[767] *Mr. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Barlow, United States marshal.

Sir: I give you herewith, for your information, a transcript of a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, of the 11th instant, relative to the transfer of the Spanish gun-boats which were recently seized by order of the President, to the custody of the commandant of the navy-yard at New York.

I have the honor to be, &c.,

J. C. B. DAVIS,
Acting Secretary.

Francis C. Barlow, Esq.,
United States Marshal, New York.