Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-16
VISIT FROM THE WARRIORS.

The North Atlantic Squadron IN Soutn-
ern Waters-The Corvette IL aht'e
Anchored of Fort JacksOn-Ihe Mon
archs of the sea.
The United states steam corvette an
tic. mention Of the arrival OF which, at
Tvbao was made in Saturdays News,
cam. nm the river in the afternoon and
anchored abreast Of Fort Jackson and viii
remain here about five days. when she will
.,o 10 Charleston. She has been on an
extended cruise in the Gulf Of Mexico.
and has visited the Mosquito coast and
New Orleans, and latterly has been en-
gagged in making surveys and SOundings
i'm the vicinity Of Elbow Key for the pur
pose Of ascertaining and defining
the exact location OF large
submerged rock. which. during
the past year, has been reported dangerous
bv navi.afors. She was accompanied
during a portion of the cruise by the
kearSarge. the Tennessee and the anda-
liza. The Kearsarge left her at I0rtuGs1s
and went 90 MatanZas. Cuba, ana on
Thursday arrived at Charleston IN a nlty-
two hours run from the Cuban port
The Kearsarge Is the vessel when
fought the Alabama during the war II
Will be remembered that she VISITED TINS
mort i'm 49,. and was anchored where enc
Yantic now l.. She Is mucn larger
vessel than the latter, being propeller
frieate Of the third rate. with tonnage
OF 6q5 and 80 displacement. and is in
tended To carry seven guns, two OF which
are eleven inch. two Of nine inch smooth
bore. and one a siXty-pOund rife gun.
The tonnage Of the antic Is 40. She Is,
however. next in size 10 a frigate, and
has steam propeller and carries four
guns.
The steamship Tennessee, commanded
by Admiral Cooper. and accompanied by
the Nandalia. arrived at Port Royal last
Tuesday. where they Will both be supplied
with coal by the ship PaNnee. All OF
these vessels belong 10 the North Atlantic
squadron. and it j expected they Will re-
main in Southern waters about a'week,
If not longer. The Tennessee Is
classed As the only vessel of
the first rate in the American navy. SIC
is a stern propeller Of over three times
more tonnage than the kearsarge and
nearly seven times more tonnage than the
Yantic. and is intended TO carry twenty
two guns. She Is the flagship Of the
squadron. and beside her the
two other vessels just named are
mere dwaTfs in naval architecture.
The Nandalia is a man-Of-war of the
second rate. Her motive power is also
steam applied 10 propeller, and her
T armament CONSISTS Ul eight GUNS luls
vessel has more than double the tonnage
Of the Yantic. and Is nearly One-third
| larger than the Kearsarge, judging by the
comparative tonnage and amount of dis
/ placement Small as the 1antic Is, when
compared with the others, she appears to
! be large vessel. even when seen from
/ the lower portion Of Bay street at her
anchorage about three miles down the
/ river. \ number Of persons IN small
7 boats went down to get a closer view OF
her. She is a handsome vessel Of her class.
Z The following is the list Of her officers, sew
Z eral Of whom visited the city:
Commander Frank Wildes.
Lieutenant W. Z. Gibson.
! Lieutenant L. :. Prime.
| Lieutenant VIM. kilbuTn.
Lieutenant +. +, Greene.
Lieutenant J. c. COlwell.
Ensign II. T. Mayo.
/ Ensign W. =. Benson.
Midshipmen VI. johnson. ". L. Howard.
Chief Engineer W. ID. Smith.
Passed Assistant Surgeon ii. p Har-
I Vev.
Passed Assistant Paymaster {. VI. Ray.
Passed Assistant Engineer {. +. Nagle.
Assistant Engineer G.. ii. t. Babbitt.
Assistant Engineer w ID. Weaver.