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WAsHIsGToy, Aug. ~, 1870
II il understood in the Navy Department that no ap
pontnent 10 the position Of vceAdmiral win be made
until the return OF the President and Admiral Porter l.
NJ C}oldsborough, the senior Rear-Admiral, will
doubleday receive the appointment He will, however
be able hold ID for only ten months "a by law he VIII
be placed the retired list July /, 1871 Commodore
A. jenkins will be promoted to Admiral four months
hence, and there will be another vacancy in the list Of
Rear Adnirals by the retirement Of RearAdmra Rowan
Commodore W. r. Taylor will succeed him. During the
year 1871 several OF the present Rear VII
be retired namely, o. s. Gibson, Melanethon
Smith, s. W. Godon, L. NJ. Goldsborough, I. r.
Green, Henry Walker, and c. s. Boggs DURING
the same year Commodores Frailey, McDougall
and Green viii be retired, while Commodores Sands
stcedman, Alden, Alfred Taylor, and J. f. Green viii he
promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral 1t Is proba
BILE that many Of these promotions will be prevented by
the legislation OF Congress next Winter, bill is new
pending In the Naval Committees of both Houses which
provides for large reduction in the number OF officers
OF the navy. According to that bill have one officer
for every Que and half man In the naval service.
Mr. j. w King, Chief Engineer Of the Navy, and Chief
of the Engineers of che Navy Department. eff
There to-day for Boston to visit and inspect the Engineers
Department at the Charlestown Navy Yard, examine al
the machinery preparing for vessels and the machinery
in the ships repairing and to be repaired OF altered
From Boston he will go TO the Portsmouth NaVy-fs
thence TO the Brooklyn Philadelphia and Norfolk Yards
making thorough inspection at al OF these fa Al
Boston, the Wabash, Ticonderoga, and MAJ are
thoroughly overhaung and pairing; at Portsmouth the
Narragansott will soon be furnished with new set OF
machinery and the Wyoming and MonOngahela will
soon be placed upon the docks. At Sew-York the new
machinery and boilers OF the Wachusett, Chavmutt,
Minnesota, and Tennessee will soon be put In,
and other needed repairs done. At philadelphia, the
Powhatan and Irquos are thoroughly overhaning. At
nj
a complete set OF machinery aud new boilers VIII be
placed In the Qunncbaug at that yard Mr. King will be
engaged on this speci duty until about the middle OF
October, and at its conclusion will make detailed re-
port 10 the Secretary OF the Navy. Commodore j. b.
Marchand having arrived at the age OF g. and having
served 45 years in the navy, was to-day placed on lne
retired list He at present Commandant OF the Ph-
delphia NGyyYard, but viii probably soon be renewed
from that active duty
An official renort from the Surgeon Of the U. steamer
Franklin flagship Of the European squadron, to the
Secretary Of the Navy gives detailed account Oh INC
smalpox scourgs on board OF that vessel The disease
was contracted by while the Vessel wac I'D INC
MEDITERRANEAN, and when the Franklin reached tne
Downs England he was placed in hospital Inc conta-
gion spread rapidly and in short time there were %
ses These were all removed TO the Quarantine Hospi-
tai and the vessel placed quarantine. Five OF the men
died and the remainder have now all recovered Ihe
Franklin is now at Flushing Holland.
The receipts OF Internal Revenue for this month has
reached sl5O ST. There yet three days receipts
to be added These is estimated viii swell figures 10
about $1,000 900 FOR the month Of August
The officers Of those State associations here whose cleo
tons como OF in October made arrangements with
the railroads running from this city whereby Govern
ment clerks may go home to vote by paying half fare
4 Court Martial recently convened in Atlanta, Ca,
sentenced private Joseph seibel Of the 18th Infantry TO
two years solitary confinement with IL pound iron ball
President has RENTED the sen
| tence and ordered the soldier to be discharged.