Mr. McKeon, district attorney, to Mr. Cushing, Attorney-General.

[511] Sir: Yesterday the grand jury of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York presented an indictment for setting on foot a *military expedition or enterprise against the government of Nicaragua, against the following-named persons: John Creighton, Francis B. O’Keefe, Andrew J. Morrison, Charles Waters, William Lyster, Parker H. French, Daniel H. Dillingham, Joseph R. Mali, George B. Hall, Addison Farnsworth, and Louis Schlesinger.

With great respect, I am, sir, your obedient servant,

JOHN McKEON,
United States District Attorney.

Hon. Caleb Cushing,
Attorney-General, &c.