The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-26
Our Naval COrTesp0ndenoe.
UNITED STATES STEAMER DESPATCH,

UNITED STATES STEAMER OFsPArtH,
WARRINGTON NAVY YARD, July 1s, 1865.
Cuix Of tie United States Sea~r DsspatcAQ Qualities Of
the Tessl-7he Latest AHsmr. at Landing Slaves
Codst-7ae NeU Sloep # Var at Pens reoll-Lipe Oak
O1<ratioms-7he Accident 10 the C5orIto-TAe Flas
Ordered to Greysoun, DC, dc.
great deal Of that rare quality secresy, has been
evolved IN he announcement Of late destination aud
duties. Ere this had hoped To have written you what
were our specific orders and probable service. Finding
that tmpractcsbe can only give you the little that
falls in our way, hoping ii may prove acceptable.
Since leaving New York, 9Th OF March last, under
sealed orders We have crused exclusively in the Gulf Of
matchmaking the very shortest possible stay in port
and delay ing there only the necessary
supply Of coal requisite to stay At In the four
and half months which have elapsed since our deplr-
ture, We have steamed over eight thousand miles,
boarded or spoken eighty vessels, and msde the
quantance Of every lighthouse and accessible square
mile Of coast from Key West To the Rio Grande.
1t naturally supposed that the principal object Of our
cruise the suppression Of any projected importation Of
negroes 10 our chores but We nave yet - the very
and, as proved successful made ab mt
1877, when hundred and ten blacks from CUBA ~ere
bsys on the west oo.s. Of Florida and in which our late
Consul NJ South ampton became uneuvsbly notorious.
For several years the case was uner nvesg soa 10 the
Southern United States Courts but through ipfusnce
natural death
Having o. Ihave said made 30 thorough an exploration
othe Southern waters, have naturally expc
our present return 70 this Navy Yard should nd
ders here commanding our presence a TIE North, AMI
particularly So q the hurricane season s now rapidly
raaching and our ship net adapted to suca tempss
tuous weather as we may reasonably exoect However
We have not yet received them AID orginsl six
weeks absence hss YEARLY expanded do hopes OF
speedy relief diminish.
which fortunate enough to GEL OF the ncapacy
and uneea sorthness Of the "poor Oo Desostch You
must not believe word Of II Lacking high soee1 and
drawing too much water she In one of the very best Of
small vessels She 10 well veatia,ed roony, has o.,
Communications for nearly three times her present ere n
and of hundred aod thirty days service has oeea
without difficulty more than hundred days steam.
WbA' better proof would you have nan the latter tes
AZ this yard, (pensacos) the building OF soop- of
cha.ics and laboTers from the North chiefly iron
BALTIMORE but there many Of them leaving, owipg
stocss viii proSsby ns one Of the hs IN our % .ys
Her timbers Of the Goes live oak bsve
universally attracting remark from those who notice such
matters.
rbe steam sloop, Of light drAughi authorized by
last Congress- is 70 be built very the already no
Her proposed dimensions from Department 10
the constructor, (r Porter build 81 Of toe Colorsan and
by which be will be guided in her model len him ss
are az iolews-Lengtn ofeet BREADTH 81 feet dsA Of
water 0ee 70 be OF 30 tolls burtosn bArE egsd with
out tops Of the engine can give ac5ouat
founoA,on Of the wa5s all be necessary drive piles
IN five months cn,s are already out 10 the sn
carpenters OF the North.
lad 1 time would IKE 10 give you SO ne little account
or the wholesale way in which UDce Sans live oak
spirited OIL from the nattora reeerves-how Il Is done sod
how there Is no authority provided to intercept or
prevent the robbery-how u 10 uanshipesd 20 French
bars Principally from soops ana loooers and what
aooo thing the latter make Of -hs thousands OF ous
oil timber knees lie cut ami reaoy-how the federal
authorities have wanted 70 organize force IL take
sesson OF u, and how Washington inf threw cold
water the project. TINS, more, req uires more
prac,ned Zen 10 unfold than mine.
Yeserdsy-to lac for Iasl-tae Key West steamer
arrived, bringing that may later titan you
have last received from that place
reliable lotor, dated July IL, informs that the o.
steamer Colorado, lately arrived, had oand, apea
the after part haa slipped forward noh. You may
that the propeller snA vessel there are
two craDks (corred poudng to her ensnes aud
cast on the shat o. c0ur,e, when 10 broken the
shaft Is ruined. Immedatcly the discovery OF the
nohlvf, toe L. steamer Wafer WIlch spstchea
70 Uhare>on 70 telegraph 70 the Nsvy Department
await orders; may be tia. you xiu the
brst The amount " the injury thu rne suips ain
asst stepped the ehait, ami u will IN be pec.s
sary 10 sacs no toe rigging OF thas mast, aud n foot
or two, 70 DRIP ace the shsr for removal snaft
only be made In about three four ncoths' tms:
time viii elapee before the snip be 90, 70 =
foundry ,d 90 perhaps you can calculate how ioag the
vessel may be disabled.
The other vessels Of war In port aud also in gooi
health, the waossh, ortuu .ey quite resiy 10 take
the place Of the Colorado necessAry) sns hsoe1onsa
and Plymouth slcops. Brig Dolphin hal lately sailed 10
Hay ana for letters
All the OF which have writlea you KEY wes
have been ordered 10 rey torn-eveu the Colora
lisye tipcc the accident teegraphod Yoa the
Colorado can sal a. vel any frigsie In the navy,