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IDfdilii limes & ientineL
By LOMAX & ELLIS]
V olume XVIII.
Cuius anti Sentinel.
theTk^eeklFtoij^^sentTnel
Is published every TUESDAY* THURSDAY and
SATURDAY EVENING.
THE WEEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
Is published every rUESDAY"JIOBKIK.
Office on Randolph Street, opposite the P . O.
TERM S:
TRI - WEEKLY, Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at Ooe Dol
lar per square, lor the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for
every subsequent insertion
A liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertise
ments.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Adminisirators,
tors and Guardians, are required by law to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in
forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in
the county in which the property is situate. Nosticee of
these sales mu tbe given in a public gazette forty days
previous totheday ot sale.
Notice for the sale of Personal property must be given at
least ten days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell Lanu or Negroes, must be published
weekly for two months.
Citations for Letters of Administration must be published
thirty days—for Dismiesion from Administration, mommy
six months—for Dismission from Guardian-hip,forty days.
Rules tor Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers for
the lull space ot three months —for compelling titles from
Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been giv
en by the deceased, the full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
POINTING AND BOOK BINDING.
iTAVING connected with our Printing Other u full
I A and complete assortment of Book Binder's tools and
atoca.and also added to our PriLtinginaterials.we arenow
prepared to execute,in good style and with despatch.every
kind of work in either branch of the business on the best
terms.
U L \J! 1C WORK, ot every description, with or with
out orinting, made to order, in the neatest manner.
tVAKK HOUSE PRINTING, Receipts. Drafts.
Notes, Bills of Lading, &c., &e., executed neatly and
promptly, and bound in any desired style
BAILRUAI) A.ND STEAMBOAT BL ANKS,
ol all kinds got up,with accuracy and dispatch.
Bill Heads, rards, Circulars. Hand Bills.
Posters, programmes, &c., &c., printed in ttiesho.
est notice and in the best style
Hagazine and Pamphlets py up in every style o
binding.
Bookso all kindsrebound strongly and neatly
COM AX V. ELLIS
Columbus, Apr I i*
tl. *. MARTI:*. J- J. MARTIN.
MARTIN & MARTIN”
Attorneys at Law,
eox>uMDßtrs, ga.
Office on Broad Street—OverGunby & Daniel.
Columbus, Jan. 9, 1857. w&twly.
HAMILTON A PLANE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, i
CO iUEIBUS, GA.
rpflE above firm have renewed their Copartnership, and
I will devote the most assiduous attention to the pro
fession in the counties of Muscogee, Harris, Talbot and
Chattahoochee, in this State,and in Russell county, Ala.
Office, front room over E. Barnard’s Store.
January 28,1857. w&twtf.
M. B. WELLBORN. JERE.N. WILLIAMS.
WELLBORN & WILLIAMS,
ATTO RNE Y S AT LA W,
Clayton, Alabama
WILL give prompt attention to the collection of all claims
eutrusted lot heir care in Barbour county. • ct 4 wtw6m
MARION BETIIUNE,
attorney at law ,
TALBOTTON, Talbot County, Ga
October 24th, 1856. wtwtf.
W. S, JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
C U S S E T A,
Chattahoochee Comity, Ga.
<‘ves his entire attentfonto the practice in Chattahoochee
adjoining counties. &d26 —wtwly*
ROBERT N. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CRAWFORD, ALA.
S. A. M’LEjS DON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Fort Gaines, Ga.
\TILL promptly attend to ailbusiness entrusted te his
•Y care—particul rly Collecting. novbwtwly
PEYTON H. COLQUITT,
A TTORNE Y T L A W,
(JOLIIMBUS, GA.
Office, up stairs, over Col. Holt’s office, Randolph st.
may 26,1855 wdrtwtf
BAUGH & SLADE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS , GEORGIA.
WILL practice law in Muscogeeand theadjoiniiH-coiinties
of Georgia and Alabama,
or Office over Bank->f Columbus, Broad Street.
ROBERT BAUGH. J. BLADE.
Columbus. Ga. March 27 1857. wtwtf
ELAM & OLIVER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BUENA VISTA,
MARION COUNTY,GA.
t STILL practice inthecountlesof Marion, Macon, lewart
> V Taylor, Chattahoochee, Kinchatoonee. and any of the
adjoiningcounties wheu their services mav be required.
WM.D. SLAM. THADEUB OLIVER.
November 10. wtf
JOHN V. HEARD,
ATTORNEY aT law,
Colquitt, Miller Cos., Ga
January 20, 1857-wly.
TEDMM W. (B 033,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PKGSTON, Webster Coanty,Ga.
WILL practice in the counties of Clay,Chattahoochee,
Webster, Farly, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter.
Particular attention given to collecting and remitting.
January 27, 1857—wtf.
SMITH & WAGNON,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
Agents for Green k PulaskiHonnnunt lotteries,
DRAWS EVERY DAY.
Tickets from 25c to S2O. Address SMITH &. WAG
NON, Columbus, Ga. nov3—wtf.
S.S. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAN',
. BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
ap2 wtf.
KI\G & SORSBY,
WARE-HOUSE & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
COLUMBUS, GA.
attention given to the storage
yttjfljand selling of Cotton. Liberal advances made.
miMmiii3 a gj,i o g ani j Rope supplied^ at the lowest market
prices. Julyl7—wtwly.
1. W. KINS, >. X. SOXBBY-
DUNCAN H. BURTS,
V TTO R N E V A 1’ I. A W
C V S SET A.
Chattuhoochee County, Ga.
Will p-omptly attend to all business entrusted to his care
September 1,1857. wly.
W. A. BYRD.
attorney at law ,
OUTHHERT—RandoIph County, Ga.
• XTILL practicein the Pataulaand SoHthweste n Oireuits
Vy All business entrusted t> bie c.ire will received
ttentlon. ma.(l9 —wly.
GRICE & WALLACE,
ATTOIEEOTS M ILOT,
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
WILL prompt attention all business entrusted to
them.
W. Li'ißlCE. WM.B. WALLACE.
December f —wt?
WOODEN WARE!
A Large Lot of
a*-)CrPi rel
OF THE
TROY MANUFACTURE,
Os all descriptions, for sale at the lowest prices, wholesale
an i retail, order* fllltd at ihe.-honest notice and l*r hHj
anitra u. “JKEPERSON & HAMILTON.
