Smyrna times., 1867-12-04

We make the following extract from
a private letter, written by young man from
Dover, who is now on the u S. Sloop 7icou
derogd' one of Admiral Farragut's squadron.
U. 5. SLOOP TICONDERoGA.
HAvRE, France, Sept. %, 1867. /
To my Dear Pareats:- Wo 1of
Cherbourg, bound for Constant Russia two U-'
days after the feet did, and arrived there tvo
days before them. On our arrival we waro
cheered by two Russian men -Of-war, then lving
~ ~ 'here. we returned the compliment Tb9
neet were greatly surprised to see us LAYING at
"nClor wren they came in, after leaving ms
undergoing repairs at therbourp. NV tr;1 70
kgSSIa was very short, but pleasant one
asked permission to go ashore at 10 O'Clock
anu nad the pleasure OF seeing, at one O'clock
the handsome City of St. Petersburg. NV
tlIhe ana money being very limited, | had 70
GaEe advantage of what little time (onIv s;v
hoursl had, and see what was nearest at
hand st. Isaac'S Church being the nearest T
repaired thlther, and was very much pleased
with the view | had of the church, inside and
OUT. 1he architecture work inside far exceeds
o. Mark Church, in Venice, the exterior not
o. ~ rlucii' aitn0ugh 1t Is much larger and of
different model One principle Object thai
caught my eye on entering, was a model Of
pure gold, of the church it was about n foot
long and eight inches high. 1t has two domrs:
was up the highest one, and had magni6
cent view OF the whole city and its gardens and
palaces Nearly opposite, and within a few
minute walk of the Church, is a very large
statue OF Alexander the Great, on a yery LARGE
Tock. L also walked around the Emperor's
Palace. 1t Is very handsome building, Tn
tioh' Vi IL tnere Is large row Of beautiful
MnouSeS az FORMING hat-mOOn, the centre of
1neh fronting the palace door. | will here
state that the Duke Of Constantine naved n
visit to the franklin and this ship.
After stay of about twenty-five davs we wont
10 thelr chief naval rendezvous, a small bav
ana a. town. called Ncyburg, the place where the
English anu French fleets laid during the Cri-
mean war. There was ten single turretad
monitors and their flag ship came out to escort
us 10. We took the advance and was soon
anchored In line, abreast Of one another. and
as E3 each monitor came in, it passed around the
= ,%""sM 'nu nred their two guns in regular
oIuc[' ana anchored III line astern of US; do. |
Ing 1t In tip top style. Hardly was the Fr0nE. |
u" anchor down before the Russian AJm;. |
raj ) barge, followed at respectful distance
ny ABOUT one hundred small boats, with Rus
olS" m Oincers In them, visited our Admiral The |
whole affair was very well made up. and done
beautifully by everyone, including seven or
elght formidable looking rams Besides the
'"T''iVoIS Cuere was as many as twenty small |
sails; We stopped there couple of davs and
on leaving, every vessel, Russian and Amnr;-
cans rigging were manned, and such deafening |
cheers as went up from them [ never heard |
before, and never will again; it was most
beautiful farewell. And so ended NV trim 70
Russia ny mp W
p, We went up within twenty. five miles of
Stockholm, but the FranLlin drawing too much
water could not go any further. This is in
sweden, beautifully situated in the midst of an
aarrchepelago. Admiral Farragut dined with the
King OF Sweden, but declined the invitation
3n the plea of being unwe it was accented
Ha, ha We left there, bound for Copen.
hagen, Denmark. did not see anything of
note here but nice looking city, surrounded
by forts. We left there, FrdnkEin, Tic0n,Iero.
ya and ,Cda0ndatgua, leaving the Fr0Iic with
Admlrals family. The Fra2tiin parted and
,teered for Gottenburg, Cdnandaioua steering
tor Antwerp, and TicOnderOga for Havre
Fhere we arrived after fighting with gale of
Wind live days and nights That gale was the
most severe one this ship ever was in, and she
behaved nobly, and proved herself good sea-
BOAT, notwithstanding the bad name she always
1ore as to her bad weather qualities.
diylng you description of my trip to Russia,
had forgotten to tell you of my rate to
ships Writer. l will get it az soon as we can
mp some men-we are very short handed now.
WALTON SMITH