Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams
Sir: Your despatch of the 9th of March, No. 890, has been received. I learn from it that Rumble, who was acquitted by a jury of Middlesex of the charge of equipping the pirate Victor, alias Rappahannock, has been relieved by her Majesty’s government from active naval service, and put upon the half-pay list, as a proof that, notwithstanding the verdict referred to, his official conduct is nevertheless disapproved. This proceeding of the government is accepted as a new evidence of that good faith of the government which I have already acknowledged with sincere satisfaction.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.