MORtOCCO. 
Mr. Seward to Mr. M1cdath. 
No. 10.]                              DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 
Washington, December 9, 1863. 
SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your late despatches up to No.
15 
of the 5th ultimo, including your private c)mmunication of the same date.

Before the receipt of your latest communications on the subject of the hos-

tility which has recently been manifested towards the Jewish pppulation of

Morocco, the attention of the department had been called to it by the board
of 
delegates of American Israelites at New York. A copy of their letter, dated
the 
25th of November, and of my reply, dated the 3d instant, is herewith enclosed.

I send also a transcript of a letter relating to the same subject, dated
the 1st in- 
stant, addressed to the Assistant Secretary of State by the secretary of
the board 
of delegates. 
If the facts represented to "you by the governing committee of the Hebrew

congregation at Tangier, and derived by you from other sources, should be
con- 
firmed by subsequent investigation of the painful occurrence which took place

at Saffi, you are authorized to exert all proper influence to prevent a repetition

of the barbarous cruelties to which Israelitas in the Moorish empire have,
on 
account of their religion, been subjected. Such a course, which is dictated
by 
common humanity, will, no doubt, be pursued by the representatives of all
the 
Christian powers at Tangier, and their united efforts will, it is believed,
effectually 
check the proceedings complained of. 
I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
WILLIAM H. SEWARD. 
JESSE H. M'MATH, 3fC.,  c, ic., Tangier. 
Mr. Josephs to Mr. Seward. 
No. 85.]       BOARD OF DELEGATES OF AMERICAN ISRAELITES. 
NEW YORK, Kislev, 14, 5624, 
November 25, 1863. 
SIR- It becomes our duty, as representatives of the American Israelites,

to bring to the attention of your department a matter in -wich we feel assured

that we have your sympathy, and can rely upon your kind offices in adopting

our suggestions, as far as may be consistent with the policy and views of
our 
government. 
Information has reached us'of the renewal of atrocities and barbarities toward

the Jewish population of Tangier, that are regarded as foreboding a general

persecution of the Israelites of Morocco. Such a powerful effect has the
bare 
recital of these outrages had upon the minds ofv our co-religionists in Great

Britain, to whom the intelligence was first communicated, that they have
com- 
missioned the venerable Sir Moses Montefiore to visit the scene and represenlt

-them; and, accompanied by two other gentlemen of the "Board of Deputies
of 
British Jews," he has set out for Morocco, assured of the cordial co-operation

and sympathy of the British government, who have, we understand, tendered

him the aid and influence of their representatives in Morocco, whom they
have 
instructed to further the mission of the Jewish representatives in securing
jus- 
tice to unoffending, innocent Israelites, accused of fearful crimes, and
barbar-