The New York herald., 1868-08-16
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD AFFAIRS.

The United states sloop. of.war Hartford, Captain
George L. Belknap, was formally put out Of COM
mission at the navy yard at elk O'Clock on Fri
day evening last, and is now lying partially dis
manted at the dock. The crew, numbering upwards
Of four hundred m en- were paid OF and discharged
and scattered doubtless, throughout the country
visiting their homes from which they have been ab
sent more than three years, fhe Hartford having
been I'm commission three years and one month,
which time was spent In the Asistic squad
bursed by the paymaster of the ship among
the officers and crew on Friday last was
sl5o,0CO The wages paid 20 several OF the sea-
men and petty oficers who had been frugal and
economical In their habits on the cruise was up wards
OF $1,000 sufficient capital 20 invest IN respectable
business on shore; but IL doubtful whether true
navy bueJ0Cket can sum mp the necessary f0rttude
TO resist the temptation for an extravagant expcndi
ture of hs wages thus earned and put II TO any ad
vanageous use in business way on land. such, at
least, has been the experience taught by many
former paying cruise among sailors.
The officers have all been detached from the Hart
ford and granted leave Of absence.
The good ship looks decidedly the worse FOR the
wear, both inside and out. She underwent an in
spection while living OF the Battery when II was de.
cided that she should be thoroughly overhauled and
repaired from stem 10 stern. Many OF her tmbers
need replacing and her machinery IL also out OF
gear She has had no material repairs In ten years.
The work will be commenced shortly upon her, and
In view Of this fact It is not deemed probable that
any further reduction OF the force In the yard will be
made by the department.
TIE marine guard of the Hartford have been trans
ferred to the barracks on Flushing avenue.
The total working force now employed ut the yard
ts about eleven hundred.
one OF the boilers while being hoisied on board tue
newly launched slOOp-of.war kenOsha last week
fell TO the bottom OF The hold and was considerably
damaged. The accident caused by The parting
OF one OF the fails attached TO the derrick The ship
was not injured by the accident
The frigate Minnesota is being hOused over.
" ~ thought probable that the crews serving on
vessels " the various squadrons Will be reduced
considerably ia accordance win the retrcnchmeni
policy Of the government, but that the numerical
strength OF the squadr0ns viii remain unmpaired
EXPECTS or ruE COAL MIXERS STRIKE ~ PENN
sYLvANIA.-l travellers who have recently passed
through the Schuylk and other districts IN the Penn
syvaDia Goa country speak OF the melancholy re
suits OF the strikes which have prOsttated business
for a month throughout that region In the miners
villages the faces mat stare rom the cabins and
grogshops hungry iOOk. for The men hay,
nearly exhausted lncir savings, and the charity o
their comrades IL TOO iiful ahd spasm0dc to be use
ful ~ them. " POttsviiie." writes one correspond
cnt which ordinarily resounds with the hum an'
hustle Of prosperous mining town, is now alnOs
like q decaylng city. There IL little tra1lc IN TIM
streets The shopkeepers are idle. The hotels ar
deserted. The canal Is crowded with empty barge
tied 20 the banks and only at long intervals sOltof
coal train is seen wadina through the valley tuwaf,
Reading or Philadelphia" In other sections miner
are working agaIn ~ the old hours aud The old rates
and the law and the strike appear 10 have Jailed to
esther.