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General Assembly, O. S. He acquired consid- 

 erable reputation by his " Letters to Right 

 Rev. John Hughes, Roman Catholic Bishop of 

 New York," published under the signature of 

 ' Kirwan," in 1848, in which he controverted 

 with shrewdness and tact some of the doc- 

 trines and practices of the Roman Catholic 

 Church. He published afterwards several other 

 controversial works with the same signature. 

 In 1853 he visited Europe, and again, in 1860, 

 the last time for his health, as he was suffering 



from a disease of the heart. Besides the " Kir- 

 wan Letters," Dr. Murray published : " Notes, 

 Historical and Biographical, concerning Eliza- 

 bethtown, N. J.," Elizabethtown, 1844 ; " Ro- 

 manism at Home," N. Y., 1852 ; " Men and 

 Things as I saw them in Europe," N. Y., 1853 ; 

 " Parish, and other Pencillings," N. Y., 1854 ; 

 "The Happy Home," 1859; "Preachers and 

 Preaching," N. Y., 1860, and a series of letters 

 to the New York " Observer " during his last 

 visit to Europe. 



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NAPOLEON, the capital of Desha County, 

 Arkansas, is situated on the Mississippi River, 

 at the mouth of the Arkansas River, about 125 

 miles, by land, southeast of Little Rock. It 

 has been a place of active business, and is the 

 point where a fine marine hospital was built by 

 the United States. This was at once seized by 

 the military upon the secession of Arkansas, 

 with supplies amounting in value to nearly nine 

 thousand dollars. They consisted of one hun- 

 dred and thirty boxes containing small-arms and 

 ordnance stores destined for the troops stationed 

 on the frontiers of Texas and Arkansas, solely 

 for protecting the whites from incursions of the 

 Indians. A line of a thousand miles there was 

 usually guarded by two thousand regular troops. 



NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. The 

 committee appointed by act of Congress on the 

 9th of January, 1861, to report, among other 

 subjects, upon the ships of the U. S., where sta- 

 tioned, in what command, and under what or- 

 ders, presented the following list of vessels 

 comprising the whole naval force of the country 

 in commission on the 16th of January, 1861, 

 tliose in actual service, and those lying unavail- 

 able in port : 



List of the vessels of the United States Navy, in com- 

 mission on. the \th of January, 1861. 



East India Squadron. Hartford, steam sloop, Cap- 

 tain Chas. Lowndes ; John Adams, sloop, Commander 

 J. M. Berrien ; Dacotah, steam sloop. Commander 

 "William Radford; Saginaw, steamer. Commander J. 

 F. Schenck cruising on the East India station. Yan- 

 dalia, sloop-of-war, Commander P. Lee on the way to 

 the station. 



Brazil Squadron. Congress, frigate, Captain L. M. 

 Goldsborough ; Seminole, steam sloop, Commander E. 

 R. Thomson ; Pulaski, steamer, Lieutenant Command- 

 ing \V. H. Macomb cruising on the station. 



Pacific Squadron. Lancaster, steam sloop, Captain 

 John Rudd ; Saranac, steamer, Captain Robert Ritchie ; 

 "Wyoming, steam sloop, Commander J. K. Mitchell ; 

 Cvane, sloop-of-war, Commander S. B. Bissell : St. 

 Mary's, sloop-of-war, Commander "W. D. Porter at 

 Panama, 3d January. Narragansett, steam sloop, Com- 

 mander T. A. Hunt on the South American coast. 

 Levant, sloop-of-war, Commander William E. Hunt 

 at Hilo, 3d September. 



Mediterranean Squadron. Richmond, steam sloop, 

 Captain D. W. Ingraham ; Susquehanna, steam sloop, 

 Captain George W. HolLms; Iroquois, steam sloop, 

 Commander J. S. Palmer cruising on the station. 



