Mr. McCulloch, collector, to the surveyor.
Sir: Be pleased to direct an officer to examine the schooner Romp, and if found to be increased in armament, or further prepared for hostile action than at her arrival here, order such disarming and dismantling as shall render her to her just state and condition, and prohibit the owners or commanders from taking more men than are sufficient to navigate the vessel, on pain of stoppage or seizure.
[48] *Be pleased also to direct an officer to visit the brig Independence, D. Choyter, of Buenos Ayres, and inspect her armament, informing the commander that no additional strength in guns, men, or equipment can be made on board his vessel to the state she was on arrival, and if any such addition is made that she cannot proceed from this port until reduced to her first condition in these respects.