Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Cannon, district attorney, to Mr. Cushing, Attorney General.

Bordentown, January 16, 1856.

Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, directing my attention to certain publications in relation to the rumored fitting out of a military expedition, by parties in this State, in violation of law.

I will proceed at once to institute a rigid inquiry in relation to this matter, and if I find that the rumors are well founded, will immediately take measures to arrest and prosecute the offenders.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. S. CANNON,
District Attorney, &c.

Hon. Caleb Cushing,
Attorney-General United States.