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| PROCEEDINGS AT CHARLESTON; REtATWE TO THH ~" BRITISH OUTRAGK. (Concluded.) July 10. SKETCH Of proceedings at the Sleeting of the Citi- zens, held on the gth inst. at the Circular Church, to receipt the report of their Com-\ no\v govern the public mind, to observe a inittee. 'The Rev. Dr. Gallagher ebjiected to the resolution which requested the governor.of ¦the state to hold the Militia in readiness, and to have the heavy artillery mounted on travelling carriages, Sic. as iirterfervin.fi; with the executive authority, and unnecessary. Col. Rutledge was in favor of the resolu- tion as fov as it went, but thought it did not go-far enough. He wished the resolution to be amended by adding a veqnest to have ¦all the Militia properly armed and equip p.-'d. .Gen. Pinckney opposed this amendment. If they attempted 'to b much', nothing -would be done ; there was heavy on'oa ce, but carriages .*ou1d"be wanted to convay the guns 16 the most pro'per places to annoy the enemy ; it was therefore urgent to have car riages immediately provided ; this the go- r might provide for out of the co'ntin- ge it fuucl. Tin- comptroller general of the state ob- served, that thwe v*as money sufficient in the treasuary tr> meet every call fur the de- fence of ihe bar]ior,, hut it could not be drawn' but by approprilrtions. This waran i "-¦¦:> It time for the convening of the legfs- ¦ iature. The contingent fund was alone at the disposal of the executive, and the balance unexpended must be inconsiderable. He was in favor of confining the resolution to the objects eiviHif. he ri port. Mr:W. Laughtoii Sriiith was in favoj of the resolution as reported. In such large assemblies it was difficult prbperlv to cfigi ' : prop sitions. The meeting:on Friday were aware of this, and had referred it to a large and rl'Spestabte" committee to speak their sentiments ; this temper was no! [ess ahle to the meeting than their confidence was honorable to the committee, for men v/ho had al\va3"S given pi dges of their Sdeli ty arid patriotism, could do no Oth! than gpeak.the genuine sentiirtents of the people; he thanked the committee, and as- sured them that they had fully anticipated his ; he most cordially assented to the report. He differed from the reverend gentleman— on great emergencies it became the people to suggest measures to the executive, who would act with more energy after they had beard the public voice. He was sorry any difficulty had b«en started about funds, there could be no want of money to defend the country ; every man who had a dollar in his pocket v/ould'chcerfully advance it on such an occasion ; let trie citizens be called upon and none will refuse. He, for.one, was rea cly to set the example and contribute his pro- portion', He recommended to colonel R. to withdraw his amendment. Dr. D. Ramsey said, the amendment had been considered in the committee anjl ne- gative if. Col. R. withdrew a part but suhmited the remainder to a vote, and on the taking the question it was lost. The resolution as repotted was then agreed to; Tire report being gone through, a ques- tion arose on filling up the blank with the names of the committee, which the com- mitter, had recommended to consist of seven 'member?. Mr. W. Lau^hton Smith was of opinion that a large committee oanjjht to be ap- pointed, and moved that it consists of 21 members, which was arrreed to, to wit, the {diner members and six other citizens.— He then observed, thai as it had born said the Lcontingent fund would not reach all the object? just voted, it would be to resor* to a certain and permamem funol, the pockets of the people ; every means should be adopted to fortify and guard the to'.-.n and harbor from aggressi n. If we could not throw granite stones of eight hum died weight at our enemy, we might, at any rate, fire at them hills he;,'.y en chastise their"temerity, shuultl.frbi y ffer any insult. He moved that the committee be empowered, if necessary, to call on the ci- tisens of the state for a subscription in aid pf the.contingent fund, to carry the resolves into full effect ; this proposition was unani- mously agreed to. The thanks the of meeting Were then voted to the committee and the chairman, and the meeting adjourned in reatesl harmony : every member pie- •sent inspired but with one sentiment—War or ample reparation for the indignity oft, red to out sovereignty and independence." Agreeably to a resolve adopted at the pnblitk meeting on Wednesday last the ci- tizens of Charleston yesterday appeared, ve- ry generally, with crape round their arms,-' as a respectful tribute to the memo- ry of the unfortunate seamen who were slaughtered on b ard the Chesapeak.