Office of the Historian

Mr. Courtney, district attorney, to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State.

Office of the District Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of New York,
New York, Feburary 5, 1867.

[15] Sir:*I have the honor to report that I have this day, in compliance with the directions contained in the letter of Collectors Smythe, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, caused the steamship R. R. Cuyler to be attached and libelled by due process, issued out of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.

This proceeding has been taken for an alleged violation of the neutrality laws of the United States.

I have the honor to be, &c.,

SAMUEL G. COURTNEY,
United States Attorney.

Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State.

[Inclosure.]

Mr. Smythe, Collector, to Mr. Courtney, district attorney.

Custom-House, New York,
Collector’s Office, February 5, 1867.

[16] Sir: I have to report the seizure, on the 2d instant, of the steamship R. R. Cuyler, and request that proceedings may be instituted for the forfeiture thereof, together with her tackle, apparel, &c., under the third section of the neutrality act of April 20, 1818. I inclose the report of the surveyor of the port who made the seizure and examination as therein related, together with the register, manifest, crew-list, shipping articles, clearance, bill of health, and letter of instructions *to the master, the papers taken from the rooms of the captain and his assistant, and the affidavits referred to by the surveyor, and four drawings taken from the vessel but not mentioned in the report.

I am, very respectfully, &c.,

H. A. SMYTHE,
Collector.

S. G. Courtney, Esq.,
United States Attorney.