[Translation.]
Mr. Romero to Mr. Seward
Mexican Legation in the United
States of America, Washington,
October 31, 1865.
Mr. Secretary: In addition to what I had
the honor to communicate to you in the note I addressed to you on
the 27th of the month which ends to-day, in relation to certain
pretended concessions made by the usurper Maximilian, and especially
to the so-called company of the “Imperial Mexican Express,” I have
now the honor to send to the department an extract from the New York
Herald, of said date, which contains a letter from Mr. Courcillon,
president of such company, in which, laying aside his first idea of
causing it to be believed that his pretended concession was
sanctioned by the national government of Mexico, and even had been
obtained to the advantage of said government, he shows what is and
has been his real object.
I avail of this opportunity to renew to you, Mr. Secretary, the
assurancesof my most distinguished consideration.
Hon. William H. Seward, &c.,&c., &c.
[Enclosure No. 1.]
THE MEXICAN EXPRESS
COMPANY.
New York, October 26,
1865.
To the Editor of the Herald:
I do not propose to enter into any controversy with Mr. J. N.
Navarro, consul general of ex-President Juarez at this port; but
as I observe that his misinterpretation of my interview
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with the ex-President
has been repeated in other quarters, I beg leave, through your
courtesy, to say that, representing a business contract with the
government of the emperor Maximilian, I simply wished to learn
from ex-President Juarez whether the convoys of the Mexican
Express Company passing through regions occupied by troops or
guerillas acting under his orders would be molested. He assured
me they would not be, and I consider the assurance creditable to
his good sense. As he no longer, however, issues any orders on
Mexican soil, the whole matter has ceased to have any importance
for myself or my company.
I am your very obedient servant,
