I leave the consul to the Government at Washington. I will take care sufficiently to punish the other alien enemies and domestic traitors concerned in this business whom I have here.

Upon examination of the parties I found that a box containing all the papers relating to the transactions which were not kept with the commercial papers of the house of Gautherin & Co. was usually deposited with the French consul. I wrote to him very politely to

have it delivered to me for the purpose of justice. I have again written him, more peremptorily, and he has refused to do so, still

concealing the proof of guilt. If produced, I believe it will show him to be one of the five parties concerned in this illegal traffic mentioned in the account of expenses. However that may be, he now covers the criminal, as he lately concealed the booty which he, his wife, and clerk have so largely shared.

I beg leave here to call the attention of the Department to these transactions as showing I was clearly right when I ordered the specie deposits in the hands of Count Mejan to be sequestered. His flag has been made the cover of all manner of illegal and hostile transactions and the booty arising therefrom. I am glad that my action here has thus been vindicated to the world, and that the Government of the United States will be able to demand of the French Government a recall of its treacherous and hostile agent.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

BENJ. F. BUTLER,

Major-General, Commanding.

A. - B. F. B.

(Translation.)

Account of charges and expenses of the operation in cloths by Ed. Gautherin & Co., of New Orleans, till August 31, 1862.

1861

June 29. Paid E. Gautherin and Jules Le More to

go to Richmond........................................ $481.00

July 20. Sent to them to Richmond this day............. 450.00

Aug. 12. Sent to French consul at Richmond, amount

of loan................................................ 50.00

Amount of expenses by E. Gautherin and Jules

Le More for voyage from New Orleans to New York

and Havre.............................................. 700.00

1862.

March 1. Voyage of Ch. Priolland to Richmond and back... 543.00

May 27. Voyage of Montardier to Richmond and back,

five weeks............................................. 475.50

Expenses of L. Grotaers. Antwerp,

49.89 francs........................................... 9.58

Consular charges for deposits and certificates. 36.20

Present to Madame Mejan to bring the affair

to a good end.......................................... 153.00

Paid Kossuth one-eighth per cent. of $405,000,

deposit charges........................................ 528.25

Paid to Feuille for procuring the receipts.... 500.00

Aug. 31. Paid Robert, lawyer, fees for proceedings

near the authorities and the consul.................... 500.00

Paid Ch. Priolland, bill of expenses to

Matamoras..............................................3,790.00

Paid Jules Le More, bill of expenses from

January 1 to September 1, 1862, $1,589.71, less $50

for Morales.......................................... 1,089.71

Paid Ed. Gautherin expenses, accounted for

in $4,058.50 paid him by Ferran & Dupierris in Havana,

accounted for in advances as memorandum, $1,846.75....

Paid for cabs and transports for nine boxes

gold.................................................. 60.00

Paid telegraph and postage................... 150.00

Paid fire insurance on gold in the consulate,

six months, one-half per cent. of $405,000........... 2,025.00

Paid river insurance on Blasco de Garay,

one-eighth per cent. of $250,000.................... 312.50

Paid marine insurance from here to New York

on gold accredited to account........................ 585.26

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Total................................................ 12,439.40

NEW ORLEANS, August 31, 1862.

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