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BY O. * W. ROBERTSON,
■VRLIBHtll* OK THE
OAII V i'AI'ER, i :
COIINTRV SAFER.
THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 4.
BOARD OP HEALTH.
Savannah, August 3, 1825.
The Board of Health take pleasure in re
porting the continued good health of the city.
The Boat’d beg leave to recommend to
the inhabitant*, the propriety of sweeping
the streets end lanes immediately before
their doors. Independently of its conduc
ing to heulth and comfort, it would materi
ally aid the scavenger in the discharge of
his duty.
Sexton's Report, for the week ending 3d
August,
bv West.—A luttor from Thompson’s
Island, dnied on the Will ult. from the cor
-pendent of the Norfolk Beacon, stall
iut the diseases of the Island were assum-
t.Awa ok tmk union. ^ing a more malignant, character, and tho
ick list increasing. The law recently puss-
ed in Cubs, relative to Spanish vessels, has
entirely destroyed the hopes of the mercan
tile part of the community on this Island.—
Some hove already token their doparturo,
and those who remain, hang their only
hopes upon tho wreckers.
Kilim' noi.i,aiih,
IKIVK. 001,1.AOS.
DISEASES.
Debility,
Teething,
Intemperance,
7 months.
21 years.
Total 3
By order of the. Hoard,
I. K. TEFFT, Soc’ry.
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The Minister from Holland to the United
States, lady and two daughters, arrived oil
the 22d ult. at Ncw-York, from Amster
dam, via. Madeira, in the corvette E iglcr
Lieut. Machielson. The frigate anchored, think , ofa projpctofthi ; ki,,d,’jf 8 eriooslv
ofTthe battery about four o’clock in the af-! ondertaken , prodllcing disc , 168i „ ns with lhe
ternoon, nnd exchanged salutes with the; cabinet at Washington, which might ulli-
Havti and France.—The editors of the
Baltimore American, have been favored
with an extract of a letter from a "ommer-
einl house at Port-au-Prince, under date of
5th ult. which says—"A French frigate,
brig and schooner, arrived here two days
since, with despatches addressed to this
government, the purport of which we hove
endeavored to ascertain, but without suc
cess. No doubt, however, they relate to
something very favorable for us, nnd will
give a new start to commerce by calling
forth the money so long secreted by many
of the people here.”
Cnpt. Fairfield, of the schooner Wash
ington, reports having passed oft - St. Mnrks,
on the 6lli ult. a fleet of French vessels of
wur.
It appears by an arrival at New-York
that this frigate was only one of the fleet
nbove mentioned, in which bad arrived
French Commissioners, who had signed n
treaty, acknowledging the independence of
Hayti, on the payment of jj3U,0U0,O0O hy
the latter. The squadron consists of one
ship of fill guns ; one of 74: two of 60; five
frigates of44; two brigsoFID; andi small
brig and two schooners.
This is the squadron.' no doubt, which
has created so much alarm in the ports of
Columbia.
The Auburn State Prisop, in the state of
New-York, considered the strongest and
best reguiiited prison in the union, was lcte-
ly entered by a thief or thieves, who made
their way to tho tailors’ and shoemakers’
shops, from which they took every article
they could lay their hands nil and made their
escape in safety. There are about 400 pri
soners in this prison.
The London Courier ofthe 9th June after
having mentioned the report ofthe invasion
of Cuba, from Mexico, observes :—
There would be some danger, we should
jfort at Governor’s Island.
| mately, even branch out into others with
General Lafayette on the 20th ult vis* ’ our uwn ’ Cuba is the Turkey of trnnsa’
tied the battle ground at Germantown, in 'antic politics, tottering to its fall, and kept
Pennsylvania, and returned to Philadelphia * rom falling only hy the struggle of those
the same day. Ho left that city on the wll ° contend for the right of catching her
Rith ult. for Baltimore, to stop at Mr. Do- * n l' er descent.
Font’s, Westchester, and Lancaster.
A Northern paper states, that whether
acquitted or convicted, Commodore Por
ter will leave the service at the close of
the trial.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
The Attorney General Mr. Wirt, has re
cently addressed the following letter to
Judges Marshall, Washington, Duval and
Thompson, and to Mr. Emmett, nnd Mr.