: ‘jr -lot,turnery ‘tail and Mac**n TcJeirraph copy weekly
thr.4,* .ninths, anti forward mil to this office.
Columbus, Ga. Nov. 17,1857. w3m
A. B. SEALS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
II \ HILTON, GEORG I V,
December 3, lbs7.—wtw3m
r~ J. FOGLE & SON,
DENTISTS,
OFFICE on Randolph Street near Broad, Columbus, Ga.
Columbus, May 9, 1857. w&twtf
WM. F. LEE, D. D.S.
wSßdental surgeon.
OFFICE comer of Broad and Randolph Streets,
Columbus. Georgia.
December 17,1^56 —w&twtf.
NEW STOKE AND NEW GOODS.
JACKSON & REDD,
Dealers in staple & fancy drygoods
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c. Ac.,
86 Fast side of Broad street, opposite Redd & Johnson,
Columbus, Oct. 6, ‘s7.—tf.
D. C Jackson. J. J. Redd
HUNTERS’ WAItE-HOUSE.
SY* nder9igned have this day purchased the
JW n*e property of STEWART,GRAY & CO.,
land will continue the business (so ably and satisfac
torily conducted by them) under the Arm and style oi
DILLARD, POWELL & CO.
Mrrvw in soliciting a continuance of the patronage so lib*
rally extended to our predecessors, we take occa-
MSSJiion to sa y that no iat) or vvill be spared by us to sub
serve the interest of our customers and Iriends.and we shall
at all times be prepared to extend them usual tacil’ties
F. W. DILLARD,
R.H. POWELL,
N. i. SCOTT,
ADDIS N CRAZIER.
WE-sLEY WILLIAMS.
Columbus, July Ist, 1857.
The above will inform the public that we have sold our
Warehouse property to JWessrs Dillard, Powell &Co.,and we
take great pleasure in recommending them as every way
worthy ol public patronage, and solicit a continuance ofthe
patronage ot our former customers and friend for the present
concern. ST EW A AT, GR V V & 00.
July n—watiwir.
FONTAINE AND LOWELL j
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSES.
marnnm HUGHES, lIA.VIKL A CO., j
gjjMMfJI Having associated with Vthem VVealey I'-tfLrl
VS Hodges, and lahen !he l.owell in addition to jtfjjtea/ j
the t-ontaine Warehouse, and having vreatty increased j
storage capacity, will continue the Warehouse, Re- ,
celvingj Forwarding, and Commission Bu- j
sines*, under the firm name ol
HUGHES, DANIEL & CO.
OFFICE AT THE FONTAINE WARE-HOUSE
Our particular attention will be given tothe sale of Cotton
and other consignments. We are prepared to afford aii la
cilities usual in our business. Liberal Cash Advances made
on Cotton, in store or for shipment toother points
Baggiug, Rope, Salt Ac., will be furnished our
customers at current rates, and ordersof every description,
wiD meet with prompt attention. Thankful lor the libei al pa
tronage of last season, we hope for it? continuance.
WM. H. HUGHES,
WILLIAM DANIEL,
JNO. R. EASTHAM,
ell 1857—wtwtf WESLEY 3. HODGES.
LIVERY & SALE STABLE
THE undersigned having this day pur-
Ipr’SPyltJeichased the Livery Stable now occupied by
VBC S. Hart &Cos., and formerly owned by
Hatcher &. Pitts, will continue the business
under the name and style ot IVKY & WILKINS, and
by giving their personal attention to the same, hope to re
ceive from the public a liberal share of its patronage.
.1. R. IVEY,
July 16, 1857. F. G. WILKINS.
HAVINGsoId our Stable, as noticed above, we take
pleasure in recommending to our friends, all drovers,
and the public the new firm, and solicit for them a continu
ation of the very liberal patronage heretofore bestowed on
us; believing our successors will anticipate your wants
and attend to them personally.
julvl7—wtwtf. C. S. HART & CO.
GREAT ATTRACTION !
Bargains ! Bargrins ! Bargains !
Enas.
WISHES to inform her friends, and the public
SjSr generally of Columbus and the vicinity, that she
is now offering lor sale a complete assortment ol
GOODS, consisting in part of—
NEAPOLITAN BONN E PS, from $2 00 p. 52.50.
MISSES GIP S I E S *1 00
BL'OOMERS, from 87ic to $1.25.
Handsome Gause R 1 B B O N S, 25c per Yard.
And a large lot of Swiss Trimmings at 20c per yard.—
Call and see Cheap for Cash.
July 23. 1857. w&twtf.
THE LAST CALL
MONEY WANTED.
THE subscriber having purchased the entire interest oi
V. R TOMMEY, in the Notes and accounts ot the
latefirmofJ. ENNIS & CO., (which firm was dissolved
on the first Oct. 1855,) would earnestly solicit all indebted
to said firm, either by note or account, to call at the store
ot J. Ennis &Cos , and settle the same,or they will find
their Notes and Accounts in the hands of an officer or
collection. J- ENNIS.
Columbus, Oct. 18, 1856. wtwtf
Office Mobile & Girard Rail Road Cos. {
Girard, Ala., Nov. 21 t, 1857. $
AT a meeting of the Directors of this Company, held
this day, the following resolution was adopted viz
••Resolved, That the President of this Company be re
quested to call a meeting of its Stockholders, by giving six
ty days public notice ol the same, to determine the duties
and powers of the President in the location of Depots on
said Road, and also to take into consideration, the change
of the line of said road down the Conecuh River.
A true extract from the minutesof the Board
n0v.24 wtw2m WALTON B. HARRIS, Se’cy.
Offi.e Mobile &, Girard Rail Road Cos. )
Girard,.Ala-, Nov. 23d, 1857. J
IN compliance with the above Resolution a meeting of
the Stockholders ot the Mobile & Girard Rail Road
Company will beheld at the office ot the Company, in Gi
rard, on Monday the first day of February next.
nov24—wtd twit JNO. H. HO WARD, PresT
Enquirer copy.
TENNESSEE BACON AND LARD.
WE are receiving on consignment large lots of Sides,
Hams, Shoulders, and Lard, in Casks,Box
es and Cans. For sale by
april4—twtf KING & SORSBY.
wrapping and news paper
OF ALL SIZES AND QUALITIES,
FOR Sa LE AT
Rock Island Paper Mill Office,
IN FRONT OF PALACE MILLS.
