The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-08-15
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
Auction sale at the Nav, Yard To-5,x
Nkctchcs OF the NcsseI. TO nc sold. EIc

To-day At noon, Burdeit Jones 4 Co. auctions. ~.
VIII sell Al the brooklyn Navy Ysrk. a number Of
vessels which have becn In the navrl service. and
ior which the Navy Department have no further use
Prom some csuto unexplained, sailing vessels have
been purchased at good prices those salcs and asa
general thing have been much sought after Tho
sale to-day will begin With this elias. OF vcssels
The fret on the list Is the rchooner Savannah,
which y" captured by the BRIG rorry, ou the 9th II
june 1861, OF Charcston, 4. G. She was armed
si.h ono pivot gun. and IRON the time ,hc vas pu, In
oomnirson "a Confederate privateer captured only
vnt Vt vessel, the brig Joseph Mycrs, the 26th of
NAY, ls6l She wa. originally plot boat aud /, of
,ne following dimonsons Length. 90 tect beam
!, ,t ,isot, inches depth of hold, feet inches.
me n'S, or the list Is the board schooner,
ior tspI for On. Of the Porter Mortar flotla. She
20 fset lone. q feet 9 inche' beam. and feet 5
bsrincnt Of The tort. ScloS Nen opia.ns IN IN sS@I.
ls1H vast Nicksburg in Juno OF the same year, ana
Ni9It Hudson In NAY, 1868, and from that time
until the clcso Of the has hocn on blockade duty
lhe Sarah Brusn lisa tchoonor Of the same class
She Is q35 tons register ib feet In iensth 2Sfcct
Inches beam and feet hold she has performed aim
The schooner Samuel Ro,an IL eis ton, register
snd cost tllQ0 She measure. In length 1tp feet, ~
teet Inches beam, aud feet inches depth of hold
she hiss been attached to the Fast Cuff sauslron
during the var.
The bllg BOno I, 1876 tons rcciser and 100 feet ir
length. 9l iect Inches hs,m and Q feet four inches
depth Of hold Sho cost $500. she has been attached
v
The proIcllH Dandelion, registered III toni. snd
u Of The following dincasous Length IS teei
inchet bean II Get inchoa, depth fcoi lnchos-
she hs- single engine With 2ls inches cylinder
snd gn y inches ,iTote ofpis,on. She wSa ting and
d,sp.,ch baa' y ~. squadron of The late admiral
I'lpOnt and admiral Dahlgrn
The prone oT tamclis 10 t9s ions register, and III
ieet In length " ieel 10 Inches hrnm and II ioct
hold SHE hA 80 inch c,lindsr and 80 inches stroke
OiEI,,GnS gH no,.,,r,,,. ..,.,.. =, a., 49,.
and iogmerly boie tke n.me o. wm. Fargo. sho
sailed tron New York ON the 2Ith of December, 1868,
the " l2i feet In length II ieet inches besm, mud
with 20 inch cylinder and 30 inches stroke Of pis-
ton. she captured the blockade runner tly tho
The Valley Ciiy IL screw steamer Of 100 tons, f}3
feet In iength ~ feet inches beam, and feet s
chased hcr in 1861, pay ing her osner- SisOOO. sho
pariclnaed In the aitack upon Roanoke Island. Feb.
IN, iNts snd also Mt Elizebeth city Hnd Nowbern "a
March s that year snd ON tho 4th OF MAY, 1868 had
brilliant sliimi,h With the Considerable on the
tho-an river. She h~ nlsay. been attached 10 tho
North Au.htc squadron, She has engine uiih .
% inch c, Under aud q inche- stIotc ofpision.
The paddle wheel s'clmsr Fort Henry vas former
terry boat zud h VI bl9 tons reg.sier, and OF tho
follow ipg dmen'l9n' Lsnsth' lol iest I lnchc.:
has 81 inch e, Under and 10 ioat stroke Of piston
She has hoen stationed on the coht of Florida during
the var, whsru rhe has rendered excellent service
Tue lut on the li,t the screw steamer X, n. JuT-
lci, built for the Cromve line ot Savannah steam-
era and named AFTER leniing merchant Of that phcs
She 10 lsok stsr and cost ths Navy Deplit-
menL StbbOn IN 1851 -he carried n battery uf ~
guns and Ia ot the lolO- Ing dimunsOuS longht 23t
i.et inchc-, beam q ct ! inches depth 10 feet
iuchrs HEIGHT hct7ee decks feet, inches Tho
cyinder IL " nchor ~ diameter and The piston has
seen serycc such would impair her vitality tor tls
meIoantle marine service. lho uaio viii no Doubt
Tho ,chooner GoorR, Nsryham from Key we-' 10
loaded With ordnance siufes aud has Un board tho
San j Icnto lost last .inter IN tho West indies.
PEnsoSAL--Com nsnder FuXhMl A. Parker, has
been ordered to command the sailing slOop Savannah
the second Of the naval apprentice school shiIs.