NORTH AMERICA
No. 17. (1864)
CORRESPONDENCE
RESPECTING THE
ENLISTMENT
OF
BRITISH SUBJECTS
IN THE
UNITED STATES' ARMY
Presented to the House of Commons by
Command of her Majesty.
1864.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS.
Inclosure 5 in No. 13.
Thomas Tulley to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, 5th Ward, Finley Hospital,
Washington April 27, 1864.
I HAD the honour of informing you
yesterday, by letter, that I would be with you
this day or to-morrow, but my anticipations of
such a liberty are destroyed, as the doctor this
morning refused me permission to visit your
residence, and has taken my clothes away from
me as he alleges, for a breech of military
regulations. Now, my Lord, this again operates
against my attempt at freedom from the institution
I have been compelled to become a member of. As
my rejoicement was intense on receiving your letter,
and now, my Lord, I am prevented from availing myself
of the honour of an interview with your Lordship, my
mind urges me to speak more vindictively, but refrain
from doing so through respect for your Lordship, as
Representative of the country where true and real
liberty is only to be found.
Under the circumstances, I hope my non-attendance
will not operate against me, and that if necessary,
you get an order from some Government official for
my appearance before you, and if you do not require
me, I beseech your Lordship to intimate to me
your Lordship's opinion of the matter.
I have, &c.
(Signed) THOMAS TULLEY.
P.S. Pursuant to your Lordship's injunctions I
would have written you thus on receipt of your
letter, were it not for the promise made by an
American officer, which he subsequently deviated
from.
I fear they will send me from here immediately
if they suspect my movements.
T.T
Inclosure 6 in No. 13.
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.
Sir, Washington, April 27, 1864.
WITH reference to my note of the 25th
instant, respecting Thomas Tulley, a
British subject, now an inmate of the Finlay
Hospital, Washington, I have the honour to
state that, as I wish to communicate with this
person, I should be much obliged if directions
could be given either that he may be sent to
this Legation from the hospital to speak to
me, or that a member of the Legation may be
admitted to visit him, as may be deemed most
convenient.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 7 in No. 13,
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Department of State, Washington,
April 27, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your notes of the respective dates of the 22nd, 23rd
and 25th instant, relative to the cases of Thomas
Tulley and six other persons, alleged to be
British subjects, and to have been improperly
enlisted in the army of the United States; and,
in reply, to inform your Lordship that the matter
has again been submitted to the Secretary of War
with a view to a re-examination.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD
Inclosure 8 in No. 13
Statement of Thomas Tulley
Collins' Evidence- I told Collins I
would enlist if let out of prison; but
I said so thinking I would get my liberty
although I had no intention of it. On such
assertion I was permitted to leave my cell,
but on going out I was presented the enlistment
papers by the officers of the prison, but which
I refused to sign, when I was again locked-up.
When I was let out the second time Collins was
ordered to bring me back unless I enlisted, and
that, in fact, he was responsible for me. Collins
brought me to his office, and without any questions
made out my papers, to which I partly again
objected, but fearing my cell I signed the papers.
Tulley suggested that he would like to see the
British Consul; to which Collins replied. There
is no use in your doing so, he (meaning Mr. Murray)
is as much an American as any man in Portland. This
occurred either in my cell or on my way to the
recruiting depot, and previous to my enlistment.
Respecting Byrne, his desire for joining the
United States' army was principally to share the
same fate as Tulley and Higgins.
Had the police not been watching Tulley and his
companions, he would have made his escape to the
British Consul.
Harrison Cole, Police Officer.- This man states
falsely when he says that on the morning of the
10th he gave Tulley, &c., crackers. as he did no
such thing, although they were frequently demanded,
or something in the shape of food, which was
denied. Probably I am the person referred to as
having been released and doing my utmost to coerce
the others to enlist. If so, such is false, as
I was released and locked up again, and instead
of coercing them I did my endeavours to prevent
them.
No police officer told us going out of prison
with Collins that we could do as we choose; but,
on the contrary, one in authority told Collins
to bring us back unless we enlisted.
James Berrick. - This man swears he served
us with food, which is false, as he did not
give Tulley or any of his companions five
(or any) crackers at any time, but he gave
them some water after their lungs had been
strained shouting for it.
On the night of the 9th, Tulley might have
expressed himself as stated, but he positively
denies having uttered such words, or expressed
himself in the manner sworn to on his becoming
sober next morning, 10th instant, with regard
to his fighting for North or South.
Alonzp Wentworth.-It is not true as stated
in affidavit that we received crackers, nor is
it true what he told us that we could go where
we choose; on the contrary, this is I think, the
person who told Collins unless we enlisted we
were to be brought back to cells.
William Foster.-Everything stated in this
affidavit respecting Tulley, who was in cell
No. 5, is false, as he never had such a
discourse with any policeman, although something
similar might have occured in Tulley's insobriety.
Board of Enrolment.-Their belief in our
sobriety when enlisting is correct. We enlisted
to escape starvation, not voluntarily.
As far as I have written about myself Byrne
and Higgins I can support on oath; but as far
as I am concerned respecting Moran, Cassidy and
Burke, I know no more than that they were imprisoned
with me, went out of prison before I did, and
became soldiers under the circumstance which
compelled myself, as I believe.
The man Hogan was at his liberty, but when I
saw him brought in as a soldier he was raging
with drink, but whether he received the drink
before or after his enlistment I don't know.
Notwithstanding all the affidavits made
affirming that food was supplied, and that
no compulsion was in question, Tulley, Higgins,
and Byrne can make an affidavit denying the
entire.
April 29, 1864.
(Signed) THOMAS TULLEY, 20th Maine Regiment
At present at No. 5 Ward, Finley Hospital,
Washington.
Inclosure 9 in No. 13.