TERMS CASH. iunel6wtwtf
•‘THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.’’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1858
VDJSCOG F, RAH ROAD!
Change of Schedule
i mOM and after thisdate the Payor Kxpro Train wil
I’ leave the depol at 4 tKI I’.M. and arrive at Macon at lif-r
r* JYI.
Leave Macon at 1.30 A M. arrive at Columbus al IhS* A M
M-irjiingor Accommodatioii Train viJ] ITo A W
and arrive at Macoi* 8 sfiA M*
i.eavti Macou at 11 30 A. M. arriveai Columbus 633F. M
4. J.. MI ST IAN, Supt
’ ‘olunibue. Nov. 14—tw&wti
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE.
IlifliiftffiHi
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT R. R- CO.,
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 19, 1857.
i \N and after this date the P ASSENGER ThAINB on tin
* / toad w be ; >verne<i bv iOUowim. 8 HIM l *
DAY TRAIN.
Leave Montgomery 8.30a.m.
Arrive Weal Point 3.30 p.ni.
Arrive atCoiumbus 2.50 p. m
Return’ng—Leave West Point 9 30a.r0
Leave olumbus 10.00 a. m.
Arriveat Montgomery 4.(0 p. in.
NIGHT TRAIN.
ijeave Montgomery 5.20 p. m.
Arrive at VVest Point 12.5(a.m.
“ Geiumbus LuOa.m.
Returning—Leave West Point 7.30p.m.
Leave Columbus 7.30 p. m
Arrive at >ontgomery 2.30fa.m.
Thvougb tickets can be obtained (o Double Daily Connec
t ons) to AtlantaCi<attaii<:ot.a andNasnv.ile, and daily con
nection? to Huntsville Memphis a r .tl Knoxville.
S. G. JONES Eug’i & Sup.
FREIGHT ARRANGEMENT
BETWKt’N ATLANTA AND COLUMBUS.
BY an arraugeuieni between the kailroac Companie: com
posing the two route?* fr m At-ianta to Col urn out, conclu
ded at their Con veution at 6'avaiinali on the HUh instant, it
was agreed ihat the foilowirg r;.t< between AtiMii audCo
lumbu? ahali govern,takug iflim- ts efirst day o ; Jf/ay
1857.
VIA VVEST PM NT.
Corn per ou-he!, I Ic. Wheat 2. <atsß. Bacon, Whisky
Flous in sacks or ba:rels,pei ‘OO lbs. 35c Bagging. Rope.
Lard in cans or bbls., per JIKI lbs 45c Coal, Pig Iron, by,
car loud, per ton of 20H0 lbs.
VIA MACON.
Corn per busel 14c. Wheat If c. ‘ iOc. Bacon, Whis
ky, Flo'ur in sacks or libls.. per 100 lbs, 44c. Bagging, Rope,
Lard, in cans or bbls.. per (o<* lbs 55c. Coal, Pig Iron, by
carload, per ton of 2000 lbs.s4 6H., 1
f. MUSTIAN,
President and Superintendent Muscogee R. R.
GEO. W. ADAMS,
Superintendent Southwestern Railroad.
EMERSON FOOTE,
Suneriifendent Macon and Western Railroad.
GEO. G FULL, •
Superintendent Atlanta and T.aGrange R . R.
SAMUEL G. JONES,
Engineer and Superintendent M.&.W.P. RaMroau.
May 30. 1837—w&twtf.
mobile aitd oirard hail road.
Fassenge! & Freight Train will leave Girard i2 P
M.daily, connecting at Silver Run with a daily line oi
Stages ti Villula, Glennville.Eufanla Fort Caines, and Mari
anna,Fla. And at Gueryton daily, with the Stages for Uchee
Olivet. Enon, Chunnenuggee, Midway. Hardaway. Perote
and Union S'priu s.
Living Gueryton at 4 A. M.. daily, the Cars will reacL
Girard at 7 A M., connecting will tin Cipelikuano Mus
cogee Train g.
cr Duplicate Recei -ts must accompany Freight shipped.
CT Ail freight must be paid before goods will be discharg |
ed.
Freight delivered at the Depot before 4 o’clock P. M. will
be shipped the following dav.
F*eights for stations No. i (Fort Mitchell,) and N.5 th.-
9008*) must he prepaid.
Way freight must in all cases be patd in advance.
JOHN HOWARD,
mar2s 1857-w&twt< Engineei & .Sup.
“pioCKSTU'surr™ TIMES!
THE EjAGtLEj
MANUFACTURING CO.
OFFER their various sttles of Goods, comprising
O'NABURGS, YARNS, PASHION (or stripes,)
PINE-KNOT PLAINS, NEGRO KERSEYS,
SOUTHERN LINSEYS, “TRUCK FOR
TROWSERS.” COTTON ROPE,&c &c.
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
They invite the special attention ofthe Trade to their
Stock which is complete in every respect.
J. RHODES BROWNE, Agent.
Columbus. Dec. 5. 1857. twit wtl
TO : UOSE INDEBTED.
ALL those indebted to the undersigned, by note or ac
count, past due, are earnestly requested to come for
ward and settle up. We have shown our willingness to
accontu ‘date, by waiting on you, and now ask you to rer
ciptocate oy paving lip.
.jet 10, w&tw/t J. H. DANIEL & CO.
TOB ACCO.
OF various Brands, will be sold to Merchants at Man
ufacturer’s prices, by D. P. ELLIS,
septl7—twtf Auction & Com. Merchant.
~ “silßTnaiiisi® bsosw*
THE HALLOTYPE PICTURES!
A. J. RIDDLE,
HAS purchased of J. Gurney, of New . York, the exclusive
right for aking HaliotypePictures, which is aiittieahead
of anything in the way of Picture taking the world has ever
seen. T here is nothing to which they cau be compared in the
art of Photography, but bear a strong resemblance to wax
figures, for soli ness and beauty of light and shade. Ladies
and gentlemen are invited to call and examine specimens
Aiiists who desire to learn this new and beautiiul art, and
secure rights for other counties will please call on A. J RID
DLE, Joiumbus Ga. July?s—
Medicine that never Debilitates!
