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. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General.

[Telegram.]

New York, July 2, 1869.

Attorney-General, Washington:

There are not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five men. The balance escaped ashore before capture. Who shall feed them? They will starve unless some one does. Who must take charge of them, I or the admiral? Please answer. Unless these men are discharged at once, I learn that a habeas corpus will be sued out for them. What return can be made to it?

FRANCIS C. BARLOW,
United States Marshal.