New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-15
CRUISE OF THE HARTFORD.
THE FAMOUS OLD SHIP NOW PAST CAPE
HORN ON HER WAY TO NETWORK

HORN ON HER WAY To NETWORK.
Washington, April IA (speciaD-Farraguts IA
flagship. the Hartford, unchanged in appear
arce. but vastly improved in engine room and bat
terry. after thirty years naval service. has safely
weathered Cape Horn and is her way up
the Atlantic. bound for New-York. The Navy De
pertinent has just received from her commander
Captain J. NJ. Hawley, the first report since she
left San Francisco January TO- 1t IS dated at
Valparaiso, Chilli. March 6, and shows that the
ships crew, of three hundred landsnen, who will
be assigned to other warships at New-York, have
had all sorts of uncommon experiences When the
Hartford put TO sea from San Francisco and
headed down south into the Pacific, she was load
ed we'll down with fifty of coal on deck over
flow from the bunkers. and vast quantities of stores
In the hold for extraordinary voyage. soon
after dropping the coast the new engines were
started in accordance with the Departments or
ders under full speed but after short time hot
bearings developed. and in a few hours frequent
stops became necessary to cool them off Finding
this state of affairs likely to continue sail was
made to a fair wind and Captain Hawley continued
under canvas until January II, when the fires were
hauled TO enable the engineers force to remedy
defects far possible. Under plain sail for
few days and then with all canvas spread. the
Hartford bore down for the Equator until Pitcairn
Island was reached when steam was raised under
two boilers and for two weeks the Hartford pro-
ceeded with both engine and sail power. Then
the engines stopped. the funnel was lowered
and the fires were hauled. the ship being put I'M
der all sail and headed IN for the coast or Chill
A stop of six hours made at the Island OF
Juan Fernandez made famous by Robinson Crusoe'
where the crew were permitted ashore aIIer De'ng
Valparaiso on March 5, and was received with un-
usual honors by the CHILEAN authorities VINO nave
been rather coolly inclined toward American war
ships since the incident of the Baltimore ana YORK
town. Lying at anchor the Hartford found shlps
whose names were well known IN thiS country anu
regarded with some Difference when the Navy was
far less powerful than now. Ihere were the
Blanco Enealada the Esmeralda-a craft that
would probably have engaged her had they met on
the seas-the Pratt and Cochrane' botn formlda pie
we'll known-in fact nearly all CT ChlL
navy was assembled and Numbered salutes TO the
on the run to Valparaiso every favorable oppor-
tunty used to instruct the landsmen IN the use
and management OF sails sucn as b n3dns aI,d
on several occasions the ship was worKe9 uhuer
sail lacking wearing and boxhauling. After the
arst month they were placed at the weather WheeI'
and steered the ship during the day under the d.
reetion of the quartermaster on watch, and many
of them became expert neifnsmen IN snort uins.
delivered lectures on the life or Admiral tarraguS
and exhibited the stereoptfcon and graphopnone.
tertatned the with a lecture on the battle OF
Manila Bay -
sailing qualities OF the snip: The ship sails Well
but would be much improved IL rugged with fyinS
jib and royals the fore and main She works IN
a bovine. She is slow in lacking, which is due 70
being too deep in the water, making her sluggish
coming up to the wind. Formerly she drew less
water forward by foot and after by about two
The progress that the landsmen on the Hartford
seamen is shown result or an examination
held the cruise, when lag met the reqllre nlents
lev expects TO find the remainder qualified at the
next examination. which he will hold in May