DR. SAND FORD’S
INVIGORATOR,
OK LIVER REMKDY,
npH'SIS ON EOF THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC MEDI
1. c 1 discoveries ever made, and is daiiy working cures
almost too great to bel e\e. It cures as it by magic, even
the first dose giving bei efit, aud seldom more Mian one bo’tle
id required to cure any kind of Liver Complaint, from the
worst Jaundice or Myspepsla to a common head ache, all ol
which are the result o a diseased Liver.
The Liver isoneot the principal regulators of the .human
1 body, and when it perl rms its lu ctioss well, the powers ol
me stem are iuli\ doveloped. The stomach is almost en
tirely dependent on ‘the healthy action ol the Liver lor the
pr >per performance o* its lunciions. V\ hen the stomach is at
fault, the bowels are at fault, and the w oiesystem suffers in
consequenceotone organ—the Liver—having ceased to do
irsdut). For the disease oi that organ, one oi the • roprietore
has made it his study, lu a practice of more than 20yefirs, to
find some remedy where with to counteract the many derange
ment f to which it is liable.
To prove that this remedy is at last found, any person trou
bled with liver complaint in any of its forms. Las but to try a
bottle and conviction is certain.
A compound has beeu formed by dissolving gums and ex
tracting that pari which is soluble for the active virtues of
the medicine. These gums remeve all morbid or bad matter
troin the system, supplying u their place a hea thy flow of
bile, invigorating the stomac i, causing food to digest well,
p rifying the blood, giving tone and (health to the whole ma
chinery, removing the causes’ of the disease,and effecting
a radical core without any of the disagreeable alter effects,
felt by usin’ Calomel or Mineral Poison, that are usually re
sorted to.
To all who will follow these directions a cure is positively
guaranteed.
Sick Headache can be cured by the use ofl or 2 tea spoons
,ul taken ns soon as the attack is tell.
The Invigorator never fails to cure 90iir stomach, or the bad
effects experienced af'er eating
Rillious aitacks yield readily to one bottle, and Chronic Di
arrhoea, difficult as it is to cure,is never troublesome to those
who take the Invigorator.
For Dyspepsia, Jaundice, nothingin the kuown world acts
90 fully or curej so quickly as the Invigorator. It removes
al yellnwness and unnatural color from the skin.
For Nightmare, take a dose before retiring, audit is war;
ranted a sure prevt utative.
For Fema e Obstructions, it is a safe and sure remedy asit
removes the cause oi the disease.
Coativenes* cannot exist where the Invigorator isireelyts
ken while cholic yields readily to a lew doses.
It must be known that all these are Liver Diseases,or caus
ed by a deranged Liver, and to cure them needs a Liver mei
icine and one of orreat power. The Inviirorator is
icine; it has me licai powers never belore discovered, thu
will cure all diseases, of the Liver, no matter of how loot
standing or what'may be their torn. The active mediciiul
virtues extracted rom the gums used is such as to be astoi
ishing toall who see their effects, tornone can usethe medi
cine without receiving benefit. It acts as a gentle csthartk,
and should always be taken insufficient quantities to ope--
ateoi the bowels gently. The best way to take it is to tale
the me licine in the mouth, then takes roe water and ewa
low both together. 1l„ this way the medicine will scaredy
be tasted.
SANFORD & CO. Proprietors, 345 JBroadway, New York.
ail by Pemberton, Nuckolls Cos. and by Danfnrtbfc
rtesal Columbus. Dec.B—wfctw3m.
Gen. Walker to the President.
The National Intelligencer,of this morning, con
tains a letter addressed to the President of the
United Slates by General Walker, which, as a mat
ter of general news to our readers, we publish at
length .
Washington, Jan. 4, 1858.
Sir: On the 15th of June last I had the honor
to addressjyou a letter relating the manner in which
I emigrated Irom California to Nicaragua, the events
which followed my presence in Central America,
and the unjust and illegal acts by which I was
forced, for a time, to abandon tny adopted country.
In that letter I stated facts which I defy my ene
mies to controvert; and I then hoped your Excellen.
cv would take steps for the punishment of the
grievous offences against right, justice, and pub
lic law, committed by United States officers in the
seizure of a Nicaraguan vessel in a Nicaraguan
port. Commander Davis has, however, gone un
rebuked, so far as I am informed, for his gross
violation of international law and ofthe Constitu
tion of the United El ites. And it grieves me to
say that I am again obliged to approach you with
a complaint against another and yet higher ojficer
of the,United Etates Navy.
In approaching you as a supplicant for justice, I
know that it is necessary for me to remove errone
ous impressions which have been made on your
mind concerning my conduct, in connection with
Nicaraguan affairs. Corrupt and malignant per
sons have suriounded your Excellency, and pour
ed into your ears false stories concerning events
in Central America. And now, to you, the Presi
dent ofthe United States, I directly charge, and
stand ready to prove what I say, ihat your officers
of the Navy r , not only by irresponsible statements
through the p ess, but also official communications
have misstated facts and falsified events Feeling,
and believing, as I do, that you would not willingly
wrong any individual, no matter how humble, I am
satisfied that the summary judgment you pass on
tny conduct, in your annual Message to Congress,
s the result of incorrect information ; and I trust
and confidently expect, that when the truth isplaced
before you. your judgement will acquit me of the
grave charges brought against me.
Permit me, then if you please, before I proceed
to call your attention to the conduct, of Commo
dore Paulding, to deny most unequivocally that I
have ever been engaged, at any time or in any
manner, with any unlawful expedition against Nic
aragua. In your Message to Congress, you seem
to imply that my first departure from San Fran
cisco was illegal; lor you say, “when it was first
rendered probable that an attempt would be made
to get up another unlawful expedition against Nic
aragua.” With all deference, I beg leave to repeat
what I said in a previous letter, and to again inform
you that I left San Francisco in May, 1855, with
the sanction and approval ofthe Federal officers of
the port, and that the captain ofthe revenue cutlet
sent his sailors to bend the sails which carried us
from California to Central America. Allow me
also to suggest that the Government ofthe United
States recognized and legalized the immediate re
sults of the emigration- from California in the re
ception of Padre Vigii as minister fioin the Repub
lic of Nicaragua.
