New-York tribune., 1879-11-27

20 ponr into the Departments al " aShln@t"h' iheS
contain much interesting information. Ch'ei
Brooks. If the Secret Service. has much TO relate
ohout the counterfoitng Of coin and paper money,
which he SAYS was never carried on with such anil
itv and skill as at present The Navy is reported
10 be I'M fair condition considering that the shipS
are all of a by-gone type. IL is recommended that
something ie done toward re-creating the Navy
The Chcf of Navigation urges that the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans be carefully surveyed, in order to ex-
anime reported danger Il Shipp Inc year Is
stated bV another officer 10 have been one OF great
activity IN ordnance experiments. The pensionng
of old worr-out man-of-wars men Is recommended.
THINGS THE PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW.
FIRST, A FEW POINTS FROM THE PrPoRT OF CHEF
BROOKS on C0UNTERFEITING.
WASHINGTON Nov 26.-James J. Brooks, Chief
Of the Secret Service Division Of the Treasury, has
sent IN ms report for the last fiscal year.
Arrests had been made 20 the number of o39.
Counterfeit money 20 the amount of $33,65l was
captured, together with a large number ot plates.
dies and moulds nsed in counterieitlng notes or
coin. several of the arrests made during the year
were Of unusual importance-among them OF
Henry T.. Cole. who had been concerned rs a cap
italiSt in nearly every important combination OF
cOuutor eiters for twenty-five years, but who Is
now serving a twelve years sentence In the New
Jersey STATE Prison and Charles i. Ulrich. OF
whom i; Is said that the annals OF counter citing
do not present his peer in skill celebrity of operation
and reckless daring" The latter pleaded guilty.
hut has thus far escaped sentence upon some legal
tcchnicality. can unfortunate result to which,"
Chief Brooks remarks. this Division did not IN
any way contribute" lie saws that dunng the last
fiscal year there has been increased activity among
the eounierfeiteTs of paper currency, bur that the
vigilance maintained 10y the agents of the Division
has anticipated the coming of the fraudulent issues
and protected the public from any considerable loss
The report continues:
Al NO tine IN The history Of National banking I'm
fhis country has mechanical skn been displayed
production of counterfeit notes as has marked Inc
issues tue past ne Is The work and so close
the imitation that IL has become necessary III sevei!
recommend 10 tue public the refusal OF all
notes OF the denominations and banks thus counter
OF tae old gangs Of cOunere!ters Of paper money who
for wears irpredated uIon our communities but TWO re-
main. aud they attenuated through the
Intervention ~ justice. But new and more skiliu COM
known Us Iorgcrs checkrisers burglars and ea-
blers. Aud these by the aid of much h-got' n
wealth command tai ut skill, and present phases Of
0inuir edions and expcns,ye than heretofore Never
ihecs assert. withoufoar of successful contradiction.
that never small an amount OF counteriet
psuer money in circulation.
OF corn countcrfeiting IL may be SAID IL
exIersiyry engaged in now and never ar ess
for the offence more numerous The Increase attrp
utabc iny to the cheapness OF the mate a OF which
most of ne CONS are composed and the facility VITA
which AZ can be manufactured Fortunately, however,
the atcmp 10 circulate IL usually brings detection, but
not alNaNS puDlshincntf lor not lnlIcuutnlN ibt
people ~ iheir capacltv as jurors regard Tue onehce a
veual and the cupr escapes. or, being convicted
he's early pardoned through the unwse interference OF
Influential citzens.
The Chef complains Of the Congressional reduc-
tion OF the appropriation for his division from
100000 to 100000.
OCEAN DANGERS.
The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. in his an
nual report, recommends that the Department take
into consideration tie subject Of examining reported
IN, md Ec
Ocean. II the Department cannot, account of
insufficient funds. fit out expeditions composed of n
number Of vessels. ii is suggested that practical
beginning be made by detailing at least one vessel
for this service in the Atlantic and another for the
Pacific Ocean. From the great number of dangers
now borne on the charts the Chief of the Bureau
saws 1t is evident that the work proposed will of
necessity have to be done sooner later and the
sooner It is done the lives and property Will
be saved.
The United States steamer Wachusett has been
ordered to run a line of dccpsea soundIngs ON her
way from Boston 10 the coast of Brazil, and to ex-
anime reported dangers.
The Chief of the Hydrographc Office of the Navy
Department reports that the charts of the North
Atlantic Ocean making rapid progress. AS soon
as these, together with the chart of the South At
lan'ic Ocean, completed. the office will be en-
abled to furnish TO nayigators new and carefully
compiled charts of all the oceans in place of the I'M
perfect ones now In use. The charts will be so
compiled as to permit their in navigation close
up 10 the coasts and into the larger channels The
engraving of the sketch-ohart of the entire Medter-
ranean Sea has been finished during the past year.
In order furnish all desired photographic nfor-
nation from American publications, additional ap-
propriations are recommended.
The Superintendent OF the Naval Observatory, in
his annual report earnestly recommends the re-
l.ftb tb., IN a hetfar A phaupa
in the method of transmitting time signals and of
dropping the Washington and New-YOrk time balls
snearIy completed.
POINTS ABOUT THE NAVY.
The Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering
recommends an appropriation OF $1.165OOO for
the completion aud erection of the machinery of the
double-turreted monitors. and $4,000 for the
purchase of tools for the Pensacola, Nor
folk and Mare Island Navy Yards. He also
recommends. measure Of economy that the
machinist system should be abolished at once.
The duties assigned them can be performed as they
should be by the passed assistant, assistant, and
cadet engineers of the Navy. As an economical
and sufficient substitute for the present machnst
system il Is suggested that there be enlisted for
every ship. when commissioned, one blacksmith.
one bolier-maker and two furnishers with uniform
pay of $50 per month and the usual rations. This
change will insure a saving of $40. 900 per annun.
and an increase in tho personnel of the Navy of
about $50 men, The report concludes with a
ommcndanon for pensioning disabled mechanics
The Colonel Commandant of the United States
Marine Corps in his annual report recommends an
increase in the number OF prvates
The Chef of the Bureau of Ordnance saws:
The pas has been one OF great advance IN devel
oprg The force Of penetration OF r rO1cctes and Of
concurrent efforts 10 produce armOr Of greater resist
with he same wegni la the case OF the gun u has
been done the application OF wtllknOwn principles,
but the decrease length aud dimnuiiOn are
perhaps carried 10 an excess Win the reducti iun OF
il