Michael Byrne and four others to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Rappahannock Station, April 26, 1864
I WRITE to you in hopes of your seeking
after me and my comrades who have been villainously
kidnapped into the United States' army. We landed
on the 9th day of March, and we were all welcomed
to this country, and told us all we were a fine
lot of men, and some of the agents represented
themselves as Irishmen, and brought some of us
to a public-house, and said to drink plenty at
their expense, as they knew that we had no money,
and that they expected us over a day or two sooner,
but to never mind that-they should be as friends
to us all, so we did drink a little. But after the
second drink of the liquor, we all thought that the
house was turning upside down; so we knew no more
until we all were in the police-house in Portland,
and in some part of the evening some of those agents
came to us, and asked if we would join the army,
and we one and all told them that we would not
do any such thing. So next morning they came to
us again and wanted us to enlist, and we told them
we would not, and also the police said we would
have to stop for sixty days if we would not enlist,
and we said to let us go before the magistrate
or any of the authorities in the town, and the
police said we would not be brought before no one,
and we should have to stop where we were, if not
to enlist. We asked for a drink of water, and they
told us likewise that neither a drink nor nothing
to eat we would be allowed to get for the sixty
days. So it for a drink of water and threatened
to be starved, that we had to sign our names,
but then refused to go when we got a drink of
water, but they told us if we refused to do what
they compelled us to do, that they would blow
out our brains; so we said if we were in a strange
country that we would get a little fair play, and
they said a man's life would be taken, and for
23 dollars be let free, so that frightened us all.
The doctor would not pass any of us. So we were
sent willing or not. I refused to take 173 dollars
and I came away from Portland, and I got none of
it as yet, and as for that or any of the others
I don't want it at all. I and my comrades wants
is our liberty. My Lord, that man Finney came
to Berry camp, Portland, and maybe stopped from us
100 dollars for kidnapping us to this country.
And, my Lord, if that is not plain to be seeing
that this Government sent this Finney to Ireland
to kidnap us to America. For which I hope the
English Government will take it up. We have served
in India and all Her Majesty's stations on foreign
places, and I hope they may want us again in a just
cause as this is. And, my Lord, I am going to
write to the War Department of England, and to state
the whole case. And also Mr. Murray, the English
Consul, got 100 dollars from Colonel Murrell of
the 17th Maine Volunteer regiment, commanding Camp
at Berry, Portland. From Thomas Burk, 20th Western
(?) Virginia regiment, and when he wrote to Mr. Murray
about it and about the bounty-money, he would not
send a word in answer. So our real opinion is
that he is bribed by the people of Portland, and
the War Department and English Crown shall know of
all this.
The men that came with us from Dublin and went to
Boston and snapped up by the enlisting agents was
discharged by the people, and the British Consul
of Boston by looking after them. So my Lord, we
do now appeal to you for to get us our liberty
and to go home again to our wives and family
that is expecting us to do something
for them. But when we were robbed out of all we
had, what could we do, my Lord? We do humbly
beg of you to send a letter to us as soon as
possible, and seek after our rights.
We are, &c.
(signed) MICHAEL BYRNE,
THOMAS BURKE,
EDWARD CASSIDY,
JAMES HIGGINS,
MICHAEL HORAN,
D Company 20th Maine Volunteer
Regiment, Rappahannock Station.
Inclosure 10 in No. 13.
Lord Lyons to Michael Byrne and four others
Gentlemen, Washington, April 29, 1864.
IN reply to your letter which I received
this morning, I have to inform you that Her
Majesty's Consul at Portland, Maine, did all
he could in your behalf, and duty reproted the
case to me. I have since been in communication
with the United States' Government, and am
now doing all in my power to justice done to you.
I am, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 11 in No. 13.
Mr Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Department of State, Washington,
April 30, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 27th instant,
relating to Thomas Tulley, an innmate of
Finley Hospital, and, in reply, to inform
your Lordship that Brigadier-General Martindale
has been instructed to send Tulley to her
Majesty's Legation at 12 o'clock meridan on
Monday next.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD
Inclosure 12 in No. 13.
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Department of State,
Washington, May 4, 1864.
RECURRING to your notes of the 22nd,
23rd, and 25th ultimo, which relate to the
cases of Thomas Tulley and six other Irishmen,
passengers on the steamer "Novia Scotian,"
who were alleged to have been improperly
enlisted into the United States' army, I have
the honour to inclose, in reply, a copy of a
letter of the 3rd instant, from the War
Department, on the subject, and to be, &c.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Inclosure 13 in No. 13
Brigadier-General Canby to Mr. Seward
Sir, War Department, Washington, May 3, 1864
THE Secretary of War instructs me to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
12th ultimo, respection the cases of Thomas Tulley
and six other British subjects, and inviting
attention to the copy of two notes of the respective
dates of the 22nd and 25th ultimo, from Lord Lyons,
and suggesting re-examination of these cases.
In reply, the Secretary instructs me to advise
you that they are now in process of investigation,
and that a prominent officer implicated in these
alleged improper enlistments will be brought to trial,
the result of which will be communicated to you
as soon as reported to the Department.
I have, &c.
(Signed) ED. R. S. CANBY.
Inclosure 14 in No. 13.
Thomas Tulley to Lord Lyons
My Lord, 5th Ward, Finley Hospital
Washington, May 5, 1864.
I BEG leave most respectfully to inform
you that my name has been sent in to the Medical
Department, United States' Army, for transfer to
some hospital northwards, but to what place I am
not aware of; and we start on to-morrow (Friday).
I have been warned so suddenly I could not acquaint
you sooner. Should anything interfere which will
prevent my going I will inform you; but if I go,
on my arrival at my destination I will again write
to your Lordship, unless you wish to detain me in
Washington, and which, no doubt, you can should
you think it necessary. The other men are in
D Company, 20th Maine Regiment. It is a matter of
great misfortune to me to be sent away so suddenly,
and probably the matter so near investigation;
still I am certain your Lordship will leave nothing
undone for my benefit and the other men, all of
whom have families in Ireland.
I have, &c.
(Signed) THOMAS TULLEY.
Inclosure 15 in No. 13.
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward
Sir, Washington, May 8, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of the note dated the 4th instant
with which you have been so good as to
transmit to me a copy of a letter from the
War Department, stating that the cases of
Thomas Tulley and the six other British
subjects who are represented to have been
improperly enlisted at Portland are now in
process of investigation, and that a prominent
officer implicated in these alleged improper
enlistments will be brought to trial.
