The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-16
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the past year hAs pcSs sum. guy " ny a"cyA'o
Doa eommefoe, anI " shc pclsons ana Prope''y III u
American citizens ln al pssss ~ lne wofiaJ ,ayasa
The home squs' s.s' ~ ~ .u. :. .ss nae
oba Hiram ~ =
Wabash ana nAoAe, s''o Ns x s.N anu
Cyane and the wa' ssoas 1u'iuoiSaA auu rm'on,
The unsatisfactory s.A'e - - uianAus ane
portions OF Centfai aiel. 'lc ~ TINS
squadron, and the ssy' Piese'lCe y
able force IN the oo'i On inc M W anu
the Pacihc' ,,,.,...,. a ......., a.. ...u. A.
In January the "aDash re'aiieu M no.n m aspnwAn "
New York WITH tle o.cc1S 'e Grew u 'ne o., fa,y
April sailed lS as y s de.tit.s ana snysn
New iork WIN i' u " ~ -. ,.a,.ea =. a. . e l,r i
loan citizens VINO hau pc0n '"ao,u ao, ~ iio souop -
Central America anu IN e " 'uY au S'e' "a Asah
for Aspmwaii' wheie snu s,sS es So. L..
In May the oyanc sa',.u a. - sP o''o,,
cruise toucls ~ s - s.' SaI. A. A.
Nore IN june @ 'a,o r,,ah. 49,. ~ ~
pnwall the ine, "v VIZ ~. 49, ~ ny
and proceeded " ~ s'e ''A a;a
wounded ol 'ne :. s.s S y. oS
to the eas'"au' NV mla =, ~ S ss... !.
and on the is " ~ - .
the rehei OF All 49, ~ ~ 1,l,'e
seized upon suspicion Dy order OF the mayhem govern
ment In ,as. -, I, .. -, u; =, ~, u, w,
The hoahoke, Wnl,e n'Ats noi = sA nlo,s .ili uip
at sen, was, unue, % =. S"p' ~ sn..
temporarily a,u' w. sii' ap ra. =, M AZ os
May she Sou n ' 80 "a q. ~ M y
August wh 1o1 ol "hel men, y po,s w y.
toput her IN aoek se W. sen' HUN i'o" - noe
ton ana Pu' ou' W h,l,,sst a aa Il, L ?. 49,.
All these men were p,ouSh. ho,ic Wi',oat u
ders but such was 'ieil aepo,npe oo'iu'o uA' r'
an act OF humanity w'n oooiu nos anu ousn. ~ nr Is
dispensed Wi'h' ana ehe repalunehs APproNeu y. ING
expense oil pfovuhg ~. tne'n hecessaly ioou pio.s,
and medicine while On amounIea %
for which an pproPilal'oll y leeonlneilue1 !.
lhe saratoga hasihS iesuiIeu ~ Isolo'A ~
proceeded on tne aoth oi January On cfu'se Vsi'g
st. DOMINGO St. ihomas veneAaeia, ouracoa, Asph
wall and san Juan ae, No,'e nence' py way q asPn
WALL te sana % u,ala M a'iu y. NY NY
West she returned to Norfolk where she arrived on the
2stl OF Apnl oh .he zsa y May sse lc' sorloik ior
Aspnwal, ana Will soon DC reheYea py Vle snusquc-
hanna ,.,.l,a1 ~ h., I'LL ,,a.a,..,,
The Fulton was put IN commission ~ SeptemDer, anu
sailed from Washington tho l4th Of October for Mo
bile, New Orleans ana Chilquli ia NeW ufahaoa lor 'e
purpose Of nteIceptng ana preventing uniawlu exPeu
tons from te United s'a.es agains. oosus nea, Nc'
gua ana Mexco, lssfucuonh, hVB s,le ss'iie o'ycp'
in view were given to Commodore Pauldng ct Aspin-
wall and Commander Chatard al san Juan del Nor,e,
The srsqaehanna, having been ordered rom the Msd.
teranean to the Home squadron has arrived AZ
Key West and proceeded 10 san Juan dei Norte With
similar Instructions VA .rg{ ID. fa..a. "a. aga.d
any unlawful eApedtlon nom .ne uni1ea nn States
against Nicaragua Costa INCA OF mexico shai suoceed
in efectng landing A. VIII pe because y mas been aDe
to elude the vigilance OF this squadron.
lhe jamestown ~ now preparing ut fhiiadeipha 70 JON
1t, and VIII soon % feady ior sea. g8g a4c as
The force IN the racine, under the command Oh the
flag officer William Meryine has consisted OF the higae
Independence, the war 81 Mary John Adams
and Decatur, and the war steamer large
part OF this squadron has been much and usefuly en-
poyed at Panama and on the coast OF Central Amcrica
where its presence was deemed lndispensabe.
The Independence saaled, August ., Hom fanama 70
San FRANCISCO 70 pc stauoned at the as re-
ceivng ship and for the general purposes OF the yard
under the command OF Commander Fairfax During her
long stay at Panama. her ohcers at intervals OF leisure
were engaged IN surveys and Of much inter-
est party was despatched, In charge OF Lieutenant
James Moauey to explore the timber resources about
the Gulf of San Miguel the mouth OF the Darlen one
hundred miles from Panama The expedition was emf
nently successful. i.f fIfp{s N /, ,3fy.5ss ssslt E L
The John Adams was ordered home, in September, to
Norfolk. r r5 saI Ana gfL,st3 Avs ~ E,,E li
The Massachusetts,, having been stationed In Puget
Sound to aid in preventing Indian disturbances when
her presence longer required, ordered TO San
Francisco and, arriving there In April WAS IN June,
put out of commission. f t "a M sa ~ 4
The Decatur also employed on the northwest coast
in suppressng Indian hosltes from which she proceed
ed to San Francisco thence TO Panama, and arrived
there March o., On the LIST Of April the ofhcers and
relieved by Others sent across the sthmus ln
June she sailed from Panama for Punta Arenas and san
Juan del Sur August she returned to Panama with
twenty five Of Walker men.
The st. Mary sailed from Panama In January last
with orders to touch on the coast Of Central America
and thence proceed to Jarvis and New Nantucket
which were supposed TO possess valuable depostes q
guano She was detained on the coast OF Central
America by the condition Of affairs there, and did not
continue her course TO those islands until June
Commander Davis had nstrucons TO visit them 10 make
soundings to ascertain their location and the quantity
and quality OF their guano deposites 70 make other OBJ