The New York herald., 1872-11-26

model hall win be rearranged with the view Of
economizng the space in the building.
Mortality and Sickness I'm the Army-Re-
port OF the Surgeon General.
The report OF the Surgeon General shows b. al
among the white troops, numbering $4,000, the &c
were 1880 cases OF sickness and wounds and 81
deaths. The colored troops numbered 5000, wit'i
$500 cases OF sickness and wounds and nfty-four
deaths. There are nfty-nine vacancies in the
Medical Corps, which, under the act Of March 3,
1862 cannot be filed, and the employment of
physicians under contract does not AFFORD fully
satisfactory substitute for a permanent medical
stan. As the filing Of the vacancies viii take seve-
raj years the Surgeon General recommends the re
peal or the prohibitory law. There have been
1900 visitors to the Army Medical Museum, many
OF them in search OF specific information not to bn
had elsewhere. The Museum continues to be en-
richcd with valuable contributions from all sources
Flaw In the Merchant Shipping Act.
Many complaints ana appeals are addressed to
the Treasury Department against the action OF the
various Shipping Commissioners under the late
act OF Congress regulating the shipping and dis
charge OF seamen in the merchant Marine or
against the practical construction given to the act
by the Commissioners; but as no jurisdiction is
conferred upon the Secretary by the law in ques-
tiOn no redress can be Afforded. The act vests the
oPPOiutuiVht VI tuC CuippiuB ACCOMPLISHMENTS LII tiiC
Circuit Courts Of the United States and where none
such are appointed the duties OF Shipping Com
missioner are dev0lyed upon the Collectors Of Gus
TOMS AS such wrongs and errors as arise under
interpolation OF the provisions OF the Shipping
act are not usually rcdressable BY the slow and
costly process OF the Courts the failure OF super
visory authority in the Treasury Department over
the subject prevents the enforcement OF nnifOr
nifty, and leaves each Shipping Commissioner vir-
tually supreme in his own district, as oil other
shipping interests are placed in charge OF the
Treasury Department. The attention OF Congress
will be called TO the probably unintentiOnal omis
sion in this instance.
Solicitor SOlicitous OF Fame.
During the past year the Solicitor OF the Treasury
states that the amount OF claims flied for prosecu-
ton was $s567, ,1s5, Of which amount OO0 422 was
collected.
The American Fleet and the African
Slave Trade.
With reference to o special despatch from Lon.
don intimating that the United states steamships
Colorado ana Yantc were gong to Zanzibar to CO.
operate with the British expedition against the
slave trade, II is stated at the Navy Department
that the last orders given to tine Colorado required
her simply TO leave Singapore so as to arrive in
New York In March, and the Yantc was ordered to
touch at Zanzibar merely, Oh her way to join the
Asatlc Meet.
Assistant Inspector OF Navy Grub.
Assistant Paymastcr Frank II. Clark has been
ordered by the Navy Department as assistant to
the Inspector of Provisions at the Boston Navy
Yard.
Treasury Balances.
The Treasury balances at the close OF business
to-day were -Currency, ss,iss, 800 special deposit
in legal tenders for redemption of certificates OF
deposit, $26, 755,Ooo; coin, S, 262 coin certiG-
Gates S20Gl3.6OO