The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-06
NAVY BULLETIN.
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| Ordered.
Nov M-Captain Augustus l. Case, as Lighthouse In
spector Of the Third lighthouse district
Commander Earl English, to command tho stsame,
Iroquos at New York; Commander Oscar C. Badger, x
command the steamer Peoria; Captain NJ Woolsey, e
Henry Erben, to command the gunboat Huron Liouten
ant Commander Francis II. Baker, to command the gun
Fleming, to command tho gunboat Unadin; Lieutenant
Commander lester A. Beardslee, to command the gun.
boat Aroostook
Nov. N-Joseph B. Parker Assistant Surgeon
THE sHAwMUr
Tho United States steamer Shawmut arrived At this
thomas The following is list Of her orlcen:-
Lieutenant Command r-B J. Cromwell
LeMeaant-G. W. Coffin.
Passed Assatant S,u0eon-D r. Bannan
Aeting xcster-T n. Meyer
Aaaer-W. B. Hon
ting Eastgn-O. A. Thompson.
Ad'es-G. W. Pratt and J. 8 OBrien.
E'n Asistart Engineer-R s. Talbot
Send ASistlnt EMGinees-J. "A. Emanuel, Lowe
6apain's Ciers-A A English
Acting Ensign J, H. Chapman returns home sick on
NAVAL AFFAIRS AT PANAMA..
Tho jamestown arrived from San Francisco on the
were prepared for sea a. once Tx jamestown i
ohcered as folows:- I
Ls.vena.t oSmnandsr-c J. McDougalL
Acting AGster-John AdamA
Paymaaer-J. H. Bates.
Pas ed A0istont surgeon-F /. Du Bots
:, acting Entons-Frederick Elliot, r. A. Carey and
Henry Lindsay.
Adts-Allan Farbank.
Cdp'dn's Clerks. A. Jones
Pdymdsters CLeyk-J w. stanburn
the jamestown has an extra marine guard, and is
armed With heavy metal She is ample protection for
comparing the ship with the well appointed screw soops
OF the English squadron, one mentally sxcaims that
Tho Monongo sailed for San Francisco, via the Hexi
can coast on tho 2oh The storsshp FarAones left
California drsc. on the same dats, and the we.eree
steamer has been detained fopr months waiting for
the Daren surveying party bot the last mail from the
States brought orders 70 wait no longer for such myth
Dispatches wore received at the Navy Department on
Saturday from Captain VIM. Reynolds, Commanding
the United states steamer Lackawanna under date OF
October Q, from hontevdeo announcing his arrival ct
Rear Admiral Godon, commanding the South Atlantic
squadron, under date Of Oct 90 reports the arrival Of
Commander E. simpson. Xnmsnd,ps ths United
States steamer Mohcan under OF October H. reports
hss arrival at Asranhao, Brazil, thirteen days from
Barbadoa
Activity at the BrsshIy~ Navy Yard.
There has been unusual activity At the Brooklyn Navy
Yard during the past ten days. Orders were received
from the Secretary Of the Navy Saturday week last
to get In readiness for sea- with all despatch SIX vessels
which were AZ that timc lying in ordinary at the
yard. The ship carpenters joIners cauke and paint.
es engaged on tho vessels which In course Of con-
struc,on In the ship houses, Immediately taken
from their work. and the entire force was distributed
between the soop-ofwar 1roquos and gunboas Penob.
scott PEORIA Gettysburg, Unadilla and Huron. SUISSE
ordered to DO put In readiness for sea- the work
y rapidly progressing on them On Monday afternoon,
:" 'A's0 0''0cs, "a; or,,o o.,
YES formally put in commission by Admiral Bell Her
u,ss cons sting Of full complcment Of officers and
nineH0ye men, were assembled tho spar deck. The
men Woe mustered and assigned TO their stations on
INC sssse' the officers were Introduced each other
ana .ne peassnt and colors having been hoised the
ceremony was .oded. Tho Gettysburg did good service
IN Aosmsre soud North Carolina, and elsewhere dur.
,ns 'ne Ieoe,on, and captured quite number Of valu
and considered tho fastest Of her class IN the
navy y thought probase she will act as a despatch
lows:-
Lieutenant Commondey, comwandine-E. Q. Grafton.
Lieutenant C6mmandv and Ercculire O5iccr--Jobn H.
Ro land
Aa.n0 vo'snissr Lieut,nomt--H W. Grnneii
Attng Passed ASSISTANT Sugon-0. I. Simpson
Assif0nf Pdymdser-C. A. Cable
sng:~eevs-Frst Assistant, 4 a. c Du PiaIne Acting
Albion Buchanan. Acting Third Asslstass tisorrs Hoi.
zcsse Enrcr.--o H Brsk.hors, John F. Churchill,
liams X B. Peck, T. 9. Terrill
will probably 60 into commission in tho latter part OF the
week. The Penobscot, Qunnebaugh and unadTla are
intended for the China rquadron aud will prove vaiu
able acquisition 10 The American nss present stationed
In the China
rRE OTHER vnseEfS
above named will be added 10 tho North and South A.
lantie squadrons. The Msssachusetts
surrLY sHrp,
has undergone thorough ovcrhaung ana will sa for
Pensacola stopping a the intermediate stations on Bat
urday ncxt the 9Th instant Persons desirous Of for
wardng letters small parcels 10 the squadron will
nave an opportunity Of doing By leaving the a
we Lyceun, In the Navy Yard. The supply steamer
Newbern has been Withdrawn In order undergo some
repairs, after which she will resume her former dues
ana sail for the squadron tho OF the Massa.
DO kept up.
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