The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-12-08

tona vessel and report that he had demanded satisfaction
and upon being treated with contempt had felt it his duty
| to come home.
Rash mpetlosity the part Of those who hold in their
hands TO extent the elements of war cannot bo
strongly discountenaneed No officer should dare rfe
with them But think that acquaintance with all the
facts and calm reflection will relieve people lwho
justly sensitive Of national honor from any fear that
wrong has been perperated and reference to history
may well silence the criticism of others
The Cyane requiring extensive repairs and owing TO the
condition OF the from the unhealthness Of that eli
her return to the United States became necessary After
receiving on board the archives of the commercial agency
and Mr.. Fabens and his effects, Commander HoDs pro-
ceeded Boston and the vessel the st of September
put out of commission for the purpose Of repairs,
which now completed.
| The Falmouth, Commander Shaw, has been very re-
Gently put in commission and will proceed to in a
few days
The Brazil squadron Commodore W. D. salter, has at
tached to it the flagship Savannah Commander Samuel
Mercer; the soop-ofwar Germantown, Commander w. +.
Lynch the brig Bainbrdge, Lieutenant Commanding
O. Hunter; and the storeship Relief Lieutenant Com
manding s. O. Rowan The soreship Relief returned TO
New York the 29th of July for fresh supplies, and
having taken in her cargo sailed for Rio on the Gath Of
! September
The sloop-of-war jamestown, which at my last report
formed of this squadron having completed her cruise
returned to the United States and arrived at Philadelphia
| on the I'd of May.
| The steamer Water Witch Lieut. Commanding T. j.
Page still actively engaged in the surveys of the rivers
Uruguay and Parana.
This squadron efficiently engaged in taking of the
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commercial transactions rapidly growing
The African squadron Commodore Isaac Mayo consists
Of his flagship the rigate Constitution Commander j.
Rudd the sloops-o-war Marion Commander II. Y. Pur-
Vance and Dale Commander VIM. G. Whittle The brig
Perry, Lieut. r. L. Page after having been the station
two years arrived al Norfolk on the l5h of July The
Constitution and the Marion will be relieved early in the
ensuing year at which time they will have been two years
on that station.
The vessels of this squadron have been actively and in
many instances successfully engaged in checking the slave
trade and OF them have been regularly cruising
the coasts most equented by sayers The officers in COM
mand have also had 1t in their power to render assistance
TO merchant vessels in distress and TO growing COM
merce exposed to many dangers the African coast
The Mediterranean squadron Commodore 3 IL String
ham, consists of his flagship the figae Cumberland
Commander A. A. Harwood; the steam-frigate Saranac
Captain j. c. Long the soops-ofwar ST. Louis, Command
er d. A. Ingraham and Leyant, Commander G. G. Turner
The Cumberland viii be relieved early in the spring and
authority has been given for the return of the Levan and
ST Louis early in the ensuing year.
This squadron during the past year. has visited many
of the ports of Italy Sicily the Archipelago and Greece
and also the Of Spain and Barbary and has kept
watchin eye over American interests in the Mediterra
mean.
| The Saranae under instructions from the department
conveyed Mr. Chandler the United States consui-genera
10 Tunis from Marscles to Tun where he landed
| the 18th Of July with the usual Donors
The East India squadron consists of the soop-ofwar
Macedonian Captain Joel Abbot the senior officer ON the
station the steam-rgate Powhatan, Captain w. J. Nc
Cluney and the sloop-ofwar yandalia Commander John
Pope The steam-rgates Mississippi and Susquehanna,
the sloopowar Plymouth and the storeshps Southamp-
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the steamers returning by the of San Francisco Com
nodore NJ G. Perry recently commanding this squadron,
is by permission of the department. returning to the Uni
| ted States by the way of England
The vessels Of the squadron owing TO the civil war eN
isng in China have had frequent calls made upon them
for the protection of American citizens and property and
have been of great service to countrymen in that
mote region;
Commodore Perry with the steam-frigate Powhatan
his hag-ship Captain w j. McCluney the soop-of-war
Macedonian Captain j. Abbot the seanfrgates Susque-
hanna, Commander +. Buchanan and Mississippi, Com
nander S. Lee the sloop-o-war Vandalia, Commander
John Pope and the store-shps Southampton Lieutenant
Commanding J. J. Boyle and Lexington, Lieutenant Com
mandng j. Glasson arrived al edo bay JAPAN on the
of February for the purpose of fulfilling the plans of
which he had notified them the year before and of en-
deavoring establish commercial relations between Japan
and the United States BY ndomitable perseverance and
remarkable management, he succeeded finally in over
coming the obsnacy and preudces of the Japanese gov
ernmen and induced il to enter into treaty ofamy and
peace by which Two OF its ports Hakodade and Simoda
opened to vessels and shipwrecked mariners OF
American vessels guaranteed to have ample protection
and kind treatment whatever part of the coasts they
may be cast The aforementioned ports fully
veyed by vessels and represented TO be very
venient and commodous Presents were also exchanged
between the Japanese government and the United States
1 The treaty having been concluded, it ntrused to
Commander H. A Adams who was directed to proceed in
the Saratoga, Commander W. S. Walker to San Fran
cisco and thence TO Washington On the arrival OF the
Saratoga at the Sandwich islands, speedy convey
ance Offering, Commander Adams left her and reached
Washington with the treaty the 10th Of July Com
modore Perry and those who accompanied him in his
try new era seems throagh their nsrumentality, to
be dawning upon the of the world. 1t is diff
cult to calculate the wonderful results which present and
future generations may experience from this promised
gradual dropping off of the cruel teers with which gho-
has long embarrassed and this hopeful
prospect Of the spread OF civilization and liberty and good
government, cheering TO the Christian statesman.
The Saratoga proceeded her TO the United States
and arrived at Boston September having been absent
from the country for four years have expressed to Com
mander aker and his officers, also to the crew, my
just appreciation OF their good conduct notwithstanding
the expiration Of their terms of enlistment
regret to state that whilst the Plymouth was engaged
in surveying the BONN islands Lieutenant John Matthews
with thirteen Of the crew, when in boat encountered
tvphoon and all lost Lieutenant Matthew'S
had high reputation in the navy officer, and the
men represented have been among the best of the
crew.
The vessels Of the expedition for the survey and recon
nossauee of Behring's straits the North Pacific
China seas after leaving Simons bay Cape Of Good Hope
proceeded to Hong Kong China the sloopofwar Vincen
mes, Commander Rnggold and the brig Porpoise Lieu
tenant Commanding A, d. Davis by the way OF Van Die
mans Land through the Coral seas passing the Caroline
and Iadrone and Bashee islands, arriving at Hong kons
the 18th Of March the steamer John Hancock Lieuten
ant Commanding John Rodgers the store-ship John 7
Kennedy, Lieutenant Commanding n Collins, and the ten
5 der Fennimore Cooper Lieutenant Commanding AZ
Stevens by the way of the Straits OF Sunda and taspar
the Carimata and Billeton passages and the Socoo sen
Their arrival at Hong Kong reported by commando
! Rnggold early in June.
e During the absence of Commodore Perry with the great
part of the East India squadron at Japan the civil wa
raging in China and particularly in the vicinity OF Can
ton alarmed American citizens holding immense prop
erty in that region that Commander Rnggod considere
proper TO suspend temporarily the special duties to wbic
he assigned and render protection TO his exposes
countrymen and has thus failed to accomplish large Por
ton Of the surveys that had been planned for the pesen
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