em_, Ass't. Coast Survey, F. H. Gerdes.

MORTAR VESSELS.

FIRST DIVISION

_Norfolk Packet_, Schooner, Lt. Com. W. Smith.
_Oliver H. Lee_, " Act. Mas. W. Godfrey.
_Para_, " Act. E. G. Furber.
_C. P. Williams_, " Act. A. R. Langthorn.
_Arletta_, " Act. T. E. Smith.
_W. Bacon_, " Act. W. P. Rogers.
_Sophronia_, " Act. L. Bartholomew.

SECOND DIVISION

_T. A. Ward_, " Lt. Com. W. W. Queen.
_M. J. Carlton_, " Act. Mas. Charles E. Jack.
_Mathew Vasser_, " Act. H. H. Savage.
_George Mangham_, " Act. J. Collins.
_Orvetta_, " Act. F. C. Blanchard.
_S. C. Jones_, " Act. J. D. Graham.

THIRD DIVISION

_John Griffith_, " Act. H. Brown.
_Sarah Bruen_, " Act. A. Christian.
_Racer_, " Act. A. Phinney.
_Sea Foam_, " Act. H. E. Williams.
_Henry James_, " Act. L. W. Pennington.
_Dan Smith_, " Act. G. W. Brown.
_Horace Beal_, Bark, Act. G. W. Summer.

The First Division Commanded by Lt. Com. W. Smith.
The Second Division Commanded by Lt. Com. W. W. Queen.
The Third Division Commanded by Lt. Com. K. R. Breese.
The Steamer Division Commanded by Com. W. B. Renshaw.

LIST of Vessels and Officers commanding
them, that passed up the river:

FIRST DIVISION, CAPT. T. BAILY, Commanding.

_Cayuga_, Lt. Com. N. B. Harrison.
_Pensacola_, Capt. Henry W. Morris.
_Mississippi_, Com. M. Smith.
_Oneida_, Com. S. P. Lee.
_Varuna_, Com. Charles S. Boggs.
_Katahdin_, Lt. Com. G. H. Preble.
_Wissahickon_, Lt. Com. A. N. Smith.

SECOND DIVISION, Fleet Captain H. H. BELL,
Commanding.

_Hartford_, Capt. R. Wainwright.
_Brooklyn_, Capt. Thomas T. Craven.
_Richmond_, Com. James Alden.
_Sciota_, Lt. Com. E. Donaldson.
_Iroquois_, Com. John De Camp.
_Pinola_, Lt. P. Crosby.
_Winona_, Lt. Com. Edward T. Nichols.
_Itasca_, Lt. Com. C. H. B. Caldwell.
_Kennebec_, Lt. Com. J. H. Russell.

When this fact became known to General J. K. Duncan, he accepted terms
for the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip to Commodore Porter.
While negotiations were progressing on board the 'Harriet Lane,' between
our own and the confedera