reciprocity 319; London Times on 324; mints of Uruguay, news from 162, 176; war vii 385 96 209 64 31 South America-2, 17; Argentine republic 39; Monte- | of political condition 229; letter from Galveston 230; abo- | 175, 285; coupons, loans 288; mineral lands of 307; public trade, American residents in 162; royal courtship 128 Southey obert, death of tional debt 189 Specie 16, 64; for U. States 81, 96, 112, 160, 176, 1923 State credit, vindication of Starvation 46, 47 State debts-proceedings of H. R. on 1; remarks on V Valedictory of speaker of house reps. 188 Van Buren, letter from replying to interrogatories of congressional districts 80; districts table of 100; mine of newspapers 325; of New York city 325; alms house ton 7, 8, 9; stipulations 13; house bill reported to carry Cass 69 to 79; correspondence, letter 81, 87 to 95; resigns series of years in France, England, and America tobacco 387 14 and prison of New York 342; commercial 355, 356, 357 St. Louis-population of 64; traders Stevens, sale of travels of in Great Britain Stocks 16, 144, 176, 192, 208, 240, 256, 288, 304, ration and effects of Washington, gen. George, celebration of birth day 235 352 100 163 Williams, rev. E. S. revolutionary patriot Wire trellises, for plants 256 311; mineral lands Wisconsin-copper 48, 246; land sales 275; Fox river 341 ua- tive to treaty 2; nominations made by 29, 30, 64; mes- Wisconsin river Wise, H. A. nomination of as minister to France 29; vote on Writing ink Wood Wickliffe, Mr. Woolens, first manufacture of Y Yucatan-97, 117, 146; defeat of Mexicau army 192; Yankee clocks 128; enterprize Zodiacal Light Z FIFTH SERIES.No. 1.-VOL. XIV.] BALTIMORE, MARCH 4, 1843. THE PAST-THE PRESENT--FOR THE FUTURE. [VOL. LXIV. WHOLE NO. 1,640. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, EVERY SATURDAY, BY JEREMIAH HUGHES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, at five DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. CONTENTS OF NO. 1, VOL. 14. EXTRACT FROM MR. EVERETT'S DESPATCH OF FEB. 3, &c. CABINET CHANGES. STATES AND STATE DEBTS. FINANCES-report from the committee of ways and means. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. POSTSCRIPT. The Intelligencer of this morning gates of sandal wood through your respective terri- "My brothers and friends-I have ever relied with "For myself, identified with you in interest and Nott had occupied positions opposite to each other! "You will, yourselves, with all honor, transmit the The resolutions appended to Mr. Johnson's report, are as follows: Resolved, That it is expedient to employ the credit the said resolutions: Resolved, That the repudiation by any state of this Resolved, That if any state of this union shall, by Resolved, That, in the event of such a war, the state one of them. His motion to print this substitute, was negatived; The whole subject was then laid on the table. FOREIGN ARTICLES. IRELAND. There was to be a magnificent review by the go- The presence of Dost Mohammed is to add to the Mr. O'Connell has published a letter to the people INDIA. complete suffrage and vote by ballot. Fifthly, aboli- "The insult of 800 years is at last avenged. The "To preserve and to improve the happy union of "May that good Providence, which has hitherto The French journals comment upon the evacua- "Unfortunately we cannot gainsay these reproaches Speaking of the above proclamation by the govern- MEXICO. THE SIEGE. Campeachy, February 6th. There was On the second, another encounter took place near Letters received at Merida represent the camp of 1 pended from command. It is also stated that Gen. his resignation until the close of the session of con- The Mexican fleet. especially the sailing vessels, are fearful of a visit from Com. Moore, and seldom venture out. GUATEMALA. The hon. CALEB CUSHING, now a member of the house of representatives, was nominated to the senate on the 2d inst. by the president, as secretary of the treasury, vice FORWARD,resigned. RESIGNATION. The hon. Ruel Williams, a member of the United States senate, from Maine, has resigned his seat in that body. His term of service expires with his present term. No. 58. Arthur Bronson, complainant, vs. John H. Kinzie et al. on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the U. S. for Illinois. Dates to the 17th December are received, which confirm the previous rumor that the state of Costa Rica had at last consented to the federal union of the other states of Central America, to which she was invited in October last. The principles of the new federal government formed by Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica, are de- IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION. The folclared to be those which shall best tend to the gene-lowing decision of the supreme court of the United ral defence from extraneous assaults, and also secure States, goes to pronounce not only that all laws pasthe enjoyment of life, liberty and property within. sed by state legislatures, which go to invalidate conARGENTINE AND ORIENTAL REPUBLICS. tracts are unconstitutional, but also that what are We are indebted to capt. W. S Hoyt, late of ship called "relief laws," "appraisement laws," "stop Plato, (sold at Montevideo.) says the N. Y. Commer- laws," &c., are violations