RELATING TO

FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

ACCOMPANYING THE

ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT

TO THE

FIRST SESSION THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

PART II.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1866.

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 16 Order telegraphed by Major General Dix on

Seward.

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the occasion of the outrage at St. Albans.

Dec. 16 Alleged enlistment of deserters from the

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Dec. 19 Intercepted correspondence showing the use

of the British provinces by the insurgents.

Dec. 21 Alleged organization at Halifax for seizing

United States vessels on the lakes border-

ing on Canada, and also at different points

on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Mr. Burnley to Mr. Dec. 21 Intercepted correspondence showing the use

Seward.

of the British provinces by the insurgents.

Do...... Dec. 21 Operations in the straits of Simonosaki. Naval

honors tendered by the British government

to Lieutenant Pearson, of the United States

ship Jamestown.

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Dec. 21 Alleged organization of insurgents at Halifax

for seizing United States vessels.

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Dec. 22

Cessation of Japanese hostilities. Future pol-

icy to be observed towards that government.

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