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

Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley.

Department of State, Washington, September 23, 1864.

Sir: Referring to your communication of the 25th ultimo, in relation to two apprentices of the Cuzco, I have the honor to enclose a reply of a letter of the 19th instant from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject.

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

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Joseph Hume Burnley, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Mr. Welles to Mr. Seward.

Navy Department, September 19, 1864.

Sir: Referring to my letter of the 6th instant, relative to the two apprentices alleged to have deserted from the British ship Cuzco, and to have been enlisted on board the United States ship St. Mary’s, I have the honor to inform you of the receipt by this department of a despatch from Acting Rear-Admiral C. H. Bell, dated Callao, August 27, 1864, in which he says he has written to Captain Middleton for all the information he has concerning the two lads, and directed him, should they be found on board the St. Mary’s, to notify the British consul at Panama, and deliver them up, if called on to do so.

Very respectfully, &c, &c.,

GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State.