ness, the address takes a rapid view of the misfortunes and embarrassments which the government has encountered and overcome. It advises them to pass such laws as will promote individual security; liberty of expressing opinions; inviolability of property, and particularly such resolutions as will encourage the emigration of foreigners, by opening to all the road to industry. "The government of Buenos Ayres, (continues the message), has a right to expect that you will approve of the political system adopted to unite the different provinces. The laws that have been enacted for this purpose; the consolidation of the national debt; the creation of public credit; the different regulations concerning industry, all have already produced salutary effects, and there are great hopes that they will consolidate the national opinion, and that tranquility, so long sought for, will be, at last, firmly established." of the seas to establish the odious legitimacy of the catholic king. has adopted, towards the American states, a noble "Great Britain, not bound by any ties to the allies, conduct, worthy of a people, the most civilized, the most free, and, therefore, the most powerful of Europe. The recognition of the independence of the she has proclaimed. You may be assured, gentlerepublics will be the consequence of the principles men, that this important event, as far as relates to the provinces of Rio de la Plata, will principally depend on our shewing ourselves as a nation capable of maintaining the good institutions which we already possess." Spain, by which he annuls the convention made The address then alludes to the act of the king of with the commissioners of Buenos Ayres, and concludes by saying "By the documents herewith presented to you, Spain, and his name is only made use of, on this side "The absolute authority of Ferdinand is a curse to you will perceive that the government of Buenos of the ocean, to serve the interests of a few military Ayres has endeavored to cultivate a good under-chiefs, who carry on the war on their own occount in standing and sincere friendship with the continental the interior provinces of Peru, as did the first advennations who are engaged in the common cause. minister plenipotentiary has been sent to the republic A turers who conquered that country." of Colombia. The situation of Peru, since her last misfortunes, rendered the appointment of another minister, near that government, indispensable. At present, it will be necessary, that these ministers be confirmed by the general power of the United Provinces. liberator, at the head of the Colombian warriors, will The address then goes on to express a hope that the soon drive the enemy out of that country and restore peace and tranquility-it closes by saying this moment. Gentlemen, our hopes are well found"This is the situation of our affairs, in general, at the close of the war, and the national existence of ed, and if they be accomplished, next year will see the provinces of Rio de la Plata firmly established.” CHRONICLE. rior, principal chief of the Creek nation. He was a Died, on the 8th inst. at Washington City, Big Warman of great talents as a savage warrior-a person of immense bodily powers, and it has been said of him that he was endowed with a mind as colossal as his body. Although he possessed not the advantages of education, or even of understanding but little of the English language, yet he has done much towards improving the condition of his people, and had great influence over them. During the late Indian wars, he had been uniformly friendly to the whites and fought for them in many battles. "We have performed a great national duty to the republic of the United States of North America. This republic has solemnly recognized our independence. She has, at the same time, made an appeal to our national honor, supposing us capable of, singly, resisting the Spanish power-and she has constituted herself the guardian of the field of battle, by declaring she would not permit any foreign power to assist our foes. The neighboring empire of Brazil, offers a contrast with this noble republic, and is a deplorable exception to the general policy of the American nations. The province of Montevideo, separated from the rest by mean and low artifices, and retained in subjection by the force of arms, is a scandal, the more odious, as the usurpation is exercised under the appearance of legitimacy. The government of the provinces of Buenos Ayres has used every means with the court of Rio Janeiro, to remove these evils, that moderation could dictate; and, although she has on the 17th Jan. ult. near Little Rock, Arkanyet been unsuccessful, she does not despair. Per- sas, gen. William Lewis, formerly of Kentucky, in the haps, the advice of powerful friends will induce her te 58th year of his age. In the late war with Great Brilisten to reason and ward off from the coasts of Ame-tain, while yet a citizen of Kentucky, he led the vorica the terrible necessity of war. The instability lunteer youth of his country to battle. It was he who of some of the European powers and the malevo- commanded at the Raisin, on the ever memorable lence of others, seem to threaten the new republics 18th of January. Much of the result of that brilliant in this part of the world; but this proceeds from the achievement, which shed such imperishable lustre on violent position in which they are placed by a policy the arms of the west, is justly ascribable to his miliinconsistent with the true state of things. Kings cantary aptitude, and to his generalship. He fought in have no strength or power but that given by the per- the subsequent