It would be satisfactory to me
to know the name of the place at which the
fresh investigation is in progress, and to be
informed that my request that the men themselves
may be heard in their own cause has been attended to.
Thomas Tulley has been questioned at this Legation,
and he very positively contradicts much of the
evidence of the policemen and recruiting agents,
and makes statements which confirm my opinion
thta no satisfactory conclusion respecting the
cases can be arrived at, unless his evidence and
that of his companions be taken in full and allowed
due weight.
I trust also that the cass of Michael Traynor
(another of the Irish passengers by the "Nova
Scotian"), whose enlistment formed the subject
of my note to you of the 27th ultimo, will not
be omitted in the investigation.
I learn that Tulley himself has been transferred
from the Finley Hospital to some hospital farther
north, and I am desirous of knowing where he
now is. I am also anxious to learn what has
become of Martin Hogan, whom I have been unable
to trace. But most of all I desire to be assured
that measures have been taken to give effect to
the earnest request which I made that none of these
men might be exposed to meet the enemy in the
field until the lawfulness of their enlisting
was satisfactorily proved. Five of them, Michael
Byrne, James Higgins, Edward Cassidy, Thomas
Burke, and Michael Horan were so lately as on
the 26th of last month serving with the army
of the Potomac in Company D of the 20th
Regiment of Maine Volunteers. You will
easily understand the anxiety with which I
wait to be informed that they have been
removed from the theatre of war, and
exempted from acutal service pending the
investigation of the lawfulness of their
enlistment.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
No. 14.
Earl Russell to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Foreign Office, May 27, 1864.
HER Majesty's Government have considered,
in communication with the Law Advisers of the
Crown, your Lordship's despatches of the 14th
of March and 19th of April, relative to the
case of the Irishmen recently enlisted at
Portland and Boston for service in the United
States' army; and I have to state to you that it
appears to Her Majesty's Government to be
clear from these papers, and from the reports
on the same subject which have been received
from Her Majesty's Consuls at those ports, that
no doubt can entertained that the enlistment of
these Irishman was the result of a fraudulent
scheme, contrived and executed in disregard of
the laws and neutral rights fo Great Britain.
Her Majesty's Government are if opinion that,
notwithstanding the report made by the Provost-
Marshal and the Board of Enrolment at Portland,
the facts of the case are sufficient to warrant
your Lordship in pressing your application
to the United States' Government for the
discharge of these men.
As between one Government and another the
testimony of Berwick and Bradley, annexed to
the report, and very properly referred to by
Mr. Consul Murray, ought to suffice for this
application. The latter proves that some
one (name unknown) carried a large quantity
of whiskey to the wharf where the ship lay
with the emigrants. It is clear that this man
must have been concerned ofr the recruiting
officers, whether they directly sanctioned
the particular act or not. The former proves
that at the liquor stores there were "well
dressed men" who were "liberal with their money,"
not drinking themselves, but supplying drink to
these unfortunate men, and who requested the police
to aid them in enlisting the men, and giving
them drink. Her Majesty's Government consider
that upon this evidence and upon the general
circumstances of the case, your Lordship might
reasonably expect ot obtain the release of these
men.
The case of the men landed from the "Nova Scotian"
at Portland, and afterwards transferred to Boston,
although not similar in its particular circumstances
should be dealt with on the same principles.
I am, &c.
(Signed) RUSSELL.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell.
(Received June 7.)
My Lord, Washington, May 23, 1864.
SINCE I first became acquainted two
monts ago with the circumstances under
which some of the Irish passengers on board
the "Nova Scotian" had been enlisted in the
United States' army at Portland, I have
never ceased to urge the United States'
Government to take measures to prevent their
being brought into collision with the enemy
pending the investigation of the lawfulness of
their enlistment. The copies of notes to
Mr. Seward which have been inclosed in my
despatches to your Lordship will have shown
your Lordship how often I have insisted upon
this in writing. I have pressed it still oftener
and still more urgently in verbal communications.
My endeavours have, however, been of no avail.
One of the men called at the Legation the day
before yesterday. he had been badly wounded in
the head, and sent back from the army to a
hospital here. Another of the men had, he said,
been wounded; a third was reported to be killed;
three others, when he last saw them, were
advancing against the enemy under a heavy
musketry fire.
I went immediately to Mr. Seward, and after
telling him what had occured, spoke to
him with some warmth of the neglect with which
my representations had been treated, and begged
him to do something at once to remove any of the
men who might still be alive from the scene of
hostilities.
Mr. Seward said it was certainly very
unfortunate that the men should have been
wounded, but that he supposed that as they
had been formally enlisted in the service of
the United States, the presumption was that
their enlistment was valid and lawful, and
that there could be no complaint against
their being made to serve until the contrary
was proved.
I said that considering all we knew of the
practices which had been employed to obtain
recruits for the army, I really thought that
in cases which were on the face of them
doubtful, it would not be too much to say that
the presumption was the other way. But however
this might be, I must , I said, urge once
more my often repeated request. I did not
obtain anything more from Mr. Seward than the
usual formal assurance that he would
communicate my wishes to the War Department.
On my return home I wrote a note to him
reiterating my request.
I have the honour to inclose a copy of a
statement taken down in writing from the
mouth of Michael Byrne, the wounded man who
came to the Legation, and copies of
correspondence with Mr. Seward and Thomas
Tulley.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 1 in No. 15
Statement of Michael Byrne.
British Legation, Washington
May 21, 1864
MICHAEL BYRNE states that he, Thomas Burke,
james Higgins, Michael Moran, Martin Hogan, and
Edward Cassidy were sent from Portland to join
the 20th Regiment of Maine Volunteers at
Rappahannock Station on Monday the 14th of
March, and that they joined that regiment on
the following Friday. That on the 1st instant
they marched with the regiment to the Wilderness
Tavern, and encamped there on the night of the
4th. That they knew they would meet the enemy,
but were afraid to make any objections as they
were told if they did do so they would have
their brains blown out. That he was wounded on
the 5th instant on the right temple by a
minie ball, and went on Sunday the 8th to
Fredericksburgh, whence on Wednesday the 11th
instant he was sent to Carver's Hospital,
Washington, where he arrived on the same
afternoon, and still is under medical
treatment. That he has heard that Michael
Moran was killed on the 5th instant at the
Wilderness, but does not know it for cetain.