of contracts, and therefore cial, for El Nacional of Montevideo of December null and void. 22. and La Gaceta of Buenos Ayres of the 15th.The latter consists of four sheets of sixteen pages, fifteen of which are filled with correspondence between governor Rosa s and the French and British ministers, the latter having successively offered the mediation of their governments for the protracted ware ween the Oriental and Argentine republics. Therffered mediation was in both cases declined by Ross and his reasons therefore are set forth at enormous length in the correspondence. Casting our eyes upon the sixteenth page, we found there a num. ber of despatches announcing an overwhelming defeat of the Orientals by general Oribe, at Arroyo Grande, in the province of Entre Rios, on the 6th of December. The Oriental army commanded by Rivera in person, consisted of 8000 men. The slaughter is said to have been very great, and the whole of the infantry, artillery, tents, baggage and THE BRITISH TREATY. The Speaker laid munitions fell into the power of the victors, only the before the house the following message from the precavalry escaping by flight, hotly pursued by the Ar-sident of the United States, in answer to a resolution gentines. One of the letters, dated the 7th, says that of this house, on the subject of the construction of Rivera himself had been made prisoner. In a word, that portion of the treaty of Washington which rethe strength of the Unitarian party is represented as lates to the right of visitation. completely broken. Washington, February 27, 1843. To the house of representatives: HAYTI. Mr. Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion of this court-1st. That the decree in this case should direct the premises to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, without regard to the law of the state, of 19th February, 1841, which gives the right of redemption to the mortgager for 12 months, and to the judgment creditor for fifteen months. 2d. That the decree should direct the sale of the mortgaged premises without being first valued by three house-holders, and without requiring two-thirds of the amount of the said valuation to be bid according to the law of Feb. 27, 1841. INSURRECTION. Intelligence reached us a few days since, of a formidable insurrection in the neighborhood of Aux Cayes, about the 26th ult., which place was threatened by the approach of 6 or 8000 of the insurgents. Foreigners shipped every thing they could, to be ready to escape. The general in command ordered out the forces, and 2000 men were quickly on post. The insurrection was promptly suppressed by the energetic action of the authorities.me by the secretary of state. President BOYER, and general BORGELLA's proclamations speak in tones that denote decision. In compliance with the resolution of the house of representatives of the 22d instant, requesting me to communicate to the house "whatever correspondence or communication may have been received from the British government respecting the president's construction of the late British treaty concluded at Washington, as it concerns an alleged right to visit American vessels," I herewith transmit a report made to NATIONAL AFFAIRS. APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. Land officers. Thomas W. Newman, re-appointed register at Washington, Mississippi. John Barlow, re-appointed register at Genesee, Michigan. Isaac D. G. Nelson, appointed receiver at Fort Wayne, Indiana, vice Sami. Lewis, deceased. David McGahey, receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Palestine, in the state of Illinois, vice Augustus C. French, whose commission has expired. DIPLOMATIC. HENRY A. WISE, at present a representative in congress, was on the 28th ult. nominated by President Tyler to be minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to France. I have also thought proper to communicate copies of Lord Aberdeen's letter of 20th December, 1841, to Mr. Everett, Mr. Everett's letter of the 23d December, in reply thereto, and extracts from several letters of Mr. Everett to the secretary of state. before our laws for its suppression, the flag of every nation might traverse the ocean unquestioned by our cruisers, this freedom was not, in our opinion, in the least abridged by our municipal legislation. Any other doctrine, it is plain, would subject to an arbitrary and ever-varying system of maritime police adopted at will by the great naval power for the time being, the trade of the world in any places or in any articles which such power might see fit to prohibit to its own subjects or citizens. A principle of this kind could scarcely be acknowledged without subjecting commerce to the risk of constant and harrasring vexations. The attempt to justify such a pretension from the right to visit and detain ships upon reasonable suspicion of piracy, would deservedly be exposed to universal condemnation, since it would be an attempt to convert an established rule of maritime law, incorporated as a principle into the international code by the consent of all nations, into a rule and principle adopted by a single nation, and enforced only by its assumed authority. To seize and detain a ship upon suspicion of piracy, with probable cause and in good faith, affords