The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-11
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Cruise Of the Swatara Down the Coast Of
ADMINISTRATION Of Affairs in Liberia-As-
signment Of Graduates Of the Naval Academy
to Duty.
THE CRUISE OF THE SWATARA

WASHINGTON, Sept 10, 1858.
CRUISE OF THE swATARA.
Commander LETTERS, commanding the Swatara,
reports TO the department, under date of Lisbon,
April rs, the details Of cruise down the coast OF
Africa. He sailed from TOuOn February 8, touched
at Gibraltar and reached Monrovia February %. He
called upon the President and found evidences of
success in the attempt TO plant civilization in
Africa He believes the great want is capital, while
another obstacle has been that the greater part of
the immigrants have not been agricultural laborers.
Too many are from the Northern cities and Of
mixed blood, and, unable to stand the climate,
they resort To trading with the natives for support
For this reason Liberia does not raise sufficient
suitable food to support an immigrant population,
and actually imports it from the United states. The
Southern plantation abOrers succeed well.
Conversing with some of the leading members OF
the government questions now agitating our
country, Commander Jeers found them, one and all,
of opinion that universal suffrage OF emancipated
negroes would be injudicious, using the argument
1--WE do not allow natives among us to vote unless
they have been educated In our Schools believing
them to be no more competent to understand the
limited questions OF the Internal and external policy
of this little republic, than the comparatively uned !
Gated cOlOred masses at home" They all
aude to America as home, and are able
to understand your numerous and complicated ones.
Commander LETTERS thinks II any impression Is to
be made Africa 1t will be through this colony,
which seems to be based on Outstanding and NOR
are based on trade In rum, gunpowder and muskets
He states he reached Lisbon April n. During the
cruise he diligently sought information from all ac-
cessibe sources with reference to American inter-
| ests and found trade and interests in Salts
factory state. He reports the slave trade entirely
| suspended.
ASSIGNMENT OF MIDsHIPMEN TO DUTY.
The following midshipmen, graduates OF the Naval
Academy In June last, have been assigned to duty
as fOllOws:-
TO the European SQuadron-Charles c. Cornwell,
Royal X. IngersOll, AdOphus Mark, Jas. d. Kelly,
JEFFERSON +. Moulder and Samuel Ames.
Asidhc SquddrOn-Duncan Kennedy, Huntington
Smith. william j. Barnet, Washington o. Sharer,
George W. Tyler, william Euhler, George W. Brewer,
GrOk Adams, J. G. Hull and Charles A. COpp.
North Pacific SQltdd1Orl-R N. Brown, Charles A.
Stone Hobart ID. Tremn, Seaton Schroeder, Charles
T. Force, Webster DOty, Nicholas l.. Roosevelt,
william II. Bechler, William Woart Richard VAIN
wright James X. Selfrige Thomas II. Stevens George
South Atlantic SQ,tddrOn-Ravmond r. Rodgers,
Lambert g. Palmer, +. b. Mason, Boutel Noyes,
Charles p. WEIGH, william ii. Everett. Charles T.
Norton John NJ HOwley Thomas N. Lee, Theodore
NJ. Fitting and Edward M. Day.
South Pacific SquddrOn-Matthew M. Barnes,
Thomas g. Mclean. Albion b. Waddams John G.
IRVINE Thomas DeblOis, Charles A. Adams, James
X. Cogswel GOttfeld BlOcklinger, Perry Garst and
Horace McElrOy
TO the United States Steamer COntOOcOOk-Robert
" Thompson, Ambrose b. Wyckyr, Charles w.
Chpp, Alfred Elliot Herbert G. StnsOn, Warner M.
COngill and Charles w. Jarboe.
TO me Nipsic-Robert 7. Jaspar, James W. Carlin,
Frederick Singer, Nathan f. Niles.
To the FenO6scOt-Franklin J. Drake, Jerome b.
House. Arthur II. Parsons and WIN. $. Strong
The Contoocook is now at Norfolk, the flagship OF
the North Atlantic Squadron. The Nipsc II fitting
out this yard and the PenObscOt belonging TO the
North Atlantic Squadron, Is at Aspinwall.