praiseworthy ant
noble in the highest degree. Such conduct
although different in kind, is not less in meri
or lower in courage than that Of the soldier
who. encouraged by applause and melted b.
the prospect of reward and fame, rushe
bravely to the deadly assault. 1t is wit
much satisfaction that the valuable service
of these men are acknowledged. The sol
diers whose names are in the foregoing lis
are recommended to the favorable considera
ton ofther immediate commanding officers.
MAJ GEN. MCDOWELL commanding tn
Military Department Of California, announce
the following new districts in that Depar
ment: Camps Goodwin and Bowie and a
stations east and south Of Lacaton to const
tute the District of Tucson; Camps McDowcI
and Reno, the Maracaja and Pumas villages
and the country north Of the Gila and east c
Lower Faca to constitute the District of tn
Verde; Camp Lincoln, the country north c
the Gila not included in the District Of tn
Verde, and forty miles east Of the Colorad
to constitute the District Of Prescott; tn
stations on the Colorado above Bill Wi
liains' Fork and the country within fort
miles OF the river will constitute the Distrc
of Upper Colorado; the stations on the Colt
RADIO river below Bill Williams Fork to With
forty miles Of the river, the country belo'
the Gila not included in the Districts OF tn
Verde or Tucson and California south OF tn
thrty-third parallel of latitude to constitut
the District of the Lower Colorado.
MAJOR GEN. HALLEcK, commanding tn
Military Division Of the Pacific, in genera
orders states that the restrictions impose
in the making of contracts for furnshin
supplies to troops in that division, by hi
order Of September 2Sth, 1865, have in man
cases been disregarded or evaded. In som
cases contracts have been made on sue
short notices as to prevent proper compel
ton Of bidders, and the time so fixed tha
their execution would be completed belor
they could be proved or disapproved by tn
division or department commanders Th
General orders the military commanders {
departments In that division to cause an in