engagement on the same field, but fection of social order. They well know its extent not as commander, on the disastrous 22d. It was and advantages. But, frightened at the commotion his fate, with others of his compatriots, to be capturthat surrounds their thrones, they wish to place things ed on that occasion, and confined for nearly two years, in their former state, and paralyze the activity of the human reason. They wish that truth and error should unite themselves to strengthen their authority. From these principles have sprung the inexplicable doctrines which now torment the people of Europe, and for the propogation of which the holy alliance was formed. It is, therefore, difficult for them to recognize, as legitimate governments, whose origin is not obscure, and whose authority does not rest on miracles, but on the simple and natural rights of the people. Nevertheless, we have little to fear that the soldiers of the holy alliance will advance to this side as a prisoner of war, within the walls of Quebec, which confinement and consequent exposure to the rigor of a northern climate, was doubtless the efficient cause of the rapid decline of his health and con stitution. Nashville paper says, that a company, to be composed Intercourse with Santa Fe. An advertisement in a of 100 men, would assemble, in the town of Jackson, (Tennessee), on the first of April next, "prepared to go out to the city of Santa Fe, on the Rio del Norte, in the province of Texas, for the purpose of selling goods to the inhabitants." PRINTED BY WILLIAM OCDEN XM.ES, AT THE FRANKLIN PRESS, WATER-STREET, EAST OF SOUT H-STREET. THIRD SERIES. No. 4-VOL. IV.] BALTIMORE, MARCH 26, 1825. [VOL. XXVIII. WHOLE NO. 706 THE PAST-THE PRESENT-FOR THE FUTURE. edited and puBLISHED BY HI. NILES, A T $5 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. MR. CLAY. The Richmond 'Whig' has a paragraph | In connection with this general plan of removal intimating that Mr. Clay is about to publish a vindi- and union, the Shawanese, formerly of Cape Gerarcation of his own conduct-and that some distinguish-deau, have made arrangements to have lands ased persons, [who are named], will be implicated as having formed a combination to injure him in the public esteem. Mr. MONROE, late president, left Washington on Wednesday last, for his farm in Loudon county, Va. Many persons attended to take an affectionate leave of him, and he was escorted to the line of the District by a troop of horse. All wish him happiness in his retirement, and desire that the remainder of his days may be as pleasant to himself, as his public life has been eminent. GEN. LAFAYETTE arrived at Charleston on the 14th instant. He was received in the most handsome and affectionate manner. Col. Huger, who attempted his rescue from the castle of Olmutz, was at his side in the procession. Some of the particulars shall be given hereafter. COM. RODGERS. The general order of this invaluable veteran will be read with great interest, and, no doubt, produce the happiest effects. The navy has suffered much in the public estimation from the imprudent conduct of too many of the officers, the frequency of courts martial, fatal quarrels, and wicked controversies. COM. PORTER. It is understood that commodore Porter has requested a court of inquiry to investigate his conduct in regard to certain matters referred to in letters of Mr. Randall and Mr. Mountain, officially transmitted to congress at the last session, touching the transportation of specie, by vessels of the United States, &c. We have not heard when or where the court is to assemble. The Faxardo affair, which was made the foundation of his recall, is also to be investigated. See his instructions-page 55. Mr. KREMER has been publicly entertained at York and Harrisburg, Penn. through which he passed on his way home. At the latter place his own toast was "The people of the United States, too wise to do or countenance wrong." signed them west of the boundary of Missouri, in exchange for those once owned by them at Cape Gerardeau; and this trust has been assigned to general Clarke, of St. Louis. The just claims of those Indians, for improvements abandoned by them at Cape Gerardeau, and for injuries committed by the whites, are also directed to be settled. We learn that if the meeting, which is to take place at Wapaghkennetta, results as the Indians themselves wish it may, that the removal of from twelve to fifteen tribes, and remnants of tribes, will be effected by it. Journal. THE CREEK INDIANS are reported to be much agitated in consequence of the late treaty, ceding all the lands which they held within the limits of the state of Georgia, inserted in the present sheet. Cheeby McIntosh is said to have been stabbed-and the life of his father, gen. McIntosh, threatened; and that the property of the latter was seized, &c. It is feared that a civil war will break out among them. THE SUPREME COURT of the United States concluded its annual term on Monday last, after a session of six weeks-the time having arrived when the judges must separate to attend to their several circuits. Out of one hundred and sixty-four cases on the docket, thirty-eight, or more than one a-day, were argued and decided. This would seem to be doing business fast enough, when we reflect on the importance of the decisions of this tribunal-but, even now, it has matters sufficient a-head to occupy all the spare time of the judges for nearly five years to come; and it must be expected that the number of cases to be brought before them, will increase with the population and general business of the U. States. It appears absolutely necessary that a remedy