New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-28
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
ONE NEED OF THE COAST SURVEY.

wAsntSGroS. Aug. n, 1876
It has been contemplated 10y the Secretary
Of the Navy III out tho sailing vessel Portsmouth
ut present training ship Mt the Mare Island, CALI Navy
Yald-for the purposc of making running survey "i
TIN, coast OF Guatemala On examination OF tae vessel.
however, ii has been found IN the cost OF repairing
hor would be greater than Mt first estimated The
idea Of sending u vessel 10 that COAST, therefore,
has been abandoned for the present Constant
efforts have been uado within the past three or four
years TO obtain approximation Of $1,000 Tor the con
q and ~l.in
liar to tosc used Coast Survey Tor The purpose OF
m IONS 'icT AIno,fln interest. in those waters. Mucn
GOO has already been accomplished ny me luscaor W
surveying AMI tislhg sounding IN The fachc Dut tue
necessity for tao ar tnre smaller vessels has been scri-
osly cit. snuuli Congress make the appropriation
f1r their construction tney could Do kcp IN service ~
comparatively sll cost All render valuable AID To our
commerce m the Pacific.
NAVAL RENDEZVOUS IN THE SOUTH
The Naval Appropriation bill authorized the
appointment u board OF i've officers To examine an'
report to whether any OF the navyyards be ahan-
donod and also report srtan other matters ihc
three senior officers Of this board Will be Admiral
Porter, vIcc-Adn,irt Rowan aud RcarAdmigal &.
H. Davis. The other two officers have not
yet been designated by the Secretary OF tie
Navy but viii bo before ,he lst Of October. by
which time the board viii De organized ani proceed win
the inquiry The proposition 20 establish naval ren-
zyous at Tybee or Cocksrur nn0. OIL tho coast OF
G,org, meets with some favor among prominent naval
officers rs either 81 sland3 aurus superior natural
advantages for such rendezvous. Tc Savannah i;ver'
brng fresh water considered "a be the most suitable
ci. Of vessel, "a no. 80 great fresh ssit water
1nu location Of thu Islands - such mat 't conld ou
e silly dcfcuicd IN case Of trouble VII" any foreign
power. while PORT Royal, the present naval rena
on lie rouinelu coast, Is most vulnerable ro.ht ana
would have be de ended by large force, S"oGd VIZ
become involved In any foreign d'iiichl'y.
RErIREMENrs AND PROMOTIONS
Paw Director e.. G. Jackson, u. ;. A., was
yesterday refined under the law for long ana lthini
services Ills retirement promotes Pay Inspector james
Fulton 10 be PaY Director. Paymastcr Richard wash
inyton to bo Fay Inspector, and Passed Assistant Fay
master &. W. saBm % bo Paymisser Bcar-Admiral a.
NJ P.nnock will be the next officer on the
active LIST retired, which will be ON tho lot of
October next The retirement Of TINS 0tlcor
viii promote Commodore Edward DonllhSon ne i.ai'
Admiral Capt. Il: \. suu.,ldl 10 be- Commodore tor-
mauder W. 4. Mcj!uEH To b. Captain ANA iltuicnahl
Commander .Incs ID. Graham a. Oc 'omhl-pdrt. Imio
viii b. further rctircn ~ o any uhccr on tb HNo
Ist untli April next wAen ar Admiral john }: Amy
Will be retired account long ahd faithful service
AN OLD OFFICER REMOVED.
The latest removal by order of the President
s that Of Col j. Ilcmph Jones, Deputy First Conr" Ter
of the Treasury Department, " has been "a fathiu.
office for nearly ~ OF century The cufe ~
signed WAS that Mr Jones not In accord with To"
Al inistfation For than years the gn'lrmhn
removed has occHed the same chair al the same desk
in the same room, and there ARE icw who hnVe hnd any
ting To do with the Treasury Department who do not
know him. Probably nobody IN tine department under
Stands The nlrclccs Of It's business better than he, and
his only fault so fr known Is that he ha tahon ho
active part pOiuca. u was lac whom u. II. DIX NJ
Ia ,cl wirn nc wrote tudt celebrated az pI,Ul GUIDING,
Al rny one nt tcnpts to laui down the American hig
Shoot MIN tho SPOT"
WhH1EFUL IdONONI.
The POst-OAicC Department states That since
the pa sge of tho ~. OIcr Appropriation bill wDich
separated TIE amount OF money be expended for car
rying the malls by steamer routes from that for
the railroad route tho department has been
compelled to decline 10 Csiaahsh postal service on
different railroads IN a." ratrs NtWJrrscy, Pchnyl-
wanna, Georgia, Arkuh-r3 Missouri, KCntuCky IcAhH
Colnr1dU, and California, ugrrcivng nearly 900 mic
IL would have saved thc Government very large sun o
NANCY could the hcryce have Transferred from tue
steamer Erl Vice To the IarOuds. Neatly twice as much
n. WAS n cdrd was Appropriated for steamer service
while fr railroad service the smill HB Ia pre-
vent any increase whatever IN tnut branch Tor Wheh
application, however, Is daily being made.