List of Papers, with their Subjects.
proclamation.
| No. | Date. | Subject. | Page. | |
| 1 | Proclamation | 1875. May 2 | Extending the duration of the “Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims” for six months from and after July 22, 1875. | 1 |
argentine republic.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 2 | Mr. Osborn to Mr. Fish | 1874. Aug. 12 | Dr. Don Nicolas Avellaneda declared President, and Don Mariano Acosta Vice-President, of the Argentine Republic by the National Congress; attempted assassination of Señor Lanus. | 3 |
| 3 | do | Sept. 12 | Dr. Tejedor, minister of foreign affairs for the Argentine Republic, goes to Rio de Janeiro to conclude negotiations respecting Paraguay, Villa Occidental, and the Triple Alliance; the island of Martin Garcia armed by the Argentines. | 3 |
| 4 | do | Sept. 29 | Seizure of the two government gunboats “Parana” and “Uruguay” by the nationalists and the inauguration of open rebellion thereby. | 4 |
| 5 | do | Oct. 5 | Progress of the revolution inaugurated as above; manifesto of Congress; Generals Mitre and Rivas at the head of the rebels. | 6 |
| 6 | do | Oct. 13 | Inauguration of President Avellaneda; farewell address of President Sarmiento; speech of President Avellaneda: manifesto of General Mitre. | 9 |
| 7 | do | Nov. 13 | Progress of the rebellion; a gloomy outlook; protracted struggle anticipated General Mitre’s proclamation. | 17 |
| 8 | do | Dec. 15 | Suppression of the rebellion; defeat or General Mitre and his army; official dispatch of the surrender President Avellaneda’s amnesty. | 19 |
| 9 | do | 1875. Mar. 1 | Mob-violence in Buenos Ayres against the Jesuits; the archbishop’s palace and Jesuits’ college sacked and burned; the province declared in a state of siege: causes of the outbreak. | 22 |
| 10 | do | Mar. 6 | General Mitre and ten of his companions in the late rebellion arrive in Buenos Ayres as prisoners. | 23 |
| 11 | do | Mar. | Dr. Tejedor appointed minister to Brazil to adjust difficulties between both countries; rumors of Brazilian objections to the arming of the island of Martin Garcia. | 24 |
| 12 | do | Apr. 12 | Dr. Tejedor about to depart for Brazil; the Paraguayan question; the Bolivian boundary troubles. | 25 |
| 13 | do | May 10 | Opening of the Argentine Congress; President Avellaneda’a address. | 28 |
| 14 | do | June 7 | Celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Argentine independence; an amnesty decree issued. | 34 |
| 15 | do | June 15 | Dr. Tejedor’s return from his special mission to Brazil; results of the mission. | 36 |
| 16 | do | June 24 | The Paraguayan government rejects the treaty concluded between Dr. Tejedor and Señor Sosa; Dr. Tejedor replies to the strictures of the Brazilian press, giving an account of the negotiations. | 37 |
austria hungary.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 17 | Mr. Jay to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 18 | Arrival in Vienna of the commission appointed by the President in reference to the improvement of the Mississippi; courtesies extended to the commission by the Austro-Hungarian authorities. | 41 |
| 18 | do | Oct. 7 | Vienna Exposition; medals and diplomas awarded to American exhibitors. | 42 |
| 19 | do | Oct. 19 | Same subject | 44 |
| 20 | do | Dec. 26 | Potato-beetle; information thereon furnished by the Agricultural Department for the Swiss minister at Vienna. | 45 |
| 21 | do | Dec. 27 | The President’s message; misrepresentation of the same by the cable; satisfaction expressed on receipt of the correct version. | 47 |
| 22 | do | 1875. Mar. 4 | End of ministerial crisis and formation of a fusion ministry; financial troubles of the empire for the past two years. | 48 |
| 23 | do | Mar. 18 | Programme of the tour of the Emperor to Italy and Dalmatia; political importance attached thereto. | 49 |
| 24 | Mr. Delaplaine to Mr. Fish | Apr. 2 | The same subject | 53 |
| 25 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Delaplaine | Apr. 7 | Transmitting act of Congress of March 3, 1875, in relation to the immigration of objectionable persons. | 55 |
| 26 | Mr. Delaplaine to Mr. Fish | Apr. 27 | Navigation of the Danube; the new bed opened for vessels of all classes; the work of improvement and the obstacles overcome in accomplishing the same. | 55 |
| 27 | do | May 5 | The Emperor’s tour through Dalmatia; results attached thereto in Vienna. | 56 |
| 28 | Mr. Orth to Mr. Fish | Sept. 21 | The insurrection in Herzegovina; progress of the same. | 57 |
barbary states.
morocco.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 29 | Mr. Mathews to Mr. Fish | 1874. Aug. 24 | Disturbed state of the province of Tangier; meeting of the foreign representatives in relation thereto; note presented to the Moorish minister demanding that an end be put to the present state of affairs. | 59 |
| 30 | do | Sept. 21 | The same subject; note received from Cid Mohamed Barjash in reply to the note sent by the foreign representatives. | 60 |
| 31 | do | Sept. 28 | The plague; measures taken for the prevention of its introduction into Morocco. | 61 |
| 32 | do | 1875. Apr. 1 | United States frigate Franklin arrives at Tangier; Rear-Admiral Worden is introduced to the minister for foreign affairs; the British minister visits the Emperor at Fez; arrival of the Italian transport Dora. | 61 |
| 33 | do | June 28 | KaidJilaly Ben Hamo appointed pasha of Tangier; his energy in treating insubordination; what is expected from his appointment. | 62 |
tripoli.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 34 | Mr. Vidal to Mr. Hunter | 1875. Mar. 1 | Return of Mr. Vidal from an overland journey along the African coast; account of the journey; the slave-traffic. | 62 |
tunis.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 35 | Mr. Heap to Mr. Hunter | 1874. Nov. 14 | “Inland sea of North Africa;” report on the un-feasibility of connecting the Great Desert with the sea at Gabes, on the eastern coast of the regency of Tunis. | 64 |
| 36 | Mr. Heap to Mr. Hunter | Dec. 31 | Sensational dispatches in the French and German press concerning the regency of Tunis; recall of the French chargé d’affaires for his connection with the same; reports supposed to he concocted by the enemies of General Keredine; a French expedition to commence a careful survey of country to be submerged to the south of Algeria for the creation of a large inland sea; obstacles thereto. | 68 |
| 37 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Heap | 1875. Mar. 12 | The consular residence occupied by Mr. Heap offered by the Bey as a gift to the United States; the President authorized to accept the same. | 70 |
| 38 | Mr. Heap to Mr. Hunter | June 14 | Commissions sent by the Italian and French governments to make surveys in relation to connecting the Great Desert with the sea. | 70 |
belgium.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 39 | Mr. Jones to Mr. Fish | 1874. Dec. 17 | A letter from the King proposing to offer an annual prize of a thousand francs to encourage intellectual researches: terms on which competition is to be allowed. | 71 |
| 40 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Delfosse | Nov. 9 | Notifying of the termination of the treaty of 1858 between the United States and Belgium; the United States ready to negotiate a new treaty embodying the principles of the old, with the exception of two objectionable articles. | 72 |
bolivia.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 41 | Mr. Reynolds to Mr. Fish | 1874. Dec. 23 | Mutiny of the troops at La Paz, and General Quevedo proclaimed President; the city in the hands of the soldiers. | 73 |
| 42 | do | Dec. 24 | The same subject; excesses of the soldiers; General Daza expected to march on the city to re-establish the authority of the government. | 74 |
| 43 | do | Dec. 31 | The same subject; the killed and wounded; the prevailing feeling of consternation. | 74 |
| 44 | do | 1875. Jan. 6 | The same subject; arrival of General Quevedo at La Paz to head the revolt and resist the troops under General Daza; order issued by General Quevedo in relation to the protection of foreign legations and consulates. | 75 |
| 45 | do | Jan. 14 | The same subject; General Quevedo leaves the city of La Paz to encounter the government troops under General Daza. | 77 |
| 46 | do | Jan. 19 | The same subject; entire defeat of the revolutionists in a battle twelve miles from La Paz; Quevedo, with a remnant of his troops, retreats on La Paz, then leaves the city during the night; entry of President Frias, his ministers, and the troops. | 77 |
| 47 | do | Feb. 12 | In relation to the arrest of Mr. Reynolds’s servant; correspondence thereon with General Lanza and Dr. Corral. | 78 |
| 48 | do | Feb. 19 | The late attempted revolution; General Quevedo and Dr. Corral authorize Mr. Reynolds to mediate with the constitutional authorities; on receipt of Mr. Reynolds’s reply they fly the city. | 81 |
| 49 | do | Feb. 20 | The protection of the American legation asked by many persons against interference by the government; conditions on which such protection could be given; conversation thereon with the minister for foreign affairs. | 82 |
| do | Mar. 11 | Revolt at Cochabamba still in progress; the government troops en route to that city; awaiting instructions defining more fully the duties of minister in revolutionary times. | 84 | |
| 51 | Mr. Reynolds to Mr. Fish | Mar. 20 | Another attempted revolution at La Paz; heroic defense of the palace by a few citizen soldiers against the revolutionists; account of the battle; revolution still rampant in Cochabamba. | 84 |
| 52 | do | Mar. 25 | The same subject; review of the battle; the killed and wounded; the indignation at the burning of the palace; defeat of the revolutionists at Youngar. | 86 |
| 53 | do | Mar. 28 | The right of asylum; the case of Mr. Poso, who sought the protection of the American legation; correspondence thereon with the minister for foreign affairs. | 87 |
| 54 | do1 | Mar. 31 | The revolution at Cochabamba complete victory of the government troops; the revolutionists defeated in a thirty minutes’ fight. | 88 |
| 55 | do | April 7 | Attempted revolution at La Paz; refused asylum to all persons engaged in the burning of the palace. | 89 |
brazil.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 56 | Mr. Partridge to Mr. Fish | 1874. Aug. 24 | Long-promised reform still being debated; the difficulty with the Argentine Republic; Rear-Admiral Le Roy relieves Rear-Admiral Strong; the Lancaster and the Monongahela still in the harbor. | 90 |
| 57 | do | Aug. 24 | Consular conventions for settlement of estates of subjects of France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, who died intestate, have ceased to exist; does not affect the United States, whose consuls intervene under the law of 1845. | 90 |
| 58 | do | Oct. 24 | The civil war in the Argentine Republic; unreliability of the news thereof; complacency of the Brazilians at the misfortunes of their neighbors; prosperity of Brazil. | 91 |
| 59 | do | Nov. 12 | Failure of the legislative chambers to pass the appropriation bills before adjournment; an extra session to be called; statistics in relation to the financial condition of Brazil for a series of years. | 92 |
| 60 | do | Nov. 19 | Revenue system of Brazil, taken from the estimates and facts set forth in the report of the minister of finance for 1874. | 94 |
| 61 | do | Nov. 20 | Conflict between the civil power and the ecclesiastical party; the bishops of Olinda and Para still in prison; the matter assumes a new phase; the different complications of the subject. | 97 |
| 62 | do | Nov. 23 | Quietness during the parliamentary recess; the Pope’s dissatisfaction with Brazil; good order throughout the provinces, but much embarrassment on account of financial difficulties. | 99 |
| 63 | do | Dec. 22 | Proposed duty on coffee imported into the United States: Mr. Partridge and the minister for foreign affairs in relation to the tariff-laws of Brazil and the United states. | 99 |
| 64 | do | 1875. Jan. 19 | The same subject; correspondence thereon between Viscount de Caravella and Mr. Partridge. | 102 |
| 65 | do | Jan. 22 | Coffee export to, and consumption in, the United States; interesting statistics concerning the same. | 103 |
| 66 | do | Jan. 25 | Disturbances in the eastern provinces; relations with the River Plate republics; the good order in Brazil as compared with the Argentine Republic. | 105 |
| 67 | do | Feb. 3 | Depression in commercial affairs partly due to excessive importations; imports into Rio Janeiro; review of the financial condition, and the causes leading thereto. | 106 |
| 68 | do | Feb. 21 | The arming of the island of Martin Garcia by the Argentine government: uneasiness in Brazil. | 107 |
| 69 | do | Mar. 23 | Extra session of the Legislative Assembly opened on the 16th by the Emperor for the purpose of passing the appropriation bills. | 107 |
| 70 | Mr. Partridge to Mr. Fish | Mar. 24 | No improvement in the financial condition of the River Plate republics; Paraguay suffering from the same cause; two Argentine iron-clads from England have called at Rio de Janeiro; menaces of the Argentines are for political purposes; no danger of war apprehended. | 108 |
| 71 | do | Apr. 13 | Arming of the island of Martin Garcia by the Argentine Republic interferes with the free navigation of the river; a meeting of the charges of France, England) and Italy, and the American minister, called by Vizconde Caravellas, to propose that those governments would induce the Argentines to cease fortifying the island. | 109 |
| 72 | do | Apr. 19 | Agricultural interests; the heavy export-duty destroying the cultivation of sugar; proposed reduction of export-duties not enough to satisfy the cultivators: the revenue difficulty. | 110 |
| 73 | do | Apr. 23 | The legislative chambers; the budget presented; expenditures will exceed the estimates; slow progress of Brazil; large expenditures. | 111 |
| 74 | do | Apr. 24 | Hurrying business through the legislative chamber’s; reduction of Brazilian garrison at Asuncion, Paraguay; the military occupation of Paraguay prevents civil war; the yellow fever; the new coffee-crop. | 112 |
| 75 | do | May 1 | The Argentine minister received by the Emperor of Brazil; an amicable settlement of the difficulties between the two Countries expected. | 113 |
| 76 | do | May 22 | The same subject; negotiations progressing satisfactorily; conditions of settlement. | 113 |
