. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . He made afull cruise in thefrigate Constitu-tion on the Med-iterranean stationin 1848-51, and,after beingon wait-ing orders for com. mander, 14 Sept.,1855, after which he was light-house inspector. On9 July, 1861, while in command of the Massachu-setts off Ship island, he had an engagement with aConfederate fort and three Confederate steamers,and on 31 Dec., 1861, the fort at Biloxi, La., sur-rendered, cutting off all regular communication be-tween North Carolina and Mobile, and getting pos-session of the sound. W
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . He made afull cruise in thefrigate Constitu-tion on the Med-iterranean stationin 1848-51, and,after beingon wait-ing orders for com. mander, 14 Sept.,1855, after which he was light-house inspector. On9 July, 1861, while in command of the Massachu-setts off Ship island, he had an engagement with aConfederate fort and three Confederate steamers,and on 31 Dec., 1861, the fort at Biloxi, La., sur-rendered, cutting off all regular communication be-tween North Carolina and Mobile, and getting pos-session of the sound. When in command of the Mississippi he passed Forts Jackson and with Farragut, and destroyed the Confeder-ate ram Manassas, for which he was highly com-mended by the admiral. He participated in the at-tack on Port Hudson. In an attempt to run thebatteries the Mississippi grounded, and he sethis ship on fire to prevent her falling into the handsof the enemy. This course was approved by thenavy department. He was promoted to captain, 16. July, 1862 (under orders to return north), but wasassigned to the temporary command of the Mon-ongahela, on which vessel the admiral hoisted hisflag on his passage from New Orleans to Port Hud-son. In 1864 he had command of the monitorOnondaga, and appointed divisional officer onJames river, and subsequently he had charge of thesquadron in Albemarle si >und. N. C., and recapturedthe steamer Bombshell. He participated in bothattacks on Fort Fisher in the steam frigate Wa-bash. He was commissioned commodore. 25 July,lsnii. and served as chief of the bureau of equip-ment and recruiting in the navy department until1870. He was commissioned rear-admiral, 1 July,IN?O, had charge of the New York navy-yard in1870-2, and was retired, 24 May, 1871. After hewas retired, he was appointed governor of theNaval asylum at Philadelphia. SMITH, Meriwether, statesman, b. at thefamily seat, Bathurst, Essex co., Va., in 1730; Jan., 1790. He was a sign
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