The New York herald., 1870-05-30
OUR NAVAL VISITORS.

Nagiclennc and l.ntUucho TrevilIe aud the
Prussian Corvette ArcOna-TheIr Dimes.
sions, Appearance Arn,amentss Voyages and
Officers.
The spacious narbor OF New York Is sought for 90
q pleasant lounging place by the naval cruisers OF
the world. At times the men-orwar OF all the larger
nations have found anchorage In its waters, and
their officers experienced happy hours snore.
They have come from the frozen climes Of the NORTH
ana climes whose earliest histories are strongly
imbued with the hues OF the ORIENT from the lands
Of the Arabian Nights and OF the adventures Of sin
bad the Sailor, from countries where frogs are
chronic, and where burning sands, tnkling cara
vans, fountains and bazaars are found-from lands
OF mysterious religious rites; from lands
Where the olive and myrtle
Are emblems OF deeds that are done In their cline;
Where the OF the vAlture the love Of the turtle,
Now melt Into sorrow, now madden with crime.
These representatives OF empires, Kingdoms and re-
publics have ever been welcome and an instance
hardly be recorded when men-0fwar have cast anchor
under the shadow OF this city, but the kindest re-
ception has been extended to its officers fully up.
holding the name for hospitality which the netropo-
lis has achieved and deserves.
or late, however, the foreign naval visitors
to this port have been but few. Within
the past three or four months occasional
war vessels have spun into our broad bay,
but their stay has been but few days ut the
utmost. During the past week or SO, in great con-
trast with by gone months the anchors OF both
French and Prussian naval vessels were cast within
biscuit toss of the Battery. These crafts are re-
spectivey as here noted
TIE FRENCH rgIGATE MAGICIENNE.
This vessel Of the imperial navy Is new to our citi-
zens. Her officers are, without exception, tried,
nautical gentlemen, many OF whom have visited this
port before, but latery have been on duty among
The West India Ia islands where as ~ eelSagrs 70 sas
on the American station. The present visit to our
harDor Is merely one OF pleasure-o relieve the mo
HER CRUISE AND APPEARANCE.
As the Maaicienne lies at anchor her proportions
and armament attract attention from many OBJ
servers. She went into commission the latter part
Of september 1862 and early In October left Lorient
tlnued steamng to the other ports thereabou,s.
looking after the interests Of French citizens, at
and months. Among the places visited by her
recently are Port au Prince, ST. Domingo, Jamaica,
| Cayenne, Santiago de Cuba ana Havana.
There is but little in this vessel that particularly
commends her ~ specimen OF naval architecture.
she is OF wood 2e7 feet long wlth iortytnree ieet
about 200 tons burden. Her motive power con-
sists OF two condensng engines the steam being
generated by boilers of large size.
Her armament embraces both rife and smooth
bore guns, tweniyeight In number, OF such calibre
used.
dence OF high degree OF discipline. Although in
port but two days, every rope Is In Its appropriate
place, the decks are handsome In their Brightness,
and the brass about the machinery gistels like
mirror.
The officers OF the Magcienne are as follows
CORtre- -AHtudl-f.e Febvre.
CdDttGne de Vdtssed,t-Le Blanc.
Cdpttafnes de FriJdte-Bosc, Ferres.
Medectl Prtncipat-Huillet.
AunaOnfer-Carnus.
M6cantcten Princtpal-Autric.
Lte,aenants de Yafssean-Huet Laroque, Pr
quardo, Rivet, de Klojommeau.
OWcteT GAd1llifttstIdttOn-Ross
Ingenteu,-Tirard.
Medecm de noisteue -Caillard.
Enset0res de vatssenn-Gourga, De Ia Creme, An
DREAM.
Aspbunts -Demoy. Doze. Brichet Forrest, Lar.
tlgne. LIE Conte Balcary, Burot De la Forest.
These, with the sailors and marines attached TO
the frlgate, foot up 800 souls In all on board
THE PRUssIAN CORVETTE ARCoSA.
Lying short distance astern OF the French
frigate Maacienne Is the Prussan steam corvette
Arcona, whose tapering spires and handsome hull
shore and hundreds travelling up ana down the
North river. Unlike the French officers, many or
tins harbor Since their stay they have been so wen
cared for by friends shore that they wi linger
utmost latitude of Their orders will allow them to-
HER CRUISE.
the Arcona let the harbor Of Klel October 4, 1859,
having Then been III commission about week She
proceeded at once to London, thence 10 Aglers TO
Malta, and was present AT the opening OF tie Suez
Canal, where with representatives Of other coun-
tries the officers OF the corvette received all possible
attention. Alter solourn OF eight days in the
corvette went TO AleXandria, thence back 70 Malta
TO Gibraltar, Madeira ana the West India isands'
Among tho principal poris there visited were 81
Thomas, Port an irince and Curoc0a.
HER APPEARANCE AND ARMAMENT.
the huh Of the rcona indicates conside able speed,
every portion Of the vessel the utmost cleanliness
ana order are Observable The corvette s 30 feet in
Her armament consists Of twentyour guns eleven
OF which are rined, and the remainder smooth
bores The engines are OF the condensing descrp-
ton, with cylinders o. inches In diameter, and a
stroke OF piston OF 80 inches. The nominal power or
generated by four tubular boilers. The vessel is
supplied with steam launch, 40 feet IN length
which Is used In conveying the officers 10 aud from
the snip.
Tie officers OF this corvette are as follows
Cuptdfn-Baron Won Schleiuiz.
Cuptain-Lte LteWeRants-vo Eisenclechcr first on.
cer), Heusner Baron Won Hoen.
LieuteIdnts-Von Buchnottz Dlttmer, Augusiin,
Baron Won AckermaDn.
SaoLteuenants- Ranrow. Junge. Har.og,
sanrsem Yon & FnS yon schoneldt Bischon, Won
CdDtdt,l or Mdrfnes-Schuster.
Docors-Leschke, Hanlsch.
Pfg0ldstef-lIinZe
When the Arcona went into commission she had,
al told Sse officers and men, which numoer has
meanwhile been reduced 10 1868 by death ana other
men have deserted.
THE FRENCH CORVETTE LAToUcHE TREvTrLE
Another OF the men-of-war belonging to the I'M
peral navy, aud part OF It's West India leet IS now
In our bay at Quarantine. She arrived from Port
au Prince on "Wednesday last, but having two or
tnree cases OF yellow fever ON board, she has noe
as yet been permitted to come up TO the city. She
Is commanded by Captain Basset and mounts Tour
guns. The reason why the HERALD reporter did not
board tlis vessel Is obvious.
DELEGATES To CAxADA-Delegates 10 Canada
from British Columbia In connection wlth tne ad-
mission OF ;ha latier INTO the Canadian COnedera-
ton left this city yesterday on their way 10 the
Canadian capital. fney are lions lions ,,L M nennsen,
mission 10 the confederation the conditions only
that the New dominion will assume the floating
dehl M British Columbia and issue bonds immedi-
atcly FOR the construction OF railroad connecting