who I most respectfully request may be brought before the same court that is to try me. 1 make this request with much earnestness, as some important witnesses, having interests in California or who are residents of that State, are departing by every steamer; another of whom, (several having already gone thither since the adjournment of Congress,) I have just learned, has taken his passage for the 1st of January proximo, on his way back to that most distant State.

I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, your obedient ser

vant,

THOS. AP C. JONES,
Late Commander-in-chief Pacific Squadron.

Hon. Wм. A. GRAHAM,
Secretary of the Navy.

List of witnesses to support the charges preferred by Commodore Thos. Ap C. Jones, late commander in chief of the United States naval forces in the Pacific ocean, against Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, of the United States navy.

The United States vs. T. A. M. Craven, a lieutenant in the United States navy.

Charge 1.-Mutinous conduct.

Specification 1.-In this: that he, the said Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, of the United States navy, when attached to the sloop of war Dale, one of the ships composing the United States squadron on the Pacific station in 1848, did write, or cause to be written, and send, or caused to be sent, to Commodore Thos. Ap C. Jones, at that time in command of the Pacific squadron, as aforesaid, then at anchor in the bay of Monterey, Upper California, a certain letter, (A) in the following words, viz:

[A.]

"UNITED STATES SLOOP DALE, "Bay of Monterey, October 19, 1848. "SIR: By your Special Order No. 2, I find myself, in common with other watch officers' of this ship, forbidden to visit the shore. As the order is a most unusual one, and bears exceedingly hard upon those who are subjected by the necessities of their profession to so many privations, I beg most respectfully to call your attention to the matter, that it may be reconsidered by you; for I am not aware of having committed any offence which should occasion such restraint.

"If the discipline of the squadron or general good of the service require a non intercourse with the shore, to be observed rigidly by officers of every grade, I submit cheerfully; but, when I find myself among a proscribed set, it becomes a duty to myself and station to make this appeal to your sense of justice.

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

"T. AUGUS. M. CRAVEN, Lieutenant.

"Com. THOS. AP C. JONES,

"Commanding U. S. Naval Forces, Pacific."

Which letter, in time, in spirit, and in consequence, was calculated to embarra-s, thwart, and oppose Commodore Thos. Ap C. Jones, the su perior and commander-in-chief of the said Lieutenant T A. M. Craven, and set over him according to the rules and discipline of the navy; and did actually embarrass, thwart, and oppose his said superior and commanderin-chief, as aforesaid, in the execution of his lawful duties, at a period of extraordinary difficulty and excitement, when the commander of the squadron required, and had a right to expect, the hearty co-operation. and support of every officer under his command.

Specification 2.-In this: that he, the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, did write, indite, or cause to be written, and sent to Commander C. K. Stribling, captain of the fleet, and at that time commanding Commodore Jones's flag ship, the Ohio, at anchor in the bay of Monterey, Upper California, the following letter, (C) viz:

[C.]

"October 21, 1848-U. S. SLOOP DALE. "SIR: In compliance with your advice, sent through Lieutenant Yard, I have withheld the accompanying communication one day longer. the restriction has been entirely removed, or is made general in its opera.

If

tion, I am satisfied and withdraw; but otherwise, I desire that my letter (A) to Commodore Jones be handed him at the earliest hour.

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

T. AUGUS. M. CRAVEN, Lieutenant.

"Captain STRIBLING, Flag ship Ohio."

Accompanied by another letter, (A, forming part of first specification to first charge;) which letters being sent to the commander of the squadron after the aforesaid Lieut. T. A. M. Craven had received Commodore Jones's confidential communication of the 20th of October, 1848, addressed to "Lieutenants Jos. F. Green, J. B. Marchand, T. A. M. Craven, and others of their class in the Pacific squadron," and hereunto appended, explanatory of the commodore's motive and object in issuing his "Special Order No. 2," complained of, evinces unwarrantable restlessness under the lawful orders of his superior and commander-in-chief, thereby setting a bað example to those around him, was well calculated to create dissatisfac tion in others, and finally lead to and excite mutiny, and actually did greatly embarrass the commander of the squadron in the execution of his public duties at a momentous period, requiring the hearty co-operation of all officers under his command to enable him to maintain the honor of the navy, and the public interests committed to his care.

Specification 3.-In this: that he, the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, did, as set forth in first and second specifications to this charge, write and send forth, or cause to be sent forth, through the agency of Commander C. K. Stribling and others, and against the advice of the said Commander C. K. Stribling, as well as against the advice of his immediate commanding officer, John Rudd, commander of the United States sloop Dale, to which sloop the said lieutenant was then attached, the two letters hereunto appended and already referred to in the first and second specifications to this charge, bearing date respectively "U. S. sloop Dale, Bay of Monterey, October 19, 1848," and "October 21, 1848, U. S. sloop Dale," and marked A and C; which letters, in tone, in terms, and in object, especially when the circumstances which called for and dictated the Special Order No. 2" are duly considered, are disrespectful and reproachful in spirit, insubordinate and mutinous in effect, especially letter C, containing dictatorial terms and conditions offered to Commodore Thos. Ap C. Jones, commanding the squadron in which the said Lieutenant Craven was at the time serving, as a sine qua non or price to purchase his, the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven's, acquiescence in the lawful orders of Commodore Jones, the said Craven's superior officer and commander in chief, set over him according to the rules and discipline of the navy; which dictatorial terms, mandates, or sine qua non, required the commander of the squadron to "entirely" rescind or make "general in its operation," so as to apply the restrictions of "Special Order No 2" to "officers of every grade," when, in the opinion of the commander of the squadron, the public interest did not require any more general or universal application of such restrictions than were required by his "Special Order No. 2." These acts, doings, and writings of the aforesaid Lieu tenant T. A. M. Craven, showing his contempt for, and disregard of, the lawful authority of his superior and commander-in-chief, and setting a bad example to all the squadron, was calculated to bring the authority of the commander of the squadron into contempt, and to excite and encour

age "other watch-officers," and officers of corresponding duties in the squadron, to restlessness under lawful and necessary orders; thus sowing seed of insubordination, and contempt for superiors, which, if unre buked, would soon ripen into mutiny.

