The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-20
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

] Arrival Of tho United States ship Delaware
| The United States nagship Delaware, twenty
three guns, bearing The flag OF Rear Admiral :.
Rowan, United States Navy, late in command OF TN
United States Asiatic neet, sailed from Hong koni
| for Singapore June Is, and was relieved ut ina
place, August TO- by the nagship Colorado, bearing
/ the nag OF Rear Admiral John Rodgers. August ~
/ left from Singapore; passed AnJier loiht' Java
August II, ana September 20 arrived VI cape Io"n
| South Africa, having made the passage from oinsa
pore to Cape Town in thrty-iour days. tne qucAcs'
! time on record as performed Ny h'au."i"a d
nwenty.nine days from AnjIer). She sailed from
! cane Town October A. arrived at St Helena October
| IL. sailed thence on the 14th and arrived al New
! York Yesterday morning, after passage OF eighty
folr DAYS rom Auier POINT and fortysiI days rom
Cape Town. The following is the report OF the
weather eyper1enccd:-.
sailed from Anjier August 81. Fell IN with south
trades August 70 ana kept them lresh uht sept
To- losing them In latitude 20 IS south, Longitude
90 81 east Until Sept. 20 had variable winds, on
which day encountered gaze, commencing At east
by south and shifting round to northeast blowing
for wenty-lour hours, at the end OF which time the
wind shifted In squalls TO southwark and westward
and blew gale from That direction Tor twenty lour
rough; range OF the barometer between 30. 10 and
3o.52 rising, with The wind from southwark TO west
ward. From the 2lst until arrival 1T Cape Town,
pleasant weather. From Cape Town carried the
southeast trades az far az 647 north after which had
variable Winds until arrival. All wen. Sept -,
latitude % VI SOUTH longitude so IS east spoke the
English ship Boutwell, Castle forty-nine days nom
Singapore, hound to Liverpool sept. %, latitude
81 south, longitude % IS east spoke the English
ship Carnatic, tyiour days out bound to Llaney;
also exchanged Numbers with the Engnsn Dark
Nicholas. Nov. g. latitude 10 10 NORTH longitude
Sc SO west spoke the English brig chesapeake,
eighteen days out nom Baltimore, pouha 70
Demarara.
The Delaware left New York December 10, 1907.
for the China station, and has now been over three
years In commission.
Annexed IL list Of officers
admiral ana Stor--Rcar Admiral 9. G. Rowan
Commander in Chief; Commander, r. A. Roe, Chief
Of Staff; Ii. II. Robson, Flag Lieutenant Comman-
der; A. NJ stewart, Secretary; w. g. Burtis Clerk TO
Chief OF stan.
Conn.ander--Earl English, commanding
Lieutenant COn.lad7derS-C. M. SchoonmaKer, o.
A. Bachelor, r. ID. Evans, Francis Morris. q. i.
Schmtz.
Lfeutennnt-R. B. Bradford.
:, Ens,gns-F. NJ. symonds, =. s, Jacob, A; A. Boyd,
Alfred Force, W. II. Reeder
SnrgeO1-R. 4. Maccoun.
CHEZ Ea0ineey-S u. Hilbert,
I'GynlasteT--A. ii. Gilman.
Chdptatn--E @. Bittinger.
Assistant StJ-geo71-Adam Trau.
Second Lieuten o1at or Martnes--J. c. Morgan.
FIRST assistant Eagaaeer-R. ii. Gunnel.
Second Assistant Lngineers-W. ii. Harris, j. II.
Bingham.
C0ptain's Cle7-1-H. 3. Whitehorne.
FoyDtdste,'s Clerks. G. Spalding n. II. Jar.
man.
B0dtsirdfn-J McCafIery.
GuaHer-George SiJan.
CdTpcnfer-J. Il. Cox.
sal Hiahey-D. q. BrayfOn.
masters Adte--John Wyckof1.