The Duke de Soulé to Mr. Harvey.
With reference to the note which you were pleased to address me, under date of the 14th instant, requesting that preventive measures might be adopted with regard to the English bark Agrippina, which, according to information, purposed carrying to the Azores a cargo of munitions of war for supplying the confederate cruisers, it is my duty to inform you that the minister of the interior has advised me, in his communication of the 20th instant, as having forwarded, on that same date, to the civil governors of the districts of the Azores and Madeira, a portario, of which a copy will be found enclosed.
By the contents thereof you will perceive that proper instructions have been furnished to the aforesaid authorities to enable them to thwart the intentions and speculations of all corsairs inimical to the United States.
These same orders may, for greater speed, be forwarded by the corvette St. Louis, as you propose; and to this end I have the honor of transmitting the same to you to be sent to their destination.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew the assurance of my most distinguished consideration.
James E. Harvey, Esq., &c., &c., &c.