should be applied to relieve the judges of this court of some part of their present duties, else justice must be, in effect, refused by delay. A case of more than ordinary importance was ar gued in the supreme court at Washington, the 2d inIt was a claim by the United States for cer stant. tain negroes, seized on the coast Florida, by the revenue cutter, they then being in the piratical possession of certain individuals, nominally under the TALLEYRAND. This famous man is about to pub- Artigan Bag. The opposing claim was that of certain lish ten volumes of memoirs. If they are written Spanish and Portuguese owners, who claimed them with a strict regard to truth, and it shall be his good as slaves. The broad question then was, should they fortune to make the world believe him, they will, pro-be retained by the United States and sent back to bably, be the most interesting and important of any thing of the sort that ever appeared; for he has long been a principal actor in the affairs of France and of Europe. THE INDIANS. The delegations of Indians, led by colonel Menard, who visited Washington for the purpose of making arrangements for the removal of their friends from the east to the west of the Mississippi, left here on Monday morning last, after having secured the acquiescence of the government in their plan, and the adoption of measures to carry it into effect. An assemblage of Indians, on the east of the Mississippi, and who reside in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, &c. is authorized to take place at Wapaghkennetta, in Ohio, where they are to be met by governor Cass, of Detroit, as commissioner. VOL. XXVIN,- 4. home and liberty, under the laws of these states, or given up to the Spanish and Portuguese claimants, to be retained as slaves. Mr. Key, of Georgetown, and the attorney general, Wirt, argued the case for the United States; and judge Berrian, of Georgia, and Mr. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, for the claimants. A correspondent, of the Boston Patriot, who was present, says: I never heard a more interesting case throughout; but Mr. Wirt's closing argument was worthy of all praise. His talents are an honor, not only to the profession and bar, of which he is a member, but to our country, and to its executive, in which he holds an important office. On the 15th inst. Mr. Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the court in the case of the United States vs. Mulvey, vice consul of Spain-and the same vs. Sorrell, vice consul of Portugal, in be liberty and independence, for the attainment of which he shed his blood, and for the perpetuation of which he has so long and faithfully labored. half of claimants of African negroes, part of the cargo of the Antelope. Decree reversed, and ordered that restitution be made to the Spanish claimants, in the proportion that ninety-three, instead of one hundred and sixty-six, bears to the whole number, and deducting from the apportionment thus made, the rateable loss, which ought to fall on the Spanish claimants, from death or otherwise. The residue of the slaves, after making this apportionment, to be deliver-on Monday, last week. The number of students in ed to the United States. MR. CRAWFORD. Fredericksburgh, March 16-On the arrival of Mr. Crawford and family, on Friday night, at the landing on Potomac Creek, his friends and admirers in this place, desirous of testifying to him their regard for his character, sent to him a letter. inviting him to partake of a dinner, to be given on Saturday. To this letter, the following answer was returned: Resolved, That the honorable speaker of this house be, and he is hereby, requested to transmit to the said James Monroe, a copy of the foregoing resolutions. VIRGINIA. The University of Virginia was opened attendance is not stated-but it is supposed that there will soon be as many of them as can be conveniently accommodated. LOUISIANA. We have mentioned that the seat of the government of this state was to be removed to Donaldsonville-but the whole matter has been deferred for four years. BRITISH COMMERCE. At the anniversary dinner of "I have received, with the most lively sensibility, the London Ship Owners' society, Mr. Canning reyour letter, of this date, inviting me, on the part of marked as follows: "For a long time the world the citizens of Fredericksburgh, to partake of a pub- seems to have been under an impression, that the lie dinner, as a testimony of their respect and regard. cause of the great commercial prosperity of this I have declined dining in public, ever since my first country was to be attributed to some secret wrapped indisposition; and, although my health is now gene-up within the island, and that it all, in a great mearally good, I adhere to a regimen which has been prescribed to me by my physicians, and which makes it inconvenient to dine at any other than a private table. I must, therefore, decline the invitation, which you have politely given me, and beg you to convey these sentiments to my fellow-citizens of Fredericksburgh. I am, &c. WM. H. CRAWFORD. About fifty gentlemen, however, dined at the hotel at which Mr. C. stopped, and invited Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, and Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, to partake with them. Mr. Crawford's health was drank, and Mr Cobb gave sure, proceeded from some mysterious combination with which other nations were not conversant; and I do not see how these other nations are to be blamed, if they should adopt notions of this sort, though they are altogether false. But a period has lately commenced, when ministers have had it in their