FINDINGS AND SENTENCE OF THE

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 The first specification of the charge pro- ven. The second specification of the first charge proven. The third specification of lhe first charge proven.

 And the accused guilty of ihe first charge. The first specification of the second charge not proven, of the accused not having repor- ted himself in person to Capt. s. L. Breese, according to his orders; but proven that the accused entered the harbor of Alvarado, in stead of assisting in blockading that part.

 The second specification of the second charge proven, and the accused guilty of the second charge. The court then, upon due delibsration upon ihe above findings, pro- nounced the following sentence:

 That the accused, Lieut.. Charles G. Hun ter, U. s. Navy, be dismissed from the Home Sffaa,ireh, and reprimanaed by the commander-in-chief, which reprimand is to be ,ead on the qaarter-deck of every vessel Of the squadron, in the presence ofthe off, cers and crew

 The above is true copy from the records of the court.

 {Signed) J. BRYAN

 Judge Advocate THE REPRIMAND OF COM. FERRY.

 United States Flag Ship Mississippi,

 Anton Lizardo, April 9, le47 Sir:-- l enclose herewith the findings and sentence of the cour, martial, convened on the 7th instant, for your trial, which impo- ses upon me lhe task of expressing, in lhe form of reprimand. my op;aion of your cos . duct as proven before the eour, martial.

 However lenieut the sentence in your case may seem to be, have approved it, as can conceive no punishment more severe than a dismissal tn time of war from squadron ac- lively engaged before the esemy. The sem tence, while il condemns in most singular manner. your conduct, cuts you of from further association m this squadron, with men whose patient endurance of the most trying duiIes, and whose character for eour- age. obedience, and suberdinztion, have won my highest appreciation.

 How different has been your course ;-- Scarcely day on the station, and you dis obey orders, arfogaie 10 yourself the duties belonging to commaader-in-chief, talk of opening upon the town, and of ordering the troops 10 advance when you had but one gun, and net a solitary soldier, and s.alI for purpose" Jas you say;) '.of securing an pn- molessed eHirance of the squadron into the river"

 k wceld he difficult, 4 nes impossible, to poin, to another instance of similar folly 1; the most charitable construction that can be given to il, is, that in the eiaiion of a 6rst command, you had truly imagined yoarseif actually in commssd of the navsl and mill tsry dehehmen,s then approaching and with