"By virtue of the authority contained in the sixth section of the act of 21st April, 1864, which enacts that any officer in the naval service, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may be advanced not exceeding thirty numbers in his own grade for distinguished conduct in battle or extraor..."
"The affair was executed in a most creditable manner."
"This recommendation is specially made in order to comply with the requirements of the ninth section of the aforesaid act."
"It is deemed to comport with the public interest, in view of the unsettled condition of the relations of the United States with that Empire, that the steamer should not be allowed to proceed to Japan."
"The purchase money will be held in trust toward satisfying any valid claims which may be presented by the Japanese on account of the construction of the steamer and the failure to deliver the same, as..."
"If, however, the Secretary of the Navy should ascertain that the steamer is adapted to our service, he is authorized to purchase her."
"To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men."
"it is deemed advisable that they should be opened to domestic and foreign commerce:"
"Whereas by my proclamation of the 19th of April, 1861, it was declared that the ports of certain States, including those of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, Fernandina and Pensacola, in the State of..."
"that commercial intercourse with those ports, except as to persons, things, and information contraband of war, may from that time be carried on, subject to the laws of the United States, to the limita..."
"By order of the President of the United States"