Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

[695] *Commandant Newton, United States Navy, to Lieutenant-Commandant Totten, United States Navy.

Commandant’s Office,
Navy-Yard, Pensacola , August 20, 1849.

Sir: You will proceed to sea at once with the steamer Water Witch, under your command; and you are hereby strictly enjoined not to open the accompanying sealed parcel until after your vessel crosses the bar and the pilot leaves you.

I am, very respectfully, &c.,

• JOHN THOMAS NEWTON,
  Commandant.
• Lieutenant-Commandant Geo. M. Totten,
  Commanding United States Steamer Water Witch.