ii.'1' . I .: .. ' i '. v. i,'..-t.. I ft' til A KiPAfr, ;V IPIIIS I. I!SS0'. The latveatKt rellabli cr"Blticii ni ihB Ca bki a i kkkw an cinni wil s tt to h taora.i c. -siilcratlnn of a'trrrtlscrs. in ra fTor wilt tlr sertcd at tee luliovrinv u.-x rate; : Ylnrb, 3 time il v 1 " a mcntlu . . t v 1 6 months a y J ' 1 year - 2 ' 0 months 6.1 a 1 year ..nr 8 " 8 months . Cn S 1 year 1".'i Col's 6 months... .. U 6 months 20.rwj S 1 year SS.tM " 9 aiontha. Vj.Oo " 1 jaar- TS.O-J rinslne Item. C'H insertion 10a. er line ; eaca sutisequeot insertion 6e. rr lino. Administrator 1 and Executor'! Nf vises,.... S.M Auditor's Notices ... f.' Stray and similar Notices..... . l.W HrfohUiam or f roo-Mu of tiny corport.'tt Or tocietv, S iiumxinwat:tm dertcnrit cmtc'T n tion t any mattrr ot lim:tti or itdiriduat mtr. muit be oi a arfurrtrmmf. Job I'amTiKo ot all kind- ties ly an1 exj..-4it-oasly ejeccteil at low-eat prices . Ion't you (urge. It. .If rCII'tl'iOrt, I, WO ' t. ;j' Jo v 4 rfx i -. o.i in .coo fl.H t n t i!lii 3 montlis.. 1.T6 t ' in Hp.ii'1 Within 6 months. H.0 It not i il l with'n ti.. arrar.. V lb " r.vl.limf ill-Oils or tho county I. ual wor yv.tr will t chargoU to fir: will tho Vjv trmlBil ..i! i iini'ij !m iton t oon..uli tnoir I '. lownit ;ti nuvnui'e murt not c. .'i .1 nil tm nmn tootlntc tfiosB who i.i t t o iti-uru'tly und'Tslooil trwn i -. . . niir l .tt.cr t.i'Iore You atoii It. If stun JAS.C. IHASSON, Editor and Publisher. H IS A rUIXlH WHOM Til TBUTK XAKKS FBSS, AMD ALL ABB 6LATBB BKSIDK.' 81. 60 and postage per year. In advance. VOLUME XXI. EBENSBUEG, FA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER S, IS87. NUMBER 32. ... ."( I'uT i" ilaw iic) to otticrwiats. u.i .on?. teo id loo snort. I iff!, 'MiVlfeftMy 0 '"I " Send for7G-FatiO ILLUSYIIATED CATALOGUE MTIOM THIS PAPER. ACt.i TS 1-OMiLI.OlJU .NEW tSOK. A' 1 7 3tts;UTo Z:rj. "ir the DiPARTMlMT A N JiiK K.-Jr -pvr l." .. "' a r tu' '.l.' .-in ' ! i-iu 1.1 , i. .J . fo .M.-v ti Service l'ri.i.iiir.D V- an olllcial of :. in tu i-cn t Si'rvtcf, in . I l'-t:ivii Voii lno of nviT 0l .'m.ir . li.it by c U;t orusta lU ot rn ,n r.yc.n mo. A tl ri .Tir , .! , f .1. . to.- I . P.it- (if. . I'. ,1 1.... f a fv.ii' u, t 111 r-.;- - .. Mi-' .: ' "i t !:-' 1.. -.i-y ri -ii 1 . i. u 1- (1 - L -V "I :i . l- i - J '.ni l .. . . 'T!lC I'll: .! 1 t:- L. .1 vi t.- - -'.r... r 1 11 - i't II .j'.'iV r- ; 11: .i k- I-i-j r iii thi iM-tvc ft ' ir- -r l:. ' - ri of tin- t:. S. . .. !. j. i -inn;.. i t. -. si r -l;iui of the I 1 i I.w.-.' I o ,'.r- v.iiii-i-. of tho '-.ii. i'. ..)in;:r :ci' tiie puti..c ; a.io t .1 lh" . rtit KoiiK Fit vrns, . r 1 '-l.il 0: the jto- :.. i- f. nv.-r:ir.i.'i;t. c: ACi;?JTo VVAMTED.,.-E3 l r- y' "n t't-n- ;-.ri- !Vtr i:iHt-r.( Mi-rrlinlit, 1. .! : i, I'r -fi-.i m il M'-n. atol hnn 1 : 1 - , : ' it-;..' .. tnj.t '.'. Chaining 1 U .. li. . In. l-i ul. 1 -an-; tt '(. U '., ..t.' '-:i 11 I "-ii. 11 .i i.:s ui.ik.n- frniu :!! ,t iis n-.v-i .1 y. V .'ts.mt n tiL'nt iti .1 ., -,- -i in the I', s. nr. I ( i"ia.!. "Ve ,- - l-J ' il I . it Av V ri.,:-i'N Willi Tll! (lilr- 1 . '1.1. '..'-Mi I wi i-.n'i'i-''iM''i'. ( ,- ,. ,-( .. ' 1 rr. -.-nt i.ro ru-otintt v 1 t VI v. C ; 'i.'i...- -to hin l- 1. . : n ivo .- ,M ' 'o t- J117 1. -.ii it - 'iiiii.ii.-.I-i'' -.in t tli..t 1 ,. -. t-T- r, -i--i - I vi-u rio f ir otir lnrvi I . .) :ri ".'t-, .'ii'vivr in-r fi:!1 pirfcninn. rr m .::. :... ftvtf to ali. Ail- 1:. t- i. H. y 1. 1.1 l-.ll 'i . 1 V i .s i r. t; .v ( ... 1" 1. 1 N i ; I-! r. I.l, .n A s;5. ' la": )ril, C.n.u. w n: r v-;"i .s its r U ( ;ji., .rjtiMi wacoxs, U.ETuN. ." v J ??i- .i1. U . . ' ST- . li.-.i ). i;n :.' it M s m; - in. i mK; 'it Mi'T t-!tn..- . -fii . 1. r-i. r it t .' ; 1 :! i- v :l:i. ti.iai.r.j l Iwi:ix Vi-h:-. i M.i. i.- r ...t.t.1. J-' itiol 1 ?.Vr.r. Co., C:r.-hi i-ti, 0. 1.1- 1--i"'T"ri..." A: ... . 1 - 1 ""i : - : -i V 4 V.-tf fi: -ri-vi;. lirctiii JCVi'tini-f r. iirl-iit'it t.si .t-r. iMs-'l'J .i . 1 j. i, i.iyfr t'o'cvi.'.iin .'! M ' EH f t! s . ;' .t ! '-I't V ".' VT' !l- f1 I - .f 1 ! " tr it y,,j,irj ' - .!. r t .".-lit .. P is! t i roljj'j k: -. .'..vi .-..tr.. . 1. .- ! k ' . ion 1 I ' : tit (,& i'i- I.-.,.-.:. una l..T.'l.. -ii-.-AA I ..ArA. -K&iacOJS .1 1 ti ' .f b . ; s. 1 : liaMib rfSRLtil .i-y i!;.u -.'. LS)J' rail lias. :kt, r.r.KNMiiiiyj. pa. ill' sti;i: 1 . ; ' "l.iC. 1 'i-.ii-t. t T" ui.X Cf - 2tBar ! va. .,.-Zif iv Standard Wagoa CtS, it : 01. -A Vl':'.li ' I'd-P-1 i .. h ..... , 4;irt: orS"J .. .a ;.) t .i- avJJifJ :i ! li . :i. Lpii'. 11 1 r &i . J - .i1. f. u.-i 1 uu : ii." S J -. 1 .1-1 t- " . L - l-v ..Aj iO j v ar fc" f ROYAL i Absolutely Pure. tiidr onerttr ict. A marvel ol nurity WTsiuib ant wholes om ni. Mure rcnoiui4itl tt-ii the or linitrr kl nil s. nil 1 jj mot be sold In I -'Ta.(iBtltlon with the tu ultliude tl tlie low tot. , ttt welirht, alum or tno bate 5 ic.wler . Sold jriy in cant. KnvL II A K mu hWE Co., 1 V Uht..Navr Vane cured of RHEUMATISM toy uslns RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE. ' It i n t a cui-an Ir coma nothma; bat RhemBSh tiflin. hut it 1. a saf and aifrai enra tor that rtii.. TUouMiKla lMkM bit jodwUl tnnfj taita bMihtr. Mr. U. B. Vi wr,of W K. 13th 8t .PhiUdA.; wrefca f.ur mootba mtxme h baO Bn carml by thm Ramu Khum.tiiimt;iir. (waiting t. whtbrlt would DA Mural uvui. h.wa. bwtrul.Vn wittt th. fliii . And tliiMuclit h. .ikuld lout an. T.Ma fmm th. uoy B h.l loimiluni; .a.l tn.iiV t Iwowwki b. mmm card ' till rinmt;. aithmiatt ha bl bla bowaa pheiAii. 1 and uiml laitM-r ratiuHlix. lUhoufc malt, praTiuua aa iryinn this .widwliil 1 murty. I Vn Pma A. Cox. ArtBrtcan and Mnrrta St . frbfla ; aalil "Mv mf.m. MikUco. tnil hwMrititmniiwW tn Hp int.tr nnrtnr. and BM7thtiii imm faiiM. Tbt JiniwlKn Hhnimktiwi tir. rurWl h T in oM i4." BAB BOTS lSmZm TB1UK BARKS Vl?l$Vw AKD S5r- TtTiRK tyfl.Jy' RXEUMITTSM CUE w nill.l li. Sl. - . a. Mk Im bu ..... I El ICf. I liid rsiMton. !arrlptlTe lajn phlrt, 1Ci tt:moniuK Irrr. A Foraakr ' tul ttraai-t. If oub or the otber la slot In 1 iiwunu ts turu.lt It tv .it. Ji nit tm i"T lu.loltn uikoauytiimtrti'W. but nly dlrBft Uitt tn-lnval Airvnts. f KA 1. I.i. I .it HUIKA- D). blU W lluikcl aimi, l'biivt9Avia. , THE CHAUTAUQUA Oorn&Seei! Planter. A ONE-HAND AUTOMATIC MACHINE. al- I'rb. HS.'. of Tllrtal, Light. Stronsr, Well ConBtructed and Eljrf-t.ntJy Pain to 1. TtAnta Corn land ptnrtpkiq boc'Ij), Beans, etc. Womi WILL IN SMUlDT. LIMTT ami tl!H)f rriuit.sr. i3;hlv roroiuiiii'ti.lo l I-xrrotra i.ntl iH-a-i-t-! in ail .- inn.. Tin- fun- -svi'il in rs.