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The proceedings of the Spanish Government at Mobile have been such as to render it necessary for Mr. Chambers to descend the River with the public property collected at the Chactav Trading House. The irritated state of the public mind in this vicinity, as well as a due respect to the important rights of the United States, induced him to enter an official protest against those proceedings.
He has been pleased to transmit to me a copy of his doings with a request that I would communicate it to the President of the United States. It is enclosed togfether with his letter on the same subject.
Being uncertain as to the safety of the conveyance of my letter of April 7, I have enclosed a copy.