no just ground either for complaint on the part of the nation whose flag she bears, or claim of indemnity on the part of the owner. The universal law sanctions, and the common good requires, the existence of such a rule. The right under such circumstances, not only to visit and detain, but to search a ship, is a perfect right, and involves neither responsibility nor indemnity. But, with this single exception, no nation has in time of peace, any authority to detain the ships of another upon the high seas on any pretext whatever beyond the limits of the territorial jurisdiction. And such, I am happy to find, is substantially the doctrine of Great Britain herself, in her most recent official declarations, and even in those now communicated to the house. These declarations may well lead us to doubt whether the apparent difference between the two governments is not rather one of definition than of principle. Not only is the right of search, properly so called, disclaimed by Great Britain, but even that of mere visit and inquiry is asserted with qualifications inconsistent with the idea of a perfect right. In the despatch of Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Everett of the 20th of December, 1841, as also in that just received by the British minister in this country, made to Mr. Fox, his lordship declares that if, in spite of all the precaution which shall be used to prevent such occurrences, an American ship, by reason of any visit or detention by a British cruizer, "should suffer loss and injury, it would be followed by prompt and ample remuneration," and in order to make more manifest her intentions in this respect, Lord Aberdeen, in the despatch of the 20th of December makes known to Mr. Everett the nature of the instructions given to the British cruisers. These are such as, if faithfully observed, would enable the British government to approximate the standard of a fair indemnity. That government has in several cases fulfilled her promises in this particular by making adequate reparation for damage done to our commerce. It seems obvious to remark, that a right which is only to be exercised under such restrictions and precautions, and risk, in case of any assignable damage, to be followed by the consequences of a trespass, can scarcely be considered any thing more than a privilege asked for, and either conceded or withheld on the usual principles of international coinity. I cannot forego the expression of my regret at the apparent purport of a part of Lord Aberdeen's despatch to Mr. Fox. I had cherished the hope that all possibility of misunderstanding as to the true construction of the 8th article of the treaty lately concluded between Great Britain and the United States, was precluded by the plain and well-weighed language in which it is expressed. The desire of both governments is to put an end as speedily as possible to the slave trade, and that desire, I need scarcely The principles laid down in Lord Aberdeen's desadd, is as strongly and sincerely felt by the United patches, and the assurances of indemnity therein States as it can be by Great Britain. Yet it must held out, although the utmost reliance was placed not be forgotten that the trade, though now univer- on the good faith of the British government, were sally reprobated, was, up to a late period, prosecuted not regarded by the executive as a sufficient security by all who chose to engage in it, and there were un- against the abuses which Lord Aberdeen admitted fortunately but very few christian powers whose sub-might arise in even the most cautious and moderate jects were not permitted and even encouraged to exercise of their new maritime police; and, thereshare in the profits of what was regarded as a per- fore, in my message at the opening of the last sesfectly legitimate commerce. It originated at a period sion, I set forth the views entertained by the execulong before the United States had become indepen- tive on this subject, and substantially affirmed both dent, and was carried on within our borders in oppo- our inclination and ability to enforce our own laws, Charge d'Affairs to Denmark. WILLIAK W. IRWIN, sition to the most earnest remonstrances and expostu-protect our flag from abuse, and acquit ourselves of esq., was on the 2d inst. nominated to the U. S. se-lations of some of the colonies in which in which it all our duties and obligations on the high seas. In nate for this station, by the president. was most actively prosecuted. Those engaged in it view of these assertions, the treaty of Washington were as little liable to inquiry or interruption as any was negotiated, and upon consultation with the Briothers. Its character thus fixed by common consent tish negotiator as to the quantum of force necessary and general practice, could only be changed by the to be employed in order to attain these objects, the positive assent of each and every nation, expressed result to which the most deliberate estimate led was either in the form of municipal law of conventional embodied in the eighth article of the treaty. CABINET MOVEMENTS. The week past has arrangement. The United States led the way in ef- Such were my views at the time of negotiating been rife with reports of movements in the cabinet. forts to suppress