No. 379.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Valera.

Sir: Acknowledging the receipt of your note of the 18th instant, touching the presumed purchase of a vessel called the Crawford, for use against the peace of Spain, and also with relation to the shipment of explosives to Cuba, I have the honor to say that I have addressed the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General in the premises.

Accept, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.