-' July it. . To the rit'&em of Charleston. The committee who were honored by their fellow.citizens at ther late meeting with the distinguished trust of carrying into ex- ecution the manly, but temperate resolutions •which were then unanimously adopted, have, with concern, seen measures resorted to which, although they may be dictated by the best feelings ol the human heart, must lead, in their operation (if not to great li- centiousness as) at least to injustice and op- pression. They beg leave, respectfully to state to their fellow-citizens, as their deli- berate opinion, that some late acts of vio- lence, which have been commited on in- dividuals, arc not cvnipaiiable with the dig- nified and honarahle conduct of the citizens at their last meeting. The committee confidently indulge a hope, that their fellow citizens will do them the justice to believe that they aie with them feelingly alive to every insult, which can be offered to the dignity or honor of their country, and tlut they consider the conduct of those who haVe provoked the late j acts of violence, as unworthy of any other I notice than contempt, they therefore earnest- ly recommend to and entreat their fellow- citizens to ab tain from such acts as have a tendency to subvert order and good govern- ment. They at the same time feel it their serious duty to advise the few whose senti- ments are not in unison with those which prudent and becoming silence. Resolved unanimously. That the above recommendations be agreed to, and publish- ed. JOHN WARD, Chairman. (Test) J. B. WHITE, Secretary, On. Thursday afternoon, an imprudent young man, to riditule the mourning which the citizens wear in respect for the memory of those unfortunate seamen who were slaughtered on board the Chesepeak, and in contempt of those high patriotic feelings which swell the breasts of our countrymen against the outrageous insults which had been offered to our sovereignty, had the te- merity to tie a piece of crape round the leg of his dog, and send him in the street. Yesterday morning some spirited Americans seized the offender and pumped him in the public streets, as a lasting mt mento to the world, that when American independence is threatened by a foreign enemy we con- sider all those who arc not with us in our resentment against us. TO THE PUBLIC. It being reported, maliciously, that I made use of improper expressions concern- ing the 4th of July, and being disaffected to this country—I do utterly aver, that ft is false. I have a long lease (of 15 years) of a lot of land belonging to Mrs. Radcliff, in Meeting-street, on which I am preparing to build. I have sent in my letter as an applicant to join captain Whitman's troop —I am ready and willing to take the oath of allegiance to this country—and so far from thinking aught against America, my firm intention is, and always has been, to live and die in this city. I appeal to every gentleman who personally knows me—I appeal to a generous public, to believe my assertion, when I say, that the few indivi- duals who have been the cause of irritating a generous public against me, have distort- ed any expressions of mine, made use of in a personal quarrel, I do, under the sacred obligations of an oath, swear that L never was in thought, word or deed, hostile to my adopted country. JOHN P. LLOYD, No. 80. Meetingestreet. State of South Carolina, City of Charleston. Mr. John P, Loyd, being duly sworn, de poseth, that the circumstances as stated in the foregoing paper, arc strictly just and true. Sworn to before me, this 11th day of July, iSor. James H. Mitchell, a. U. COMMVNlCATfOX. Having,been called upon by a number of respectable citizens of Charleston, to request an explanation of an expression madeuse of by me to Mr. I. C. Martindale, relative to the committee appointed to report apon the late unfortunate eircurnstrmce, I think it proper to declare that the expression, which was if itself rascally and infamous, was used inadvertently, in sportiveness of familiar conversation, without intention to hurt the fe< Ime-sof any citizen ; to treat disrespectfully the members of the commit. tee, (for whose talents and character I en- tertain the highest esteem) or to throw the slightest ridienfe on the cause for which they were convened. DANIEL ERWTNG. ------.MHWlMntflltVlRvM.