amended, within any judicial district, it shall be lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the judge, marshal, and district attorney of such district to attend at such place within the district, and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy and convenient arrest and examination of persons charged with the violation of the act hereby amended; and it shall be the duty of every such judge, or other officer, when any such equisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time therein designated. SEC. 8. And be it further anacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he may empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to prevent the violation, and to enforce the due execution of this act and the act hereby amended. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for the period of two years, and no longer. [Approved March 10, 1838.] MEMORANDUM RESPECTING REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY MR. ADAMS OF BREACHES OF NEU- Memorandum on Mr. Adams's repre sentations during the civil war 1. BERMUDA. 15. August 15, 1861. Letter acknowledged and referred to Treasury, August North Amerien, No. 1, 1861, pp. 69, 70. Steamer said to be fitting out for confederates at Hartlepool. case for interference. Proved to be a blockade runner. September 30, 1861. 2. SUMTER. Not a North America, Complaint of the Sumter having been acknowledged as a ship of war at Trinidad by the governor and the captain of No. 1, 1861, pp. 87-84. Her Majesty's ship Cadmus. The circumstances had been already reported, and the opinion of the law-officers takeu, (September 16,) who decided that no irregularity had been committed. Mr. Adams was informed accordingly. rora. The Sumter had run the blockade of the Mississippi, whence she went to Puerto Cabello, and then to Trinidad. She was afterward laid up at Gibraltar, where she was watched by the United States steamer TuscaWhile at Gibraltar the captain was assassinated by the lieutenant. The ship was dismantled and sold to a British firm in December, 1862, and came to Liverpool. Her proceedings there occasioned a subsequent correspondence. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONFEDERATE DEPOT AT NAS October 1, 1861. SAU. Letter acknowledged and referred to colonial office, October 8. No. 1, pp. 117, 118. The allegations in Mr. Adams's letter were denied by Mr. H. Adderley, the person who was stated to have the shipment of the supplies, and Mr. Adams expressed his satisfaction at the denial. (Mr. Adams, January 19, 1862.) November 22, 1861. 4. NASHVILLE. North America, and Nashville, Acknowledged and referred to law-officers, November 23. No. 6; This was a complaint of the confederate steamer Nashville having been permitted to enter Southampton after destroying the American bark Harvey Birch. The Nashville, which had escaped from Charleston, proved to be regu larly commissioned as a ship of war, and was, under the advice of the law-officers, acknowledged accordingly. Reprinted from inclosure in Lord Russell's letter to Mr. Adams, of November 3, 1865. (Parliamentary Papers, North America, No. 1, 1866, p. 139.) For correspondence as to the proceedings of the Nashville and United States steamer Tuscarora, at Southampton, see Parliamentary papers presented 1862. February 18, 1862. 5. ORETO, OR FLORIDA. Acknowledged and referred to treasury, February 18. Alleged to be fitting at Liverpool for the confederate service. The customs officers reported that she was intended for a merchantvessel, and was stated to be going to Italy. No proof was forthcoming of her equipment, and she sailed, March 22, without any armament on board. On arriving at Nassan she was seized by Her Majesty's ship Greyhound for violation of foreign-enlistment act. The case was tried in the vice-admiralty court, and the ship released August 2, 1862. She then ran the blockade of Mobile, and, having armed there, escaped again as the Florida ship of war, under the command of Captain Maffit. Her career continued until her seizure in the harbor of Bahia by the United States ship Wachusett, in October, 1864. [46] *Reference to foreign-enlistment act. In the second representation made by Mr. Adams, March 25, 1862, the following passage occurs, which, as being the first reference to the operation of the foreign enlistment act, may be worthy of remark : Mr. Adams, March 25, 1862. It is with the deepest regret that the President directs me to submit to Her Majesty's government a representation of the unfortunate effect produced upon the minds of the people of the United States from the conviction that nearly all of the assistance that is now obtained from abroad by the persons still in arms against their government, and which enables them to continue the struggle, comes from the Kingdom of Great Britain and its dependencies. Neither is this impression relieved by the information that the existing municipal laws are found to be insufficient, and do not furnish means of prevention adequate to the emergency. 6. BLOCKADE RUNNERS LADEN IN ENGLAND. March 10, 1862. Letter acknowledged March 13. Referred to law-officers March 12, who decided (March 22) that Her Majesty's government could not interfere. April 24, 1862. 7. EMILY ST. PIERRE. Acknowledged and referred to law-officers, April 24. North America, A blockade-runner which, after capture, was rescued by No. 11, 1862. her master and two men from the prize crew and brought to Liverpool. Under the advice of law-officers Her Majesty's government refused to interfere. June 23, 1862. 