Vice-Admiral Porter, for Secretary of the Navy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State.

[28] *Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, regarding the report which has reached the Spanish minister, of the fitting out of a steamer at Fernandina or Jacksonville, to cruise, under the flag of the Cuban insurgents, against the commerce of Spain, and to inform you that proper instructions have been given to Rear-Admiral Hoff, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, on the subject.

Very respectfully,

DAVID D. PORTER,
Vice-Admiral, for Secretary of the Navy.

Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.