---------- PRUSSr*" EYL V. April 80. We have heard very distinctly the firing of cannon at the siepre of Dant7.ic, from day-break till this evening. Iris impossible that place can hold out much longer. The emperor has approached in order to accelerate the work" : hut the grand head-quarters con- tinue at Fiekenstein. The army still occn- pies its former position in front of that all important place. Marshals 1'ernadotte and Soult are stationed on the Lower Passarge ; marshals Ney and Davoust on the Alle. The Polish troops join the corps of marshal Da- voust with that of marshal Massena who guards the Nnrew. . For a long time back the Russians speak of a battle which is necessary in order to try to unblockade Graudentz and, Dantzic ; but they confine themselves to assertion. A few days longer and they wiil regret the time lost, for the fall of Dantzic must con- siderably encrease the disposeabl'e forces of the French, by returning so the active army the troops employed at the siege of that place. The apparent repose of the French army, therefore, is to its advantage, whilst the irresolution observed in the projects of the Russians is inexplicable. Gen, benning- sen has been the whole of this month with his head-quarters at Bartenste'm ; his troops formed a line from Koninsberg to Heilsberg, Seebury, Wartenburg, Passenkein and Or- telsburg. In general the Russian army ap- pears as if wishing to keep on the defensive, which is attributed to the daily expectation of the arrival of the emperor Alexander, be- fore, which time they are not willing to hazard any important event. • paws; May ir. The prefect of Herault has addressed to the editor of the Journal of his department, the following letter: " Sir, " His majesty the emptor has announced to his excellency the minister of the interior, that every kind of English goods having been prohibited in the Ottoman empire, the Grand Seignior has testified to him his wish of getting French cloths, and especially those kind of woolens called Chalons ; and his excellency the minister has charged me with giving this information to the manu- facturers of the department. I have taken proper steps to inform them therewith. I nevertheless wish yon to insert the notice in your Journal : The citizens will learn with pleasure that even the enemies of France have by their violence restored for its fabrics a very important market, of which they had been deprived for 15 years. This circum- stance is precious to seize .upon, and the manufacturers wiil not fail of availing them- selves of it." May 19- Her majesty the empress is expected this evening at Saint-Cloud, with the queen of Holland. Gen. Gardcnne, governor of the pages of his majesty the emperor and king is ap- pointed ambassador to Persia ; he takes along with him 300 French ofScers ofdif- ferend grades, and 300 artillerists. The father of this general has ftif a Ion? bile been consul-general of France t ¦ Persia ; he has protected every European there at the time of the troubles in that country, and his memory is venetrated. It is asserted that admiral Duckworth has blown his brains out. FP. NKFORT, May i4. The following news is contained in alet- ter from Constantinople of the nth April. On the 4th this month »e learnt that the Russians having made a second disembark- ment at Tenedos, had succeeded in taking by assault, the fort that protects that island. The very next day, the 5th, in the morning the captain Pacha sailed lor the Dardanelles, with the whole of the fleet which remained at anchor at the seven Towers since the de- parture of the English. He has taken with him a corps of the best troops, and his or- ders are to attack the Russian squadron, with which there arebuta few English ships, and retake Tenedos. The captain Pacha is a bold and experienced man ; no d ubt is entertained of his succeeding, and the news of a naval engagement is every moment ex- pected. The Grand Vizier put himself in march on the 7th, from Dabout Pacha, with his numerous army, for the borders of the Danube. The rumours that a great number of Turks had been murdered in Servia, and in some districts oi Bosnia^ aie unf rtunately confirmed. BY THIS DAY's MAILS. BOSTON, July 15. Arrived, brig Success, Hillard, 74 days from Tarragona. Brig Levant, Nash, 