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Sir,
U.S. Steam Frigate Hartford,
Hongkong,
April 4, 1866.
I learned to-day that on the 22nd instant an armed force boarded the barque "Annie Bucknall", an American vessel lying in the port of Hongkong, and took from her John M. Fischer, the Chief Mate, subjected him to imprisonment, and tried him in the Court of this place for an alleged offence affecting the discipline of the vessel, charged against him by the master. All were clearly sailing under the jurisdiction of the United States Naval.
In addition to this aggression upon the American flag, I learn also that the United States bark...
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