The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-14
From The NelV York Herald.
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the Navy has assigned the following names to the
chartered vessels of the Paraguay expedition, re-
Gently purchased for the Navy, viz w yandott,
Mystic, Anacostia Mohawk, Sumpter and Crusa-
der, all of which, with the exception of the Mystic
and Sumpter, which are to be added to the African
squadron, are ordered to the Gulf squadron. The
Guif squadron now consists of fifteen vessels, viz:
SIX screw and three side wheel steamers five
sioops of-war and one frigate-six of which are
on the ground or are on their way The following
are the particulars of each vessel:
The Roanoke is first class screw steapar of Q 400
tons carrying 40 Dahlgreen guns She was bnilt
at Gosport in 1855, and is now at her post She
was lately repaired at cost of $500 600 SbewilI
bear the broad pennant of Commodore McCluney,
her captain. The following are her other officers
Captain, William II. Gardner; Fleet Surgeon,
Edward Gilchrist Passed Assistant Surgeon, A.
Lynch; Assistant Surgeon, A. Vedder; Purser f.
z. Doran; First Lieutenant, E. Lanier; Second T.
H. Stevens; Third, George H. Cooper; Fourth,
Abner Read; Fifth William K. Powell; Sixth, B.
kennnn; Flag Lieutenant Samuel McGaw; Captain
OF Marines, }. Watson; Lieut.. Marines, P H. Fon-
tane Chaplain, N. Frost; Secretary to Flag Off
Ger, VIM. Zanznger; Secretary to Captain, +. ST.
Clarke; Secretary to Purser R. W. Bird; Chief
Engineer, Elbridge Lawton; lst. Asst. Engineers,
James N. Adams, T. A. Shock; I'd Asst. Engineers,
John ". Moore, Alex Green; I'd Asst Engineers,
Midshipmen, A. P. Cooke, T. H. Eastman, G.. NJ.
Blodgett, VIM. C.. Whttle W. A. Kerr, Albert
kantz; Boatswain, John Mckinley; Gunner, John
Owens; Carpenter, F. NJ. Cecil; Sailmaker, W.
The Brooklyn is the new second class screw steam
er Dult at this port last year. She is Of 070 tons
and carries fourteen guns She is now on her sta
tion, and the following are her officers:
David &. Farragut, Captain; James A. Doyle.
Aloert N Smith, VIM. N. Jefers, VIM. Mitchell,
| n. A. Adams, Jr, lieutenants; Lewis W. Minor
surgeon; Ihos Il. LOCKER, Purser; Geo. R, Gra-
Christian, Assistant Surgeons; Joshua Follansbee
! Chief Engineer; E. F. De Luce, First Assistant En-
glneer; w. B. Brooks, NJ: P. Jordon, Second As
IIstant Engineers; ). W. Whitaker, F. E. Brown,
Henry Snyder, George H. White, Third Engineers;
Ghas H. Carroll, Captains Clerk; Forbes Parker
Purser's Clerk; Jno. K. Bartlett, Boatswain; VIM.
Allen, Gunner Asa Poinsett, Carpenter; Francis
The Fulton is third class side wheel steamer of
69S tons, built at Brooklyn in 1897 CARRYING five
guns She was last heard from at Norfolk. and we
peieve her officers for this commission have not vet
| been chosen.
The Water-Witch is side wheel tender of 37a
tons and one gun, built at Washington in l845, and
was last at Norfolk. We have not vet learned her
| officers for the Home squadron, except that Com
mander Williamson is her captain
| The Mohawk, Anacostia, Wyandott and Crusader
are the four chartered steamers used in the Para
quay expedition; Westernport, Caledonia, Memphis
and Atlanta, now lying at the BROOKLYN NAVY Yard
They are all screw steamers, CARRYING ten officers
sixty men, and four guns.
Lieut.. Maiit, who, it will be remembered cap
tured the Echo, is to command the Crusader, and
Lieut.. Craven one Of the other Gulf vessels
The Sabine is the frigate finished at BROOKLYN in
1850, which, it feared, would rot on the stocks
so long time was occupied in her construction.
She however proved one of the best vessels in the
Paraguay expedition. She is now lying at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard fitting out. She is of 726
tons, and carries fifty gun. Her officers are not
yet named, except that Lieut.. John c. Cab is or
| dered to the command of her marines.
| The Savannah is a soop-of-war of l,72G tons
built at Brooklyn in 1912. She carries % guns,
| and is now at her post.