That Edward Cassidy was wounded in the right
thumb wihilst carrying him (Michael Byrne)
when wounded to the rear; that Cassidy was
sent from Fredericksburgh to the Brick
Hospital, Washington, on Wednesday the 11th
instant. That he last saw Thomas Burke,
James Higgins, and Martin Hogan on the 5th
of May at the Wilderness advancing under a
heavy musketry fire, but that since he was
wounded he has not seen or heard anything
of them.
Inclosure 2 in No. 15.
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Department of State,
Washington, May 10, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 8th instant, in
regard to the cases of Thomas Tulley and six
other men represented to have been improperly
enlisted at Portland, Maine. In reply, I
have the honour to inform your Lordship that
I have calld the immediate attention of the
Secretary of War to the matter, and have
commended your wishes to his favourable
consideration.
I have &c.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Inclosure 3 in No. 15.
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.
Sir, Washington, May 21, 1864.
ALTHOUGH only a few hours have elapsed
since I informed you in person at the State
Department of the egrievous intelligence which
I had just received respecting some of those
Irish passengers by the "Nova Scotian" who
were enlisted on their arrival at Portland, I
cannot refrain from urging in writing the request
which I so earnestly made that measures might be
taken without a moment's delay to remove those of
them who are still in the army from the danger
to which they are hourly exposed.
Since the 19th of March last I have urgently
and repeatedly entreated, both verbally and in
writing, that these men might not be exposed to
meet the enemy in the field, pending the
investigation of the lawfulness of their
enlistment. No attention has been paid to my
request. One of the men Michael Byrne, has
been wounded in the head; another Edward
Cassidy, has also been wounded, a third
Michael Moran, is reported to have been killed.
Byrne and Cassidy have been sent to hospitals
at Washington. Thomas Burke, James Higgins
and Martin Hogan, if still alive, are no
doubt serving with the regiment in which
they were enrolled (the 20th Maine Volunteers)
in the field.
In the note which I had the honour to receive
from you on the 4th instant, I was informed that
the cases of these men were in process of
investigation, and that a prominent officer
implicated in their alleged improper
inlistment would be brought to trial. In
my answer I expressed my anxiety to be informed
that my request that the men had been removed
from the theatre of war, and exempted from
actual service pending the investigation, had
been complied with. I must again urge this
often repeated request, and entreat you to move
the military authorities to give orders, without
a moment's delay, that those of the men who are
in hospital may not be sent back to the army, and
that those who are in the field may be sent to
Washington, or some other place of safety, until
the doubts respecting the validity of their
enlistment are cleared up.
I have &c.
(Signed) LYONS
Inclosure 4 in No. 15.
Thomas Tulley to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Turner's Lane United States'
Hospital, Philadelphia
May 19, 1864.
I TOOK the liberty of informing you
on the 5th instant that I was about being
sent away from Washington, and as I did not
wish to be troubling you with letters, I
refrained since from writing; but as I am
growing very uneasy I take the liberty, as
from the notice I am taking of things I
fear I never will be a participator of your
goodness unless something is immediately done
for me, as they are sending all the men they can
to the army. Will your Lordship therefore kindly
let me know if there is any chance of my being
discharged through your kind influence? As for
the other men, I fear something fatal has
happened them ere this, as the corps they belong
to has been in the hottest of the late battles.
My people are in want at home, and the Portland
authorities have 173 dollars of my bounty which
I would like to get, but fearing it would interfere
with your Lordship's proceedings, I have not applied
for it, although I fear I will not have an opportunity
of getting either it or my freedom if something is
not shortly done. My people in a great measure
depend upon assistance from me, and if your
Lordship fails in getting my discharge, perhaps
you would get me some Government employ by which
I could assist them, and arrange so that I would
not be sent to the army. I am losing my health
daily on account of my uneasy mind at the position
I have got into.
Sincerely praying for your Lordship's health and
happiness, and hoping you will condescend to notify
to me how matters stand, I have, &c.
(Signed) THOMAS TULLEY
P.S.- The doctor here to whom I have related
my unhappy circumstances has condemned the
Portland authorities for their conduct, and the
doctor at Washington said he would send me a
good distance, so that I would not have an
opportunity of seeing your Lordship.
T.T.
Inclosure 5 in No. 15.
Lord Lyons to Thomas Tully.
Sir, Washington, May, 23, 1864.
I HAVE received your letter of the 19th
instant. I have been informed by the
United States' Government that a further
investigation respecting the enlistment of
yourself and your companions is in progress.
I am very sorry to say that my endeavours to
get your companions removed from the field before
the opening of the campaign were unsuccessful.
Michael Byrne was at this Legation the day
before yesterday. He had been sent to hospital
here with a wound in his head. Edward Cassidy
has also been sent to a hospital here; he is
wounded, but I trust not seriously.
I cannot recommend you to apply for the
remainder of the bounty which would be due to
you as a recruit, unless you are prepared to
acquiesce in the validity of your enlistment.
If you should at any time have reason to
believe that you are about to be sent back
to the army, I beg you to let me know as
soon as possible.
I will do all I can to obtain your discharge,
and will write to you again as soon as I am
able to give you any information about it.
I am, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
No. 16.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell- (Received June 12)
My Lord, Washington, May 31, 1864.
WITH reference to my despatch of the 23rd
instant, I have the honour to transmit to your
Lordship copies of two notes which I have
received from Mr. Seward, respecting Thomas
Tulley and the other Irish passengers by the
steam-ship "Nova Scotian" who were enlisted in
the United States' army at Portland.
Your Lordship will see that orders have at
last been given to remove these men to
Portland, at a distance from the theatre of war,
and to cause the legality of their enlistment to
be again investigated there.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 1 in No. 16.