It is further whispered, that he Wheaton, of New-York, whose answers
has an offer of an Admiralty in the Mexi-1 „„ 8uhjlimod . The ,- 0 |i owing is th „ com .
can Navy, which it is supposed he will ac* lmlnicllti , m a „ lljBd t0 by Mr . W irt. ,Our
After hie argument was over, I certainly
card in general conversations that lie had
sinned such a position ; and on the next
ay, when Mr. Ingorsoll, of Philadelphia,
,.gued the Portuguese claim for the claim
ants. ho made his argument an answer to
the one tho Attorney General had made in
the Spanish claim, (on the part of the Uni
ted Stales,) ho distinctly stated that Mr.
Wirt hnd laid down such a doctrine, and he
proceeded to combnt it. Whether Mr.
Wirt did or did not do so. I am una de posi
lively to Btnte—hut ho was .present when
Mr. Ingorsoll stated it. and did not nhjrict
to the statement. I Imve tho mure distinct
recollection on the subject, ns I then thought
that, the Virginiau and Pennsylvanian had
changed sides. S. JONES.
FROM THE NATIONAL JOURNAL.
JUr. Wirt to Chief Justice Marshall.
Washington, July 2, 11125.
Sir: In a late official communication by
Gov. Troup, to the Legislature of Georgia,
1 find myself charged with having maintain
ed before the Supreme (.'ourt-of the United
States, at tho last term, the proposition
*• that slavery, being inconsistent with the
lows of God and nnture, cannot exist.”—
Will you do me the justice to say. in reply,
whether either your notes of argument or
your recollection impute that proposition to
mu, or any sentiment or opinion that slave-
ry.asit now exists in the several states,
could he or ought to be abolished, or to he
attempted to he abolished, or interfered
with at all, by the authority of the govern
ment ofthe United States.
I have the i.onor to remain, &c.
W. WIRT.
The lion. John Marshall,
Chief Justice of tiie United States.
Chief Justice Marshall to Mr. Wirt,
Richmond, July 6, 1625,
Sir : I received yesterday evening your
letter of the 2d, stating that Gov. Troup,
in an official report to the Legislature of
Georgia, had charged you with having
maintained before the Supreme Court, at
the lost term, the preposition “that slavery,
being inconsistent with the luws of God
and nature, cannot exist:” and requesting
me to soy “whether my notes of tho argu
merit or recollection, impute that proposi
lion to you, or any sentiment or opinion,
that slavery, as it now exists in the several
states, could be abolished, or attempted to
he abolished, or interfered wbh at oil. b\
the government ofthe United States.”
' It is net in my power to refer to my notes
because they were, us is my custom, deliv
ered to Mr. Wheaton at. the close ofthe
term, who supposes they maybe of som
use to him in drawing out the arguments of
counsel. I can, therefore, appeal only to
memory.
I have no recollection of your having ut
ternd. in any form, tile sentiments imputed
to you. The impression on my mind is
that yon denounced the slave trade, not
slavery; the practice of making free men
slaves; not that of holding in slnvery those
who were born slaves. I think it impossi
ble that you can hove hinted at any inter-
ference of the Government of the Union
with slavery in the respective states; be
cause I think such a hint, however re nnto,
would have excited mv attention too strong
ly to be entirely forgotten I recollect dis
tinetly that in some argument—I think in
i he ease of the Africans claimed hy the
Consols of Spain ami roriugal—you stateil
in terms that you hnd no authority to speak
tho sentiments of the G ivernment; and
that the arguments you should use were to
be considered as entirely your own.
I am, very respectfully, your ob’.‘. serv’t,
J. MARSHALL.
cept.
