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

[Extract.]

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.

No. 625.]

Legation of the United States, London, March 18, 1864.

Sir: The proceedings at Liverpool under the demand for the arrest of the pirates concerned in the case of the Joseph L. Gerrity, and their delivery under the treaty, are very slow. The magistrate has repeatedly postponed a decision for the purpose of giving the parties time to show some authority for their acts of outrage. * * * * * * * *

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.