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

General Sherman, Acting Secretary of War, to Mr. Rumley, collector.

[Telegram.]

Washington, October 4, 1869.

D. Rumley, Collector, Wilmington, North Carolina:

Notify commanding officer at Fort Johnson that he is ordered, by telegraph, to detain the Hornet till she receives from you a regular clearance.

W. T. SHERMAN,
General, and Acting Secretary of War.