| 77 | do | May 22 | The financial crisis; bank suspension; scarcity of money; the government asks leave to issue $13,000,000 in interest-bearing notes. | 113 |
| 78 | do | May 24 | Report of the ministers of finance to the chambers: increase of the public debt. | 114 |
| 79 | do | May 25 | The chambers debating the proposed measure of financial relief; negotiations with the Argentine Republic satisfactorily concluded. | 115 |
| 80 | do | June 10 | Sudden departure of the Argentine minister without a final settlement of the dispute between the two countries; surprise at the same; reasons therefor. | 115 |
| 81 | do | Aug. 7 | Brazilian export of coffee to the United States; the effects of the probable restoration of the duty on coffee in the United States; tables showing the exports of coffee from Brazil for a number of years. &c. | 117 |
| 82 | do | Aug. 20 | Passage of a law for the punishment in Brazil of foreigners for certain acts committed beyond the jurisdiction of Brazil; full text of the same. | 123 |
| 83 | do | Aug. 21 | Thanks of the United States Government to Baron de Ivanheima and Dr. de Rocha, of the Brazilian navy, for friendly services to the United States frigate Lancaster. | 126 |
central american states.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 84 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Williamson. | 1874. Aug. 24 | The satisfaction to be demanded for the breaking into the United States consulate at Omoa and insult to the American flag. | 127 |
| 85 | Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish. | Aug. 26 | The extent of the postal service of Guatemala | 127 |
| 86 | do | Sept. 7 | Firing a salute to the British flag at San José de Guatemala for the outrage committed on Mr. Magee, the British vice-consul at that, place. | 128 |
| 87 | do | Sept. 7 | Earthquake in Guatemala; large destruction of life and property. | 129 |
| 88 | do | Sept. 8 | Attempted creation of a revolution in the Mosquito territory by a British subject; the British government said to countenance the same; the British charge denies all knowledge of the matter. | 129 |
| 89 | do | Sept. 9 | The coming election in Honduras for the presidency; the candidates for the office; excitement concerning the same. | 130 |
| 90 | Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish | Sept. 16 | Celebration of the fifty-third anniversary of the independence of Guatemala; lack of enthusiasm among the people on the occasion; intelligence slowly but surely spreading anions: the people. | 131 |
| 91 | do | Sept. 23 | Forwards sample of the fiber of the “escobilla,” or Guatemala plant, of the jute species, which might become a valuable agricultural product in the United States; the nature and qualities of the plant. | 132 |
| 92 | do | Sept. 25 | Tranquillity of the Central American States; the coming elections in Nicaragua and Honduras likely to pass without revolution; Costa Rica all a quiet. | 133 |
| 93 | do | Oct. 5 | Boundary question between Mexico and Guatemala; Mr. Williamson requested by the prime minister to open a correspondence with the United States minister in Mexico, with a view to the speedy adjustment of the question; complications which may arise to prevent a settlement. | 133 |
| 94 | do | Oct. 6 | Contract to build a railroad from San José to Guatemala City given to an Englishman; rumors in regard to the same; the contractor gone abroad to negotiate for the means to construct the road; he is said to be accredited to the Sublime Porte as minister plenipotentiary from Guatemala. | 134 |
| 95 | do | Oct. 7 | Exploration of mounds near the city of Guatemala by Mr. Williamson; report upon the same; ancient manuscripts. | 135 |
| 96 | do | Oct. 10 | Public schools of Guatemala; government report upon the same showing great progress. | 137 |
| 97 | do | Oct. 13 | Outrage upon the American consulate at Omoa; correspondence with the Honduras minister for foreign affairs thereon. | 138 |
| 98 | do | Nov. 3 | Attempt to overthrow the government of Costa Rica; the revolutionists dispersed; fugitives taken on board the Pacific mail steamer Mohongo, which will be cause of serious complaint against the company. | 139 |
| 99 | do | Nov. 12 | The trouble on the Mosquito coast; President Quadra gives a full account of the same; British subjects the instigators of the trouble. | 140 |
| 100 | do | Dec. 3 | No doubt about the election of President Leiva in Honduras. | 141 |
| 101 | do | Dec. 20 | Outrage upon the American consulate at Omoa: letter from the minister for foreign affairs of Honduras on the subject; the letter not satisfactory, yet hopes are entertained that the satisfaction demanded will be given. | 142 |
| 102 | do | 1875. Jan. 6 | The trouble on the Mosquito coast; proclamation of the Mosquito King. | 143 |
| 103 | do | Jan. 9 | The so-called attempted assassination of President Guardia, of Costa Rica; the case of Pena the supposed assassin; correspondence concerning the same; protest of the mother of Pena in regard to the action of the captain of the Arizona. | 144 |
| 104 | do | Jan. 23 | Primary public instruction; decree of the government of Guatemala in relation thereto; praiseworthy attempt to inaugurate a public-school system. | 148 |
| 105 | do | Feb. 2 | The Mosquito King’s pretensions; correspondence with the Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs; attention directed to certain words in the, same; the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. | 149 |
| 106 | do | Feb. 3 | Trouble between Nicaragua and Costa Rica in consequence of acts reported in Mr. Williams’s No. 267; substance of correspondence which has passed between the governments thereon. | 152 |
| 107 | do | Feb. 4 | Result of the recent presidential election m Nicaragua announced by the minister for foreign affairs; the American minister invited to attend the inauguration. | 154 |
| 108 | do | Feb. 16 | The Mosquito trouble; the British government supposed to be concerned in the same; dispatch from the United States commercial agent at San Juan del Norte thereon. | 155 |
| 109 | Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish | Mar. 23 | The outrage on the American consulate at Omoa; settlement of the affair; salute to the American flag fired in the plaza at Comayagua, March 22; protocol of settlement, and correspondence thereon. | 157 |
| 110 | do | Apr. 19 | Reception of Don Juan José Garza, as envoy extraordinary from Mexico, by the government of Guatemala; the special mission of the minister; statement in regard to the state of affairs between Mexico and Guatemala. | 164 |
| 111 | do | Apr. 28 | The outrage on the American consulate at Omoa; article from El Nacional showing why the perpetrators of the outrage were not punished by the government of Honduras. | 167 |
| 112 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Williamson | Apr. 30 | The outrage at Omoa; the settlement of the same considered as good as could, be expected; Mr. Williamson’s course approved. | 168 |
| 113 | Mr. Williamson to Mr. Fish | May 7 | The boundary question between Nicaragua and Costa Rica; correspondence between the two governments concerning the same; Costa Rica proposes Chili as an arbiter. | 168 |
| 114 | do | May 13 | President Guardia’s message to the Costa Rican Congress. | 171 |
| 115 | do | July 30 | Expulsion of Jesuits from Costa Rica; reasons therefor. | 174 |
| 116 | do | Aug. 25 | Decree re-organizing the university of Guatemala City. | 175 |
chili.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 117 | Mr. Logan to Mr. Fish | 1874. Oct. 8 | The “Tacna” affair; demands of England: correspondence thereon; fears that England will concentrate her whole Pacific fleet in Valparaiso Bay to enforce her demands; the Chilian minister for foreign relations desires the good offices of the Secretary of State in procuring, through the American minister to England, an amicable settlement of the case. | 177 |
| 118 | do | Nov. 2 | Passage of an amendment to the penal-code bill by the Chilian senate annulling the provisions obnoxious to the church party; excitement created by its passage; the power of the clerics used to the utmost limit to carry their point; the liberals a majority in the republic. | 179 |
| 119 | do | 1875. Feb. 12 | President Grant’s message gives universal satisfaction to the American residents in Chili | 181 |
| 120 | do | Feb. 27 | Postal convention between Chili and Germany; calls attention to former suggestions showing the necessity for concluding a postal treaty between Chili and the United States; text of the convention. | 181 |
| 121 | do | Apr. 12 | Settlement of the Chileno-Peruvian question by Mr. Logan, as arbiter, to the satisfaction of the parties concerned; complimentary acknowledgments of Mr. Logan’s labors. | 185 |
| 122 | do | May 24 | The same subject; full text of the sentence and award of the arbiter. | 188 |
| 123 | do | June 4 | The “Tacna” affair; England accepts the proposition of Chili to submit the question to arbitration, and the Emperor of Germany is selected as the arbitrator; the result received in Chili with great satisfaction. | 199 |
china.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 124 | Mr. Williams to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 17 | Prince Kung degraded by the Emperor; Prince Kung restored to his former rank next day; reasons therefor; decrees of degradation and restoration. | 200 |
| 125 | do | Oct. 2 | Prince Kung notifies Mr. Williams that Wan-Yen-Ping, a Chinese adventurer, is reported to be traveling through the United States as a Chinese commissioner, and requests that he be arrested and returned to China; correspondence thereon. | 202 |
| 126 | do | Oct. 10 | The same subject; Prince Kung quotes the XVIIIth article of the American treaty as applying to the case of Wan-Yen-Ping. | 204 |
| 127 | do | Oct. 28 | An American, engaged, by the Chinese pilot-service at New-chwang, who had been punished by the consul for an assault on a Chinese woman, is suspended by the harbor-master in consequence of his conduct; Mr. Williams sustains the action of the harbor-master; correspondence covering the whole question; general harbor regulations and by-laws at New-chwang. | 205 |
| 128 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Williams | Nov. 9 | The case of General Le Gendre; protest of the Japanese consul at Amoy in regard to General Le Gendre’s immunity from trial on the ground that he was a commissioner from Japan to China; the Department desires further details concerning General Le Gendre’s employment with the Japanese. | 220 |
| 129 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | Nov. 12 | The Formosan difficulty; Prince Kung transmits to Mr. Avery the terms of agreement effected between China and’ Japan; feeling of relief that the dangers of hostilities are passed; Mr. Avery’s congratulations to Prince Kung. | 221 |
| 130 | do | Nov. 12 | Railways and telegraphs in China; efforts of the American legation to impress the Chinese authorities with their importance for the development of the empire; building of a short experimental railway at Shanghai; the Great Northern Telegraph Company, its labors and obstacles in China; agreement between the company and the Chinese authorities to erect a line between Foo-chow and Amoy; the Chinese authorities request the work stopped; pressure brought to bear on the authorities to make them reconsider their decision. | 223 |
| 131 | do | Nov. 23 | The admission of Chinese to the Military Academy at West Point, desired by the governor of Tien-tsin the question discussed by Mr. Avery. | 227 |
| 132 | do | Dec. 4 | Mr. Avery has audience with the Emperor, and present’s the President’s letter; interesting description of the presentation and the preparatory ceremonies; correspondence between Mr. Avery and the Chinese officials. | 228 |
| 133 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Williams | Dec. 10 | The ease of Wan-Yen-Ping; no extradition can be granted in the absence of treaty-provisions. | 235 |
| 134 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | Dec. 10 | A British subject employed by the Chinese to purchase in England machinery to work coal and iron mines in the province of Chihli. | 235 |
| 135 | do | Dec. 17 | The Chimi affair: good results of the settlement by Mr. Sheppard, United States consul at Tientsin; a British missionary’s testimony to the same. | 236 |
| 136 | do | Dec. 20 | General De Raasloff, Danish envoy extraordinary, arrives at Peking on a mission extraordinary—the securing from the authorities protection for the lines of Danish telegraph in operation in the empire; statement of the case, and the necessity for the co-operation of the representatives of the foreign powers with General Raasloff; meeting of the foreign ministers, and protocol signed by them in relation to the subject. | 237 |
| 137 | do | Dec. 21 | Transit of Venus as observed at Peking by the American and French astronomers. | 241 |
| 138 | do | Dec. 22 | Sickness of the Emperor; decree in relaton to the same issued, appointing the Empress-dowagers to take charge of affairs during the Emperor’s illness. | 243 |
| 139 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | 1875. Jan. 6 | The same subject; interpretation of the coincidence of the Emperor’s sickness and the transit of Venus; grand religious ceremony on the twelfth day of the attack; description of the pageant; edicts in relation to the same. | 244 |
| 140 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Avery | Jan. 15 | In relation to the suspension of the American pilot at New-chwang by the harbor-master, as reported in Mr. Williams’s No. 69; opinion of the Department concerning the same. | 248 |
| 141 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | Jan. 27 | Unexpected death of the Emperor; review of his reign and of the Tsing dynasty; speculations as to the succession; the remains of the Emperor lying in state: the various decrees issued. | 250 |
| 142 | do | Jan. 27 | The Danish telegraphs; action taken by the foreign representatives for the protection of the same; correspondence with Prince Kung on the subject; the Chinese officials threatening to tear down the Foo-chow and Amoy line. | 260 |
| 143 | do | Feb. 7 | The same subject; additional facts; the foreign representatives meet to answer the note from the Tsung-li Yamen in answer to their protocol; they sign another protocol to the Yamen. | 263 |
