will not be the smallest compensation for the evils which the insurrection has brought upon us. Many intelligent and influential Europeans are constantly passing through or sojourning here, and Egypt, therefore, affords excellent opportunities to obtain the average sense of the civilized world on our affairs. Apprehensions of privateers having to some extent subsided, all but two of the American ships freighted here have cleared. Cotton, in consequence of expected peace in the United States, has fallen, and is now quoted at $15 the cantar. The Prince of Wales, who arrived about three weeks ago, is in Upper Egypt. He was received with hospitalities by the government at Cairo, the prince making the first call at the palace of the viceroy. An invitation to the viceroy to be present at the Great Industrial Exhibition at London, in May, has been accepted, and his highness has contributed to the exhibition from the agricultural and manufacturing products of Egypt. A new railway, the carriages to be drawn by horses, is in process of construetion from Alexandria to Ramleh, a sea-side resort some five miles from here. Thence it will, perhaps, be extended to Rosetta. Both in its charter and in common parlance it is known by the name of "The American Railway." It is the first of its kind attempted in Africa. The American missionaries are putting in order the very large and handsome building (referred to in my despatch No. 12) which has been granted to them in fee simple by the viceroy. It fronts the Esbekieh, or public square of Cairo, the most eligible part of the city. It comprises not less than twenty-five spacious rooms, three of them measuring forty-five feet by sixteen each, and the estimated value of the property is not far from $50,000. I mention this as an event which strongly testifies to the respect felt for the American name by the government of Egypt. The first motive of the gift was a suggestion made by this consulate general to the viceroy, that American missionaries had not shared in the bounty so generously accorded by his highness to the religious missionaries of Europe. There is no ground for such a remark now. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. Wм. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. No. 11.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Thayer. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 8, 1862. SIR: Your despatch of March 13 (No. 17) has been received. The President is highly gratified with the information it brings concerning the liberality exercised by his highness the Pacha to American citizens and American missionaries. The sensible relief of our merchants and seamen from their recent apprehensions of danger to our shipping in the Mediterranean comes home to us as a new argument to re-enforce the determination of the government to maintain the integrity of the republic. The progress of the Union forces continues to be eminently successful. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. WM. S. THAYER, Esq., &c., &c., &c., Alexandria. The President of the United States to the Viceroy of Egypt. WASHINGTON, October 11, 1861. GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND: I have received from Mr. Thayer, consul general of the United States at Alexandria, a full account of the liberal, enlightened, and energetic proceedings which, on his complaint, you have adopted in bringing to speedy and condign punishment the parties, subjects of your highness in Upper Egypt, who were concerned in an act of criminal persecution against Faris, an agent of certain Christian missionaries in Upper Egypt. I pray your highness to be assured that these proceedings, at once so prompt and so just, will be regarded as a new and unmistakable proof equally of your highness's friendship for the United States, and of the firmness, integrity, and wisdom with which the government of your highness is conducted. Wishing you great prosperity and success, I am your friend, His Highness MOHAMMED SAID PACHA, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Viceroy of Egypt and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. MOROCCO. Mr. De Long to Mr. Seward. CONSULATE OFf the United STATES, Tangier, February 20, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that two secessionists, commissioned by captain of the pirate steamer Sumter, were landed here yesterday from nerchant French steamer, Ville de Malaga, proceeding from Gibraltar on ir route to Cadiz, to purchase coal to supply the Sumter, which is still in - port of Gibraltar, uncoaled. One of these men, I am informed, is a lieutenant of the Sumter; the other, r. Tunstall, who has been acting as United States consul at Cadiz, up to some ne last summer, and was intending to return to the southern States on board the Sumter. Having received this information from what I considered reliable authority, made application to the Moorish authorities for soldiers, and had them arrested the beach, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, as they were bout to return to the steamer to proceed to Cadiz. They are now confined in one of the rooms of the United States consulate, waiting the arrival of the Tuscarora, which is