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NAVY, UNITED STATES. 



Gun3. 



Saco 10 



Shawmut 8 



Marblehead 7 



Yantic 5 



Mahaska 10 



consul at Bruni, Borneo, where she arrived 

 May 27th, and left June 1st, after executing her 

 mission. 



On the way to her station, the Iroquois 

 touched at St. Augustine Bay, Madagascar, and 

 at Johanna, one of the Comoro Islands in the 

 Mozambique Channel. At the former port, 

 King "Willy was entertained on board, and ex- 

 pressed his gratification at the arrival of the 

 Iroquois, the first American war-vessel that had 

 ever stopped there. At Johanna visits were 

 exchanged with the Sultan, who appeared 

 friendly. He complained of French and 

 American merchantmen, who, at different 

 times, had carried off his subjects without per- 

 mission. Commander English left a circular 

 upon the subject, addressed to the commanders 

 of merchant-vessels touching at the island. 

 The Iroquois also stopped at Aden, Muscat, and 

 Bombay. 



The Aroostook was at Johanna July 4th, and 

 exchanged international courtesies with the 

 Sultan. 



The North Atlantic squadron, under the 

 command of Rear-Admiral Palmer (recently 

 deceased), comprised, on December 2, 1867, 

 the following vessels : 



Guns. 



Snsqnehanna (flag-ship).. .14 



DeSoto 8 



Monongahela 7 



Glasgow 2 



Don. 8 



The fleet of Commodore "Winslow, in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, was consolidated with this 

 squadron May 22d, a distinct force being no 

 longer required in those waters. A number of 

 the vessels have been withdrawn in consequence 

 of the yellow fever, which has prevailed ex- 

 tensively along the Gulf and throughout the 

 West Indies during the past year. 



The principal ports within the limits of the 

 squadron have been visited, and some of them 

 repeatedly, including Vera Cruz and Tampico, 

 in Mexico; Aspinwall, Carthagena, and other 

 places in Colombia, and the ports of Hayti and 

 St. Domingo; the flag-ship or one of the ves- 

 sels always being near, to exercise a salutary 

 influence during the revolutions and domestic 

 disturbances so frequent in those countries. 



An interview took place in August, at Pa- 

 nama, between Rear- Admiral Palmer and Gen- 

 eral Gutierrez, President of Colombia, in which 

 the latter expressed great regard for the United 

 States, and especially for their interests on the 

 Isthmus; saying that the faithful observance of 

 treaty -stipulations was for the mutual benefit 

 of his country and of the States. 



In effecting the surrender of Vera Cruz to 

 the Liberal forces, important services were ren- 

 dered by Commander Roe, stationed at that 

 port, in settling the terms between the Im- 

 perial and Republican commanders, and in 

 securing a continuance of negotiations, inter- 

 rupted by the arrival of General Santa Anna 

 as a pretended agent of the United States Gov- 

 ernment. On June 27th, after his departure, 



the surrender and embarkation of the Foreign 

 Legion was quietly accomplished. 



The South Atlantic squadron, at the close of 

 the past year, was composed of the following 

 vessels : 



Guns. 



Quinnebang. P 



Huron.. 6 



Shamokin 10 



Guerriere (flag-ship) 21 



Wasp 3 



Pawnee 11 



Kansas .. 8 



The Brooklyn, Juniata, Shawmut, Nipsic, and 

 Onward have been withdrawn during the year. 

 Rear-Admiral Charles H. Davis relieved Rear- 

 Admiral Godon July 27th, and the latter arrived 

 at Philadelphia September 3d. 



The Shamokin, Commander P. Crosby, in 

 conveying to his post (Asuncion) the American 

 minister to Paraguay, Mr. Washburn, passed 

 the lines of the Brazilian blockading squadron 

 December 2, 1866, against the protest of Ad- 

 miral Tamandare, and proceeded as far as 

 Curupaity, where the minister was landed ; ob- 

 structions in the river making it dangerous to 

 proceed farther. Although objection was made 

 to the passage of the Shamokin. the most 

 friendly relations were maintained by the 

 American and Brazilian officers, to prevent 

 this instance being used as a precedent on 

 future occasions of a similar character. 



Rear-Admiral Godon visited in April, in the 

 "Wasp, the towns on the Uruguay River as far 

 as Concepcion, the capital of Entre Rios. The 

 prevalence of cholera prevented him from 

 reaching Rosario, which was included in his 

 original design. 



Early in January, the Kansas, Commander 

 "Wells, left Montevideo for a cruise on the west 

 coast of Africa. She visited the Cape of Good 

 Hope, St. Paul de Loando, Benguela, and Little 

 Fish Bay. No American slavers were heard of 

 at any of these points ; and from information 

 received from English officers met with along 

 the coast, and also from the governors of Lo- 

 ando and St. Helena, it appeared that this 

 traffic had virtually ceased. 



The North Pacific squadron remains under 

 the command of Rear-Admiral H. K. Thatcher, 

 and is composed of the following vessels : 



Guns. 



Pensacola (flag-ship) 20 



Saranac 11 



Lackawanna 7 



Ossipee 6 



Eesaca 8 



Mohican 7 



Suwanee 10 



Mohongo 10 



Saginaw G 



Jamestown (store and 



hospital ship). 

 C} T ane (store and hos- 

 pital ship). 



This squadron has been employed during the 

 year in watching and protecting the persons 

 and property of Americans, and the wel- 

 fare and interests of the United States in Mex- 

 ico and on the Isthmus, where war and inter- 

 nal difficulties and disturbances have been 

 threatening, or ha\e to a great extent pre- 

 vailed. It has also been engaged in exploring 

 and surveying the North Pacific Ocean, azid in 

 visiting the recently-acquired possessions in 

 the north. Along the coast of Mexico, from 

 Acapulco to the ports in the Gulf of Califor- 



