New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-05
Naval Intelligence.
ARRIVAL OF THE MONoSGAuELA.

ARRIVAL OF THE MONoSGAuELA.
The United States steam sloop-oi.war Monon.
essels commander James L. Strong. arrived at this
port 4, Tuesday morning from rcnsGcoa Ear. making
Che sase in six DAYS and fourteen hours sandy HOOK
She had head winds for tie FIST days Tho Monon
eshca !ei Philadelphia January u, 1863, engaged in
Che first attack on Pot Hudson March - 1853 IN at
tempting IAN 10y tie hattcr' sot osIound. ana re
saiaed uulc. the Ie % tie my IS minutes: Casual
Ges-Ca't. Mckinstry woGnGed kl'td ana -
1nlndcd s;Iuek - times
She engaged the batteries several times during The
eiere OF Port Hudson, and patTo'cd 'he MiSslss pp
Tyer durng the siege Of Port Hudson 10 Keep up sup
rlcs and communications WIKI Gen EanHss army;
Sapi1in Ab'cr Read was killed JUl! !. i-o, by Iseue!
battery ~ Winchester Plantation. She rescued the
Tni,ri States steamer New-Loudon ilcm under the
6u,s of tie Rebels 81 College 70 She le!i Nov
Orleans ior the blockade of Mobile Bay, August ~
Js6g and remained on blockade uut. December, lsu.,
when she ordered as the iHeshp OF the Texas tN
yeaiton u1dc7 Gen Banks. She siicnced l.che! Bat
ferr nj AIaazas Pass eXas causing tue Wltc nag 10
be dspla ,cd Three guns and one 4rnaft9 mon VIZ
captured Rotuynng 10 blockade dniy, MAY, Is,t
Angus l-oi she tCoA part IA ne is. dse o. w Ny
bile forts and capture OF the Rebel fleet She was tue
rst vessel Of the feet attack The Eec ram iennes
Gee AMI Toumcd her twice during action. chlisihg
away six feet OF our bows and Killed Lieut. j. fiei'
Sce She lad temporary repairs made aGd went
cru:s,n, Len Pensacola for home March ,. Length
Of cruise tSenty-selen months. ,...
IIsr OF OT1cFRs on BoAHp THE MoNoNGAHsLA = on
Fsndeg james H. srons IL aei ,h, 10 R.. p
Estche,r Ar'ing Ensgns C. +. X. NaYpenta az, III Tar
rngtoI. ID ". Aulani Cne Ent.A' q. Ntp' r. n" SO.
seu A. C. Spar Payiuaio Fcttcs 'afsrr Fis. Ass'i
frDn.er Fo,er Tfliry: Second Assistant n-l"rfs, j. j.
S.~:, Edward Cheney. p. J. Lane lhid Assistant IN
sinr-r 4 {. Wilcox; Boasvui, WA Green: Acting Mas.
ferI MAJ w : AInaqd; Captlm' Ce'A' " IL l. fH'e
Rsyns-tci' Clerk. \. J. Hur!e.
ARRIVAL or THE MACK
The United States steamer Nyack arrived at
eli. port on Monday from Wilmington \. C..va Beau.
fort c. LIST inst The Nyack is OF the new class
OF gunbosts apd has proved herself perfect success.
Tile hull was designed by tle Navy Department, aud
che engines by Chief Engineer Ishcrwood. Chief Of
Bureau Of Steam Engineering She has t~O cylinders
OF % inches in diameter auG = inches stroke, Win
acrew II feet IN diameter aud 10 feet ri;cb and has
empe boiler capacity. She can make 100 revolutions
The engines have always worked adniraois thus snow
sng tue Improvements the NAY. Department have made
over the oil sleeps.
In the art attack q Fort Fisher the Nyack TOOK a
conspicuous pant and was teen o!GeIcd 10 i3it O-''
xslL where ale remained til Hier he ,anuf Fisher
Dlliag operations NJ Fort Anderson and other bat
Ceries on th- Cape Fear River she was actively G e..
eaesd ailC prs rn al The capture OF aiming tol
Here sic remained unii! ordered north.
The most Interesting eyoEs IN the history o. tie Nysck
g. The expedition O. Acting Master H. Walton Grin.
neN ex.Ofllcer and Ac'nc Ensign II. Bowditch CODY
ealing master. with two men Who lelt wilmington, y
G. o. the IN OF March. WITH cypher Dispatches nom
Gen. ScloAca t. Gen. :. -nal. They penetrated
Suntei from swamp swamp aud inatT reached Sher-
tan's forces the l2th ~ March near faYeieVh'e y
{. The party wen; "a naval uni.oTin anu lt' MIRA
Gle they escsped alive
The ioloV ng is q list % the oitccrs u the Nyacs
Lieut. Commander D. z. New .nf Acting ains'- e'i Il
of er II Walton Griruoi let Asst Engineer. A. G. Bsnp
Coz A 4 Sur.eou BEN. F. Bigeow; A. A. Payinss. Caas
Halliday; Acting En.gns. Charles Neison, u Howdteh
Sohn Fo.aiu-e. % Aw'. tr-fe~rF. Nliam \. windsor,
william N. Bsf.i-a, James &. Neatch.