expected to morrow, as I wish to place them in the charge of the commander, to be conveyed by him to he United States on his return During the progress of these proceedings I overheard Tunstall calling his riend Myers, and in a note that he gave to one of the soldiers to be conveyed to a friend of his, at the English hotel, by the name of Harrison, a lieutenant in the English navy, which I objected to be delivered, he signed the initials "H. M." I then referred to the United States Navy Register for the year 1861, and found, in page 46, that a man by the name of Henry Myers was commissioned paymaster, with the rank of lieutenant, on the 21st day of June, 1854, and was a citizen of the State of Georgia at the time. During a conversation I had with Tunstall he informed me that his comrade was a citizen of Georgia; consequently all these circumstances induced me to the belief that the aforementioned prisoner in question was the identical Henry Myers. I had no way to confine them safely without putting them in irons, and even then I have to keep four soldiers guarding them day and night. They applied for French protection, on the ground that they came to this place on board of a French steamer, but the French consul's reply was, that as soon as they left the steamer, and landed on Moorish territory, he had no right to protect them, nor to interfere in any way whatever. They then claimed an interview with the British minister, Mr. Drummond Hay; but this gentleman called on me, and inquired if I was aware of my prisoners having requested an interview with him. I answered, no. I said to him, "Mr. Hay, I know you to be a gentleman, and if you desire to see the prisoners you can do so." He replied promptly that he did not. First, he said, he had no power to interfere; secondly, his government had given positive instructions to all their ministers and agents to observe strict neutrality. I must add that the Moorish authorities are entitled to great credit for their prompt assistance in aiding the arrest of these men. I must not omit also the confidential interpreter of this consulate, Mr. Morris Pariute, who acted with great energy and activity in the capture of these men. American citizens may talk and plot treason and rebellion at home, if they can, but they shall not do so where I am, if I have the power to prevent it Hoping the government will approve of what I have done in this matter, I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. Wм. H. SEWARD, JAMES DE LONG. Secretary of State. No. 5.] Mr. De Long to Mr. Seward. CONSULATE OF the United STATES, SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I was disappointed in my expecta tion in regard to the arrival of the Tuscarora on the 26th instant, as I had addressed a despatch to her commander on the 20th, copy of which is herewith enclosed. On the 23d the military secretary of the governor of Gibraltar arrived here by an express courier. I accidentally met him, and from his demeanor towards me I suspected that there was some plot on hand. Shortly after this my suspicions were fully realized, as I learned that the secretary was the bearer of a letter from the captain of the Sumter to the Moorish minister for foreign affairs, demanding a release of the prisoners in my custody, and there seemed to be an unusual movement among the people. On the next day I sent my second despatch to the commander of the Tuscarora, a copy of which is herewith enclosed, with his reply. On the evening of the 25th, about 6 o'clock, I received a despatch from the Moorish minister, a copy of which, with my reply thereto, is herewith enclosed, in which he demanded a surrender of the prisoners. My reply was conveyed to the minister at 8 o'clock of the 26th, which was read and explained to him by my interpreter, who was informed by the minister that there would be no impediment offered to my removing the prisoners. By the time my interpreter had arrived at the consulate, the United States ship-ofwar Ino had anchored in the bay. Leaving off all formalities, her commander with three of his junior officers came on shore, and thence proceeded to the American consulate. The commander, accompanied by my interpreter and myself, proceeded to the residence of the Moorish minister to pay our respects to him, and to make arrangements for firing a salute, and about the embarcation of the prisoners. Our interview took place at 11 o'clock a. m., and in which it was repeated that there would be no objections made to their removal on board of the Ino. After exchanging a salute of 21 guns, which took place at 1 o'clock p. m., I consulted with the commander of the Ino about the man of conveying the prisoners on board, and we came to the conclusion, to prevent any demonstration that might be made on the conveyance of the prisoners to the beach, that it would be advisable to order thirty marines to come on shore, fully armed, to accompany the prisoners. Prior to the arrival of our men on shore I discovered that there was a plot going on, formed out of European subjects residing in Tangier, to prevent the embarcation of the prisoners, and to take them out of our hands at the time of conveying them to the beach. Although I had |