25 days from St. Pierres, Mait. iirig John, Davis, 26 days from St. Tho mas. Schr. Warren, Washington, of Plymouth, 80 days from Alicant and 8 from Halifax. Left at Halifax sc.hr. Margaret, Bay ley, wait- ing trial ; scirr. Argus, condemned hull and cargo, and had to pay five hundred dollars tor her CONDEMNATION ; schr. Messen- ger condemned, buj b'oujgut in ; ship Orient, waiting trial; brigs O ient Enterprise, Han American, Eutaw, waiting trial; a brig from Havana for Boston, owned by J. Andrews, of Boston, detained by the-Melampus. Spoke may 27, lat. 41, long. 43, schr. Jefferson, Hall, ot'Duxoury, 30 days from Bordeaux for Baltimore. June 7, lat. 49, long. 57, brig E- liza, from Wiscasset for Liverpool. Sloop Columbus, Kinsman, short passage direct from Lisbon. [Reader, is not this a satisfactory paragraph ! what a deal of in- telligence the r.oston editor may have here wrapped up! The merchants of Baltimore may exert their ingenuity to unravel it, if there be any news in this" short" para- graph: and, if there be nothing important concealed, still we most kindly thank our brother editor, for exciting curiosity, by an- nouncing the aitect shortnesso{the passage.] Entered, Two Brothers, Black; Alexan- dria. Cleared, Harriet, Butler, Norfolk ; Galen, Stedman, Wilmington ; Brig Montezuma, Smith, Demarara and a market; brig Alice, Lovet, Marseilles ; schr. Endeavor, Oliver, Jamaica; schr. Ann, Thurber, Windsor, brig Penelope, Parry, St. Johns, N. F. sloop Lark, Allen, Havana. EHESLAU, May 2. The following bulletin, dated from the camp of Neiss, the 1st of May, has been published here ; " At three o'clock this morning the troops of Wirtemburg have carried at the point of the bayonet the out-works of the places called Blockhaus, Walhenm.nhle, and Tur- s'tengarttn. All the Prussians that very found therein have beeo either killed or taken ; the Wirtemburgers have taken 5 cannons, three officers, tuul one hundred NEW-YORK, July 1?. ARRIVED, Ships Numa, Neilson, Lucea, (Jam.) Fa- vorite, Meckil, Montego-Bay, do.; Wash- ington, Forman, Point Petre, (Guad.) brigs Lucy, Collins, St. Pierres, (Mart.) Experi- ment, Ashley, Figuera; schrs.Ann, VVhit- lesey, St. Anns, (Jain.) Triton, Badcock, Alexandria ; Antelope, Weaver, Charles- ton ; Eagle, Ash by, Edenton; Sidney-Cris- pin, Johnsen, Port Royal, (Jam.) sloops Thomas and David, Weeks, Edenton ; Ex- ample, Gray, Richmond; Maria, Dester- nel, do. ; Mars, Dennet, Murfreesburgh ; Nancy & Peggy, White, Currituck ; Nan- cy, Stoddard, Camden; Plato, Sherman, Wilmington, (N. C.) Polly, Smith, North- Carolina ; Schoharie, Hulhert, Turki-Island. Cleared, ship Ocean, Pinder, Amsterdam; brig Aurora, %Vickham, Havana. July 18. Arrived, brig Nancy, Robinson, 8 days from New-Providence. Left, brig Friend- ship, White, (belonging to John Caldwell of Hartford) Cavannae, Cuba, captured by his majesty's sloop of war Elk, captain Conklin, and sent to Nassau for adjudicati- on ; schr. John, Summers, of Bridgeport, bound to Exuma for salt ; brig Abeona, Hill, from Bermuda bound to Exuma for salt, and thence for New-Orleans; Charles- ton, Packet and. Thomas jculerson, for Charleston; schr. Enterprize, Yellowly, had sailed for Ragged-Island, from thence she t; ""......." ~...... ""¦ would pracee'd t« New-York- TSie brig Mary and Susan, from New-York arrived the rst inst. The British brig Fox, Wainright, 2 days from Philadelphia. The brig Unice, Rogers, 12 days from Havana. July 6, off the Double headed shot, spoke the homeward bound fleet of 150 sail. Off Cape Hatteras was boarded by a privateer, broke open several letters and de- tained 4 hours. The brig Twins, Heckle, 18 days from Lucea, Jamaica. The schr. Two Brothers, Burrows, from Washington, N. C. The sloop Columbia, Baker, 5 days from Savannah. Met going up the river brig Dart, from Boston. Left ship Rufas, for New-York in 10 day*. The schr. Farmer, Douglas ; Betsy. Cotton, Pugh ; Collector, Dough, all from North-Carolina. Cleared, ship Calypso, Burke, Bor- deaux ; brig Ceres, Metcalf, Martinique. Mr. Lewis, A •. .¦ . . .. ¦ . .vingletter,which i 'it presented to' the Mayor, may be .'