SMYTHE, Collector to S. G. Courtney, February 5, 1867

Mr. Smythe, Collector, to Mr. Courtney, district attorney.

[16] Sir: I have to report the seizure, on the 2d instant, of the steamship R. R. Cuyler, and request that proceedings may be instituted for the forfeiture thereof, together with her tackle, apparel, &c., under the third section of the neutrality act of April 20, 1818. I inclose the report of the surveyor of the port who made the seizure and examination as therein related, together with the register, manifest, crew-list, shipping articles, clearance, bill of health, and letter of instructions *to the master, the papers taken from the rooms of the captain and his assistant, and the affidavits referred to by the surveyor, and four drawings taken from the vessel but not mentioned in the report.

I am, very respectfully, &c.,