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THE U. S. SLooP OF WAR PREBLE.-The editor
Of the Boston Post has received letter. giving some
of the particulars Of the sickness of the crew. which
he states in the following paragraph;


The sailing master of the Prebe, William A. Hen
~, and midshipman Smith. of Salem, had died Capt.
Freeland had been very low, but was recovering.
Lieut.. Miller had left in the Erie for the United
States. Lieut.. NJ was on the sick list Passed mid
shipman Fox was appointed sailing master in place
of Henry, deceased. One hundred of the crew were
sick and on shore-sixteen had died. The Preble
went last fall during the sckly season, to Bssau, on
the coast of Africa 10 relieve the inhabitants from an
attack made on that place by the negroes The off,
and crew of the Preble mostly northern men
as are all or nearly all those who have hitherto been
ordered the coast of Africa by the former Secrea
res of the Navy and hence the fatal illness which
prostrates so many. The cruise Of the Preble wa:
considered up The physicians recommended
strongly that her should again, in their pre-
sent feeble state of health, be ordered to the coast