ate in the survey of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. She proceeded to Ventosa Bay, touching at Acapulco; and, having completed the surveying duty ordered, sailed for San Francisco; arrived at San Francisco June 15 and proceeded to the navy-yard, and was put out of commission September 20.

The Nyack sailed from Callao, November 14, 1870, for San Francisco, touching at Honolulu on the passage. She arrived at San Francisco February 24, 1871, and, proceeding to the navy-yard, was put out of commission March 15.

The Saginaw, after completing the duty ordered in connection with Midway Islands, was lost on Ocean Island, on the night of the 29th of October, 1870. Her officers and crew were taken to Honolulu in a Hawaiian government steamer, and from there were sent to San Fran

cisco.

The Jamestown arrived at Callao from Tahiti January 17, and was for some time employed in repairing, having to go on dock. She left Callao in tow of the Ossipee February 23, with orders to co-operate in the survey of the Isthmus of Darien. She arrived at Panama March 16, and her orders having been changed sailed from that port on the 22ɗ for Valparaiso. She arrived at Valparaiso May 19, and sailed on June 3 for Honolulu and San Francisco, with orders to survey and report on certain rocks and shoals in the North Pacific; arrived at Honolulu August 9, and sailed on the 21st for San Francisco, having completed as nearly as possible the duty assigned her; arrived at San Francisco, September 16, and, proceeding to the navy-yard, was put out of commission October 7.

The California sailed from New York, March 13, for San Francisco, to become the flag-ship of the Pacific fleet, and arrived July 30, having touched at Callao, Peru. She proceeded to Mare Island navy-yard to refit after the passage. Orders having been given her to proceed to the Hawaiian Island, thence to Tahiti, Valparaiso, the principal ports along the coast to Panama, and San Francisco.

The Narragansett sailed from New York, March 26, for San Francisco, and having touched at Rio de Janerio, Valparaiso, and Callao, arrived September 17, and proceeded to the navy-yard to report as one of the Pacific fleet. She has been ordered to the Hawaiian Islands.

The Pensacola was put in commission October 14. Orders have been given her to proceed to Panama.

The Ossipee arrived at Callao from San Francisco February 20, and became the flag-ship of the South squadron. She has been generally in Callao, but has visited Panama, Payta, Guayaquil, and other ports in the northern portion of that squadron.

The Mohican arrived at Callao from Panama November 11, 1870, and became temporary flag-ship of the South squadron; sailed in December for Guayaquil, and returning to Callao received orders to proceed to San Francisco, touching at the principal ports of Central America and Mexico; arrived at San Francisco, having performed this duty, August 2, and procceded to Mare Island navy-yard for repairs and stores. She left San Francisco October 16 for Panama.

The St. Mary's sailed from San Francisco October 7, 1870, for Honolalu, with orders to cruise among the islands, and proceed to Talcahuano, Chile; arrived at Talcahuano early in March, 1871, and proceeded to Callao, touching at Valparaiso and other ports on the passage; sailed from Callao June 10, with orders to visit the Marquesas, Feejee, Phoenix, Tonga, and Navigator's group of islands, ports of Australia and New Zealand, and return to Talcahuano, Chile. She arrived at the Marquesas June

30; sailed July 8, and reached Papeeti, Tahiti, July 15. At this latter place, as well as the Marquesas, the case of the mutiny on board the American bark Roman was brought to the attention of the governor of the islands, with a view to the arrest of the mutineers. The St. Mary's left Tahiti July 25, in continuation of her cruise, and should arrive on the south coast in February or March, 1872.

The Resaca arrived at Valparaiso November 24, from an extended cruise among the islands of the South Pacific, and sailed soon after for Callao to refit. She was detached in January to co-operate in the survey of the Isthmus of Darien, and was stationed at San Miguel Bay. Having completed this duty, she returned to Panama June 4, and sailed from that port July 16, for Callao, touching at Guayaquil on the passage.

The Onward has been stationed permanently at Callao, as store-ship of the south squadron.