it. They claimed no right to dic-that treaty, and such, in my opinion, is its plain and Mr. FORWARD, Secretary of the treasury, it is un- tate to others, but they resolved, without waiting for fair interpretation. I regarded the eighth article as derstood handed in his resignation of that office im- the co-operation of other powers, to prohibit it to removing all possible pretext, on the ground of mere mediately, subsequent to the president's last message their own citizens, and to visit its perpetration by necessity, to visit and detain our ships upon the Afrirelative to the state of the finances. A report pre- them with condign punishment. I may safely affirm can coast because of any alleged abuse of our flag by vailed the next day that as this would oblige the pre- that it never occurred to this government that any slave traders of other nations. We had taken upon sident to make a nomination to the senate of a person new maritime right accrued to it from the position it ourselves the burden of preventing any such abuse as bis successor, Mr. F. was influenced to withdraw had thus assumed in regard to the slave trade. If, by stipulating to furnish an armed force regarded by Commodore PORTER of whose illness a report is circulating, was on the contrary, though not hearty yet enjoying as good health as he has been permitted for some time-so late as the 10th Dec. both the high contracting parties as sufficient to accomplish that object. sisting that the British had not relinquished, and di not intend to relinquish the right of visit. vise her majesty also to advert to these topics in her speech from the throne, they desired nevertheless to Denying, as we did, and do, all color of right to hold themselves perfectly free when questioned in The whole of the dispute upon this practice of vi exercise any such general police over the flags of in- parliament, to give all such explanations as they siting, turns upon the misuse of the term-RIGHT, O dependent nations, we did not demand of Great Bri- might feel to be consistent with their duty, and ne- visit. There is no quarrel in fact, about the practice tain any formal renunciation of her pretension, still cessary for the elucidation of the truth. Sir Robert calls it a right;-we deny that it is a right less had we the idea of yielding any thing ourselves The paper having been read and its contents un-but we insist upon it for ourselves, and we must ac in that respect. We chose to make a practical set-derstood, Mr. Fox was told in reply that the subject cord to others the practice of visiting, to ascertain the tlement of the question. This we owed to what we would be taken into consideration, and that a des- character of a suspected vessel. This belongs to had already done upon this subject. The honor of the patch relative to it would be sent, at an early day, the nature of naval operations, and no government country called for it; the honor of its flag demanded to the American minister in London, who would have having a navy, could pretend to do without it. that it should not be used by others to cover an ini-instructions to read it to her majesty's principal sequitous traffic. This government, I am very sure, cretary of state for foreign affairs. has both the inclination and the ability to do this; and, if need be, it will not content itself with a fleet of eighty guns, but sooner than any foreign government shall exercise the province of executing its laws and fulfilling its obligations, the highest of which is to protect its flag alike from abuse or insult, it would, I doubt not, put in requisition for that purpose its whole naval force. The purpose of this government is faithfully to fulfil the treaty on its part, and it will not permit itself to doubt that Great Britain will comply with it on hers. In this way, peace will best be preserved, and the most amicable rela tions maintained between the two countries. JOHN TYLER. DANIEL WEBSTER. The visit, if maintained as a right, might be opposed also,-if we chose to split hairs about technicalities, but we have no desire to misunderstand others, any more than to be misunderstood. We practice it in our navy, not as a right, but as usage, for discretion? under which we are accountable, and we ask no more and grant nothing less to others. A familiar illustration will make this as plain to a landsman as to a seaman. We deny to Great Britain or to any other power, absolutely, the right of search, or the practice of search, and the first instance in which any power attempts to exercise it, as it was exercised prior to the UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.