New-York tribune., 1870-08-03
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Aug. ., 1870.
The fact has boon stated that Secretary Robcson of the
Navy Department, using every effort 10 repair and
build-p our brokendOwn Navy To-day he ordered some
To bo engaged at various NayyYards, and
the work OF repairing and remOdeng of vessels on hand
and those being yplaced out of commission ordered
TO be vigorously carried He says that he ls deter
mined 10 do all in his in the shortest possible space
with the money appropriated The Secretary says that
when the Rebellion commenced the country was almost
without Navy. The vessels had were simply wooden
ones with seacoat and ports to protect and seacoast
and ports blockade larger in extent than any three
other Powers of the world 1t was haste that was wanted
and most any kind Of material TO carry out blockade, &C.
Tho Rebels had Navy, and therefore 1t required no
strain OF time trouble, expense TO get uD Navy for
the All the millions 0fmoney were expended fort
vessels river and harbor gtng the monitors for
fort ghng and wooden vessels wherever they could DO
obtained for bOckadng purposes AT the conclusion Of
the war all the old hulls and wooden steamboats,, cap
turcd blockade runners &C.. sold. To-day the Navy
IA no better of IL we IL before 1861. The Sec
retary contends that IL is great arm of defense III
necessary increase our army by the hundreds of thou
sands, proclamation need only 10 be issued, and in
month we have an army the world cannot conquer but
Il is vastly different with the Navy. ship an iron
clad cannot be built I'm q month manned, nor her
stores and armament got ready and placed board and
she her mission Of service III month, nor year.
either matter The Secretary insists that
Navy should have least 80 rstClass On-clad frges
and ships-ofwar built at once; that the machinery
should be at manufactured and placed
I'm our Havy-Yards; that oil tho YES
sells should be built on the most improved
plans; and that Congress should increase our naval
force by 5000 5000 Of which could be called re-
serve force. He says that the people will realize the
nj Tho
when perhaps II Will be late until otter
tonal pride is seriously Inundated, and without the
power TO resent or to punish those who may take advan
tage OF our condition Secretary RobesOn, during the
above conversations seemed determined to bring the Ad
mintration and Congress TO the test and TO let the poo
PIE be the Judges In this connection the statement
authorized that the President agrees with the Secretary
OF the Navy in every sentiment above expressed, and
that ne susains in the shat the Secretary IL now
pursuing; and Is not impossible tlat the subject may
be the cause Of the Presidents conyening Congress
carly in September. At all events it ia Of
so msch importance I'm the Presidents judgment
that he has determined TO come here next
Thursday Friday, and hold special meeting OF the
Cabinet to particularly discuss and consider this
subject The Secretary OF State WILL in all probability
come with the President not he will be represented
I'm the Cabinet meeting by Assistant Secretary Bancroft
| Davis and Secretary Boutwell, Will be represented by
| Assistant Secretary Richardson. Mcssrs Robson,
Bclknap, Cox, Creswe, and Akerman viii all be pres
ent at meeting. 10 viii also be determined how to
conduct the Departments rather the disbursing por
tOn Of them until Congress rcassembes II there 100
much obstruction inerposcd by the PROVISIONS in the
Appropriation bills another reason may be added why
an extra session will be called. All the accumulated
business of the Departments In the way OF necessasy
suspensions appointments tha come under the PTesi-
dents cOntrOwill be disposed of on Friday.
Deputy Commissioner Douglass has ordered collectors
TO suspend all collection Of taxes assessed under Section
Of Act o. March 81, 8Cs shpbulders sales, until
otherwise ordered by the Commissioner. 1t is under
stood that collection will again be ordered, so
that it can safely said that another drawback has
been removed from the shipDuildng interests OF the
Government.
Deputy Commissioner Given has returned from his tour
OF nsnecton OF distleries i'm Iowa. He says that the
fruit and cropn tht State exces any previous year
by large odds The fruit disers rapidly increasing
in number and the fruit distatiOn for this year viii
double that OF last year He has met and conyeTsed with
many Of the disters and Is Of opinion that better un-
Outstanding will henceforh prevail between the dsters
and the revenue officers and the ready collection OF in
creased the result Deputy Commissioner Given
states that hos been asserted that when apple ponce
Is used in fruit dstaton the volume of water required
10 be added to prevent burning in the boiler equal to
the of pOnice used He therefore orders that
assessors determining the capacity of fruit dsteries
where such Materials used must make the proper allow
ances
The President will leave here Friday evening or
Saturday morning for ST. Louis by way of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad He will return from St. Louis to Long
Branch via Chicago Mrs Grant her father ana children
remain at Long Branch.
YiceAdmira Porter will be absent from duty at the
Navy Department until the latter part Of September.
secrt sRobesOn win remain during the entire Sum
mer and attend to the business of the Department.
The Internal Revenue Commissioner has authorized
the American Prototype Company to exchange any
stamps printed by them at discount as Is deducted
Of fhn l.. O..
York and Eastern people the trouble and expense Of
sending invalid stamps to Washington.
Mr. Taylor the First Controller, and Dr. Broadhead,
the Second Controller of the Treasury, had long con-
sutaOn with the Secretary of War this evening IN refer
ence to the opinion Of AtoneyGeneral Akerman, dehn-
ing the legal interpretations Of the Appropriation bills
passed at the late session. which opinion is given below
and in which bills certain sections included That 1t
appears will embarras the Government beyond all pre-
cedent The two Controllers TO the decision that
no balances whatever of the past years can be used as
they must all be turned over at once to the Troa-
s,uy Department also, that all the moneys accruing
to the Department from the sales of quartermaster
stores ordnance materials &c, must be turned into the
Treasury, and all the balances to the credit OF the
arsenas cemeteries, &c. must also be disposed OF IN the
same way. The Engineers Quartermasters, and Com
missares' Bureaus Of the War Department failed TO
make many necessary estimates because they depended
on these balances and work at all the arsenals will be
suspended at once as well many fortihca-
tions and forts. 1t fortunate thing that
the War Department had good supply OF
clothing on hand these very necessary supplies would
ne found wanting for the soldiers This embarrassment
anplies as well 10 all the other Departments and VIII
seriously embarrass the Navy, Treasury and Interior
Departments and TO extent the state Department
and the new Department of Justice. This complication
together with the other matters referred TO la these dis
Matches confirm the opinion that the result of the CAP
met meeting Friday next may be the can iof an eAIh
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