Mr. Seward to Señor Tassara
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge, with much satisfaction, the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, in answer to mine of the 2d instant, on the subject of the complaint preferred by Major General Butler, against the proceedings of certain commanders of Spanish war vessels at New Orleans, and to concur with you in the hope that an incident that has passed, and which was, of itself, of no considerable importance when it occurred, may be disposed of in a manner mutually satisfactory and agreeable to the two governments and nations, as many such questions have been already happily settled.
I avail myself of this opportunity to offer to you renewed assurances of my highest consideration.
Señor Don Gabriel Garcia y Tassara, &c., &c., &c.