[153] *Mr. Harlow, deputy United States marshal,
to Mr. Fish, Secretary of
State.
United States Marshal’s
Office, Southern District of New York,
New York, August 19, 1869.
Sir: I have the honor to forward the
following additional information relative to the Hornet, gathered by
my detectives. I have telegraphed you that McNulty and DuBose, who
are said to be on board the Hornet, were arrested here for a
violation of the neutrality laws, and were discharged on their own
recognizance.
Very respectfully,
S. R. HARLOW,
Deputy
Marshal.
Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.
[Inclosure No. 1.]
Mr. Davies to
Mr. Barlow, United States
marshal.
New York,
August 19, 1869.
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Dear Sir: Since my first report of
this date, I have received information from Philadelphia that
Doctors McNulty and DuBose, who were
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arrested in this city for a breach of the
neutrality laws, and released on their own recognizance *to keep
the peace of the United States, were found on board the steamer
Hornet, in Philadelphia, under the assumed names of Brooks and
Perkins, having been taken on board at Chester, Pennsylvania,
after the ship had left Philadelphia.
There is no mistake about these men, because I have had them
identified by a party who knows them well. A prominent officer
of the Junta said yesterday that they were found on board,
consequently I dispatched a party from here to identify them.
Captain B. A. Rand, who was on board, says he is the owner of
the Hornet. A dispatch was sent by Marshal Gregory from Portland
to find out if the captain was responsible. The answer received
from there is that he is not responsible for one dollar.
It is also ascertained that there was no bill of sale for the
vessel filed at the custom-house with the Hornet papers,
consequently the papers were withdrawn. After the Hornet was
captured by the Government she was used for some time as a yacht
for the late President Lincoln. As I informed you in my previous
report, Captain Esling offered a Delaware Bay pilot $500 to take
her outside the bar, leaving an impression on the pilot’s mind
that she was on some illegitimate business. Captain Esling was
found on board in command. He is an old Philadelphia
sea-captain. The pilot’s name is Maull.
Yours, respectfully,
H. W. DAVIES,
Superintendent
Francis C. Barlow, Esq.,
United States Marshal, New York.
