Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-09
BAD YEAR FOR SHIPS
Official Notice of the Sinking of
 the Pensacola.
NOT VERY BADLY DAMAGED
But the Water is Over the Gun Deck Comb.
 ings and the Gale Still Continues.

Position of Assistant in the Nautical
 Almanac Omoe-O,hsr News and Gossip
 from the National Capital.
 WAsHINaroN, April 9-Tho Secretary of the Navy has just received the following telegram from Commandant Brown at Nor folk, Va, concerning the sinking of the Pensacola in her dock: IA very heavy gale set in about midnight Saturday. Water rose suddenly and was niger than ever known. Was foot above capings of dry dock. Pensacola lifted from blocks, filled with water through old and new Kingston valve openings and settled diagonally across blocks. Water is over gun deck combings. Diver reports no injury to bottom Have plugged holes. Expect to pump ship dry, readjust blocks and dock again. Gale con tiuues. Simpson dock IS flooded"
 The Pensacola was being made ready to relieve the Richmond, now in Brazil, which has been ordered to Samoa.
 An examination will be held by the Civil Service Commission commencing on Tues day, April 23, at Q. m and continuing through the following day, for the purpose of filling vacancy in the position of Com outer, or Assistant, in the Nautical Alman- ac office. The examination will be held in the following places:
 Washington, D. C., at the City Hall.
 Detroit, at the Postoface
 Chicago, at the Postofioe.
 New York, at the Postoflca.
 Boston, at the Postoffice.
 The salary is s1 900 per annum.
 Applicants will be required to have Q knowledge of the theory and use of loga- rit rlo f,.io analytical geometry, differential calculus and plane and spherical astronomy.
 Each applicant will have to furnish Q table of logarithms and an ephemeris for use in the examination.
 Blanks on which to make application can be obtained of the Civil Service Commis- sion, Washington, D. c.
 The s15O,OOO bond of MT. Huston, the new United States Heasurer, was received by she Solicitor of the Treasury today. After being approved, the bond was sent to Sec retary Windom.
 The death of George McCue, while hold ing office as Sub-Treasurer at New York, and the appointment of Mir. Huston to suo- oeed Treasurer Hyatt will cause some do lay in MT. Huston's qualification.
 Mir. Roberts, the newly appointed Sub Treasurer at New York, will not qualify until Moneay next, and Treasurer Hyatt will be compelled to remain in New York until the bond Is filed.
 This will prevent Mr. Huston from quail. flying until after Mr. Hyatt shall have re- turned. The counts at both the United States Treasury and the Sub-Treasury will begin next week, and will occupy about Q fortnight
 Representative Randall Is confined to hia house by an attack of gout, but is not SC riously ill
 Fourth class postmasters were appointe in New York State as follows f W. Moon, at Cold Brook; L. P. Travers, at East Greenbush; w. H. Cronise, at East Palmyra; W. G. Tunnicliffe, at Springfield Centre; Reed Shesrld, at Stanton Hill; G. w. Calkins, at West Sand Lake.
 The meeting of the Court Martial for the trial of Major George A. Armes has been postponed until Thursday. The President has exercised executive clemency in tho case of William Woods and Henry Miller, under sentence of death fol murder, at Fort Smith, Arkansas. h Woods case a pardon was granted, and Miller is rsspited until Friday, June aL