, 1873-12-09

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SAFETY or THE KANSAS. |
New YonK Doc. 8.-Intolligenco Of tho safo !
arrival At Bermuda Of the Bloop-of-war KanBas,
which sailed from this port some time ago for
Santiago do Cuba. is a sourco OF relief 10 the
many frionds Of those on board who reside In
ths city, for it waa foarod that hl,o lad suffered
severely from the honvy galos wllic!, havo latoly
prevailed in the latltudos iu which sho has been
cruising.
THE BpAN1sII VESSEL ARAr1LEs.
It was run,ozed about tho Brooklyn Navy-Yard
to-day that tho gunB Of tho Ararlen had beon
spiked, but on examination by detail from tho
crow Of that vessel 1t vas found to DO untrue.
Tho conl-balgo Upland. which wau atl1fk .aay or
two ago III front Of tito dry-dock In which tho
Arapies lies. aud which provonss l,er ogroaa, is
to DO raised by Government wrecking company.
After they are fairly startcd 1t will tako two days
to raise her. The officers .of tic ArapilcH say
thoy believe the sinking was purely accidental,
and attribute no b}nnlo to any one.
NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS CALLED FOR.
WAsu1NaToN, D. G., Deo. 8.-Tho Socrotary Of
the Navy to-day aont tho following letter to tho
Speaker of tho House of Representatives., which
has boon refo.red to tho Committee on Appro-
priaiionB:
Under the circumstances Of the present emergency
compelled to utk that npesinf appropriation 10
se IL or m Uca sa II
lion for immcdiate aud active service I havo taken
wesssn ,h IL p or syery pary n fea eono a
for Immediate duty. layo ordered a slips Of tho
var1ous eauadroMB within reach to rendezvous at Koy
West. m, on]lstinB 10 supply AMI ill up the
crows Of ali vessels have accumulated natoyi
alH provisions, and supple. for their maintenance anJ
SUPPORT AIT, advanced ammunition aud all weapons Of
| naval warfure for their use. The circumstances
| which hAvo constrained tho Department to this
| uuuBnGl activity aud consequent expenditure
aro known o you and tho country. Tho fact that they
occurred during Tho Of Congress made It neces-
sary TINT should 1nysof ussune thu responsibility of
prompt uclion rolyug upon tho wisom mud justice Of
| tho people and thnr representatives for support.
have yet exceeded tho appropriations for tho
| current ycar, hut t1cso measures, With tAo cost
| Of preparing, transporting, and concentrating
| everything necessary to carry them out. hnye
alrcaly almost exhausted tho money Of tho working
bureaus of tho Department, mud thls nnst DO supplied
At onco If the work ia 10 H0 Tue cosL Of putting
ironclats In service-a work already undertaken
aud III SONG instances, fnr aEvanoc-w also require
largo appropriation The nmount required to ielm-
burs0 tho bureaus 10 as to carry them
| through this year, aud to put all our available
monitors In order, will not he less tnan
s. 000 900. II force IT, TO be loxeasod IL tho
powerful double-turretel monitors M1autono1nah,
A1ouniuock, and pu1an arc to 10 put in condition
for usefulness at least Sl0ooo0o0 more will be re-
quired.
Tho Secretary hnd long conference with the
Committee OIL Appropriations to-day aud will
hnva another Tomorrow.
TIE powTATAN AND MANHATTAN.
LEw1B, Dol, Dec. B.-The United States ves-
sola rowhatan and Manhattan arc detained by
heavy Wonthcr.