New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-05
MoVEDENES or NAVAL VESSELS
SALE or A WAR REIc-CHANGEs OF OFFICERS AND
SHIPS.

SALE or A WAR REIIC-CHANGES OF OFFICERS AND
SHIPS.
An auction sale took place at the Brooklyn
Maynard yesterday Of 100000 pounds Of old chain,
the trpedo-boat Nudge, captured ut Charcston :. C.,
and quantity Of other condemned articles The Nudge
has occupied conspicuous position In front OF the
Commodorcs quarters for several years It always
traced the attention Of visitors at the nayyy arb from
iis associations and It's peculiar construction IL about
10 feet in length, shaped like donhlepunted cigar and
furnished with engine and propeller 10 intended
10 Gerry can torpedo the end OF running about
90 feet from the Prov IL il known That th, vessel
WAS ever I'm for purposes, but Others
OF the same construction employed by
the Confedcrates. OF which sunk the Run-boat
Iousatonic. Another sent from Charleston % Mo-
bile previous the taking that city the purpose
destroying The monitor Manhattan which played
spicuous part the operations against Mobile and 10
stroyed the Rebel savannah. The officers Of tho
torprdoboat when ordered down the bay destroy The
Manhattan did not refuse to obey their orders, but lnen-
tiouslly disabled the machinery, which speedily
paired and orders again given 10 attack the Man
haitian. agreed that, rather than ri-l their cap
ture by the enemy who thoy assured would hang
them, they would cau-e an explosion 81 the boiler, which
prngame was carried out causing the death Of The
and one other person while ne 'pi1in was taken
the harb0r Of Charleston, drowning al beard. The
began 1t II o'clock ma the Midgr was sold 10
James T. Powers x Co. for e2JO The iron chain br0ugm
il If stated that Rear Admiral John C. Howell who is
ordered 10 relieve Rear Admiral John T. Woniei as com
mandant of the European bret, wall not retain the
soOp-Ofwar Trenton aS his flagship. The quarters CO
his vessel said tO he very uncomortabo II T. aso
asserted that she il lacking ia many qualities possessed
by other vessels OF Older type 10 Il understood that Tho
oi-fashOned steamship Brooklyn VIII be- hued out rs
nagshin II is so stated that The Tennessee Che flag
alp Of the Asatc squadron, when Is ordered to pro-
a. "a Ia san Francisco by November next j. 10 D. TO-
reRed for that station as the agp foi The successor
Of Rear Admiral Reynolfs who rctrcs on Dee 10 on
account Of age. Letters from the officers ~ the Ton.
nossec that that vessel very rotten and the
picated machinery ha, given the engineers department
great deal OF trouble and continuous labor IN
pairing. II Is thought that the Pensacola when has
boon thoroughly repaired at great expense, will proba
isimaIes have been made "a 10 the probable cost OF
ltng ont the steamships Brpoklyn Alaska, and shcnan-
d0ah at this station in anticipation Of the Appropriation
Congress OF the amount asked by the Secretary % the
Navy Tho siOrrsip Guard Will also probably De fitted
out 10 take the feet IN the Mederranean The
Brooklyn be made ready for three years cruise IN
weeks and the other vessels would not require much
more time A large number Of former employees OF tho
NlyyYari throng about the Navy Yard gates day after
dav waiting for work Many OF them are ~ a piiable
condition, with large families aud without sub
s-tonce.
It ruInored that recognition OF the ability and I'm.
tpgrlty Commodore j. W. A. Nicholson. cOmmandnnt
OF this station, he Will soon he made chief OF OF tls
bureaus The officers 0uty 40 the Nay Yard speak IN
the highest terms Of the commodore, aud say they would
regret any change.
The schoolship supply, tender TO the training ship
Minnesota, has been pnt m commission and will soon
tokc d class OF boys the Minnesota for Suminfr
cruise, touching at Madeira aud ports the European
Thc Hartford flagship OF the North Atan,ic squadron
which has recently been cruising among the WinlWad
Islands In the West Indies IA expected at the NayyYard
the latter part OF this month
The Despatch which left Fortress Monroe on wednes-
day for COnsaDlnOpe - specially ordered 90 BE- under
the direction of the American legation at that bort aud
will not be attached 90 the European squadron
The officers OF the National steamship line express
gratitude for the courtesy OF Commodore Nicholson
allowing the steamship Denmark Co occupy tie Navy
Yard dry dock While HAVING her shaft repaired