The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-23
'he Shenn ndOah Reported Cruising on
the Coast Of New Zealand.
r Fl E N A v Y.

ARRIVAL OF THE SABINE.
The United States ship Sabine, Lieutenant Commander
Lowry here yesterday, from New London the
10th inst The following is list Of her oibcen:-
Lieutenant Commander-R. B. Lowry
Lieutenant aud Erscssire OGeus-F. o. Davenport b.
Abbott, and g. Y. Wood.
Aotng Matr-B S. Melville and G. ID. Newconbs.
Aching Ension-L C. Oatley
Kidssipmri~s. II. Baker, Il. C Rasos q Pie.
Eaas-1 Bi,ser, 9. Marsh, E. N. ResaIE. Prior
and L. T. Higgins
Boatsudir--Thosnas Bennett y
Gnnaer-U. Hamilton. AZ, ef
Pdym0Ser-G A. sawyer.
, Csaplan-T @ Sslter ~ III
Passed Assistdnt Surge0R-A. Hudson.
Cdrpsntcf--J. II. Cox. .fi
sxuin1kes-G. W. Frankland. tt ,. -.
Captain Clerk-H r. Roach. f7t
Pdvnsaser's Cierk-fhomas Edwards.
., CHANGES IN THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
The following changes have been made ,p ths hins-
sipp squadron
Lieutenant Moreau Forrest, from active service md
Acius Ensign Richard McAjlist~ from duty and
Acting Master Gilbert Norton and ordered to he Al
leghany. ,..a.....
". Lewis and Joseph g, MegIer granted enve. r-
Acting Assistant Surgeon W. H. Wentworth, and bio
Mate william F.. warnck from the cAmslIa and
Mates R williams and P c. Vincent from the Dasts-
lion, and gf1nted leave.
RrsoNAToSs AlcrrrED.
Acting Third Assistant Engineer John IAthTop, q be
Mate John T. Canneld, Of the Huntsville.
JuLY 7-Actine Assistant Surgeon j. T. Field, OF tho
Acting Third Assis,an, Engineer Charles A. Rose~ Of
Acting Master Charles swendson. Of the symL
Acting Ensign James 2. DE Forrest, Of tho Fair Play
Acting Ensign James peerins, OF the GazeIle L..
Acting Ensign Henry SiIionton, OF the Grosbeak.
Acting Ensign c. y A. McCord Of The Naval station,
Mound City, III.
Acting Ensign Mervin Allen, OF tho Champion
T. a
Mate W. H. Smith, OF the Sybl.
Mate James Williams, Of the General Bragg
Mate N. L. Kirk ofthe Volunteer.
Mate Louis J. Marshall, Of the Cricket
Mate George A. Eye, Of the Ozark.
Mate J. u. Coriei, OF the Paw Paw:
Mate Charles B. Hapgood Of the Fawn.
Acting Assistant surgecnl George Francis, Of Ne
Acting Carpenter BenJsmin H. Brink, Of the Avenser
Acting first Assistant Engineer George W. Barovh Of
Acting Second Xssir,ant Ensner John g wnlco,.s,
Acting Second Assistant Epsinssr James n xa,s...
Acting Second Assistant sugneer Henry Mnlsr Of Me
Acting second AssssAo, Engineer Edward Costello, o.
Acting Second XssIs.Ans tnsiueer Henry A. cody, II
=, .sss !ss.I. sesss sssn: s::s. Engineer wAs~
LAuscH or THE lxoS-cLAp AsHuLoT.
The iron clad steamer Ashulot built for the govern
mens by Donald Mckay will be launched from the yssd
n East Boston to-day she Designed for double
ender, but has now bon and stern The space the
rudder In one end In lled ush, 70 correspond with hs
outline Of her model md has thus been converted n4o
the bow without however any variation In her general
outiineshat s the form Of her ends remain the sams
but nov she has only rudder end Tho keel snS
garbonrds are very stout her ribs quite close 10
gethcr and securely strapped lopgudinaly and dasos
ally, thai B almost impossible FOR her 70 hog sag.
The inside OF her bulwarks IL built up sod with OAK,
which gives her great strength along the outline Of her
decks and paddle boxes also Of OAK In tho
mos, substantial style She has iron bukhca DIS before
and absn the engine room, and iron coal bins water
tanks, &c. and two decks between the bulhheah th
magazines shot and she'll below the lower deck
The after part contains accommodations Tor the captain
and officers, and the forward part quarters for tho
crew She has two masts fore.and AFT rigged and ~
she des gned for double ender her wheels are OF
course equi distant from tho bow and stern She In ass
feet long % wide and II deep with concaye lines and
nat noo and expected to steam at the rate of IL knots
On hour Her machinery u OF great power and extra
strength and Is arranged with all the modern improve
ments she has four boilers with inclined engine
having a cylinder o 81 inches In diameter with feet
inches stroke Of piston II has the popular American
poppct valves for admitting the steam and from the
piston and has also sewelrs patent surface eondcnss
FOR supplying the boilers with fresh water which In con-
sidered very economical Another arrangement IN q
supcrhcaiing apparatus by which the steam from tho
main boilers ~ heated above the common tempera-
before u " used In the engine This has been In
troduced In her as we'll in several other vessels in
navy by IL an additional amount Of power IL obtained
The superhcang boiler he used for auxiliary pur-
poses, such as supplying the other boilers with water
pumping snip or exthguishing Ore. In case OF q leak
her pumping force s very great and the easily
worked without interfering with her motive power Her
apparatus Tor extracting fresh water from salt Is OF the
most complete design yet invented, and " expected to
produce double the quantity that would be required for
the use Of her Everything connected with her
gncs ~ raid 10 be OF tho most approved designs Her
armament consists of two 1O0poundcr rncd Parrott
guns -four II inch guns, two 20 pcundcr rhed howtscr
one ~ FOUNDER smooth bore and IL FOUNDER naed
gun-tweive In all Her boilers and machinery, although
NIL ready not yet on board will be until shc 10
launched In expected that she will be ready for ser
vice In about two or three months