The resolution was considered, and, on motion, the words "and cotton," were added to it by consent of the mover. A proposition made by Mr. Grundy to extend the enquiry to manufactures, generally, was ordered to lie on the table-ayes 51,, nays 47. "A Tuesday, November 19.-The following engrossed bills were read a third time and passed, viz. bill to extend the time for opening the several land offices established in the territory of Orleans ;" and "a bill for the relief of Abraham Whipple, late a captain in the navy of the United States." Mr. Milner having made some remarks on the Mr. Dawson called up for consideration the reso importance of protecting American seamen, stated lution which he yesterday laid upon the table, for that protections were fraudalently obtained by many appointing a select committee to enquire into the who were not entitled to them, and that the laws expediency of making provision by law, for infirm, made no provision for the punishment of perjury disabled and superannuated officers and soldiers of in such cases, offered the following resolution for the revolutionary and present army. It was consiadoption, which was agreed to:-Resolved, that a dered and agreed to without a division. The comcommittee be appointed to enquire and report whe mittee consists of seven members. ther any, and what amendments are necessary to the laws of the United States relating to the protection of American seamen, and that the commit tee have leave to report by bill or otherwise." The house adjourned till Monday. On motion of Mr.Rhea, the house went into a committee of the whole, Mr. Nelson in the chair, on the bill for the government of the territory of Louisiana. The bill being read by paragraphs, Mr. Fisk moved to strike out the 5th section of the Monday, December 18.-Mr. Seybert presented bill, which makes it necessary for persons to be in the petition of sundry manufactures of Philadelphia possession of a freehold to have a right to vote. This praying for protection. motion was opposed by Mr. Randolph, on princi On motion of Mr. Morrow, it was resolved, ple, in a speech of considerable length, in which he "That the committee appointed on the 11th instant, advocated the freehold qualification for voters. The on so much of the petition of the inhabitants of the motion was opposed also by Mr. Rhea, as unnecesstate of Ohio, as relates to the opening of a certain sary for the attainment of the mover's object; as he road to Vincennes, be instructed to report on the stated the qualification for voters was two fold; one expediency of making provision by law, for laying was the possession of a freehold, the other a resiout two roads, agreeably to a treaty with certain dence of a year previous to the time of election. Indian tribes held at Brownstown in 1803." Mr. Poindexter made a motion, which supercedMr. Rhea, called for the consideration of the ed that of the gentleman from Vermont, to strike resolution which he had laid upon the table a few out all that part of the section which defined the days ago, for instructing the committee of com-qualification of voters, and insert "every free white merce and manufactures to enquire into the expe male citizen residing in the said territory, who shali diency of encouraging the manufacture of coarse have attained the age of 21 years, and paid a tax." hemp, flax and cotton: which being agreed to, This amendment was debated till the usual hoùr some desultory debate took place for and against of adjournment, when the committee rose without agreeing to the resolution. It was objected to, taking the question, and obtained leave to sit again. because that committee had already the subject of This debate, though protracted to considerable manufactures generally referred to it, and it was length, embraced a very narrow question, viz. unnecessary to give them any special instructions." whether it is better to require voters to hold freeIn support of this resolut on, it was said to be afhold property, or to suffer every man to possess the common practice to send instructions to commit-privilege of voting who has arrived at the age of 21 tees; that it had been done, a few days ago, to this years." As already stated, Mr. Randolph took the committee, in relation to the encouragement of first ground, and introduced the practice of Virgi iron manufactures; that without such special in nia to shew that it was attended with the best effects. structions, the committee might not have their at tention called to the articles in question: and besides this it was wished that the house by such reference, evince their disposition to encourage the manufac tures of our country. After the debate had progressed for some time, Mr. Smilie moved that the resolution lie on the table, which was agreed to; ayes 69. Messrs. Fisk, Wright, Smilie and Poindexter took the opposite side of the question. They argued that life and liberty are superior to property; that these are dearer to a poor man than all the property of the rich. Mr. Wright said, that the state of Maryland had tried the property qualification for voting, had found it attended with bad effects, and had now abandoned it. It was formerly required, he said, that a voter should be possessed of property to the value of thirty pounds; so that if a man possessed a horse of that value, he was entitled to a vote; but, if the horse happened to die before the Mr Randolph asked for the