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. Starbuck, district attorney, to Mr. Soar, Attorney-General.

Office of United States Attorney,
Salem, North Carolina, October 11, 1869.

[179] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter concerning the steamer Hornet, detained in the port of Wilmington, *and the case will soon undergo an investigation before the United States commissioner, which I trust will develop the true character of the vessel; then such proceedings will be instituted as the facts may warrant.

I am, sir, very respectfully,

D. H. STARBUCK,
United States Attorney.

Hon. E. R. Hoar,
Attorney-General.