| 144 | do | Feb. 19 | The employment of an agent to purchase machinery in England to work the coal-mines in the province of Chihli; further particulars concerning the same: an account of the coal-mines. | 265 |
| 145 | do | Feb. 28 | The Danish telegraphs; the latest phase of the question; violence committed on the Danish company’s Foo-chow and Amoy line and on the workmen; the Chinese authorities arranging for the purchase of the lines; correspondence concerning the same; project for the purchase of the line by the Chinese government has received the imperial sanction. | 267 |
| 146 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Avery | Mar. 4 | The same subject; the purport of General Raas-loff’s mission to China and the good results to flow from its success; a general statement of the question and the views of this Government thereon. | 274 |
| 147 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | Mar. 18 | The same subject; cutting and stealing the cables; attack on an American, and on his workmen, in charge of grading a railway between Shanghai and Woosung; statement of the affair; prompt and effective action of the American consul-general. | 275 |
| 148 | do | Mar. 19 | The same subject; the Foo-chow line to be bought by the Chinese government; full documentary history of the project by the American consul at Foo-chow. | 278 |
| 149 | do | Mar. 29 | State of affairs since the death of the Emperor; no discontent with the succession; mysterious convocation at the palace. | 287 |
| 150 | do | Mar. 30 | The customs taotai of Tien-tsin issues a proclamation in relation to impost; disturbance to the foreign trade caused thereby; the taotai issues another proclamation relieving the apprehensions of the foreign merchants; resistance of the native merchants to the new rule; statement of the case by the American consul at Tientsin. | 288 |
| 151 | do | Mar. 31 | The Cuban cooly traffic; the Chinese government prohibits further emigration to Cuba; protest of the Spanish chargé d’affaires; commission sent to Cuba to investigate the reports as to maltreatment of the Chinese; report of the commission showing the outrages committed on the coolies; the case as presented by China; the matter referred to the representatives of Great Britain, Russia, United States, France, and Germany; full correspondence covering the subject. | 292 |
| 152 | do | Apr. 1 | The Margary massacre; particulars of the same; action taken by the British minister thereon; memorandum regarding the murder. | 310 |
| 153 | do | Apr. 8 | The status of the Lew-Chew Islands; apprehended trouble between China and Japan concerning the same; Lew-Chewans in Peking with tribute; statement of the case to Mr. Avery by the chargé d’affaires of Japan. | 313 |
| 154 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Avery | Apr. 9 | Transmitting act of Congress, approved March 3, 1875, in relation to immigration, for communication to the Chinese government. | 316 |
| 155 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | Apr. 29 | Dr. Williams, secretary and interpreter to the American legation,, departs for the United States; Dr. Williams’s great work, A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, arranged according to the Wu Fang Yuen Yin, with the pronunciation of the characters as heard at Peking, Canton, &c. | 317 |
| 156 | do | May 12 | The Margary massacre; action of the British minister; the affair assuming a very grave character; the surroundings of the question; the British minister leaves Peking; British complaints against the Burmese; Chinese troops in Formosa to operate against the aborigines and to open the island to colonization; newspaper accounts of the Margary massacre; the French in Tonquin. | 318 |
| 157 | do | May 4 | Danish telegraph-lines in China; action of the foreign representatives for their protection; consummation of the purchase of the Foo-chow and Amoy line by the Chinese government. | 328 |
| 158 | do | May 30 | Political status of the Lew-Chew Islands; Japan to assert complete jurisdiction over the same. | 331 |
| 159 | do | June 1 | The rights of missionaries beyond the limits of the treaty-ports; correspondence with the American consul at Foo-chow on the subject. | 332 |
| 160 | do | June 1 | The Margary massacre; the governor-general of Yunnan has appointed the Tartar General Tan to bring the guilty parties to punishment; the massacre probably committed by some wild tribes. | 336 |
| 161 | do | June 11 | The rights of missionaries beyond the limits of the treaty-ports; Mr. Avery discourages the tendency to establish permanent missions in the interior; correspondence on the subject. | 337 |
| 162 | do | June 12 | The cooly traffic in Cuba; Mr. Avery shows to the Tsung li Yamen the liberal treatment of Chinese subjects in the United States, which should result in an equal liberality by the Chinese government toward Americans in China; correspondence with Prince Kung thereon. | 340 |
| 163 | do | June 14 | The Swedish vice-consul at Shanghai calls on Mr. Avery; the consul desires to ascertain the exact relations subsisting between Sweden and Norway and China; Mr. Avery puts him in communication with the Tsung’li Yamen to obtain the desired information. | 342 |
| 164 | do | June 16 | The Danish telegraph-line between Foo-chow and Amoy to be completed under the auspices of the Chinese government; text of the agreement between the Great Northern Telegraph Company and the Chinese authorities. | 342 |
| 165 | do | June 22 | Exhibition at a fair in the interior of a picture representing the massacre of foreigners; the foreign consuls at Tien-tsin address the governor of Chihli requesting him to punish the exhibitors; proclamation by the governor; the correspondence thereon. | 345 |
| 166 | do | June 23 | Trials between citizens of the United States and Chinese; correspondence concerning the interpretation of the 28th article of the treaty with China; cause of the correspondence; the taotai at Tien-tsin substitutes a British subject in his place in an American consular court; the taotai yields the point; action of Consul Sheppard; correspondence concerning the matter. | 347 |
| 167 | do | June 25 | General Raasloff, the Danish minister, having completed his special mission, goes to Japan as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary; he addresses a note to his colleagues upon the subject of the joint action had for the protection of submarine cables; text of the note; Mr. Avery’s notes to General Raasloff. | 352 |
| 168 | do | July 7 | The Cuban cooly traffic; continuation of the subject from Mr. Avery’s No. 45; the foreign representatives mediating to settle the differences between the Spanish minister and the Chinese officials; correspondence with the Tsung li Yamen; the mediation suspended. | 356 |
| 169 | do | July 13 | Insurrection in Manchuria; troops forwarded for its suppression; causes of the various outbreaks in China; full account of the Manchurian outbreak from the American consul at New-chwang. | 374 |
| 170 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | July 16 | Unexpected indication of a progressive spirit manifesting itself in the Chinese government; various memorials addressed to the Emperor by leading officials; inferences drawn by Mr. Avery from these memorials: text of the memorials. | 376 |
| 171 | do | July 18 | Attack on two Americans and on the American Methodist Episcopal Mission at Shui-Chang; failure of the local authorities to furnish redress; Mr. Avery lays the affair before Prince Kung; Mob violence toward American missionaries at Kiu-kiang and the destruction of the chapel and buildings of the mission; correspondence between Mr. Avery and Prince Kung on the same; various correspondence thereon. | 383 |
| 172 | do | July 19 | The Chin-kiang disturbances; dispatch from Consul-General Seward and Consul Colby, giving particulars of the affair and the bringing of the offenders to justice; prompt intervention of Mr. Seward and firm persistence of Mr. Colby. | 391 |
| 173 | do | July 19 | Assault upon foreigners in Peking and vicinity; the same liable to be exaggerated by newspapers; Mr. Avery’s statement of the assaults; incendiary placard. | 396 |
| 174 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Avery | July 29 | Political status of the Lew-Chew Islands; Mr. Avery is referred to the compact between the United States and the government of Lew-Chew. | 398 |
| 175 | do | July 30 | Missionary rights in China; Mr. Avery’s reply, in his No. 61, to Mr. De Lano’s inquiries approved; no further instructions deemed necessary concerning the question at present. | 398 |
| 176 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Avery | Aug. 11 | The same subject; the Department sees no reason in recent communications to change the views expressed in the foregoing. | 399 |
| 177 | do | Aug. 14 | Immigration laws of the United States; Mr. Avery’s friendly spirit, as manifested in his Communications, in his No. 64, with Tsung li Yamen, approved; this government always ready to protect and liberally treat all honest Chinese immigrants. | 399 |
| 178 | do | Aug. 14 | The exhibition of the incendiary picture in the province of. Chihli; the vigorous action of the foreign consuls was required; the action of the viceroy seems to have been prompt and intended in good faith. | 400 |
| 179 | do | Aug. 16 | Trials between citizens of the United States and Chinese; the substitution of a British subject by the taotai of Tien-Tsin to sit in his stead in the American consular court, as related in Mr. Avery’s No. 70; opinion of the Department; the British subject clearly wrong in attempting to take the taotai’s place in court. | 400 |
| 180 | Mr. Avery to Mr. Fish | Aug. 17 | A Japanese royal commission arrive in China to inspect several departments of the Chinese government, with a view to the modification of the Japanese system if it should be considered necessary; the labors of the various commissioners. | 401 |
| 181 | do | Aug. 18 | Assaults upon American missionaries; as a result of the efforts made for redress, Mr. Avery forwards translation of an important proclamation issued in the province of Fuhkien. | 402 |
| 182 | Mr. Seward to Mr. Cadwalader. | 1874. Nov. 11 | The Formosan difficulty; the terms of settlement; newspaper extracts concerning the same. | 405 |
| 183 | do | 1875. Mar. 15 | The Chinese loan; the significance of that government borrowing money from foreigners; news-paper comments on the same. | 408 |
| 184 | do | April 27 | Telegraphs, in China; the taotai at Shanghai directs his subordinates to protect the same within their jurisdiction; prospects for the settlement of the difficulty about the Foo-chow-Amoy line. | 411 |
| 185 | do | June 14 | The same subject; final settlement with the Great Northern Telegraph Company by the Chinese government of the difficulty about the Foo-chow-Amoy lines; purchase of the line by the Chinese. | 412 |
| 186 | do | June 29 | The disturbance at Chin-Kiang; the attack on Mr. Colby, the American consul, and wife; the action of Mr. Seward; statements of the case by Mr. Colby and Mr. Seward. | 412 |
colombia.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 187 | Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Fish | 1875. Jan. 5 | Indemnity claim against Colombia of Cotesworth & Powell, merchants, of London, pressed by the English government; statement of the fact’s of the case; Mr. Scruggs, at the request of the British minister-resident, consents to act as commissioner to represent the British claimants in the case. | 417 |
| 188 | do | Jan. 27 | Riotous proceeding in Bogotá: the indifference of the authorities; revolutionary agitators sup-nosed to be inciting the people. | 419 |
| 189 | do | Feb. 6 | Assembling of the Colombian Congress; the President’s message; its exhibits and recommendations: synopsis of the same. | 420 |
| 190 | do | Feb. 17 | Provisions in the Colombian constitution governing the election of President; excitement over the coming election; the secretary of war and the commander-in-chief of the army deposed by the President: tranquillity ensues. | 422 |
| 191 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Scruggs | Feb. 18 | The indemnity claim of Cotesworth & Powell pressed by the English government; Mr. Scruggs is permitted to act as commissioner; gravity of the results of its settlement; Attorney-General Akerman’s opinion in the case of a similar claim, forwarded for Mr. Scruggs’ information. | 423 |
| 192 | Mr. Scruggs to Mr. Fish | Feb. 27 | Debt of Colombia statement of the same from the annual report of the secretary of the treasury. | 424 |
| 193 | do | Feb. 27 | Celebration of Washington’s birthday; the day observed by the Colombian officials and foreign representatives as well as by the American residents; resolution commemorative of the day passed by the Colombian Congress. | 425 |
| 194 | do | Apr. 17 | Memorial of the secretary of the interior and foreign affairs to Congress: digest of the same—foreign relations; the Montijo case; agreement of arbitration; interoceanic-canal project; the case of Cuba: boundary question between Colombia and: Venezuela still unsettled. | 426 |
| 195 | do | Apr. 26 | Return of the Colombian special envoy from Venezuela; he reports the present government of that country as a pure military despotism; he was advised that not one real of the sum due the United States would be paid by Venezuela. | 430 |
| 196 | do | May 17 | The presidential contest assuming a more serious aspect; plans of the Nunez adherents to separate the coast states from the interior; the action to be taken by the British minister in certain Contingencies. | 431 |
| 197 | do | June 7 | The same subject; hostilities commenced; the State government of Magdalen a overthrown, and the custom-house at Carthagena seized by the insurgents; increase of the army; action of Mr. Scruggs for the protection of American interests; action of the British minister in behalf of English interests; Mr. Scruggs advises that some national vessels be sent to the Colombian coast; correspondence with the minister of foreign affairs. | 432 |
| 198 | do | June 7 | Terrible earthquake on the Colombian and Venezuelan frontiers; wholesale destruction of life and property; statement of the frightful scenes; action of the foreign representatives. | 434 |
