The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-17


! This sloop ofwar h now lying In cur harbor on tho
Battery preparing to sail in few days for Nicaragua
According 10 government orders. The Cyans IL an old
verse; end carries the heaviest batteries Of any ship Of
size being Furnished with three a. pound Paixhans
and all The rest 80 pounds The officers of the Cysns
proclaim her 80 be good boat, and say that in
heavy sea she "stands up" 10 use nautical phrase)
under her load remarkably ven This vessel growing
old and has great deal Of hard service owing to
which Of her timbers deeayDg; and repairs,
both in hull rigging and SAILS necessary. In the
short time. however, before she 10 commanded to sail,
all the repairs required cannot be made and the ship
will have put to sea net 20 wen conditioned her
officers might desire The following is List Of her on
GERS and brief sketch Of the services of the ship
Commander. -. ............G Geo N. Rollins.
Lieutenante.. ............ Chas. w. Pickering.
j. Dorsey Read.
Chas N. Fountleroy.
h SamI Edwards.
Purser.... ..Chas c. Upham.
Surgeon. S...........J >. J. brownlee.
As sstant Surgeon. ,..... George Peck.
Acting Master. William II. Wilcox.
Passed Midsnlpmcn n. b. l.. Breeze.
oatswain. ......... Felix Hewlett.
LANES n,1;s M A. h,sston
sailmaher. 1890. ID O. Brayton.
Gsptain's Clerk. Dodsworth.
Purser sClerk ............F.F borrcii. 9e
The q. s. ship Cyane went into commission on the
nth Sept, 1861 having been thirty three months
in service, and actively employed In service the
reser portion of her time She slighty repaired
in PHILADELPHIA from which place she sailed Dec 81,
1858, cruise in the ca ribeban When only three
days out she encountered heavy gale Of wind which
She arrived in Crhags ma ON the 14th Of January
remained there ten days. then sailed for Caledonia
Of the Ishmus of BARREN After remaining there sixty
three days all d which time the officers engaged in
sor in the mountains ste sailed For Aspnw where she
arrived on the 2Sth February ata opportune moment
as her presence prevented the Provincial authorities i'm
posing unjust upon the Nail Steamship ompany
contemplated She thcr sailed for Carthagena and
herring from 1t Strain party then crossing the
lsthmus, she returned to Aspnwal and after waiting
few days for tho party sailed for New York via Havana
arriving here the 18th Of Nay last. The Crane,
have said is old ship and it requires great
tor The part Of her officers to make her look ship
shape and tant in foreign port and good sailor
m welded to bis ship he wishes hor to be in TRIM espe
cially when she IL away from home.
Tho Cyanc is commanded by gallant officers and crew,
who viii doubt when the occasion demands It, prove
themselves as brave abroad they gentemany and
gallant at home. This doubt unwelcome news
to those board, they ordered of into tro-
pca. climate, there to spend the under a sc0rch
ing sum- amid fevers disease &c but obedience to
orders is the sailors rst duty Commander Hons and
his party preparing to SAIL regardless of conse
quences personal to themselves.
At the recent examination at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis the midshpmen of the class OF 1S48 S47
passed in the following order =
184S.
l. james A. Greer, Q. ". P. McCamm,
O. Charles II, Greene, 10. J. Hellmsn
g. J. Baker, IL. Joseph D. Blake,
}. W. Hester, IL. l.. Oakley,
6. A. W. Weaver, IS. James Gillis
e. j. T.. johnson, IA. James Bruce,
A. rendergrast Is. ". Il. Fitzhugh,
James Fyfe, 16. 7. Abbott
ls47.
L. H. Newman, George e. Belknap
r. Bowen. w. Totten.
John r. Eealeston
The United States sloop-of.wa Decatur, Commander
Steiret sailed from Norfolk, 14tL nst for the Pacific.
She towed down 10 Hamp Roads by the United
States steamer Engineer, Master Olmstcad The follow
ing is list of her officers Commanier-J. s. Sterrett.
observation-disclosures Middleton, Van r. Morgan A. J.
Drake A. h. Hughes. pnrser-John j. Jones. Acting
Masters. l.. Phelps. Passed Assistant Surgcon.-R.
W. Jeffrey. Assistant Surgcon-J. Y. Taylor. Passed
Midshpmen-F G. Dallas, George U. Morris. Midship-
men.-M G. Campbell, John Mitchell Captains Clerk
James Sterrett Bcatswain-Henry Bright Sailmaker.-
Augustus Warren. Carpenter-Joscrh E. Miller Gum
ner.- George SiIian.