The New York herald., 1873-07-11
"HOME AGAIN."

Return Of the United States Steam SlooD-
of.Wnr Brooklyn After q Cruise OF
Three Years I'm Europe-Health Good
Oh Board-l-ist OF tho ORccrs and q
"Peanut Story"
At six O'Clock yesterday morning the steam
sloop-ofwar Brooklyn. Of twenty guns, commanded
by Captain Bryson, passed the Sandy Hook Light
after cruise In foreign waters which has lasted
three years, and at nine O'Clock the noble vessel
came to anchor in the stream some distance from
Castle Garden. On the 24th Of August, 1870. the
Brooklyn, which was then commanded by Gap .ain
Guest (since promoted to the rank OF COM
modore, having been placed in commits
sion, LEFT Philadelphia on cruise which
lasted until yesterday morning. The Brooklyn
visited Norfolk, Portsmouth, N. H., and the 18th
of November, 1870, she was moored in the Tagus,
at Lisbon. She then successfully visited Cadiz,
back to Lisbon, where she remained four months,
during the Winter OF 1S70-1S71 and was at Tan0ier
in April 1871, thence to Gibraltar, Cadiz Lisbon,
up north to Isle OF Wight and in June, 1871, was
at Deal, In England. Then came pleasant cruise
to Christiansand, Norway; Cronstadt; Stockholm,
Carlscrona, Sweden; Copenhagen, back to Deal,
England; Plymouth, and south again to Tangier, OH
the African coast; vilefranca, Palermo, Messna,
Naples, Cannes, Hyeres and Toulon. Among
py
Gravesend, Sheerness, Texel Holland Cartha-
gena, spain; Spezzia, where the Brooklyn lay in
dry dock for repairs for four days, December 1928,
1872, and Barcelona. The Brooklyn towed the
storeship Supply to Trieste with phosphorite for
May I, 1873 the Brooklyn received orders for home,
and June took Rear Admiral Alden, who had been
relieved by Admiral Case, on board. Her course
June Ii she left the latter place for ST. Georges
Island, Bermudas, and on yesterday morning early
been very little sickness board of the Brooklyn
during her long cruise, and the vessel Is IN good
and at Southampton-at which place the Prince OF
Wales paid the Brooklyn visit-the officers have
been very courteously treated and have been the
recipients of many civilities In the Summer OF
1872 the Brooklyn was for time the iagship.
Captain Bryson. who Is much esteemed by officers
and men, has been captain OF the Brooklyn. and
has been promoted like his predecessor, to the
rank or commodore: In latitude % 80. longitude
80 10. the Brooklyn, while on her way
brig OF turkish descent" said brig be,
Ing loaded with peanuts from Sierra Leone,
Africa, TO Marseiles, thirty days out. The Turk in
command behaved In a strange manner, and u
boat having put of from the Brooklyn the Turk
captain was dead. The worthy Turk made great
deal OF fuss about the matter, but he DID not even
offer a peanut to the boats crew. The Brooklyn
was launched in 1858, and has an armament OF SIN
teen nine inch Dahlgren guns and two eieven inch
Dahlgren guns on her main deck in battery, and
two 100 pound Parrott guns her spar deck.
Rear Admiral James Alden, who commanded the
Brooklyn when she passed the iortS at New Or
Rear Adnlfrut-James Alden.
Captdta--Andrew BrysOn.
Lieutenant Comnanders-Thomas L. Swami and
William Whitehead
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II. Stockton, Louis Kings
ley, william G. Buck, Henry w. Lyon and ]. v. b.
Blocker.
Masters-Charles r. Brown and Newton E. Ma
son.
E1astgn-Henry 7. Monahan.
Mtdshipmen-Henry w. Schaefer, Alexander
McCracken, Walter s. Holiday william NJ. Wood,
George f. W. Holman Thomas c. Spencer, William
Remsen, Charles G. Vreeand, John s. Abbott, TIM
othy G.. g. Sater, william II. Van de Carr Albert J.
Dabney and William I. ClasOn.
Su1veon--Albert c. Gorgas.
Past Assistant S,n'geon--John B. Ackley.
PdymdSter-Arthur Burtis.
E0gfneers-Chiei, j. O A. Ziegler; First Assist
ait, Robert l., Harris.
Chdptdin-George w. Dorrance.
BOdtslcdfn-Wnl. Long.
G1nner-John Z. Ritter.
CaJpenter-George w. C0nover.
Adnet1dps CieTk--John H. Waite.
Pny11Oste1's Clerk-Roswell g. Feltus.
FIRST Lieutendnt Ndrires-Wm. s. Muse.
Passengers Richard G. Hooker, First
Assistant Engineer John Van Hovenberg, First
Lieutenant Marines Frank ID. webster.
During the cruise many Officers have been trans
,erred from the Brooklyn to other vessels and
some have remained in Europe, while q number
have come home to be examined.