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Department of State,
Washington, May 26, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your note of the 21st instant,
in relation to the cases of the Irish passengers
by the "Nova Scotian" who were enlisted on their
arrival at Portland, and in reply to inform your
Lordship that I have invited the immediate
attention of the Secretary of War to a copy of your
Lordship's note, and have recommended a compliance
with the requests contained therein.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Inclosure 2 in No. 16.
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Washington, May 31, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to recur to your
notes of the 7th, 8th, 22nd, 23rd and 25th
ultimo, and 8th and 21st instant, relative
to the cases of Thomas Tulley and six other
Irish passengers by the "Nova Scotian" and to
inclose, for your Lordship's information, a
copy of a letter of the 25th instant from the
Secretary of War, stating that the men have been
ordered to Portland Maine, with a view to a
reinvestigation as to the legality of their
enlistment in the army of the United States.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Inclosure 3 in No. 16.
Mr. Stanton to Mr. Seward.
Sir, War Department, Washington,
May 25, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to advise you that
orders have been given that Thomas Tulley and
the six others, British subjects, alleged in the
communications of Lord Lyons, submitted by you to
this Department, to have been improperly enlisted
into this military service of the United States, be
sent to Portland Maine, with instructions that their
cases be reinvestigated there, it being the point
at which the alleged measures for their improper
enlistment are stated to have been inaugurated,
and where the proof, if any, to that effect,must
exist.
I am, &c.
(signed) E. STANTON.
No. 17.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell
(Received June 20.)
My Lord, Washington, June 6, 1864.
WITH reference to my despatch of the
31st ultimo, I have the honour to inclose a
copy of an order from the War Department, directing
that Thomas Tulley, and the other Irish emigrants who
were enlisted at Portland shall be sent back to that
place in order that a thorough and final investigation
of their complaint of having been improperly
enlisted may be made.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure in No. 17
Special Orders No. 194.
(Extract.) War Department, Adjutant-General's
Office,
Washington, June 2, 1864.
THE following named enlisted men of Company "D"
20th Maine Volunteers, will upon the receipt of
this order at the place where they may be serving
be sent to Captain Charles H. Doughty, Provost-
Marshal. 1st District of Maine, at Portland, Maine
in order that a thorough and final investigation of
their complaint of having been improperly enlisted
may be made at that city.
The chief mustering offices of the State of Maine
will make a full and thorough investigation of this
case, and report the result with full particulars
to this office.
The depositions of the men themselves will be
taken during such investigation.
Privates Thomas Tulley, Michael Byrne, James
Higgins, Michael Moran, Edward Cassidy, Thomas
Burke, Martin Hogan.
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the
necessary transportation.
By order of the Secretary of War.
(Signed) E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
No. 18.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell (Received July 2.)
My Lord, Washington, June 20, 1864.
WITH reference to my despatch of the 6th
instant, and to my previous despatches respecting
the enlistment of Thomas Tulley, and the other
Irish emigrants who arrived at Portland in the
steam-ship "Nova Scotian" I have the honour to
transmit to your Lordship copies of further
correspondance relative to the fresh
investigation of this sad case, which has been
ordered by the United States' Government.
There appears to be only too much reason to
fear that Thomas Burke and Michael Moran, two
of the enlisted men, were killed while serving
in the ranks of the United States' army.
I have also the honour to inclose a copy of
a note which I have addressed to Mr. Seward in
pursuance of the instruction contained in your
Lordship's despatch of the 27th ultimo. I
have thought it right in this note to act upon
your Lordship's instruction without reference
to the new investigation which has been ordered
and to urge my request for the discharge of the
men on the merits of the case, as it now
stands.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 1 in No. 18.
Michael Byrne to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, General Hospital, Brattleborough,
Vermont, June 7, 1861.
AS soon as the Doctor understood of me that
I had any communication to your Lordship's residence
and that I refused to go from Carver's Hospital, the
first opportunity was they sent away, and did not let
me know of it till half an hour before going away,
my Lord, so as to prevent me of hiving or sending
you word of it, so as you might have me retained,
until the investigation should be decided upon
in our cases at Washington. I would not be let
stop in Philadelphia, or in any other place, until
I was sent right on to Brattleboro' General
Hospital. I also thought I could get to Turner's
lane Hospital at Philadelphia to my comrade, that
is, Thomas Tulley, but I could not get any such a
chance as that from them. I hope, my Lord, you
shall do all in your power for us, and send
us word if our cases was investigated into
as yet, for before I would go to my regiment
again, I would put an end to my life, because
I did not 'list with my consent; if I had done
so, why I should be as good as any other man,
and I did not, why I shall disobey all orders
they give me, for the time to come, and if
through my disobedience that it shall be the
cause of me, for the time to come, and if
through my disobedience that it shall be the
cause of me to be brought befor a Court-martial
there and then I shall call them nothing but
a set of murderers for to send over to my country
agents to snap up a lot of men from their
wives and families by way of a good employment
in Boston, and them as soon as we landed in
Portland, to have another lot of agents there
to bring us to beer-shops and to drug us, and
entrap us to enlist for their armies; but, my
Lord, if feath is my fate at their hands, my
comrades shall let my country know of it,
and the whole of what it was for, and also the
Government of England, the banners I have
fought under in India and other places, that
they and my countrymen shall seek for
satisfaction for my blood, and strike the
iron whilst it is hot, and also I do well
know that France would join in it. I shall not
speak no more at present.
(Signed) MICHAEL BYRNE,
D Company, 20th Regiment
Maine Volunteers
P.S. I shall expect a speedy answer at your
leisure. Please not to put my regiment nor
company in your letters to me.
Inclosure 2 in No. 18.
Lord Lyons to Consul Murray.
Sir, Washington, June 10, 1864.
WITH reference to your despatch of the 7th
of April last, and to the previous correspondance
relative to the enlistment of Thomas Tulley and
six other Irish immigrants in the United States'
army, I transmit to you a copy of an order from the
War Department, directing that these men be sent
to Portland, and that a full and thorough investigation
of the case be made. This order has been communicated
to me by the Secretary of State of the United States.
