The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-07
RETURN Or THE DhnIEN EXPEDITION.
Arrival of the United States Ship t:mard--An
Well Board.

The United States ship Guard, Of the Darien Ex-
ploring Expedition, arrived OF the Lower Quaran-
tine night before last, and at Ellis Island yesterday
forenoon. She VIII come up 10 tie Navy Yard TINS
morning. The officers of the Guard are Lieutenant
Commander LuIl, commanding; III utenant G. G.
Schulze, Executive Onccr; Lieutenant il. u. Hitch
cock, Navigator; Passed Assistant Paymaster, Frank
Bisseil; Assistant surgeon, Alfred Grlth; Frederick
Collins and Joseph G. Eaton, Masters; John NJ. Haw-
ley and Alfred Elliott, Ensgns Brevet Major George
Porter Houston, Lieulenants VI. 4. Goodrich and 5.
X. Allen OF the United States Marine Corps; G. +.
Neil, Acting Gunner; &. w. simmons Acting Boat
swain; +. NJ. Epley, Captains Clerk ana Theodore
Berry. Paymasters Clerk. The Coast Survey 0ncers
on board areJ. A. Sullivan, Chiei OF the Coast
vey party; A. T. Mosman, H. G. Ogden and II. l..
Marlndin assistants, and l.. Karcher, draughtsman;
civilians E. w. Bowdilch and J. r. Carson MINER.
alogsts; W. II. Clarke, chief teiegrapher, and Cal
win Mcdowell, assistant telegrapher j. II. OSulli-
van, photographer, and w. Bush, assistant photo
grapher. Oficers and crew are in sucn excellent
health as dscredit the traditional ideally eli.
mater OF those parts of the isthmus where they have
for months been engaged I'm toIls more and
exposed 10 greater hardships than can be easily
imagined.
The extensive rec0nnOissances made by the Darien
explorers on The Washington, The Caledonia and the
assardi rivers together with the bold and
iu march to the Chuqunaque) ana those on the Man
dnga and the Nicalagua rivers, flowing into the
Gull OF san Bias have eliminated vast portion of
the isthmus from the difficult problem OF an inter.
oceanic canal. 10 have thus demonstrated The i'm
practcability OF such canal by any OF these routes
Is u work or high scientific value and importance.
Further explorations during the next dry season
may prove more practically successful on other
routes
The Guard got under way from the Gulf OF San
Bias, In tow of the Nipsc, Commander Sellridge,
commanding the Daricn expedition, at $3.50
T..
Boca Giande, at Carthagena twhere she
carried the macheteros and the diminutive
d0nkeys which had done SUCH good service the
isthlnus), at 1850 r. NJ. June l6 That day happen
Ing to be an ecclesiastical festival be laying IN Of
necessary provisions for the hOmeward bound vOy-
age had To be postponed until the following morn
Ing But the Guard got under way at $3.50 r. M. on
the l7th OF June and made splendid run to the San
Antonio, light on the western point OF Cuba, which
was sighted at fifteen minutes past midnight on the
I'D OF June. on the capcs OF the Delaware the
Fourth OF July was celebrated on board the Guard,
the Declaration or Independence being read by Cap
tam lull. an Grafton delivered By Nj. McpQYeil and
a witty poem by Mr. Collins. A Fourth OF July din.
nef followed In due course, and "Darien songsn
were even more gayly sung than they used to be In
camp on the lsthInus. The Gnard made the passage
from Carthagena 10 New York In eighteen days.
II VIII be remembered that the United States sloop
Nipslc, under command OF commander 7. .. Self
flnge, arrived at this port June % nltmO, thus
lowing are the officers OF the Npsic--
CODlntdfdel'-T. q. Sclridgc.
L.elfSonnt--S. Hubbard.
Mdstcl~-,E. AcCornicr.
yns--G. - Davol, J. F. Moser, X. j. Jasper Ne
Miles,
FIRST Assistant E,agi,fer-W William Smtn
Second ASSISTANT Eioiney-L SaiY6f1. =
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t0Ifnth'S tttrA-EJ Casey.