power to apply to the state of the country, the just maxims of profound philosophy; maxims which have enabled them to carry on their system in a plainer and more intelligible way: yet still I am not surprised that other countries should be, for a second time, deceived, and, not being aware of the principles on which we are acting, only conceive it to be another system of mysterious combination, and that the secret lies in some fraud which they had not yet arriv "The state of Virginia, always true to good principles." After this toast was drank, Mr. Crawford, who, with his family, was in an adjacent apartment, join-ed at the ingenuity of fathoming! At such a blunder ed the company. He was received with every mark of respect and distinction, and continued nearly two hours. He appeared much gratified, and conversed with freedom and ease with those around him, receiving, with much feeling, the greetings of the many who came to shake hands with him. as this I am not surprised; for, if it was difficult before to learn our secret, it must be still more so now, when we have to impress upon them the truth, that the only principle by which we are guided, is that which Providence has bestowed equally upon every country, and with which secret we have every wish that all nations should become acquainted, so that the stage for rivalry may be opened, which it is always By John Tayloe Lomax, esq.-The statesman, who, necessary should be opened to insure success; and, in retirement, enjoys conscious rectitude and the re-whether it is opened by men first launching into adspect of honest men. venture, or by veterans in the contest, it will always By Mr. Cobb: General Jackson-his glory will pe-afford new opportunity for the boldness of euterrish only with his country. Being requested to give a toast, Mr. Crawford gave-Public education. prise, and bring along with it that irrepressible energy, and spirit of ambition beyond control, which NEW-YORK. The following resolutions were una-will enable England to carry her commerce to the nimously passed in the assembly of this state, a short end of the world, and cater for the wants of all mankind." time ago: Whereas, James Monroe, the present chief magis trate of the nation, will soon retire from the high office which he now fills, and to which he has been twice called by the free voice of his country; and whereas, in the opinion of this house, an expression of its gratitude is due to the said James Monroe, as a public benefactor: Therefore, Resolved, That this house entertains a grateful sense of the many highly important services which have been rendered to the republic by this distinguished individual. Mr. Canning has not, in my opinion, furnished the "whole truth," as to the causes of the commercial prosperity of Great Britain. Her power at sea enables her to stretch her arms round the globe, and gives her neighborhood with the most distant nations. To secure these advantages and protect her trade, nearly all the great passes through the world of waters are in her possession-such as Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon. That this power has grown up to its present magnitude through the talent, industry and enterprise of the British people, there cannot be a doubt-but it is notorious that the people, on the other hand, whether at home or in the colonies, have been carefully protected by the power which they raised-and the domestic industry, Resolved, That this house offers to the said James in every possible case, has been rendered profitable Monroe assurance of its high consideration and re-by prohibitions and monopolies, as well as by force. spect, and of its ardent wishes that he may long live The markets of the world have been, as it were, canto enjoy, with his fellow citizens, the blessings of that Inonaded, that they might be supplied from the Bri Resolved, That his administration of the general government for eight years past, has been eminently calculated to promote the prosperity and honor of his country. point of public duty, but none to inflict a wound on your feelings, and, in this unexpected breaking of many ties, there is enough of unavoidable pain, without the gratuitous infliction of unkind words. To-morrow is the day for your self-immolation. If you have an enemy, he may go and feed his eyes upon the scene, your former friend will shun the afflicting spectacle. With sincere wishes for your personal welfare, I remain, &c. THOMAS H. BENTON. tish work-shops and manufactories; and power has generated power, until power is maintained with out any sensible exertion of force. Britain has become the warehouse of the globe, as well as the banker of all nations; and supplies, even with specie, (which herself does not produce), the governments of the countries from which all the precious metals are drawn! The "secret" of British commercial prosperity is in the respect and attention that has been paid to the productive classes that they might earn money, notwithstanding it may have been that, by the imposition of taxes, the greater part of their GENERAL JACKSON. The following letters have reprofits, over and beyond a mean subsistence, has been cently appeared in one of the Kentucky newspapers: gathered into the national treasury: and, to this day, House of representatives, February 22d, 1825. though so much is said about the freedom of trade by SIR: In a late number of the Argus of Western their writers, the fact is, that their own trade is bolster-America, you are represented to have said at Lexinged or supported every where by the exertion of physi- ton, on your way to this city, in November last, upon cal force, or the