The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-06
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Ihe Home squadron has during tho past year be-
un"er the command of flag officer Joseph r Jarvis
was appointed IN May last the detachment of flag of
Ger Wm J. McCluney detached on account of i'll heat
and having heen on the station two years in command
hc sioop OF war Savannah he requested be relieve
and in October was succeeded by flag officer G. J. Pende
grast. The squadron in the of the year has i
cnded ilaS ship Savannah, Captain Jos. r. Jarvis Il
steam frigate Roanoke, Captain W H. Gardner the stea
soop Powhattan Captain Samuel Mercer the sloc
SuSquthanna Captain George n lOllins, which has
ceeded to the Mediterranean the fgate Sabine Capta
Henry A. Adams; the steamer Brooklyn, Captain D.
tarragut, succeeded by Captain William s. Walker Il
sioopofwar jamestown, Commander c. II. A. Fl. Kenn
uyi Saratoga Commander Thomas Turner and ST
Louis, Commander Charles IT. Poor; steamer Pocahor
tas, Commander Samuel F, Hazard sloopof-war Preb'
commander Thornton A. Jenkins steam sloo
| Iawnee, Commander Henry J. Hartstene the steame
MohaWk, Lieutenant commanding T. A. NJ Craven; Wate
mch, Lieutenant commanding L. C. Sartori; Wyandottc
lieutenant commanding Fabius Stanly, and Crusader
lieutenant commanding John n. Mafft and the slOol
Faimouth, Lieutenant commanding A. H. Bergman, sue
ceeaed by Lieutenant commanding Charles Thomas
which IS permanently stationed Aspinwal as a store
ship and is armed and provided to furnish protection
our citizens. The jamestown returned home in Febru
ary the Roanoke in May the Saratoga june the Pre-
Bile ard Water Witch in September and the Savannah
| November: The storeshp Relief, Commander Benjamin
NJ. Dove; supply, Commander Henry Walke and Release
Lieutenant commanding George W. Harrison, have bee1
more or less employed in connection with this squadron
The SloOp-of-war Cumberland, Captain John Mars tor
IS on the eve of sailing from New York for Vera Cruz
be the flag ship Of Flag Officer Pendergas and the soop
owar Macedonian is fitting at Portsmouth, N H. to OiI
le s!uadoh Ihe Sabine has been most of the time be
fore Aspnwall She has recently by order of the De
partment, appeared before Vera Cruz The Mohawk
Wyandotte, Crusader and Water Witch, have been EN-
pioyed on the coast of Cuba The Water Witch yellow
ieVer having appeared board returned in September
to Philadelphia. The BROOKLYN has recently been en-
gagged on special service in connection with the Chiriqu
surveying expedition She had previously been at Vers
Cruz, and had in January afforded Mr. McLane, United
New Orleans; iA March from Norfolk Vera Cruz, ant
IN 9uiy from vera Cruz to Mobile bay. In August shC
sailed from Norfolk with the Chirqui Commission.
as n Ht oTs % was employed DO on the Control mericar
| ed Gqrtha np
mingo CITY, La Guayra, Curacao and Rio Hache On the
arrival OF the St Louis at Curacao, Mr.. Davies, I.
Consul at Rio Hache, who fled from his consulate fol
safety, complained to Commander Poor of the tream en
he had received from the revolutionary troops of Ncw
Granada Commander Poor promptly gave him pass
in the St. Louis to Rio Hache and arriving at tnat
port proceeded to investigate the difficulty demanded an
explanation Of the ndignites offered to the American
nag ana required that the flag should be hOted the
agsaf OF the consulate and saluted by the troops 1t
was accordingly done. The treatment received from the
troops oy Mr. Davies having resulted principally from
his individual acts and not from those official char
acter Commander Poor demonstrated and proceeded
urther Leaving the consulate in charge of Mr. Meyers
ne sailed Sept mber 18th for Pensacola thence to Vera
Cruz.
The Saratoga has been stationed most of the time
vera Cruz In March she captured the Mramon
and the Marques de la Habana which had been
by Miramon for siege of Vera Cruz full report of
the capture made to Congress its last session She
returned to Philadelphia in June last and put
commission.
