NAVY OF THE UNITED STATKS. 



F. Mohs, the celebrated mineralogist had suc- 

 ceeded Werner, he returned to Freiberg to 

 study mineralogy under him. In ISiM-'i!:.', he 

 made a voyage of scientific exploration along 

 the coasts and into the interior of Norway, 

 and published the results of his tour under tin- 

 title of " Documents on Norway," 2 vols., in 

 1S-J4. On receiving his degree at Jena in 

 . and at Leipsic in 18'24, Nauinann pre- 

 sented two theses afterward published, "Essay 

 on Mineralogy," 1824, and "Elements of 

 Crystallography," 1825; and in 1826 was ap- 

 pointed Professor of Crystallography in tlio 

 Academy of Freiberg. Soon after, ho was 

 appointed also examiner in that institution, 

 and in 1835 the chair of Geognosy was 

 added to his previous professorship. In 1842 

 he was called to the University of Leipsic as 

 Professor of Mineralogy and Geognosy. In 

 1866 he was appointed Privy Councillor for 

 Mines. Prof. Naumann's other published works 

 were: "Treatise on Mineralogy," 1828; 

 "Treatise on Pure and Applied Crystallog- 

 raphy," 1830; text and notes to the Geognos- 

 tic map of the kingdom of Saxony, 5 numbers, 

 1830-1846; "Elements of Crystallography," 

 1841; "Elements of Mineralogy," 1846, re- 

 vised and enlarged, 1854; "Treatise on Ge- 

 ognosy," 2 vols., with an atlas, 1850-'53. 

 Most of these works have been mnny times 

 reprinted, and some of them have been trans- 

 lated into other languages. 



NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. There 

 wore in the navy, at the close of the year, 165 

 vessels, carrying, exclusive of howitzers, 1,269 

 guns, being 13 vessels less than were reported 

 the previous year. In this total are included 

 63 steamers, other than iron-clads and tugs, 

 carrying 826 guns; 29 sailing-vessels, 322 guns ; 

 48 iron-clad vessels, 121 guns ; and 25 tugs, 

 used for navy-yard and freight purposes. ( it' 

 this number, there were then in commission for 

 sea-service and distributed on the several for- 

 eign stations and on the United States coasts, 



There was great activity at the end of the 

 year in the various navy-yards of the country. 

 Besides six live-oak crnising-sliips. which were 

 undergoing complete repairs, eight new sloops- 

 of-war, authorized by the last Congress, were 

 in process of construction, four at the various 

 navy-yards, three under contract in private 

 yards, and the remaining one under private 

 contract in the navy-yard at Kittery, Me. 



The cruising -stations remained unchanged 

 during the year. As now established, they 

 are designated the European, Asiatic, North 

 Atlantic, South Atlantic, Nortli 1'neitic, nnd 

 South Pacific. Over these, embracing tlir I're- 

 quented waters of the globe, are scattered a 

 cruising force of less than forty vessels, which 

 by their presence are relied on to encourage 

 citizens of the United States, ami. it' required. 

 to protect them in their property in all lands. 

 The commanders of the naval forces on the 

 different stations, at the end of the year, were : 



European, Rear- Admiral A. Ludlow Case; 

 Asiatic, Itc.-ir-Admiral Thornton A. -leu. 

 North Atlantic, Kear-Admiral G. 11. > 

 South Atlantic, Hear- Admiral. lames II. Sti- 

 North 1'aeilic. Kear-Admiral A. M. i'euiioek; 

 South Pacitic. Ucar- Admiral .lohn J. Almy. 



The appropriations made by OongrcM lor the 

 fiscal year ending June 80, 1873, including tlic. 

 amount of the special appropriation previously 

 made, and expended before the date named, 

 were in the whole, $20,689,601.57. and the 

 .! expenditures for that period, viz., from 

 July, 1872, to June 80, 1878, chargeable to 

 these appropriations, including the expendi- 

 ture during the time named of the special ap- 

 propriations above referred to, amounted to 

 sl:>..V'_'.'J7L'.ir,. ,,r something more than $1.- 

 000,000 less than the whole amount appropri- 

 ated. The appropriations made for the current 

 year commencing July 1, 1873, amount in the 

 :rate, including the special appropriations 

 for the new sloops-of-war (less the small 

 amount expended before June 30, 18731, to tlio 

 sum of $23,147,857.68. 



The estimates for the coming year are <; 

 at $19,252,235; to which is to he added |f 

 589 for current repairs of buildings, docks, and 

 incidental expenses in navy-yards, etc. These 

 estimates are less than those of last year by 

 more than $2,000,000, but they do not include 

 any extraordinary expenditure for the perma- 

 nent improvement of the navy, or the .-un- 

 necessary for the repair of onr iron-clad fleet, 

 or forthe continued prosecution of some of tlio 

 great works necessary to the proper condition 

 of the naval establishment of the United S 1 

 The number and yearly amount of pensions of 

 the navy on the rolls November 1, 1873, were 

 as follows : 



Navy Invalid* . . . 



Navy w Id OH f, 



olhcn 



and 



U>. Ron. o , , 



Ko **Sj* '' U Rll, K 

 ""* i, im 



Total 



1,484 

 1,7 



ua 



t!55,S10 75 

 S90.616 00 



A...'! |>'l f.-r 



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The expeditions organized under the au- 

 thority of Congress for the survey of the I)ari- 

 en and Nicaragua routes, with the view to the 

 construction of nn intcroceanio canal, have 

 completed their labors and made fund reports. 

 The favorable report of Commandcn Selfridgc, 

 of the survey of the Isthmus of Darien in 

 1871, rendered it desirable to explore more 

 thoroughly the region of the Napipi. and to 

 determine how far the surveys to tin' south 

 could be profitably made in the valley of the, 

 Atrato. For this purpose. Commander 

 fridge was ordered to organize another cxpedi- 

 n Inch reached Panama in January, 1873. 

 The expedition has been so successful as ma- 

 terially to improve upon the route already 

 discovered and surveyed, and has marked out 

 a line for this great enterprise that can be con- 



