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. Milledge, district attorney, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General.

[Telegram.]

Macon, Georgia, September 3, 1869.

To Attorney-General:

[111] *Yours received. United States marshal overpowered at Fort Gaines. Party left this morning across the river into Alabama; will instruct cutters at every point accessible by telegraph; not being able to procure troops is the cause of their getting away; will use utmost vigilance, and advise by telegraph of results daily.

JOHN MILLEDGE,
United States District Attorney.