The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-12


COMPLIMENTARY LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY TO THE CREW OF THE UNITED
STATES SHIP SARATOGA.
We take pleasure in publishing letter addressed to the
of the sloopofwar Saratoga from the Secretary Of
the Navy. ii was sent to Commodore Gregory command
ing this station, 10 be publicly read to tho but it
not received until the men had been discharged Asst
would be nearly impossible get together for thai
purpose has been thought advisable to make the en-
mens of the Secretary known TO them through the medl
un of the press Besides letter so complimentary to
these gallant tars from such high authority deserves to
be made known to all their countrymen and especially to
all who will be glad receive such uucquivocal proof Of
the success Of tie aW abolishug the lash board
national ships VIXEN ts great reform first agitated
many the torcbodngs, out Of the navy well as IN
it. OF the rasnes of the experiment Of the destruction
it would cause TO all proper snbordinaion shpboard
foreboaipgs Fhlc have hHppy nF2ysa lpsory Perhaps
at no former time has spordnatiop been better carried
out That the better satisfied with the service is
clearly apparent The instances in old times very
of ships returning after long voyages especially when
their had been compusory detained their time
of enlistment when characterization did after
their arrival aud before their regular discharge but is
fact that ,no9 lie abolition Of corporal punishment
case of this kind has occurred national ships hayt
preserved their discipline up to the moment of sending
their ashore This fact is at triumphant vim
dcaion OF this great naval reform and testimony also
of the udicious management of the officers upon whom
has fallen the responsibility of putting it in practice:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Sept ;, 1854
SIN The department having heard both officially ana ul
officially of the patience and good feeling with which the
crew of the Saratoga bore their long detention
from their country inhospahe coasts and in trying
climates cannot permit them be discharged without
pressing its high appreciation of their conduct Their
terms OF enlistment bad expired corporal punishment
abolished and yet learn that they yielded prompt and
wiling obedience.
cannor withhold the expression OF ny great graGca
ton, and In order that they may know that proper t
mate is placed fidelity and obedience you will cause
this to be read q them IN body prior to their discharge
and assure them that they haTe my best wishes for their
health aud happiness
am very respectfully, your obedient servant
j. G. DOBBIN
Com +. II. GREGoRy, Commandant Navy-Yard, Boston
The department also addressed similarly compliment
nv letter TO Commander Walker and the officers OF the
Saratoga which have not been able obtain pub
icetiop.
R,rur IN NtcAnAarsy-The in Nicaragua still
RACES A letter in the New York Herald dated PonI
Arenas says;
"on the 9Th of Augusta bloody battle fought outside
of the Plaza Chamorro losing hundred killed
The loss Castilons side very small. The only
American that Chamorro bad Major Dorse) killed
this day and he might better have lost fifty natives
for being of the best rifle shots in the country he wHs
q terror them ALL