Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy of the Cork Daily Reporter, containing the proceedings in the crown court in the case of the men who were received in the steamer Kearsarge at Queenstown.
The elaborate effort of the prosecuting officer, aided by the presiding judge, to discourage the emigration to America by the use of the most extraordinary misrepresentations, is one of the marked features of this transaction. Inasmuch as the parties pleaded guilty, the case was easily brought to a conclusion. The [Page 328] next step will be to try persons of much more influence, who will be aided by the active sympathy of friends and associates to escape a verdict. I have little expectation of a similar verdict in their case.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.