more general operation of a system the authority of Mr. William T. Willis, that "forty established to build up and maintain it. Instance her thousand muskets would be required to rectify the powhole colonial code, and the simple circumstance litics of Kentucky." The undersigned having supthat she will not receive bread stuffs from the United ported your election in the house of representatives, States in exchange for calicoes. If other nations had and believing you incapable of making the remark acted on her principles,-if each had, in like man-imputed to you, deem it their duty to afford you an ner, encouraged their domestic industry-it is as opportunity of contradicting the report, if untrue, clear as that the sun shines at meredian day, that for the satisfaction of all, who, at any stage of the Britain never could have arrived at her present presidential contest, took an interest in your success. ascendency over the affairs of mankind. But, be- With sentiments of respect, we are your most obecause other nations did not, her interests are pre-dient servants. sent every where. They are to be found in the palaces of kings, as well as in the huts of Hottentots. The savage feels them as he roams through the trackless forest, and the very Arab, in his ocean of sand, is not insensible to them. LATE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. We first met with the following letters in the Alexandria "Phenix:" Washington city, February 5, 1825. Hon. T. H. Benton: ROBERT P. HENRY, J. T. JOHNSON, Gen. Andrew Jackson, senate chamber. Washington city, February 22, 1925. Gentlemen-Your letter of to-day is received, and has been read with something of surprise. I did not use the expression which you quote, "that forty thousand muskets would be required to rectify the politics of Kentucky," nor any expression like it. My stay at Dear sir-Notwithstanding the conversations we Lexington was a short one, and during the time, I have had on Thursday evening and on Friday, from which no recollection of speaking at all about the local afyou might justly conclude that I would not vote for Mr. fairs of your state. It is a subject about which I should Adams, I am now inclined to think differently, and un-not feel myself at liberty to interfere. As to Mr. less some other change in my mind takes place, I shall Wm. T. Willis, I have no recollection of him, nor do vote for him; I take the earliest opportunity to ap- I believe I ever had an acquaintance with him. It prise you of this fact, that you may not commit your-is scarcely possible that, sharing, as I did, the politeself with friends on the subject. ANSWER. JOHN SCOTT. Senate chamber, February 8, 1825. Sir-I received, on the morning of the 6th instant, your note of the 5th, in which you make known to me your intention to give the vote of Missouri to Mr. Adams. Sinister rumors, and some misgivings of my own, had been preparing my mind for an extraordinary development; but it was not until I had three times talked with you, face to face, that I could believe in the reality of an intention, so inconsistent with your previous conversations, so repugnant to your printed pledges, so amazing to your constituents, so fatal to tourself. ness and hospitality of the citizens of Lexington, I I am, with great respect, your most obedient ser- J. T. Johnson, C. A. Wickliffe. MR. CLINTON. It appears that the report given to the public, that gov. Clinton had been offered the mission to England, in place of Mr. Rush, was true. The following is his letter declining the appointment: Albany, 25th February, 1825. The vote which you intend thus to give is not SIR: I feel most sensibly the honor conferred on me, your own. It belongs to the people of the state of by your communication of the 18th instant; and I reMissouri. They are against Mr. Adams. I, in their ceive this expression of your good opinion with a name, do solemnly protest against your intention, correspondent spirit: But having recently accepted, and deny your moral power thus to bestow their vote. from the people of this state, the highest office in You have been pleased to make a reference, in one their power, I cannot, consistently with my sense of of your conversations, to my personal wishes in this duty, retire from it until I have had an ample opelection. I now reiterate that disdain and repel portunity of evincing my gratitude and my devotion the appeal; and again remit you to the exalted tri-to their interests. bunal of honor and duty. For nine years we have been closely connected in our political course; at length the connection is dissolved, and dissolved under circumstances which denounce our everlasting separation. For some expressions which you felt as unkind, in our conversations on Sunday, I ask your pardon and oblivion. I had a right to give you my opinión on a I assure you, sir, that it will afford me the highest gratification, in my present situation, to aid you in your patriotic efforts, and to witness the auspicious influence of your administration on the best interests of our country. I have the honor to be, with perfect respect, your COLOMBIA. The New York Evening Post says, Of invalid pensioners, the number is 3,743, and the "letters are stated to have been received in that city, amount annually paid to them is 297,000 dollars. from Santa Martha, announcing the arrival there of a Of pensioners on half-pay for five years, (in lieu of vessel with the British agent, empowered by his go- bounty land), the number is 202, and the amount anvernment to recognise the independence of the repub-nually paid to them 9,876 dollars. lic. An express was immediately despatched for So that