National Republican., 1877-02-21
OBITUARY.
Rear Admiral Goidsborough.


Admiral Goldsborough Is the sixth Admiral
who has died within the past Ave weeks. The fol-
lowing sRetch of the life Of this eminent naval
commander may not prove unIntercstlng;
Admiral Goldsborough was born in this city,
February Is, 1905, and in December, 1919, when
less than eight years Of age, an antodatod mid.
shpmnn's warrant was given to him, accompa.
MED by the condition, "You are not to receive
any pay or emolument until you report yourself
to this department tor actual service.r July,
1915, ne was given his first orders into service,
which were to i9Lp the Indegcndence, z, under
the Mediterranean, as tho flagship Of Commo-
and while she was at Gibraltar on her way home,
he was transferred TO tho frigato tuerrierc, in
Ths ss sP ss hS
to Join the Franklin, once more tho flagship Of
Commodore stewart but now bound to.tao paelnc;;
her cruise. She returned in the fall OF 1874 ator
en- absence Of upwards Of three years.
In ISIS he obtained permission from the De-
partment to avail himself OF the schools Of Paris
at his own expense, with view Of prosecuting
his studies , @ IN ,he French Iangnage anu IN the
In is2i, having received orders from the De.
renal rent Ing on board the North CAROLINA, Il no
Command s ff Of EcStenant IAN Co@mahdSnt Benjamin. %
sRTS t6 P9SS
frequent occurrence, so that no merchant YES
al safety yentsfs out q the Island Of Malta VI" in
lively employed in afordins convoy from and to
Malta and Smyrna. Vessels OF war OF other ma.
| q general understanding existed that each would
give protection to any merchantmen that might
ask IT, regardless OF nationality, as the whole CIV
iliI d world pronounced pirates as enemies Of the
In is2T the Porpot,e len Smyrna for Malta.
merchant vessels, i've Of which were imericaa,
| and while becalmed In the Doro passage At night
one Of the convoy an Enslish vessel s called the
rom the Islands Of kndIos and Nogropont for
@ eacb irTunsed to rSi some &c ioPty or nIty oars,
| The Comet, owing 10 the calm, was at some dis
.eis tSe convoy perhaps I @ couple % OF 'Hn miles
| but in the IN DIST Of noise and confu.
parting all they knew. Although tho firing Of
| Comet had attracted anxious attention on board
the porpose and pnt AL on the 9Gi rirs, yet up
tho sin al baSn mS s,s,snsY aGnsIG S .ne
| although efforts with the sweeps were being
made TO approach the Comet. 1t was soon
| found, however, that the mysticOcs were towing
the Comet faster away from tho Porpose than
the latter vessel could he moved by the agency
S,ernnti9e 10 recover the Uomct. Tie boat " Of ths
| Porpolsc were now resorted to. They were prompt.
prepared 10 ass@ii The pirates and all Of them
| All told, they were manned by some forty officers
and men, nor could they possibly accommodate
| more. The pirates numbered nt least two hun.
dred. Despite, however OF this disparity, the
Comet was boarded without hesitation, the pi.
rates driven from the deck and the vessel was
theirs, fuily recovered. In the struggle from
eighty 70 ninety ofthe pirates were either killed
The ward room steward Of the Porpolsc, a mu.
latto of Herculesn strength, was one OF the expe-
dition, and killed with his own hand no less than
eleven ofthe pirates; while the chief Of the horde,
with several Of his men, was dispatched by the
| pistol Of Lieut.. John A. Carr, OF Virginia, gal.
isnt , Sticer, long since dead. These pirates, at
vessel, unprotected by convoy, could venture to
thread It's course among tho Islands Of the Grecl;
they that ut one time they succeeded In capturing
an Austrian ten. gun man-ol-war brig Our mer-
tions, for they attacked indiscrlminately vessels
oieyery Iation except their own; In such state
of affairs, sound thrashing, Ike that admins.
little company could hardly fail Of good effect.
In 1890 Goldsoorougn returned to the United
States In the Delaware, Commsdore Crane as one
OF her lieutenants. and shortly Afterwards he
brought to the notice Of tho Department the de-
ieetiyensss Of the implements Of navigation,
generally furnished to our ships by the process oi
requisitions upon navy agents, and urged as q
Instruments, in order that every article might be
thoroughly examined and tested before 1t was Is.
!
ported by the Navy Commissioners, and in q Iii.
Tie while the depot was under way, with Colds.
borough in charge of This, as the whole navy
tory; and 1t also knows that from the time the de-
pot Of charts and instruments went into effect to
the present day, our yessels-0fwar have been sup
piled with very much better instruments Of nayi.
gation, and at much less cost than they were pre-
In is3p, GoldsborOugh was detailed by the
Navy Department Commodore Chaunoey, then
acting as secretary as the executive oicer Of tho
friga,e United States, intended for the coasts OF
Brazil and La Plata but this vessel after pro.
ceedlng from Boston 10 New York and thence to
MST%k T2s , oGhd 70 ee M S%ary SsSSyGd
the irigate Potomac was substituted In her place,
TO which vessel all the officers and crew Of the
| States were at once transferred.
Shortly after the arrival Of the Potomac on the
coast Of Brazil, q vacancy happened in the com.
the senior lieutenant Of the squadron, was ap
| pointed to NIL II, and remained in command OF
This vessel for some eighteen months or more oi
until after he had been appointed commander
About this time Commodore Morris arrived tC
take command Of the Brazil squadron, and va
war Marion, he appointed Goldsborough to MI
u, or transferred him from the command Of the
Enterprise to the command OF her. while com com
nlalck Adhel, for committing plratIca dcpreda
tOns, and the vessel was sent to the United
States and condemned by our courts.
lin lsI2, he returned 10 the United States Will
the Marion.
yard at Portsmouth, N. H., as It's executive OF
lccr.
In 1915, war existing with Mexico, he apple I,
be employed, and was appointed executive Office
OF the Ohio. commanded by Capt. Stringh N
and Nas pr; sent on board that ship at the tall
Vera Cruz, and subsequently commanded q larg,
detachment Of her olhcers and crew at the attaci
and capture Of Tuspan. lie was detached from
| the Ohio on her return to New York, In 1877, tn,
ship being then Intended for the Pacific station
| and not TO have q higher grade of officer thar
lieutenant to discharge the executive duties.
| In lsIS he was appointed to command thu
| ! Naval Rendezvous ut Baltimore, and after com
mading there few months, was ordered, in lSh
| by the Department as the senior naval officer o
Joint commission, composed Of three army an
Oregon with view OF ascertaining and reporting
upon the advantages they might possess 70
1 military and naval purposes, the proper situa
tions Tor fOTtihcatiOns, dock. yards, lighthouse
A | &c. In 1851, he returned from this scryc
to Washington, and in 1852 he was ordered I
command the Cumberland and the Nag ships q
: Commodore Stringham departed for the Med
: , mand ior some time, the commander Of the Ii
want, one Of the vessels Of the squadron, died an
ne (Goldsboroughlt was ordered to comman
, that vessel, and while on board OF her at Cor
stantinoplc he received orders to return to ii,
= United States to take command Of the Naya
. Academy and accordingly did 80 return III OctC
= Der, lsi3,isnd In the following month, (Noyen
. berl took command Of that estabishment, an
9 continued as Its ssuperlntendent unth September
1857, or nearly four years In the iall OF 1857 h
| was detailed as one of the Board Of Revision
, cases which had arisen under the tirst law
Congress, touching officers to be placed on q r,
T. tired or reserved list, and subsequently as tn
I head oil q board to revise and rewrte the books
/; ordinance instruction.
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