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few weeks ago the officers of H. II @
Id@lnaw iet new ork to join their vessel AZ Mara
Island, where she has just been Completed Sba
detailed for the East Indies squadron and ;I -
| IN commission early in November Tn Gu; WI ~
is the first American man-of-war of California o;
gin, and will probably be the last sde-wbeeI ston
er constructed for the United States navy, as all
naval authorities agree in consideripp yesseIe of
tnat description unfit for service of hostile nature
ohe l63 feet long, &c feet wide and measures 456
TONS burden, and is registered as being 25O horse
wbIcb que mas Two inclined oscating engines,
vaiVe. her overhangng wheels 1.-THE common ra
DIAL are 20 feet in diameter and q foot faco tba
E snalts oelqg OF wrought iron The boilers-two in
number have the usual brass tubes Her canac;tv
ior carrying coal-of which she will consnmo fya
tons day-s such that 100 tons can easiIv be stow.
eG ca In her bunkers. The Saginaw rates With The
lchlgan and is smaller than all the oIbar TTn;tad
States vessels of her kind excent tbo Wat W!tI
Inc Saginaw, Michigan, Water Witch Saranao
Susquehanna, Powhatan and Mississipni arc s;o
sne futon's loss-all the sde-wheel steamers he
longing to the U. s. navy.
In connection with the Sapinaw's comnIo+io.;.
may De appropriate to say that the navy ward NJ
which she was launched is situated near the town
of o1an on Mare Island California. The sum
OF SIOOO0O was originally appropriated for its
purchase, but becoming exhausted in defravino ey-
pendltures for which no special provision was nod
subsequent allotment of funds had to be made tn
pay ior II. mare Island is destined to be one of the
most extensive naval ship-buiIdng wards in the
Union, as vessels for the Pacific and East Indies
squdurons may be constructed repaired, and COM
nlssloned there, without being brought to the At
Iaetlc States at all. Crews as in the case of the
warren, can be readily obtained in Cal;fornio 60
that whlle a large saving will be effected nv bnild
ny anu equpplng vessels at Benica the expense|of
transporting seamen the Isthmus need mot he
incurred. A'' "0
Dr. Thomas Nuttar the botanist. who bo, douo
so much towards spreading KNOWLEDGE of boton;
cal science IN this country died at his residence i;
Lancashire, Lancashire, England, on the 10th of September He
was native of Yorkshire, and printer by trade.
In the latter part of the last century he camo 20
TINS country, and devoting his leisure moments to
Lhe study OF botany, gained Il reputation for his
botanical knowledge, and published the "Genera of
north N American Plants" and other botanical works
ne also paid considerable attention to natural his
tory, as his work, the "Birds of America" !" nroyes
FOR some time DR.. Nuttall was Professor of Botany
at harvard University, and after leaving Cam
orluge ne visited California, studied the exuberant
nora OF that country, and wrote several papers
thereon In Mr. Dana's "Two Years Before the
i Mast mention is made of the distinguished bota-
n.sti @ VINO m visited the vessel upon which Mr.. Dana
M niaue his voyage The active part of Dr. Nuttaps
lie was spent in this country His chief works
treat OF American botany, conchology and natural
history, and it is in the United States that ha is
otS oeSI hnown. lie returned to England to pass his
old age at Nutgrave, st. Helens Lancashire an
estate bequeathed to him on condition that ba
should reside on it, and there he died in the 73d
year of his age.
LATE FROM LIBERA.-By the arrival. at New
ork, OF the NJ. G. Stevens, from Monrovia, we
nave interesting news from Liberia The colony
was IN a prosperous condition. An abundant bar-
vest was anticipated, and large quantity of palm
OIL haH been shipped to the United States England.
rance and Germany. The news from the farming
region is encouraging; sugar and syrup had been
made In considerable quantities during the season;
Go1ee was more extensively cultivated and tobacco
had been raised in small quantities. Attention had
been paid to the cultivation of cotton
There was some excitement in the political circles
OF Monrovla on learning that the Liberian brio r.
n. Roye had been compelled to paw tonnage dues
in the harbor of New York
PRESIDENT Benson had visited the leeward settle
ments, and in some of them met with a chilly recen
ton. At Cape Pamas he called the chiefs into
council to settle the difficulties which have been
uiSturong that portion of the country but was not
able to adjust them. He has threatened them with
war next 'dries," and has already made a reouis-
ton on some of the friendly chiefs for certain
number of warriors
The United States sloop-of war Portsmouth arri
Ved at Monrovia on the 7th Of August, and sailed
On the 18th. The officers and crew were we'll