| 199 | do | July 17 | The presidential election complications; a peace commission composed of the leaders of both candidates in session in Panama to settle the dispute; hope that the worst has passed. | 436 |
| 200 | do | Aug. 14 | The same subject; hostilities renewed: arrest and seizure of men and steamers by the insurgents; martial-law declared; action of the foreign ministers: correspondence between Mr. Scruggs and the secretary of foreign relations. | 437 |
| 201 | do | Aug. 15 | The same subject; determination of the President to put down the rebellion on the coast by force of arms; the States which support the general government; the difficulty of seeing any cause of the trouble. | 439 |
denmark.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 202 | Mr. Cramer to Mr. Fish | 1875. Mar. 13 | Street-railroads; law passed by the Danish Rigsdag in relation to the same. | 440 |
| 203 | do | April 2 | Danish copper and bronze coins; withdrawal of certain denominations of the same from circulation from and after November 1, 1875. | 441 |
| 204 | do | June 14 | Resignation of the Danish cabinet, and appointment of a new cabinet. | 441 |
ecuador.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 205 | Mr. Biddle to Mr. Fish | 1875. April 20 | Arrival of President Morena in Guayaquil; his warm reception of Mr. Biddle; his love for the United States and admiration for President Grant; Americans engaged on the public works of Ecuador; the President compliments them highly. | 442 |
france.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 206 | Mr. Hoffman to Mr. Fish | 1874. Aug. 31 | Marriages of Americans at the legations | 442 |
| 207 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne | Oct. 23 | The Lafayette watch transmitted to Mr. Washburne for restoration to the Lafayette family, in accordance with the provisions of Congress. | 444 |
| 208 | do | Nov. 14 | Marriages of Americans at the legation | 445 |
| 209 | Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. | Dec. 4 | Reconvening of the National Assembly; prosperity of France; sound financial condition of the nation; immense exportations during the year; specie payments in France and in the United States; President Grant’s message on the resumption of specie payments warmly indorsed by Mr. Washburne; President McMahon’s message. | 447 |
| 210 | do | Dec. 10 | The Lafayette watch restored to the family; Mr. Washburne’s presentation remarks; Oscar de Lafayette’s reply; a list of the Lafayette family. | 449 |
| 211 | do | Dec. 24 | President Grant’s message; it is favorably received in France, especially those portions in relation to the finances and’ to Cuba; the garbled version transmitted by the cable. | 452 |
| 212 | do | Dec. 26 | Testimonials from the German government to the American diplomatic and consular officers in France for services rendered during the Franco-German war; Congress not having taken action in regard to the permission of the acceptance of the same, Mr. Washburne writes to Prince Hohenlohe that he cannot accept such testimonial; correspondence thereon. | 453 |
| 213 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Washburne. | Dec. 30 | The Lafayette watch; the manner of its presentation to the family by Mr. Washburne receives the warm approval of the Department. | 454 |
| 214 | Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish. | 1875. Jan. 7 | Meeting of the Assembly after the holiday recess; ministerial defeat on the legal measures for Algeria; the ministers place their resignations in the hands of the President; result unknown up to the hour of forwarding dispatch; President McMahon’s message. | 454 |
| 215 | do | Jan. 20 | Difficulty in forming a new ministry; Bonapartist victory in the election in the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées; excitement over the same. | 457 |
| 216 | do | Feb. 3 | The political situation; discussion on the constitutional laws; results of the same; the administration in an embarrassing position. | 458 |
| 217 | do | Feb. 9 | The elections: Versailles elects a republican; no choice in Côtes-du-Nord. | 460 |
| 218 | do | Feb. 26 | Proceedings in the French Legislative Assembly | 460 |
| 219 | do | Mar. 1 | The same subject; text of the constitutional laws as adopted. | 463 |
| 220 | Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish | Mar. 12 | Announcement of the new ministry; reasons for the delay in its formation; the members composing the new ministry. | 464 |
| 221 | do | Mar. 26 | Recess of the National Assembly; the former president of the Assembly having been made minister of the interior is replaced as president by the Duke d’Andriffrel Pasquier; sketch of the new president’s public career. | 465 |
| 222 | do | Apr. 23 | Geographical Society of Paris grants a gold medal to Captain Francis Hall for his explorations in the Polaris. Presentations by the same society to Abbé Armand David for travels in China and Mongolia, and to Dr. Schweinfurth for his explorations in the country of the Nyams-Nyams and Minbouttons. | 466 |
| 223 | do | May 21 | Constitutional bills introduced into the Assembly by Mr. Dafoure. | 466 |
| 224 | do | June 18 | The funeral of Count Rémusat; American sympathy for the loss of this statesman and scholar; sketch of his public career. | 470 |
| 225 | do | July 28 | Proceedings in the National Assembly | 471 |
| 226 | do | Aug. 3 | Debate upon claims of Frenchmen who had suffered losses during the late rebellion in the United States. | 472 |
| 227 | Mr. Bartholdi to Mr. Fish | 1874. Nov. 23 | Convocation of the metrical convention by the French government; statement as to the objects of the conference and the declarations of the several governments in connection therewith; Mr. Bartholdi extends invitation to the United States to participate in the conference. | 474 |
| 228 | do | 1875. Jan. 4 | Expulsion of the French Sisters of Charity from Mexico; the good offices of the American cabinet solicited with the Mexican government to get an extension of time for the departure of the sisters. | 475 |
| 229 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bartholdi | Jan. 6 | The same subject; the American minister to Mexico directed to make the necessary application to that government for the extension required. | 476 |
| 230 | do | Jan. 18 | The metrical conference; the invitation to be represented at the conference accepted; the President has designated Mr. Washburne, the minister to France, to represent the United States thereat. | 476 |
| 231 | Mr. Bartholdi to Mr. Fish | Feb. 19 | Meeting of an international congress in Paris for the promotion of geographical science; the French government would be very glad if the Government of the United States would lend its co-operation to the plan of the French Geographical Society. | 477 |
| 232 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bartholdi | Feb. 23 | Extension of time for the departure of the French Sisters of Charity from Mexico. | 478 |
| 233 | Mr. Bartholdi to Mr. Fish | Feb. 26 | The same subject; Mr. Bartholdi thanks Mr. Fish for the kind offices of the Government of the United States in securing for the Sisters the required extension of time. | 478 |
| 234 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bartholdi | Mar. 11 | Geographical conference at Paris; Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, Rev. W. Bjerring, and Mr. Wright W. Hawkins selected to represent the American Geographical Society at the conference. | 478 |
germany.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 235 | Mr. Davis to Mr. Fish | 1874. Oct. 13 | Imposition of an income-tax upon Americans residing in the German Empire. | 479 |
| 236 | do | Nov. 2 | The number of Americans visiting Germany, and the number who have taken up permanent residence there; claims of the German government on naturalized Americans; the protection given by the legation. | 485 |
| 237 | Mr. Nicholas Fish to Mr. Fish. | Nov. 16 | Interview with Baron von Bulow respecting the pending military cases. | 487 |
| 238 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Davis | Nov. 21 | Opinion expressed upon .the imposition of income-tax upon citizens of the United States in Germany. | 488 |
| 239 | Mr. Davis to Mr. Fish | 1875. Jan. 11 | The case of Edward Grübel | 489 |
| 240 | do | Mar. 13 | Relations between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. | 491 |
| 241 | do | Mar. 15 | Summary of the military laws of Germany | 533 |
| 242 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Davis | April 7 | Taking testimony in Germany by commissioners appointed under the authority of the courts of the United States. | 537 |
| 243 | Mr. Davis to Mr. Fish | April 19 | Church laws; text of a bill introduced in the Prussian House of Deputies to deprive ecclesiastical corporations of the right to manage their own affairs; correspondence between Catholic bishops and the Emperor; the bishops in reply to Prince Bismarck. | 538 |
| 244 | do | April 26 | The same subject; draft of a law for the management of church property in Catholic parishes. | 543 |
| 245 | do | May 10 | The same subject; bill for the suppression of Catholic monasteries, still pending before the Prussian Diet, to be followed by a bill regulating the status of the Old Catholics; inability of the Emperor to visit the King of Italy a great disappointment to the German liberals; the polity of the two powers; the religious agitation throughout Europe; the arming of France; newspaper articles on the subject. | 549 |
| 246 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Davis | June 8 | Taking testimony in Germany by commission; no positive prohibition of the same exists; Mr. Davis’s correspondence with Dr. Gneist on the subject; the practice in the Federal and State courts of the United States. | 562 |
| 247 | do | July 13 | The case of Arthur Steinkauler | 563 |
| 248 | Mr. Davis to Mr. Fish | Aug 23 | Claims of the German government to the military services of naturalized Americans; statement by Mr. Davis of the various cases which have occupied the attention of the legation during the year and how they have been disposed of. | 566 |
| 249 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Schlözer | 1874. Dec. 9 | Taking testimony by commission in Germany | 573 |
| 250 | Mr. Schlözer to Mr. Fish | Dec. 14 | Thanks of the imperial government to the Government of the United States for protection of German interests in Peru. | 576 |
| 251 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Schlözer | Dec. 15 | Protection of German interests in Peru by the American legation; acknowledges Mr. Schlözer’s note conveying the thanks of the imperial government for the same. | 577 |
| 252 | do | 1875. Jan. 8 | The naturalization of Jacob and Herman Kastellan. | 577 |
great britain.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 253 | Mr. Fish to General Schenck. | 1874. Oct. 3 | The transit of Venus; Rear-Admiral Davis requests that application be made to procure the free use of Australian telegraph-lines, and lines on the island of Java, to assist the American commission in the observations of the transit of Venus; General Schenck requested to procure the necessary privileges. | 579 |
| 254 | General Schenck to Mr. Fish | Oct 9 | Extraterritoriality in Japan; the necessity of continued concert of action between the treaty powers thereon. | 580 |
| 255 | do | Nov. 3 | The transit of Venus; the secretary of state for the colonies has telegraphed to the governments of Victoria and South Australia to grant the free use of their telegraph-lines to the American astronomers. | 581 |
| 256 | do | Nov. 7 | The same subject; Lord Derby informs General Schenck that the governments of Victoria and South Australia have granted the free use of their telegraph-lines to the American astronomers engaged in observing the transit; correspondence thereon. | 582 |
| 257 | Mr. Fish to General Schenck | Dec. 1 | Intervention in Japan of the foreign representatives, by a joint note, upon the arrest of a servant of the British minister; absence of the American minister’s name from the note; Mr. Bingham explains the same; General Schenck requested to read Mr. Bingham’s explanation to Lord Derby. | 583 |
| 258 | General Schenck to Mr. Fish | Dec. 19 | Same subject; General Schenck reads Mr. Bingham’s explanation to Lord Tenterden in the absence of Lord Derby. | 584 |
| 259 | do | Dec. 29 | British and Foreign Antislavery Society and the Universal Alliance; General Schenck forwards a communication from the same to the Secretary of State, asking that a delegate be appointed to represent the United States at a conference to be held in London; memorandum of the Antislavery Society; protocol of the congress of Vienna, 1815; resolutions of the Verona conference, 1822. | 585 |
| 260 | Mr. Fish to General Schenck | 1875. Jan. 28 | Same subject; were it the practice of the United States Government to participate in international conferences of the nature of the one under consideration, the date of the receipt of the invitation makes it impossible. | 589 |
| 261 | General Schenck to Mr. Fish | Feb. 5 | Assembling of Parliament; the Queen’s speech | 590 |
| 262 | Mr. Fish to General Schenck | Mar. 12 | Jurisdiction assumed by the local common-law courts of Great Britain in questions between the masters and crews of American vessels; the case of the ship Lathley Rich at Hong-kong; the laws of the United States in relation to similar cases between the masters and crews of British vessels; correspondence covering the Lathley Rich case. | 592 |
| 263 | do | Mar. 15 | Relations between Great Britain and Nicaragua in connection with the Mosquito protectorate. | 605 |
| 264 | General Schenck to Mr. Fish | Apr. 10 | The case of the American ship G. C. Trufant, transferred to the British flag in Liverpool in violation of the United States shipping regulations and against the protest of the American consul; correspondence covering the case. | 605 |
| 265 | do | Apr. 15 | The declaration of Paris; debate in Parliament thereon; petition in favor of its abrogation. | 616 |
| 266 | do | Apr. 17 | Relations between Great Britain and Nicaragua in connection with the Mosquito protectorate; no intent or desire on the part of Great Britain to interfere. | 631 |
| 267 | do | Apr. 19 | Jurisdiction assumed by the local common-law courts of Great Britain in questions arising between the masters and crews of American vessels; interview with Lord Derby concerning the same. | 633 |