Not only was the first expedition, as it has been
called, to Nicaragua entirely lawful in its origin, but
all its consequences were marked by strict adher
enee to law and justice. Some have told you, I
know that I am a man “without faith and without
mercy but from the beginiug to the end of my
career in Nicaragua I challenge the world to pro
duce a single violation of public faith, a single de
viation from the great principles of public right and
public justice. On the contrary, the Americans in
Nicaragua have always maintained the faith and
honor ot their race, in the midst of falsehood and
treachery on the part of their em-mie., it, tie- fncts
of countless host arrayed against them, no less than
in the presence of famine and of pestilence. Our
conduct in the midst of trials and of dangers is sul j
ficient answer to theepithets winch have been hurled
against us, and when the passions aud prejudices
of the present have died away we cattily await the
judgement of posterity on our conduct.
But an officer of the United States Navy forced us
to become exiles from Nicaragua ; and let me re
mind you of the fact, that from the moment we
touched our natal soil, we protested against the
illegality and injustice of the act, and declared our
intention to return tothe land whence we had been
wrongfully brought. Everywhere, bell>re the func
tionaries of the Government, in the presence of as
sembled multitudes of the soveteigu people, we j
declared that no effort should be unused in order!
to regain the rights wrested from us by fraud and t
illegality. Do you suppose tnat if we had been
enneious of any violation of law, we would thus
have proclaimed our objects and intentions ! Is it
the habit of offenders again-t public right, or of
conspirators against public justice, to herald their
acts on the corners of the streets, and publish their
wrong doings in the market-place? Would we
have violated the public concience of this nation
by calling on the people to disregard their own
enacted statutes? No, Mr. Presideut; let all your
district attorneys exhaust their enegy and their in
genuity ; let them attempt to wrest the law to pur
poses for which it never was intended, they cannot
makegood the charges which have .been made
against us. Once the District Attorney of the Uni
ted States attemped to convict me of breach ofthe
neutrality laws, but ajury of the country rendered j
a verdict of “not guilty” almost without leaving the
box. Again a like effort would be crowned with a
like result.
Alter long effort and much endurance, we at
length sailed from Mobile for San Juan de Nicara
gua on the 14th day of November last. The ves
sel on which we sailed was regularly cleared by
the collector of the port, and a special inspector
was sent aboard to examine the cargo and the pas
sengers. Our rights, too, as Nicaraguans were ac
knowledged, for the collector refused to clear the
Fa-hion, with Captain Fayssoux commanding, on
the ground that he was not a citizen of the United
States. With a regular register and clearance we
supposed when once on the high seas that we were
beyond the possible interference of any United
States authority ; for, even if we were admitted
belligerents against a Power a ith which the United
States was at peace, the owners of the neutral ves-
sel had a clear right to carry warlike persons as
well as contraband of war, subjeet only to the risk
of capture by the enemy’s cruisers. We did nol
fora moment imagine that naval officers would un
dertake to place restraints on American commerce
in the absence of Federal law and Congressional
authority. The deference, too, we know your Ex
cellency has for the Constitution of the United
States precluded the supposition that any orders
had be n issued to detain or capture an American
vessel whose papers showed she was engaged in a
lawful voyage.
Satisfied as we were of the entire legality of
our voyage, we did not hesitate to enter the port
of San Juan de Nicaragua, although we knew that
a United States sloop-of-war was present in the
harbor. But we had scarcely landed, before we
were subjected to a series of illegal and insulting
acts by ihe commander of the Saratoga. These
acts have been detailed in two letters addressed by
me to Commodore Paulding, and now on file, I pre
sume, in the Navy Department.
While we were being embarrassed by the action
of the Saratoga, we had not been idle. Col. An
derson—who had served his native country through
out the Mexican war—at the head of fifty men,
had ascended the river and gained possession of
the stronghold which, in the last century, had for
■ ays defied Ihe genius of the proudest naval name
in British annals. Not only this, but he had re
gained possession of valuable American property
unlaw fully held by Costa Rican soldiers, and I had
given the order to restore it to the agent claiming it
lor the ownere. Permit me to ask whether it is
t-Uoh acts as these which authorize your Naval offi
cers to apply to us the vilest epithets of the lan
guage 7
Scarcely, however, had the possession of Castillo
Viejo opened to us the way to Lake Nicaragua, and
to the regaining of all we had lost by Captain Da
vis’s interference, than a most grievous wrong was
again inflicted on us by Commodore Paulding. On
the Bth of December, the latter officer summoned
me to surrender to him, and the Nicaraguan flag
was a second time hauled down on Nicaraguan
soil by the orders ol the United Slates Navy.
It would be supererogatory, sir. f>r me to say that
the act of Capt. Paulding was without warrant ol
law. Much, too, as we felt the wrong, it was not
the act itself as much as the manner in which it
was done, that cut us to the quick. We knew that
the act was in violation of toe sacred charter—the
Constitution of the United States. We knew that
an authority higher than that of any commodore—
higher even than the President ot the United States
—would vindicate the sanctity of violated law and
punish the offenders against the American Consti
tution. We felt, too, that the august aud in st po
tent sovereign—the people ofthe United States—
would render justice for the injuries we sustain
ed.
But far more grievous than the surrender—far
more galling than to see our own flag low
ered on our own soil—was it to be told that
we were there to the dishonor of the Uni
ted States. There were men on that sandy
beach, Mr. President, who had carried your flag
aloft amidst the thickest of the foe. and one had
been promoted by a predecessor in your office for
first planting your colors-up,grkthe heights of Cerro
Gordo. Others among them had led y >tir soldiers
across the continent, and always in the path of du
ty and of honor. For such men to be told that they
disgraced the flag they once had served so nobly
and so well, was a pang sharper than that of
death, and might have wrung a tear from men har
der and more callous than he who inflicted the ir
reparable injury.
I need not tell you that l was unable to antici
pate the act of Capt. Paulding. Military necessity
required me to ho.d Punta Arenas aud the idea
never entered mind that an American .officer, pro
fessing to execute the law would so far forget his
duty to infringe not only well-established interna
tional law, but also the requirements of that instru
ment with which are involved the best hopes of
mankind, the Constitution of the United States.
Even could I have forseen the action of Capt.
Paulding, military reasons would have prevented
me from leaving the Point. But it was impossible
to imagine that so violent a step—marked, as it
was, in its details, by conduct worthy of soldiers in
the sack ofa town—would have been taken by an
officer of the United States navy. And, Mr. Presi
dent, in the name of the official oath which you
have taken in the presence of Almighty God, I call
upon you to punish the offender, and to right the
wrong. I presume not to direct your wisdom in
the course it shall pursue; but in the name of thp
men whose rights your officers have infringed, and
whose honor has been most harshly and heedless
ly trampled in the dust, I call for the justice it is
your high perogative to bestow.