You will endeavour to be informed as soon as
possible after it takes place of the arrival of
any of these men at Portland, and you will put
yourself into communication with them, and give them
all the advice and assistance you properly can. You
will let me know as soon as the men arrive, and you
will make reports to me of the nature and progress of
the investigation of their case, and keep me
informed generally of everything of interest and
importance concerning them.
I am, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 3 in No. 18.
Lord Lyons to Michael Byrne &c.
Gentlemen, Washington, June 10, 1864.
I INCLOSE a copy of an order from the War
Department, directing that you and the six
men enlisted with you shall be sent to Portland
in order that a full and thorough investigation
of your cases may be made there. The order has
been communicated to me by the Secretary of State
of the United States.
I conclude that in conformity with the teams
of it you will be sent to Portland directly, and I
beg you to let Her Majesty's Consul there know
of your arrival there as soon as possible after
it takes place. I have written to him to ask
him to look out for you.
I am, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 4 in No. 18.
Consul Murray to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Portland, June 8, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith
a copy of a printed special order, dated
the 2nd instant, issued by order of the
Secretary of War at Washington, directing that
a thorough and final investigation be made by the
Provost Marshal at Portland, of the complaint
of the seven Irishmen who were enlisted into the
20th Regiment of the Maine Volunteers in March
last. A report upon the same formed the subject
of my despatch of the 7th of April last.
The chief mustering officer of the State of Maine,
Major Gardiner, is to send a Report to the War
Department, and the men in question are to be sent
to Portland to have their depositions taken.
Of the seven men, Moran and Burke, I understand
were killed at the commencement of the campaign.
Byrne and Cassidy were wounded and are in hospital
at Washington. Tulley, I hear, did not go on with
his regiment, but went to a hospital at Washington;
and Higgins and Hogan are the only two left with
their regiment.
As I presume I shall also be requested to attend
the office of the Provost-Marshal during hte second
investigation, may I request your Lordship the
propriety of my being authorized to employ the
services of a lawyer on behalf of these men? The
assessor of the Provost Marshal here is a lawyer, and
will conduct the case for the Government, and it
appears to me that unless the services of a person
accustomed to receive and take evidence in these
Courts are obtained, the men might be under a
considerable disadvantage.
I am still without further information from the
office of the Acting Assistant Provost-Marshal
General at Augusta regarding the man Collins,
although I have written several letters on the
subject, and forwarded fresh evidence of Collins'
identity which I received from a Mr. James Murray
of Nova Scotia.
I have, &c.
(Signed) H. J. MURRAY.
Inclosure 5 in No. 18.
Lord Lyons to Consul Murray.
Sir, Washington, June 11, 1864.
I HAVE received this morning your despatch
to the 8th instant.
Having written to you yesterday on the order
to remove Thomas Tulley and six other Irishman,
enlisted at the same time, to Portland, I have
only to add, that, in conformity with your
suggestion, I authorize you to employ a lawyer
on behalf of those men, if it shall be in your
opinion proper and advisable to do so.
Tulley was, when I last heard from him, in the
United States' army hospital, Turner's Lane,
Philadelphia, and Michael Byrne at the general
hospital, Brattleboro', Vermont. I wrote
to them to those places yesterday to inform them of
the order, and to recommend them to apply to you as
soon as they arrived at Portland. I also wrote
a letter in the same sense to the other men,
directed to the regiment, although I was not
without serious apprehension that they might
not all be alive to receive it. I am extremely
anxious to receive authentic intelligence of the
present condition of each of the seven men.
I am, &c.
(signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 6 in No. 18.
Counsul Murray to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Portland, June 15, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your Lordship's despatch of the 10th instant
on the subject of the intended re-investigation
of the case of Thomas Tulley and the other
Irish immigrants who were enlisted into the 20th
Maine Regiment in March last. I will faithfully
attend to your Lordship's instructions in this
affair.
Michael Byrne, who was removed so the General
Hospital at Brattleboro' Vermont, arrived here
last night on his way to Augusta with a squad of
Maine invalids, but had received no orders regarding
this case. He told me that Cassidy was on furlough
at Boston, and would be difficult to be met with;
that Tulley was at Turner's Lane Hospital at
Philadelphia with erysipelas; that Burke and Moran
being killed, Higgins and Hogan were the only men
now with their regiment, if no accident had
happened to them.
I have, &c.
(Signed) H.J. MURRAY.
Inclosure 7 in No. 18.
Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.
Sir, Washington, June 10, 1854.
HER Majesty's Government have considered the
Report made by the Provost Marshal and Board
of Enrolment, at Portland, on the case of Thomas
Tulley, and the other six Irish immigrants who were
enlisted at that place for service in the United
States' Army, as well as the reports of Her
Majesty's Consul on the same subject.
It appears to Her Majesty's Government that no
doubt can be entertained that the enlistment of these
Irishmen was the result of a fraudulent scheme
contrived and executed in disregard of the laws and
neutral rights of Great Britain.
Her Majesty's Government consider that these men
were induced in evident bad faith and under false
pretences to leave their own country for the purpose
of obtaining employment, which was not really ready
for them on their arrival in the United States;
that on landing at Portland they were designedly
plied with drink, and that they were then dealt
with in a manner which (although it might be the
legal consequence of their disorderd condition)
made it natural and almost inevitable that they
should easily yield to the persuasions of the
recruiting agents who were on the look-out for
them, and who obtained access to them while they
were in confinement, by the aid of the police
authorities.
Her Majesty's Government are accordingly of
opinion, that notwithstanding the report of
the Provost Marshal and Board of Enrolment, they
are bound to press their application to the United
States' Government for the discharge of these men.