-!rtT's 11-0 .U b.r iu RICE, - $2.73. Liberal Ti mint ti atul ai.l the lrie. mLe J1.0O per in ttic J1. ?t-nil fir rirrula :nl cxtr.t rr.lurr mrnt to an t ami r:irii i-i-ri. Mit-lii.n r.i ra .. r. ...nl a.l lrc-. ThedhaiitaaqaapIantErdonipaniJ 8. J. LYCH, And Manufrtur- r : I)al r tu HOME AND CITY MADE FURNITURE.! Ma1 Mi'.tit !! L0UXGHS,1U:DSTI:AI)S; TABLES ClfAIKH, Eattrees, cSbc, irw): ELRVKNTM AVKNTK, AIrOOXA. PEXN'aL :;'it!zr.s it t'anili.v Ctutity rd all ottu'r wlisliiiiK to imrftia' llllr.t FL'l-iNi-Tl'liF.. Ac. at t oret.t pu8 atf rc-ftctl ulij invltf d to cive us b-Morf but-lr ls ' al.rrr. i w Bre confidrt.t tTat we caa iiirfl ry wart jUjaf eny Uste. i Triers l-e very Iwttit. 4-lC-'80-tt.l I PATENTS I t)btalned an.l all I'.VI KNT IO SINEhS at tendftt to lor Mt)DKlCAiT.i.F. 1 Our cfliM la t t'it ti e t'. S. Tatent 1 Oftice and w can obtain pai.tA in le time thai tlie riote from WAMtlNUTON. I S-n(i Mtl)KI. OK lK4tMNv. We ad I Tl-" a to putnfsitiliitv re-!of i lMtrire and we N CI1A::UE rNLESS I;A.THNT is ISECUKED. 1 We refrt ln-ro. to the Pot.t4i.ster, the ! uot. of Money tfrrier Div.. and tc tr.e cfti I rial of the lT S. t'ul.M.t Office. r circu luis. advice, tcinis ari relrrMK"-" actual e.iei.ts in yoi:r civn.h's write to ( pi. Patent tire VaslinKts - 11 v V Ki:;UAi.LKi IN Twit, 7GEc!iJortas!iiiJ & DnraWitj. ivrr.r-i.m ksabe v c Xi.4uiilVii W rl bxiKnioro sttv-. .Su. igCSli Avenuo. Nt-w )'irk. itlmorok or eomiiffB I! t' is1 1 I fl yOTPo" rS m i 1 iVT K.r'r3 DMIiPOlE T. .M-r- t.i'- i .. 1 , 1 ..oi jr.. : i- -" in, .T.--' ..m;. !.-...i. . iv I .i-.l mill !.- -. I r , 1 ,. ....... - - - I ' 1 ' v,1"," r. ."'fc.' '. V-i-. 'X- ,a"."'U '-'..Ml il-.-l-." il!.' W- AKMY AiXU NAVY. . . r PECnXD COilPTRoi-LEK'S IrCl"KB. v In the nwtttor of the claim of P. A. En piwr H A. MaHfrliifcrence letwe-n hhire ry an.l nst paT an.l ratinn, the .ottuvl t.Vtnptrillcr lias reilereJ the kilainp; (kfisn : AVith the cxcfj.tinn of tkc JiiTt-rence in sl.itos, tho fffM m tla ca.o at l ar wvm iiwntic!l sa th.se in th caso of 1". S. vs. r.iln.p ll'O I'. S., whervin it in hfM tli.it -an otliciT writiiroit l.nt the MitHufil 111 ls4 w;vs -mitl.-il to full M-a juiy. -la viow f that ilit iri'iii I tl.tiuM c.iimMot the j.rcst'iit t laim t' he a-: a-'i f..ur with th- ca9 citt .l, ttn-1 t-hmil I awtir.f full a- to th hilmant h the time -t:iteiI, Ji-1 ther.- not !n-rn r:ti-"l the iit sti..n f a lir to tin- claim hy -ca-r-.)ii 1.: luuitati'in s.f time, it Ikmiii; ihisi--ilt-. t tltut hail the otlicer i.nnvrit his claim in tlie Court nf Chums he '.ul l have In-fit hanrt-il liv the utatuto nf liuii tatiiili.4. The rt i:itlilis of tlie trt f Claims to tlie accounting olliccm .r; in many n-sj-e-.ts arialoijoiis to t!M-' if courts of equity to r-mrt of law. haviii;. (inu iirrrnt jurilicti.in of the f.nme sulv ji.vt ltialt. The tt ell -tal Itslie.l rule in eijnity ia that after a statu! has i--t a bar of lime to a rctuolv in a iirt of law the statute will le npplie.1 ir. the Court of Eijuity. In atlmiralty cruris the rule of equity forliiihlin the jrerntii:i tif Male tletnan.ls, ha.- oltaiuel; hut ah a ftatute of limitation ha never In-rii -u:u--tcl hy Ctiiit'ress, the htatuteof limilaliniisi of tin" local jurisxliclioii twil Uot ln fol low el. ... I am firmly eovincel that rules of limitation shoul.l applie.l to tho timeot tiling claim akraiiint the (ioveru ineiit, tiotll vtith the accounting; ulluers nn-1 in the Court tif Claim. 1 can nee no pl rea.soii for H-corihng to jientons -niiIovc'l by the tiovernment, or to th me IiavinkT claimsi ntrain-.t the tJovern m nt, the (reneral rinht of delaying lor ait mire aisonalile ami unttmscioiiahle p.; riol the prosecution of their claim. Sueh a rijht i.- prohibitcl as between individ uals, anil it wouM wein that the rame rule Khoulil apply when the iovcrnment htan.ls in the position of party defeinlant. It i.H unite unre iLioiiable that time-worn t l.tiois shoul-1 In p-rinitteiltobe hfui.'ht :;iiil snect-sr-full v prov ctiteil aaist tho tiovcrnmt nt many years after tk-ey lie came due. NovertheltrjiN, an i-ixiuiiia-ti.m of levi.-l Statutes, Seetion li'., or tif the Act of March 3, ls'C, respecting the jurifiliction of the Court i" Claimo, evinced no manif-t iiitciitioii 4 f.h lein httivt branch ii the t ioverniiient to n p!v tho tatut"of limitation;) to any other claims or t liiinn thai', thost.- Iwotilit he lore tho Court of Claims, tlo tribunal '.herein named. Twice C.arrss has thus It-plated upon th ssitbji-t, iiUIiouh its attention h:s ie.-ti call -d J iany tim-s bv the cii cutivc olliccrs j the tiovern im nt t i what M-i-ni the vty apparent propriety and rt as. malm-lies- of iipp! iiirf a statute oi iimital i -ns to claims against the ioVf rntiif nt, hetlo r It j:iLht ill tin; Court of Claims or bef..re llie accountiti otlici is. As I d i 11. .t hold ihat the pr-s-e:it t-'aiia c:ia be cotisi Lied .1 btalc ti-.-mand, I bhall allow it." TII8 ANNUAL EtT'BT. ' Tlie nnnnal rejiort on Army mnftors will ciiii Ik' in order, and this year they will Le tioeially iiilei-estim. Many t'hiingefl of vital bene! it 4 the Service ; havu Im -s.it n.a lu since the autumn of 1 is-;, otiil many mre of cjual value arc projected. W'hiltj the nerrspajMTa have ' done their liest to make is iH-lieve that the Secretary of war and the IJentenant- tieueral comiiiandiui' tire Army Are con tinually nt lo-'erheads, and that even the l'resideut and tho Seort'ary have hail their little "tiffs' over Araiy matters, yet, if we are to judvf by known rewultn and nrtioiis, we should nay tiiat the titm.mt harni'-ny has prevaileil, and that each has done his Let, in li i'air, to further the material interests! r.ud uphold the iliirnity and ethciency of UwR Army, lm irovemeuts) and ailditinns to barracks and ipiarK rs at inost-iielel iKiint.s have lis-en ma. !e to the ejtleo. jf tho funds idiot ted. New barracks .jJid quarters, projects for new sts ai d -Tilar-ment of others' nt points v here.-r..ni-entratrnn of trm.iis is di-Kir.ihle, arewt-J' uiol.-r way; important additions to the uitlit of the eniisUd iiiimi lutve ls-eii niai'., and other usef.il thiajs dnie whici: we ntsil rs-an ely recapitulate. Alrvc all, we are soon to have a raised ai! eondenssl I.Nik of reii'a'ioiiK. a. veritable Umniu so maiiV will certify. We .happen to know just how much care and t commiy, and t hcese-pariiu;, A little. I. ere and it little thi re, it tikes io make th. ppr.