The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-30

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| Arrival or tho United States Steamship
mississippi mt Boston.
OUR BOSTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Boston, JAM %, 1880
The United States steam frgae Mississippi, Captain
VIM. Nicholson arrived here to- day from China The
following is list Of her ofBcers:--
Vim. G Nicholson, Captain; T. B. Nolle, Purser; j. i.
Eek, surgeon; N. Stembe, Thomas Pa,tison. John G.
sprostoo, George Bacon (Actng Master) Ieneuauts,
ipnt Surgeon Philip 8 Wales Surgeon; jacob
Reed, haIine Orcer Thomas Mills. James Pritchen,
Merchant, Mdshipmsn; T. a Jackson virgnius Freeman
Frs. Assistant Engineers; /. A. Williams and Richard
7. Dssspnoe and J. II. Warrington Third Assistant
Engineers; Captains Clerk, Bromp; Purser's Clerk +.
uss FSoer soes a@,ssS ans so w~
b adiord Yeoman, James Hanson Surgeons Steward,
VIM. F. Grsgg.
The Mississippi left Hong Kong the Is. Of oobcr
last thus making the passage home in hundred and
nineteen days. twenty Of which spent
ports taking in coal &C. leaving eighty sailing days from
Hong Kong. For twenty days steam used
After leaving Cape Town the buckets were taken off, add
The ship put under canvass and her log shows sailed
remarkably welthe greatest day work under
beins H. SIS miIes.
This ship put IN commission at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard the llth day Of July, 1857, and has, con-
seguertly, been in commission and u half
years Her departure from the United States deay cd
by The ACCIDENT she met with by being driven the
gas wharf, the Brooklyn Navy Yard in hea
Wy squa She left that yard the loh Of August and
arrived in Hong Kong the l2h Of January, 1885, STOP
ping the passage in the ports Of Madeira, 81 Helena
Cape Town, Aaurins, Angler Point Ba,a ia and snga
gore, each Of which, excepting Angler Point aad saga
PORE, she filed up with COAL She tue station
almost twenty one months, during which une she
constantly the go. The longest she has
lain IN one port was -four days lin
Rakodadi, tn Japan; the shortest time, fifteen
hours ,at Amoy). She has epent tune In Japan
than any ship Of our own any other naon ana her
officers and crew have Lad intercourse with those
wonderful people than any foreigners nsd before In
Japan che visited the ports Of Jedco nagaua kioaga
wa Yokohama, Hakcoad Simoda and NagasaSf, and on
all visits ana OCCASIONS the Japanese peopehs lower
nssses, well those u rank aud in oice-od ali in
their power 10 make veits pleasant; and
officers AMI men suove % do all they could 70 return hs
gooo treatment received from them Whenever any "
Japanese visited The ship every attention shown
TO Gem
Ike Mississippi is the fret American shp Of war that
national salute the Fourth OF July in
country, which she did the anniversaries
Of inde pendence she Is the frss American
kbp Of war that visited the harbor roadse.d OF
Jeddo She went there TO take on board The Hoo Town
Harris and then proceeded thirteen mites the bay,
soupoibgs any Chart, nDc anchorng the
FORTS free the .st american salute within Of
u
lew others permitted TO land with Mr. Harris and
10 and ranbe that great city unmol-st
ed IL the first American party that allowed
that privilege, and we who enjoyed II will long
remember IL The Emperor ordered the authorizes
Gone shUS 0s m p catering MANNER rhoasads Of
japanese ihropsed the streets and surrounded
he bple Of Ian shook lees, the residence OF Harris
70 catch glimpse Of the American strangers
Tbs Mississippi has aso done good service China She
nv Guii Of peecheha ana at tae reho ioss. Sons
o. Der oicers and men, IL defiance II three hundred
len liAen thousand troops compelled taa Chnssc
NaraariDs to take from Ar Bacon lelter which he hal
Mr.. Reed, 70 be conveyed 70 Tie Emperor Nearly
all her ocera and present ION board the
chartered AIteope) the 2gh OF May, 1885,
when the bauIe fought, forts taken by the
atlso forces Her boats crews coo, did good SER
a,oipg 10 tow tho boats OF dying and
arr al saved Young Raace Spoken Of n Iomsr letters,
from beng beeaGed. At Shanghae, she rendered most
valuable aud TO Slips wrecked and ia asress Ger
nes, with those belonging TO The flagship, under Captain
Taylor, escorted the Hon Dir. Ward through tho Old city
Of sLanghae the residence OF the Tou (Governor.
forty eight hvcrs tho american settlement, the time
o; the ooohe riot growing oot Of the affair OF the
bark Geruces captain being engaged stealing coles
sbo ihcn shcosing tsern down when they attempted
leave HE bark.
The lore part Of the cruise all hands enjoyed ex-
ceIien, heai,h; during the last year there has bean
CONF ;dessbte sickness board. In the summer
Of lsss, while ., Hong Kong the dia,rhra broke 10
IT, Before left the snip every officer ana man
bad o ii, and what IL remarkable, case
tbeu proved iatsi Our gst TO Hakodaj just time
was very fortunate; and in that delightful tau
nacia,cd tars gan to pick lp their flesh Al
liza, very indulgence allowed heonsn TACT they
could 20 shore Whenever they wished. In justice
Captain Nicholson Surgeon l. Fox aud his assistants.
DIS rhinIs Wales, must say that nothing len
urcore that thought would be tor the benefit aud
esliG oil hands and such has been their an tho whole
cr,zs The frcfpnens diseases that the dsv
hes a1red With may be mentioned ne dyscrery, tiafr-
h9a, Cholera smallpox (one easel rheumaasm, opthli
MIA which NJ time, while at Snasghae, a'cted near
~ every and boy tic shp) ana intermittent fe
YER which also contracted ~ Shanghae IN August
ast accidents, only two three, OF slight
ule, have occurred During the cruise twenty
epyre boys have deserted OF the
ceecred nine sappcd in Hong Kong, in Perjury.
1862 but rDdoT thst TIE fhjp bound hom,.
they expected hey took their drs Charge 0ut OF me
whole twenty six who deserted oniv native
Aneicans born, and majority Of those that deserted
we're wci4h..s5 get 81 .el'ors tree ships
Geek, ard the crow reicced when they had goue.
The general CONDUCT Ct the has gcoi. There
never was, viii venture 10 say ship
which so little punishment has been inflicted board
II this chip Run smuggling, serious board
Of shH m war, has occurred only In Instances,
ard fighting or stealing occurrad on board Of
cry gbip, spd believe all hands Will hame 70 their
fr,enSs fully satisfied that have had an peasaa
crume az could hsve been expected fset Inda