New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-08
NAVY DEPARTMENT

pat feel year from tho Secretary q the Navy
IN, - Lawrence fr.ate Of the hrst class and the
Vermont ship q he line have been launched The
former vessel hss been put in commission The ship
house which covered the Vermont has been removed
on accoun, Of he vicinity 10 come private buildings
which we're on fire The materials of which r.
bulk have been appropriated to other uses
The construction Of the four steamships Of su-
thorizod by the Act Of Congress Of % March 1s47
ia satfactory state Of progress The sarsnsc bail;
At the Navy Yard a, K.itery has been launched The
Powhs,tan a. Norfolk the susquehsnnah II Philade
phia the san Jacnto +, Newly rk, may BE- launched
aud ready for In the course Of the next year Tho
appropriations Of Congress ample, and every %,
sble care and skill have been used in the construction
Of the machinery Beside those Steamship there are
unfinished OR the stocks a. the several Navy Yards
ships Of the rate Of a guns and gsies Of A
guns They are slmos, ready for sea service.
Tho vessels commission during the past year have
been employed az follows
IN the Pacific the ships ofihe line Ohio and Coium
bus Independence frate Congress siooos Ports
mouth Warren Cysne Dale and Preble with the store.
ships Erie Lexington and Southampton The Colum.
bus Capt WyDsn, bearing the broad pennant Of Com.
Biddc arrived in the United States the 18th March
last and was placed in ordinary The lfgste Congress
Adlt isafdHttt LhFlh- Dfth IN crtii-1'h uibff
three years has been ordered bone and may be- ex.
pected 10 arrive In the coming Spring. he Ports
mouth, Commander Montgomery arrived in the United
states on the 9TH May Last and again ready
FOR sea Tho Cysne- Commander Dupont arrived a.
Norfolk the Hh October last, and mas been placed IN
ordinary In the month ~ May last the Pfe1ie Com.
Inander Gynn sailed from the West Coast. with or
ders 20 take 10 China Com Gessenrcr, Commander Of
the East India squadron and after having performed
this service - return TO her station. Inc sloop -
Mary. Commander CrOwnnshiclds, on the llin Apnl
last sailed from Norfolk join the Pacific squadron
orders given some months since that one Of the
three store ships attached 70 this squadron shall sa
her return the United States semi annually for the
transportation Of whose term Of enlistment may
have expired and who desire to come home.
The Erie has come home aud under Lieutenant
Commanding Ne Blair has sailed 10 tine Mediterranean
by the Cape de Verde. with stores Tor the African and
Mediterranean SquAdrons and the frcdOnis, Lieuicn
ant Commanding Neville, has sailed from New York for
the Pacific
Commodore Thomas Ap Catcsby Jones has assumed
the command OF Com. Shubfick who Is at present on
cruise the Sandwich. felec and other Islands in
the Pacific The Independence, of which he 10 the
Commander may be expected to reach the United
states next Spring Commodore Perry has been
OBJ god by IN health 10 resign his command To Com
wilkinson During the past year the squadron consist
cd OF the trigate Cumberland, soops Albany, John
Adams, Georgetown and Saratoga OF the steamers
Mississippi. Spffre, Vixen Scorpion. Water witch
~courg. Iris Petrita OF the schooners Rceicr Petrol
BOntO, Flint. MshOnes, Falcon and Tampico and OF
bomb. vessels Etna, StrOmboli Vcsuvus and ieca.
with the store ships Relief and Electra.
The frigale Cumberland bearing the pennant of Com
Perry arrived in New lork In July last with some
OF fever board She has been put IN ordinary
The frgae Rartsn Capt Page has taken Der place IN
the squadron. The Jehn Adams Commander Adams
arrived Boston in September last and is undergoing
rcpsis. The steamer Mississippi. Commander Macken-
ne returned 10 the United states in April and is uedcf
going repairs Of her hull and machinery. Inc vixen
il also undergoing repairs The Petrita wrecked
in the Gulf of Mexico The Water.Wiich and the Iris
The store ship Relief has sailed with stores
for Brazil and the Frcdonia to the Pacific The other
steamers and vessels enumerated have been sold, and
the proceeds paid into the Treasury. They were pur
chased for special service in the Gull Of Mexico during
the war, and not suitable 10 general naval pur
poses
In the squadron on the coast OF africa, commanded
by Commodore Bolton. the sloops jamestown Com
mander Mercer Portsmouth, Commander Armstrong,
Decatur Commander Bufne. and brlgs Boxer Lieut.
