[631] *Mr. Miller, district attorney, to Mr. Black, Attorney-General.
New Orleans, September 9, 1859.
Sir: Since my letter of the 1st in regard to a reported hostile expedition against Nicaragua, said to be in course of preparation here, reports have reached me that movements are in progress here, looking to a violation of the laws.
It is said that men are now being enlisted here for military service in Mexico, either for or against the existing government there, and in either event there would be an infraction of the laws of the United States.
My intelligence is too vague to permit of any action now, and I have contented myself with officially calling the attention of the marshal to the subject, who was previously on the alert, and I shall not fail to exert a strict vigilance in the premises. I deem it proper to make this communication, because when I last wrote not even a rumor of an unlawful enterprise prevailed here.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
United States Attorney.
Hon. J. S. Black,
Attorney-General.