It appears to Her Majesty' Government that as
between one Government and another, the testimony
of Berwick and Bradley, annexed to the report, of
itself suffices to warrant this application. The
latter proves that some person (name unknown) carried
a large quantity of whiskey to the wharf where the ship
lay with the emigrants, and Her Majesty's Government
think that it is clear that this person must have
been concerned for the recruiting agents, whether
those agents directly sanctioned the particular act
or not. The former proves that at the liquor store
there were "well dressed men" who were "liberal with
their money" not drinking themselves, but supplying
drink to the unfortuneate Irishmen, and who requested
the police to aid them in enlisting the Irishmen
and giving them drink. Her Majesty's Government
consider that upon this evidence and upon the general
circumstances of the case, they may reasonably
expect to obtain the release of these men; and it
is accordingly my duty to renew the request for
their discharge from the United States' army, which
I made by command of Her Majesty's Government,
in the note which I had the honour to address
to you on the 23rd April last.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
No. 19.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell- (Received July 2.)
My Lord,
I SPOKE to Mr. Seward on the 16th instant in
the sense of your Lordship's despatch of the 19th
May, respecting the imprisonment of British subjects
captured on board neutral vessels, and the practice
of drugging men and entrapping them into the United
States' naval and military service.
I said to Mr. Seward that your Lordship had desired
me to impress on him in friendly communication the
duty of putting an end to the imprisonment of British
subjects, whose sole offence consisted in their
having been on board vessels which had attempted to
run the blockade. I added that your Lordship had
directed me to point out to him, that while the
Government of Great Britain performed its obligations
as a neutral to a belligerent, the Government of the
United States was bound to perform its corresponding
obligations as a belligerent towards a neutral.
I went on to speak of the numberous complaints which
had been made to me by British subjects who represented
that they had been drugged and enlisted, while not in
a state to act for themselves, in the army or navy
of the United States. Your Lordship had, I said, been
unable to refrain from observing that this practice of
drugging men in order to procure their service in the
United States' army and navy, was an abuse of the
most odious description, and that in the case of the
British subjects in question, it justified the
strongest remonstrance. But (I added) your Lordship
trusted that Mr. Seward, unwilling to excite feelings
of just indignation in England, would take measures to
put an end to both the abuses, to which I had thus,
in obedience to your Lordship's orders, called his
attention.
Mr. Seward said that he hoped the recent order of
the Secretary of the Navy * would suffice to put
an end to all complaints respecting the imprisonment
of British subjects captured on board neutral vessels.
With regard to the allegations that men were enlisted
while under the influence of drugs or liquors, Mr.
Seward said that it was not in the United States alone
that such practices were resorted to by unscrupulous
recruiting agents; that the complaints made were
very much exaggerated, and in many instances entirely
unfounded; that at all events he had reason to hope
that a check had been given to these practices, and
that we should hear very little more of them.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
No. 20
Earl Russell to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Foreign Office, July 6, 1864.
HER Majesty's Government approve your Lordship's
proceedings as reported in your despatches of the
20th ultimo, with reference to the case of Thomas
Tulley and the other Irish immigrants, enlisted at
Portland and Boston for the United States' military
service.
I am, &c.
(Signed) RUSSELL.
* Mr. Welles to Rear-Admiral Farragut.
Sir,
THE following instructions will hereafter
be observed with regard to the disposition of
persons found on board vessels seized for breach
of blockade:-
1. Bona fide foreign subjects captured in neutral
vessels, whether passengers, officers, or crew,
cannot be treated as prisoners of war, unless guilty
of belligerent acts, but are entitled to immediate
release; such as are required as witnesses may be
detained for that purpose, and when their testimony
is secured they must be unconditionally released.
2. Foreign subjects captured in vessels without
papers or colours, or those sailing under the
protection and flag of the insurgent Government, or
employed in the service of that Government, are
subject to treatment as prisoners of war, and if
in the capacity of officers or crew are to be
detained. If they are passengers only, and have no
interest in the vessel or cargo, and are in no way
connected with the insurgent Government, they may
be released.
3. Citizens of the United States captured either
in neutral or rebel vessels are always to be detained,
with the following exceptions:- If they are passengers
only, have no interest in vessel or cargo, have not
been active in the rebellion, or engaged in supplying
the insurgents with munitions of war, &c., and are
loyally disposed, they may be released on taking the
oath of allegience. The same privilege may be
allowed to any of the crew that are not seafaring
men, of like antecedents, and who are loyally disposed.
4. Pilots and Seafaring Men, excepting bond fide
subjects, captured in neutral vessels, are always to
be detained. These are the principal instruments in
maintaining the system of violating the blockade,
and it is important to hold them. Persons habitually
engaged in violating the blockade, although they may
not be serving on board the vessels, are of this
class, and are to be likewise detained.
5. When there is reason to doubt that those who
claim to be foreign subjects are in reality such,
they will be required to state under oath that they
have never been naturalized in this country, have never
exercised the privileges of a citizen thereof, by
voting or otherwise, and have never been in the pay or
employment of the insurgent or so-called "Confederate
Government;" on their making such statement they may
be released, provided you have not evidence of their
having sworn falsely. The examination in case they
are doubtful should be rigid.
6. When the neutrality of a vessel is doubtful,
or when a vessel claiming to be neutral is believed
to be engaged in transporting supplies and munitions
of war for the insurgent Government, foreign subjects
captured in such vessels may be detained until the
neutrality of the vessel is satisfactorily established.
It is not advisable to detain such persons under this
institution, unless there is good ground for doubting
the neutrality of the vessel.
7. Parties who may be detained under the foregoing
instructions are to be sent to a northern port for
safe custody, unless there is a suitable place for
keeping them within the limits of your command, and
the Department furnished with a memorandum in their
cases respectively.
Very respectfully, &c.
(Signed) GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.
3. Correspondance respecting the Enlistment of
Her Majesty's Canadian Subjects in the United
States' Army.
No. 1.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell.- (Received December 26.)
My Lord,
I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship
copies of a despatch from Mr. Lousada, Her
Majesty's Consul at Boston, and its inclosure,
relating to projects which appear to have been formed
by private persons in Massachusetts for obtaining men
in Canada for the naval and military service of the
United States.
I have also the honour to inclose copies of
despatches on the subject which I have written to Mr.
Lousada and to the Governor-General of Canada.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul Lousada to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Boston, December 5, 1863.
