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. Miller, district attorney, to Mr. Black, Attorney-General.

Office United States Attorney,
New Orleans, September 1, 1859.

Sir: Your letter of the 18th instant, in regard to a reported hostile expedition against Nicaragua, said to be now on foot in this district, and inclosing a copy of a previous letter on the same subject addressed to my predecessor, was duly received.

In this community no such report as the one alluded to by you has prevailed, and I am satisfied the rumors which have reached the Department are without foundation.

I am deeply impressed with the views expressed in your letter, and shall not fail to exert a watchful vigilance to detect and frustrate any attempted violations of our neutrality laws.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

HENRY C. MILLER,
United States Attorney.

Hon. J. S. Black,
Attorney-General.