the total number of pensioners of the United Bogota with the gratifying intelligence. Staes is 19,920, and the amount annually paid for pensions is 2,556,388 dollars. In the British house of Commons, on the 3d of February, Mr. Canning said, in reference to the British recognition of South American independence the world." GENERAL ORDERS, (NAVAL). (United States' ship North Carolina, "Do I pretend to conceal that by this step we have hurt many feelings-that we have run counter to Off Cape Henry, 12th January, 1825. many interests-that we have shocked many prejudiSIR: The dissentions and bickerings which have ces; that we have caused many regret; that we have unfortunately existed in the navy, and particularly excited much anger and indignation? It is true that among the junior officers, for several years past, oriwe have done so I cannot deny it; but I still enter ginating, as it is supposed, in the predominance of tain the most sanguine hope, that all these feelings habits which have insidiously crept into the service, will explode themselves in words, and that we shall by the most improper and unjustifiable relaxation of remain with our object gained, and at peace with all discipline, seem at length to require particular notice. In the French chamber of deputies, on the 13th ult.relling among some of the younger officers, and the The prevalence and frequency of fighting and quarBenjamin Constant adverted to this language of Mr. detestable practice, by them and others, of fighting Canning, and remarked: duels, defaming each other, and assuming to themselves the right of making the conduct of their equals and superiors topics of conversation and indecorous animadversion, at tavern tables, in stage coaches, steam boats and other public places, have been carried to such an extent, for some time past, as to require a resort to measures the best calculated to produce immediate reform, and to save the character of the service, as well as their own, from impending ruin and disgrace. "Indeed, if the recognition may excite anger and dination, we do not know how far that resentment may be carried. Unfortunately, we know by experience, we all know, that the anger of a distant power acts upon France to impel her against the countries in which a constitutional order of things is attempted. We know, and the minister of finance, (M. de Villele) told it to us in this hall, that, in 1922, we made war upon Spain in order not to be obliged to wage hosti lities on the banks of the Rhine." Cr. It appears that martial law was declared at Havana on the 5th instant-all newspapers from the United States are strictly examined before delivery-passengers, without passports, are immediately imprisoned-political discussions are prohibited, and freemasons and other persons, "suspected of being suspicious," are threatened with a voyage to Cadiz for trial. If the state of things is truly represented, we should apprehend that so much excitement cannot endure for any great length of time. VALUABLE PRIZE. A letter from Havana, dated March 9, says-The Colombian sloop of war Bolivar, has captured the famous well armed ship Tarantula, of Cadiz, (which loaded the year before last at New York, with flour), mounting 16 or 18 heavy guns, with a crew of 120 picked men, having a cargo on board, it is said, of quicksilver, &c. worth nearly half a miltion of dollars. The Tarantula having struck upon a key, the prize master had gone into Key West to refit; where he, in going in, struck upon the bar, and would have been lost, had it not been for the aid of a wrecker. This wrecker claims a heavy salvage, which can only be satisfied by a sale of the cargo and vessel, or so much of her cargo as will pay it. If this is done, I expect that the government of Cuba will prohibit all trade with that island, (Key West), as it will certainly give great offence here, there being, it is said, more than seventy owners here of her cargo, and many of them the most infiuential merchants of Havana. PENSION LIST OF THE UNITED STATES. An official report made to congress from the war department, at the last session of congress, exhibits the following results: Of half pay pensioners, the total number is 2,918, and the annual amount of money paid to them is 908,564 dollars. Of revolutionary pensioners, the total number is 13,127, and the total amount annually paid on that list is 1,342,848 dollars. I have, in consequence, to require of all officers who are now, or shall hereafter be, placed under my command, to respect and obey, themselves, and to use the utmost vigilance and attention in enforcing on others, their surbordinates, due respect and obedience to the laws and regulations made and provided for the government and conduct of all officers and others belonging to the navy of the United States, as I am determined, from this date, not to permit the slightest violation of such laws and regulations, with which I may become acquainted, to pass unnoticed. Should disputes unfortunately happen between the officers of this or any other ship of the squadron which I have been appointed to command, they are not, on any account, to assume to themselves the right of settling such disputes, in any other manner, than by an appeal to the captain of the ship to which they belong, or to myself, if necessary. And I would have it further to be understood, that, for a violation of this order, by any officer, I shall not fail to put the laws in force against him to their utmost extent. JOHN RODGERS, Commanding U. S. naval forces in the Mediterranean; and commanding officer of the U. S. navy. CHAS. W. MORGAN, esq. Capt. of the U. S. ship North Carolina. |