Mr. F. W. Seward to Mr. Dayton

No. 642.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 9th instant, No. 520, in regard to the movements of the Iroquois, and to the absence of government officials from Paris.

Thanking you for the information thus imparted,

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.

William L. Dayton, Esq., &c., &c., &c.