| 268 | do | Apr. 21 | The case of the American vessel G. C. Trufant, transferred to the British flag contrary to the shipping regulations of the United States; correspondence with Lord Derby thereon. | 634 |
| 269 | do | Apr. 24 | Immigration to the United States of improper persons; printed copy of act of Congress in relation to the same left with Lord Derby; the soundness of the principle admitted by His Lordship. | 635 |
| 270 | do | June 1 | The peace of Europe; the part recently enacted by Great Britain by her friendly intervention between Germany and France; debate in Parliament thereon. | 636 |
| 271 | Mr. Hoffman to Mr. Fish | Aug. 28 | The transit of Venus; courtesies extended to the American astronomers in New Zealand; correspondence with Lord Derby thereon. | 640 |
| 272 | Mr. Watson to Mr. Cadwalader. | 1874. Oct. 17 | Limits of maritime jurisdiction; the six-mile limit claimed by Spain; Lord Derby to Mr. Watson on the same. | 641 |
| 273 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. | Nov. 23 | On the use of the canals in the State of New York by British subjects on an equality with the inhabitants of the United States. | 642 |
| 274 | do | Nov. 23 | Boundary-line between Labrador and the Dominion of Canada. | 643 |
| 275 | Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. | Nov. 24 | On the use of the canals in the United States by British subjects on an equality with Americans. | 645 |
| 276 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. | Nov. 30 | The river Detroit; report on the removal of certain obstructions to the safe navigation of the same. | 646 |
| 277 | Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. | Dec. 8 | On the free use of the canals in the United States by British vessels; reply of the governor of New York to Sir Edward Thornton’s note. | 646 |
| 278 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. | Dec. 26 | The use of the stores of the Polaris expedition, in depot at West Greenland, desired for the British expedition of 1875. | 649 |
| 279 | Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. | 1875. Jan. 22 | The question of maritime jurisdiction; the limits of the same, as understood by the Government of the United States. | 649 |
| 280 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. | Jan. 23 | The same subject | 650 |
| 281 | Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. | Jan. 23 | The stores of the Polaris expedition may be considered available for the British expedition; list of the same. | 650 |
| 282 | do | Feb. 11 | Reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada; its negotiation not deemed expedient by the Senate. | 653 |
| 283 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. | Feb. 22 | Unseaworthy ships; prevention of the use of same. | 653 |
| 284 | Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. | Mar. 1 | The same subject; privileges granted by the United States to vessels carrying the American flag. | 653 |
| 285 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish. | Mar. 5 | British vessels employed in the suppression of the slave-trade. | 654 |
| 286 | Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Cadwalader. | Apr. 5 | Indemnity awarded to British subjects by the mixed commission; the entire amount received from the Treasury Department. | 655 |
| 287 | do | May 14 | Naval salutes; rules governing the same in the I British navy. | 656 |
| 288 | Mr. Fish to Sir Edward Thornton. | June 30 | The same subject; the American Navy concurs in the proposed arrangement. | 656 |
| 289 | Mr. Cadwalader to Sir Edward Thornton. | Aug. 18 | The same subject; the rules will be embodied in the new edition of Regulations for the United States Navy. | 657 |
greece.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 290 | Mr. Read to Mr. Fish | 1875. Mar. 8 | Grand ball at the palace | 657 |
| 291 | do | Apr. 10 | Review of the political situation in Greece | 658 |
| 292 | do | Apr. 25 | The ceremonies at the cathedral at Easter eve | 662 |
| 293 | do | June 18 | Arrival of the French Mediterranean squadron; festivities and reception. | 663 |
| 294 | do | July 5 | The present condition of Greece and the probabilities of her future prosperity. | 664 |
| 295 | do | Aug. 7 | Same subject continued | 666 |
hawaiian islands.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 296 | Mr. Peirce to Mr. Fish | 1874. Aug. 20 | King Kalakaua and suite about to leave for the United States. | 669 |
| 297 | do | Sept. 10 | The Benicia leaves for a cruise in the vicinity of the island of Maui; opposition to the visit of the King to the United States; arrival of the British scientists for the observation of the transit of Venus. | 670 |
| 298 | do | Oct. 5 | Time fixed for the King’s departure for the United States. | 671 |
| 299 | Mr. Scott to Mr. Fish | Nov. 24 | Departure of the King, accompanied by the American minister resident, for the United States. | 671 |
| 300 | Mr. Peirce to Mr. Fish | Nov. 29 | Arrival of the King at San Francisco | 672 |
| 301 | do | 1875. Feb. 25 | The King’s return to Honolulu; correspondence conveying His Majesty’s thanks to the United States Government for courtesies extended to him. | 672 |
| 302 | do | Feb. 26 | The King addresses the people; resolution of thanks to the United States; the King’s address. | 674 |
| 303 | do | Mar. 6 | Presentation to the American minister of resolution of thanks to the United States adopted at the mass-meeting held on the 20th February. | 677 |
| 304 | do | Apr. 29 | The Hawaiian commissioner arrives from Washington with the treaty of reciprocity. | 678 |
hayti.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 305 | Mr. Bassett to Mr. Fish | 1875. Feb. 24 | Destructive fire at Port au Prince | 679 |
| 306 | do | Mar. 11 | Arrival of an English fleet at Port au Prince to protect the interests of certain British subjects. | 680 |
| 307 | do | Mar. 11 | The National Constitutional Assembly take steps to accuse General Lamothe of unfaithfulness in the discharge of his functions as minister under President Saget; General Lamothe seeks refuge in the British legation; the right of asylum. | 682 |
| 308 | do | Apr. 9 | The same subject; General Lamothe allowed to return to his home. | 682 |
| 309 | do | Apr. 17 | The National Constitutional Assembly convoked in extraordinary session; the business of the session. | 683 |
| 310 | do | Apr. 17 | Indignity offered to the British vice-consul at Port a Paix; the British minister demands reparation. | 685 |
| 311 | do | May 8 | General Boisrond Canal and others seek asylum in the American legation; statement of the causes leading thereto; the Haytian government demand the surrender of the refugees; full statement of the case. | 686 |
| 312 | do | May 19 | The same subject continued; interviews and correspondence with the Haytian secretary for foreign affairs. | 696 |
| 313 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bassett | June 4 | The same subject; views of the Department thereon. | 701 |
| 314 | Mr. Bassett to Mr. Fish | June 8 | The same subject; action of the British minister under similar circumstances. | 701 |
| 315 | do | June 8 | The same subject; the case of General Lamothe, who had sought asylum in the British legation. | 702 |
| 316 | do | June 8 | The same subject; the case of General Brice; statement of the trouble at Port au Prince. | 703 |
| 317 | do | June 24 | The same subject; popular feeling in regard to the refugees; will follow the Department’s instructions. | 706 |
| 318 | do | June 26 | The same subject; determination of the Haytian government to have the refugees. | 707 |
| 319 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bassett | July 1 | The same subject; copy of a note from the minister of Hayti transmitted to Mr. Bassett for explanation of certain points. | 708 |
| 320 | Mr. Bassett to Mr. Fish | July 16 | The case of the English schooner Laura Pride at Port au Prince, from New York, laden with arms and ammunition; the Spanish representatives demand that the schooner be seized and her cargo turned over to them. | 709 |
| 321 | do | July 16 | The asylum granted in the American legation to Boisrond Canal and others; the situation unchanged. | 710 |
| 322 | do | July 22 | The same subject; continued effort on the part of the American minister to reach a satisfactory settlement of the case; correspondence with the Haytian minister for foreign affairs. | 712 |
| 323 | do | Aug. 9 | The same subject; Mr. Bassett explains certain points in Mr. Preston’s note to the Secretary of State. | 722 |
| 324 | do | Aug. 9 | The same subject; Earl Derby approves of the asylum given by the British minister to General Lamothe. | 724 |
| 325 | do | Aug. 9 | The same subject; Mr. Bassett’s efforts to effect a settlement unavailing; public feeling in regard to the refugees. | 725 |
| 326 | Mr. Hunter to Mr. Bassett | Aug. 26 | The same subject; general views of the Department thereon. | 726 |
| 327 | do | Sept. 2 | The same subject; transmitting two notes from the Haytian minister; an explanation called for. | 727 |
| 328 | do | Sept. 7 | The same subject; a man-of-war to be sent to Port au Prince for Mr. Bassett’s protection. | 728 |
| 329 | do | Sept. 10 | The same subject; propositions for the settlement of the same. | 728 |
| 330 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bassett | Sept. 21 | The same subject; the Powhatan sails for Port au prince for Mr. Bassett’s protection. | 729 |
| 331 | Mr. Bassett to Mr. Fish | Sept. 21 | Arrival of two Haytian war-steamers recently built in Philadelphia. | 729 |
| 332 | do | Sept. 21 | A fearful hurricane visits the island of Hayti | 730 |
| 333 | do | Sept. 21 | The Boisrond Canal asylum matter still unchanged | 730 |
| 334 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bassett | Sept. 27 | The Boisrond asylum case; it is hoped that an adjustment has been reached. | 731 |
| 335 | Mr. Bassett o Mr. Fish | Oct. 5 | The same subject; telegram announcing the embarkation of the refugees. | 731 |
| 336 | Mr. Bassett to Mr. Fish | Oct. 12 | The same subject; Mr. Bassett thanks the Department for the manner in which it sustained him in his embarrassing position. | 731 |
| 337 | do | Oct. 12 | The same subject; explains in regard to certain charges made in Mr. Preston’s note to the Department, concerning the conduct of the refugees while in Mr. Bassett’s house. | 732 |
| 338 | do | Oct. 12 | The same subject; full account of the embarkation of the refugees and the preliminary negotiations thereto. | 734 |
| 339 | Mr. Preston to Mr. Fish | June 25 | The same subject; Mr. Preston says the refugees are charged with one or more murders, and that their detention at the American legation may be fatal to the domestic peace of Hayti; feels assured that no naval vessels will be sent to Haytian waters. | 737 |
| 340 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Preston | June 29 | The same subject; instructions have been forwarded to Mr. Bassett; the Secretary of State surprised that Mr. Preston should feel assured that no naval vessels would be ordered to Haytian waters. | 738 |
| 341 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Preston. | Aug. 6 | The same subject; the asylum given by Mr. Bassett not approved by the Department; the failure on the part of Hayti to observe the right of asylum regretted. | 739 |
| 342 | Mr. Preston to Mr. Cadwalader. | Aug. 14 | The same subject; Mr. Preston answers Mr. Cadwalader’s note. | 740 |
| 343 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Preston. | Aug. 17 | The same subject; when the present case shall have been settled, the Department may receive propositions from Hayti looking to the abolition of asylum in the legations; Mr. Preston mistakes the terms on which the refugees are to be surrendered. | 741 |
| 344 | Memorandum of conference between Mr. Cadwalader and Mr. Preston. | Aug. 18 | The same subject; the manner of settling the question discussed; Mr. Preston will recommend Mr. Cadwalader’s suggestion to his government. | 742 |
| 345 | Mr. Preston to Mr. Cadwalader. | Aug. 26 | The same subject; Mr. Preston answers Mr. Cadwalader’s note of the 17th instant; President Domingue’s decree of banishment. | 742 |
| 346 | Mr. Preston to Mr. Hunter | Aug. 26 | The same subject; violation of the right of asylum by the refugees. | 745 |
| 347 | Mr. Hunter to Mr. Preston. | Sept. 10 | The same subject; if the proposition of Mr. Preston for the settlement of the matter in dispute be rightly understood by Mr. Hunter, instructions to that effect will be forwarded to Mr. Bassett. | 745 |
| 348 | Mr. Preston to Mr. Fish | Sept. 27 | The same subject; Mr. Preston specifies again the terms of the compromise for the final settlement of the question. | 746 |
| 349 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Preston | Sept. 27 | The same subject; the terms offered by Mr. Preston acceptable. | 748 |
| 350 | Memorandum of agreement between Mr. Fish and Mr. Preston. | Sept. 27 | The same subject; the question settled; the terms of agreement. | 748 |
italy.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 351 | Mr. Marsh to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 15 | The Italo-Swiss boundary arbitration; Mr. Marsh authorized by the Department to act as umpire; the territory in dispute. | 749 |
| 352 | do | Sept. 25 | The same question; decision of Mr. Marsh as umpire; full history of the case. | 750 |
| 353 | do | Sept. 27 | Co-operation in Japan between the minister of the United States and the ministers of the western powers; Italy not disposed to separate action. | 754 |
| 354 | do | Oct. 12 | Laws of Italy on the marriage of foreigners in that country; marriages of citizens of the United States in Italy since the act of Congress of June 22, 1860. | 755 |
| 355 | do | Nov. 25 | Assembling of the new Parliament at Rome; Garibaldi’s election; Minghetti’s address; His Majesty’s speech. | 759 |
| 356 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Marsh | 1875. Jan. 19 | American marriages in Italy; the subject has been deliberately considered by the Department; views of the Department thereon. | 761 |
| 357 | Mr. Marsh to Mr. Fish. | Feb. 18 | Garibaldi’s visit to Rome as a member of the Chamber of Deputies; his appearance in the national Parliament; his scheme for saving the city from the inundations of the Tiber. | 762 |
