116 VOYAGE OF THE POTOMAC. [FeBruary, 
erty had been destroyed. He begged that I would grant them 
peace. I stated to him that I had been sent to demand restitution 
of the property taken from the Friendship, and to insist on the 
punishment of those persons who were concerned in the outrage 
committed on the individuals of that ship. 
" Finding it impossible to effect either object, I said to him, that 
I was satisfied with what had already been done, and I granted 
them the peace for which they begged. I at the same time as- 
sured him, that if forbearance should not be exercised hereafter 
from committing piracies and murders upon American citizens, 
other ships of war would be despatched to inflict upon them fur- 
ther punishment. 
" Several rajahs, from towns in the vicinity, have visited my 
ship, and others who are distant have sent deputations to me. All 
of them have declared their friendly disposition towards the 
Americans, and their desire to obtain our friendship. Corre- 
sponding assurances were given on my part, and they left the ship 
apparently well satisfied. 
" Having wood and water, and refreshed my crew, I shall leave 
here to-morrow for Batavia. 
" I have the honour to be, very respectfully^ 
" Your obdient servant, 
(Signed) " John Downes. 
" The Honourable Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy." 
Though deviating from the chronological course of events, still 
it seems more proper, in this place, to insert the following corre- 
spondence : — 
" Navy Department, July 16th, 1832. 
"Sir, 
" Your letters, dated twenty-sixth of August, sixteenth of Sep- 
tember, twentieth, twenty-ninth, and thirty-first of October, and 
eleventh of December, 1831 ; seventeenthof February, and eleventh 
and twelfth of March, 1832, have all been received. 
" The president regrets that you were not able, before attacking 
the Malays at Quallah-Battoo, to obtain there, or near, fuller in- 
formation of the particulars of their outrage on the Friendship, 
and of the character and political relations of the aggressors. 