I readers will thus Imve before them the whole
ground of the controversy :
J, Commodore Stewart has arrived iu
Washington, accompanied by Jos. Hofkin-; The Governor states, that a few days bo
son. Esq. his Counsel, preparatory to up- fore the meeting of the Legislature, lie con-
pcaring before the Court Martial, nuw in
versed with the Hon. J. M. Berrien, Sena
tor in the'Congress of the United States
from this State, on the subject of our slave
property, and the danger to which it was
exposed hy the repeated attacks of oilier
states and of the United Stales : lie said
the crisis was an awful one, nod that no
time was to be Inst iu taking measures of
defence ; lie had very recently the best op-
, „ portunity to understand the views ol the
continued (or several days at 95, with but j tienesrn.1 Government in -relation tu it; tliut
little diminution at night. Thirty-one cuses; the doctrines delivered by the Attorney
of sudden death, from the effect of cold wa- j General before the Supreme Court, were
passion in that city. |
The Heat at the North The ex- j
,rente heat of the weather continues to be 1
the subject of remark in the northern pa-j
pers. In New-York the thermometer had i
ter and the heat, occurred at New-York on j
the 22d ult.; and it is said that on tho 22d,
23d and 24th, sixty or seventy persons fell
p sacrifice to their imprudence in this way
The Mayor has published a notice similar
to those in Philadelphia aneBoBton, recom
mending to workmen to abstain from work
from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Thewoatlic'r hud
moderated a few degrees on the 25th.
In Philadelphia, the heat has been nearly
equal in intensity. The swallows in the
Navy Yard, overcome hy the atmosphere,
were daily dropping down among the work
men, One hundred and eighty persons
Were reported as having died in this city,
during the week ending 23d ult.—on the
Bull a refreshing shower tell, which cooled
the atmosphere several degrees. Thirty-
one cases of disease and death by the heat
■ltd cold water, occurcd on the 23d.
Ill Bostun, on the 20th ult. the thermom
eter Btood at three o’clock, at 99, and on
the 21st it reached 101.
At Saratoga Springs the thermometer in
tho shade, from 12 to 4 o’clock, on the 24th
■It. stood at 9B in the piazza of Congress
Hall.
Tho thermometer at Fort Moultrie, on
Bullivan’s Island, at 4 o’clock, P. M. on
Sunday, stood at 98.
Communications from Johns Island, and
Edisto. in the Charleston papers, represent,
jh* prospect* of the planters as gloomy,
extreme, and of the most, alarming cliarac
ter—neither more nor less than that slavery
could not exist, being contrary to the laws
of God and nature. &c.; that, he was en
gaged as counsel in one or more of the cosei
involving this doctrine, and that lie regret
ted exceedingly that the. reply had not been
allowed him; he said the Legislature should
take up the subject seriously. I answered,
1 was determined to present it in the strong
est light, &c. die. Judge Berrien adverted
particularly to the great excitement against
os, produced by these appeals botli to the
Court uud tu the auditory.
G. M. TROUP.
Executive Department, J
Miltedgeeille, June Uh, 1825. j
Be pleased to slate, if you were not pres
ent ut Washington during the late session
ofthe Supreme Court, and if, in a cause or
causes depending them, and involving the
question of slavery or nn slavery, you did not
understand the Attorney Gcnerul to assume
and maintain the general doctrine, that
slavery could nut exist consistently with the
luws of God and nature, &c.
Respectfully, G. M. TROUP.
Col. Seaborn Jones, Milledgevillc.
Milleuoevii.le, June 6, 1025.
To his Excellency G. M. Troup :
Sir: I have just received your note of
to-day, inquiring tor wlint 1 heard from tho
Attorney General of tho United States, on
the subject of slavery, I regretted very
much at tho time the argument was made
by Mr. Wirt in an African case involving
the question of slavery, that I did not hear
the whole of it. It was my good fortune only
to hear a part of his argument, and I can
not snv definitely and cortainly, that in the
part of the argument I heard, he did advance
and maintain the position, that slavery wbb
Dushrnd Washington to Mr, Wirt,
Mount Vernon, July 9th, 1025.
Dear Sir—Tho harvest having prevent
ed me from sending to Ale xandriu for some
days past, is the apology I have to offer for
not having returned you ail earlier answer
to your letior of the 2d instant.
\oti request me to s'ate whether my
notes or recollection of your argument in
African Negro cases, before the last So
premo Court, imputes to you the assertion
ot the proposition “that slavery, being in
consistent with the lows of God and nature,
ran not exist;” or any sentiment, or opinion
that slav ry, as it now exists in tho several
Stales, could be, nr ought to be. abolished,
or attempted to he abolished, or interfered
with at all, by the authority of tho govern
ment ofthe United States.