Comandg Bell: Porpoise Commander Gordon, and
Bsinbrdge Commander Slaughter, have been employ
ed Commodore Cooper sailed in the sloop Yorktown
Commander Marstcn on the I'd Nov with order % re-
leve Commodore Bolton in the command OF the squad
ron The Boxer arrived IN Philadelphia IN May last,
and being condemned on survey unworthy irepsr,
WAS sold. Commodore Bolton has orders, on the ar
rival of his relief TO proceed in the jamestown and
leye Commodore Read in command of the naval forces
OF the l. ;. in the Mediterranean sea.
There have been employed, during the year, ia the
Mediterranean. under Commodore Read, the iTigate
United states, Capt Smoot; soop Marion Commander
SimOns steamer Princeton Commander Engcli schoon-
er fancy Lieut. Comdg c. 6. Hunter with the store
snip supply, Lieut.. iohut . LlHSh lho hhlAvDi
having finished her cruise, arrived at Boston in the
month of September the steamer Allegheny, Lieut.
COmdg. w. w Hunter, has been ordered from the
Brazil station the Mediterranean and thergate Con
sttuiion Captain Gwynn has sailed for the same sta
ton. On the arrival of bis relief, Commodore Read,
having finished long cruise on the coast OF Africa aud
In the Mediterranean, has orders to return home IN the
rigste United States In consequence OF our Delng
compelled to discontinue the depot At MshOD, II be-
necessary supply the squadron with stores by
means OF storeshps The store ship supply, lieu'en
ant, Commanding Lynch. sent out with full cargo
of stores in the month Of November, lsi7 Having de-
hvered them the several ships OF The squadron from
TINE TO Time they were required she is on her re-
turn home and the Erie has been loaded and sent out
10 continue the service. Commodore Read has made
temporary arrangement for landing stores for the
squedrOn az Spezzs There are some objections 10 ,hs
place as depot account OF its position and IN the
present very disturbed condition of Europe II IS un'
certain whether the arrangement will be permanently
continued.
ON the coast of Brazil under command of Commo.
dore Storer the frigato Brandywne, Capt. Boreman,
the brig Perry Lieut. Com'dg Titon. and the steamer
Allegheny Lieut. Comdg w. w. Hunter, have been
cmployed-tho soOp ST Louis. Commander COcke. SAL
ed from Norfolk in August last TO join the squadron and
carried orders for the Allegheny 10 proceed TO the Med
tcrraneAn.
In obedience to your direction, aud with an anxious
desire 10 give protection TO our commerce win me L"si
Indies dispatched for that station, In the month al
March last the soop Plymouth, Commander Gedney
she carried out passenger Hon Mr. Davis, Commls
soner China, and landed him at Macao, on the ION
lett New York In the month OF May for the same station
As the fgse Congress had nearly completed her cruise
in the Pacific i, deemed advantageous that she
should return home by way of China and Bombay, rs
In doing 50 she would visit several important poinls
where the occasional presence Of sshipotwsr would
exert a favorable influence our commercial interest
Commodore Gcssinger LETT the United states In Novem
Der isf7 10 20 the lshmus with orders u me
Pacific and hosting his penrsni on board the Congress
proceed TO China ON his arrival there he was directed
10 transfer his pennant the Plymouth and assume the
command of the East India squadron, and the fngate
was expected pursue her voyage home For reasons
satisfactory to the Department Commodore Jones on
Joining the Pacific squadron, determined to retain The
ireao until the pending question OF peace should De DC
fnely settled between the United States and Mexico
and ordered the soop Preble TO convey Commodore
Geisscnger 20 his station.
The fricatc - Lawrence, Capt Pauldng sailed rom
Norfolk in the month OF september last wita iosifuc
ton 10 touch at RrcmerhAyen, and q enter the baltic
the advanced OF the season did not ioroid ms
doing SO. 49,,
The reports are satisfactory from the coast OF Africa
Brazil and the East Indies.
As soon AS practicable after the proclamation OF peace
with Mexico the scamcn ordinary sosmen, isnosineh
and boys in the naval service were reduced ~ as
charges below the number of 800 required ny s"
BY the "a section of the act Of August iei7' me
Secretary the Navy directed "iorih"ith 70 con
tract with Messrs Dakn 4 Moody Tor the complete
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