The New York herald., 1874-05-22
OUR EUROPEAN SQUADRON.


OUR EUROPEAN SQUADRON.
The Departure from Key West-The Ex-
tent OF the European Station-List and
Character or the Vcssels-The Flagship
Franklin I'm u Gale-Her Ofcers and
Crew-The Region East or tho ssvexed
Bermudas."
MADEIRA, May 8, 1874
AS the HERALD Informed lis readers at the time,
the vessels o! the European squadron, the Frank
lin, the Alaska, the Congress and the Juniata, left
Key West Tor their station the second week in
April; the Alaska and Juniata on the Sth the Con-
gress on the 9th ana the Franklin, fagshlp. on the
lltn, the bands playing that most appropriate Air
"Get out of the Wilderness as each ship took her
leave OF that 'Key'' to the Gulf the barren sands
OF which are scarcely less inhospltaple than the
akali plains OF the great American Desert, and
the majority OF whose people scarce surpass the
Indians or the plains In civilization
Your readers may not all be aware that the Euro
pean station embraces, besides the entire coast of
Europe, all the Northern and Western coasts OF
Africa as far as st. Paul de Loando, latitude deg
south, together with the four principal groups OF
the East Atlantic Islands, viz. THE Azores, the
Madeiras, the Cape verae and the Canaries.
Admiral Case, commanding the European squad
ron, proposed visiting this Southern wing OF the
received orders to sail tor Fayal, ana the Congre SIS
for Tenerilie touching at Madeira Tor natl on her
way, and thence Gown the coast to Liberia 70 look
freedmen wnom the American Colonization Society
has transported thither SINCE the late war.
THE ALASKA,
whose crew Is an Old one and hence comparatively
ont OF debt, goes direct 10 Gibraltar, aud thence
probably TO to the Northern coast OF Spain to have.
an eye on the Carllsts and their conquering Toes
during the spanish imbrogliO.
THE FLAGSHIP AND CONGRESS
arriVeu-Che former
yesterday ana the latter to-day-all well and IN
good CONDITION, after stormy passage and very
heavy weather most OF the way. Wnen OF Cape
Canavera, On the 18th.
.a s.rso,,,n ., TIE & FRANKLIN oo ,,,., ,oovr
head winds. The seas swept her gun deck lore
and aft, and at one TIME there was more than
the gale increased, the wind having hauled to
southwest, and blowing with such violence as TO
day she ran under double reeiei topsails making
meanwhile from TOUR TO ivc incnes OF water an
hour At latitude az ~ deg n north @ se bore on 10 10
the same Tune ouL OF the gale. The sailing quail
ties oi his noble ship were well tested in this run.
Her bottom was very tOul ai6er lying for months
at Key West. she mad over 700 tons oi coal aboard
besides her other stores and her neav! oattcry.
consisting Of thirty-eignt nine.incn Dangren
guns and four 100 pound Parrots In broad
side, an eleven incn pivot, iour nowitzefs
ner draw oser snh he eet wa0s
Notwithstanding whoa sne dragged ner propeller
without uncoupllng ana made 200 miles ~ twenty
lour hours, her speed at times approaching twelve
knots. This was In a second gaze, IN which she
sprung one OF her yards and lost one OF her quar-
ter boats from the davits where Vt was secured.
Sne proved nerself exceedingly stanch as we'll,
adapting herself to the tortuous VITA ease ana
grace, without so much as q tremor or groan.
hunplng III general easterly direction oetween
latitude - deg. and So deg north, the Franklin
nearly a knot an nour, where sea geographers
generally have Indicated either an absence Of cur
rent or one IN the opposite direction rnis region
EAST OF THE BERMrDAs
Is SO little traversed that although vessels are
constantly sailing around L. IL IS comparatively y
mare i1cOg,ta aud Is sufficiently devoid OF in
terest to warrant Its remaining SO. Not specK
/ OF land not rock or shoal, not porpolse or a
whale, not flying FISH or sea gull, or even SAIL
! to break It's monotony Tor iull 1000 miles Nothing
! but storms and calms, seaweed and currents and
4 lew stormy pc trels, better known among sailors
as 'Morher Carey u cnickeDS,n and called petrels-
water waite but these littis Peters never appear in
/ Danger oi sinking tor lack OF faith and never make
such sorry business OF 1t as did their renowned
prototype.
SOME CHANGES AND TRANSFERS
! were made In the officers Of the Franklin before
list complete:-
Rear Admt,'al-A Ludlow Case, commanding
Captain-S r. Franklin, Fleet Captain and COM
mandlng the Franklin.
COn9nander-Sulnvan d. Ames, ALI to Admiral.
Lieutendnt-Jonn c. Soiey, Fleet Lieutenant.
i Lieutenant Contndnder-George W. Hap ward.
Executive Oficer
| Lieutenant COHTl1nder-G. W. Arment trout, Nav
Lieu,enants-R B. Bradford. Robert NJ. Berry,
T: T. Gilmore, uriel Sebree, W. l.. Field and Thomas
Master-ElIlot j. Arthur.
Aidshipmen-W. Z. HeacocK. William II. Sheutze
Charles w. Deerlng, Gllpcrt Fowler, Thomas B.
Howard, Henry aiorren and Augustus L. Case.
Medical H1spector-Albert l. Gibson
4 Past Assistant Su'geon-F: NJ. Dearborne.
assistant Suype0a---G. Il. II. Harmon.
Pay Iaspector-A. H. Gilman.
1 E1lgtneer-tn- C7fet-Wllllam b. BROOKS.
! Fsrst Assastaaa-James Entwiste.
| SECOND AssaStant-J. ). ogden
| Cuptuin or Marine G,sard-George W. Collier.
Lieutenant OF Marines-John T. Broadhead.
BoctsUant-John McCatrery.
! Gunner-Wiliiam Carter
Carpenter-Josepi Il. Cox.
! Sditn,dEer-koberL l.. Tatem.
Secretary TO COntnldnddnt-Seaton Munroe.
! Clerk TO comma dndant-Benjamin White.
4 CaptGM's CieTh-,J. NJ. Maoney.
PnynldseTs Cterk-J. 7. Fireng.
Fleet Pdy ClerE-F. ]. Raymond.
These, with $50 enlisted men and marine guard
4 OF s5. make up the ships company-nearly 200
4 THE OFFICERS
are remarkable Tor physical development, aver.
7 POUNDS avordupois. Nor would they admit that
their moral and mental qualitles are below their
physical In short, they all believe themselves to
have been very wisely and Judicousy selected by
Commodore Arnmen, CnieI oil the Bureau VI NavI-
! CATION and ONCE OF Detail. with SPECIAL reference
TO their fitness TO represent the great American
( government Ill the flagship Franklin on the Euro
pean station. Be 1t so. since no one thinks well OF
| man who does not think well OF himself.
4
The Ossfpee at Curacao.
The United states steamer Ossipee was at
/ Curacao May 9.
Combinations Of Naval NOmin tions.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May q, 1874.
The Senate in executive session to-day con-
frmed the following nominations
A. McClurg and Ernest Norneet 10 be Assistant
surgeons in the Navy; Assistant Engineer David
/ NJ. fumer 10 ee q Passed Assistant Engineer IN
the Navy; First Lieutenant Joseph X. Hyer to be
! Captain and second Lieutenant Charles B. Hinton
/ to be Eirat Lieutenant.