I leel no hesitation in answering, that, no
nnrtofymir argument maintained any or
either of those propositions directly, nor did
the general scope of it warrant, in my opin
ion, the deduct on of any such sentiment.—
I)’any thing resembling it was said, or in
sinuated. it passed by me so entirely unper-
ecivod ns to make no impression on my
mind, i^nd certainly to have left none upon
my memory. The eases did not warrant,
or call fur, such sentiments ; nor can 1 ima
gine in what way they could have been
made to apply with the least propriety to the
subjects under discussion.
Since the receipt of your letter, I have
carefully examined my notes, which fully
assure of me ofthe faithfulness of my mem
ory.
I am, dear sir, very respectfully, your
most ob’dt. servant,
BUSH. WASHINGTON.
Judge Duval to Mr. Wirt,
Richmond, July 14,18?5.
Sir—Your letter ofthe 2d was received
nt the in nuentof my leaving home for this
place. That circumstance, in connexion
with a heavy domestic calamity, has pre
vented an earlier answer.
It is slated, in your letter to me, that, in
a late official communication from Gover
nor Troup to the Legislature of Georgia,,
you are charged with having maintained,
lanfnra Mizx Um.unn,.. P i ..a* aI. . TT. t, 1 .
onne were libelled and claimed by the Por-
tugimsu uud Spanish Viue-Cousit|ft,ieciuro-
cally. They wore* cl airraid by John Smith,
nn captured,jura belli, and (hoy wore claim
ed hy tho United Stutns, as having been
transported from foreign parte hy American
citizens, in contravention to our law«, and
as entitled to their freedom hy these laws,
nnd hy tho law of natioiiH. This cause was
•trgued und decided at the last term of tho
Supremo Court.
I answer, without hesitation, that I have
no recollection whatever,that you maintain*
ed the proposition imputed to you by Gov.
Troup, in the argument of the cause before
mentioned,or in any othor cause. I brought
with mo the notes which were taken iu the
the argument ofthe cose, and they are full.
They correspond with rny recollection. If
yon had made use of such an argument, it
would n it have escaped my notice You con
tended that the slave trade is not counten
anced hy the law of nations; that by the
existing law of nntions it is unlawful; that
these Africans were under the protection of
the laws ol the United States, and, primn
facia, free hy those laws, &c. &c.
I can soy, also, according to my recollec
tion, and upon recurring to my notes, that
in the course of your argument in thnt
cniiRO, you did not utter u sentiment or
opinion that slavery, as it now exists in
the several States, could, or ought to bo
abolished, or interfered with at all by the
authority ofthe Government of the United
Stntes.
You commenced your argument by the
observation that you had no instructionsfr <m
the Executive relative to. this case. And you
added that you understood that no complaint
h id been made, to he Executive by the Govern
ment of Spain, or of Portugal.
It is deemed unnecessary to he more par
ticular.
With groat respect and esteem,
G. DUVALL.
Hon. Mr. Wirt.
Judge Thompson to Mr. Wirt.
New York, Jui.y 6th, 1025.
Sir—-Your letter of the 2d inst. in rela
tion to Gov. Troup’s lute communication to
the Legislature of Georgia, lias been receiv
ed. By the quotation in your letter from the
communication, it seems yon arc charged
with the proposition, “that slavery, being
inconsistent with the laws of God and nu
tore, cannot exist ” I Imve looked over my
notes of your argument in the case referred
to. nnd do not tind that 1 have noted any
such unqualified proposition buing luid down
by you. Nor have I the least recollection
of your urging any such sentiment iu the
sense imputed to you. And I inn persuaded
it would have made a strong impression on
my mind, if you had endeavored to estab
lisli the proposition that slavery did not, u
this time, legally exist in our country, or
that the Courts of Justice wore not bound
to recognise its existence, and to respect or
enforce the laws in relation to it. And I
think your argument could not, in justice
warrant a conclusion that you intended, u
any manner wlintever, to call in question
the laws of the Southern Slates on the sub
jeet of slavery.
I am very respectfully, yourob’t ser’vt,
SMITH THOMPSON.
