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the republic of Hayti, on the subject of Doctor Swain's detention in the prison of this city, and it is with regret that I am obliged to remind him that to this moment I have received no reply to that communication. Reiterating my assurances of great consideration, I am, sir, very res pectfully, your obedient servant, S A M U E L L. B R E E S E , Com's, U. S. Navy. G e n e r a l B.
Secretary
INGINAC,
General of the Republic of
Hayti.
UNITED STATES DISTKICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
New York, February 26th, 1838. S I R : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., stating the object of your inquiries in regard to the brig Venus. With this intelligence, 1 will again address myself to Mr. Tillou in the hope of getting the information you desire. i am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, W I L L I A M M. P R I C E , United States District Attorney Hon.
JOHN FORSYTH,
Secretary
of State,
Washington
City.
[Extract of a teller from Thomas George Swain to the Hon. John Forsyth, dated Port-au-Prince, March 20th, 1838.]
In relation to the affair of the brigantine Venus, which I carried to the court of cassation, I regret to inform you that the previous j u d g m e n t w a s found formal and good, and consequently I was still detained in pri son for the sum of about eight thousand dollars currency. N o t having received any instructions from the Department since yours of the 23d N o v e m b e r , 1337, which you did me the honor to address m e , I have been obliged, in order to recover my health, and at the same time my liberty, to agree to the payment of the above named amount, in six months from the day of the date of my liberation, which was on the 14th of this month.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
New York, April 2 6 , 1838. S I R : I have the honor to transmit copies of papers received from Francis R. Tillou, Esq., relating to the condemnation and sale of the brig V e n u s at Port-au-Prince. Besides the enclosed, Mr. Tillou has submitted to me other papers, in the French language, which 1 have not thought ne cessary to have translated or copied; being the register of naturaliza tion, her measurement and certificate of payment of duties, in which the vessel is described as the D e u x Amis, formerly the brig Venus—also a