No. 323.
Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell .

No. 168.]

Sir: I sent you a telegram yesterday in relation to the reported arrest in Ireland of Joseph D’Alton, alleged to be a native born American citizen.

A letter of Mr. Austin L. D’Alton brother of Joseph, is herewith sent you in copy. Its temperate and business like tone leads me to suppose that the assertion of citizenship is better founded than that made in Mr. Boyton’s behalf. I have called upon Mr. Austin L. D’Alton to send me copies of the evidence said to have been already forwarded to Mr. Consul Barrows.

My hypothetical instruction of yesterday’s date, based on the Boyton case, will show you how this Department expects you to treat the D’Alton matter if the citizenship of Mr. Joseph D’Alton shall be satisfactorily established, and if the circumstances of his alleged arrest are such as to call for action.

I am, &c.,

JAMES G. BLAINE.
[Inclosure in No. 168.]

Mr. D’Alton to Mr. Blaine.

Dear Sir: My brother Joseph D’Alton, who is now in a British prison, was born at Kenosha, Wis., December 12, 1850. I have sent him the proofs of the same, which will be laid before our consul at Dublin, Ireland.

All he wants is a trial, as he can prove his innocence.

Should you give this matter your attention, you will confer a favor on

Yours, respectfully,

AUSTIN L. D’ALTON.

46 Jefferson Street, Toledo, Ohio.