Wm. Wirt, Esq.
Attorney General of the U. States
Thomas Addit Emmet. Esq. to Mr. Wrt,
New-You*. Joey sth. 1825.
Dear Sir—I have mad the official com
munication from Gov. Troup to the Legis
lature of Georgia, mentioned in your let
ter, with very great surprise, and no loss
regret. So far as relates to what is then
imputed to you, 1 can confidently sty the
statement is incorrect. I attended with
very groat interest to the whole argument
of the African cases, and since the receipt
of your letter this morning, consulted my
friend, Mr. D B. Ogden, who was also pres
ent at it, and authorizes me tosny thnt his
recollection oil the subject agrees with mine
—You spoke of slavery in the U. States, as
an evil inflicted on the Colonies hy the mo
ther country, und for which they ought to
be pitied, and not blamed ; and though I
cannot cite your words, I collectd, from what
you said, that you regarded it as an evil
which must be submitted to. I am confi
dent you expressed no opinion that slavery,
as it now exists in the several Stales, can be,
or ought to bv abolished, or be attempted to he
abolished, or interfered with at all> by the
Government of the United States. I am the
more decided on this point, because I was,
at the lime struck with your discretion in
answering some observations made by Mr.
Berrien, und which seemed to leave an o-
pening for expressing such sentiments, if
you entertained them, or thought fit to dis
close them.
I have the honor to be, dear sir, with
great respect and esteem, your obedient
servant, . THUS. ADDIS EMMET.
Hon. Wm. Wirt, Attorney-General.
more Confident that no *uch proposition, or
suiitiments as those imputed to you, were
asserted by you, because I listened with
great attention to the arguments on both
sides, both nn account of the interesting nn*
turn of the subject, nnd the pnwur and abil
ity with which it wus handled. Indeed, I
distinctly remember, that yon rested the
cause exclusively upon the question, wheth
er it was a trade in contravention ofthe acts Judge Advocate offered
This contained the evidence in
of the 3d sud 4th specifications
the Navy, was read. It " u '&
an historical digest ofthe evirt,!, k
before ft, to collect and euibwlv H
the duty of that Court. 1 ®mJ
In support of the 5lh specific,
idgc Advocate offered a niimh ° 5 '
of Congress, and whether the Africans, be- National Journal, and. also 0I Der rf
ing rightfully in tho custody of tho Court, tiuuul Intelligencer, eunlsiii'ini; ^
could be restored to those who claimed them tors purporting to Imve been ^
as slaves, without thoir showing a clear le- Commodore Forter.
gal title by credible testimony, and that you The Court then adjourned
expressly disclaimed a right on the part of cloi I; on Monday morning. ’
ourcruisers to seize a Spanish or Portuguese With the last day nr two, .
slave ship, on tho high seas, bring hor in officers have reported thi ni!n| ll " t ' < '
fur adjudication, and then throw the bur- Judge Advocate on their arrival' 1111
then of tho proof of proprietary intorcst u- to attend the trials on which t|, i“
pen the claimants, The only occasion, on cited. We do not know whe, 1
which l recollect yon to have alluded to tho seen a sot of finer young men / '
laws ofthe several Status un the subject of telligence beaming in t|u,| r ’
slavery, was, where, ill considering the quos- and set off hy manners cuurtuiih” 1 * 11 ! 1
tiou how fur negroes found on the Coast of isiied in tho highest dugree. Ti *
Africa, or in the possession of slave traders honor to our nany, ’ le|
on the voyage from the Coast, were to bo 1
presumed l o be slaves, you distinctly admit
ted. thui the locul laws ofthe states where
slavery is recognized, generally considered
ull persons of colour as, pnma fnciu, slaves,
ami imposed the burthen efproof upon them
to show the contrary attlie same time, that
you insisted that even in those States tho
possession of a newly imported African would
not he considorcd as evidence of property,
since such possession was liable to the sus
picion of its buying been acquired in viola
tion ofthe ucts of Congress prohibiting the
slave trailer.
