The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-09

Three Years. Cruise OF the United States
Steamer st. Marys In the Paci6c-Thc
Old Ship at Australia.

Three Years Cruise OF the United States
steamer st. Marys In the PaciHc-Thc
Old Ship at Australia.
UNITED STATES STEAMER ST. MARYsl
HAMPTON ROADS, Va, June 0. 1873. !
The United States steamer st. Marys, third rate,
as previously announced by telegraph, arrived at
Hampton Roads, Va, nom San Francisco,
Cal June 8, 1879, touching at Valparaiso,
Chile and Barbados and St. Thomas, West
Indies. eleven and half days from the lastnamed
port. The st. Marys has been in commission three
years and four months, and was recently attached
to the Pacific feet. where she has been most &C
lively employed, visiting all the principal ports on
the western coasts of North and South America,
the islands oil the South Sea, including Australia
and New Zealand, and has sailed over sixty-nve
thousand miles. During this extended cruise of
ing among the coral reels and treacherous
currents OF the Pacific, there was not
sell and but two deaths, and those from natural IA
causes. This staunch old craft is as good and
strong as the day she was built at the Washington
Navy Yard in 1874, nearly thirty years ago. She
may wei be termed the "Last OF the mohcans'-
the last Of the old sailing navy-vessels that made
smart seamen, and in the days when stout canvas
their sole reliance TO get In and out OF port
claw of lee shore or work through the bette NOR
OF a sailors lile-the doldrums.n The st. Marys
has ever been favorite vessel with Jack; she has
well earned her reputation as lucky vessel A
has never been excelled. While in Fitzroy Dock,
at sydney, Australia, her perfect model and
beautiful lines were the theme OF ad-
mirati0n and commentator from those who
had any taste Tor marine architecture.
The St Marys is well known in all the Pacific ports
having been on the station for upwards OF eighteen
years without returning to an Atlantic port.
Few vessels have done the state such good SER
vice, and, although it is only conjectural as to the
Interior views tnat the Navy Department may have
in regard TO this vessel venture to say that there
Is not an officer or man on board who would not
grove TO see her sold or broken mp. When getting
under weigh from very difficult anchorage at
Calao, Peru having several vessels close TO MS,
and the success OF the manGuvre depending
entirely upon rapid working, no one doubted her
capabilities, and, as she cleared both vessels with
ease, not losing inch in sternboard and quickly
gathering Roadway. one veteran and enthusiastic
old tar dashng his horny fists together, said, II
tell you, boys, the OLD lady viii 40 everything but
talk"
The following is list OF her oficers:-
Cdptdih-T. g. Harris, commanding.
officers, f. ID. F. Heald, navigator and II. II. Barnes.
Adsiers-C. +. Norton. II. +. Niles, j. d. Hobson.
iSiUUoOH-G. >. Beardscy.
Assistant SUrqe0h-A. NJ. owen.
Past assistant P0UTaaSter-H. I. Stancin.
MGtes-r. w. Bcnham, X, T. Lawless, {. Z. Has
sebacher.
Cnpdaa's Clerk--B. O'Brien.
T'dVyndseT's CIerE-F. S. Aylwin.
BodtSlrdfn-J. CoghlaQ.
GnaRer-W. c. seymour.
CdrDenter--H. r. Phbrick.
Soti8,dkeT-G T. Douglass.