8. ALABAMA, Acknowledged, referred to Treasury and law-officers, June 25. North America, Custom-house cor. respondence, Pre North America, A vessel known as the No. 290, building by Messrs. Laird No. 3, 1863. at Liverpool. Law-officers reported (June 30) that there was not sufficient evidence to proceed on but that the vessel should be watched. The reports received from the customs were sent to Mr. Adams (July 4) with a suggestion that the United States consul at Liverpool should procure further sented 1963. No. 1, 1864. Ditto, No. 3, 1961, Ditto, No. 3, 1865. proofs of equipment, &c. Mr. Adams acknowledged and promised to act on this suggestion, (July 7.) He sent further depositions accordingly, (July 22 and 24,) and accompanied the latter letter by an opinion of Mr. Collier in favor of seizure. The law-officers reported (July 29) that she should be seized; but on the morning of the 29th she had sailed from the Mersey, under pretext of a trial trip. A copy of the law-officers' opinion was sent to the Bahamas in the case of the Alabama going there. She, however, proceeded to Angra Bay, Azores, where she met the Bahama and Agrippina, with her armament, her commander, Captain Semmes, and forty-two seamen. She then hoisted the confederate flag, and sailed for Port Royal, Martinique, next to Blanco Island (belonging to Veneznela) where she coaled, then to Arcas Keys, then destroyed the United States ship Hatteras, off Galveston, and afterwards to Jamaica, where she was received and recognized as a regularly commissioned ship of war. She continued her depredations at the Cape of Good Hope and elsewhere, until she was finally sunk by the United States ship Kearsarge, off Cherbourg, June 19, 1864. Naval reserve men dismissed for engaging on board Alabama. It having been found that four naval reserve men had sailed in the Alabama, on her first start, their names were erased from the naval reserve list. (Admiralty, February 27, 1863.) November 17, 1862. 9. HECTOR. Referred to admiralty, November 18. This was an inquiry whether the Hector was building for Her Majesty's government; and, after reference to the admiralty, was answered in the affirmative. January 16, 1863. 10. THE GEORGIANA. Acknowledged and referred to treasury and home office, January 17. Said to be fitting at Liverpool for confederates, though Mr. Adams could not divulge the authority on which the statement was made. The reports from the customs sent to Mr. Adams on the 18th, 19th, and 27th January, went to show that the vessel was not for war pur poses. She sailed on the 21st January for Nassau, and was wrecked in attempting to enter Charleston, March 19, 1863. 11. CONFEDERATE AGENCY IN ENGLAND. February 9, 1863. Acknowledged February 12; referred to law-officers, treasury, and home office, February 23. [47] This was the case of the intercepted correspondence. 12. SUMTER, OR GIBRALTAR, AT LIVERPOOL. February, 16, 1863. Referred to law-officers, February 17. North America, No. 8, 1863. After her sale at Gibraltar (see No. 2) the Sumter's name was changed Customs corre to the Gibraltar. Mr. Adams complained of her being reThe law-officers reported spondence, presented fitted for confederate service. 1863, 1864. March 3, and Mr. Adams was informed March 9 that there was no case for interference. It appeared that guns were shipped on board the Gibraltar, but they proved to be siege-guns. She was wrecked in attempting to enter Charleston in July. 13. PAYMENT OF MEN, LATE OF ALABAMA, IN ENGLAND. MESSRS. KLINGENDER'S AGENCY. March 4, 1863. Acknowledged and referred to law-officers, March 12, 1863, who decided that no offense had been committed. 14. PHANTOM AND SOUTHERNER. March 26, 1863. Acknowledged and referred to treasury and home office March 27, law-officers June 2. Phantom fitting at Liverpool, Southerner at Stockton-on-Tees. Mr. Adams informed that there was no ground for interference, July 3. Both vessels proved to be intended for blockade-runners. March 30, 1863. 15. ALEXANDRA. Acknowledged and referred to law-officers, treasury, and home-office, March 31, 1863. Reports were received from the treasury on the 31st, and home-office April 1. On the 4th of April the law-officers advised seizure. The trial ended in the discharge of the vessel, and the costs and damages having been compromised for £3,700, she was delivered to the owners. She was then sent to Nassau, where she was again tried on a similar charge of violation of "foreign enlistment act," and again acquitted. She has remained there ever since, and is now known as the Mary. April 8, 1863. 16. THE VIRGINIA, OR JAPAN. Acknowledged and referred to home office and treasury, April 8. When Mr. Adams complained, this vessel had already sailed from Greenock, on the 2d of April, for Alderney. Instructions were sent to the governor of Guernsey to have her watched. She did not, however, go to the Channel Islands, but went to the coast of France, where she met a small steamer, the Alar, of Newhaven, off Morlaix, and took from her her crew and equipment. She then apparently went into Cherbourg. An explanation was furnished to Mr. Adams, April 21, and on the 30th of April the law-officers reported that no offense under the "foreign-enlistment act" had been committed by the Alar. The Virginia was subsequently known as the Georgia, and her arrival at Liverpool in 1864 occasioned a further correspondence. July 11, 1863. 17. IRON-CLADS AT LIVERPOOL. Acknowledged and referred to treasury, home-office, and law-officers, July 13. |