The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-22

until damages could Be remedied. The Tuscarora was
found at st. Thomas and after stop Of about ten days
1t that pon the squadron prooseded visiting Salut
islands, Csra, Pernambuco Bahia, Rio Montevdeo, and
passing through the straits Of Magellan TO Valparaiso
At every port the Monadnock object OF wonder
and admiration. Thousands have visited herat Yapa-
raiso and tho English ooers altar inspecting her and
making inquiries respecting the number Of iron
ciads assumed an unusual modesy respecting her Brit
tanc Maesty's navy Her bottom Ia fouled littie but
enough Affect her sailing yet though BY ths time
she reaches San Francisco she will need cleaning She
| steams along splenddly At 81. Thomas, Commodore
Rodgers erected mast the iron clad and hosted upon
it the maintopsai and topgaAntsail Of the Vanderbilt
The mast fastened in step on the surface OF the
deck instead Of passing through aud secured BY
rods boted to at the height Of about ten feet In
addition to the usual shrouds and stays The advantages
of this that knot and half hour wore added
TO tho speed and the dead weight upon the engines
materially lessened while, in the vessel should
have to 60 into action the whole AMIR could at once be
thrown overheard, and picked up again afterwards Is
good Among the other valuable improvements
introduced on the -AonadnOck by Commodore Rodgers
two wooden pot houses ON top Of the iron ones,
for the pilot while at tho same time the compass
elevated beyond the influence Of the iron rendering
derbIt and other steamers The steering apparatus is
conceded with the wheel the iron pilot house by
simple and tho whole thing can b detached
in q few moments. fsE
BEHAVIOR or rnn rus.ARoRA AND MoNADNocx IN A ROUGH
To-day the sea Is rough andthe Tuscarora is rolling so
expose her decks to from the whcelhoses
of the Vanderbilt but the Monadnock has little motion
huge ron-Oisd slass along rocking slowly with the sea-
but apparently buoyant as yacht The crew are
inches above-wa,er s seldom washed By the waves,
and from the Vanderbilt her easy motion seqps
like that Of arst class wooden vessel. She
s nd s crew s who vent on board Of her
Philadelphia with misgivngs as TO her seaworthi
ness prefer her the Tuscaroa and ask better ship
for gale Her success is no longer probematical The
gale in the Atlantic and her long cruise down through
the Straits OF Magellan and around thus far on the west
coast have established her reputation beyond cavii
10y ANOTHER MONITOR WANTED.
The only question which now comes up is will another
be sent out II Is TO DO hoped there WILL We need four
iron clads on our western shores There might be two
at San Francso, at the Columbia river and one at
San Diego We have for them At home. Here
they lay in ordinary just well as there and they
would not only prove great moral agents IN preserving
our amicabc relations with other powers but might DO
exceedingly convenient in any little disturbance We may
have below California saaf
When Commodore Rodgers arr YES al Gan Francisco his
work Is DONE far the special squadron IL concerned
He may return to the Atlantic States overand but what
hen9 Shall this splendid steamer tho finest vessel aoat
San Francisco, or shall Captain Sanford, her COM
mander take her back to New York; end then, meeting
the Commodore OF out the ircnclads needed for tho
raclcf Three ron-clas be brought together
easily one, the Vanderbltcan take two in tow and
walk of vcyin rough sea Tie latter, however, need
not return to New York but mi ht meet iroiclads at
Montevldco Rio In timc get them out to San Fran
cisco by December Our interests on THIS side the CONT
nent demand that 1t should be done without unnecessary
delay. ~
CHANGES AMONG THE opYIcKRs or THE Vanderbilt.
Some changes having been made among she officers OF
the Vanderbilt and Monadnock, send new t:-Com
mandng special squadron, Commodore John Hsdgcrs.
FLAGSHIP vAvDERf,ILT
COmptdnder-J J.. Sanford, commander.
Ere uipe Ofccr-Licutenant Commander 9. L.
Franklin. "a ~ IN
'Lie,lt,,ants- G. w. Wood, Cow X Haswel
Ac ing Mdstr-W. Howcx
Ensans-F A. Cook, C. +. Clark. w. A. Van vleck-
Surgeon-G Peck
Pa Asht1Et Swgaon-W. n Johnson
Asst & mt PdynGs'e james rafree
Lie,tmdn' o. Mn,sneN-W. H. Eemcy.
Engin,cTs-Chef, J. German; First Assistant, w. H.
Golden
Commanders Scretary-J. $. Bush.
rt 4E.I ai
Len enant Commdnler-Francs ~. Bunce Haes
Es~rivv OEcer-Iieutenant W. Whitehead
LierhxaTs-N Milcr; Acting Volunteer, g. A. Smith
Aching Ma ker--W. Bangnore.
Envi0rs--F. Wildcs; Ao;ing, N Ludlow.
fayna1 r-Rufns Parks.
Pgsd <ssi frnt !snrg- vi Zcnzcr
Eng nees-Chief }. q. A. Zieglcr; Fisss Assistant w.
A. Phillips r'.r