Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri musi wa 24 April 1828, uye kuva kaputeni musi wa 28 February 1838. Akapiwa basa rokutungamirira ngarava yainzi frigate parwendo rwayo rwokutanga rwokuGungwa reMediterranean muna 1842. Muna December 1843, Voorhees akabatana naCommodore Daniel Turner's Brazil Squadron vachivharira Montevideo mukuchengetedza kutengeserana kweU.S. munguva ye
Hondo yevagari vomuUruguay.