The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-04

DENY, navy yard duty. tec..........- a. 90
Total number OF vessels in cOmmis -
Tron-oiad vessels laid uo 81 III
lron-clad vessels not Completed......... 40
steam vessels not completed .....,....,... 10 $50
sailing vessels not completed (old line
Wooden vessels laid up. i,'iidt T,e'pairing IT.. ''"'
ting for sea and for 5ale...",.,,,.,,,..,,. 81 7io
Total number of vessels and guns. 279 2s5l
The total number of seamen in the naval and coast
service is about l3,GOOmen
iThe SquadrOns.
In the spring of 1865, were taken while
duclng our naval force and ds6endng our bockading
bsd hoO e0 m our i0Gelgh H 5quq@1rons, @ wnch
our commercial interests had necessarily been left
rendered re by fey isols,ed eTuseT5 which
union IN foreign ports and on distant seas, even at
long Intervals, by rowing man.o-war, was an admo-
empoyed Tor Ihe lme in aiding to suppress domestic
and efficient in vndicatng the rig hts and Interests of
Before the close of the year in hich the Rebellion
was suppressed our foreign squadrons reestab-
llshed and the admirals ~ command on their respec
time augmented ed and With degree Of activity and
n9 % qhpng h od se Esap E ] % nnsy Syey
ment enoinng activity and the exhibition of the flag
of our navy wherever our commerce penetrated have
men-of.war has been welcomed n OF only by
trymen but by the people Of every nation which they
European Squadron
The restrictions imposed upon American armed
powers of southern Europe virtually excluded our
Iear-Admiral Goldsborough received his orders,
these restrictions had not been removed, and avoid
our men-owar had been excluded he established his
This squadron Which is stin commanded by Rear
Admiral Goldsborough is composed Of the following
Guns Guns
Colorado, nag-ship.".... 4s Ganandaigua,....'..
Augusta. 10 h...."......a
ShamrocK ~ 10 mo ,''
The limits Of this squadron embrace the Mediter.
far south st. Paul de Loando Great activity has
have Visited the principal ports Of the Baltic and
MederranSan as well as those on The Atlantic Al ES
vodable crcumstance has rendered their presence In
stany cruising IN pursuance of the system of active
operations adopt ted by the Department when re-estab
and Cruising coectveiy have been AVOIDED
were warmly welcomed by the diiferent n@tonaiities
and more extended commercial and friendly inter
sells gave confidence wherever they went; and en-
an Irresistible current, flows with increasing volume
westward, especially from northern Europe, AT.
squadron the soyereigns or some Of
maritime powers OF Europe have during the year
ceived and interchanged coureses with our officers
ance df our nag in their waters and extended their
congratulations on the return of peace and the resto
When the tranquility any of those countries
appearance of our flag has impaired security to our
citizens there i IN the early part Of the year
mer the war between Austria and Prussia and ITALY,
PERIODS maintained on the Spanish coast and the
German ports were visited. When agtations and re-
volutions ceased in one quarter, and peace was re-
stored in the other, the active movements of the
The TiconderoSa passed the Dardaneles and went
up to the capital Of Turkey on the 9TH Of September
the Bosphorus before the palace of the Sultan, had
he G ee o e ehsr
by h Span @ Hsss she M te
Xizier his Minister of Foreign Affairs and others Of
es az ON her arrival To oa
the 18th Of October & she was reeeSed Win @
he PLACE Our % neFs re reports T ha tas
having visited the place for several years p.,1,uu
States and the settlements the northwest coast Of
Africa accessible TO our sbpsotwar have @ reeeyed e
The large emigration to our shores from Germany
special attention should be directed TO that quarter
mSF IN e o ssd sPGdGg the the sd
TGropes squadron Before these were ready
SAIL Congress passed the resolution approved May
the people aSS Of on the Of imperial
Majesty from assass9aton request that the preSi 81
the Emperor. followed by the authorized ap-
Of the Navy for six months. led 70 the designatoR
Of Assistant Secretary g. " Fox to bear to his Imperial
lied to take passage in the Md'tononah, which YES
Before T'' reporting to Admiral Godsborough to
to to GSrry out The OF osn
have visited the Baltic, and have also entered the
RoT 6r Tem aSd tT including
The reception of this force wherever has appeared
and especially in Russia, where all classes We're inn
pressed with the friendly sympathy eylneed by our
Government toward the Emperor and people, was OF
and the officers of the navy were welcomed with fes-
tvties and extraordinary courtesy and attention for
succession of days not only at st. Petersburg but at
ship was everywhere manifested for our country and
Great courtesy has been shown the squadron in the
ports of those countries from which our men-ofwar
had several been excluded, and every facl
lty has been extended at their dock-yar aud else
where for the accommodation and repairs OF any of
Contagious disease has prevailed at many places,
which vessels could not visit unless required 10 do
SO by absolute necessity.
In order that the activity and service of this and all
our squadrons may be known and appreciated, an
enumeration of the ports which they have respectively
Dnrng the year the flag Of the navy has been shown
at Queenstown Kingston, Belfast, Liverpool, swan
sea, Falmouth, Portsmouth, southampton plymouth,
Great Brilan Maiseilles TOulon. Brest Cherbourg,
horien Rocheiort Iormont near bordeaux ana
gena Corunna, Valencia. Goraltar Ierragona, Cadlz
iisb0n and oporIo in foriugal Messina, Palermo
| and syracuse, In Sicily; Naples; Spezia; Leghorn
Pirieus IN Constantlnople and the Islands of
Gambia and Cyprus, in the Turkish domlnonsi Syria
Alters, rangiers. Antwerp Kiel, Hamburg Flushing,
| Nieuwe-DIep, Sierra Leone, Monravia, the Cape de
ST. Iago the ports the Ebeand Weser, in Germany,
| and many others of lesser note
| Asiatic Squadron,
The Asiatlc Squadron embraces the eastern coast of
Africa and Asia and the Islands which stud the seas
and ocean eastward OF The Cape OF Good Hope % Ihe
VINO reached Batavia, within the limits OF his com
mRnd on the 2Sth OF December, 1863 The vessels OF
'"e Guns. Guns
Hartford nag-ship..- % shenandoah. .........-..
Wachuset..,,-...,.,.l 10 Wyoming .."...."...."..~
Monocaey S1ppp3y'r'''''''''. sap}ps3 ''''
| n tho nj