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. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Rumley, collector.

[Telegram.]

Treasury Department,
Washington, October 7, 1869.

D. Rumley, Wilmington, North Carolina:

War Department has issued orders to Army officers at the fort to assist you. Bring the Hornet under guns of fort. Take such possession of her, and, if necessary, so far dismantle her as to make it impossible for her to go to sea, until you have orders to release her.

GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
Secretary of Treasury.