The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-04-02

high up as the TombighoesOr Mobile kiver Head.
Fort Confederation aHd the logan int0 the Greek
nation, which he did satisfactpFiy and re,pFnsd in
1908. He was then ordered to the Asfra' Bomb Of
l2 guns, Capt Jos. Bainbrdee, in which Be saiied
for Warrington, taking Maj. Camtnack and the
other officers as passengers, with a detachment Of
Marines. in 1600 hewAe csdeFedb thsa eecetax4~
of the Navy as LIST Lieut. ofthe cutter,riQQed ves,
se the Ferret, IL gan. Capt. Gadsdsn+ +hEint stin
an Acting Lieutenant only, while the "a Lieut.,
Mr.. Gedds, s0as0 Lieut.. III the ser~s
vics. After cfttiss oA the soMthesu coast this
vessel put into Norfolk in 1910, whese she was
fitted as brig, and sailed again for the seushera
coast, cruising OF Sapilo and, Florida, and re-
turninglto Norfolk he was ordered as LIST Lieuk
Of the Gosport Navy Yard, BY the Secretary Of
the Navy--thence he was ordered to the 1st Et.t
Of the Enterprise, IL guns, Captain Rlake|ys eu
the southern station from her tcsthel command
of the schooner Nonsuch ii l6l2--ffom her te /
the y. s. frigate Constells tion, Capt. Gordon
from her TO the commend Of the Potomac tiotiils
and from that command, in 1878, to Lake Erie,
with officers and recruits for that station, under
the command Of Com. Arthur Sinclair. Upon
his arrival he was ordered by Com. Sinclair to
fit out the Detroit and Queen Charlotte, sioops OF
war, as also the Lawrence and gun boats, Sc,
and was appointed 10 the command Of the Lower
Lake Erie, to cooperate with Gen. Brown, after
wards with Generals Hampton and Gaines, Com.
Sinclair cruising in the upper Lakes, taking
Lieut.. Woodhouse with him in small craft. IN
1914, he was ordered TO report to Com. Perry for
the command of one Of the briggs belonging to
his flying squadron, but having received short
leave from him at New York TO make 4 visit
home, before it expired peace was proclaimed I
between Grea, Britain and the United States.--s
In 1915 he received furlough TO make an East
India voyage, and took command oftheI brig
Brazilian for London. Here turned in 1916, and
was ordered 10 Malaga with dispatches for MIR:
Irwin, in 1877, in the store. ship George long,
bound for Mahon. At Gibraltar he wsnt On,
board the United States ship Alert, Cart, Stew
art, for Malaga, and eventually took passage in
her for Mahon,, where he received his commis-
sion as Commander, and was ordered BY Com
Chauncey to the command Of sloop AlGt--.and4
returned in her to the United States during the
same year, having on board 4 number Of sick
officers, seamen, marines, &c, and those seamenl
whose terms Of service had expired. In ISIS
he was appointed Captain Of the Navy Yard,
Gosport.
ID 1919. 30, and part Of '21, he was recruiting
by order Of the Department During '22 and '23
he was on leave lsick,) and i'm IA and '25 ~
command Of the slooP-of-war Hornet, actively
cruising. In '26 and 80 in command Of the or
binary, Gosport In 80 he was ordered TO the
frigate Brandywine, (Septeniber.) In October
he sailed for the Mediterranean, and upon his ar.
rival at Mahon was transferred to the frgate Java.
In her hesran down TO the coast Of Africa, and
anchored in the harbor Of Port Praya, Island of
st. Jagc. Cape de Verd group; arrived At Mon
rovia, Cape Messurada, in 81 in tho West In
dies in '32, and thence home to the United States..
In '35, '36, 81, he was in command Of the East
India and Asiatic squadron, and part Of '37,fori
about six months, ins command Of the Pacific
squadron, making a successful cruise round the
world. and was relieved by Com Ballard in the
appointed TO the Ordnance, and in AZ received
the appointment. of port captain Of this station,
having his flag. on board the Pennsylvania, 40.
where it now floats at half mast. !