The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-21
CHIN A A ND INDIA,
THE UNITED STATES SURVEYING SQUAD
RON IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.

THE UNITED STATES SURVEYING SQUAD
RON IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.
CRUISE OF THE vN0lNNEs- THE sLOOP PORPOIsE
nssNG- WHERE SHE WAS LAST sENS-HER PAST
ssEylCEs-LoG OF TEE vINCEsNEs.
From tho Overland Friend Of China, April ~
In our number OF the 18th OF September last, re-
corded the departure Of the United States ship VIM
cennes Commodore Rogers, surveying cruise in the
The soop Porpoise accompanied tho vinesnnss little
more than month before this record, In noticing the
III success which, up to that period had attended the
said
BY the time certain courts martial arc brought to con
sn ssD Ss ss M 30 II; last yes
TIE strong currents and boserOus elements Of
The justice Of this remark WAS verified with greater
amplitude than then anticipated Nine days after
leaving Hong Kong, off the Pescadores, in fearful gsk
poise has since been heard Of and It is feared
with too much reason that the ated brig foundsrsd
spirits on board Of hsr Less than three month. before
that gale the Porpose achieved honor in
ing from the Pratas shoa tperhsps her bed) 500
Superintendent hers would ha left to perish Of
ton and madness. We thus then (Sept 10y wrote Of
that cruise Of the Porpoise:-
future history the United States surveying saus
that which records the account Of th: errend hnmsne
%srsnsd with the word "Glory = '''''' o 1'0 anu
better fortune attended the vnc.nues. Following
brief detail Of what performed ~ her during the
four and half months Of her absence from this port
On the 10th OF sept mber reached the Boain Islands
ana proceeded to determine the longitude Of and to sur
On the 2sth Of October experienced while At anchor
terrific tyPhoon, commencing at NE thence 70 r.,
and on to s. w., modeJa ting at sunset, after ak
hours fury. In this tyrhoon two mountain baroms-
ters broken and Of the Instruments set
tive years, il stated typhoon had occurred there
ON the same day. Tho bay was covered with pumice
stone #. s., hs yphSon asts II perfect beds
afterwards encountered another typhoou In about lat
20 ~ Icing 14l E. sighted the rock DOro, otherwise
from any land rising in majestic grandeur some three
hundred feet above the ocean.
On the 18th Of November reached Napa, the Great
LoochOo, and remained there surveying till December
owner board before published In this ournl the
without stopping after dischareing the Saywoods
the Nightingale, she again starNd for Japan.
On the 2Sh Dece mber reached Kako Sims, ahne bay,
being twenty SIX miles Deep and half dozen
ct entrance The vincennes anchored in, and surveyed
ing covered with snow Con the "a January there was
hghtful snow stormy, and observations difficult in OBJ
aiming KaAo sima lett the 9th Of January for
PassiDg through Van Dieman's Straits, survey was
made Of Tanesa sima Passing Jakuno sira 5000 fee:
Strata passed through C0lnstts Straits 70 Naka
sima, and away to On sims Here the weather was 80
board in Hong Kong found % full Of weavils, was
this port to recruit
Leaving Kah Rouma The Path January, On the 3oth
following anchored in Hong Kong harbor
Yesterday the Vincennes again started for Loo Choo,
from Whence she WI, proceed to Japan then:e to Bier
ngs Straits and here again, in about years. time, by
the way of California
During the stay here Mr.. Knoor, the photographer,
and Mr.. Kern, artist to tie expedition have been buy
engaged in completing charts Of the whole Of the ground
traversed the cruite which they succeeded in
plotting for forwarding BY thu outgoing mail Lieutenant
Brooke, in charge Of the asron sic deoartmsnt, has
observations; the old buildings Of the medical ssou
and In the old Morrison school, having placed
Rodgers for the Of the expedition. We have only to
add that anticipation running 't 10 through the
great popularity OF tbs Commodore there ia hope for
success in the future" has been plstely fuIIsd
and there is again prospect Of q successful voyage.