AVES ISLAND. Ill 



The department will delay writing to Mr. Eames until you shall be 

 heard from. Meantime a copy of N. P. Gibbs's affidavit, which ac- 

 companied your communication, will be prepared for transmission, 

 with such extracts from your letter as bear upon the merits of the- 

 case. 



The department is quite ready to comply with your request that 

 Mr. Eames be solicited to procure from the Venezuelan government, 

 if he can do so with propriety, a copy of Captain Dias's report, and of 

 the protest of the British representative to that government. 

 I am, sir, &c., 



W. L. MARCY. 

 Henry S>. Sanford, Esq., 



38 Clinton Place, New York. 



Mr. Sanford to Mr. Marcy. 



Derby, Connecticut, 



April 14, 1856. 

 Sir : I have the honor to forward to you by this mail the deposition 

 of Captain Nathan P. Gribbs, a witness in the case of the Venezuelan 

 outrage at Shel ton's Isle, duly attested, &c., to be filed at the depart- 

 ment. May I beg you to acknowledge its receipt? 



I send in addition two copies of the same in order, if thought proper 

 to communicate it to our own minister at Caraccas, the department may 

 be saved the trouble of having it copied. 

 I send also a copy to the President. 

 My address hereafter is as above. 



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



H. S. SANFOED. 

 Hon. William L. Marcy, 



Secretary of State. 



Mr. Marcy to the Fi 



Derby, Connecticut, 



April 14, 1856. 

 Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of the deposition 

 of Captain Nathan P. Gibbs, a witness in the case of the Venezuela 

 outrage at Shel ton's Isle upon citizens of the United States and their 

 property, and of which I have heretofore written to you, the original 

 of which duly authenticated I have this day sent to the State Depart- 

 ment. 



I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, your obedient servant, 



'H. S. SANFORD. 

 The President. 