| 358 | do | Mar. 19 | American marriages m Italy; the instruction thereon issued by the Department full and clear. | 764 |
| 359 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Marsh | Apr. 15 | The same subject; in regard to the proper manner of filling the blanks in the certificates. | 764 |
japan.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 360 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 26 | Murder of the acting German consul at Hakodadi by a Japanese; conviction and execution of the murderer. | 765 |
| 361 | do | Sept. 26 | Abolition of torture in examinations of witnesses; cases in which it still may be used. | 766 |
| 362 | do | Sept. 26 | The transit of Venus; the American party granted the freedom of the empire; Japanese officials to witness the Americans taking the observations. | 767 |
| 363 | do | Oct. 8 | Chinese residents in Japan not to be interfered with in case of war between the two countries; steps taken for the protection of foreign commerce by the foreign consuls at Shanghai. | 768 |
| 364 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Bingham. | Nov. 6 | The transit of Venus; thanks of the Navy Department to the Japanese authorities for courtesies to the American party. | 772 |
| 365 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | Nov. 19 | Hunting regulations and protocol received by Mr. Bingham from the minister of foreign affairs; meeting of the foreign representatives concerning the same. | 773 |
| 366 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bingham | Dec. 2 | Intervention of the foreign representatives upon the arrest of the translating secretary of the British legation; transmits copy of an instruction sent to General Schenck concerning the same. | 776 |
| 367 | do | Dec. 3 | The notification of the Japanese government that the Chinese residents in Japan are not to be molested in case of war between the two countries is highly gratifying. | 776 |
| 368 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | Dec. 4 | Mr. Bingham asked by the consul-general to favor the enactment of regulations to be enforced as law over Americans residing in Yokohama; penal regulations for the government of British subjects. | 777 |
| 369 | do | Dec. 18 | The hunting regulations; replies of the foreign representatives to the minister for foreign affairs. | 779 |
| 370 | do | Dec. 18 | The Mexican transit-of-Venus party; Mr. Bingham secures for the same satisfactory facilities from the Japanese authorities for the observations of the transit. | 780 |
| 371 | do | 1875. Jan. 2 | The foreign representatives tender their congratulations to the Emperor. | 782 |
| 372 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bingham | Jan. 7 | The enactment of regulations by the representatives of the United States having the force of law in Japan; views of the Department thereon. | 782 |
| 373 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | Jan. 19 | The Simonoseki indemnity fund; the President’s recommendations in regard to the same, if carried out, while exciting the hostile criticism of the English press, would strengthen American influence in Japan. | 783 |
| 374 | do | Jan. 29 | Address of the president of the Formosan commission; the foreign representatives meet to correct some of its extraordinary statements; explanation asked for. | 784 |
| 375 | do | Feb. 9 | The same subject; corrections made as requested by the foreign representatives. | 786 |
| 376 | do | Feb. 17 | Withdrawal of the French and British land forces from Yokohama. | 787 |
| 377 | do | Feb. 22 | Report upon the flora of Yesso by Mr. Thomas Hogg. | 789 |
| 378 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bingham | Apr. 9 | Transmits an act in relation to the immigration to the United States of improper persons. | 791 |
| 379 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | Apr. 17 | Jurisdiction of British courts in China and Japan | 791 |
| 380 | do | Apr. 20 | Imperial decree in relation to reforms in Japan | 794 |
| 381 | do | Apr. 21 | Return of General Capron to the United States; testimonials from the Japanese government. | 795 |
| 382 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | May 15 | Badges of merit; imperial order in relation to the same. | 797 |
| 383 | do | May 20 | Power of the foreign consuls to make local regulations in Japan. | 798 |
| 384 | do | June 7 | Withdrawal, by Consul-General van Buren, of American protection from J. M. Rappeport. | 809 |
| 385 | do | June 22 | The Mikado’s address to the nation; summoning the representatives of the people. | 812 |
| 386 | do | June 22 | Organization of the new Japanese judicial department, the Daishinin. | 814 |
| 387 | do | July 17 | In relation to the extradition of a British subject from California for embezzlement in Japan. | 817 |
| 388 | do | Aug. 4 | Proposed fishing regulations for Japan | 819 |
| 389 | do | Aug. 4 | American vessels engaged in sea-otter hunting in the North Japan waters. | 820 |
| 390 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Bingham. | Aug. 18 | Extradition from California of a British subject charged with embezzlement in Japan. | 821 |
| 391 | Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish | Aug. 23 | Arrest of Hon. William A. Richardson and Commander Lewis, United States Navy, in Hachoji, by the Japanese police; dismissal of the police officers who made the arrest. | 821 |
| 392 | do | Sept. 7 | The same subject; apology of the Japanese authorities. | 825 |
| 393 | do | Sept. 8 | General Upton, General Forsyth, and Major Sanger, under commission from the United States to examine the military service of Japan, received by the Japanese authorities. | 828 |
| 394 | do | Sept. 15 | The same subject; departure of the commission for China. | 828 |
| 395 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Bingham | Sept. 20 | American vessels engaged in sea-otter hunting in the waters of Northern Japan. | 829 |
| 396 | do | Sept. 28 | Fishing regulations sent to Mr. Bingham by the Japanese authorities for his approval; views of the Department thereon.| | 829 |
liberia.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 397 | Mr. Turner to Mr. Fish | 1875 May 30 | Biennial election for President; Mr. Payne supposed to be the successful candidate; biographical sketch of Mr. Payne. | 830 |
| 398 | do | Sept. 7 | Declaration of war against Liberia by the Grebo tribe; outbreak at Cape Palmas; sketch of the Grebos. | 832 |
| 399 | do | Sept. 13 | The same subject; assault on Cape Palmas by the Grebos. | 835 |
| 400 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Turner. | Oct. 21 | The same subject; regrets the failure of Mr. Payne to secure an amicable adjustment with the Grebos. | 835 |
| 401 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Turner | Oct. 27 | The same subject; an American man-of-war ordered to Cape Palmas to protect our citizens there. | 836 |
mexico.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 402 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | 1874. Nov. 16 | Amendments to the federal constitution of Mexico creating a senate. | 836 |
| 403 | do | Nov. 27 | In relation to the assassination of Rev. Mr. Stephens, and protection to his associates, Messrs. Watkins and Morgan. | 840 |
| 404 | do | Nov. 30 | Removal of the Kickapoos to the United States; the American commissioner arrives and asks that Mexican commissioners be appointed to arrange for the removal. | 842 |
| 405 | do | Dec. 1 | The extradition of Alexander D. Hamilton from Mexico prevented by General Cortinas. | 844 |
| 406 | do | Dec. 18 | Adjournment of the Mexican Congress; the subjects which have occupied the session. | 845 |
| 407 | do | Dec. 20 | The associates of the Rev. Mr. Stephens enjoying complete security. | 846 |
| 408 | do | Dec. 22 | The laws of reform passed by the late Congress in regard to religious processions, &c. | 848 |
| 409 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | Dec. 23 | Contracts entered into for the building of various Mexican railways. | 853 |
| 410 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Foster | 1875. Jan. 6 | Mr. Foster requested to use his good offices to secure a postponement of the expulsion of the French Sisters of Charity from Mexico. | 854 |
| 411 | do | Jan. 14 | The guarantee, of protection to Messrs. Watkins and Morgan; delay in the punishment of the assassins of Mr. Stephens. | 854 |
| 412 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | Jan. 16 | A delegation of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce receive marked attention in the city of Mexico. | 855 |
| 413 | do | Jan. 30 | Attack on the Protestant church at Acapulco and the killing of five persons. | 855 |
| 414 | do | Feb. 3 | Mr. Foster secures the postponement of the expulsion of the French Sisters of Charity. | 863 |
| 415 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Foster | Feb. 8 | Mexican forces to co-operate with those of the United States infighting Indians hostile to this country. | 864 |
| 416 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | Feb. 9 | Attack on the Protestant church at Acapulco; further particulars concerning the same. | 865 |
| 417 | do | Feb. 15 | The same subject; Mr. Foster has an interview with the Mexican minister of foreign affairs concerning the attack. | 868 |
| 418 | do | Feb. 23 | Celebration of Washington’s birthday by the last American residents in the city of Mexico. | 873 |
| 419 | do | Feb. 26 | Opposition to the laws of reform passed by the last Congress: the protest of the ladies. | 873 |
| 420 | do | Feb. 27 | The attack on the Protestant church at Acapulco; no action taken for the arrest and punishment of the murderers. | 881 |
| 421 | do | Mar. 2 | Apprehended pronunciamento by General Rocha; plan of political regeneration. | 885 |
| 422 | do | Mar. 23 | The attack on the Protestant church at Acapulco; disappointment of Mr. Foster at the inaction of the authorities concerning the same. | 888 |
| 423 | do | Mar. 24 | Armed outbreaks in Michoacan; plans of the revolutionists. | 888 |
| 424 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Foster. | Mar. 29 | Burning of the post-office at Nueces, Tex., by Mexicans; the necessity on the part of Mexico of preventing such raids. | 890 |
| 425 | do | Mar. 31 | The same subject; telegram of the governor of Texas to the President on the outrage. | 891 |
| 426 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | Apr. 4 | Opening of Congress: President Lerdo’s message. | 892 |
| 427 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Foster | Apr. 12 | Embarrassments experienced by the American commissioner in the removal of Lipan Indians from Mexico to the United States. | 894 |
| 428 | do | Apr. 13 | Depredations committed in Texas by Mexican Indians. | 897 |
| 429 | do | Apr. 14 | Burning of the post-office at Nueces, Tex., by Mexican marauders. | 899 |
| 430 | do | Apr. 28 | Recent outrages on the Texas frontier by Mexicans; correspondence concerning the same from the War Department. | 900 |
| 431 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | May 4 | Burning of the Nueces, Tex., post-office; Mr. Foster has an interview with the minister of foreign affairs on the subject; General Cortina’s evil influence. | 909 |
| 432 | do | May 4 | The guerrillas in Michoacan; robbery and murder near Queretaro. | 913 |
| 433 | do | May 12 | Extradition of Juan Flores for murder in Texas; danger that the .criminal may escape through illegal release. | 913 |
| 434 | do | May 14 | The late raid into Texas; correspondence with the minister of foreign affairs thereon. | 916 |
| 435 | do | May 15 | Troubles experienced by the American commissioner in the removal of Indians from Mexico to the United States. | 919 |
| 436 | do | May 24 | Texas border troubles; view of the Federalista concerning the same. | 921 |
| 437 | do | May 25 | Disturbed condition of Mexico; the President asks for extraordinary powers. | 921 |
| 438 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Foster | May 20 | Mexican raids into Texas; it is hoped that the perpetrators may be severely punished. | 924 |
| 439 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | June 5 | Congress confers the extraordinary powers asked by the executive; the President and supreme court at variance. | 925 |
| 440 | do | June 8 | The assassins of the Rev. Mr. Stephens; the supreme court decides they must suffer the death-penalty. | 927 |
| 441 | Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish | June 10 | Ratification by Congress of a contract with Mr. Plumb for the construction of the International Railroad. | 927 |
| 442 | do | June 11 | The annual report of the minister of finance | 937 |
| 443 | do | June 17 | Immigration to Mexico; laws passed by Congress for its encouragement. | 938 |
| 444 | do | June 25 | Opposition by the Mexican authorities to the removal of the Kickapoos justified by the minister of foreign affairs. | 939 |
| 445 | do | June 26 | Mexican raids into Texas; Mr. Foster has an interview with the minister of foreign affairs in relation to the prevention of the same and the punishment of the raiders. | 943 |
| 446 | do | July 2 | General Cortina ordered to the capital to explain certain affairs on the northern frontier. | 946 |
| 447 | do | July 7 | Troubles on the Rio Grande; General McKenzie’s raid into Mexico; arrest and removal of Cortina. | 946 |
| 448 | do | July 28 | The new congressional elections result in a majority for the administration. | 947 |
| 449 | do | Sept. 22 | Convening of the eighth Congress; the President’s address. | 948 |
| 450 | do | Sept. 23 | Conflict between the federal, judicial, and executive powers of the government. | 950 |
| 451 | do | Sept. 27 | Increase of local revolutions; statement of the various disturbances. | 951 |
| 452 | Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Fish | Jan. 30 | Hanging of seven Mexican shepherds in Texas; statement and correspondence concerning the same; claim for indemnity. | 954 |
| 453 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Mariscal | Feb. 19 | The same subject | 973 |
| 454 | Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Fish | Mar. 8 | The probable assassination of Mateo Robles and Gabriel Leyva, two Mexicans, in Texas; sworn statements in regard to the murders. | 974 |
| 455 | do | Mar. 9 | Hanging of seven Mexican shepherds in Texas; further discussion of the subject. | 978 |