But permit me to conclude by adding that, in all
events and under all circumstances, there are du
ties and responsibilities f om which I and the officers
aid men I represent will not, dare not shrink. No
extreme of illegal interference, no amount of hard
vords or unjust epithets can deter us from follow
ing the path which is before us. The functionaries
ofthe Government may exhaust upon us the ex
pletives of the language; they may insult the pub
lic conscience, and degrade their own character by
applying to us all the epithets their morbid imagi
nations suggest; but, conscious of the right and
justice of our cause, we shall not relax our efforts,
nor be driven into a violation of the law. As long
as there is a Central American exiled from hi 6 na
tive land, and deprived of his property and civil
rights for the services he rendered us, in evil as
well as good report, so long shall our time and our
energies be devoted to the work of their restora
tion. As long as the bones of our companions in
arms, murdered under a barbarous decree of the
Costa Rican Government, lie bleaching and un
tiuried on the hill-sujos of Nicaragua, bo loor shall
our brains contrive and our hands labor for the
justice which one day we will surely obtain. Per
mit your officers, if yon can, to trample underfoot
the Constitution and the laws; pass unnoticed if
you will, the most violent invasions of individual j
rights and public duties; treat with scorn and con- I
tempt, it you choose, the demands for justice which j
we humbly and deferentially place at your feet, j
we will not be c ist down or dismayed. We fight for
the right of our race, which have been denied ns
bv an ungrateful and degraded aristocracy. We
strive to retain unsullied the device some of our
ancestors have borne on many a field, “none shall
wound us with impunity.” And as long as our
faith in right endures and our confidence in the
God of our fathers remain unshaken, so long shall
j we use all just and proper means to regain what
j iras been wrongfully wrested Irom us.
1 have the honor to remain, with high respect,
your obedient servant,
Wm. Walker.
To his Excellency the
President of the United States.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Important Message from the President of the United
Bute*.
The following is the message of President Buch
anan, communicated to the U. S. Senate, on Tnrs
day, iu response to a resolution of thatbody. asking
for all the official correspondence touching the
arrest of Gen. Walker,
Wxsni.saTow, Jan. 7, 1858.
In siibnrntiug to the Senate the papers for which
they have called, 1 deem it proper to make a few
observations.
In capturing Gen. Walker and his command,
after they h and landed on the soil of Nicaragua,
Commodore Paulding has, in my opinion, commit
ted a grave error, It is quite evident, however,
from the communications herewith transmitted,
that this was done from pure and patriotic motives,
and in sincere convicti n that he was promoting
the interests and vindicating the honor of his
country.
In regard to Nicaragua, she has sustained no in
jury by the act of Commodore Paulding. This has
inured to her benefit, and relieved her from a
dreaded invasion. She alone would have any right
to complain of the violation of her Territory; and
it is quite certain she will never exercise this right.
It unquestionably dues not lie in the mouth of her
invaders to complain in her name that she has
been rescued by Commodore Paulding from their
assaults.
The error of this gallant officer consist in ex
ceeding his instructions, and landing his sailors
and marines in Nicaragua, whether with or with
out her consent, for the purpose of making war up
on any milatary force whatever which he might
find in the country, no matter from whence they
came. This power certainly did not belong to him.
Obedience to iaw and conformity to instructions
are the best and safest guides for all officers, civil
and ; and when tlrey transcend these limits,
and act upon their own personal responsibility, evil
consequences almost inevitably follow. Under
these circumstances, when Marshal Rynders pre
sented himsell at the S'ate Department, on the 29th
ultimo, with General Walker in custody, the Secre
tary informed him that tire Executive Department of
thegovernmea did not recognize General Walker
as a prisoner; that it had no directions to give con
cerning him, and that it is only through the action
of the judiciary that he could be lawfully held in
custody to answer any charges that might be
bronght against him.
In thus far disappr wing the conduct of Commo
dore Paulding, no inference must be drawn that I
am less determined than I-have ever been to exe
cute the neutrality laws ofthe United States. This
is my inperative duty, and I shall continue to per
form it by all .the means which the Constitution and
the laws have placed in my power. My opinion
ot the value and importanceoftheße laws corres
ponds entirely with thatexpressed by Mr. Monroe in
tiis message to Congress, of December 7th, 1819.
That wise, prudent, and patriotic statesman says:
“It is of the higest importance to our national
character,and indispensable tothe morality of our
citizens, that all violations of our neutrality should
be prevented. No door should be left open for
the evasion of our laws; no opportunity afforded
it to compromit the interest or the honor of the na
tion,”
The crime of setting on foot or providing the
means for a military expedition within the United
Etates, to make war against a foreign State with
which we are at peace, is one of an aggravated
and dangerous character, and early engaged the
attention of Congress Whether the executive
government possesses any, or what power, under thr
Constitution, independently of Congress, to prevent
or punish this and simular offenses against the law
of nations, was a subject which engaged the atten
tion of our most eminent statesmen m the time ot
the administration of General Washington, and
on the occasion of the French revolution. The
act of Congress of the sth June, 1794, fortunately
removed all the difficulties on this question, which
had heretofore existed. The sth and 7tlr section
of this act, which relate to the present question,
•re the same in substance with the 6th and 8;h sec
tions of the act of April 20th, 1818, and have now
been in force for a period of more than sixty years.
The military expedition rendered criminal by the
act must have its origin, must “begin” or “be set
on foot” in the United States ; but the great object
ofthe law was to save foreign States with whom
we are at peace from the ravages of these lawless
expeditions proceeding from our shores. The
seventh section alone, therefore, which simply de
fines the crime and punishment, would have been
inadequate to accomplish this purpose and enforce
our international duties. In order to render the
law effectual it was necessary to prevent the “car
rying on” t of such expeditions to their consumaiion
alter they had succeed* and in leaving our shores.
This has been done effectually, aud in clear and
explicit language, by the authority of the President
under the eight section ofthe act to employ the
land and naval forces of the United States “for the
purpose of preventing the carrying on of any such
expedition or enterprise from the teriitories or jtt
risdiciion of the United States against the territories
or domain of an y loreign prince or State, or of any
colony, district, or people with whom the United
Slates are at peace.”