Every port of any importance, embraced in the limits of the fleet, has been visited at least once during the year, and in many cases more frequently.

EUROPEAN FLEET.

Rear-Admiral Charles S. Boggs relieved Rear-Admiral O. S. Glisson of the command of the European fleet at Villefranche January 28. Rear-Admiral Boggs will soon be succeeded by Rear-Admiral James Alden, who sailed from New York November 17.

A squadron of this fleet in the Mediterranean has been, until September last, under the command of Commodore J. R. M. Mullany, who recently returned in the Richmond.

The following is an exhibit of the movements of the several vessels of the fleet:

The Franklin, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Glisson, sailed from Lisbon November 18, and arrived at Villefranche November 25, 1870, visited Naples, and returned to Villefranche in January. March 17, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Boggs, she again left Villefranche, touched at Naples and Spezzia, and returned in April. April 20 she sailed from Villefranche; arrived at Lisbon April 29; left there May 24 for England and the Baltic; reached Gravesend June 5, and Copenhagen June 30. July 9, sailed from the latter port for Christiania; left Christiania July 15, and arrived off Deal, England, July 20; visited Southampton and Ryde, and sailed August 6 for the Mediterranean, touched at Lisbon, and reached Villefranche August 19. From Villefranche she proceeded to Spezzia, arriving there August 24. She remained at Spezzia until September 16, and returned to Villefranche, where Rear-Admiral Boggs, on the 21st September, transferred his flag to the Plymouth and ordered the Richmond home. She left Villefranche September 23, arrived at Boston October 31, and has gone out of commission.

The Richmond, from November, 1870, to February 24, 1871, was stationed at Marseilles, with the exception of short visits to Villefranche and Leghorn. At the date last mentioned she was sent to Barcelona, from which she returned to Villefranche March 13. In April she made a short cruise-visited Naples, Malta, Spezzia, and Palermo, and returned to Villefranche in June. July 29 she proceeded to Tunis; thence to Malta, Messina, and Naples, and back to Villefranche. She left Villefranche August 8; proceeded to Spezzia, and from there to Malaga and Gibraltar, and returned to Spezzia August 30, where she remained until September 14, leaving there on that day for Philadelphia, via Gibraltar and Madeira. She arrived at Philadelphia November 1, and went out of commission November 8.

The Brooklyn arrived at Lisbon from the United States November 17, remained there a few days, and went to Cadiz. She returned to LisDon December 31; continued there under repairs January, February, ad March. April 5 she sailed for Tangiers; touched at Gibraltar and Cadiz while absent, and returned to Lisbon May 3. She left the lastbamed port May 24 for the English coast and a cruise in the Baltic; rrived at the Isle of Wight June 13; sailed June 24, and reached Christiania June 29. She remained at Christiania until July 1; visited Copenhagen, Cronstadt, Stockholm, Carlskrona, and arrived at Plyouth September 6; whence she proceeded to Villefranche, ria Tangiers, and was made flag-ship September 26.

The Shenandoah, in November, 1870, was sent from Lisbon to Havre, arriving at the latter port November 23. She was stationed there until March 13, when she was relieved by the Juniata, and went over to Southampton. She left Southampton March 23, touched at Lisbon and Gibraltar, and reached Nice June 5. Late in June she was sent to Mersine, in Asia Minor, and returning visited Jaffa, Alexandria, Messina, Naples, and Spezzia; October 31 was at Villefranche.

The Guerriere sailed from New York December 17, reported at Lisbon January 5, left there January 19, and was stationed at Marseilles from February 15 to March 14. She left Villefranche March 21 for an extended cruise in the east, in the course of which she visited Palermo, Valetta, Malta, Beyroot, Tripoli, (Syria,) Cyprus, Rhodes, Port Said, Alexandria, Patmos, Smyrna, Canea in Crete, Piræus, and Naples. On the passage from Naples to Leghorn she struck on Vado Shoals, and sustained such injury as to require her to be docked and repaired at Spezzia. She has been ordered to await her relief, the Congress, at Cadiz, from which port she will return home.

