The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-16


Cruise OF the U. 8. sloop-of-War vincennes.
The arrival Of the yncennes. from three and half
years cruise published In the HERALD OF Monday She
st present lying othe Navy Yard and has not yet been
subjected to the process Of inspection This is probably
her last cruise as she has great deal Of service
and is now about thirty years old.
The following is correct list Of the officers efthe Vim
cennes -
John " McCoum lieutenant; T. Scott Fllibrown heuten.
ant; John Russell, lieutenant; Beverly Kennon, lieu
f. NJ Kern, artist William Simpson, naturalist; Emile
H. Knorr, draghtsman; Arthur Witzleben assistant do
Anton Schornborn, meteorologist; Thomas Niblo pur
ser's clerk; F. H. Berbower, captains clerk; James
Owens, carpentexy Richard Berry, samaker; Joseph
Kent, masters mate.
The vincennss left this port her last cruise under
the command Of Captain Rnggold, on the 9th of May,
1859 and put into Norfolk, where she joined the u s.
steamer Hancock the brig Popoise, the schooner Jas
Fenimore Cooper and the storeship John p. Kennedy
The five vessels formed the squadron of the surveying
expedition to the Pacd, ocean, under the command
Captain Rnggold, the vincennes being the fla
ship. The squadron LEFT Norfolk on the 18th OF
June, 1858, and sailed direct for Madeira, where
they remained but few days. From Madeira they
after short stay there proceeded the Cape Of Good
Hope, kwhere they arrived about the middle Of Sep
temter Of the same year Here they laid In provisions
direct to Sydney Australia where they arrived in forty
seven days On the passage from the Cape Of Good Hope
to Sydney they made deep soundings when the
Their perm tied. While in the parallel Of AZ deg they
found depth Of seven thousand fathoms The route be-
tween Australia and China was infinitely surveyed and
the charts whchyare perhaps accurate than any
that have been taken Of part of the ocean,
the possession of the Navy Department at Washington.
wards the Carolina Islands, and made surveys in the
Cora.se To the south of solomon Islands they found
Manicoo, where the distinguished French Admiral La
Perouse was shpwrecked. Fifteen minute guns were
fred on the flag ship and French flag was hoisted in
commemoraton OF the hero who lost his life on this
island.
From Manicoo the " sailed southwark Of the Ladrone
Islands to the China The first ports at which she
stopped Macao and Hong Kong, where the vincen
joined the other vessels Of the uadron The
expedite IN was delayed OIL the Chinese coast for period
OF six months in consequence Of the revolution which
then in progress among the Ceesas, and which in
terfered to cons ,erabe extent with in
that part of the world. II at this particular time
that the squadron of Commodore Perry de its appear
amor the Japanese Islands. Commander Rnggold
position and returned to the United states in the steam
ship Susquehanna. The command deyolved upon Capt
Rogers, of the steamer Hancock.
On the 18th of September 1854 the Porpoise left Hong
Kong TO prosecute the surveys in the Pacih and the
other vessels of the squadron sailed aoou the same time
On the 21st of September tn Porpose lost sight or
and after. She lost, II is supposed
in typhoon and not of her crew OF sixty men
saved On the arrival Of the yncennes at the BONN
Islands, the harbor OF Port Lloyd surveyed. The
Loo Ghoo Islands were next visited and after survey OF
the surrounding waters sailed to the Southern coast of
Japan where they succeeded in making vey OF the
Bay of Ksgosmo and the southern portion of
the Japanese group. After this, the vtncennes
returned TO China, where she remained three
months Another visit TO Japan enabled them to
mako complete surveys OF the harbors OF Smoda and
Hakodad They next proceeded to the Moth, surveyed
the coast of Siberia and established camp among the
Tchu.ch Indians consisting Of three marines, three sail
ors three officers, an astronomer, botanist an artist
naturalist and interpreter This camp resulted in
the acquisition OF greet deal Of scientific intelligence in
regard to this part of the world all Of which has been
reported " the Department at Washington The Vincen
hes proceeded North TO the Arctic ocean, where they
were prevented from making any discoveries the
verify OF the weather and the ice packs.
ON their return they found all the members OF the
camp alive and IN good health Taking them on board,
the! directed their to San Francisco where they
found orders awaiting them directing their mm eiiae
return After repairs TO the vincennes, they pro-
ceeded towards Cape Horn, stopping on their way at
Iiilo, Honolulu and Tihitl Their voyage home was
marked by most favorable weather. and they arrived
this port in seventy -four days from Tahiti.