For these reasons, had Com. Paulding intercep
ted the steamer “Fashion,” with Gen. Walker and
his command on board, at any period before they
entered the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, and
conducted them back to Mobile, this would have
prevented them from ‘carrying on” the expedition,
and have been not only a just liable, but a praise
worthy act.
The crime well deserves the severe punishment
inflicted upon it by 6ur laws. It violates the prin
ciples of Christianity, morality and humanity, held
sacred by ail civdized nations, and by none more
than by the people ofthe United States. Dsguise
it as we may. such a military expedition is an in
vitation to reckless and lawless men to enlist un
der the banner of an v adventurer to .ob, p onder
and murder the unoffending citizens of neighbor
ing States who have never done them harm. It is
a unsurpation ofthe war-making power which be
longs aione to Congress; and the government it
self, at least in the estimation of the world, be
comes an accomplice in the commission of the
crime unless it adopts all tire means necessary to
prevent and to punish it. It would he tar better
and more in accordance with the bold and rnanly
character of our countrymen for the government
itself to get up such expeditions than to aliow
them to proceed under thecomrnaud of irresponsi
ble adventurers. We could then at least exercise
some control over our own agents, and prevent
them from burning down cities and eornmiting
other acts of enormity of which we have read.
The avowed principle which lies at the founda
tion of the law of nations is continued in the Di
vine command “Ihat all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do you even so
to them.” Tried by this unerring rule, we should
be severly condemned if we shall not use our best
exertions to arrest such expeditions against our
feeble sister Republican of Nicaragua. One thing is
very certain, that people never existed who would
call any other nation tu a stricter account than we
should our selves tor tolerating lawless expeditions
from tlieir shores to make war upon any portion ot
our territories. By tolerating snch expeditions,
we shall soon lose the high character which we
j bavt enjoyed since the days of Washington for the!
faithful performance of our international ohliga- !
tious and duties, and inspire distrust against us
among the members of the great family of civilized j
nations.
Bnt if motives ofduly were not sufficient to re j
strain us from engaging in such lawless enterprises,
our evident interest ought to dictate this policy.
These expeditions are the most effectual mode of
retarding American progress, although to promota
this is the avowed object of the leaders and con
tributors in such undertakings. It is beyond ques
tion the destiny of our race to spread themselves
over the corrtinet of North America, and this at no
distant day, should events be permitted to take
their natural course. The tide of emigrants will
flow to the South, and nothing can eventually ar
rest its progress. If permitted to go there peace
fully, Central American will soon contain an Ameri
can population which will confer blessings and
benefits as wei! upon the natives as their respec
tive goevrnmen's. Liberty, under the re-traint of
law, will preserve domestic peace ; while the dis
ferent transit routes across the Isthmus in which
we are so deeply interested will have a-sured pro
tection Nothing has retarded this happy condi
tion of affairs so much as ‘he unlawful expeditions
which have been tilted out in the United States
to make war upon the Central American Slates.—
Had one-half ol the number of American citizens
who have miserably peri-hed in the first disastrous
expedition of Gen. Walker settled in Nicaragua
as peaceful emigrants, the object which we all de
sire wouldere this have been in a great degree, ac
complished.
These expeditions have caused the pebple of thp
Central American States to regard us v, t > dread
and suspicion. It is our ‘.rue policy to remove this
apprehension, and to convince them that we intend
to do them good and not evil. We dec, to, as the
leading power on this continent, to open, and, if
need be, to protect evety transit route across the
Isthmus, not only for our own benefit, but that of
the world, and thus open a free access to Central.
America, and through it to our Pacific possessions.
This policy was commenced under favorable au
spices, when the expedition, under the command
of Gen. Walker, escaped from <>ur Territories, and
proceeded to Punta Arenas. Should another ex
pedition of a simular character again invade the
vigilance of our officers, and proceed to Nicaragua,
this would be fatal, at le„st for a season, to the
peacesul settlement of these countries, and to the
policy of American progress. The truth is, that
no administration can successfully conduct the
foreign affairs ofthe country, Central America, or
any where ele, if it is to be interfered with at every
step by lawless military expeditions, “set on foot”
in the United States.
James Buchanan.
Accompanying the message are a number of offi
cial documents, including the instructions of Sec
retary Cass, (heretofore published,) directing na
val, revenue, and other federal officers, to be on
the alert and arrest all illegal military expeditions.
Then follows a letter to the Secretary of the Navy,
dated Oct. 7, from Lieut. Altny, commanding the
U. S. steamer Fulton, ordeied to the harbor of
Chirigui, to prevent the landing of such expedi
tions. Lieut. A., referring to the instructions of
Secretary Cass, says:
These directions to preserve the neutrality of
the country are very plain for the government of
officers where they are required to act in the ports
of, or in the jurisdiction ofthe United States; but
I must confess that I might find myself embarrass,
ed when required to act in a foreign and neutral
port. Therefore, I must be pardoned for soliciting
from the honorable Secretary of the navy answers
to certain questions, and more specific instructions
in the premises.
Suppose, for an instance, that while lying in a
port ot Central America an American steamer
should enter, having on hoard a large number of
men whom 1 suspect of being (filibusters”—people
intending to land for the purpose ol obtaining pos
session of the country, and of forming a govern
eminent there; must I seize this vessel and brins
her into a port of the United States, or merely use
the force placed at my command to prevent their
landing 7
It is generally conceded that American citizens
have a right to travel and go where they please.
Suppose that this suspicious body of men inform
P. H. COLQUITT, Editor.
me that they are going to travel; that their iitten
tion is to cross the Isthmus, or in’end to settle
peaceably in the country for the purpose of devel
oping its agricultural resources—indeed, that they
have been ihvted to come and settle there.
These and other delicate points and kindred ques
tions which may suggest themselves to the honora
ble Secretary ot the Navy, I deem it necessary to he
enlightened upon in order that I may not compro
mise the government, and at the same time be en
abled to assert and exercise the power intrusted to
my hands with due spirit,dignity and justice.