- ¦> to ourf^liow-cwizens. ItakeUie liberty to send it to you for that purpose. Your obedient servant, JOHN PINT ARD. City Ins fir dor's Office, July 16th, 1807. v-YoiiK, July 15th, 1807. To Maturin Livingston, Esquire. SIR,: I have arranged wltR the secretary of ma- rine and wai?, that nry submarine "experiment for destroying a brig of 200 tori's shall com- mence on Saturday next, at 11 o'clock, for which purpose the brig will be anchored be- tween Governor and Ellis's IslandjJ"/ The operations of Saturday will be to e^ hibit with dumb T 1 .' - \ the various modes by which vessels may be assailed and des troyed while at anchoror under sail; and ol; Monday next, between the hours of 12 and 9, it will be shewn how an enemv's vessel 01 vessels on entering our ports may be annihi- lated, to prove which the brig shall be blown tip. As the success of such experiments may become of some importance to those who are interested in the safety of New York, I beg leave, through you, to invite; I he gover- nor, mayor and members of the corporation, with such other persons as yon may think proper Those gentlemen who may think proper to attend, will have-the goodness to provide themselves with good row boats and meet me at Goveruer's i;l.md on Saturday morning between the horns of 10 and 11, that I may exhibit to them the machinery before the engines are put into the water. I am, Sir, Your most, obedient, And very humber servant, ROBE15T FULTON. PHILADELPHIA, July 18. Arrived at the Lazaretto, ship Martha, Kingston, Newry 50, days ;„ passengers ; schr. Catharine, Kingston, St Thomas, iq, C nd, schr.Robert, Douglass, Pe. tie, Guad loupe. from Batavia and an iw. 3 Uet, liaabro, hence, for Laguira, is ; ,.:n in sii_ht oi that port and carried in there, for having British dry goods on board. Off the capes of Delaware, the Martha was boarded by the British "sloop of wa Squirrel, and 13 of "her pa«sen men, were IMPRESSED. The ship Ciceia, Smith, from Bermuda, (notified yesterday) left tliere June 28, tin lollowing vessels, whose cases were unde- termined intbe court of vice ty, viz. ship Destiny- Bernard, from Gitmpca- chy to New-York Llosanna, Mull, oi Baltimore, to Laguira; ship Col 1.0 Packet, Wueaton, from Marseilles to Phi- ladelphia ; ship Upsale T'^ Quilhon from Hispaniola to Oiiltiimre ; Orig James Price, from Martinico to Connecticut ; ship1 Eliza, Baish from Matanzies to Charleston ; brig Augusta, Mezxk, from Manilla to Balti- more. The ship Eiiza, Horlon, of New- buryport, fitting for sea. NORFOLK July 14. Arrived, ship Vv asiniigtou, Case, 4 days from New-iitutord. Ship Sally, iioyingion, 47 day from Li- verpool. On the 17tn ult. in lat. 46, N. long. 4S, W . spoke the ship United Stale-, of Boston, from .ity Point, bound lor Li- verpool. On the 22d mt. in lat. 43, N. long. 55, VV. spoke the biig Fiimdship, of and from Ualtimur-e, bound l°r Bordeaux. On the 4th inst. in lat. oi), N. long. 06, Vv . spoke the ship Bristol Packet, of and from Philadelphia, bound for Oporto, out 5 days. On the 9th inst- in lat, 37, 8, N. long. 73, VV spoke the brig Mentor, of and from Providence, R. I. bound ibr Savannah, out 3 days. Sch'r Julian, Avery, 7 days from New- bern, N. C. bound for St. Thomas's, in dis- tress, having lost het deck load, and sprung a leak. Mr. George Newton, was the official messenger of the President's Proclamation to commodore Douglas. He delivered it to him on Sunday evening : and received a ver-v bal answer, " that he would next day quit his anchorage, and ill other respects would control' his own conduct." Yesterday, the British ships of war left Hampton Hoads ; but we cannot vouch for their having left the waters of the United States. July 16. Arrived, brig Sally and Jenny, Hipkins, 16 days from Grenada. Left there the 28th ult. the schr. Polly, Laurey of New-York, to sail for St. Thomas in 6 days. On the 30th ult. in lat. 15, 17, N. long. 64, W. spoke the sloop Dispatch, oi and from Bal- timore, bound to the Spanish Main. On the 10th inst. in lat. 33, 41, N. long. 71, 50, W. spoke -hip Two Priends, Living- ston, of and from Charleston bound Jor London, out 3 days, all well. On ihe rjth, was fc-aided oil Cape Henry, by aa officer belonging to the British1 frigalt. Me* lampus, and treated politely. Schr. Welcome Return, Hurst, 18 days from Kingston, (Jamaica) Left there on, the 25th lilt, the schr. Antelope, which had just arrived from Alexandria. Captain H. sailed in company with the homeward bound fleet under convoy cf a 74, 6.1, and a frigate. On tie'ad instant in lat.' 22, 30, N. long. 35, W. sp ke the brig" Twins, Hackley, of New York, homeward bound from Jamaica, all well—captain H. says^ * that a report v as prevalent in jamaiea, that an action had taken place between a