In the month of June Lieutenant commanding Mafftt
OF the Crusader rescued the French bark Sode with
4oO coolies on board from her perous condition the
nkS of
the French Government
In July, Lieutenant commanding Craven, OF the Mo-
hawk endeavored to the Spanish brig Bella,
was wrecked on Ginger Cay, and afterwards took her
passengers crew. and part of her cargo into Maanzas
for which he received the thanks of the Captain General
OF Cuba and other Spanish authorities
The capture of five savers the rescue of COB At
rcans on board of them due to this squaronto
part it employed on the coast of Cuba.
The Brazil squadron, under the command of flag officer
joshua Sands, has consisted of the frigae Congress
the nag ship Captain Louis NJ. Goldsborough the
steam soop Seminole, Commander George A. Prentiss
succeeded by Commander f. r. Thomson; the brig Dol
phin, Commander Charles Steedman brig Perry Lieute
nant Commanding Richard L. Tilghman brig Bainbridge
Lieutenant Commanding Maxwell Woodruff, and the
steamer Pulaski, Lieutenant Commanding William H.
mac9m6. The Perry returned home in June, and the
July 1G.
The vessels of this squadron have visited the prncipa
commercial ports the and in the La
ilata and have given eIectual protection to
tymen and their interests.
In the month of June flag officer Sands in the United
states steamer Pulaski, proceeded from Maldonado
Buenos Ayres and with Consul Hudson passed up the
Uruguay to Conception the port ST. Jose residence
OF General urquiza, by whom they cordially
welcomed Returning flag officer Sands rendered to Gen
urquiza, his family, staff, escorts and servants forty
persons in number conveyance 10 Buenos Ayres Near
the mouth of the river they Joined by General Dur
kee, the President of the Confederation, and all
egn minister's including the United States Minister Gen
eral Cushman After participating in the grand demon
sraton made the return of the Province of Buenos
Ayes to the great confederation flag officer Sands pro
ceeded with the Pulaski to Madonado, and rcjoned the
Congress
The Mediterranean Squadron is commanded by flag OF
Ger Charles H. Bell In the of the year the
rigate Wabash, Captain Samuel Barron; the soop-of
Macedonian Can't n p Levy; the sIoops Susque.
hanna, Captain George N Hollins, the Richmond Capt
Duncan N. Ingraham and the Iroquois Commander Jas
s. Palmer, have been attached to it. In December 1859
nag officer Lavalette returned with the Wabash to New
York. Captain n. p. Levy left the senior officer pre-
sent and the 2st Of February by order of the depart
ment assumed command flag officer of the squad
July.
The Iroquois sailel from New York January 19th the
susquehanna August 24th and the Richmond from Nor
folk October 18th The Susquehanna was ordered to Vera
Cruz and temporarily attached to the Home Squadron
October " '"' ''''e' pau u
The Iroquois in February visited Tetuan and Tangier
on the coast of Morocco She thence proceeded to the
coasts of Italy and Sicily where has since been en-
poyed During the bombardmen of Palermo she afforded
protection to American citizens at that port.
The storeshp Release, Lieutenant commanding 7 NJ
Frailey, sailed from Boston October for the Mederr A.
nean with the squadron and contributions for
the sufferers in Syria. instructions given that
these charitable contributions should he sent from Spe2ia
to Beyrout by the Release by of the steamers Of
Syria.
The African squadron under the command Of Flag Of
fcer William lnman has consisted of the steam sloop San
Jacnto, Capt W. NJ Armstrong, now commanded by
Captain I. a. DOrnn; the sloop Ofwar Constellation
Captain J. s. Nicholas; sloop-ofwar Portsmouth, Com
mander John Calhoun; soop- ofwar Vincennes Comman-
der Benz j. Toten; sloop Of war Marion, Commander
Thos W. Brent; steam sloop Mohican, Commander Syl
yanus Gordon soopof war Saratoga, Commander AL
fred Taylor; the steamer Sumpter Lieutenant command
ing James F. Armstrong, and the steamer Mystic Lieu
tenant commanding William +. lie Roy. The Vncennes
returned United States in March and the Marion in
October The Mohican sailed from New York January
10Th to join the squadron and the Saratoga from Pha
dephia November 18th.
