Letter
Josiah Tatnall , Commanding United States Steamer Saranac, Norfolk, Virginia to [The same to Commodore F. A. Parker, May 15, 1850
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Tatnall, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, May 15, 1850. [672] Sir: Though the Government has no precise information, yet it has…