consideration of the election, he lost his privilege, which was placing resolution which he laid on the table some days ago, the right in the horse instead of the man. As to directing the appointment of a committee to enquire freehold qualifications, they were evaded too by into the expenditure of public money, which be deeds made for the occasion, which were afterwards ing agreed to, he made some remarks thereon, cancelled. pointing out the utility and necessity of its adoption; it was unanimously agreed to and a committee of seven appointed. A resolution was entered into, instructing the committee on public lands, to enquire what alteration ought to be made in the law relating to the location of military land warrants. Mr. Randolph, in combatting the principle of universal suffrage, said that it was impossible for the gentleman himself (alluding to Mr. Smilie) or The following resolution was offered by Mr. any piping hot member from a Jacobin club--for Dawson - Resolved, that a committee be ap any disciple of Tom Paine or of the Deril, to carry pointed to enquire into the expediency of making this principle of equality to its full extent, for even provision by law, for the relief of infirm and super- they must exclude from its operation minors and annuated officers and soldiers of the late revolution females. He also took occasion to pronounce a ary army, and of the present army of the United strong philippic against foreigners having any part States, and report by bill or otherwise." Ordered in the government. Mr. Smilie in his reply, paid a 'tribute of respect to the memory of Paine, on ac to lie on the table. We have no official intelligence from the army on the Wabash. The ship Cordelia has arrived at Philadelphia from Batavia, turned off from that place by the British blockading squadron-the officers of which informed the captain of the Cordelia that the Dutch governor had burnt the city and retired to the interior with the troops and inhabitants. count of his valuable political writings, which had dy Gheislin, Esquires, were appointed his council on been considered as highly serviceable in the revolu- the following day. tion, and which would be always esteemed wherever the rights of man are understood, and reminded him of the foreigners who had assisted in fighting our revolutionary battles. Mr. R. justified his allusion to Paine, said he was sorry the gentlemen had not recollected his Age of Reason,as well as the Rights of Man, and as to any service, which he rendered by his writ ings, he thought little of them; the heroes engaged in that great cause, did not need the assistance of an Many vessels from France have lately arrived in English stay-maker. In reply, Mr. S. said, he never the ports of the United States with valuable carinterfered with a man's religious opinion; that was goes. The United States' frigate Constitution was a private concern which lay between God and a at Cherbourg about 40 days since. The emperor man's own conscience; and as to the profession of had gone to Holland, whither he had been followed Paine, that he apprehended would never lessen by our new minister, Mr. Barlow. The accounts, the value of his writings. generally, afford us practical evidence of the repeal Wednesday, November 20.-Mr. Poindexter pre of the French decrees. Several vessels under seizure sented the petition of the inhabitants of West-Flo- have been released, but no new seizures have been rida, praying to be annexed with the Mississippi made. Territory rather than to the Territory of Orleans. Ordered to be printed. We have Lisbon accounts to the 7th ult-but no news. The armies remained inactive. The markets were improving-flour $ 15. Mr. Milnor stated that the present compensation to witnesses who are compelled to appear in the Late London papers have been received. The courts of the United States is very inadequate. Se king was still alive, and the battle between Crib and veral distressing cases of this kind had occurred in Molineaux (the American negro) had been fought. Pennsylvania. To remedy the evil, Mr. M. propos London was depopulated of its nobility and gentry, ed the adoption of the following resolution: and thousands of persons travelled hundreds of miles "Resolved, that a committee be appointed to to enjoy the refined spectacle !-Molineaux lost the enquire into the expediency of providing by law for battle-his jaw bone and three of his ribs were brokthe compensation of witnesses held under recogni- en at the eleventh round. zance to give testimony in criminal prosecutions in courts of the United States, with leave to report by bill or otherwise." The Editor's Department. Agreed to, and a committee of three appointed. Aided by a SUPPLEMENT to No. 11, issued with The following members form the committee for the present, we have got through the pressure of considering the expediency of providing by law for the documents accompanying the president's mesthe relief of disabled soldiers, viz. Messrs. Dawson, sage, in which the reader possesses a complete Blount, Butler, Davenport, Ormsby, Gold and Fisk. history of the transactions of our government with Thursday, November 21.