-priati- us p aroitn I in auithiu; like decent hhape, and, ti t r-fore, we are able to tow Mnecre jirais.. itjniu the supreme f 'inctionnries wlmliave to nvii late all thes- lua'tts. We .lr.pe the licit Coi'.tess will iiU'y appreciate what has Ix-eu tlmie and what is Mi'J to do, Mi l further, consistently and inttrtiiip-ntly, the -ll-irts of tl.ie whos- uily iliTire is to .i thi. ir duty, and oiothiiy.but their duty. " as oi.n Mtt Mr-xr. C"l. J. P. Nicholson, so well knornn for 7ti s know Us I go of military literature, lias .jK.'-ued and printed Ironi the t-riiual 1 manuscript, an interotiiy anciont, ks-al record. It is the "lleturn ofthefVin-svi.-ania Trinfjis in the Service of t'to .Cui'etl Staters, AllkTIMt 7, 17S7," cxn n.MU l.sl by .losiah llarinar, l'-s.., lieii . tetiiU't-Col.ir.cl i 0111 uiain liter. It is tlatw 1 cauHi at l'ost Vinreiinea Okioi, Au:iir 7,17", and is nddrcwd to-l lis ExciJ ItJiey, l?s-iijaniin Franklin, Kt., 1'rcsi . de.nt, a id the Honorable, Th upreuie J-.xeiaifcve Council, l's-ainjiylvariia." It till. aw s a total of rank and Xile from i'eniif) l auia, IJeutenant-CoACiK'l Har 4Hr coutiiaudinp. and Captain Finney, Captain ;'ici:ler, Captain McCimfr and KJjptain Fri;tinon in char.re of the various .cumpiUiics ;ind osts included .in the oj-Ul'lishmc'it. Colonel NichoUion has al ded many valuable mites jn rvfvronco to lie places and persons mentioned in UiM -"Uetorri'.' His notices ni the variajs 1 .llivuts revive theimuiory of men k) dcstfr.te all hoiir. It may Le faid .tluit from .Jiis hait-Jful of men sj-art; the Arnvj' f the tnited States, and eve ry thint; thut thrown liirht on its original or piniz itii deserves a place in our histori cal recor.K niarkiicr the centenuiai vi its cxiiitciice, now bo vvht at hand. HEAVT GVAS At Tl" ALLY ATLOAT. Ia order to 1eninstrate Knp'.Lsh ia feriority in this re?pect, tho Army aud Xtirj (iazft'e -ts dowe in tabular form the approximate number of hoary breech loaders that could be mnt to pea by the chief naval powers. Hete is the Hit : OverPd 71-96 4i-70 to a a. tons. tuns. tuna. e 0 it n 0 ,8.1 j. IDS 0 f 0 II U V II Ji 41 u t o 0 'JU U 0 0 t 14 tlrc.it Itritala. 1 1 more lt:il 1.01 many 1 .-!: A.o;ila INJt KY OF TIIK ATLANTA. Fwiii what can 1 loaned by inimry t oiw of those who were on h.jrd the T S. , thirii; the recent y Vents on fh;t ;ip it npjicara th:tt l.hc ;nj"v to the ship its-lf by the experilllcllt-'joll w ith her iMlterj' "was of the uwst iniiui irt.tnt char NT. The tl.A.a torn fr,m their hin-t k fn the lil.t tlooiaonth l.'l'cr p.;r of tht sttperstrilctiire, seeiiri-d l,y vt iy tivliii"viA(e t-1 t-.-Jii liaviiik! been aiita.iy u.okeii more than once bv ordinary ii.se. Tho doors, r." i.air.sl at the New York NaVV-yard be fore the bhip sailed for Newport, slid not trive way at all, and those, u' hie It, liavintr stood the ear and tear of ship's usai:.-, were not pmiierly btrenihee l lsrfore the jrnn trials, and brke tluriii the hriny;, have ls-en repain-l on btstrd binee the com-luMon of tan?et pnutice. The Atfixti was aj;n.iiintl alout a lialf-hour, but fortunately there was no n a on, no injury wai ct m tilled to the loss tif about eighteen inches from the end of a pr. jk Her blade. The wild utterances r-en in print as to the prosj-ct of a continua tion of tiring fnim the i-inch rilleH of the Atlanta mahiiiii her decks and iiiilh tiu fatal injury to rite hull, is simply liall. The fault is in the pin carr.aces and their fa.-telline-s. unless, inih-ed, there is btJinethiiik: iu what is baid by ft wcli iiiformed rrreptmde!it who writes us: ' Tht: trial xti the .tiZ-oiia'j jruns t-hows that the Rim is too li'ht for the thiirjr , rather than that the carria' is too liv.ht, for one round added to the weight of the Kim itself will lie found more chVetuel than twj iHiuiids atlded to tho carriage, .which must be made of pieces lioltcd to yethi.. ENROLMENT OF YACItTSMEM. Captain S. Samuels publishes a letter advoc-atinj; the enrolment of yachtsmen in the prop. ol Naval Uesi-rve, aayin;: "The imiiortancc ot y:wlifii;is very lime understood by the Reneral public. It is lookttl uistn merely as a luxurious t x travapince. Yachting brinkrs into l:ty tpiick perception, line cah-wlation aiul couratre, which are the f rime r.-tptisiten of a true bailor. Wliat 14 powerful auxili ary to our Navy our yachtsmen would le if projK-rly enrolletl as a naval reserve! Our naval otlicers could rtot compete with them in handling small craft used in harbor defence. We cannot over estimate the imnirtance of yachtiiii or nive it too much encouragement, Con sidering the immense snms sjK-nt by yachtsmen annuallv to iH-rf.'et theiu ttelvea in famansliip, not for money remuneration, but us patriots. They fully appreciate the -loss of our maritime, jiower, which w:ih the nursorv for cuir Navy. This knowledge stimtilates tVieir actions quite as much and nire so than pleasure-becking. Theae K-itleiiien, who form a bodv of over thirty thousand nirn, including tfit-ir employees, are not oblivi ous to the apathy of their memliers of Conjnvss towards the shipping interest, and will bee to it at the next ballot-lxjx that those sent to the hills of lcL-.latioii hhall miike the effert to restore o'ir liagto its former iircBtieipt-n all sein." LAKtlti CO.VIKAt T. The contract made by the Nnvy Ie jiaitciiu iit with ihcddotchki-is Co. is fir between ninetv and one hundred runs ! various sizes, frt it-, the l-nunder to the iii'.-pi.iiii ler. The W-pounder and tho X jKuindcr :ire the two largest sir.ts now made. They ere Ltdti under trial by the Kulisli, the I n lidi and the liussiau 4 iov . runit-nts. Neither of th se two sizes has ye! been adopted :s -ti'tidard by any rt these '.lending Governments, and it will pi hdflv Is? three or four months in-fore -tl... tests art; tMinplet.tl. Alrea Uthe I lrii.isrt Co. have furnislie.1 i:tl Riita to the 4 i.vernment of the Cni ttsl Sitatesi. Arwon as a EnrojH-an Gov eminent testtsl and adoptsl the gun it was iula!ed tk at it should lxs made in that ootiutrv. Secretary Wliitney h.is limv made tlte V.cinand that other tiuv eruincUtH prtjvituslv made, and hence forth all the llotchkiss puns to lie suia- jilied to the -I -nited Stales 4 invcnimitit will Is maiiiJacttired in thi country. Ex-Iicutenaiit Very, the American re-jTesentative-t f the Motehkiss Oi. has r- . ranged with l-att and Whitney, of Ilart--fonl, Cjim., t'o iiiinif;teture the ims. aud the aiErw.aitioii will In: made by tlie Winclieuf'T .Ofiiikany of New Iluv., Conn. Thty are putting down ne j. laid for the purjxise. The present onler they exject.K execute in about ciyht luoiilLa. TALL -VXX IV TUB MILITIA. The English militia 1ihs not sliow much I letter in re-ard to statnre than ir. nuiiilers. A man over mix Uft in heiiiht is piite a rirra c'n in the force, tisere l-ins .nlv .sua out of lH,-i'. whteai; lmast tiiat ilifCinction. On the otiier liari L just one iuarler of the total .