Navy Department , 26 August, 1863. SIR, In the case of the Mont Blanc, seized by Commander Collins at Sand Cay as a prize, the Cour...

Navy Department, 26 Aug. 1863. Sir , I have had the honor to receive your communication of the 4th Ins't . & 14th Ins't...

Dep't. of State, 4 Aug. 1863. Hon. G. Welles, Secty. of the Navy. Sir :— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your comm...

Navy Department , 31 July, 1863. Sir , On the 13th of May last I had the honor to receive a note from you enclosing the copy of a c...

Navy Department , 23 June, 1863. SIR, I have the honor to return herewith the consular despatches which accompanied your letter of ...

Had an early call from the President, who brought a communication from Tassara to Seward, complaining of violation of neutral rights by a s...

Saw Seward this morning respecting Wilkes. After talking over the subject, he said he cared nothing about Wilkes, that if he was removed he...

Admiral Bailey writes — and I have similar information from other sources — that an immense trade has sprung up on the Rio Grande; that the...

To Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec’y of the Navy: I have the honor to announce that in the providence of God, which smiles on a just cause, the ...