I HAVE the honour to report to your
Lordship, with view of its being communicated
to the Governor-General of Canada, that a person
called on me this morning for information as to
the liability he should incur in attempting to
raise on the Canada borders recruits for the
United States' service. He was apparently
largely supplied with funds, which he exhibited
to me. He made no disguise as to his intentions
or purposes, and only wanted to know how far
the recruiting law of Canada would touch him
and his partners.
On my telling him that it was illegal, and
that he would have to bear the consequences, he
said that he supposed it was no harm to invite
men over the boundary line to have a good time
at a farm on this side of it, and that there they
would be free to do as they pleased. He also
said he presumed there was no hindrance to his
hiring Canadians for farm service, and that
they need not come over the line of effect that
bargain.
From other portions of his conversation, not
worth repeating in detail, I am satisfied there
is an organization on some large scale for enlisting
British subjects in Canada, and, as far as my
experience goes, those who are foolish enough to be
once enticed over the line on any such pretext will
find it pretty hard work to get back again
out of the clutches of these recruiting gentry.
The high premium offered for recruits, and the
total failure of the voluntary enlistment here,
foster these schemes.
Since writing above another person (connected with
the press) applied. His note and my observations
thereon inclosed.
I have, &c.
(Signed) FRANCIS LOUSADA.
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Mr Dunbar to Consul Lousada.
Sir, Boston, December 5, 1863.
A COMMITTEE of the proprietors of slate quarries
in Vermont intend to make an effort this winter to
procure quarrymen from Wales, to supply the great
deficiency of labour which now exists.
A member of the Committee writes to me to ask if
I can obtain a certificate under your Consular seal
that aliens not naturalized are not compelled to serve
in the armies of the United States, as the apprehension
of military service is believed to stand in the way
of obtaining a very fair supply of labourers from
the Welsh quarries.
Will you please to inform me whether you are
willing to give such a certificate, and if so,
when I shall call at your office to receive it?
Very respectfully, &c.
(Signed) C.F. DUNBAR.
Memorandum
I saw writer of this same day, and distinctly declined
to give any such certificate, on two grounds:- Firstly.
That although there was no law holding aliens to
military service in the United States, yet, practically
such service was obtained every day, and by means
almost amounting to compulsion, and redress was so
difficult as to be almost unobtainable. Secondly.
I was perfectly aware of the use intended to be made
of my certificate, and that "Wales" meant the "Canadian
borders."
The applicant denied this, but admitted that such
use might be made of the document.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
Lord Lyons to Consul Lousada.
Sir, Washington, December 8, 1863.
I HAVE received this morning your despatch of
the 5th instant concerning plans which appear to
have been formed for obtaining men from Canada
to serve in the United States' army. I have sent
to the Governor-General of Canada copies of your
despatch and of its inclosure, as well as of the
memorandum which you have endorsed upon the latter;
and I have to instruct you to communciate from time
to time to his Excellency either directly or through
this Legation, as you may deem best under the
circumstances, any further information which you may
be able to procure on the subject, and especially
any particulars as to names, dates, places, or other
matters which may assist the Canadian authorities
in detecting the persons engaged in these practises
and bringing them to justice.
You will of course address the Governor-General
directly in all cases in which it is desirable to
save time, and you will simultaneously send to me
copies of your communication to his Excellency.
I approve of the course taken by you (as stated
in the memorandum on the inclosure) with regard
to the application made to you for a certificate
as to the enlistment of aliens in the service of
the United States.
I am, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 4 in No. 1.
Lord Lyons to Viscount Monck.
My Lord, Washington, December 8, 1863.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Excellency
copies of a despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at
Boston and its inclosure, which relate to plans formed
in Massachusetts for obtaining men from Canada to
serve in the United States' army. I inclose also a
copy of the answer which I have made to the
Consul's despatch.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Lord Lyons to Earl Russell-(Received April 26.)
My Lord, Washington, April 11, 1864.
I HAVE the honour, with reference to my despatch
of the 15th December last, to transmit to your
Lordship a copy of a despatch which I have received
from Mr. Lousada, Her Majesty's Consul at Boston,
respecting a scheme for engaging persons in Canada
and Nova Scotia to come to this country as labourers,
the real object of which is (as Mr. Lonsada [Lousada?]
suspects) to obtain recruits for the United States'
army.
I inclose also copies of despatches on the subject
which I have addressed to the Governor-General of
Canada, and the Administrators of the Government of
Nova Scotia and to Mr. Lousada.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 1 in No. 2.
Consul Lousada to Lord Lyons.
My Lord, Boston, April 5, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to report that some
parties called at my office this morning, and
stated that they were about to hire, in Canada
and Nova Scotia, 300 labourers to work at some
patent-brick works here, and wanted my certificate
that it was a bona fide transaction. They feared
their agent might be molested if he had not some
British official paper to show that his mission
was a proper one. I refused to give any such
document, and did not disguise from them that it
was clear to me this was one of the schemes for
recruiting the United States' army, and that I
should consider myself culpable if in any way,
even indirectly, I aided in deluding the poor
men they were going to employ in their alleged
patent-brick making.
I venture to suggest that if this were brought
to the knowledge of the Provincial Governments,
it might be of service, and prevent some of the
border people being deluded.
I have, &c.
(Signed) F. LOUSADA.
Inclosure 2 in No. 2
Lord Lyons to Viscount Monck. *
My Lord, Washington, April 8, 1864.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to your
Excellency a copy of a despatch which I have
received from Her Majesty's Consul at Boston,
respecting a scheme for engaging persons in
Canada and Nova Scotia to come to this country
as labourers, the real object of which is
(as the Consul believes) to obtain recruits for
the United States' army.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
Inclosure 3 in No. 2.
Lord Lyons to Consul Lousada.
Sir, Washington, April 8, 1864.
I HAVE received to-day your despatch of the 5th
instant, respecting a scheme to engage persons in
Canada and Nova Scotia to come to the United States,
ostensibly as labourers, and I have transmitted copies
of it to the Governments of those Provinces.
I am, &c.
(Signed) LYONS.
* A similar despatch was addressed to Major-General Doyle.