-trenxti; is nj-esei-t' as under live feet, live : ineiiest, and "'IWM1 odd In-tween that h( i,al and five ieet, six inchi-s. In i-irmer yJirs, therefore, whett . higher stHii lan.1 was pri--ril-d. liitsst -of thess men ma-Id have 1mcii rejected as Ulideli.e.l. 'lLest? statistics eertaiailv ls-at oitt 'the Cllblic belief, foilliiled 01: the eviietic- ( rrosight, that the const i- ' tntiotiaJ force is i-.it what it sh-jul.l be in . the nialter of j Jjysi. pie. Lyinlj4i Court Journal. BOIEW OrrirE ITALIAN FLEET. Kins JlumWrt arrived at I'horri. July I'I, to witu-.-.che rex iew of the na tional IWt, ami at '.lie station had an - thusiasiir receptiiL lieinjf loudly cheered durins liia drive aKrjuirh tli city to tLe 4.raul llu.tel nnt!.! para.lo facing the 1'aiieahli nstablishr.aeiiL. The Met t con sisted of tM ir.ttu.-lat's and -1 tirjM-d.-boats. Ta- first .division, under Yiee Admiral Oientjo, convsted tif the I htn Jo in, AHoii.U.lJiTe, Stafl'etta. I'aano, I'alestrt, CvtVllidatdi, liarliariifo, tdta, 1'olore, a2J 1 torpudA-lsiats. The s-c-oitd division, which ill the inan.euvres has lieen reje-csentiif, under Yice Ad miral IfserliiA, the enemy's fleet, eom nriMsl th San Marttiw, Thuilio, Trijioli, Slarc Antoni, ColiMiua, Anierira, Anoona, llau.sn Tevere, and nine torpedo-boats. !CAsrwI.AG.JEKT. The United States Naa! academy was founded in lS4i The huildins were transferred front the wart'o the naval , Jepartement, and in these. midshipmen tvhowere from Lbue to tH.e on shore nere given instructions iiwvt al matters, lii 1S4'. the scluirj arrvs reoreMiizcsl, the rwArse of instructioim nas revi vl and the title chanpesl from Naval Bclvntal to United Stales Naval Academy, and ,h years lati the term of study was jUe at four ypatr. Tiw Pecretary of tie Xavy has issued JnstriK-tions that the United States Bt earner Mich 1" j.rn shall 'Ve at Ietroit on Septenf.-r 14 and 15 to tJke part 'n the -ceremon es of the reuuiun f tho t nay cf the lenuessee and at Chicago fixoni C'ctober;l.o 20 fur the military .tncftjup. .n&ent. 'Jiik contract for the construction of the drydock at the Urtsiklyn Navy-yard iiaa lieen awarded to SimpstiH and Co., .f lsision. f..r ?J ,.'., ). The do4i Ls to U not . than fci't in lenrW irom tli" iaside of the eopin- stone at the liatl ,of the d, k to the outer caisson aluttiiicnt vt the mtnmce. The width if tu W not Jess ,tha J-3 fc-t, between theiL.q .inie ii,m side to tide. The draught ou .wil is to In liit It'ss than " fts't ! inches, wijth ou Jl.Kir nt lts t bail 40 feet and 4-ntraive S fet-t wi-Vi-r. T.l- work is to beemu" pleted -witlju Is iitwiiths. Ih-siiLes, the d.K-k U lo Ik titte-l iron caissons or tioatit,- gates; iumps, Jsiilers eniiie.s ump J.niss, raps i m is, pilIar.Ls, ,!is-ch.-irvts pud draiiijjre CKjttrts and all other fcttji ltiiients jvrlaiiuiyi thereto to cotnpietw the .lis k. TKme tl the princi pal advautakf'-x which tU "inlri"i docks liave lieen loijinl In pc-j over stone vs ksjis hsiimMv f'is!j ui-'ed, greater ucecb.sitiii!y, oeiter 1 11. lies lor MioriUk; and repairing vessels, lietier distribution of liht and air, dryness and the greater bafety and comfort afforded the workmen in freezing weather, especially in winter, when the adhesion of ice and snow will lie less upon the wool, and the discom fort of the damp, chilling air will bo largely obviated. The Army ami Xary HazeM says: "If it is true that the Kussiau Minister of Mariiu has decided tiiat liquid fuel is to lie used in the furnaces of tho 7Vicwt, an ironclad of 10,(H0 tyis displacement, and protected with JG-nich armor, now bud linu at Sebttstapol, we may exjiect one of the most important question--ot the day to !e settled ere lonr. It lias . lon In-i-n known that the small craft on the Caspian were ! icing run with liquid fuel, and a ship of considentble size trades, or did very lately, Is-tweeii tho Tyno and Odessa," driven by petroleum tires ; but our engineers gem rally have not seen their way to overcoming tho tlillicultii s that stand in tho wavoi utiliz ing the enormous advantages that liquid fuel uudoiibtedlr otters, line ton of jie troleum projierly burned, will tlo the work of at least two tons of .'coal. Snaet-s of form and dimensions impracticable for coal can lie utilized for its stowage. It makes no eiuoke to speak of, and requires no stokers. That it will be the fuel of the future we have little doubt ; but whether the difficulties that have hither to prevented its employment for large iif.Mii.-s have now lieeu satLjiacturily tlxa jxjscd of is another matter. An Army officer is report el by the "Washington Stir as saying on the sub ject of tlie proposed abolition of the re gimental and Kjat funds: "Such action would Is-netit the Army mor- than can In', imainct, and I have no doubt would effect a material decrease in the number of desertions. This evil was inaugurated in General Scott's time, au-1 has been re cognized by the War department since 1S45; indeed, it originated in the Adjutant-General Office of the War Depart ment. Congress hits had 110 conception of its magnitude, or legislation would have been enacted lour ago to root it out. The soldiers have had no redress. In dividual complaint would be of 110 avail, while concerted jmtest would be re garded as mutiny, followed by severe puuinhuient. The s.ildiers have in many ways been long wifferers, owing to their sill sir. itrtate reli ions, and any luoVo in tlie direetiori of securiug to litem tKeir rights would be hailed with tleliglit, not only hy L'.'iK.wiiol.hers, but by all olliccrs and citizens who have the wcliuro of tho Artnv at heart." Tub macHncry of the new milser Chiriujo bus been completely ailiust-rl and niHsle'iM-iuly lor the full pei trial at fea. Tke official rcjiort this fact was iiimles m July t!, but, owifig t' the Iioii-arri v.l of coal for the purpose, 110 further .fteps have been taicen ltMking to thisf end since the alsive men tioned slale. It is proliaVle, however, that some move will is: made during the coming ut-ik to g -t the -u-cessary coal and test tlo- liuicti'm-ry and Isiilers of this' inn sbiji preji.irat'iry to placing lit r in voiri mission, l'he 1 r.:rttneiit is not ltfcJy toexpi-rienee anv dithcitlty in iind it'g otlii-ers for the 1'liu"jt the r.