Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-16


few days since, will be sent to the Norfolk Navy
Yard for repairs, during which time her crew
will be on liberty and the officers allowed leave
of absence Tor few day. The ship is to be
ready Ior sea on the 18th Of September.
lie. DING THE WAY.-1he u. s. steamer Pa
los, which left Boston some time since under
command OF Commander l.. A. BeardsIie, ar
rived at Gibratsr on the 10th of July, officers
and crew all well. The Pa'os is on the way to
jcin the Asiatc fleet, and will be the first ves-
eel OF the U. 5. navy to pass through the Suez
canal.
CONTRACT AWARDED. - The contract for
Z TnIshing the Post ONCE Department with
Q amped envelopes and wrappers for the period
o. four years from the first day Of October next
was to-day awarded by Postmaster General
C-esswell to Xes.rs. Dempsey & Oroole of this
ciy. whose bid was s234 eco per annum.
TBE BIDS FOR TREASURY LocKs.-Messrs. N.
Sargent, l.. NJ. Price, Jas. T. ASams. j. q.
Lsrman and n. p. Duval, OF the seasury
Department, the committee which ned the
bids for locfs yesterday, were to-day engaged
in examining the various specimens submitted.
The contract will not be awarded for several
days.
riculture, accompanied by his wife, left the city
this morning, for an absence Of few weeks for
res, and recuperatiop. He will visit the White
Mountains, Montreal, Lake George, Saratoga,
and other points of interest. During his absence
X. L. McLain, esq, Chief Clerk, will be the
acting Comm ssioner.
TBE L. s. STEAMER PowHArAN TO BE GOT
RTADY PoR SBAIOrders have been issued from
the Navy Department 10 have the U. 8. Steamer
POwhatan now at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
thoroughly repaired and fitted out for sea.
New boilers will be put in her and her macbin-
cry overhauled. Messrs. Pusey and Jones &
Co, OF Wilmington, Del, have been awar Jed
the contract for this work at s32, 800.
The CONTRACTS ior the construction Of four
revenue marine steamers, bids for which were
opened at the Treasury Department few da7's
since have been awarded as follows: One IRON
steam propeller, $50 tons, 10 Pusey, Jones &
Co., Whining ION, Delaware, amount $4,000;
two propellers of 80 tons EACH OF iron to Da, id
Bell, Buffalo, New York, S55 600 each; one iron
sce-wheel steamer, 30 tons, to Dialogue s.
Wood, Camden, New Jersey, s6O,cto.
TAXING CARE OF AMERICAN INTERESTS In
GERNAsT.-Rear Admiral Gibson, the new
commander OF the European squadron, has
been directed by the Secretary Of the Navy
to send an American man of war ND the Ger
man rivers, especially the EIbe and weser, to
encourage and protect American interests in
those waters, but to observe strictly the rules Of
their blockade.
The NORTH CAROLINA ELEc7.oH-A ,le,e--
CATION Of North Csrolinians, headed by Col.
George NJ. Arnold, arrived here last evening 10
confer with leading Republicans in relation to
the turn which the recent election in that State
took. Portions OF the delegation will, after Q
meeting with the Congressional Committee,
proceed to Philadelphia and Boston to confer
with Hon. w. ID. Kelley, General B. F. Butler
and others.
PRESIDENT GRANT, Vice President Colfax
and Hon. William Ii. Seward were all at the
fremont House in Chicago, on Sunday. The
Pr,sident EFT there at O'Clock yesterday after
noon for the East. via Cleveland. Mr.. Seward
left there Sunday morning for San Francisco
and China Vice President Colfax, Governor
Palmer, Gen. Logan, and party Of friends,
visited the Elgin watch factory in Illinois yeeter-
day.
FEMALE CoNPosIToR AT TEE GOVERNMENT
PRINTING OYrIcE.-Miss M. 8. Green, Of.
Alliance, Ohio, was this morning employed AZ
composites at the Government Printing Office
u Is stated that she is An efficient typo but has
10 card from any Printers Union. Coming
from place, however, where there is no union,
members Of the union here, or elsewhere, &C.
cording to their rules, cannot object to her being
employed without card. She is the first female
eompoeitor employed in the Government ONCE
THB ADNIRALsHIP AND VICE ADMIRAL
sHIf-Tnere are at present twelve Rear Admit
sals Of the navy upon the active list, one Of
whom is TO be selected for the position Of Vice
Admiral in the place Of Porter, who win be
promoted to Admiral in place Of Farragut, de-
ceased. They are L. M. GoldsborouRh. Charles
II. Davis, Sylvanus W. Godon, Stephen G.
Rowan, Joseph Lannan, John Rodgers, John
A. wiDslow, Samuel Phillips Lee, Oliver
8. Giisson, Melancton Smith, Charles s. Boam
snd Henry Wake. Admirals Goldsboroueh
and Davis are over age, and would be upon the
retired list were 1t not for the vote Of thanks
which they received from Congress, the former
for his participation in the fight at Roanoke
Island, and the latter for his valasbie ser vices
On the Aissi2ippi river, destruction of rebel
entities them to remain upon the active list for
period Of ten yesrs from the date when they
would be retired under the Law.
Admiral Goldsborough is the oldest one on
the list, having entered the service in 1912;
hence IL 10 thought the position OF Vice Admiral
win be rendered him on account Of his long and
faithful services; though il younger and more
aetive ofieer should be required 1t may be
nat Rear Admiral John Rodgers viii be Sc
ieeted, who 10 regarded as one or the bravest
and most efficient ofhcers OF the navy.
CLEARING Our JAMES RIvER.-The Engi-
nserS Bsrean is about beginning to clear the
vrssks snd the distractions soccasioned by the
war ont OF the James river. At Drury's Bluff
II mas been ascertained that the following must
DC removed TO put the river In good navigable
ORDER: The wreck OF the iron clad ram Fred
isksourg, sunk with armor, guns, SC, on board;
uhe ron gunboat Raleigh, 10 tons, sunk with
guns &e, on board; the war steamer Jamee-
swn, wooden, loo tons, sunk With guns on
nsau, the ste amer Curtis Peck, $50 tons; the
hJohtrs wythe, zoo tons, and Roach, 2a5 tons;
% p,.g, ~, 10 tons; and small schooner, between
~ 80 w ions; also, eighteen or twenty cribs Of
timber and stone, each twenty-tvo fee, SQUARE.
sversa'ps eighteen feet high.