| 456 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Mariscal | Mar. 18 | The probable murder of Mateo Robles and Gabriel Leyva in Texas; the attention of the governor of Texas called to the same. | 980 |
| 457 | do | Mar. 18 | The murder of Mexican shepherds in Texas; the character of border populations; a copy of Mr. Mariscal’s note sent to the governor of Texas. | 980 |
| 458 | Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Fish | Mar. 29 | The same subject | 981 |
| 459 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Mariscal | Apr. 6 | The same subject | 982 |
| 460 | Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Fish | Apr. 17 | The same subject | 982 |
| 461 | do | June 18 | Depredations in Sonora by the Apache Indians of Arizona. | 984 |
| 462 | do | July 23 | Armed men from Arizona apprehend a fugitive in Sonora; the case brought to the attention of the Government of the United States. | 984 |
netherlands.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 463 | Mr. Gorham to Mr. Fish | 1874. Nov. 9 | Reduction of duty on sundry articles exported from the Dutch East Indian colonies; the ministry censured for the passage of the law. | 985 |
| 464 | do | Dec. 19 | Appointment by the King of Mr. Van Lansberge as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. | 987 |
| 465 | do | Dec. 26 | A motion to pledge the government to settle all international disputes by arbitration introduced into the Chamber of Deputies. | 987 |
| 466 | do | 1875. May 25 | The losses and expenses of the Atchin war | 988 |
| 467 | do | May 28 | Gold to be the money standard of the Netherlands after July 1, 1875. | 989 |
| 468 | do | June 12 | The school question; a division of the school-funds demanded. | 989 |
peru.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 469 | Mr. Thomas to Mr. Fish | 1874. Aug. 27 | Attempted assassination of the President of Peru | 991 |
| 470 | do | Oct. 27 | Another revolution in progress; rumors and facts concerning the same. | 993 |
| 471 | Mr. Thomas to Mr. Fish | Nov. 13 | The same subject: further particulars | 994 |
| 472 | do | Nov. 27 | The same subject; retreat of the revolutionary forces. | 994 |
| 473 | do | Dec. 13 1875. | The same subject; conclusion of the revolution | 997 |
| 474 | do | Jan. 5 | The same subject | 998 |
| 475 | do | Jan. 18 | The proposed transfer of Chinese laborers from Cuba to Peru. | 999 |
| 476 | do | Feb. 16 | Meeting of the Peruvian congress; President Pardo’s message. | 1000 |
| 477 | Mr. Gibbs to Mr. Fish | July 20 | Attempted disturbance at Islay; the insurgents disperse. | 1001 |
| 478 | do | Aug. 18 | Death of Rear-Admiral Collins, of the South Pacific squadron; tributes of respect to his memory; the funeral. | 1002 |
| 479 | Mr. Hunter to Mr. Gibbs | Sept. 14 | The same subject; thanks of the Government of the United States to the Peruvian government for sympathies shown on the occasion. | 1006 |
portugal.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 480 | Mr. Moran to Mr. Fish | 1875. July 3 | Act passed by the Cortes giving unconditional freedom to the “freedmen.” | 1006 |
| 481 | do | July 15 | The efforts of the Portuguese government to suppress the slave-trade. | 1011 |
| 482 | do | July 27 | Celebration in Lisbon of the landing of the troops of the Duke Terceira in 1833 and the retreat of Don Miguel; political significance of the celebration. | 1012 |
russia.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 483 | Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 12 | The Brussels congress: declaration of the same | 1014 |
| 484 | do | Sept. 16 | Declaration between Russia and Italy for the service of writs and letters rogatory. | 1014 |
| 485 | do | Nov. 5 | The Brussels congress; the full proceedings of the same. | 1015 |
| 486 | do | Nov. 16 | Marriage law signed by the Emperor relieving dissenters from the orthodox church. | 1021 |
| 487 | do | Dec. 14 | The Brussels conference; circular sent by Russia to its diplomatic agents abroad concerning the same; views of the other governments. | 1022 |
| 488 | do | 1875. Jan. 13 | Russia ready to recognize King Alphonso | 1035 |
| 489 | do | Jan. 22 | The massacre of Montenegrins by the Turks; feeling in Russia concerning the same. | 1035 |
| 490 | do | Jan. 30 | Conversion of 50,000 Uniates to the orthodox church; the remaining Uniates. | 1037 |
| 491 | do | Feb. 4 | The Russian church in America | 1038 |
| 492 | do | Feb. 5 | The Brussels conference; publication of its proceedings in the Russian papers. | 1038 |
| 493 | do | Feb. 9 | The Brussels conference; Lord Derby’s dispatch concerning the same. | 1041 |
| 494 | do | Feb. 18 | The Montenegro troubles; representations of Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and France; action of the Prince of Montenegro. | 1046 |
| 495 | do | Feb. 22 | The Brussels conference; refusal of England to take part in the same; Prince Gortschakoff on Lord Derby’s dispatch. | 1047 |
| 496 | do | Mar. 2 | The same subject; the three great military powers may unite in some project and face the remaining states of Europe. | 1051 |
| 497 | do | Mar. 15 | Commission for the improvement of the condition of the Hebrews in Russia. | 1054 |
| 498 | do | Mar. 17 | Report of the minister of finance for 1875 | 1057 |
| 499 | do | Apr. 15 | Decree extending the judicial system to Poland; the Polish and Russian systems. | 1060 |
| 500 | do | Apr. 15 | The conversion of the remaining Uniates to the orthodox church. | 1061 |
| 501 | do | Apr. 23 | The Mennonites called into the military service to be employed in forest cultivation. | 1062 |
| 502 | Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Fish | Apr. 26 | The problem of international law; Professor Horning on the German note to Belgium. | 1062 |
| 503 | do | May 6 | The Brussels conference; efforts for its renewal not successful. | 1064 |
| 504 | do | May 10 | The Russian railways loans | 1064 |
| 505 | do | May 15 | Russia cedes to Japan the Kurile Islands in exchange for the island of Saghalien. | 1065 |
| 506 | do | May 18 | German proposition tor the revision or the Russian laws in regard to the peace and quiet of other states. | 1066 |
| 507 | do | June 22 | Decision of the Emperor of Russia in the case of the Peruvian bark Maria Luz, seized by the Japanese authorities. | 1066 |
| 508 | do | July 20 | The visit of the King of Sweden and Norway to Russia. | 1067 |
| 509 | do | July 20 | Two United States vessels, the Franklin and Alaska, arrive at St. Petersburg; courtesies extended to and by the same. | 1068 |
| 510 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Schuyler | May 18 | Telegram requesting Mr. Schuyler to attend the telegraph convention at St. Petersburg. | 1069 |
| 511 | do | May 18 | Telegraph convention to be held at St. Petersburg. | 1070 |
| 512 | Mr. Schuyler to Mr. Fish | July 23 | The same subject; report of Mr. Schuyler on the conference. | 1070 |
| 513 | Mr. Boker to Mr. Fish | Aug. 5 | Extra meeting of the permanent commission of the statistical congress at Paris. | 1074 |
| 514 | do | Aug. 19 | Act of Congress, March 3, 1875, in relation to immigration; the same published in the Russian official journals. | 1075 |
| 515 | Mr. Voight to Mr. Fish | 1874. June 24 | The international telegraphic conference to be held at St. Petersburg; Mr. Voight asks the opinion of the Government of the United States thereon. | 1076 |
| 516 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Voight | 1875. May 18 | The same subject; the American minister to Russia authorized to attend the convention. | 1077 |
spain.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 517 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | 1874. Nov. 4 | The question of emancipation in Cuba | 1077 |
| 518 | do | Dec. 17 | The subject of neutral rights and obligations; alleged violations of the same by France. | 1079 |
| 519 | do | Jan. 4 | The army pronounces for Don Alfonso; account of the same. | 1080 |
| 520 | do | Jan. 5 | The political situation discussed; dangers surrounding Don Alfonso. | 1084 |
| 521 | do | Jan. 12 | Diplomatic situation of Spain relatively to other governments; the reception of Don Alfonso. | 1089 |
| 522 | do | Jan. 21 | The relations between the government of Don Alfonso and the Catholic Church. | 1095 |
| 523 | do | Feb. 2 | Recent decree amending the measures which prohibited canonical marriages. | 1098 |
| 523 | do | Feb. 11 | Circular in regard to precautionary measures against opposition party-leaders. | 1100 |
| 525 | do | Feb. 11 | Circular forbidding army officers to participate in political contentions. | 1101 |
| 526 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Feb. 12 | Mr. Cushing’s friendly relations with the new government gratifying. | 1103 |
| 527 | Mr. On shiner to Mr. Fish | Feb. 16 | Decree re-organizing the ministry of state | 1103 |
| 528 | do | Feb. 24 | The question of diplomatic precedence at the court, of Alfonso. | 1105 |
| 529 | do | Mar. 16 | The policy of the United States in regard to the recognition of governments | 1107 |
| 530 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Cushing. | Mar. 24 | The question of diplomatic precedence | 1108 |
| 531 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | April 10 | The large number of arbitrary deportations during the republican administrations. | 1109 |
| 532 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | April 12 | The practice of the United States in the recognition of governments. | 1115 |
| 533 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | May 6 | Arrival of the papal nuncio at Madrid; his reception by the government and by the foreign representatives. | 1115 |
| 534 | do | June 1 | The relative places of foreign ministers on ceremonious occasions. | 1117 |
| 535 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | June 4 | Mr. Cushing’s visit to the papal nuncio | 1119 |
| 536 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | June 7 | Decree regulating professional instruction in Spain. | 1120 |
| 537 | do | June 19 | Relations past and present between Spain and the United States. | 1123 |
| 538 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | June 29 | Decree ordering the confiscation of the property of Carlists. | 1128 |
| 539 | do | July 2 | The same subject | 1130 |
| 540 | do | July 17 | The same subject | 1132 |
| 541 | do | Aug. 2 | The abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico; good results of the same. | 1135 |
| 542 | do | Sept. 14 | Circular of the Papal nuncio to the Spanish bishops; complications which may result therefrom. | 1138 |
| 543 | do | Sept. 17 | The same subject discussed by the newspapers | 1141 |
| 544 | Mr. Montana to Mr. Fish | Jan. 1 | Announcing that Don Alfonso has been proclaimed King of Spain. | 1143 |
correspondence relating to the steamer virginius.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 545 | Rear-Admiral Scott to Captain Whiting. | 1873. Dec. 14 | Captain Whiting ordered to proceed with the steamship Dispatch to Bahia Honda, to receive the Virginius. | 1144 |
| 546 | Captain Whiting to Rear-Admiral Scott. | Dec. 17 | Arrival of the Dispatch with the Virginius at Tortugas, Florida. | 1144 |
| 547 | Lieut. Commander Wood-row to Mr. Robeson. | Dec. 30 | Account of the sinking of the Virginius | 1145 |
| 548 | Mr. Robeson to Rear-Admiral Davis. | 1874. Jan. 3 | Admiral Davis appointed president of a court of inquiry in regard to the sinking of the Virginius | 1147 |
| 549 | do | Jan. 3. | The same subject | 1148 |
| 550 | do | Jan. 16 | Report of the naval court of inquiry | 1148 |
| 551 | do | The same subject; final report | 1153 | |
| 552 | Mr. Fish to Admiral Polo | Mar. 28 | The same subject; transmits a copy of the report of the naval court of inquiry. | 1153 |
| 553 | Admiral Polo to Mr. Fish | 1873. Dec. 30 | The question of damages to Spain by the acts of the steamer Virginius. | 1153 |
| 554 | Mr. Fish to Admiral Polo | 1874. Jan. 9 | The same subject; views of the Secretary of State concerning the same. | 1156 |
| 555 | Admiral Polo to Mr. Fish | Feb. 2 | The same subject discussed historically | 1158 |
| 556 | Mr. Fish to Admiral Polo | Apr. 18 | The same subject; Admiral Polo’s note of February 2d answered at length. | 1178 |
| 557 | Mr. Young to Mr. Fish | 1873. Dec. 18 | List of the persons captured on board the Virginius; names of those shot designated. | 1213 |
| 558 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | 1874. Feb. 10 | Transmitting copies of various instructions, notes, dispatches. &c., in relation to the Virginius. | 1216 |
| 559 | do | Apr. 24 | Transmitting further correspondence on the same subject. | 1217 |
| 560 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | Apr. 11 | Dispatch received by Mr. Cushing in Paris makes him anxious to reach Madrid. | 1217 |
| 561 | do | Apr. 20 | Mr. Cushing at Bordeaux, on his way to Madrid | 1218 |
| 562 | do | June 1 | Official presentation of Mr. Cushing to President Serrano. | 1218 |
| 563 | do | June 26 | Reclamation presented to the minister of state in behalf of the crew of the Virginius. | 1218 |
| 564 | do | July 3 | Mr. Cushing hopes for a final settlement of all questions growing out of the Virginius affair. | 1219 |
| 565 | do | July 10 | Answer of the minister of state to Mr. Cushing’s demand for reclamation. | 1220 |
| 566 | do | July 22 | Note from the minister of state on the subject of the officers, crew, and passengers of the Virginius. | 1221 |
| 567 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Aug. 21 | In relation to Mr. Cushing’s demand for reclamation. | 1224 |
| 568 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | Aug. 31 | Answer of minister of state to Mr. Cushing’s second demand for reclamation. | 1225 |
| 569 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Oct. 27 | In relation to the answer of the minister of state to Mr. Cushing’s second demand for reclamation. | 1227 |
| 570 | Mr. Fish to the President | Nov. 20 | Correspondence between the British chargé d’affaires at Madrid and the Spanish minister in relation to the British subjects on board the Virginius. | 1228 |
| 571 | The same subject: further correspondence relating thereto. | 1230 | ||
| 572 | Mr. Gushing to Mr. Fish | Nov. 25 | Telegram; the Spanish government willing to agree to indemnification to the United States on the same basis as that granted to England in regard to the Virginius affair. | 1235 |
