by John Marshall

“ III. p. 187, gives this officer the credit of having performed a “noble exploit,” at Mariel, in the island of Cuba, April 5th, 1805; and follows up his error, by observing, in the succeeding page, that “the name of Thomas Oliver among the commanders of the year shows, that his conduct, as all similar conduct ought, excited the notice of those to whom the power belonged of dispensing rewards to the brave and meritorious.” ”