Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 7, 1874

No. 716.
Mr. Ball to Mr. Fish.

[Telegram.]

Havana, Nov. 5, 1873. (Received Nov. 5—5.20 p.m.)

An official bulletin announces the capture of the steamer Virginius, October 31, toward the coast of Jamaica; it further states that a competent tribunal is trying the prisoners, whom it styles pirates.

HALL.