The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-01

never be forgotten, whose deeds Will illuminate the
N past and inspire the heart for ever.
On Fame,s eternal camping ground
n And Glory guards with ceaseless round
N The bivouac OF the dead.
a THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES
Z commenced properly at Portsmouth.
a The Hero's Last Voyage.
N The naval authorities OF our country, DESTROYS
paying betting honors to the first officer OF tht
navy ana the leading captain OF the age despatched
y two OF the finest ships that ny pennant to con
& vey and convoy the remains OF Admiral Farragu
from Portsmouth, N. H.. where he died and had
been temporarily ent0mbed, to our city. The slo0p
of-war Brooklyn, Captain John Guest was
despatched from Philadelphia to Portsmouth as the
escort OF the Guerrero, Captain Thomas Il. stevens
which mad been detailed to proceed to the same
point to convey the remains OF our great Admiral in
state to New York. Both are splendid ships and
worthy Of the responsible ana honorable duty they
were solicited to perform The Brooklyn arrived at
Portsmouth on Monday last and the Guerrtere
moved to the compass buoys OF Inc harbor between
Forts Constitution and McClary, Tuesday no0n
after pleasant voyage OF two days from New York.
AS was her rst visit to that port she sauted the
nag OF Rear Admiral Thatcher. Port Admiral, with
thirteen guns, which were responded to by
the vandalia, receiyingi ship OF the station. The
committee from the municipal authorities OF
= New York, consisting OF Mr.. Lawrence r.
Jerome, chairman Rear Admiral Theodorus
Bailey, second in command with Farragut
at New Orleans; Brevet Major General c. X. Graham
and Paymaster s. Cunningham, Of the navy, the
three latter gentlemen representing the Military
Order OF the Loyal Legion Of the United States had
already arrived and enjoying the Inequalities
. OF Commodore A. NJ. Pennock, commander of the
Portsmouth Navy Yard. In consequence Of the
brief time intervening between
THE DAY OF THE ARRIVAL
. OF the Guerriere and the day fixed for
the funeral In this city, 1t found necessary to
make all haste and get the Guerriere and Brooklyn
to sea at once And by reason also Of some misun-
derstanding Of Commodore Alden, Acting Secretary
OF the Navy the programme Of the president and the
Secretary Of the Navy was ignored. and
q radical change was made In the detail
OF ships. Commodore Pennock had prepared al
placed It upon the Brooklyn; but, with his custom
airy energy, when he learned that the original idea
Of fas sscreary q ne Navy was TO be carried out
laying the naval cortege moment, was able to see
that the simple and unostentations but impressive
were completed without OBTAINING the squadron a
moment or endangering the fulflment of the
NsW OF the Sners municipal %as
display while the remains of the great Farragut were
being transferred from private tomb IN the Episco
conquered the splendid naval hero, to the aerriere
several miles distant The guard OF Marines, under
command Of Major Lewis detachment of sailors,
Guerrero and Brooklyn and the California made up
the cortege The Portsmouth Marine Band led
the marines escorted the remains borne the
shoulders OF the sailors who had served with the
Old Saamander In the scenes OF his memorable ex-
ofiicers in full uniform. fhe residents Of Ports.
mouth gathered in numbers in the streets to testify
their respect for the memory Or the gal ant Admiral
representation u Of the city in the person OF
the Mayor TIE heavy guns q the vandaa
deepmouthed voices that awakened. the lechoes
Of the rocky banks Of the river as the speedwell
the rockbound banks Of the clustering island, that
make up the quaint harbor Of Portsmouth, seemed
Navy Yard. Each gun had its echoes and the
solemn chorus was prolonged by the salute of the
Guerrero rs heavy nineinch guns.
ON BOARD THE GUERRERO.
The remains, encased In an elegant casket con-
tanned In q strong box, were placed on draped
dais In the after cabin on the gun deck OF the
commissioned officer was stationed around the
body, which received a s salute OF seventeen
the side. The Brooklyn came down about eight
O'Clock, and the Guerrero at once slipped her
Of Captain Stevens
Bailey, Commodore PennOck, Brevet Major General
@. X. Graham, Paymaster Cunningham, United
states Navy; Lieutenant Loyal Farragut and Major
.. E. Montgomery, representing the government and
the Loyal Legion In special charge OF the remains
gn e nnS 5e nu e Great Point
startling change took place In the order of AFFAIRS
The splendid ship was steaming along eight knots in
She S,''0''- ~ '' '''- ''' .N' 'N'' "-'''
sTRUcH A HUMMocK OF SAND
and came up all standing. Efforts were made to
crowd her over, with sail added to steam, but with
out avail. She hung fast amidships. Boats were
get scundings Their reports were not encouraging.
The Ship drawing nineteen feet Of water was on
Of sh s TSe xss
hended by Captain Stevens at glance. The engi-
neers backed in vain The ship would not STIR.
Boats we're at once lowered and prOvsioned for any
contingency, and lines OF soundlngs were run IN
We were two ships lengths out Of the channel. A
pilot boat, No. l. OF Nantucket, soon came alongside
and after brief reconnaissance was sent to Nam
tucket nine miles distant, for the steamer
within thirty miles or more Of the pc.
sition. The ship held to the ground on fall
Ing tide. The heavy launches were hoisted out
alter great exertions and sent alongside. All the
boats were placed In the water. The sea was smooth
and light southwesterly wind kept down, to q
setting in on the point To the westward sailed
, through the Vineyard Sound fleet Of coasters and
fishermen. and soon couple Of them bore down to
lighters brought alongside and all hands were
called to tighten ship. Provisions were hoisted
out, shot, shell, powder and heavy munitions were
sent over the side to the schooners, and every mo.
ment was occupied in getting out articles to tighten
4 the craft before the coming of high water.
THE SHIP HAD LODGED
on sand bank amdships and thumped consider
ably before the tide FELL when she rested compare
lively easy The history OF the afternoon and night
Is briefly told Work was pushed continuously by all
hands, and after midnight rising tide the engines
were started under a heavy pressure OF steam, al
sails were set, and the Island Home, which ap.
FOR spells than to tow her OF, pulled feeby
upon her, The ship bumped heavily as the
tide rose. and squirmed like an eel, groaning
groundswell. The steampipe SO worked that
the ships company were. got from be-
deck but CHIEF Engineer John H. Long and his
trusry assistant, First Assistant Engineer Wilson
X. PURGE, the only engineer on board stood by the
engines, aided by their nremen, and took the
chances Of an instantaneous and horrible death
and kept the machinery In motion while the shiI