The Washington union., 1858-02-02
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

TR,p or rHK MINNESOTA The steam frigate Minnesota
Captain S. f. Dupont which left Hampton Roads on the
LIST of July 1851 reached Hong Kong China the 5th
of November, the running time being los days. From
Table BAY the trip to Hong Kong made in 3s days
AS it has been previously stated the passage the Cape
of Good Hope long and tedious owing to the preva
ence of very light Winds which generally adverse
For few days the winds strong and favorable when
the ship made si1tsn knots under sail alone
On the passage from the Cape to the Straits Of Sunda
strong west winds prevailed along the parallel of 40 de-
grees and here the ship up to her high rates Of
sailing being logged sixteen knots going seventeen but
entered She reaches thirteen and fourteen knots
with considerable ease and went thirteen royals point
and half free In the Southern Indian violent
gale met with, the running very high, but the
ship complained no than she did in the expert
enced In the South Atlantic
From Table Pay to Java Head the of $3.50 miles
made in twenty five and half days steamng l02
hours After leaving New Pay, the engines which had
been cautiously worked up to this time put to the
test against the monsoon, to which supcrndded q
typhoon Of great violence the 3st October during
which the speed Of the ship did not fall below four knots
The engines carried the ship to the port of her destna
ton in twelve days and hours distance of 085
miles The consumption of coal for the whole trip from
Hampton Roads ,O6l tons 8l4 tons iss than had
been provided for the PASSAGE The ship carries nineteen
days fuel at hiryone tons per day. which is her
consumption. In smooth water she will make. under
steam alone, nine knots her general rate being eight
knots the propeller making forty-tw tworcvolutions
SURVEY uros GOVERNMENT Coal HoSo- -K0SG An Of
fetal survey had been held upon the supplies of coal
the naval store in Hong Kong which reported to be
of the most inferior quality The board Of engineers
directed make the survey report that the coal in
ton is American anthracite sent out by the Navy De-
patment in the years 1854 and 1855 for the of Com
modore Perry squadron 1t delivered from various
vesses piled in heaps and left exposed to the weather
the quantity hand being about $500 tons. Some five
hundred tons had been used the San acnto and the
engineers report that no difficulty WAS experienced in
maintaining steam that ship 1t is not Of the first
quality but fair merchantable coal of ordinary quail
ity and by far the best TO be obtained at Hong Kong
The amount Of ashes is estimated at from 20 to rs pei
cent in the first quality of anthracite this ranges from
10 to l5 The latter difficult to be obtained anywhere
! The United States steam frigate Wabash Commodore
H. Paulding arrived at Key West Florida on the morn
| ing of the l7th from Aspinwall and Havana having
portion of Walkers llibusten board She left the
port account of the prevalence of yellow fever
and small pox among the vessels in the harbor She
moored at Key West alongside the naval wharf where
there 27A feet Of water at high tide About 200 toni
of coal had been placed board of her. and she bad
filled up with water.
A correspondent from Key West says
.he United States coast survey steamer Walker Lieut.
| Com Sands from Philadelphia, bound to Pensacola
touched at this port the 18th instant and obtained
supply of GOALS water, and provisions and sailed the
/ 10th She is TO be employed during the winter in
making hydrographica survey Of portion Of the Gull
coast the mouths of the Mississippi not heretofore
surveyed
1.-The United States coast survey steamer Corwin Lieut.
w. G. Temple commanding, arrived the l4th from New
York. via Charleston The steamer is to be engaged du
ring the winter In hydrographcal service. Lieut. Tenn
pie will continue the survey of the reefs and chan
| nels and bays from Indian Key making towards the
wes and probably bring it down to Key vaccas during
| the winter.
1.-THE coast survey steamer Vixen is daily expected from
Philadelphia She will coal at this port and then
down to Tortugas from whence she is ordered to
| line of soundngs to Apalachoola.