I am. Sir. with great respect, your very
obedient servant,
H. WHEATON.
To the Hun. William Wirt,
Attorney-General of tho U- States,
Wild
I
Fifteenth day—Monday,J u ; t .,,
c. The Court did not meet 0%'^
A paper was put In by Commo.U
ter, in which, by the co„ £ , t ™ e ‘
Advocate, certain tacts, in relation
ter to the Secretary of the Navv 1JI
arrival of Ctmimodure Porter ,7’lC,
ton, before that letter
'Ms received, i
Ilcnry Wheaton to Mr. Wirt.
New-York, July 5th, IK25.
Sir—I have received your letter of the
2d of July inquiring whether you maintain
ed, before the Supreme Court of the United
Stutcs, at the lust term “the proposition,
that sluvery, being inconsistent with the
laws of God and natuie, cannot exist," or
whether you maintained “ any sentiment
‘■or proposition, that slavery, as it exists in
“ the several States, could, nr ought tu be
“ abolished, or attempted to he abolished, or
<* interfered with at all, by the authority of
“the Government of tho United States”—
I have great pleasure in being able to state
both from recollection and from my notes
taken at the time, that neither of those
[Depositions was maiulsiued by you beforo
tiie Court.
I presum. the ocrsBion alluded to, was
the argument of the Antelope, which was
the case of certain Africans, taken on board
,, a vessel found hovering near the coasts of
bofore the Supremo Court of tho United! tho United States, and claimed as Spanish
States, at the last term, tho proposition, and Portuguese property, and also by tho
“that slavery, being inconsistent with the j United States as having been transported
laws of God and nature, cannot exist;’’ anil! from foreign countries, by American citi-
you requust-uic to suv whotner my notes of zens, contrary to tho Slave Trade Acts of
urgoment, or my recollection, impute thnt 1 Congress, ami as entitled to their freedom
proposition to you, nr any sentiment or opiu-' by those acts and by the law of nations,
ion that slavery, as it now exists in the Uni
ted States, could, or nuglii to bo abolished
In the urgoment of this cause, nn the part
of the Government, it would have been
or attempted to bo abolished, or interfered foreign to four purpose to conteud that sja-
with at all by the authority of the Govern- very could not legally exist according tothe
moot ofthe Unitpd States. laws ofthe several States, or that it ought
Your letter, without duubt, refers to the tube abolished ill those States by the author-
cause of the African negroes who hail been ity ofthe United States’ Government, since
captured and taken from American, Portu- the question related to Africans who were
guese, sod Spanish vessels, and brought in- claimed as slaves under the laws of Spain
to the Unit' d States in a vessel called the and Portugal, nml whose freedom was asccr-
General Ramirez, under the command of tiined under the same law , the act. of Con-
. _ . John Sinilh, a citizou ofthe United States, gress. the law of nations, und the treaties
contrary w the laws of God and nature.—I Oa thoir arrival, tho vessel and the Afti- betweeu certain Foreign States. I am th*
NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.
Thursday, July 21, 1825.
The reading of the letters, charged as
“ insubordinate and disrespectful,” wus re
sumed. The original of one, the copy of
which had been read yesterday, was pro
duced ; and nu material variations appeal
ed between the office copy nnd the original.
A difference was said to exist between the
dates given by the office copy, and Com.
Porter’s privule copv: and which is, of
course, put to rights hy the original. The
residue of these letters not being ready to
he produced, and being in expectation of
i heir being sent front the Navy Department
every minute, lhe Court waited till the usti
al Ilnur of adjournment, without their up.
jiearanco.
Com. Porter stated to the Court, that the
Judge Advocate had just put into his hands
a set of interrogatories tor the examination
of Mr. Monroe, on the purt of the prosecu
tion, under the commission mentioned yes
terday ; that he perceived tliei e were an
nexed tu lhe»e interrogatories, in order to
be identified and proved by Mr. Monroe,
the letters which passed between him and
Com. Porter on the 10th and 12th March
Iasi; which, dispensing him from the delica
cy felt, when called upon to produce the
correspondence, as mentioned yesterday, he
had now no hesitation to admit the authen
ticity ofthe letters so annexed.
The Court then adjourned.
Friduy. July 22.