Bri- tisjj ship of war and one of ours, but that the particulars thereof was not known —that on his outward bound passage he was b«arded by the British national aimed brig Diligent, capt. Hall, who overhauled his cargo and papers, in sea-xli as he said, for contraband articles, and detainad 14. hours. Schr.,Fletcher and Riley, Riley, todays from St. Thomas, on her way to A'exaa- dria.. Left at St. Thonms on the 5th insU the schr. Virginia Ann, Hutchinson, to sail for this port in 15 days. In Hampton R^ads the ship Charles Garter Ubes. pkins, 5$ days from St.. The French frigate got otidfer way tins morning, and anchored in the biteofCranw- Island. PATRIOTIC. Yesterday morning arrived at their quar- ters, captain Payton Randolph's and Rich- ardson's companies ol light infantry, and- captain Brfcgg's company of Militia, from Richmond ; at the sante tithe arrived capt. Boiling Sloheitsoii'scoiopaiiy ofhoiu I try, called the •• Republican Blues,'7 In.m, Petersburgh. These companies are all un- der the command of major Atnbier.—They, though never thored u> the " ienk ''field"\ from what we have seen may be relied on- in the hour of danger to aicend to the almost " inactessable breach."—With suchj men pos.sesing such feelings, Ameiica in.;y defy a host ot mercenaries. Yesterday \ftemoon a detachment from the battalion of cavalry, under the coin. maud of irmjor Mcfv"a, set off for the Eas- tern shore ol Pnno.:.:s Amie, where we are informed the squadron under she coniv. K& of commodore Douglas, rides snug at an- chor close into the shore. If these haughty veterans, D uglas, Hardy, Humphries, &c are dispo-ed to try ths spirit of Virgi- nia, they will have an opportunity, and we bare no doubt but they will require all the victories they ever gained on the ocean, to wash away the disgrace they will meet with on the land from the :nergy of these patri- otic sons of Virginia. T/hevoliinti Irom P-'-hmond and? Petersburg arrived at n'Sun- (I vening. Sorry, very sorry, are we to lenn, that no ether.thaltthe ..Common pre- paration of rations a.-.d barracks/had b;-ea 1. '. o: receive them ' .1011 merce- nary sold.'- . have ,. ills . pect. No refreshments! No. hospitality, (except from a few) and no ap- peranceof atttention, further than t lie ra-iu jh'iver and unboiled porh ! Yesterday vvc they were ordered ijnder arms to ti e general and be revic ed at 11 0 clock,—instead of eleven, they were kept till i" ar two •—A finer body of men was iu:ikd uselessly in the hot sun lor three h .loo, nor »as - -net ni ne severely tried. The junior's also, a;"d the whole of the militia, were marched over h> Portsmouth, and remained in the field with- out nourishment of any kind from 6 until near 2 o'clock, in as hot a day as ever was felt, and the consequence has been that ma- ny fainted. hrom such proceedings, good, lord deh', •ver us! - A VETERAN OF 'jS. GEORGETOWN. (COL.) July 1S. A few weeks since, .ve stated some cir- cumstances attending the late tame surren- der of the Chesapeake, which went to aV tach blame to the conduct ot commodore Baron. In our last, in the spirit uftltt* candor which we hope ever to feel for any one who maybe accused with dereliction oif duty, we published the remarks ol -*A friend to justice," which are intended to remove- or at least to weaken the force cS those imputations. At the same time that we received this communication, we had also'handed us the copy of a letter, from commodore Barron to his friend in the city of Washington, accompanied by a re that it might appear in our next nuitthert This request was readily assented to ; buS before the day .if publication arrived, the letter, for some particular reason, was with- drawn. As the friend of csmmodore 'he- ron had a right either to publish the letter not, and as he has chosen to emit its publi- cation, we do not deem it pr. per to give a particular detail of its contents: It cannot howe-.er be wrong, and is perhaps cur vhiiVj, to state, that the commodore attributes the want of resistance on his part to the unpre- pared state of the ship, and the misconduct of some of his officers. He also accuses ike government of injurious treatment in rcr.eji,-. inghim from his command, before an inquiry was had into his conduct. We do not presume-to give an opinion on this question. There is but little h;,;1. in saying thatblame.tnusl attach sujuew hi ce; but on wlii;iii it may fall, ^e are ).,t with- out suffieien! decision* |