Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward.
Sir: Despatches have been received numbered from 944 to 947 inclusive Likewise a telegram from New York, via Crookhaven, dated the 18th of May, relating to the spurious proclamation of the President, which appeared in the World and Journal of Commerce.
Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall, who brought the telegram in the steamer, was kind enough also to furnish me with the latest telegrams received in New York from the government down to the hour of sailing. I also received, by mail, letters from the collector and the postmaster of New York, both of them putting me on my guard as to the nature of that extraordinary proceeding.
The energy thus displayed in preventing any possible effects from such an imposture on this side of the Atlantic is very cheering. On my side, I took [Page 76] immediate measures to communicate the information so received to the newspa-pers in season to appear simultaneously with the customary telegrams. Happily, however, those telegrams had already been drawn up under a knowledge of the truth, so that there was no need of any official interposition. As a consequence, if any effet here was anticipated by the manufacture of this fraud, the operators must have been completely disappointed.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.