-The house appears to the nations of Europe to which they relate. With have been this day very busily employed in doing the correspondence of Mr. Erving, our special nothing. Mr. Findley, from the committee of elec minister at the court of Denmark, we shall progress tions reported in part, on the case of the contested leisurely; and, this series being completed, we shall election of John P. Hungerford of Virginia; the report was unfavorable to the sitting member, but recommended delay in order to obtain further information. The report and documents were ordered to be printed. IN SENATE. then have laid the whole body of the documents before our patrons, except the official account of the proceedings of the court martial on commodore Rodgers; which, if found to differ in any material point from that already inserted, shall be properly noticed. But we have yet other documents of Wednesday, November 20.-Mr. Smith of (Md.) greater importance, because they more immediately presented the memorial of the religious society of interest us, as Americans, to publish, we allude to Friends of the yearly meeting held at Baltimore for the reports of the several secretaries, particularly the western shore of Maryland, the adjacent parts those of the secretaries of state and of the treasury, of Pennsylvania and Virginia and the state of Ohio, on the population and manufactures of the Unitcomplaining against the traffic which has been cared States. The first has been received, from ried on in negroes and people of colour from the which it appears that the whole population of the middle to the southern states, in which people of United States and their territories, is 7,239,903.— colour entitled to freedom are frequently carried off, In our next it shall be published in detail, contrasted praying for a revision of the law of congress in relation to this subject. Referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Smith of Md. Taylor and Tait. The Chronicle. We have on hand many valuable articles of miscellany, which shall appear as soon as possible. with the enumerations of 1790 and 1800, and such other facts of an earlier date as we have been able to collect. While speaking of the documents, a just regard to our own interest may warrant a declaration of the fact, that they alone, as we shall publish them, cannot be obtained in a book-form, fit for Many petitions have been presented to congress preservation and reference, for less than double the praying the passage of a law to enable the memo-amount of the whole annual subscription to the rialists to import goods from Great Britain and her Weekly Register. dependencies, purchased before the issuing of the president's proclamation, all which were referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures. "Like causes produce the like effects"-the first General Robert Bowie (rep.) was elected governor four numbers of the WEEKLY REGISTER are not of the state of Maryland, without opposition, on yet re-printed, for the reason given in our last-we Monday, the 12th inst. George E. Mitchell, John expect to forward them in about 10 or 15 days, to all Stephen, Jumes Butcher, Thomas W. Hutt and Rever-the new subscribers who have not received them. VOL. I.J BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1811. -I wish no other herald, "No other speaker of my living actions, Shakspeare-HENRY VIII. [No. 13. Printed and published by H. NILES, Water-street, near the Merchants' Coffee-House, at $5. per annum Public Documents. (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 217.) B. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 7, 1811. To his excellency Mr. de Rosenkrantz, First Minister of State, &c. &c. &c. Jindeed, has happened, that though neutral with regard to the belligerent powers, he has had an enemy against whom either of the belligerents was disposed to protect him-of such protection the American commerce has often availed itself during the war between the United States and the Barbary powers,nor was it ever supposed by either of the great belligerSIR-With my note of yesterday, I transmitted ent powers, that such commerce so protected by its to your excellency a list (No. 1.) of the "convoy enemy had thus become liable to capture and confiscases," twelve in number-the two last in that list cation; the case might also occur, that of two allied are not depending on appeal before the high court, belligerent powers, a third power should be enemy as is mentioned in a memorandum opposite to their as to one and neutral as to the other; in that case, names; the first eight vessels of the remaining ten his seeking protection of the common enemy of these were bound immediately from Petersburg and Con- allied powers against that of them to which he was stadt to the United States; they had all paid their enemy, could not subject him to capture and confissound dues, and several of them had been examined cation by the allied power with respect to which he before the Danish marine tribunals on entering the was neutral; his right in either of these, and in all Baltic, and they were all arrested in going out by a cases to protect himself against his enemy by availBritish force and compelled to join convoy; when ing himself of whatever convoy offers, is unques that convoy was attacked by his majesty's gun-tionable. I state these arguments against the broad brigs, the Americans not conscious of any illegality ground taken in the royal instructions above quoted in the nature of their voyages or of any irregularity-but it will be said that the belligerent having also in their own conduct, made not any efforts to escape, an unquestionable right to ascertain the