Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, to Mr. Hall, district attorney.
[Confidential.—Telegram.]
Department of
State,
Washington, September 6, 1849.
Washington, September 6, 1849.
J. Prescott Hall,
Esq
United States District Attorney, New
York:
[653] Dear Sir: In answer to yours, just received, I have to say, *arrest any man belonging to the Cuba expedition, against whom you have what you deem to be sufficient or reasonable evidence.
J. M. CLAYTON.