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The Plymouth left the English coast in November, 1870, touched at Lisbon and Gibraltar, and arrived at Villefranche December 21. sailed from Villefranche February 13, for Bordeaux, touched at Gibral tar and Lisbon, and arrived March 15; left Bordeaux March 25, for Havre, put into Brest, where she was detained until May 9, and proceeded thence to the English coast. In May, June, and July she visited in succession, Flushing, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, and Glückstadt, and returned to Downs July 30. August 6 she left the English coast for the Mediterranean, touched at Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Villefranche, and reached Spezzia August 24. She remained at Spezzia until September 16, and then went to Villefranche, where, on the 21st of September, Rear-Admiral Boggs made her his flag-ship; is making a cruise on the coast of Italy, to return to Villefranche about the 10th of December.

The Juniata having been relieved at Havre by the Shenandoah, in November, 1870, proceeded to Lisbon, thence to Cadiz and Villefranche, arriving at the last-named place January 21. During February, March, and April she visited Tunis, Palermo, Naples, Civita Vecchia, and LegLorn, returning to Villefranche in April; from the 7th to the 18th of April was at Marseilles. In May she accompanied the flag-ship to England, visited Plymouth and Gravesend, and arrived at Copenhagen June 30; left Copenhagen July 8; arrived at Christiania the following day sailed July 15; touched at Ternensen and Antwerp, and arrived at Ryde, Isle of Wight, July 29. August 4 she left Ryde; was at Antwerp from August 7 to September 16, at Cowes September 18 to September 21, and sailed on date last mentioned for Malaga, but, encountering heavy weather, put into Ferrol September 30.

The Saco, on being relieved at Marseilles in December, proceeded to Malaga, where she remained during January and February. She left

Malaga March 3, arrived at Lisbon March 12, and at Bordeaux April 1. From Bordeaux she proceeded, via Lisbon, to the coast of Spain, and in May and June was visiting Alicante, Tarragona, Barcelona; also Marseilles and Nice. July 4, she left Leghorn to visit Algiers, Tunis, Malta, Messina, Palermo, Naples, Spezzia, and Genoa, to return at the termination of this cruise to Marseilles. Orders have been sent out for the Saco to join the Asiatic fleet, proceeding to that station by the Suez Canal. She was at Villefranche November 1.

The Wachusett was commissioned at New York June 1, from which port she sailed June 8 for Norfolk; thence, August 2, for the Mediterranean. She arrived at Lisbon August 31, left there September 21 for Tangier, Gibraltar, and Malaga, and reported at Villefranche October 7; was cruising, at last dates, on the coasts of Italy and Sicily.

The Wabash, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral James Alden, was commissioned at Boston October 24, and his flag was hoisted on board November 1. She sailed from Boston, for New York, November 8, arrived at the latter port November 14, and took her final departure therefrom for her station November 17.

ASIATIC FLEET.

Rear-Admiral John Rodgers commanding.

In the fall of 1870, while the flag-ship Colorado was lying at Wusung, below Shanghai, the commander of the fleet visited Peking and had a conference with Minister Low in relation to the proposed expedi tion to Corea for the purpose of establishing a treaty with that country for the protection of our shipwrecked seamen. He returned November 29, and the flag-ship left Wusung for Japan December 22, where she remained until February 3, having visited Nagasaki and Kobe, and arrived at Hong-Kong February 8. While here the commander-in-chief made a brief visit to Canton in the Palos. March 11 the Colorado sailed from Hong-Kong, touched at Manila and Amoy, and arrived at Wusung April 5. Mr. Low, United States minister to China, was received on board at Wusung for conveyance to Corea; and the Colorado left that port May 8, and arrived at Nagasaki May 12, where the other vessels to compose the Corean expedition, the Alaska, Monocacy, Benicia, and Palos, were assembled. The Colorado, with the other vessels named, sailed from Nagasaki May 16, reached the Corean coast May 19, and Boisee Anchorage May 30. After the engagements of June 1, 10, and 11, as noted elsewhere, the expedition left Boisee Anchorage July 3, and reached Chefoo, China, July 5, on which latter date Mr. Low landed from the Colorado. August 16 the Colorado arrived at Kofe, Japan, eight days from Chefoo, and when last heard from, September 22, was at Yokohama.