Mr. Doyle, a Clerk from the Navy De-
partmont, was examined by the Judge Ad
vocate, to authenticate a considerable mass
of i he correspondence (as it was understood)
between Com. Porter and the Navy Depart
moot. The letters were shown to Mr
Boyle, who authenticated the whole as ex
amined copies, dtc The Counsel of Com
Porter requested to liavo a list of the pa
pers so proved ; but avas answered there
was no list made out; he then requested to
have the letters called over, so that it might
be known to tho accused what were the
identical papers which Mr. Boyle had au
thenticated, and what were to be offered ill
evidence. This was objected to by the
Judge Advocate ; who remarked that it
would lie lime enough tor the accused to
know what the letters wcro.wheu they come
to be successively offered in evidcncu.as t hey
beenine applicable to the various points
of the charge, in the progressive steps of
the trial. The Counsel appeared to be on
the point of insisting, with some earnest
ness. upon the propriety and necessity of
knowing instantly, wluit were the identical
papers, which had been authenticated by
the witness, when, at Com. Porter’s parti
colitr request, l he point was waived.
Com. Porter having bnen called upon hy
the Judge Advocate for his questions (culled
cross interrogatories) to Mr. Monroe, in or
der that tho commission for his examination
might bo despatched, produced the same ns
requested, with a protest anoexud to the
same, reserving nil just exceptions to the
commission, ofthe authority for the issuing
of which, or for dispensing with the personal
attendance ofthe witness, he had no know
ledge : that having so repeatedly insisted
on the necessity of more precise specifica
tions ofthe circumstances wherein his sup
posed offence consisted; and of the points
to which the correspondence of Mr. Monroe
was thought to he material, ifcc. he must b>'
content with tho mysterious und studied si
lence of the prosecution on these points,&e
anil uudor this protest ho gave in the re
quireil inti rrngatorics to complete the exa
mination of Mr. Monroe.
It wus objected by the Judge Advocate
that this protest ought nut to be suffered to
accompany the interrogatories to Mr. Mon-
roe; but should be separated from them
and attached tothe record ; upon thisobjec
lion the Court was cleared; and, upon be
ing opened, it wus found that the protest was
to be disjmsed of as the Judge Advocate had
suggested. It is understood tho commission
and interrogatories were despatched by
special messenger from the Navy Depart
ment to Mr. Monroe.
The Judge Advocate then read the sev
era) letters charged as “ insubordinate and
disrespectful;” and then rend Com. Porter’s
printed pamphlet, under the charge for pub
lishing the proceedings of the late Court
of inquiry before the Executive had decid
ed what course to pursue on the report uf
that Court.
And tho Court adjourned at 3, P. M.
Fourteenth day—Saturday, July 23.
The Court met at 10 o’clock.
The Judge Advocate proceeded with the
reading of the pamphlet of Commodore
Porter', which occupied until half past twelve
mutual y admitted, ,
necess'ty of calling wanes*,
The Judge Advocate than reV'v ,T
the Court a list uf the variation* Z 1
the original record of the Court of U
Poner* PaU>pl ‘ lel publisl,,!d b y C„u,i|
Mr. Seaton and Mr. Force, ware j
called, to identity certain publications r
oppeared in the National Intelligence i
National Journal; after which, the U
Advocate informed the Court that he J
no further evidence to offer or, behalf d
proaecution, until the answers shouldiij
been received from the inlern.gutoricstriJ
milted to Mr. Monroe
On the part of the defence. Mr. Kin.,
who copied tho proceedings for Cum.;
ler. from the original rccurd of tin cjj
of Inquiry, wus called nml sssmiidJ
prove lhe Correctness of his transcript, j
This examination occupied until hifj_
3 o’clock, when the Court ntljonrtiid,
to-morrow morning, at KJ o’clock.
Sirteentli day—Tuesday, Jvly ii.
The Court met about half past PM!y t
Lieutenant Riiehie was axniniwil.iii*.
half ofthe defence to prove that a emu
part ofthe transcript made from tlicor
mil record, had been carefully cuim.ii^l
Mr. K ing was cxhmined, ‘to prove tij
th<* trunsfriplprodiRM’d was tnut tVonutil
the puinphiet of Commodore Porter«
printed.
