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CDR J P Bankhead, USS Wyoming, writes SECNAV Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope "I have the honor to inform the Department that the Wyoming arrived at this port on the 25th of July, twenty-two days from Rio de Janeiro; all well. The engines and boilers have required considerable repairs, the boilers leaking badly and condensers out of order. All repairs have been now completed, and I will leave this on the 13th instant, weather permitting, on my voyage to the eastward, touching at Mauritius and such other ports to the north as will be likely to furnish me any news of the Shenandoah's movements, or any other rebel vessels that may still be afloat. The naval authorities here have been particularly civil, offering every facility for repairs, etc., which the place offers. The Iroquois arrived here on the 8th instant from Java, and I avail myself of the opportunity offered by her to send home four men, condemned by survey as unfit for service. I have heard nothing of the Wachusett since my last report to the Department, from Rio. It is my opinion, however, that she has gone, by having obtained supplies in the river La Plata.
    Commander Rodgers brings no news of the Shenandoah.
    The health of the officers and men is good, and duty performed in a satisfactory manner."