The New York herald., 1865-04-03

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n h among the possibilities thai her profession about
being isaky was ruse 70 gain time and - ass
end ea@srsxses ~ bosr& Rsspscting this sAsss y
great dasssnes Of opinion here many even among Ne
oacsn q our ships believing her 70 b. psrsssy
worthy.
sinoe her arrival two Ensiish sssamsu haze bssn n
the harbor, undoubtedly for TIE pss7ss ~ pssis ~ss
and sss~soS on boavd but were not permitted -
municass with her, - the Spanish govsrnnsas seems
really disposed 70 AFFORD her more cid than 10 nsooes
sary 70 place her In condition d Tor seq Abost two
weeks since her commander captain Page formerly q
the United States navy. won't 70 Psna end b daiy e.
pscted 70 return
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The Niagara arrived here from Antwerp On The llth ~
February She Is vessel Of four thousand Ave hundred
tons and cares twelve hundred pound Parrot guns.
all working pvots These guns throw solid shot end
shell Of eight inches in diameter the ship 10 com.
manded BY Commodore Thomas p Craven, ono Of he
Oldest officers In the ssrvice-oas Who has sesa much
active service, and who has the reputation In the
navy Of being ono Of the most skilfn and thoroughly
trained officers In II. The ofhsers . list Of whom
append, all ''eagsr for the fray" and oonndent of
success She carries Of four hundred md 0fty
men.
Tho Sacramento carries ten sun, ax Of which ars
sixty-eightp posnder three onehuhdrsd poundes nass
and one nfy ypounder Her commander is Captain Heavy
Wake and her odce unite with those Of the flagship
in their disposition forAhe combat and their conndencs
OF success
aow TN NIAGARA VIE HoRs.
Such being tho material 70 bs engaged you can form
an Idea Of the probable result hear that Commodore
Craven states that hs mode Of lighting would bs a
TO nun dosow upon tAs &onsoau his speed giving him
advantage Of two knots hour her He thinks By
this course be would sAk her. and q any rate would
avoid the danger Of her immense shells exploding In hs
vessel which, might be the he fought her long
distance At close quarters the shells would pass dear
through her and do her comparatively little damage Hs
would also endeavor TO attack her " rough Sea- and avoid
contest In smooth In the former oass the shors
distance Of the stonewail's guns from ne water would
prevent her from working them with any great degree Of
execution she goes out he will most certainly follow
and attack her Corunna and Tero being two dstinos
ports as hosny Aosr rxls suossd nat apply and she
cannot get Ear out without his being OF che faok
WILL NE ssssn mow sloHr
A to the probability Of . tight dnd opinions Gro
about equally divided, II Il takes place Il will probably
be soon after the return Of Captain Page from Paris
which is believed hs left yesterday; that he will b
here in few days Captain Page 10 said TO have IRE.
queny asserted whe Paris that he should 20 TO sea
upon his return and confidently expressed tho opinion
that he could sink both the Niagara the Sacramento
in very short time Should the Spanish authorities de-
termne to stop him he by the forts at the on.
trance Of the harbor he chooses without receiving
much damage from their shot A few days will proba.
bly, decide the question II is my beAef that the Stone
wall will go to sea, and that she will be followed and A.
tackled by the Niagara and the Sacramento; and my
prayer OF course is "God protect the old fag."
ANOTHER PRivArEKR ExPECTxR
The Sacramento left for sea this morning, and the
Niagara tonight II is probable that the com.
bat will Immediately follow the departure Of these
ses as they have gone out upon the information that
vessel said to be either the Rappahannock English
steamer has left Calais for Fero with forty three
portion q the of the Florida left at Bahia-and
quantity ofsmmunition for the stonewall They have
probably simply gone tss cruise look out for
this craft, and will return to port in day or two
VISITS NIAGARA
While here both the vessels and particularly the nj.
agara, have been visited by great numbers Of people,
Of whom have from far in shs interior to see
her. They have all been permitted to come beard,
and have derived some ideas Of the power and
greatness of and country by the sight Of
these magnificent vessels OF her officers say that
they certainly abroad of which their
country may well be proud The following List Of the
officers Of tho Niagara:-
Cdnmodoye-Thomas G. Craven
Lieutenant C0mmander-Georgs A. BiaeloW.
Lisutendsa-Lloyd Phoenix.
SuvgeoN-ThomAs N. Potter
Paymasey-H. H Williams
CAapldin-Wm. A. Hitchcock.
Paced AsSist0nt Str0con-Edward 8. Bogert.
xa~isesFirst Lieutenants, Joseph r Baker, Fred. T.
Peck, Jr. Volunteer Lieutenant, Eben Hoyt
Acting Naaer-Wm. H. Wood.
Hnsign-H. MagH.
Acting AdSer's Aaes-L. p Cooke, N. j. Burnes, Har.
rison Delano Rotheus Denning.
En0iners-Chiof, VIM. Roberts; First Assistant O Il.
Lackcy; Second Assistants James Buterworth and VIM.
IL Harris; Third Assistants, Frank Schobcr, J. H. Da-
mond, Gale Aclllister; Acting Third Assistant, r. r.
McElincll
BoatstraiW-George Smith.
Gxaner-Thomas r. Wilson.
Carpenter-Nicholas Mayer.
SditDsaker-Alcx. W. Casscll
CopNnodores Clerk-Samue B. CLARK.
Pdymdstcrs Clrk-Rchard c. Zebley.
Postscript
Commodore Craven, learn, expresses the belief
that the Stonewall intended going directly 70 New
York Boston, steaming boldly in and laying tho cities
under contribution. Ho believes that she put here
for the purpose Of receiving and ammunition She