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tr - 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. * A seaman from Havana, died on land ing from the ship Paragon. 838 (J\ £s W ♦£. *■ S f* 5*0 <J 5' re 3 ^2 ** j“" t .3 S-tH-S : - 5 S’ fi,3.ZS * i5.FcL*-ES - a J5. & 3 * 3 S S 5 r ^l = ©2<t> < » r* s. 2 f-5* s •> I §§• F? £ 3 I*" Ii I! - *-' < <L So.:-: — I - OS I — <4 *< 3 ^ M 02 -U Ottueoia-eiow cl *< 3 H X > ~ 1 Q> e. <D 5? — ■ a © ‘/a St< “<< o o p S : ? p <1 3 rat’ • Ss 1 ’! i g ” > * 03 II is ii JB 5 n 1 a? m 5! 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 >