-ipn-st Vook being already fi-l to overilowing ith names of would-be cruisers on this vs.isel. The iippearap'e of leanliniss, rhich the CAt-o f. slowly asuniin under the steady opfitioii tif tine sand and holystones renders the suTiority oi the v sel every J.iy more manifest, Aiul she bids fair tu rank very high in the scale of modern cruis.-rs. EitANK R. Pt I.Af Cses, who died at Maiden, Mass., July 31, ag-d S4, was Isirn ut Yallo, Spast and was an officer iu the Peninsula avar, although a mere youth at the time. He was iu charge of the troojts that blar up tho prison build ings oi the iu.juisil n at I'arcelona. He was obliged to tiee the country, ami es cajied to (iibraltar embarking thence for Cuba. After laWuig iu Cuba he hecame iiivolved in tlie strangle for Cuban autnu omv, and was oTipelied to tlets to the l'iiitsl Stales. I'ere he has publicly re ceived as a berssnnl as a friend of hiMr ty, and was wt-U'-jiutsJ to thtt ltouieswf 4 iov. le Witt teuton and many others. Ho was aftcrwanr'rf a teacher in "William and Amherst Colleges, Chauncey Hall School, iltistou, and at Cambridge. The Philadelphia Ltiufrrr saws : "It ifi all very well ior Secretary H hitney t rejirimaiid A.liu'ral I.uee for sisiwing American li.slm an how to keep clear oi the Canadian la', but whv do-sii t Jie say a word -or two to the Canadian authorities? .If 'their interpretation of the treatv i- wrca.g, Admiral Luce cannot mend it.'"' T ACTTT. Ni MATTERS. John Gilbra'th has purchased tro (.team yacht Mat for jl.iO lroui W. .W. ."Seymour. The Hchoonrsr yacht Daunth-, with aher owner, Caldwell II. C-olt, on boar.1, Arts sailed from. Cowes, lalo of Wight, lur i New York. Tho steam -ystcht Ouiiia is on A tour : f the St. I.awrc.ce river. Her owner, .Jr. ltenedict, has he tragedians Edwin 1 . Itwoth and Jut it rci.ee Uarrctt on Hoar 1 as -gliosis. Tho tirst prie for the yacht race at liar Harbor, Mo.n August has been ( .invreasoil to ioOtL The lofu)trr, .jUtitfjr and .I'lLviUf. will be among the . . uuutestants. After the -meets of the Royal Nova .StiCtia Yacht club. -at Halifax, the yachts- . mun will lie entertained on lioard her tuajt(4 's flagshi4i Jfrllrrrjthnit, at the ar- itillery me.ss ami .art the yacht club. A rdttzon)' ball will ibe given under tlie uspicts of the Itoaie club. Capt. C. A. Cra.ven and a trained rw ,j-ill nail tlie M'i;irtirrr against the J oiuafrer, in the rate f.r the Goek-t Cup. 4Gept..Cra-i'n has lkari command of the tk.ftih, iti.''', llr-siJmlf. and i.lcyon, all riLnnerfAnd tliesloojn llt-gintL, as well MJt.tUc- cuttes Muriel juid l iiuLu. OS V tallies ta last the macliincrv of the I". S. S. Kitrrjtrie was subjected, to the itiviul.-ini test, and passed the or-lealwes-essliilly. 4 n 'ITjursilay the ship WA4fxirtil r'eady for.t. uumissioii, and it is ejjectsl that orders will Is." received from ttiio lieparintent tn lit lier out for coiuuiLsjrin at tmv. The refittinj: of tho Ktil'-rf tV ,h:ts l.n of a -very complete d-ipti,i, and in the ..vurious depart-ment-i,, has Veen excni:.sel to leave iKithiug tukjoiie jt hieh coulv' add to her efficiency, x ith a Result wl:ch w ill lie hiirhly vtlif.Ucttiry 1 those, who may bj iletaiiisj ii,,i tervice 4float on U'lis vt ssvl. The AV;.s.V, fd jhe ssttie yard ( t.nmkly :i I, will In the next craft pr.-pareii for com mission, but it is not likely .tttt much more will Je .done un,il the X''"'V""' hoists her j"- unant. U lis r.-g.u-.'ed as quite- probable lliat oils of these ships will lie :is-i-.-neil t the .Misliterrie:til Siuidron, but 110 .d-finite orders tw J hat .elh-ct have yet beta issued. I'oi'R l-inch breeth-loading siteel gtuis for the I". S. S. JUuton m ere ree-ived and landed at the ordnance Ui.sk of the ftrookiyn navy-yard reeeutly, aisl tlie nf tLf'ui will be rapidly iiiouut'-sl uu Lard rtV' bhip, there Ix-iitg Ibat nr.fils-r ol -arriai-.s already jirepared Lir their re-bt-ptioii. '"Jjesv guns were made at the StuiJh Ilosittj Iron Works under contract, but have K-ej subuiirte l to 1 ! regula tion pn.jf uud t'litutmy testi-.t t Jje"iiv i'l 1'roving t, round, .-vimuhjlw. All Out one of these piccer have lieen sighted and otherwise prepared for actual ser vice. The breech-plug and manipulating mechanism did not accompany tho guns but will be forwarded from "Annapolis later on. The battery of the lStun, when finally erected on board that ves sel, will lie stained and shellaced instead of ining painted, no that any defects of rings, truuuioii fastenings, etc., may lie the sooner detected in case ot weakness being developed by practice. The question as to what disposition is to be made oi the non-commissioned of ficers w ho have passed examinations for second lieutenancies in the Army, will bo settled by tJeiM-ral Sheridan upon his re turn to Washington. No certilicates have yet been finiiLshed the successful candidates for this year, for the oft re peated reason tiiat in the absence of va-t-aucics, existing and prospective, the of ficials have been unable to decide upon what action to take in the matter. It was the purpose some time ago to order the candidati-s liefore the Fort Monroe lioard and, after a class standing had been established, give them certificates as usual ; but as there is 110 jxissible chance now ot any of them'gett'mg com missions during the time allotted by the regulations it is considered by the ma jority of tin: oliicials useless for the Gov ernment to undergo the expense inci dent to the examination. Tub following is an abstract of the bids received at the Navy Department, July ;JU, for the purchase ot condemned ves sels: Samuel P. Hedges, Green point, L. 1., New York, I'uirlnttau ; appraised value, 17,J0; bid, slS.OJJ.l'tl. W. 11. Mighell, Sua Francisco, 7i. namhmli : ap praised value, ?1'VKX); bid, SHi.O.'O. IakI: uirunmi, appraised at fl,(HJ); bid, 17, 0"o. WarLiiMtt, appraised at 10,HJ0; bid, $l:t,)0. Cy o"', appraised at s'J,lKHJ ; bid, 4.r-''. E. J. Davis Vallejo, Cal C', $.5,175. llurdetti; Pond, Meridan. Conn., J'otthalan, SbSi-Vi. Thomas Uutler and Co., Boston, Mass. J'owhal-m, lS.t;..j. Thomas liuttler aud Co lioston, Mass. J'utchatait, $18,H0 ; TicvntUroyti, apraised, v-lo,'4 sold at $15,L)0. W. T. tiarratt, Sau Francisco S7iiia'fo.it,ltlS,tJiJJ ; IaicI--atcannx, J18,tXr'. Wachu-tl, $10,501; I'ltiitf. 