neutrality of they were captured and brought into port: no ques vessels, and belligerent rights being paramount to tion has been made as to the genuine American neutral rights where the two happen to be in collicharacter of the vessels in question, but they have sion, hence the attempt of the neutral to deprive the been condemned under the authority of the article belligerent of his right by putting himself under con "d" in the 11th clause of his majesty's instructions voy, forms of itself a ground of capture and confisfor privateers, issued on the 10th of March, 1810, cation. To this I answer, which declares to be good prize "all vessels which Firstly, that the belligerent rights where they come have made use of British convoy either in the At-into collision with those of neutrals are not to be lantic or the Baltic." At the time of this declara-deemed in all cases, paramount, and that nothing tion, these vessels were in Russia on the point of can establish such a general rule, but force, which sailing, and wholly ignorant of it. is not law or justice. This is a brief history of the "convoy cases"-it Secondly, that no presumption necessarily arises is now my duty to protest against the principle as- against the neutral from the mere circumstance of sumed in the instruction referred to, upon which his being found under enemy's convoy-but that they have been condemned: I shall endeavor to shew this point will entirely depend upon the peculiar to your excellency that it is wholly new, not found-circumstances of each case. ed in, or supported by any reasoning to be derived Thirdly, that where the belligerent and neutral from the law of nations-not even countenanced by rights conflict, all other circumstances being equal, precedents, and as wholly repugnant to the doctrines the plea of necessity ought to decide the question in heretofore held by Denmark, itself, as it is to the rights and to the interests of the United States. favor of the neutral; in the case supposed, the belligerent is seeking the mere exercise of a right, but the neutral is occupied in his self-preservation. That the belligerent has a right to ascertain the neutrality of vessels which he may meet with at sea, Fourthly, superadded to this reason in favor of the and therefore under certain suspicious circumstances neutral right, is one springing out of the immutable to bring such vessels into port for examination, principles of equity; for, since according to modern am not disposed to deny it may also be allowed practice, the neutral has no representative in the that the being found under enemy's convoy does af judicature by which his cause is tried, that it is no ford such reasonable ground of suspicion against the longer an umpirage or a court of arbitration, so his vessels so found, as to authorise their being sent into claim to a favorable leaning towards his right in all port for examination--but this is the full extent of the questionable cases is very much strengthened. belligerent right on this point; the examination had, But it is also proper to enquire whether the vesand the vessels being found bona fide neutral must sels in question did in fact put themselves under conbe acquitted :-to say that the neutral shall be convoy, with a view to avoid examination by Danish demned on the mere fact that he was found under cruizers. Now it appears in the first place, that enemy's convoy, is to impose upon him a necessity they did not seek convoy for any purpose, but of sailing without protection even against his own that they were forced into it. Apart however from separate enemies; for the case might well happen, that question, there were not any Danish laws or R ordinances which they knew of subjecting them to under enemy's convoy; but she has captured them capture, nor could they apprehend or anticipate in that situation and acquitted them. any such, the less as they had previously passed I might occupy your excellency's attention by expathrough the sound or belt with safety and without tiating on the conduct of Denmark in former times, convoy-hence they had not any motive to seek by carrying back your view to a consideration of convoy as a protection against Danish cruizers that great system of neutral rights which she so bold-they had, indeed, other inducements to put ly adopted and so ably supported in the year 1780, themselves under convoy, the decrees of his ma-which are again recognized in her convention with jesty the emperor of France (since happily for Sweden in 1794, which she has subsequently co-ope the harmony between the United States and rated with Russia to establish, and the leading fea France, repealed) were then in force, that system ture of which still appears in the very royal instrucworking against the English orders in council protions on which I have been commenting; but it duced such a scate of things with regard to the com- would be an ungrateful task, and not necessary to merce of America, that scarcely one of its ships be undertaken because the mere mention of the subcould move on the face of the ocean without being ject carries conviction to the mind on the point to exposed under this unfortunate co operation of hos which I would apply it, and because on every other tile systems, to capture and confiscation; hence it I have already said more than enough to establish is not surprising, if American vessels have from the chief position with which I