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Prof. Morse's later days were spent in com- 

 fort and happiness, in literary and artistic pur- 

 suits, at his beautiful summer residence at 

 Locust Grove on the Hudson, near Pough- 

 keepsie, and his winter residence in the city 

 of New York. 



His tastes were rather artistic than literary, 



published a collection of the poems of Lucretia 

 Maria Davidson, with a memoir, under the 

 title of "Amir Khan, and other Poems: Re- 

 mains of Lucretia Maria Davidson." In 1835 

 appeared "Foreign Conspiracy against the 

 Liberties of the United States," by S. F. B. 

 Morse. He also published, in 1868, a series 



yet he had written several books, and numer- of papers giving reminiscences of his early 

 ous scientific and literary papers. In 1829 he struggles in behalf of his great invention. 



NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. The 

 navy of the United States, according to the 

 report of Secretary Eobeson, dated November 

 28, 1872, comprised 178 vessels, carrying 1,378 

 guns, exclusive of howitzers. Of these there 

 were 68 steamers, 929 guns, 31 sailing-vessels 

 of all classes, 322 guns, 51 iron-clads, 127 guns, 

 and 28 tugs. There were 45 vessels in com- 

 mission for sea-service (including three used as 

 store-ships), carrying 462 guns. These were 

 distributed as follows : 



This shows an active force slightly increased 

 in strength since the date of the preceding 

 report, with improved efficiency on account 

 of its better distribution in a greater" number 

 of smaller and more active vessels. "The 

 limit of our power is, however," says the 

 Secretary, " almost reached in this direc- 

 tion, since we have no more small cruisers 

 which can be put in commission without re- 

 pairs of an extent and at an expense wholly 

 inadequate to the results to be obtained. It 

 would be the wisest economy at once to afford 

 the means and the authority to build a number 

 of small, active cruisers, of live-oak or of iron, 

 which, adapted to the duties and the means 

 of our navy in time of peace, and fitted with 

 the more modern and economical machinery 

 which has succeeded that in use at the com- 

 mencement of the decade, could be maintained 

 and employed with more effect, and, for some 

 years, with very little expense for repairs." 



In urging these recommendations upon Con- 

 gress, President Grant said : " In addition to 

 its regular service, it is evident that, unless 

 steps are taken to preserve our navy, in a very 

 few years the United States will be the weak- 

 est nation upon the ocean of all great powers." 



The Pacific station has recently been divided 

 into the North Pacific and the South Pacific 

 stations. The former embraces all that por- 

 tion lying north of the equator, except so much 

 of the west coast of South America and of the 

 Isthmus as lies between the equator and Pan- 



ama ; the latter embraces the west coast of the 

 Isthmus and of South America lying between 

 Panama and the equator, and the west coast 

 of South America and the islands and waters 

 of the Pacific lying south of the equator as far 

 west as the 150th meridian, and includes, in 

 addition, the coasts and seaports of Australia. 

 The appropriations made by Congress for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872, amounted 

 in the aggregate to $20,964,717.25 ; the actual 

 expenditures for the same period charged to 

 that appropriation amounted to $17,694,685. 

 This last amount will be increased by the dis- 

 charge of existing contracts and liabilities in 

 distant parts of ^the world, but it is believed 

 that the expenditures will be more than $2,- 

 000,000 less than the amount, appropriated. 

 The appropriations for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1873, amount to $19,704,558. The 

 estimates for the year ending June 30, 1874, 

 are as follows : 



Pay of officers and seamen of the Navy $6,500,000 00 



Pay of civil establishment in navy-yards, 



etc 338,321 00 



Ordnance and Torpedo Corps 821,507 00 



Coal, hemp, and equipments 1,500,000 00 



Navigation, supplies, etc 134,500 00 



Hydrographic work 217,800 00 



Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac, etc. 64,600 00 

 Repairs and preservation of vessels, etc. . . 3,775,000 00 



Steam-machinery, tools, etc 2,400,000 00 



Provisions 1,587,600 00 



Repairs of hospitals and laboratories 40,000 00 



Surgeons' necessaries 40,000 GO 



Contingent expenses of various depart- 

 ments and bureaus 1,312,000 00 



Naval Academy 193,458 22 



Support of Marine Corps 1,177,311 25 



Printing and binding 



Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. 



103,000 00 

 51,650 00 



Total $20,256,747 50 



And to these is added the sum of $2,146,310 

 for permanent improvements, current repairs 

 of buildings, docks, and incidental expenses in 

 navy-yards, etc. 



The number and yearly amount of pensions 

 of the navy on the rolls, November 1, 1872, 

 and the amount which was paid the last fiscal 

 year, were: 