4,.V)1. There were 110 proiiosals to purchase the Tmiu'tc Her appraised i value was put at SJ,J0(. Is reviewing the evidence given be fare the coroner's inquiry held at l'lymouth into the recent fatal torpedo boat accident, Kujiurriug remarks that exennients of a practical nature have somewhat shaken our Jautu 111 tlie em- 1 ciency of the fish torpedo, and it is a question whether fuller knowledge might not tend to show that we have taken the torpi-lo lioat a little to readily on trust. If such prove to b-j the case it will be the boiler that w ill be found to be the weak place, and indeed the fact is pretty generally acknowledged. The locomotive type of boiler is an adaptation oi a:i apparatus designed for entirely dif ferent purjHis-.s, and it is perhaps not altogether..- be wondered at that if bhotild not quite fill the hit nation. Almost the first Uice that a number tif torpedo liojts l ave Vet :i simultaiie. iiisly pressed to their elmo.-t two b iiii-rs have veil out in a most disastrous manner. The report of the Hudson's Hay ex-, plor-iaion expeditions, sent out last year, has just lieen issue. 1. It expresses the op ir 1011 that the straits, to specially con-str-Ceted vessels up to "',' n tons are not na.vigable liefore July 1, and that the soasoii of navigation terminates alunt tke first week oi 4 c toiler. Further, that t an iron ship niakiiiu a voyage between, sty, Liverpool and Hudson's 1'siy, on ar rival off the western end of the straits the compass will not work, owing to magnetic dL-durliaiicos. Altogether, Llie navigation oi llu.Lvia Strait is considered m ln-ing more tlian or.liiuirily ditliclt, with shores inhospitable and bleak, fre sntiug a picture of loneliness and desola tion. The only itafetv in thick weather lies in the constant ue if the leatl ami keepimr a sharp l.kout, as the dead reckoning is frequently in error lu t con siderable extent. A ijem'atch from Philadelphia, Aug. 4, says: Three weeks ago the I'nited Steamer Antietam sprang a leak, and she is now sinking in tin- hack ch.uni'J at the League Island Navy Yard. She lias been Hss-d as a marine barracks and s'oreship and has about i?!!1!) worth .! sttnes alnianl. These are practically ruined. Boatswain Thompson has charge tif a crew of half a tlo.en men working on the ship to recover the stores. They are obliged every day to strip themselves and dive down into fourteen feet of dirty bilge water in the hold and lish out the ropes and other material that can bo saved. The Secretary f the Navy has about decided to send Ensign George W. Street and Assistant Engineer, A. W. Stall to l'aris where they will undergo an ad vanced course of training, the former in the. designing of ships, and the latter in the designing of niarhinery. Jt is under stood that Ensign Street will receive an appointment as Assistant Naval Con structor after his first year jf foreign study. It is said Us lie the intention of the Secretary to ss'ad a number of engi neer officers abroad for advanced instruc tion in the art of designing niai.ltinery. Thk U. S. S. Atlaxta arrived t Glou cester, Aug. 5, and the Yantic at Char lottetown, Aug. 4. Tbe Dolphin tlropied down to Flllis Island, N. Y. IL, on Aug. 4, and was taking in owder, preparatory :to a trip North. Samiei. Junks, who died at Bedford Pprings, I'a., July :S1. entertsi West i't tint .from Virginia in 1S.;7. was gnUlitats-d in 1.S41 and promoted to the 1st T. S. Artil lery. He ros3 to captain in that repment Dee. 'J4, 1X5:1, and resigned in April. IStil, to link his fortunes with the t'oiifeder aey. He commanded a brignte at the fiild liattle d Bull Urns, and .nr limo . t lis senior Confederate Major-General. After the War dosed b went to ;h-.rm-i;ig r.t Mattoiix, Ya., hut not tdng sn--cessful came to Washington in IXStl and through the inlltieiiet of lien. Johnston and. d hers obtained a clerkship in the War JJopHitment. He was fust ihi, duty "in the A. 4i. O., but in lsi." -was ;pro 1110! i d fh a higher grade and transferred to the office of the Judge Advocate Gen eral. Second Comptrom ku P.rTi.irR lias dis a'lo'.vcd n votn lier fur rfs5( Lb tJi eoints.of Lieut. -Csil. Batdieldesr, -of thu C,u.-irteriuttiCfr 4iencral"s I i"yartiti-nt. It is thi nimiint paid for two iiorses p-.ir.h;ied from the Hon. Blert T. Lm colt i,jr the : of the tjuiirtvriiiaster'H Deprnient. The hoi-ses w ere ppraied by a ;aid of otlicers. and they were purchased by Gil. Batt hcMer by slirect ordert- rom the oiartcrma-ter 4ieneral. Ci. B;rtt kelder .'eads this order id de fence A liit action. The Second Cu: t roller nfittfLfjses the. intxletif nin-li;w ;is in viol. din if the law requiring k'k-Ii purchases to be made only alter due legal advertisement, execj in cass of extreme emergency. The Portla-ml ofty W'rlmmr, refer ring to the r.-eciit death of Mrs. Suther land, says : uSt' Jeff one son living. Col. 'Iiarles Sutherbiiiil. L7. A., and one daughter, Miss Mary Suthei land, w ho lertisl hir life to the t'-'.re f Jut ag.-d liiollser. Two son uud one .laughter ";i'-e Thomas W, SutlierLui.t tji4t. James Sutherland, l;. S. M., and Mrs. Caroline M. Prevost, wife of Gen. Chas. M. Prevost preceded this dear old lady to 'the great unknown,' at the threshold of which, within hearing of their dear voices, she has been living for many years. No gentler spirit, nor purer soul was ever welcomed to eternal bliss." Admiral Lite has come to an under standing with Captain Scott, lioyal Navy, as to the exact claims of the "Canadian Government with reference to fishing rights. Tho conclusions arc presented iu a series of questions propounded by Ad miral Luce and answered by Captain Scott. Copies of these have been dis tributed among the vessels of our fishing fleet in the Gulf of St. Lmr.