A word or two will suffice to set this matter right.

It must, of course, be known to your Excellency, that the Confederate States have been acknowledged by the principal powers of Europe, as belligerents in the war in which they are engaged with the United States; and that, consequently, the Paymaster of this ship, in any act of war in which he may have participated, can have been guilty of no offence, political or otherwise, of which any neutral power can take cognizance.

Indeed, as before stated, the neutral powers of Europe have expressly recognised the right of the Confederate States to make war against the United States.

No extradition treaty therefore can apply to Paymaster Myers.

Mr.Tunstall not being in the military or naval service of the Confederate States, can no more be brought within the terms of any such treaty than Paymaster Myers.