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Admiral FarragUt at COPen-
hagen.
His Reception by the King Of Denmark
Official Dispatches by the Admiral.

WAsHIxCroS, Oct. llrh.-The following is n
dispatch from Admiral Farragut. which has been
received ut the Navy Department:
UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP - FEANKLIN,'
on Gayesend, River Thames,
September Goth, 1867.
SIR In nv disIatch No. - / had the honor u
report my arrival off Copenhagen, Denmark, ON
the morning of the 18th. TIE wind was fresh,
and fearing that | might not De able to accomplish
the trip rOund To Copenhagen by night without
putting on full steam, | ordered all the furnaces
lighted. being at tie same time DESTROYS 10 try
the full specd Of all the vessels. This / did 10 my
full satisfaction, the ship steaming eight miles
Per hour against almost \ gale, and proving that
the Franklin, against n fresh breeze and a mOder-
ate -ea, was more than a match for either of the
other vessels. Her performance gave general sat
i~-iactiDn, and | can with confidence SAY she stcs,ms
better under full power than any i-igate in our
service. On auchOring of Copenhagen we ex-
changed salute- with the au;iDritics. and son
after | called upon our United States Minister,
Mr.. HeHman, and with him called upon Mr..
RaaslOf. Minister Of War. and Admiral DOckner,
Minister Of Marine, then IN Copenhagen. These
gentlemen returned my call and rendered me all
the ~eiyilities III their power, and an Aide-dc-Camp
wa- directed To show me all the places of interest
III Copenhagen, including armOries and forts. The
armOrie- were particularly worthy vi n visit. |
saw there hundreds of years old cannon, and
every species of small arms similar To those now
in use, which claim o. be the inventions of the
present day-at least the variations are - trifling
that il l. doubtful whether there have been any
improvements. | have visited armOrics in France.
Russia, and Sweden, where 1 have alsD seen many
If these cannon and small guns, but nowhere
have | seen such a complete collection chronology
ically arranged. Among other curious things |
saw an entire battery of brccch-lOading cannOns
of wrought iron taken out of n vessel sunk dur
ing the seventeenth century, which seemed to me
To contain all the essential points Of modern
brecch-lOading guns.
On Monday, the 10th, the United States Minis
ter, Mr.. Ieanan, gave n dinner To myself and
officers, ut which were present all the foreign
Ministers then III the city. L returned the civili-
ties extended to Inc by n reception and collation.
ON board the Franklin on the 18th inst, and on
the same evening, by invitation of the Minister of
War, Mr.. RaaslOii, was agreeably entertained by
Il supper and brilliant fireworks.
On Thursday, accom- panied by our Minister.
Mr.. Yeiman, my staff and commenting officers, |
was presented ut court, and on the same evening,
by invitation, dined with his Majesty the King Of
Denmark and his two sons, Frederick, the Crown
Prince, and his Majesty the King of Greece. We
were received with great kindness and cordiality,
not only by his Majesty, but 10y all the members
of the Royal family. The King was pleased to
drink to the prosperity of our country rs well as
of myself individually.
On the next day, Friday. | left the anchorage
OFF Copenhagen, bound for England, accompanied
by the CaadndaiguG and 1IcOnderoga, leaving
the rTOHC 10 await the arrival OF some ucscrtcrS
from Stockholm. OF the Strau the CdHdEddigua
and ~IioOndercga parted company, having been
previously directed To visit certain ports, and Join
me again ut Lisbon.
In the afternoon Of the 2lst, the wind COM
menced To blow from the westward, and gradually
increased i'll force during the following day, until
ON Monday, the Odd, il became Il gale, the wind
hauling more to the nOrthward, and blowing with
great violence, and 80 continued until Tuesday
night, when the squalls came at longer intervals,
and by Wednesday morning tine gale was over.
The Franklin, although ut times she both rolled
and plunged violently, did not strain anything.
Not Il timber crcaked, and she came out of the
gale without any other injury than the loss of her
hcad-bCards, which were knocked out by II SET.
In Il previous dispatch l reported to the Depart
meut that through the ignorance of the pilot this
ship was run ashore off Nyborg. But | am happy
40 say that, so far az We have been able To Judge.
she did not sustain the slightest injury.
Very respectfully, your ob't sv't,
d.. g. FARRAGrT,
Admiral Commanding European Squadron.
Hon. Gideon, Wcllcs, Secretary of the Navy,
Washington, d.. e.