The Benicia returned to Japan in November, 1870, from a satisfactory visit to Teng-chau-fu, to which place she had restored the American missionaries who had fled on account of the Tien-tsin massacres. February 20 she was relieved by the Alaska at Yokohama, and proceeded to Hakodadi February 27, returned to Yokohama April 9, and in May joined the Colorado at Nagasaki and participated in the Corean expedition, after which she went to Chefoo, remained there until September, at which time she was under orders to proceed to Shanghai, ascend the Yang-tse as far as Hankow, and visit all intermediate ports.

The Alaska, in October, 1870, proceeded up the Yang-tse-Kiang to Hankow, remained there several days, and, in returning to Wusung,

visited thể treaty ports along the river. American interests along the ver are, perhaps, greater than elsewhere in China. The authorities were much impressed with the presence of so large a war vessel at ChinKiang. She remained at Wusung from November 24 to December 23, ade a surveying cruise up the Yang-tse, visited Ningpo and Foo-Chow, returned to Shanghai, and then proceeded to Yokohama and relieved he Benicia February 20. Sentiments of warm friendship were expressed toward our Government and people by the Chinese at Ningpo and FooChow. In March she conveyed Mr. DeLong, minister to Japan, to Yokoska, to attend the official opening of the public docks, and to Osaka and Kobe in April. She joined the Colorado at Nagasaki in May and participated in the Corean expedition, returned to Chefoo, visited Teng-chau-fu in July, and sailed August 8 from Chefoo for Nagasaki.

The Ashuelot wintered at Tien-tsin, on the Peiho River, and arrived at Shanghai April 28, where she was put under repairs, (after four years' continuous service,) and expected to be again ready for service about the 1st of September. She is under orders to Foo-Chow.

The Monocacy, having undergone extensive repairs at Shanghai, was in ready for service March 23. She was engaged in conducting cerain surveys at the mouth of the Yang-tse until April, and then proeded to Nagasaki, (the rendezvous for the vessels to compose the Corean expedition.) She participated in the expedition, and in Septemer resumed the survey of the Yang-tse.

The Palos conveyed the commander-in-chief of the fleet to Canton in March, and was stationed in the vicinity of Hong-Kong during the inter and spring. In April she proceeded to Wusung, touching at Swatow on the way up the coast. She left Wusung May 8, for Nagasaki, * company with the flag-ship, participated in the expedition to Corea, nd subsequently visited Shanghai, Cheefoo, and New Chwang; exjøeted to remain at the latter port until about 1st of November. The store-ship Idaho has been stationed at Yokohama during the year.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Tennessee was commissioned at New York January 5, and fitted p for the purpose of conveying the commissioners appointed to visit San Domingo in accordance with the resolution of Congress approved January 12, 1871. She sailed from New York January 18, and arrived t Samana Bay January 25; visited San Domingo City, Azua Bay, Port au Prince, Kingston, and Key West; landed the commissioners at Charleston March 26, arrived at New York April 1, and was put out of ommission April 18.

The Congress, which returned to Boston from the North Atlantic fleet May 29, was detailed to transport stores to Greenland for the expedi on to the north pole. She left Boston July 15, arrived at New York July 18, took on board coal and other supplies which the Polaris could Tot carry, and sailed for Greenland July 25. She touched at St. John, Newfoundland, and reached Godhaven August 10; remained there until the Polaris had taken her departure; sailed August 19, stopped at St. John, Newfoundland, and Halifax, and arrived at New York September 21. October 7 Vice-Admiral S. C. Rowan, who was appointed to give the Russian squadron a proper reception, hoisted his flag on board of der at New York.

In addition to the Congress, the Severn, and Iroquois, also the Kansas for a time, were placed under the orders of Vice-Admiral Rowan. The Iroquois was commissioned at Philadelphia August 23. and, in compar