- war of 1812, will be the signal for a renewal of that The following extract from the despatch from Mr. war, on the instant. They may talk in parliament Everett, our minister to England, to the hon. Daniel as they please, write and print what they please Webster, dated London, Feb. 3, 1843, was read in about it, Americans argued to the end of their both houses of congress on Thursday, 23d February: chapter, endeavoring to avert the necessity for that "Parliament was opened by commission yesterday. war. They now to a man "stand by their arms," The queen's speech, and the very interesting debates whenever it is recurred to. Britain may treat with upon the addresses in the two houses, will be found us if she pleases or may let the subject alone if she in the papers of to-day, which accompany this des- pleases-but let her see to keep hands off. patch. I attended the debate in the house of commons. You can judge of the surprise with which I listened to the remarks of sir Robert Peel on the alledged fact that lord Aberdeen's letter to me of the To the hon. the Speaker, &c. &c. 20th of December, 1841, remained to this day "unThe serretary of state, to whom has been referred acknowledged by me in a note dated two days aftera resolution of the house of representatives of the wards, (23d December, 1841,) which, however un22d inst., requesting that the president of the Unit- important, was transmitted to Mr. Fox by lord Abered States be requested to communicate to that house, deen, and afterwards communicated to Parliament if not in his opinion improper, whatever correspon- and printed. Any man may call at the residence of another man, dence or communication may have been received "In this note of acknowledgment I informed lord to ascertain either his name, his occupation, or even from the British government respecting the presi- Aberdeen that I should avail myself of an early op- to make enquiry relative to others. He does not do dent's construction of the treaty concluded at Wash-portunity of making some remarks on the very im- so as of right, but by usage, in common civility and, ington, as it concerns an alleged right to visit Ame-portant topics treated in this letter. I pursued this neighborhood. Strictly construed, he has no right to rican vessels, has the honor to inform the president course of an immediate acknowledgment of the re- trespass upon his neighbor's premises, and if he dethat Mr. Fox, H. B. M. Envoy Extraordinary and ceipt of lord Aberdeen's note, with notice of a pur- means himself improperly, then he is accountable as minister plenipotentiary, came to the department of pose of replying in due season to its contents, be- a trespasser. No law-maker ever yet thought of state on the 24th of February, and informed the se-cause, being just arrived at my post, I had not re- incorporating a right to visit, or a penalty for visitcretary of state that he had received from Lord ceived the instructions which you had informed me ing amongst the statutes of the land. Such a proviAberdeen, H. M. Principal Secretary of state for I might soon expect on this topic, and which, as lord sion would be liable to endless abuse. Nor is it foreign affairs, a despatch under date of the 18th of Aberdeen's note modified the ground and disclaimed at all necessary that the right should be either assertJanuary, which he was directed to read to the secre- the language of his predecessor, it was my duty to ed or denied at sea. That it will be practised at sea, tary of state of the United States. The substance await. Such instructions I should, no doubt, in due by all maritime powers, is as obvious as the light of of that despatch was, that there was a statement in time have received; but on the 27th of December, day. It always has been, and to abandon it, would a paragraph of the president's message to congress lord Aberdeen informed me that the special mission be to abandon every purpose for which a navy is at the opening of the present session, of serious im- had been determined on; that lord Ashburton would maintained. What a farce would it be for the U. port, because, to persons unacquainted with the facts, go to America, with full power to settle every point States to send the squadron now about to sail for the it would tend to convey the supposition, not only in discussion, including what was called the right of coast of Africa, and maintain it there, if they were that the question of right of search had been dis-search, which he deemed the most difficult; and ex-prohibited to "visit" a single vessel except those avowed by the plenipotentiary at Washington, but pressed the opinion that it would hardly be worth that had the American flag flying? Pirates would dethat Great Britain had made concessions on that while for us to continue correspondence on matters sire no larger impunity than such a rule would afford point. in dispute between the two countries, and, though he them. was willing to consider and reply to any statement I No man has a right to stop a stranger travelling might think proper to make on any subject pending upon the highway, to enquire his name, or whether the negotiation that might take place at Washington, he is the man, or if he can tell him where to find the he supposed no benefit could result from a simulta-person he is seeking. No statute exists conferring neous discussion here. such a right-and if there were, it would be abused That the engagement entered into by the parties to "Such were lord Aberdeen's observations, as re- perhaps. Yet it is conceded as an indispensable the treaty of Washington for suppressing the Afri-ported by me in my despatch of December 31. usage, and no one questions it, except to kick whocan slave trade, was unconditionally proposed and "The negotiation took place, and a mode of deal-ever attempts to use it uncourteously. Just such a agreed to. ing with and settling the question was happily agreed usage