New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-26
THE MYtSnOTrE,


f rYneyly Che Westsrport has jns. had Der repsir
completed a. The Brooklyn Navy Yard. she is O
~Ph,sc ephia origin, ana her size and dimensions sre
the ,ho.e Of the Mohawk vhose description
is annexed. The wyando,ie goes to tie Home squad
ron. Her of.icers are:
Lu'a Rad Dsya ard Esses:os Frs' A'.:sr: Ensns er
n. Cushman: Third As.h;sni Engineers, NJ h. Pl1ake
W. h. PUrse, James Aorr,son-
The MOHAWK.
which was known as the Caledonia, and was also
built in Philadelphia in 1853. She q propel-
Ter, scboorer.regei o; 435 :uns buriaa, aSd has a
vertical engine with e. iuder Of 80 inches 10 disme-
ter.
She is ready FIR commission az Brooklyn WI csrry
four gurs 90 men, and i 20 JOIN that portion Of he
Home Squadron whose atieliion vii be devo.sd TO
the ovefk auli ng of slsvers. Her ofiic. rs
Lsu, A. Craven Comusndins; Li-.;eranu A. Bnso;,
T. spteeen C. C4reen.eri Acting MAs'er, o. d4neid
L. S. Dics, Jane. " alaee, Z. {. Pa,ten.
The AsACOsrLA.
Tbs Ettie craft was bull. in Philadelphia in 1856
and ID go ,uns burden. Sac has vertical Ell. IN
with one 2iiIch cylinder and two feet stroke Tn
hull is bull, Of oak and s aseps! with iron and cop
per- She has one deck, and draws six feet of water
Her old Iame wss NJ. W. Chspin. She is now plying
between Norfolk ard Washington, carrying STORES,
sho,, ammunition, 81.
The PULASKI.
The Pulaski is the III faiei Ma.acomet ths left New
York for Rio and troke down when g r. days ont,
rtnoerIg necessary for her to put into Pens acols for
spsirs Having patched up well ss circumstances
would permit she again steerei southwark, not, how
ever, with very fourishing prospects, a. her captain
wrote TO friend here, stating that he never expected
10 reach the coast Of Brazil in safety. Ana he was
right for her mscb cry agan got ruined, aud she was
compelled to res III Mortevdeo 10 crippled state. a
survey was he'd on her az the mount, which re-
suited in her boiler being condemned. The officers
and crew were detached, excepting few to keep
guard and new boiler s going out 20 her in the
storesip Release which sails 20 day tor South Amer
ca. The Pulaski Is at Pernsmbuco, where she re.
ceuy arrived 10 meet the storeship, her officers being
desirous Of getting her home as the state Of
her machinery would allow. She was built in New
York in 1854 and ia 39j tuns burden. She is side
wheel Gamer, ard has vertic,l engine with one
cylinder tbirty-siI inches IN diameter aud ten feet
stroke. Tire hull is built Of oak and chestnut, and
iast,red with copper and iron She is schoonetgged
and her draught is five feet.
THE CRUSADER,
alias the Southern Star, is now at Philsislph 8,
fit ng out for the Home Squadron Lieut. Mafit,
~ho captured the SLAYER Echo, is 70 take command
Of her.
The Crusader is steam propeller of 81 tuns bur
den drawing 10 feet of water. She has two decks a
direct acting engine with two cylinders, Of % inches
AID 26-inch stroke She was built last year 10 MIR
phys boro', of oak. She sailed from Norfolk the first
week Of November, carrying two lliuch guns aud
one howiizer for Mon.evideo, and returned in COM
parsiive safety; Of course she had breakdown but
it resulted in no serious consequences. Her officers
are:
Lieut. Commanding John y. Msit; Lieutenaas Thomas B.
Phelps Thos Rooney. and A. f. X Benham.
We have thus given a necessarily brief, but detailed
and correct history of the newlypurchased steamers
of the L. s. Navy.