National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-12
AT THE NAvY-YARp,
Republican " Reporter Takes n walk
Around the Ward.

Around the Ward.
An emissary of THE REPUBLICAN was
sent to the navy yard Monday to spy out the land,
and reports as follows:
At the main entrance Lieutenant Mancil G.
Goodrell U. s. NJ c., was on duty as officer OF the
day (heving returned last week from months
leave, which he spent in Loudoun Countrywide
lady's name was not lcarnedl, but he could give
but little news as lie was obliged to go to another
room to witness the ISSUE Of clothing which Cap
tain McLano Tilton was presenting to some OF the
swells in his command Captain Tilton had steam
mp yesterday to heat the barracks, and bossod the
firing up In person.
Lieutenant Olway C. Bergman, u. $. NJ G., who
is on duty nt the yard Is next for detail for
sea service, and will probably be ordered to the
Essex next month.
Paymaster George A. Lyon is of on leave for a
month.
The Speedwell, fourth rate, went into commits
sion Saturday afternoon, with Lieutenant John ID.
keeler in command. midshipman reported for
duty on board Monday morning. The Speedwell
moved out OF her dock at quarter past twelve y.
m, and sailed for Yorktown with n load Of salut-
ing powder. She will return tOthe yard Thursday
morning and leave again next Sunday for York
Town with General Sherman and staH Oh board.
ihe speedweils crew is only twenty 1--WE men, ana
these were taken from the ir0u- cluds at the yard
and from the TullapOOsa.
The watchman at the guard.b box nearest the
navy yard gate has the reputation of out-talking
any man outside Of the first ward, but he says that
tne telephone work lays him out All the tele-
pnOhlc communication for the navy-yard IS made
NJ tne watch box, and the watchman has TO keep
a sharp lookout 10 keep track of the calls No
sleeping OH that watch.
The copper rolling. min hns shut down work for
the present.
The forging shop Is not working on anchors or
chalns, but the southern furnace and trip hammer
is working on blooms for chain cables
inc torpedo boat Alarm lies at the dock across
the front OF the western house. and hal steam
lha GrgaN E HF Nulan unNa
irom New York. She has had two deck. houses
putt on the spar deck AT, between the wheel
| mlnl Porter ON his visit TO Yorktown. On the
port side are two state rooms. while the sinrboard
deck-house contains the pantry and small din
| ing-room, which Lieutenant Harber, the com
mandiug officer, thinks will accommodate ten per-
sons at mess.
Tho Tallopoosa arrived here Sunday afternoon
from ner cruise TO the Eastern navy yards bring
ing large quantity of freight She had on deck
lhe timber for the spars Of the Enterprise and was
uass nso slowed Win lumber for tue decking OF Tue
same vessel MS high as the ridge rope. She had,
besides, rather miscellaneous cargo, which COM
prised over illty tons of scrap lead, about thirty
TONS OF gun metal, several ship guns, n piano. a
crib bedstead. and three hund sleds. The deck
| ing lumber for the Enterprise Is North Carolina
pine, and was brought from the Norfolk navy
poosa carried from the League Island nayy-yard
| 70 brooklyn all the masts, spars, caps booms,
blocks boats lninel, gratiigs, ladders, aud
department belonging TO the sloop. Of war Juniata
| Coming down the coast the vessel brought q
| large quantity of live oak timber from Boston tc
| League Island for the 0isipee which is being re-
built there. Her stern has been heightened and
| modelled like the Swatara aud Galena, while her
beam. Commander Augustus G. Kellogg
was not on board yesterday. but his
handsome executive officer, Lieutenant John
| Il. Merry, did The honors and divided
around the "ship sherry" Lieutenant Seaton
Schroeder will soon be ordered, 1t Is expected fol
duty as navigating officer OF the Talapoosa En-.
4 \ IN
TOO much attached, but Just attached enough TO &c
| sea pay. He stays on shore with pa most Of th'
lights In the gangways, and If he got wet Just a.
like ms not he would take cold aud everybody
Knows that would never do at all.
Beutcuant- Commander Francis Morris. who re
Gently reported here for duty at the Naval 0bserva
| tory, has rented the residence Of Lieutenant Com
mander Roswell ID. Hitchcock, No. 10l5 Fifteenth
street
Lieutenant Andrew Dunlap has reported 70
ordnance duty at the yard, aud he and Mrs. Dun
| lap have rooms at No liO5 II street.
Mr.. David McRitchie, son of Lieutenant Nc
Ritchie, U. S. N, will be married tomorrow even
| Ing.
The Enterprise lays ut the coal wharf, near thu
| eastern ship-h house. Work Is slowly progressing
on her Her new steel plate boilers have been pu
connectos made and The I deck over the the be Soile he
| section amidsllip has already been relaid. She |
| to be redecked over all
Commander James Duncan Graham. now com
manding the Passaic, says he would like TO com
mand the Enterprise bets are even that he won
| Bet nef.
The monitor Montauk Lieutenant Commando
! George NJ Book, and WyandOtte, Lieutenant Will
lam Webb commanding, ARE comfortably cradlet
in the mud in mid channel und each vessel ha
at least three men, including the cook. The Pas
sale Is at the wharf alongside the western ship
| house.
The Dispatch is moorcd alongside the whar
next the experimental battery. Some minor wor
Is being done on the vessel, aud she will DO read
to leave on Sunday for Yorktown, at which tim
the Tnllapoosa viii also sail for the same plac,
The Alarm will leave about Saturday. The Pres
dent ard members OF the Cabinet who uccompan
him VIII take p'lssage IN the Tnllapoosa, and
considerable number Of Senators and other dlstiI
guished guests Will so OH that vessel and III
: Dispatch. An ofiicer ut the navy-yard told III
, writer that he thought Admiral Porter would ho
his flag on board the Franklin or some oths
frigutc, so that he may be enabled to entertain
becomes his position, as ranking officer OF Ii
navy. but will occupy his quarters OH the Alarm
, TO take the vessel out into deep water TO exhib
her torpedo working and tho ability of the ne
, steering propeller to handle her readily and
small space.