The New York herald., 1866-08-26
THE SQUADRON AT HELsINGFoRs
our aslsaGfons WAvAU CORRESPONDENCE.

our AslssGfonS NAvAO CORRESPONDENCE.
August 4, 1885.
corEyuAGEE.
The United States steamer Augusta Commander Muir.
ray, and the monitor Miant0nom0h, Commander Beau
mont the latter having board Assistant Secretary
Fox, arrived in this port yesterday forenoon, at
O'Clock. seventy two hours from Copenhagen.
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The M;antonomoh averaged about eight knots hour
the whole distance which speed surpasses that Of the
Monadnock in her recent voyage to the Pacific Tho
performance OF the Moradnock that voyage
Justly regarded Of the most wonderful and at tho
time encouraging OF any iron-cad performance
nave record Of The Manonomoh has shown herself to
b. in power and sea-gons qualities, equal. II not su
rcrior, to the lfonadnock. She has been tested In .
way in tho North Sea. wrote you from Copcu
hagen, and came out trumphanty from the ordeal All
t.s has been done in the face Of European nations
They sec and know what ships capable Of, and
are correspondingly impressed with the value Of the
style Of marne architecture, We have reason 70
know.
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Tho exhibition OK the ship has already accomplished
what woa,d have required extensive war 20 mako
evident the naval power OF the United States II has
peaceful victory bat tho less effective because
os IT, chcapncss every that has the ship
quietly acknowledge hor irresistible power and admits
that she anuiha,e auy sp saost In the shortest
possible time. The same facts could have been i'm
pressed upon their minds by war but it Is better IN
every way the knowledge should come to them in
less expensive and boody manner For these results
so may hant tho nIantonomoh They repay all thc
ccst OF tho spccin, squadron TO Europe.
Wa loft Copenhagen TUESDAY last, she 1st instant
NJ o'ciock and with favorable breezos, clear shv
and prnooth soa pushed rapidly down the sound towards
.ha Baltic pleasant sailing down that narrow
sound or strait crowded with the commerce OF nations
hurryug 20 reap the rich harvests Of tho North
while tbs brief held upon the seas, and permit
ted the mariner earc the ports OF Rus.
sian. Dane. Swcde, Nor~esian and Pruss!an,
when we're gathered the fruits Of the eight
months Of the year. In which scarcely
SAIL penatrslcs the almost frozen Baltic and
North Seas The lisit bluo waters dotted with
snowy SAL under every nag moving toward the Baltic,
or hastening 10 the oattegat and Skage Rack 70
fseo 10 Englaud and the Great West Theu
ty all ~ craft, from the immense English
Russian clipper ehp with its pyrnmd Of canvas from
dccS track dosD through all the various grades Of
ycsscls. Drier beESs, schooners to the quaint high
sterned hsa.howed a,usgish Dutch lugger or the
dish fishing smack3. with cn,ioisy formed Sails like n
bu,,crlys sins that swoed bravcIy out the breeze
Through this ncet Of craft the Augusta threaded hr
way, followed by the MONITOR its double turrcts
undos tser white hoods looking Ik6 couple or mar
elio towers adra novel sight to tho Mortimer who
sailing by The smooth sea was favorable, aud the
speed nsim aimed eight knots more, and
passed the undula ng shor Of sccland, the right
and rcsndod the ightshp which rides OF the southern
pont Of sweden aud entered the Baltic threading our
Nay along tie swedish coast to the northward Tho
wa exceedingly smooth, scarcely ground swell being
fell as We moved swiftly On
On the afternoon Of "Wednesday, the weather contnu.
ing Hnc deal OF wig-wagging" was done by the sg
nal flags between the Augusta and Miantonomoh, tho
suit OF which was momcntary stoppage tho launching
or one Of tho monitors cutters, and visit from Mr.
Fox Commander Beaumont, and Mr. laubat, to dine
with Commander Murray on tho Augusta.
nicc little dinner handsomely despatched, and
an agreeable time spent until the hour Of departure
came The cutter was manned again. and the guests left
u.s. and wero picked up by the monitor, ascrn.
rough sea ne following day hd fresh wind with rain,
rendered unadvsabe return the visit and parakc OF
Captain Bcaumonts hospitality.
Notwithstanding the considerable on, the Mianto.
nomoh ploughcd along, carrying cleaning white bono
IN her mouth ~ che met and passed through tho
shor, chopping seas a the Of knots hour
Although the swells not heavy as those we en-
countered in the North Sea, they large enough to
roll over her decks in heavy broken masses and TO toss
the spray tho turret
To novice the situation OF affairs would seem exceed
ingly dangerous II he viewing from vessel near
by would only be necessary FOR him TO SIT for an
hour the snug ward OF the monitor TO dssipato
his fears There is the slightest perccptibc motion 10
the ship. country church IL not more nrm and com.
Portable Tho weather during tho rest Of the run to
Helsingfors gloomy and disssrccabc. Frequent
showers Of rain fell and the atmosphere was thick and
hazy We could Just make out, and thcn through
the mist the Wild rocky coas, of Finland, rnged hero
| and there by breakers.
PorT.
On Friday, ID, at about II gh,cnod M little.
and made out the lighthouses on the Islands OF
soborg, and ran down TO the entrance OF the harbor,
whom We picked up pilot and steamed In. Tho en-
trance TO HcsIngfor tortuous and exceedingly
row, winding between rocks and the fortified islands,
but finally emerging into broad hsrbor almost exactly
IKE that Of Portland, Maine which II greatly rcscm.
blss N many features The entrance between the
| forts at the narrowes, point is not more than n
| ships length wide, but Il is deep and free
from shoals. and covered by a hundred guns We
had no opportunity Of visiting the fornea,iops which