-mv, iu order that fishermen operating in these wat; rs may be fully informed as to t!n-ir privil eges aud the stutu'.ory restrictions. The IKiIjihin 1ogan coaling ri-seiitly at tho Navy-yard, in preparation for a cruise, and it is quite likely that she will report to Bear Admiral Luce lor duty on this coast. The J!j'hin looks "quite English you know," having received a coat of white paint from stem to stern, and it will undoubtedly make coii siderabble difference in the temperature of the ship. It is, however, quite a marked departure from the traditions of the Navy to pior.t with white, and as such is a commendable fatep in the di rection of comfort. The Navy Department will contribute its part to the Centennial celebration at Philadelphia of the adoption of the Con stitution. Orders have been issued to Admiral Luce lor the assembly of a naval force on the occasion, and the day of the great military d.splav as large a force of marines and blue jackets as can be spared will lie sent ashore to take part. The vessels will lire salutes and will bG pened for public inspection, a usual on audi occasions. Major o'entru, Awi.f Siemens, who died June :W (originally a Hanoverian Artillery otliceri, entered the Prussian Ser ice in lso'i. The German Artillery owes to his talents many inventions and improvements, buch as time fusi-s, fric tion tubes etc. When sent to England to report on tho Armstrong guns h.; em phasized l.ailiculai Iv the advantages 01 Krupp's svstem, and this settled the 1 question oi the armament for the Impcr- ial German Navy. At the recent convention of colored I veterans in Bton, it wasstate.ltli.it the j first colored troops enlisted in the lute war came from Massachusetts. Oiiiei al ; I. F. Butler publishes a letter in which he asserts th.it in lhiiJ he enlisted three i regiments of colored troops in New Or leans and had them in action a longtime , lie lore colored soldiers were used else where. 1 Aisoi t November 1 next the T . S. S. 1 .V'o-ieii- will be looked for at Panama, j w here she will repair for the purpose, of transferring her present oilicers and cp-w to the Atlantic side of the coutin.-i t, re- 1 ceiving, in return, anew crew. Oil the , completion of this duty the .lif. e vt i:l ' probably resume her proper station in ; Asiatic waters. I Tin: new ordnance biiildinir to be j t reeled iit the Washington Navy-vat 1 will encompass the old iinchor and fori;- j ing shojis under one roof. It is to lie 1. 3 1 j feet long and 1 7:'. feet w ide. A travelling crane will be put up, equal to the weight of 1th) tons. Eaeii machine to be used will Imi placed on foundations of eoncreto built on piles, with a top facing of two inch yellow pine. The Norfolk Isitvlun,-k says: "An ef fort is being made by the authorities of Bichmond to have the monitor fleet now stationed at City Point brought up to that city. This do.-s not meet tho ap proval of the officers stationed there, as most of them have their families with them, and don't care to be disturbed." E it vest Hawk, late first sergeant of the marine truard of the Trtiihm, has been transferred to t he marimt barracks nt Norfolk to await the return of that ship, w h'-n he will rejoin as first sergeant marine guard, under command of Ciipt. B. W. Huntington, U. S. M. C'., fol a I three years' cruise. It is understood that Commander Evans will soon be relieved from dutv as j l'resideut f the Steel Inspection Board and ordered to duty as Naval Secretary 1 of the l-irfit House Board, ("apt. I'n k- i ing, the v-rex-nt Secretary of the Board, j is to be given the command of a vessel. . The new building occupied by th- I Naval Museum of Hygiene on New York 1 Avenue, V:i-.!iiiigto:i, is rapidly ! i:i.' j tit ir.t- proper sleipe. and when com- I pletelv tTraii-ed will afford f ir better op- I SNir'umues for easy inspection of its j ivgieiiie treasures.- The Iwii oldest shiim iu the British 1 Navy, -areording to Lloyd's ''War Ships ' of tlie World," are th- Mulvij, tii, built j in ls'l at Botherhithe, and now in us- ; at Chatham, and the SH-ijItthj, tender, built iu ls-J3 at Blackwad, and now at Portsmouth. Foatiox TTf?r'", - . The Princo of Wales has born ap pointed 11 mioraiy Admiral of the Fleet. Prince Iuis nf I'.att. 11'. -rgh h is been appointisl to the commaiid of the I'.rit'sh ironclad I rri'hutytt over tLe heads oi scores tif seniors. A somewhat unusual event is the official shipment of 100 liiar.-s, in foal, from (jueeiistown, Ir.daud. for usj in cavalry regiments in 4'anada. Three 4 iraud Cordons of the legion of Honor have just lieen bestowed i:i I'rance, respectively ujmiii 4 Icncrals S.ius cier, 4iallitb-t, and Schneegans. According to a Parliamentary proper just issuetl. ll:l:'. I work jieoplo are em ployed in Woolcich Arsenal and in the Small Ants Factory at Eniield. India aigain s tit a team, sebefed from the volunteer corps of all the jr.s vinces Ihrwtighont the country, to com pete at the Wimbledon meeting. jurci- Jlitlinnn cnlar-es on the extraordinary value of Horse Artillery, and the increasing estimation in whii h it is held by all the ' great military jiowers. The Af-ban lMunlary question seems at last to liave lieen settled, 'llie jirotoeol on the sqhjcot delim s the fron tier from Znllikor to theUxus, a distance of alsuit r.ld miltss. Austria has added an armored t urt't sKip to her navy in the K'n-nriu; l:i tlnljih. launched at Pola, July 0, in the jri-sence of the l-'.nqs-ror. "The Arch duchess Maria Theresa named the ship. A torjxsln boat, the hull of which is constructed of phosphor bronze, has lieen received at Chatham Dockyard for tri.e and report. '1 he principal advantage claimed for the material is immunity from fouling and oxidation. A fivuch paper reports a defic'n ney of nearly 0,HKl.ono francs in the .e- . 1 ni' of Admiral Aube at the head of the Naval Department, and a similar detieien cy was not long since tlisenvered in the Admiralty accounts of Englaud. Tlie French, atifunin nianowres of thetth Army Corps, headquartei-sTours, will he followed hy :l grand review, ai which the new 'ar Minister and the foreigu oiiiccrs will be present. The V'lii Corps iii tui'U out lr.000 f-Iiong. . . Wo learn tint tne English committee apiointcd t i cotisi U r the subject of !-c-Irical communications between lit ships and the shoiv has rep u ted in KtVor of an is mon'hs' t r: : i 1 ot the stem, w ith a icw to its adoption if it proved sutis factorv. 1 i.lit ; liijis will then ie con verteii into valuable lm-k - it stations. Gen. P.rackeiibury, in his evidence before tlie Lng!ih Coni'iiirtee on Army Estimates, said I'n!ai.d could 11c, '-r get recruits of the British fcol lier's niiiloriii was made less ii:i,m:dne, and thi-reiorrt lesa attract!. e to tli.- fair sex. a -. I hi! scouted the idea that th-j sjdiie , i"'.!iO German soldier would be considered au ell'ecl ve sol .stii nt" for tiu; r:-.iment Ol a Guardsman in ali his glory. A military balloon v.hhh bad been constructed :.t I';iris on ni e':i borate scale, and prov:ded with all the most recent aerostatic itiiiir'.venient -, t' tlio or l .- t.f ' the. Chines-: toiv, run., nt, w.'.j lately j landed at Timf-dii. Th- Ociui.in engi- iiis-rs employed in the .-tale : rsenl at that place had the luacbine :.l teice ex amined and inflated, when the detai's 01 its sv-tein aii. I wo kin w i-' carclndy iie'ed and at once foi warded in a rcpu- t ! to Belli 11. ! 'llie new P.ussiati Ironclad ctu?h r, ! .b';.i'.-'f.' A'u '.'" ..'