The Counsel for tho defence then putl
a letter from the Judge Advocate, in reJ
to an application from Commodore Poi.l
after the C«>urt of Inquiry had tenninri
its labours uud made its repoil,;’ora|nr|
the minutes ofthe Judge Advocate.—Til
letter was admitted, with the iiwierirfani) 1
that tho Judge Advocate would attadil
the letter an explanation of the ronil
which induced his reply, and a utaiewj
of tho part ofthe minutes asked lor.
Mr. Seaton was then called again, tori)
purpose of identifying & publication in ti
Nutional Intelligencer; but he decYmedgl
ing any categorical answer. V
Tiie Court then, after determining no i
enforce the question adjourned until iu|
clock to-morrow morning.
The Court Martini it is believed, ck‘,1
__ esterday, the examination of testimonul
the case of Cora. Porter ; though it is |^|
hie that some supplementary inquiries d>J
he suggested and made, before the fc.il
of the accused shall bo submitted. A
dy issue to the trial may. therefore, be dr. .f
cipated. The late President Monroe';:
swersto the interrogation address lo hi.< r|
Com, Porter, through the Court, wore je|
torday received anflread to the Couri.
•ViU. JiU. x’ith iii!-1
Norfolk, Jitf.v 25.—Arrival of Si
Gn//.—The U. S. straui-gnlliot Se;i.tiv
Lt. Cnmd’t M’Keever, ( J days from k|l
West, bound to Philadelphia, put ui herc<\\
Saturday lust for a supply of fuel. SbcM
bet'll absent nearly nine months, on the W.
India station, during which time elie U\
lost only live of her crew. These deaua
generally, wore caused by necessary exH
sure iu tliu boats in search of pirates. T j
olficers and crow of tho Sou Gull are alii
good health. ,
Some cases of intermittent fovet exis'n
on the island, and the number y.as incnwl
in". No olfieers were left ut Key
'The hospital erecting there was prig-'*|
sing rapidly, and nearly completed.
The U. S. schooner Grampus, I.H
Comd’t Sloat, was cruising oil Cope .U-
tail; 10.
The Terrier, Lieut. Cornd’t Payne,
ernisingoff the Double II* adnlShot K f ;‘
ThePox, Lieut. Comd’t Cook.
Matanzas. The olficers and crews of tbs
vessels were generally very healthy.
We have been politely favored wi f H*
‘olio wing List of the Oflicers at prescut
taehed to the Sea-Gull .—
J. M’Keever, Lt. Comd’t
Lieuts.—P. Engle. John Rudd.
Acting Surgeon—Edward L. Dubarry
Midshipmen—Timothy G. Beuliam, n* 1
bert W. Alden.
Engineer—J. Monroe. .
Passengers— Richard Kennon, Surgeo®
Mate, in bad health, and Mr* Colbert,
mote of the Ranger. q-
The U. S. ship J din Adams, Cap 1, •;
rholson, was cruising off Havana—jjlif*
Prom Capt. Bauks of the schr. '
n Ann, arrived hereon Saturday, in 8 •
trom Havana, and Mr. William Co
late mate of the Ranger, who with Mr- •
Bushmill, one. of the crew, came home P I
senger, in the U.S. steam-galliot Sea '
we have the unpleasant intelligence
the schr. Ranger, Capt. Seaward, b b
for Havana, was captured 2d toft* W" .
days out, on the Double Headed Shot ft- . I
by the Columbian schr. ‘Roprisiihe, ? I
Bedford and ordered for Porto Gahe l
Mr. Colbert and Mr. Bunnell were pu I
board tho Princess Ann, bound to n« I
which they fell in with shortly alter, r I
Seaward, and Robert Martin, one
crew, proceeded to Porto Cabello
R Theall.ged cause of the capW^'^ |
o’clock. , ........ 6 — —
The Judge Advocate then proceeded to Ranger, was her having * u "l , '"V'™r!.
compare tho printed pamphlet with the re- hoard slid being boundtor an enemy i o
cord of the Court, and to point out the ve- Mr. Colbert and Mr. Bushneii | ^ .
rioua discrepancies which existed between the highest terms of the ,gl
the two,. -Bodiord, while on board the Rcpnsw >