A DIARY IN AMERICA, WITH REMARKS ON ITS INSTITUTIONS. BY CAPT. MARRYAT, C.B., AUTHOR OF "PETER SIMPLE," "JACOB FAITHFUL," LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER ROW. AMERICAN MARINE. IT may be inferred that I naturally directed my attention to everything connected with the American marine, and circumstances eventually induced me to search much more minutely into particulars than at first I had intended to do. The present force of the American navy is rated as follows: |