In the case mentioned in your letter, our practice is, to enter Judgmt for the penalty of the Bail bond. This Judgmt is under the contract of the Court, & unless the parties agree on the debt due in the original action, the Court will stay execution until it be ascertaind - The most convenient mode of ascertaining it is, by a speedy trial in the original suit- The Judgmt on the bail bond stands as a security for the debt when ascertained, & for the costs in both Suits— I refer to the case of Carrew—Willing—1 Palt.

     Previous to the rect of your letter, Milligans suit was confirmed, which is what you wish.

     I write in Court & have only time to congratulate you upon the good news from N. York & to request my Complts & best wishes to Mrs T.‑Believe me very sincerely & affectly yrs

     Mr E. B. Caldwell goes to Phila. at the request of the Committee of the Colonization Society for the purpose of aiding in the formation of an auxiliary Society in that City which, it is believed, many of its¹ more respectable Citizens desire to establish. I beg leave to introduce this distinguishd member of the above Society to your acquaintance & to solicit for him your countinance & patronage. I am Dear Sir with sincere respect & esteem yr mo. ob. Servt

    Will you have the goodness to inform me what is the practice of the Sup. Court in the folowing cas[e]?

I have just recd a letter from one of my daughters requesting me to ask Judge Washington if it is true that he has interdicted all visits to Mount Vernon by water. It seems that Miss Silsbie and some other young ladies, daughters of members of congress, being desirous befor they go home to pay their respects at the tomb of their country's Father, had formed a party with their young friends of Washington, for the purpose and had proposed for their convenience to take one of the small steam boats— when they were stopped by the information of this interdiction.

In court, & on the verge of a trial, I can only state my dear sir that you have been correctly informed as to my prohibition of steam boat parties to M. V.— it has been made public for more than 3 years & was repeated more than 12 months ago. Of the necessity of the measure I could satisfy you in a few minutes, as well as of the propriety of adhering to it without making exceptions in any case. The fact is that a single dispensation would be equivalent to a total revocation.

I have lately recd a letter from Mr Wm Garrard Junr dated at Opelousas in Louisiana, in which he expresses a wish to obtain an appointment to a second Lieutenancy in the Marine Corps of the U.S. and requests the benefit of any influence which I may have in furthering his wishes. He desires particularly that I would write to you on the subject. This is an awkward undertaking as the young gentleman is a total Stranger to me.