Mr. McCulloch, collector, to Mr. Lowry, surveyor.

Sir: Please direct the officer charged with an attention to the South American brig San Jose to go on board and peremptorily forbid the putting in ring-bolts, stanchions, or any other appurtenance to the mounting of guns beyond what she was fitted with at arrival here.

JAMES H. McCULLOCH,
Collector.

William Lowry, Esq.,
Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore.