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

Mr. Leech to Mr. Jackson.

St. John, December 10, 1863.

I am informed by the Secretary of State that steamer Chesapeake, of Portland and New York line, has been taken possession of by supposed insurgents on board, off Cape Cod, the second engineer killed, and the captain landed at St. John, New Brunswick. We are instructed to use our best efforts to cause the arrest of the criminals, and the detention of the steamer. Am requested to inform you she has not been seen here.

C. O. LEACH, United States Consul.