To this the Secretary of the Navy replied. He
says: “True,that American citizens have a right
to travel and go wheie they please, when engaged
in lawful pursuit, but not ro violate the laws” of
their own or any other country. They have a right
to expatriate and to become citiz* ns of any coun
try which is willing to receive them, but not to
make that right a mere cloak and cover for a war
like expedition against it or its government. Y'our
instructions do not authorise you to act arbitrarily
or upon mere suspicion. You will not seize an
American vessel or bring her into port, or use the
force under your command to prevent her landing
her passengers upon mere suspicion. You vvill he
careful nor to interfere with lawful commerce. But
where you find that an American vessel is mani
festly engaged in carrying on an expedition or en
terprise t om the territories or jurisdiction of the
United States against the territories of Mexico,
Nicaragua, or Costa Rica, contrary lo the sixth
section ofthe act of Congress of April 20th 1818,
already referred to, you will use the force under
your command to prevent it, and will not permit
the men or arms engaged in it, or destined fur it,
to be landed in any part of Mexico ot Central
America.
A number of other letters follow, but none of
them of general interest except lire following trom
Capt. Cliatard, addressed to Com. Paulding at As
pinwall.
United States Steamer Saratoga. )
San Juan del Norte Nov. 27, 1857. j
Sir: I have the honor to inform \ou that on the
24tit inst, about 2, P. M., a steamer appeared off
the harbor, and then stood off to the east down the
coast. Site came inlo the harbor next morning,
about 7 o’clock. Her conduct of the day before
made me suspect her, hut my suspicions were
lulled when she was standing into the harbor.—
Not more than fifteen ortwentv men appeared on
her deck. 1 expected her to anchor, bir instead of
that, with lu I head of steam, she ran r ght up for
the wharf of Scott’s buildings. I as well as the
first lieutenant, thought it was a party sent to opec
tiie transit route. 1 immediately sent a boat with
a lieutenant to board her and to see what she was,
and to examine her papers. When he returned
he informed me that it was the steamer Fashion,
from Mobile—papers all right, proper clearance,
cargo, &.C., and a number of passengers marked
on the bills. The passengers proved lo be Walker
with one hundred and fifty men, who all la< tied
immediately, before my boat got to them. Once
landed, I fell I could do nottiiug, and even if I so
determined, the vessel’s papers were all right. Sue
had been pronounced all right by the American
custom house officers, and these people appeared
as passengers.
My position was one of much embarrassment
The circular did not ass rJ me any ease of m od ;
for, as the case stood, 1 did riot leel authorised to
proceed to extremities. I had an interview with
Walker on hoard my ship, and told him positively
he must not occupy Scott’s buildings, which I con
sidered American property ; so he has established
himself above Scolt’s line. He ianded tis y men or
more at the mouth ofthe Colorado, before he came
here. They went up in boats to surprise Castillo,
and to try and take possession of the steamboats
then-. 1 have hauled my ship close up to Scott’s
butldlnua; t-.e steamer I have caused to haul off
from (he wlnrf. The day she cainein I had twen
ty five on the sick list, and you know how short
ray crew is, besides the debilitated state in which
the rest generally are from frequent relapses.
I would be glad indeed, if you would conte here,
and you comd judge for yourself. We are inform
ed by the officers of the (filibusters that several
more vessels are cleared from the United Slates,
and that daily we may look for arrivals. They
say that from fifteen hundred to two thousand are
expected.
My crew, as 1 told you, I considered too ineffi
cient to do anything but use the big guns. I might
blow steamers and all to pieces, bet I do not ieel
the circular gives me the authority; it is 100 ob
scure in its directions to admit of my proceeding
to such an extreme, tho only way in whie I could
interfere. The vesstls came properly cleared for
Greytown, are p'onounced all right before sading
from the United States, and 1 cannot, in my opin
ion,’pronounce them wrong, and legally act against
them.
This seems to be the place designed for their
landing, and no doubt Walker will direct th*-m,lo
do so, as the cargo of the Fashion has been landed
on shore, making a depot ol provi-ions &c. He
lias hoisted Ins flag above and below Scott’s
ground. The soil he is on is not under mj juris
diction, but I have given him to understand very
plainly that any outrage by him on American prop
erty at that place, or at Greytown, will call from
me immediate punishment, which I would nut
hesitate to inflict,because that would be a clear case.
I trust sincerely I may see you very soon. If any
vessels come in with irregular papers,! will detain
cargo and passengers on board until your arrival.
But I do not see the authority even to bring a ship
to, wi h shot and shell, in a foreigp port, at - he risk
of destroy ing life and property. However, I will
do the best I can. Mr. Cott ell, immediately on
his arrival here, re examined the Fashion’s papers,
and. having found them to be correct, has cleared
her for New Orleans, and she leaves to day.
********
I have the honor to remain with high respect,
your obedient servant,
Fred Chatakd, Com.
Tre following letier of ins'ructions w as, on the
18th uh.,sent by the Secretary ofthe N tvy to Com.
Paulding, ordering him, among olher things, to
suspend Capt. Chatard :
Sir: Y’our dispatches Nos. 134, 135,” 137, 138,
and 139, not heretofore acknowledged, have been
received.
The department enjoins upon you particular vig
ilance in carrying out the instructions heretofore
given you in relation to unlawful expeditions. In
doing so you will be careful not to iuterlere with
lawful commerce. But where yon find that an
American vessel is manifestly engaged in carrying
on an expedition of enterprise from the territories
or jurisdiction of the United States against the ter
ritories of Mexico, Nicaragua or Costa Rica, con
trary to the sixth section ofthe act ol Congress, of
April 20th, 1818, already referred to; you will cause
the force under your command to prevent it, and
will not permd the men or arms engaged in it, or
destined for it, to be ianded in any part of Mexico
or Central America.
The three points which it is most important to
guard are Aspinwall, Chiriqtii and San Juan del
Norte, and with this view you the forces
under your command to the best advantage. The
President diieets me to inform you that he c nsid
ers it all-important that you should not leave the
neighborhood of these points until further instruc
te 1 by the department, which you are hereby or
dered not to do under any circumstances.
Should the Saratoga nol have left before you re
ceive this, you will suspend Commander Chatard
Pom his command, ami ordtf him to -011110 lo he
United States to await the Further action of ihe de
partment. You will then place Lieut. George S.
Sinclair in command of the Saratoga, with di
rections to carry out the instructions to Comman
der Chatard ofthe 16th ultimo to proceed to Nor
folk.
The Jamestown, Commander Kennedy, will
leave Philadelphia early next week to join you at
San Juan.
I am, respectfully your obedieut servant,
Isaac Toucey,
Ex-Governor Powell, of Keutuckv, has been elec
ted United States Senator.
Number 3.