The San Jacinto sent to Cadiz to be lockcd and re
paired, and was there from March until June The work
executed well and economically Every facility that
the government yard and docks at the naval arsenal
Cadz could afford courtcously extended by the
Captain General Of Marine.
The American bark Orion captured by the British
steamer Pluto in the fall of 1852 the Congo with
about 500 Africans board, and taken St Helena
Under the 10th article of the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain flag officer nman applied to the
government of ST. Helena to deliver the captain officers
and crew to Lieutenant VIM F. Leroy, commanding the
Mystic Thomas Morgan, captain, and William Denning
and Bryson l. Chamberlain mates of the Orion were ac
cordingy surrendered taken to St Paul in the Mystic
transferred to the Vncennes and her return conveyed
to Boston for trial
In March 1860 Commander Brent commanding the
sloop of war Marion, instrumental in saving from
destruction the property of American residents at Ksem
bo the west coast of Africa On the first of the month
they applied to him to send sufficient force on shore to
guard their factories apprehendng they would be de
stroyed by the natives who medtated attack upon the
Portuguese at that place. Commander Brent promptly
responded to the call proceeded shore with several Of
the officers of the Marion and forty sailors and marines
established guard at the factories maintained until
next morning, and then returned to the ship On the
Sd agna was made from the shore for assistance and
Commander Brent Immediately landed force of fifty
sailors and marines, with howitzer and small-arms-
During the day the Portuguese and natives engaged
in conflict, and several attempts made by the
tives approach the factories fire them but were
thwarted by the guard under Commander Brent. The
next morning the detachment returned to the ship no
further danger apprehended. Commander Brent OBJ
served strict neutrality throughout his only object be-
ing the protection Of American citizens The force under
his command cooperated with similar one under
Commander Fitzroy, of the British steamer Falcon who
interfered at the request of the English residents
The squadron has captured during the past year seven
aVers the African coast and rescued fifteen hundred
and sixteen Africans found on board of them.
The Pacific squadron, under the command of Flag Off
J. B. Montgomery has consisted Of the steam sloop
ofwar Lancaster the flag ship Captain John Rudd the
steam soop Saranac Captain Robert Ritchie the soop
of-war Cyane, Commander Samuel Lockwood; sloop-of
war Levant, Commander William f. Hunt sloop.ofwar
St. Mary's, Commander William D. Porter sloopofwar
Vandalia, Commander Arthur Sinclar steam frigate
Merrmac, Commander Robert B. Hitchcock sloop
Wyoming, Commander John r. Mitchell; steam sloop
Narragansett Commander Timothy A. Hunt ship
FREEDOM ia, Lieutenant commanding James NJ. Watson
stationed at Valparaiso and the store ship Warren Lieut.
enant commanding Junius Boyle, stationed at Panama.
both the latter ships being armed and provided for de-
the United States in January last and the Merrmac in
February The steamer Narragansett sailed from Nor
folk March 3ls arrived at Valparaiso August 4th
proceeded thence to Caao to Guayaquil with Consul
Cassanova), and to Panama,
The Lancaster arrived at Panama December 9th, 1859
Early in April she proceeded along the Mexican and Cen
trail American coasts visiting San Juan del Sur Realeo,
La Union, Acapulco, Mazatlan, Guayamas and La Paz,
and in July returned to Panama In August flag officer
Montgomery visited in his flag ship the port of Callao at
the request of Minister to Peru In consequence of
his unexpected departure orders from the Department to
remain before Panama did reach him until his
arrival az Callao She remained at Calao until October,
when she returned to Panama.
The officers and Of the Saranac at the expiration
years cruise, relieved by others Pa
mama, Captain Ritchie relieving Captain Kelly in the
command in November 1859. From that time until
July 1860, she the Central American coast and
hen proceeded to the Navy Yard at Mare Island for
pairs.
The Cyane having been on the coast of Nicaragua for
some months. was in January. ordered to Panama, and
n March to Mare Island for repairs. In June she pro
eeded to the Gulf of California to supply the place of the