?', which was cooi 1 nieia-ed at Si. l'ett rsbur in LSs.j ,,n the mod. lot" the Iii.f:-' -, h;s j;t siTived at Cronst. dt, win re it w ill be com) It ti d in time to be con niissi. ne d town .'s ti c closet : the i'.utUiini. Tie- .V'i('.'.in;;f is is ft. loii. r t'n.iik itie ':.. at: 1 rIh-u! 4"0 tons heavier; and il.iinii' her con.--' ruction the Iiussiaiu l"e taken :.il vantage th. ,OSii. e i .1 t lie leieetS of the oiigiiutl vcifb' 1 lo in:pi"e up,:i hvr. The groat archipelatro wliieh be'ons to 1 lolland is generally :.o 1 1 ai-e ; oil and ho entirely "Dutch" in its wivs, that very little news from it finds its way into ' ir papers. And yet in ex'ent Hiei wealth, Java, Sumatra 'and Ceiibes co.'.s'.i. 11" :.u Imperial pos-es,ioli, besides 1 1.. o, the North and Norl liv -t of '.vhieh tlo 11.1t belong to. or tlo not ackimv led :i; the rilN of Holland. Tl. Dutch rule "i,hh,ooO peopie, world - not 1 lie in. .st ii'iina'-abie in il.:. Java ::1. ate coutaiioiig l.e-ul'- 1',- (Hki.(i'i natives w ith au muiy oi ItiS than 14,oo0 Europeans'. Mo-t of the islet, of the Atl-mtic have betii ca'.vf.illy surveyed, 1111J their animals and plants duly noted an 1 col lected, but o.l-- or two yet l-nnaiii 101. X jilored. Tu one oi th.--,.- Fer:..tiido do Noronna as it was e.il.e 1 by liic i a'i ex jilorei s, an expedition, under t he ii'isj k-,-:; ol th leival ."society am1, tin" l'i i:-li Mi. seiini, i about io .--lait. Tie' i-.-oid. or T..'ip of i.- Ian-Is, li.-s within four .iceiee south el the Ella'"!' o'l th I; TiliiM -1, oi :n r ot i!ia. il. au-1 JoJ luii -s ln.ni tie nctr.-st land, 'liio lar. st 1 -I t;:di i'-a' -live miles i'i leii-Mi, au-1 aliv ill tw - ucivss in ita iiroat'n st p. ill. . .. ., . .- (ienrral lln wonnnt, yircsidot t of th" French I'ngiii'i-r Cot.iniut.-.-. . bt ii ord -red to improve and trail.-i.r:n the defensive wi .rkls ar..rn l Paris. AH th'-CHiMvi'.!- forts aro'ind I'uris i'i'-' t 1 hav th -ir jir.it.li-s iur.t--ri.-iHy ail r -d, ai'd forms of 1 i'C'imv.ill . it i 'ti chai -jed. Th-' defeiiS- S i.u' to b fac ) 1 or c.--ed fll ovi and below tin- line .. soil with hue- i,-, SeS of c .'.ei-cte, for ll'.as'i.i' - 1 d il armor-plated cup bis, to shelter gn'i.s . au improved ; ,:it tern. The i!i:ii---s .iu to be com. let. d within the cut r tit y,-:ir, 1111 in the iiit-iinv, lid- the wall-; or fortit. tattons that enclose the capital pro, 1 lire to remain, although n.aniti sily 11-. -h-ss. save as an ... !! i.r i ll to:i.u I art'e-r, in their present co:idit on f- r the liu..-. A new gunboat, built f' r tin- iius sian iov ernniei.t :-.t Cq c!.h : n, lias ar rived at Croli-tadl. 'i he V s 1, li.m.e.l the Muni hm in, has been constructed ol steel, at a cost ot .-...O'VI. The fo" . inj are the princiiial Ii 111. -lis i m : Leneth, 1'ioftft; beam, let t ; disj.lacei L'-'o1) tons ; draugh', fore, without iien:, iirtd- b rv and war lnaterial, 10 Ieet inches ; aft, 10 feet si inches. Th has t wo engines, with an indicated nf I.00O horse iv r each. l ie w ithout anv p irti.-ul-'r strain d. , 111. 1 .1 1: t. ox cl ean ji 11 Spc 1 il lie ire t ban I.i km its. 1 In .tr ma consist of i:,e stern, , and font meiit of the .U ',.. .'. '-.do vv iil two s'-iiich 1 ng 1 .1 uu ' truiis in six 1 lotchUiss. mid Barauovsk '.-ji i.inder 11111:5. 'llie bottom of th" boat is divid-d into wat'-r .i'ht c"m partmen's, rind the hull is umj.ly pro ti cted b H air -light part it iots. An iq-par.itu.-i i'm t jectin' l.ittdie.id torju-.h-ee Will be placed in till' Vessel's b.iW. 'lllll average sj.eed alt lined during the run from Copenhagen to Cri -iist.i-.t was M knots. Til- iiew gunlHi..t is dc-Viued f -r SLivice in tue I'.i. 'uic Os.ean. Vh1h. of Stj-rlts ol Turin"! t iittv. This is om; of tic no -t enviable ai t ' ina familv, and v le a i ic.s -( - d-- t.iined a looihold in a ho-.s-, ;t is ivahy a necessity, and could iii be dispell.. I vt i: :i. Its tiiedicin :l 1 ji: tiit -s a.'e ve, n u uii-roiis, for but: s it is a quick i:pplic..io;i and gives immediate relief ; lor oiisteis 011 hu hand it isol pi iccle., v.tiiie, s.-.n n ,jov tt the skin and prevent in- soreness; (01 corns 011 the toes it is tiseiu! ; ate! go . '. fe-r rht'iimat isiii and s ue tlo 1-1-. a-. I it is tlie quickest remedy for en., . ,iNioi;s ,r l:t;i. Then it i.-e a sure pi. vntiv iain.-.' moths; by just dropping a tr.i'a in tl. -bottom i f dr iwers. ciics;s and t uj be ir.i.s it will render the carn.eiits secure l.j.u injury ibiriiig the siiiunier. Ii will keep ants and bugs from ',. :, j: d store rooms by putune; a few ihup- in t!.- colli ers, and uioii the sin Ives; it i- .:.ile de struction to bed bugs, an I will ctlntiially 1 1 rive th-ni tiwa;. li-mi their haunts, if thoroughly applied to th- joinis oi th bedstead in the si.ting cl- anin- time, ain't injures neiiher lur:iii.ne nor cl-itloug; its pungent n lor i - retained lor a ionj time, and no family oii-ht to be eutiudy out of a .supply at any tii.i.: of the year. A TriaiikSitliu- I'.trlur I'air. "'' A pretty and novel arrangement for a parlor is to g-t a c:irienter to make :i tii iingular seat, the height oi any otditi.tiy ch.iir or ottoman. It can Iv ma le w.Mi Ii lid to open, to juit work or n- v-ji-'pers into. Mull' the t.,p wiiit "e.v. Isior'' covered with a thick laver of vo 1 ; over that jilaee the final covering of ph'sh. whiih can be tu.'lid or 1- .: sico . ith, n.- fancy liietates. Have i;; carpeiu.-r lasteii the seat ill the Corner, having the lid open towards the front, tlie tie angle lilting close against the w:el. I ut two or three handsome eiishin! s agu;i.;t the waU. Fit a piece of gdt mo'.liu- or cornice to the ceil::i r.cross the ni nei u; match th- shape i liie seat b-'otv, 1 hang a pair of madras, or Iran.- p.. n r flowered silk curtains from the cornice and loop 'hem backw'th clainsur vm do satin rioboiis the et, lor of the phtsli scat. When nicely lilted t;i this littie corner seat makes a most luxuriant resting piece, besides bcim: exi.eeilinglv ot ii.tiuenud. The Geriiinn l".ii)ires 11 ml IViunle NrrvutiK It has lnen the u.st.!:i f-.r thefiernsat Empress for the l ist ten ve in- to present golden crosses, each with an autograph diploma, to those female servants wno could show that they had leni.ii'n-I fortv years uninteiruo'.eill y in th' s.v. :o fitn'iiy. In the c--n;-s M.is ... . .. ; l.- r .Majesty l.r.s conferred no i..v"- ti, tu i .' iS s.n h di.sf iii-etioi'.s on 1 1 . -i.'.n ---bieets. iu cluding.tLe iuhabiiauu itvicli.;.. iS N . "TO" ntrnr n n 00
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