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. Hall, district attorney, to Mr. Clayton Secretary of State.

Southern District of New York, United States District Attorney’s Office,
May 25, 1850—half-past 3 p.m.

[666] Sir: The Spanish consul is in my office, and, upon *an affidavit made by him, I have just issued a warrant for the arrest of M. T. Tolon.

Your obedient servant,

J. PRESCOTT HALL,
United States Attorney.

P. S.—Will the President authorize me to act under the 8th section, in order to seize and detain munitions of war intended to be used in aid of the Cuban expedition?