Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-06
Anxiety About .r,e steamer Kansa,

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There is re Disgusting the fact that anxiety
in naval circles regarding tie safety Of the
Tritod States steamer Kansas increases with
each passing hour. The vessel left New York
the 18th of Move mhSr tor Santiago de Cuba.
ard Is upwards OF Fifteen days over due. Five
days after her departure, the s1eSmer .Iuniats,
not 80 tsst vs=sel, lett the saze port and
rived at Santiago on the 26Jh OF November. 1t
is Eu by psAny that il anv accident had be-
tai'tn Ter machinery she wouti have put in az
some CO 49, IOIt and been heard from; OF If at
Hnp' ing 10 SAL for her dest tratOn, under ich
by some passing vessel. The suppositien that
she may be lest n heightened by reason of the
very disastrous gales which have prevailed
along the coast since her departure. The Kan
sas is a second class vessel of the third rate, o.
40 tons bGrden, and carries three guns. Pre-
yious 20 sailing to Santiago she had keen uud3r
the cemUarS of Commander Lull, on the Mica
rsgaun survey The bcpe that she NAV have
arrived at Santiago aiter the departure of the
last mail beat. now in New York, is not gen
orally accepted, from the fact that our Gov
err ment have two fast sailing tugs at Key West
which could run over to Havana in eight hours,
and soon communicate with the Navy Depart
inert if she had reached her destination in
safety. The vessel is OFF eered ~ follows: Com
nander Allen V. Reed, Lieutenant Commander
Edw n III. Miller. exec ltive officer; Leaf.
Frank y. Nichols and Royal II. IngersOll, nav
igstOrs; paymaster, G. F. Bems; assistant sur
geOn, \. Brown; engineers, j. p. Kelley, B.
&. Young; commanders cleri., F. A. Benson;
pay EitTks L ..
Commander Reed l. an old and experienced
seaman and entered the service on the 9th of
September, 1854. having seen eighteen years
service, ten of which has been sea duty. He
was born in New York.
TAK NEW OCEAN MAIL CoNTRAcrs.-The
| Postmaster General has addressed q letter to
the agents of the different Atlantic steam
ship lines sailing from New York, infor ming
the m that he is prepared to receive proposals in
writing for the conveyance of the mails from
| New York to ports of the United Kingdom and
continent of Europe for a contract term of two
year, commencing Jan. I, 1874 Each proposal
must name the steamships rendered for the ser
vice, thesailing DAYS from New York, and must
| be accompanied by satisfactory evidence of the
average speed of the steamships offered for the
| Transportation of the mails. They are further
informed that ii Is HIS purpose 60 effect such an
| arrangement of the sailing days of the respec-
! tive lines from this side as will secure the
| best practicable mail service tor the
| partment and the public; and that the com
| peDsation is estricted by law TO the amount OF
| sea postage on the mails conveyed He also in
| forms them that AZ noon on Monday, December
| Is, next, he will consider such proposals as
\ shall thsn have been received for the purpose
| OF awarding the contracts, and will hear such
oral state me nts explanatory of the proposals a.
| the respective lines rendering fer the service
| may desire to present for his further informa-
| tion.
| NOMINATION OF PosTMAsTgRs.-The follow
| ing nominations of pOstmssters presidential
| Offices will be sent to the Senate on Monday
| next: Bar tlett Benz, M,ddletown, Conn; John
| W. Hill, Waterbury, Conn; VIM. NJ. Pile, Will
| ming ton. Del; l.. ID. Williams, Meadvilie. Pa
| Joseph HUDSON, PcekSki!l, NY; VIM. Ward
| Ntwark, y. J.; Mark Il. De Mote, Lexing ton
Aio.; Nelson NJ. Page. Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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