The jamestown is sloop of war of 9S5 tons,
! built at Gosport in 1874 She carries % guns
| She is now on her station.
The Saratoga is soop of war of Ss2 tons built
at kitterv in l842, carrying 20 guns. She is now
on her post, and has the following officers:
Captan-Turner; Leuteuants-Perrv Crosby
Byrne and Taylor; Purser-W Watmough; Surgeon.
| Wheelwright; Assistant Surgeon-King; Midshp-
| men-White and Blue; Observation-Disclosures; Car
penter-R; G. Thomas; Gunner-Cope; Sailmaker
Muir; Captains Clerk-Wade; Pursers Clerk
Russell.
The st. Louis is a sloop of war of 700 TONS built
at Washington in 1928, carrying 20 guns. She is
at her post, and has the following officers:
Commander-William S. Ogden; Lieutenants-
Joshua D. Todd, William Nelson, NJ. P. Jones,
George f. Belknap; Surgeon-T. c. Barclay; Pur-
ser-Grqnville I. Pierce; Assistant Surgeon-J. P
Bennetts; Second Lieutenant of Marnes-Charles
Haywood; Captains Cerk-Sanford C. Kellogg;
Purser's Clerk-John |. Philbrick; Masters Mates
George W. Hebert, Edward p. Howell, Charles
LabLache, Joseph NJ. Chadwick; Boatswain-Peter
A. Ch%son: Gunner-Thomas NJ. Crocker; Carpen-
teri. Mcdonnell.
The Preble is sloop of war of 56G tons; built at
kitteTy in 1899, and carrying sixteen guns She is
now at Norfolk, and has not yet her officers as
signed.
The Relief is a storeship of 46S tons; built at
Philadelphia in 1886, carrying ten guns. She is
now lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. We do
not know that her officers have been apportioned.
These give total of 22S guns-enough to com
mand some respect for rights at least The
object of the augmentation of sixteen guns is to
show that our government is in earnest in assert
hat ,ank.1 ,1,.llz
THE PENNSYLVANIA RATLROAD.-This great cor
poraton is now engaged in making a railroad from
the junction at Rockville to connect with the North
ern Central Railroad at Dauphn and though there
is considerable difficulty in getting around the Kit
tatainny knob, it will be done, and become
very useful auxiliary to the trade OF Philadelphia
As the Lebanon Valley Railroad is also to be united
with the Northern Central by short connecting
link, We shall have two Philadelphia competitors
for the Trevorton coal trade, we'll as the misce-
laneous traffic of the SuSquehanna valley But
since the building of the East PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road, our own great Central (being exclusively
Phlladelphan in its character of Harrisburg1
must have our preference, and hence we rejoice at
the active building of the connection with Dauphin.
The construction of the proposed Reading and
Columbia Railroad must open a new tributary to
the pennsylvania road, putting Reading Pottsville
EaSton, and the whole Lehigh and SchuylknI coal
regions in direct communication with that great
highway, without the expenditure of a cent by the
company itself, Just as the Lebanon Valley, Read
ing, Allentown and Lehigh VALLEY roads had before
partly accomplished the same thing. All this en-
hances materially the business of the great main
line of railroad. These two routes and the connec-
ton at Dauphin furnish the line with three very
valuable auxiliaries. Within year or so the "
rome and Lockhaven and Fayette county railroads
will be made, and these, also, will bring trade to
the Central will the Pittsburg and Erie SO that
the local business alone must increase enormously
carrying prosperity through desert places and
rearing up villages in the remote wilds of the in
terior.-Phiia. U. S. Gazette.
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED MISUNDERSTANDING
our recent notices of deaths find that of Walter
Hunt. For more than forty years he has been
known as an experimenter in the arts. Whether
in mechanical movements, chemistry, electricity
or metallic compositions, he was always at home
and probably in all, he has tried more experiments
than any other inventor. He originated the sew
ing machine, spinning fax by machinery, the first
nail machine, the first machine for cutting brads
by operation, placing plugs in leather for soles
of boots and shoes, method of constructing docks
by concrete, preparing paper pulp to form
boxes by one operation, the vapor baths the ball