is that of stopping a vessel at sea for any simiThat the British government saw in it an attempt upon, which made it unnecessary to resume the dis-lar purpose. It is and always has been and must be on the part of the government of the United States cussion so long continued upon the subject. In fact, the practice. To quarrel about whether it is or to give a practical effect to their repeated declara- from the moment the special mission was announc-is not a right, would be just about as wise a case for tions against the trade, and recognised with satisfac-ed, I considered the discussion as at an end, and as war, as the famous dispute that the Hollanders tion an advance towards the humane and enlighten- little to be resumed in reference to search and visi- once went to war about, whether the fish took ed policy of all Christian states from which they tation as the boundary or the 'Caroline.'" the hook, or the hook took the fish-a point which, anticipated much good. That Great Britain would though thousands of lives were lost, and millions of scrupulously fulfil the conditions of this engagement; THE RIGHT OF VISITATION. Quite a flare money were expended, remains to this day an open but that from the principles which she has constant- up, has been attempted since the arrival of the Aca-question, undetermined by "definitive treaty.” ly asserted, and which are recorded in the corres- dia, and the publication of Sir Robert Peel's speech | Besides the debate which occurred on the subject in pondence between the ministers of the United States. in parliament relative to the provisions of the treaty the U. States senate, a notice of which is inserted in this in England, and himself, in 1841, England has not of Washington. It was a God-send to the Hotspurs number, a debate also took place in the house of repre receded, and would not recede. That he had no in- here, as well as in France. There seemed to be an sentatives on the 28th ult, in relation thereto, whilst distention to renew, at present, the discussion upon the idea in some people's brains of proposing a declara- cussing the general appropriation bill. A motion was subject. That his last note was yet unanswered.-tion of war forthwith. That the treaty of Washing- made to strike out the appropriation for carrying the That the president might be assured that Great Bri-ton was considered by them as no treaty-and that treaty of Washington into effect, and some high-prestain would always respect the just claims of the Sir Robert's speech was sufficient ground for us to sure steam was worked off, but the vote was a signifiUnited States. That Great Britain made no preten- get rid of the treaty altogether, was actually assum-cant condensor. The bill passed, ayes 137, nays 40. sions to interfere in any manner whatever, either by ed in debate by U. §. senators! detention, visit, or search, with vessels of the United That the British ministry would feel somewhat States, known or believed to be such! But that it still sore after the modification which they felt themMajor Payne, the commander at Governor's Island, maintained and would exercise when necessary, its selves compelled to admit, in relation to the right of New York, it is said, has been arrested by the war own right to ascertain the genuineness of any flag search, especially as the French instantly assumed department for writing disrespectful letters to his suwhich a suspected vessel might bear; that if in the ex- that qualification as a pretext to demand or at least ercise of this right, either from involuntary error,or in warmly to urge the abandenment of the treaties of spite of every precaution, loss, or injury, should be 1831 and 1833, we had no doubt; and that the sore sustained, a prompt reparation would be afforded.—place was rather unkindly pricked by President Ty- AFRICAN SQUADRON. The Army and Navy ChronBut that it should entertain for a single instant the ler in his annual message, when he expressed the icle, in announcing the appointment of Commodore notion of abandoning the right itself, would be quite hope that this modification would become the basis of Perry to the command of the African squadron, adds impossible! future policy with all other nations, must be admit- that the new sloop Saratoga, Commander Tatnall, That these observations had been rendered neces- ted. That the ministry would feel somewhat sore now ready for sea at Portsmouth, N. H., will probasary by the message to congress. That the president under these circumstances, we ought to have ex-bly be the flag-ship. The brig Porpoise has already is undoubtedly at liberty to address that assembly in pected, and it would be uncharitable in us not to al- sailed for the coast, under command of lieut. A. Lewany terms in which he may think proper; but if the low Sir Robert to quiet away his feelings by so is. One other sloop and three additional brigs or queen's servants should not deem it expedient to ad- harmless a device as the one he resorted to, of in- schooners will compose the squadron. That the president knew that the right of search never formed the subject of discussion during the late negotiation, and that neither was any concession required by the United States government nor made by Great Britain. periors. ARMY. NAVY. |