began, viz. that notime to time been terrified into the convoy now of thing to be found in the law will authorise the conone party, now of the other--but had this happened demnation of neutral property upon the mere fact of in the cases before us, yet it would not have formed its being found under enemy's convoy, and that a just ground of capture and confiscation, for the therefore on due proof of its neutrality it must be merits or demerits of the Berlin and Milan de-acquitted. I have the honor, &c. GEORGE W. ERVING. remainder of a fleet under convoy of a British gun brig and sent into Christiansand, by five Dauish gun brigs in July, 1810. Ship Annawan, captain Donaldson, from St. Petersburg, bound to Philadelphia, and owned in Philadelphia. Ship Hesper, Cushing, do. Boston, Newbury port. Ship Hope, Rhea, do. Providence, R. I. Providence. Ship Janus, Gawn, do. Newburyport, Newburyport. crees out of question, those decrees have not been I consider it to be a propitious circumstance, that adopted by Denmark-indeed at the time the vessels in acting upon this very important question, his were taken, his majesty had not assumed any course majesty's government is unembarrassed by the with respect to the American commerce from which claims of privateersmen, and that the cases of these evil was to be apprehended, hence I beg leave to re-vessels are thus presented in the plainest form, unpeat that the vessels in question, cannot be presum-mixed with any extraneous matter; the captures ed to have sought protection under British convoy having been made by public ships, leaving the fullfor the purposes of avoiding his cruizers. But if the est scope to the magnanimity and justice of his macontrary had been proved, if it stood confessed that jesty's disposition. they had sought convoy against Danish cruizersin that case they would have been liable to capture certainly, but it is equally certain that they would not have been liable to condemnation. I must again List of American vessels taken in company with the totally deny that the rule laid down in the article of the royal instructions above cited, is supported by any principle to be found in the law, and I can confidently ask your excellency to show me any authorities in its favor. If the writers be silent on the subject, then their silence is to be construed fa vorably for the neatral, it supposes that his right to sail under convoy in all cases is indisputable; what is not expressed against the claim cannot be implied -but I will add that all the analogies to be drawn from the law, are in favor of the neutral: in this view, the rule laid down in the instructions, by its sweeping latitude forms its own condemnation; for it would comprise not only vessels which might accidently be within sight of, or at any indefinite distance from an enemy's convoy, but vessels found in enemy's harbors under cover of his guns; but the law says that neutral goods so found under his forts within his territory, or even on board his vessels at sea-which is to be as immediately and totally under his protection as is possible-that these are not liable to confiscation, but shall be restored to the neutral owners. The doctrine laid down by Grotius in the "de jure belli ac pacis" on this point, has never been refuted, but has on the contrary been adopted by subsequent writers; treaties indeed may have said otherwise, but treaties change not the law, they bind only the parties to them. I may equally ask your excellency to shew me examples in the practice of nations, countenancing the rule laid down in the roval order; and I can quote in favor of the neutral right the example of England, a power which neither your excellency or myself are disposed to extol for her moderation in the exercise of her belligerent rights, or for any dispositions which she has manifested favorable to those of neutrals. England her self has never gone to the extent of condenning ves-freight, supposed for English account, no appeal sels upon the mere ground of their having been taken declared for either vessel. Barque Mary, Ropes, do. Salem, Salem. Brig Hope, Meik, do. Marblehead, Marblehead. Schooner Rebecca, Meik, Gothenburg, do. do. List of American cases now pending before the high land, do. do. Baltimore, do. do. July 31, do. ship Minerva Smyth, Mann, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Kiel, Kiel. July 31, do. ship Fairtrader, Craig, do, do, do, do, *These vesseis American, but the cargoes on July 31, do. brig Ariel, Butler, do. do. do. do. in relation to, and the actual state of the business August 8, do. ship William and Jane, Bunker, do. do. Russia, Callenbourg. August 29, do. brig Richmond, Jervis, Philadel phia, Philadelphia, Gottenburg, Fahrsund. October, do. ship Pittsburg, Yardsley, do. do. do. Hickiford. GEORGE W. ERVING. Affair of the Little Belt. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT OF ENQUIRY. [These proceedings, as officially published, do not appear to differ in any material point from the October, do. ship Maria, Theresa, Phelps, New-statement already inserted in the Register, (see York, New York, Keil, Fahrsund. November, do. ship Amiable Matilda, Hague, do. do. do. do. December, do. ship Washington, Almy, do. do. Russia, Callenbourg. April 1, 1811, brig Rachel, Joseph, Salem, Boston, do. Copenhagen. April, do. ship Charlotte, Pierce, Boston, do. Stockholm, Isle of Bonholm. TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Copenhagen, July 15th, 1811. SIR-I have the honor herewith to enclose copies of my correspondence with this government since my last communication, viz. No. 1. Mr. de Rosenkrantz his note of June 28th, No. 2. My note to Mr. de Rosenkrantz of June 30th, in reply to the above. No. 3. Mr. de Rosenkrantz his note of July 9th, in reply to mine of the 30th of June. page 36.) The following is the address of commodore Rodgers to the court of enquiry, with its judgment on the case.] Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Court: I avail myself of the present moment to express my thanks for the patient investigation of the merits of the transaction which caused its convention : and I feel perfectly convinced that the evidence adduced is amply sufficient to ensure that my con duct in this affair will meet the approbation of every unprejudiced mind, as well for its generál tenor as for the lenity shewn to an assumed enemy, whom I had it in my power to destroy by a single broadside more, and that too without any risk of injuring the ship under my command. Many of the interrogatories put by myself to the witnesses may have appeared to the court superfluous, I fear: but when it considers the odious features of the statement which has been exhibited in the news-papers, said to be captain Binhgam's offi cial statement to admiral Sawyer, (dated his majes On the 28th of June, I waited upon the minister ty's sloop Little Belt, May 21, 1811, lat 35, 53, long, for the purpose of conversing with him on such|71, 49, W. Cape Charles, bearing west distant 18 part of his note of that date as respected the convoy miles,) I am sure it cannot complain of the time [ cases, but did not obtain any thing more satisfactory have taken up in proving (while I had it in my powthan what is contained in it; on the 29th he went er) that unblushing representation to be palpably into the country, from whence he did not return till and wilfully false. the morning of the 2d inst.--in the mean time the I should not now longer trespass on the time and cases were pressed forward in the high court, and it patience of the court, was it not probable that the was determined to condemn four of them instantly, present proceedings may be published to the world, as though it were to preclude the possibility of any and a consequent de ire that even my motive for further remonstrance on my part. I had received chasing the Little Belt should be known-and this an intimation of this intention on the 30th of June, I am the more desirous of, as great pains have been and then wrote to Mr. de Rosenkrantz unofficially, taken by a few individuals who call themselves hoping that he would be able to arrest the progress Americans, to impose a belief that 1 chased with a of the tribunal. On the 1st inst. having ascertained hostile intention, not however because I entertain a that intention, I again addressed him in the same hope of producing any change in sentiment of men way, and in terms rather more forcible. That com like themselves, (and for the honor of my country, munication, though unofficial, Mr. de Rosenkrantz, I hope there are but few such) who are disposed to actuated by the most friendly motives, immediately represent all the acts of their government, as well sent to his majesty; yet it failed of its intended as of its agents, in an odious light; but to unde effect, and on the 2nd inst. four of the cases were ceive not only my own countrymen, but even every condemned. liberal Englishman, who may have been deceived by their sophistry. On the receipt of the minister's last note (on the 9th) Lagain waited on him, and warmly remonstat That I did chase the Little Belt, I acknowledge; ed against this precipitate procedure, and the deter but that I did so with the intention of offering mination taken to condemn all the convoy cases menace or insult to the British flag, I declare, in the without admitting any justificatory pleas. He re presence of my God, is without any foundation verted to whatever is found in his written communi [whatever; neither would the orders under which I cations to support the determination, and yet seem- was acting authorise such a course, any more than ed to regret that it had been taken, but withal was they would have justified my submitting to an insult unable to effect, and did not afford the least encou from a British, or any other ship of war. ragement to hope for any modification of it; never Without further observation or comment than is theless some of these are cases of great hardship, necessarily connected with the subject, the followand I have concluded not to relax my efforts in their ing are therefore my reasons for having chased that favor, whilst any one of them remains uncondemned, ship:-On the 10th of May being then at anchor In every other respect the position of our affairs off Annapolis, I got under weigh to proceed to my is not unsatisfactory, the privateers are discouraged, station at New York, in consequence of an order and nearly all our vessels pass without interruption from the honorable the secretary of the navy to -I transmit herewith the list and statements as cor-that effect: in which he acquainted me of his hav rect as is possible to make them, which place in ing issued this order owing to his being informed the most distinct point of view whatever has passed hat the trade of New York had become interrupt |