Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part I

Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Stuart.

Department of State, Washington, August 19, 1863.

Sir: In reply to the letter of this department, which was accompanied by a copy of Lord Lyons’s two notes of the 12th instant, asking a delay in the sale of the prize vessels Springbok and Peterhoff, and their cargoes, until an appeal can be had to the Supreme Court, the Secretary of the Navy represents that the subject is in the hands of the judiciary.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State.

Hon. William Stuart, &c., &c., &c.