Thomas Jefferson actually said...

Also a letter from our minister plenipotentiary at Paris covering one to him from the minister of marine of that Government assuring him tha...

Also a letter from Cowles Mead, secretary of the Mississippi Territory, acting as governor, informing us that Aaron Burr had surrendered him...

From two of the States no returns have ever been received.

It must be superfluous to observe that this species of naval armament is proposed merely for defensive operation; that it can have but littl...