African Squadron. Constellation, sloop-of-war, Cap- 

 tain J. S. Mcholas; Portsmouth, sloop-of-war, Com- 

 mander John Calhoun ; San Jacinto, steam sloop, 

 Captain T. A. Dornin; Mystic, steamer, Lieutenant 



Commanding "William E. Le Roy; Sumter, steamer, 

 Lieutenant Commanding J. F. Armstrong; Mohican, 

 steam sloop, Commander S. W. Godon; Saratoga, 

 sloop-of-war, Commander Alfred Taylor cruising on 

 the coast of Africa. 



Home Squadron. Cumberland, sloop-of-war, Cap- 

 tain J. Mansion ; Powhatan, steam sloop, Captain S. 

 Mercer ; Pocahontas, steam sloop, Commander S. F. 

 Hazard at Vera Cruz. Pawnee, steam sloop, Com- 

 mander S. C. Rowan at Philadelphia. Brooklyn, 

 steam sloop, Captain "W. S. Walker at Hampton 

 Roads. Sabine, frigate, Captain H. A. Adams; St. 

 Louis, sloop-of-war, Commander Charles H. Poor 

 under orders to Pensacola. Macedonia, sloop-of-war, 

 Captain James Glynn on way to Pensacola. Mo- 

 hawk, steamer, Lieutenant Commanding T. A. M. Cra- 

 ven ; Crusader, steamer, Lieutenant Commanding J. 

 N. Maffit ; Wyandotte, steamer, Lieutenant Comma_nd- 

 ing 0. H. Berryman supposed to be on their station, 

 the coast of Cuba. 



Storethips. Falmouth, sloop-of-war, Lieutenant 

 Commanding Charles Thomas stationed at Aspin- 

 wall. Warren, sloop-of-war, Lieutenant Commanding 

 J. J. Boyle stationed at Panama. Fredonia, Lieuten- 

 ant Commanding J. M. Watson stationed at Valpa- 

 raiso. Supply, Commander H. Walker sailed from 

 Pensacola, lith January, for Vera Cruz. Release, 

 Lieutenant Commanding J. M. Frailey returning from 

 Mediterranean. Relief, Commander John De Camp 

 at New York. 



Special Service. Niagara, screw frigate, Captain 

 William W. McKean special service to Japan. 



Receiving Ships. Ohio, ship-of-the-line, Commander 

 William Smith Boston. North Carolina, ship-of-the- 

 line, Commander J. H. Ward New York. Princeton, 

 steamer, Commander H. K. HoflF Philadelphia. Alle- 

 ghany, steamer, Commander W. W. Hunter Balti- 

 more. Pennsylvania, ship-of-the-line, Commander A. 

 Sinclair Norfolk. Independence, razee Mare Island, 

 California. 



There were also in the ports of the United States, 

 dismantled and unfit for immediate service, the follow- 

 ing vessels belonging to the navy : 



At Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Santee, frigate, 

 50 guns ; Dale, sloop, 16 guns ; Marion, sloop, 16 guns. 



At Boston : Colorado, steam frigate, 40 guns ; Min- 

 nesota, steam frigate, 40 guns; Mississippi, steamer, 

 11 guns ; Yennont, ship-of-the-line, 84 guns ; Yin- 

 cennes, sloop, 20 guns; treble, sloop, 16 guns; Bain- 

 bridge, brig, 6 guns. 



At New York : Wabash, steam frigate, 40 guns ; 

 Roanoke, steam frigate, 40 guns ; Potomac, frigate, 50 

 guns ; Brandywine, frigate, 50 guns ; Savannah, sloop, 

 24 guns ; Perry, brig, 6 guns. 



At Philadelphia : Pawnee, sloop-of-war, 6 guns ; 

 Water Witch, steamer, 3 guns ; St. Lawrence, fngate, 

 50 guns ; Jamestown, sloop, 22 guns. 



At Washington : Pensacola, steam sloop. 



At Norfolk: Merrimac, steam frigate, 40 guns; 

 Plymouth, sloop, 22 guns; Germantown, sloop, 2; 

 guns ; Raritan, frigate, 50 guns ; Columbia, frigate, 50 

 guns ; United States, frigate, 50 guns. 



At Annapolis : Constitution, frigate, 50 guns. 