Specification 4.-In this: that he, the aforesaid T. A. M. Craven, a lieutenant in the navy of the United States, while serving on board the U. S. sloop Dale, one of the vessels composing the Pacific squadron, then commanded by Commodore Thomas Ap C Jones, between the eighteenth (18th) and twenty second (22d) days of October, 1848, the Dale, with other ships of the Pacific squadron, then lying at anchor in the bay of Monterey, Upper California, did, within the days above specified, i. e. between the 18th and 22d of October, 1848, if not conjunctively, write, with knowledge and previous understanding, and with the same object, and to the same or similar end and effect, concert, coalesce, or, simultaneously with Lieutenants Joseph F. Green and J. B. Marchand, undertake to criticise, condemn, and denounce as partial and unjust, the lawful orders of Commodore Jones, the commander of the squadron, by writing, or causing to be written and sent, a certain letter forming first specification to first charge, and marked A; and did further, in contempt for the lawful authority of the commander of the squadron, write, or cause to be written and sent, a certain other letter, forming second specification to first charge, and marked C, addressed to "Captain Stribling, flag ship Ohio;" which letters considered collectively, under the peculiar circumstances which existed when uttered, as set forth in second specification to this charge, are reproachful aud accusatory in spirit and in language, dictatorial in demands, and are insubordinate and mutinous in effect and example.

THOS. AP C. JONES,

Late Commander-in-chief of the Pacific Squadron.

DECEMBER 7, 1850.

Charge II.-Scandalous conduct, tending to the destruction of good morals.

Specification 1.-In this: that he, Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, did, in an official communication, addressed to the Hon. William A. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, dated "Washington City, August 28th, 1850," purporting to be "additional charges and specifications of charges exhibited against Captain Thomas Ap C. Jones, U. S. navy," write, indite, or cause to be written and sent to the Hon. William A. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, as aforesaid, the following charge and specifications, viz:

"Charge L.-Wilfully causing wasteful expenditure and loss of the public stores.

"Specification 1.-In this: that the said Captain Thomas Ap C. Jones, being at that time in command of the United States Pacific squadron, did, without any sufficient reason, order the storeship Chile (chartered by the government, freighted with stores for the Pacific squadron, and consigned to the United States naval storekeeper at Monterey, when there were good and sufficient storehouses belonging to, or rented by the government) to proceed to San Francisco, and there discharge her cargo: thereby causing an extra charge of five thousand dollars, or thereabouts, against the United

States, said sum of $5,000, or thereabouts, being the amount required and exacted by the captain of the said storeship, for transporting the cargo from Monterey to the port of San Francisco, a distance of ninety miles." Which charge and specification, except the fact of the chartered storeship Chile being ordered from Monterey to San Francisco, and the payment of additional freight for that additional voyage, is utterly false, as the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven might and ought to have known when he made said report to the Secretary of the Navy.

Specification 2.-In this: that he, the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, in his communication of the 28th of August, 1850, addressed to the Hon. Wm. A. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, cited and referred to in the first specification to this charge, made the following untrue and false charge or allegations, viz: "In this: that the said Captain Thos. Ap C. Jones, by causing the storeship Chile to be discharged at San Francisco, (where there was no consignee, and where there were no warehouses for the reception of the stores or for their safe-keeping,) did subject the government to great loss or damage, inasmuch as a large quantity of provisions were landed on the beach or shores, where they were exposed to injury and depredation, and were through necessity sold at auction to save further loss to the United States government:" which paragraph or specification is utterly false and untrue in every particular and circumstance, except the words, "and where there were no warehouses for the reception of the stores or for their safe-keeping;" which false declarations or reports the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven made or caused to be made when he ought to have known, or at any rate had the means and opportunity of knowing them to be untrue.

Specification 3.-In this: that he, the aforesaid Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, in his communication of the 28th of August, 1850, addressed to the Hon. Wm. A. Graham, Secretary of the Navy as aforesaid, cited and referred to in first and second specifications to this charge, uses the following language, viz:

"WASHINGTON CITY, August 28, 1850.

"SIR: In addition to the reports already made by me to the Navy Department in the form of charges against Captain Thos. Ap C. Jones, I now, in connexion with them, submit to you the accompanying charges. "Many grave charges have been omitted by me; and among others, for want of dates, I have omitted a charge of appointing a disbursing agent at San Francisco, and thereby assuming authority belonging to the President and Senate; and I have also omitted a charge of fraudulently selling and repurchasing a quantity of rice belonging to the United States government for the use of the squadron in the Pacific."

Which allegations are utterly false and untrue, except as to the fact of a temporary disbursing agent being appointed by Commodore Jones to supply the place of R. M. Price, esq., at San Francisco, peremptorily removed by the Secretary of the Navy without allowing sufficient time for Mr. Price's successor to relieve him; but more especially all that relates to "fraudulently selling and repurchasing a quantity of rice belonging to the United States government for the use of the squadron in the Pacific." Which charge is not only devoid of truth, but the said Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, whilst making this charge, declares his lack of proof to estab