The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-13
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Te.uaatepec Expedition Well On lis
Way-What is Expected from 1t md from
the Durien Expediti0n-A Grand SOiree
Dnnsnnte on the Gucrricre-The Move
menis of the North Atlantic Squndron-
Details Of Officers.
The Tehuantepec Surveying Expedition Is now
fairly on It's way, and 1t is to be hoped through all
the dangers OF the passage The Kansas, Lieutenant
Commander Norman H. Farquhar, flying the pen,
nant Of Captain Shufeldt, commanding the
expedition, and the tug Maynower, Leuten-
ant Randall, having completed repairs OF
injuries sustained In the recent cyclone
on the Florida coast, have sailed from
Key West for Vera Cruz, when the final
arrangements for the survey are TO be completed
The surveying parties are to be landed at the mouth
OF the river Coatzacoalcos about one hundred ana
twenty miles south OF Vera Cruz, and viii be able
to run q number Of preliminary lines across the
lsthmus OF Tehuantepec before New Years, 1t is
hoped. The rainy sets In early In that quar-
| ter OF the globe but 1t IL not so severe
as experienced further south. For the better part
| Of the winter months the surveying parties can
| accoIa ISL considerable work. The entire survey
| ought to be thoroughly completed before spring.
1t would appear that this, alter ALL Is the route for
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific The SURVEYS
| undertaken by our government the coming winter
will finally settle the question OF the feasibility Of
ship canal, and Will locate it, II satisfactory line
can be from ocean TO ocean. Commander
Selfrdge expects find line from the Atlantic coast
OF not more than Thirty miles IL length that
shall put him on the channel OF streams that flow
into the Pacific. He VIII 60 IN from the Pacific side,
from the steamer Saginaw, ordered to cooperate
with him. while a party Will be sent in from the
Guard to reach the water sned OF the Pacific The
Darien project promises well but thus far 1t stands
| on a somewhat speculative basis. Our government
IS determined to unite the magnificent Pacific
| with the broad Atlantic by ship canal,
| and some how or another 1t is to be accomplished
| either by the way OF the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
which Captain Shufedt Is to point out or by way OF
the lslhmus Of Darien, which Commander Selridpe
pretty confident affords the true Congress
mas voted liberal supplies the Navy Department has
fitted out couple OF efficient expeditions, com.
manded by officers OF superior attanments and
qualifications, and there is no reason why the prop
either iavOrably against the splendid project The
results Of the two expeditions will be awaited with
great interest by the entire commercial and scientific
world.
The officers OF the frIgate Guerriere, Captain
Thomas II. Stevens now lying OF the Battery, gave
delightful sOt1Ge ddrsdnte yesterday board that
fine ship which was attended by not fewer than 200
ladies and gentlemen from Philadelphia, New York
and Brooklyn. Many OF the officers from the Navy
Yard, the receiving ship Vermont, the Marine Bar
racks and Fort Hamilton were present IN full uni
form, with their ladies. The Brooklyn Navy
Yard band was kindly furnished by Rear Admiral
Smith, commanding the yard The music ex-
cellent, and the decks were crowded with throngs
OF cancers, whose rapid step shook the ship they
whlried In the waltz or moved In martial array
through the stately Lancers. The quarter deck was
and the sides Of the ship dressed In the flags
OF all natloAs-a regular millennium OF bright bunt-
Ing, where the French tricoor waved gracefully by
the side OF the North German c0i0rs and the
double-headed eagle OF Russia fondy nutrered
over the crescent Of Turkey. The harmonious
perfect harmony that added pleasure and satisfac-
ton to the gay and merry crowd OF visitors. Every
thing passed or delightfully."-. The dances were en-
joyable, the lunch was elegant, and tho tout e.
sembie such as left pleasant memory on the minds
Of all 1t would have been difflcalt to have collected
IA mil OInntp
the dance on the quarter deck OF the Guerrero yes
terday. Their presence lent grace and charm to
We hope that the gallant officers OF the Guerrero WIN
be as Successful in all their entertainments they
were yesterday.
the gunooat Swatara Lieutenant CON-
mander weld N. Allen, was lying OF st.
pomngo ely November 2 al we on
three guns were at SANTANA bay on the Sd inst,
looking out for prospective American interests IN
that quarter. The st. Domingo civil war compels
the presence OF respectable American force In its
principal seaports as there Is revolution chroni-
caly impending or breaking out, and the deck OF
an armed vessel is always pleasant place OF refuge
IN troublous times The flagship OF the North At
lantlc squadron Is soon TO visit the Dominican ter
Lieutenant Commander A. 4. McNair has been or
dered 70 ordnance duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard;
Lieutenant Commander G. X. Haswell to the re-
celvlng ship Vandalia; Lieutenant Commander D.
c. Woodrow, to the photographic once IN Wash
ington; Commander L. z. Grafton, to the command
The following officers have also been ordered to
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William ii. mayer, Jr., Mas
ter Il. w. Renay, Assistant Surgeon 4. ID. Myers,
First Assistant Engineer A. H. ADe and Second
Assistants II. l.. Cline Ralph Aston and James Ii.
Perry.
Master Albert Ross has been ordered to equipment
duty at the Washington Navy Yard First Assistant
Engineer Sidney Albert and Second Assistant John
ID. Ford, TO examination for promotion. Com.
mander y. p. Quackcnbush has been detached nom
duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard and ordered to the
command OF the Tuscarora, now at Key Vest Lieu
tenant j. Green, from duty at Mound City, ILL.,;
Cinef Engineer william q. Bueher, from duty at
League Island Pa, and Surgeon b. II. kidder, from
special duty at Boston and ordered TO the Terror.