New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-14
NEW ORLEANS SATURDAY, AUGUST a. 1875
Cruise of Admiral Worden.

Rear Admiral John L. Wordep, with the
Franklin for flagship, and the Alaska and
Juniata, has been making an extended
cruise in European waters. A letter from
Cronstadt in the New York Times details
the events from May II. On that day the
squadron left VIllafranca to take part in the
celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday at
Gibraltar, now governed by Sir E. Williams,
the defender of Kars, in which the Twenty
third or Royal Welsh Fuselers and the reg
mental goat took part
June 8 the squadron arrived at the Elbe,
and all but the Hartford proceeded to Ber
lin. The average Barliner is stated if his
parents shared the fate of Lots wife, to be
capable of charging SIX prices for enough of
his mother to season his soup This is
rather discourteous in consideration that
the officers, besides being entertained by
Minister Davis, were escorted to POtsdam
and received with all honors by the Crown
Prince, in the absence of the Emperor.
Potsdam and Sans SOuci were inspect
ed, the centennial talked about, all were
delighted, and then the Admiral went to
Kiel to see the German iron clads.
The fort tications are now said to have
been made formidable, though during the
war they were rather quakerish-beef kegs
in the water instead of torpedoes, for in
stance. Perhaps this statement may bt
taken with grain of Berliner's mother
The first Sohlesw g-Holstein musical fes
tival occurred at this time, and the Admira
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| speech eulogistic of American Germans
which was received with enthusiasm. Th'
fourth of July salute was fred on the fftl
amid the beautiful islands that shut Of
Kiel from the sea, and the same day the,
arrived at WaXhOlm, twelve miles below
Stockholm. The American minister brough
down an invitation from King Oscar, VIII
postponed his visit to Russia to give it. S
they were well entertained there.
Cronstadt was reached July -, and tn,
American vessels took part in naval re
view in the central column, as "heavies,
on the seventeenth. The Grand Duke Cor
stantine received the officers, and pointing
to his long rows of monitors, said to Ad
miral Worden: You are here, Admiral
among the children of your gallant deed
it is only right that you should take tn
first places" and in the evening the frs
toast was "the President" The sights c
st. Petersburg-St Isaacs, Kazan CATH
dral, the Hermitage, the Winter Palac,
the fortress of st, Petersburg, church an
castle in one, with the tombs Of the Gear
Peters little hut, and all-were seen wit
railroad speed, and departure was take
TO KrasnOe S II to see a review. The Kin
of Sweden reviewed the troops, CircassiaI
and Cossacks included, and the maneuve
ing is described as simpl perfect,
| The naval review that took place on tt
+ seventeenth was most imposing displa.
! fifty ships in line thai extended two mil,
' and half in treble columns, and the moi
of the cannonade aud cheering when Il
Emperor's standard was hauled down an
= the blue and yellow of Sweden substitute
was terrific. OF course more entertai
ments followed, and descriptions of d
: Emperor, Duke Constantine, General To
\ leben and others finish the letter. T
. squadron left Cronstadt July 20, to tou
at Copenhagen, Flushing aud Plymout
and return to the Mediterranean.