Mr. Mercier to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I have received the letter which your excellency has done me the honor to address to me under date of the 8th of this month, in answer to my communication of the 6th, in relation to the events which had caused the complaint and demand for indemnity by Mr. François Bougére. I have written without delay to New Orleans to ask for more circumstantial information, both with respect to the facts in themselves, as upon the antecedents and the position of Mr. Bougére, and I hope soon to be enabled to remove the preventions which may exist against that Frenchman, while again soliciting in his behalf the just and liberal interposition of the government of the United States.
Be pleased to accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., &c., &c.