Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
Department of State,
Washington,
November 29, 1864.
My Lord: I have the honor to invite your
attention to the enclosed copy of a communication of the 25th instant,
from the War Department, giving a copy of a report of the 22d instant
from Major General Dix in regard to the existence of a military
organization of insurgent fugitives from the United States in
Canada.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, my lord, your
obedient servant,
Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &c., &c., &c.
Mr. Dana to Mr. Seward.
War Department,
Washington City,
November 25, 1864.
Sir: The Secretary of War directs me to
transmit for your information the en closed copy of a letter from
Major General Dix, relative to the disturbed condition of the
northern frontier.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
C.A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of
War.
Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
General Dix to Mr. Stanton.
Headquarters Department of
the East,
New York City,
November 22,
1864.
Sir: I have the following reliable
information: There are about forty rebels in Marysburg, Prince
Edward’s county, Canada, on the north side of Lake Ontario, and
northwest of Oswego. They drill regularly about three times a
week, and are armed with revolvers. They board with the farmers
in the neighborhood,
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seem to have plenty of money, and say they belong to John
Morgan’s corps. These organizations for hostile purposes, on
Canadian soil, are so plainly in violation of all the
obligations of neutrality, that I cannot doubt the willing-ness
of the Canadian authorities to put an end to them on proper
notice.
There are some indications of retaliation on the part of our
citizens along the frontier, on account of the outrages on the
Detroit river and at St. Albans; and I
think the publication of my report in regard to the former would
have a salutary influence on both sides of the line.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN A. DIX Major General, New
York.
Hon. E.M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