| 573 | do | Nov. 27 | Telegram; anxiety of the Spanish government to hasten the conclusion of negotiations in regard to the Virginius question. | 1235 |
| 574 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Nov. 28 | Telegram in regard to the terms of settlement | 1236 |
| 575 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | Nov. 30 | Telegram; instructions in regard to terms of settlement will be fully obeyed. | 1236 |
| 576 | do | Dec. 4 | Telegram; indemnity conceded on the same basis as that conceded to Great Britain. | 1236 |
| 577 | do | Dec. 4 | Telegram; the same subject; the question as discussed between the minister of state and Mr. Cushing. | 1237 |
| 578 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Dec. 7 | Telegram; the terms of settlement offered by Spain, as understood from Mr. Cushing’s telegram of December 4. | 1238 |
| 579 | do | Dec. 11 | Telegram; instructions to Mr. Cushing as to settlement. | 1288 |
| 580 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | Nov. 25 | Transmits copy of a note from the minister of state in regard to the resolutions of Spain to grant indemnity. | 1233 |
| 581 | do | Dec. 5 | Transmits further notes from the minister of state on the same subject. | 1239 |
| 582 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Dec. 30 | In answer to Mr. Ulloa’s arguments | 1246 |
| 583 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | 1875. Feb. 10 | Telegram; negotiations in regard to the indemnity. | 1247 |
| 584 | do | Feb. 16 | Telegram; the same subject | 1247 |
| 585 | do | Feb. 16 | Telegram; negotiations completed; terms of the same. | 1247 |
| 586 | do | Feb. 21 | Telegram; the same subject | 1248 |
| 587 | do | Feb. 21 | Telegram; Mr. Cushing’s note to the minister of state proposing the amount of indemnity; Mr. Castro’s answer. | 1248 |
| 588 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Feb. 24 | Telegram; the President approves of the agreement. | 1249 |
| 589 | do | Mar. 3 | Telegram; Mr. Cushing authorized to present his credentials if agreement will be signed immediately after. | 1250 |
| 590 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | Mar. 9 | Telegram; officious agreement, signed; credentials will be presented on the 10th. | 1250 |
| 591 | do | Mar. 11 | Transmits agreement assigned | 1250 |
| 592 | do | Mar. 12 | Telegram; credentials presented | 1251 |
| 593 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | Apr. 6 | Thanks of the President and Secretary of State to Mr. Cushing for the settlement of the question. | 1252 |
| 594 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | Apr. 16 | The Spanish government to anticipate payment of the indemnity. | 1252 |
| 595 | do | Apr. 17 | Telegram; payments anticipated | 1253 |
| 596 | do | April 21 | Mr. Cushing receives $45,000 anticipated payment of the indemnity. | 1253 |
| 597 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | April 22 | Telegram in regard to anticipated payments of the indemnity. | 1255 |
| 598 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | April 23 | Telegram notifying of the receipt of anticipated payment of indemnity. | 1255 |
| 599 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | April 23 | Telegram; anticipated payment evidence of friendly disposition on the part of Spain. | 1255 |
| 600 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | May 5 | Telegram; balance of indemnity received | 1255 |
| 601 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Cushing | May 6 | Telegram; President’s appreciation of the anticipated payment to be expressed to the Spanish government. | 1255 |
| 602 | do | May 8 | The President and Secretary of State congratulate Mr. Cushing on the settlement of the Virginius question. | 1256 |
| 603 | Mr. Cushing to Mr. Fish | May 13 | Final payment of the indemnity received by Mr. Cushing and remitted. | 1256 |
sweden and norway.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 604 | Mr. Andrews to Mr. Fish | 1875. Jan. 14 | Low rates of fire-insurance in Stockholm; reasons therefor; style of architecture. | 1257 |
| 605 | do | June 13 | Scandinavian social gatherings; fraternal songs, poems, &c., of the people. | 1260 |
| 606 | do | July 12 | The United States squadron under command of Admiral Worden visit Stockholm the admiral’s audience with the King. | 1261 |
| 607 | do | July 16 | Statistics of crime and prisons | 1263 |
| 608 | do | July 27 | The recent visit of the King of Russia | 1266 |
| 609 | do | Aug. 11 | Adjournment of the Storthing; business transacted during the session. | 1267 |
| 610 | do | Aug. 14 | The public debt of Sweden | 1268 |
| 611 | do | Sept. 8 | Elections and politics; cabinet changes | 1269 |
| 612 | do | Oct. 5 | Popular education in Sweden and Norway, England, and the United States. | 1270 |
| 613 | Mr. Stenersen to Mr. Fish | Jan. 14 | The Moorsom method of admeasurement of vessels adopted by Sweden. | 1270 |
| 614 | do | May 20 | The same subject; order of the general direction of customs. | 1274 |
| 615 | Mr. Grip to Mr. Fish | July 31 | American certificates of registry recognized by Sweden. | 1275 |
switzerland.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 616 | Mr. Rublee to Mr. Fish | 1874. July 23 | Re-organization of the federal judiciary of Switzerland. | 1275 |
| 617 | do | Oct. 14 | Session of the federal assembly resumed; measures to be considered. | 1278 |
| 618 | do | Oct. 24 | Election of the members of the new federal tribunal. | 1280 |
| 619 | do | Dec. 18 | Election of President and Vice-President for the Swiss Confederation. | 1281 |
| 620 | do | 1875. Mar. 8 | Session of the federal assembly resumed; business before the same. | 1281 |
| 621 | do | Mar. 22 | Adjournment of the federal assembly: the Catholic Church controversy. | 1282 |
| 622 | do | Mar. 29 | The Catholic controversy; action of the federal council thereon. | 1283 |
| 623 | do | Apr. 2 | The same subject; encyclical letter to the Catholics of Switzerland. | 1284 |
| 624 | do | May 27 | The civil-marriage and elective-franchise measures enacted by the federal assembly submitted to a popular vote; result of the same. | 1287 |
| 625 | do | June 4 | Appeal of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastics expelled from the Canton of Berne to the federal council. | 1289 |
| 626 | do | June 16 | The same subject; demonstration in favor of the government of Berne. | 1290 |
| 627 | do | July 3 | The same subject; the question settled by compromise. | 1292 |
turkish empire.
ottoman porte.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 628 | Mr. Cadwalader to Mr. Boker. | 1874. Aug. 13 | Interdiction by the Turkish government of mercantile telegrams in cipher from the United States. | 1293 |
| 629 | Mr. Boker to Mr. Fish | 1875. Mar. 9 | Rumors of the suppression of the Protestant schools throughout the empire; hostility of the native Christians to Protestantism; persecution of the Protestants in Syria. | 1294 |
| 630 | Mr. Goodenow to Mr. Fish | May 7 | The American missionaries to Mr. Boker on his departure from Constantinople. | 1297 |
| 631 | Mr. Maynard to Mr. Fish | June 30 | Interdiction by the Turkish government in regard to cereals, arms, the press, &c.; protest of American citizens and missionaries. | 1298 |
| 632 | do | July 23 | The Robert College on the Bosphorus; the examinations at the same. | 1306 |
| 633 | do | Aug. 16 | Telegram; reparation ordered to be made to the American consul at Tripoli for insult to himself and wife. | 1307 |
| 634 | Mr. Maynard to Mr. Fish | Aug. 16. | The same subject; full particulars | 1308 |
| 635 | Mr. Hunter to Mr. Maynard | Sept. 9. | The same subject; the necessity of a clearer understanding as to the relations of the Porte with Tripoli. | 1309 |
| 636 | Mr. Maynard to Mr. Fish | Sept. 27 | The same subject; Mr. Maynard desires full information as to the affair at Tripoli; press extracts in relation to the same. | 1310 |
| 637 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Maynard | Nov. 9 | The same subject; relations between the Sublime Porte and Tripoli; the insult to the American consul. | 1316 |
| 638 | Aristarchi Bey to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 30 | Humane conduct of the American consul at Tripoli during the plague at Bingasi. | 1318 |
| 639 | do | Oct. 15 | Thanks of the Turkish minister of public instruction for reports of the United States Commissioner of Education. | 1318 |
| 640 | Mr. Cadwalader to Aristarchi Bey. | Oct. 30 | The same subject | 1319 |
| 641 | Aristarchi Bey to Mr. Fish | Dec. 26 | The tonnage question and the Suez Canal | 1319 |
| 642 | do | 1875. Aug. 25 | The arrival of two American men-of-war in Tripoli to redress certain grievances regretted by the Sublime Porte; their withdrawal requested; Tripoli a province of the Ottoman Empire. | 1320 |
| 643 | Mr. Hunter to Aristarchi Bey. | Aug. 27 | The same subject; the men-of-war will be withdrawn. | 1320 |
egypt.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 644 | Mr. Beardsley to Mr. Fish | 1874. Dec. 15 | Judicial reform in Egypt; conditional acceptance of the same by the French government. | 1321 |
| 645 | do | Dec. 28 | Colonel Long’s journey to Lake Victoria; full account of the same. | 1326 |
| 646 | do | 1875. Jan. 1 | Occupation of the capital of Darfour by the Egyptian troops. | 1330 |
| 647 | do | Jan. 20 | Expeditions for the exploration of Darfour and Central Africa. | 1331 |
| 648 | do | Feb. 4 | Postal reform in Egypt | 1333 |
| 649 | do | Feb. 13 | Judicial reform in Egypt; the Hellenic government gives its adhesion to the same. | 1335 |
| 650 | do | Mar. 5 | The same subject; the courts and judges under the same. | 1335 |
| 651 | do | Mar. 24 | The revised “Code Civil;” convention between Egypt and France. | 1337 |
| 652 | do | Mar. 24 | Conquest of Darfour, and submission of the family of the late Sultan. | 1339 |
| 653 | do | May 5 | Judicial reform in Egypt; list of foreign judges 1 and substitutes. | 1341 |
| 654 | do | May 20 | Organization of the court of appeal at Alexandria. | 1342 |
| 655 | do | May 26 | Organization of the lower courts at Alexandria | 1343 |
| 656 | do | June 24 | Appointments of new ministers of foreign affairs, agriculture, and justice. | 1344 |
| 657 | do | June 24 | Removal of the Khedive and his household from Cairo to Alexandria. | 1344 |
| 658 | do | July 6 | Judicial reform; arrival of one of the judges designated by the United States. | 1345 |
| 659 | do | July 10 | Official organization of the court of appeal and the courts of first instance. | 1345 |
| 660 | do | July 15 | The same subject; France takes no part in the same; judicial dress. | 1347 |
| 661 | do | July 15 | Adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Egypt | 1348 |
| 662 | do | July 17 | The port of Zeilah ceded by the Sultan to the Khedive. | 1349 |
| 663 | do | Sept. 1 | The metrical system of weights and measures adopted by Egypt. | 1350 |
| 664 | do | Aug. 31 | Arrival of the Sultan of Zanzibar at Alexandria | 1351 |
uruguay.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 665 | Mr. Caldwell to Mr. Fish | 1874. Sept. 15 | Col. Edward Vasquez appointed minister of war and marine and Dr. Bustamente as minister of the treasury. | 1352 |
| 666 | do | 1875. Jan. 20 | The entire executive of the government changed by revolution; explanation of the same. | 1352 |
| 667 | do | Feb. 16 | The same subject; how the revolution became constitutional. | 1355 |
| 666 | do | Mar. 16 | The same subject; arrest and deportation of fifteen leaders of the whites. | 1356 |
| 669 | do | Apr. 16 | Opening of the Uruguayan legislature; message of the President. | 1357 |
| 670 | do | Apr. 16 | All internal debts to be paid by irredeemable paper money; protest of the diplomatic corps against the same. | 1360 |
| 671 | do | May 16 | The position of Uruguay in case of war between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. | 1361 |
| 672 | do | July 16 | Celebration of the Fourth of July at Montevideo. | 1362 |
venezuela.
| No. | From whom and to whom. | Date. | Subject. | Page. |
| 673 | Mr. Russell to Mr. Fish | 1875. Jan. 7 | Immigrants to Venezuela receiving the benefits of the immigration laws are citizens at once; the effects of this decision. | 1362 |
| 674 | do | Mar. 6 | The present state of affairs in Venezuela; President Blanco to the army. | 1364 |
| 675 | do | Mar. 6 | In relation to the Venezuelan law requiring masters of foreign vessels to deposit their papers in the custom-house while in Venezuelan ports | 1365 |
| 676 | do | Mar. 18 | Decree closing the ports of Maracaibo and La Vela de Coro to foreign commerce: result of the same. | 1366 |
| 677 | do | Mar. 30 | The same subject as it may apply to United States vessels which may have sailed for those ports without having had notice of the decree. | 1369 |
| 678 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Russell | Apr. 24 | Claims of United States citizens against Venezuela; payment of same to be demanded without any reserve. | 1369 |
| 679 | Mr. Russell to Mr. Fish | May 8 | In relation to the Venezuelan immigration law as it affects the nationality of the immigrant. | 1370 |
| 680 | do | May 10 | The same subject; extract from law, and decree enforcing the same. | 1371 |
| 681 | do | May 15 | Claims of United States citizens against Venezuela: payment of same demanded. | 1372 |
| 682 | do | May 26 | The immigration law; decree regulating the rights immigrants | 1372 |
| 683 | do | May 26 | Sailing directions for entering the harbor of Puerto Cabello. | 1373 |
| 684 | do | May 31 | Claims of United States citizens against Venezuela: Mr. Russell makes demand for the same. | 1374 |
| 685 | Mr. Fish to Mr. Russell | June 4 | The same subject; conversation on the subject between the Secretary of State and the Venezuelan minister. | 1375 |
| 686 | do | June 7 | The same subject; no review of the proceedings of the joint commission on claims will be consented to by the United States. | 1378 |
| 687 | Mr. Russell to Mr. Fish | June 19 | Venezuelan claim against the Netherlands | 1378 |
| 688 | do | June 19 | Facts in regard to the earthquake of May 18 | 1379 |
| 689 | do | June 21 | Venezuelan claim against the Netherlands | 1380 |
| 690 | do | July 15 | Claims of United States citizens against Venezuela; the sums deposited to be turned over to the United States. | 1381 |
| 691 | do | July 26 | The same subject; Mr. Russell receives the money. | 1383 |